sneak peak for CountryViewCrafts blog

Well it is my turn over at the CountryViewCrafts blog today and inspired by the super talented and lovely Hels I have been playing with beeswax! I am in love...not so sure about the stinkiness but love the effects! So here is a sneak peak of my make , for all the details please hop across here to have a look!

Thanks for stopping by! 
I will be back later today with my Dt post for Creative Expressions x 
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.  ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sneak peak for my guest design post for Our Creative Corner

Well how thrilled am I to have been asked to guest design for the wonderful and super talented team over at Our Creative Corner. So if you want to see my make and all the details of how I made it please hop across here.

I would like to say a huge thanks to all the team for the huge honour of being invited to  Guest design for them xxx

New year's resolutions for Frilly and Funkie ... be kind to yourself

Well the new theme over at Frilly and Funkie is New Year's resolutions...and here are all the details : It's time again for new beginnings and New Year's Resolutions. We know you got 'em. Even though you might not have written them down, told your significant other or shared them with your BFF, there are still some positive aspirations lurking in the back of your brain. Now it's time to share them.  Let's see a card, tag or project depicting a New Year's resolution.
So when I made my piece , I thought long and hard about the year I have had and decided that many things had taken all my efforts and energies and that to be a better person for all those I love and care about I need to remember to be kind to myself too...so that was mine... (however  I wish I had chosen Make it count, as sometimes sad events in our lives, that surround us, make us realise life is precious and we must make each moment count! Enjoy and savour life x) So here is my make :

I started by colouring the canvas with antique linen distress paint and lots of spritzing, as I wanted a really soft colour. I then added some gorgeous flourishes using Wendy Vecchi texture paste in white, this stuff is fab and I am almost finished my second pot! I applied it trough one of the lovely Wendy's stencils, just love this flourish shape.

 When dry I added some script and flourish stamping in frayed burlap distress ink. I also added ink and some treasure gold in white fire to highlight the raised areas and texture.

I dyed some cheesecloth using left over to almost soften the heart...and the heart is a great Wendy Vecchi art part painted in rock candy crackle paint and when dry antique linen distress paint added and then swiped with treasure gold.

Now for the letters I used my trusty word play die and cut the letters from grungepaper, coloured with frayed burlap paint and then coated with glossy accents.

Well make sure you pop across and see what my fab teams mates have made , and also pop in an entry yourself! Today  I am saying my final goodbyes to my Grandad, so may your star shine brightly xx  Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love,  the things you are, the things you never want to lose.   ~From the television show The Wonder Years

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Do a double take for Creative Expressions DT

Well this month over at Creative expressions we have been playing with antique dressforms plate and also some of their singles range from which the bags below come. These singles range come pre cut and pre mounted ...so are ready to go!  I decided to play around with texture paste and gilding wax to make two cards that are the same but different!
So here is card no 1 : using singles stamp ..bijou bag 

and here is card no 2 : using  rose blossom purse

so card no 1 . I started by creating a background using clear texture paste mixed with antique linen distress paint and spreading it on , then spritzing newsprint flourish stamp with water and stamping into paste to create some texture.

When dry the rest of the background was coloured using frayed burlap distress ink. For the bag itself I stamped the image using frayed burlap distress ink and then clear embossing. I water coloured the bag using water brush and distress markers in antique linen and frayed burlap.

For detail I added some polished silk glitter in sahara. I also stamped the sentiment from the set and added some cheesecloth and a paper rose dabbed with distress paint .

For card no 2 : I created another background , still using paste but through some old sequin waste , and when dry coloured with frayed burlap Distress Ink. I also highlighted the raised areas with enchanted gold gilding wax.

The paler areas are where I flicked some water and blotted off some of the ink...it is so much fun to play creating backgrounds..
For the bag ( rose blossom ) I stamped in frayed burlap and clear embossed and then painted the main body of the bag using the gilding wax. I did this by scooping a little into a palette and adding a couple of drops of blending solution... you may choose to have some ventilation...and then mixing into a paint. I have kept a dedicated brush too.

The edges of the bag were coloured using distress markers and I added some dots of gold pearl pva for the clasp.

Another sentiment, some cheesecloth and a flower and a little flourish stamp and there you have it , 2 stamps, 2 cards... the same but different!? 
thanks for stopping by it means a lot ...see you next week when I have been playing with the antique dressforms plate x 
Make sure you pop across to the Creative Expressions news blog where all the DT show case their projects on a daily basis .x
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.  ~e.e. cummings

Dashing through the snow ..

Well here is tag #12 of Linda's 12 tags of Christmas...all the details are here and it is generously sponsored by Linda's fab boutique the funkie junkie boutique. there is also 2 bonus tags...hoping I have time to complete those too...they have a twist and have to include a thank you theme too.
I want to say a huge thank you to Linda for the gorgeous and inspiring tags and really fun challenge...next year I am going to get going earlier! 
Also welcome to all my new followers , thanks so much for taking the time to stop by xx  Here is Linda's tag #12 and here is mine below...I was inspired to twist my tag sideways and keep the design fairly simple...

I started by edging the tag with frayed burlap and clear embossing. Then I added some antique linen distress paint and picket fence to my craft sheet , spritzed with water and randomly dabbed on to tag..

I added some stamped snowflakes, covered in glitter and then spritzed a lot of it away...but great texture in real life! honest! The sentiment was stamped in archival and clear embossed.

I added a reindeer die cut, inked, clear embossed and dabbed with left over paint to break up the colour a little and lots of cheesecloth snow.

Hopefully it looks like the reindeer is dashing through the snow. Finally some seam binding, linen ribbon and cheesecloth to finish off the tag.

I am linking this up to Linda's 12 tags of Christmas....here .

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.  ~Confucius

Friday focus sneak peak...Tim Holtz stamps

Well here I am with a sneaky peak for my Friday focus which is up over on Frilly and Funkie today............and lucky me I got to play with Tim Holtz stamps..... an absolute favourite love of mine ...so why not hop across and see my makes here :

Told you it was only a sneaky peak!

Follow the star.

Well another tag...this time tag #11 for linda's 12 tags....all the details and inspiration can be found here and it is sponsored by the lovely Linda's funkie junkie boutique, a treasure trove of goodies!  So I based my tag on Linda's tag #11 here but changed the colours and used a different on the edge die which I added at the corner. I was inspired by the general components of Linda's tag.  so here is Linda's tag #11 and here is mine below:

I started by creating the background for my tag using frayed burlap distress stain from my craft sheet . I edged the tag in walnut stain. I also added some music stamping as Linda had, using frayed burlap.  I die cut two pine trees using Tim's die and bobbed them onto some frayed burlap distress stain left over from my craft sheet ...but didn't want over all coverage. I then edged with frayed burlap distress ink.

For the reindeer I covered with frayed burlap and then a coat of glue and seal and rock candy loose distress glitter.

For the forest floor I dyed some seam binding using frayed burlap and added a little inked edge and glittered star.

I added some gorgeous idea-ology mirrored stars...and in the corner used the fab new star edge die..lightly inked on the edges and covered in glitter across the corner... I also stamped a few small stars in the background using perfect medium, sticky embossing powder and clear rock candy glitter .

finally to finish off I added some dyed seam binding and some of the new cool linen ribbon, that is absolutely scrummy and the edges fray beautifully!

well nearly there ...I will be linking this up for Linda's 12 tags here .
still in my family bubble but will be back soon xx next week xx