How to spend your day off!

I've not been at work today, so after a lot of doing nothing this morning, I got down to starting a project that I've been planning for a while. We've just had our bedroom decorated after nearly 2 years with bare plaster, and seemingly centuries old carpet, and I wanted to make a couple of new quilted throws.

When I purchased my Crafter's Companion Build a Block Curves set, I was sent a free strip roll from their Country Yard fabric collection. In fact, there was one with each of the sets. As they are the perfect colours for what I wanted, I have decided to use them to make some simple, large blocks for the quilts. The pinks that were included have been put aside for another project at a later date.

This afternoon has been spent planning the layout of the quilts, how to sew the strips together for best effect, and of course sewing the strips together.  Watch this space for the next instalment!! 

Take care,

Cxxx

Another Football Card!

Today's make is a birthday card for my brother-in-law. Football seems to be my "go-to" with a few of the male members of the family. Trouble is, there's only so many football cards you can make - and surely they must be bored of them too! So, note to self, try to find something different next year!! 😀

Anyway, this one is made using Hunkydory's Deco Large Man of the Match, with co-ordinating backing card. Not really much else to say, except "Happy Birthday Fred!!"

Take Care,
Cxxxx

The start of something ......

A new decade is upon us, and the last year of the previous one saw lots of change for me with my crafting. I stepped down from my Design Team and Demo work with Crafter's Companion, and took on more in the realms of the teaching day job. It all became very busy and I lost track of crafting just for me (and this blog), and I was just keeping on top of cards for family and friends. 

That said, I thoroughly enjoyed making my Christmas Cards with my absolute favourite product from the past couple of years - my Foilpress. But that is all past and it's time to get back to where I was before DT's and Demonstrations made crafting feel harder and more pressurised that it needed to be. 

So, here is my first card of the year - and indeed the decade - a birthday card for my Mother-In-Law made using Hunkydory's Square Little Book of Florabunda. There's nothing quite like a bit of fussy cutting to create your own decoupage!!

I love the colours of this topper - and reflected that in the mats and layers - and the sentiment (Crafter's Companion Essentials Sentiment Dies).

Will hopefully not leave it a whole year this time, before posting again.

Take care,

Cxxxx

Believe Canvas

Well, blogging seems to go in fits and starts these days. The day job is keeping me really busy, but have the time, energy and inclination to blog!

This canvas combines Imagination Crafts goodies with one of the gorgeous Christmas 3D embossing folders from Crafter's Companion.

I started with White Gesso on the canvas and added Blue Starlights over it whilst wet. Next, I die cut some snowflakes - with a really old Crafter's Companion die set, and stuck those in the corners. I went over these with more gesso.

I then used Imagination Crafts Snoflake Swirl stencil firstly with Blue Starlight to creat a drop shadow, and then with Midnight Blue Sparkle Medium.

The after painting a piece of white card with Pearl Starlight Paint, I embossed it with Crafter's Companion Believe 3D Embossing Folder. Over the top of this, I applied Cobalt and Japanese Jade Alchemy Waxes. 

I finished off with a few little clear gems.

Cxxxx

Rusty Tag

Hope you managed to catch the shows yesterday! There's 3 more opportunities today to catch MJ's fab demos - 9am, 1pm and 5pm. 

Here's a large wooden tag decorated using one of the rice papers (design 012), with a Magi Cutz key and padlock decorated with Rusty Patinas - Rustique, Verdigris and Cafe Creme.

I used the same Rusty Patinas around the edge of the tag too. Hopefully it looks suitably rusty!
Cxxx

Rice Paper Card

It's almost time to settle down to watch MJ on Hochanda with the launch of the Vintage Imagination Crafts One Day Special.

This is a really simple card made by gluing rice paper to card, matting and layering and and adding to a card blank. The beautiful rice papers do all the work!! All I added was some ribbon as a finishing touch.

Looking forward to seeing all the amazing samples and demos on the show!

Cxxxx

Fly, Imagine, Dream

Today's the day - the launch of the Vintage One Day Special!! Lots of gorgeous Imagination Crafts goodies on Hochanda at 6pm and 8pm today, and 9am, 1pm and 5pm tomorrow. 

This journal cover started life totally white. I painted it with Sand Starlight paint, and added the rice paper (design 388). I knocked the paper back a bit with watered down Sand paint. I used the Feather Stencil to add the script to the front and the Flower and Keys stencil to add the harlequin design on the back - both with Bright Maroon Starlight Paint.

The words are also stencilled from the Feather stencil. Another simple make.

Don't forget to tune into Hochanda this evening for the launch!

Cxxxx