Dancing in the Rain

Wow, I am really on a creative roll lately, I have so many more ideas than I can feasibly make! I am so happy to have creative mojo return, it has been a rough few years! I have really got back into stamping and heat embossing, I just love the magic of heat embossing.

I have made this journal page using a brusho background cut to fit in my loose page journal. The girl is stamped with versfine and clear (with accidental glitter in it) embossing powder added. Sentiment is also stamped in black versafine and hologram embossing powder added

Look at all the fab sparkle!

I am entering this into Country View Crafts Challenge - Silhouettes

Until next time

Zoe

Moon Gazer

Hi,

I have finally got around to trying out the toothbrush/oval brushes for blending. I found them great through the stencil and will get more (I bought a pack of 3) for different colours. I have used twisted citron and blueprint sketch through the stencil in one of my handmade journals and then splashed water over it . I absolutely loved the way this background turned out.

I have been on a heat embossing kick recently. It is great and you can put it onto all sorts of projects. I used a fab stamp set called moon gazer which I stamped and heat embossed. The trees and rabbit are embossed with clear and the words and moon with gold.  

I am entering this into Country View Crafts Silhouette challenge

Zoe

Gingerbread Christmas

 Merry Christmas Eve Everyone.

Today I am showing you my Christmas card I made for my parents for Christmas. 

It is made with Woodware Gingerbread Men Stamp and I coloured it with Promarkers. 

I am entering this into County View Crafts Anything Christmas 

Until next time

Zoe

Quirky Christmas

With everything going on I don't think I will be able to get my Christmas tree this year which is at my parents house, so I decided to make one!

I made a basic shape out of foil and put papier mache over this. Once dry I glued some dowel in the base which made it easier to paint with Pebeo Dyna Blue Green Paint (I love this colour). I painted a papier mache plant pot to put it in. Inside I added some clay and glued the stick in and covered it in little stones which I added some purple glitter on top! I am loving my tiny Christmas Tree.

I am entering this into Country ViewCrafts Challenge Anything but a card

Skeleton Leaf Embossing

 I have been thinking about this for a while and finally got around to doing it, dusting off those skeleton leaves and heat embossing them. 

I pressed the skeleton leaves into an embossing  pad and then covered the large leaves into Wow Embossing Pacific Wave and the the smaller with Wow Embossing verdigris and heat set them. Even the close up photos doesn't really do them justice with how fab they are.

I have made a journal page with these, attaching the large leaf to a piece of text which is then glued to a gelli print whilst the small leaf sat half under this. Some trees were stamped and embossed with white and I printed out the Explore Nature.

 

I am entering this into Country View Craft Challenge Anything but a card

Zoe

Steampunk Christmas

I decided to do a slightly different type of Christmas Card, a steampunk card!. I saw the numbers on the stencil and thought Christmas!

I have put black embossing paste through the stencil and then added Wow Embossing powder in gold over the top. This was then  heated to make a great textured piece with a sentiment added to finish it off!

Steampunk Octopus Canvas

It is the 1st and that means a new challenge at Steampunk  Challenge Blog. This months theme is Make an Art Canvas and include Cardboard! Do come along and join in the fun, we have prizes each month for the lucky winner!

For my DT project I have made this canvas using an Octopus and fish from the beautiful Stamperia Mould. I have also used some wooden embellishments, and a star from a mould. I have also done some stamping around the edge and finally placed upon a piece of cardboard glued on a wooden art canvas!

I am entering this into 

Sandee Steampunk Challenge

Country View Challenge - Anything but a card

Poisoned Apple Halloween Exhibit

 Hello and welcome to the Poisoned Apple Halloween Exhibit Blog Hop! I decided to make a skull in a dome! I love Halloween and any excuse to make something with a skull!

We have a wonderful prize for the winner, for more information about how to be in with a chance of winning, see the end of this post for details!

I have made the base by laying up cardboard and covering it with crackle paint from DecoArt, covered it in black gesso and then DecoArt Antiquing Cream. The Dome is an upcycled Lemonade Bottle topped with a dome I made from Clear Resin

The Skull is a Polystyrene Skull I covered in black tissue paper and added a mixed of DecoArt interference paints and Pebeo Dyna Paint.

Here are the other participants in the blog hop for you to go and have a look at their fab makes:

Cathy

Creatif Edges

 Roni

Helen 

Chaitali 

Louise 

Monique

Lyne

Rituparna

Angel B

Savvy Handmade

Monica

We have a wonderful digital prize package up for grabs, courtesy of Gecko Galz (https://www.etsy.com/shop/geckogalz)! You'll receive: Face To Face Jewel It Collage Set, Steam Punk Collage Set, Picture Perfect ATC Set, Clockwork Christmas ATC Set, and Spellbound Digital Stamp Set (which has 25 images!).

To have a chance of winning, leave a comment on this post, along with your email address or social media contact (IG, FB, etc) from now through Monday, 2 Nov. One lucky winner will be picked randomly from all comments left from all of the artist's participating! The winner will be contacted via email or social media so it's important you leave your address/social media contact info! Good luck and enjoy the hop!

Spooky Canvas

Hello and welcome back from our little break at Bleeding Art Challenge. Here is my project for this month, my spooky canvas.

I have added decoupage paper to the background and on top various die cuts and a polystyrene skull. 

Hope you come over and join in.

Crafty Hugs

Zoe

Steampunk ATC's

Hello and Welcome!
Today I am showing you my ATC's for the new Steampunk Challenge Blog

The theme this month is ATC with something silver on it. I have chosen to produce 3 ATC's, all totally different.

The Traveller

Balloons on Film

Eye eye

I hope you enjoy this new Steampunk Challenge Blog and join in. We have a fab Design Team and some fab prizes for the winner each month.

Crafty Hugs

Zoe