Starry Skull

Wow, two posts in two days. Not sure I can keep up this pace but would love to try and keep up blogging more. I have a postcard size project today.

I started off by embossing a piece of card in a star embossing folder and then using a corner punch rounded the corners. I then lightly rubbed over the stars with memento nautical blue ink pad using a blending tool and around the edge. Stickles starry night was then applied over the top and around the edges.

Meanwhile I stamped the skull stamp from Visible Image Mr Bonejangles on a piece of white paper using archival shadow grey and memento london fog ink pads. These were then cut out and stuck along middle of the card.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Country View Challenges - Postcards

Dream in Darkness - anything but cute 

Craft Stamper Challenge - anything goes

Until next time, crafty love

Zoëx

The Scrappy Gent

Hello All, I have a project today using some of my scraps of mountboard and papers, Mark Gould's The Gent stamp (which can be purchased here) and some words from Mixed up Magazine.

I took an old piece of packaging and glued some scraps of mountboard onto it and filled in any gaps with scraps of papers.

Once this was dry I took an off cut of black card, stamped The Gent and embossed with white embossing powder.

I then attached this to the board with foam tape and glued the words on the bottom.

I enjoyed this project and found it a great way to start using up many of my scraps.

I am entering this into the Craft Stamper Anything Goes challenge

And Dream in Darkness Anything but Cute Challenge

Until next time

Crafty Hugs

Zoëx 

Weird and Wonderful

Welcome to this weird and wonderful canvas creation. This just popped into my head and wouldn't leave me alone until I had made it.

 

I took a 6x6 canvas and added brushos (forgot to take note of the colours) and silver dream pixie powders to it, spritzed with water and left to dry naturally.

 

 

 

I painted two heart with wings mdf shapes with a crimson and linen acrylic paints, giving them two coats and left these to dry.

 

 

 

I attached some eyes to cogs from Fernli Designs using glossy accents and left to dry.

 

 

 

After everything dried I messed around with the composition and when happy with it, attached everything to the canvas.

 

 I really enjoyed making this and would like to try and do more 3d work not just journaling or cards. This project really sparked my imagination.

 

I am entering this into Country View Challenges - anything but cute challenge

 

Until next time 

Crafty Hugs

 

Zoë xx

 

 

 

 

 

Sewing Tag

Hope you all had a good Christmas. Today I am sharing with you a tag using Mixed up Magazine printables Sewing Ephemera which can be found here.

Firstly I printed out the images onto a piece of white card and cut out the ones I wanted, after which I coated them in decoart crackle glaze to give them a vintage look. Whilst these were drying I cut out a tag fron greyboard. I covered the tag in a clothes pattern I got from the local charity shop. 

I coloured the tag with a mix of antique linen and vintage photo distress ink as well as colouring a white zip using various blue inks. I stamped onto the tag using vintage photo and finnabair crackle stamp and then attached the zip and printables along with a maroon lace applique

I attached buttons, sewing machine metal charm and made an embellishment by gluing small safety pins to a button to finish off the tag.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Zoë

Mark Gould Workshop

On Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a workshop taught by Mark Gould and very well organised by a lovely lady called Bev. A grungy industrial clock was the make of the day and I loved learning all the techniques.I will definitely be using the techniques I learnt there on other projects in the future.

 

This a picture at the start with all the lovely Ladies and Gentlemen.

 

 

This how the kit came to us. Sorry about the poor picture, I was a little excited to start and didn't check how it turned out.

 

Here is my finished clock. Really pleased with how it turned out

 

 

Here are a couple of close ups of the individual pieces and the rusty middle. I did take step by step photos but you will just have to do the workshop to find out how to do it for yourself.

 

I had an absolutely fabulous time and can't wait for the next one!

 

Crafty Love

 

Zoë x

Crafty Mojo!

So it would appear I have got my crafty mojo back, as well as my blogging mojo!

Here are a selection of things I have been crafting.

 I am off to a crafty workshop with Mark Gould on Saturday. So Excited! 

Zoëxx

Mars Attacks

Well I am finally blogging again! Today I am showing you a journal page I have done inspired by Sarah Jessica Parker's character (plus dog) in the film Mars Attacks.

I started by using brushos in my recycled old book journal and once dried I used memento teal, cottage ivy and black through stencils

I then added the dog, cut out from an old calendar on the right page

I then stamped out a skull from Visible image Mr Bonejangles set on white card and cut it out and stuck it on the dogs head.

I then added a phrase which came to me whilst making this page

Unfortunately this wasn't very clear to read so I decided to redo it on a brushoed page in permanent marker. I then cut it up and stuck to the page. Much happier with this.

Hope you enjoyed this page. I am adding this to the Dream in Darkness Challenge 

Thanks for looking

Zoëxx

Cardboard Canvas

I have been saving packaging to use in my crafting and have so much of it now. I acquired some squares of cardboard from the box my new brake disc for my car were in. They are the perfect size to work on, a little over 8x8.

Having ripped some of the cardboard to expose the ridges I put piece of 8x8 brick paper onto and put some Decoart Crackle glaze through a stencil and left it to dry naturally. You must leave it to dry naturally otherwise you will get a fab glaze but no crackle (I left something on a radiator) A wash of Gesso was added and then I added mica powder mixed with a little pva glue to the cracked areas. Some metal embellishments were then added and also some flowers. Decided didn't think the brass was quite right so I added a little decoart Americana Sea Breeze to create a patina. The Skull was then Stamped and embossed using a brass embossing powder. I put a little of the sea breeze around the edges.

Very pleased with the results of this one. Hopefully I will start doing step by step photos soon.
I am adding this to the Dream in Darkness Challenge

Zoë xx

Journalling

I am really into Art Journaling at the moment and here is a page I have made in an old fiction book.

Firstly I put down a layer of gesso and then painted over this in docrafts pumpkin artiste paint. Once dried I added black homemade texture paste through a couple of stencils.

Once all was dry it was time for stamping. All the stamps used came from Bee Crafty including the bubble stamp, stamped in silver. After I was happy with the page I added a border of white gesso.

Hope you enjoyed the page. I need to learn to take photos at each stage which is easy said than done when you get in a creative frenzy. Oh well, I can but try. I am entering this into the Dream in Darkness March Challenge

Zoë xx

Welcome and Snowy Greetings!

Welcome to my new blog. I have decided a new year and a new start. With all the talk of snow and the weather, I have done a journal page including snow!

These pictures were taken in 2010 when I actually got a decent amount of snow. I also got some in 2013 but it is rare here. I printed the pictures and mounted them onto book pages as well as printing the title and edging it with salty ocean distress ink. It was then stuck onto a piece of snowy paper I had and put into my journal.

I am entering this into Katie Lamb's Challenge.

Zoë xx