Napkin Decoupage

Afternoon lovely peeps :)

Kinda been missing on blogger for a while - have been busy with new projects & not blogging about them - until now!  Here is one of the new projects I have tried - and I must say, although it's not a quick project, I thoroughly enjoyed putting it all together. 

 It's a plain memory type box with window in which I have sanded back and then painted with Gesso (sp?) - it took three coats until I was happy with it.  I then painted the inside with green acrylic paint - I didn't want it looking too perfect, so used my paint dabber to sponge the paint over and leaving some of the underneath white paint to come through - kinda distressed but not quite, if you know what I mean! Once dry I then took my chosen napkin & cut out the flowers that I wanted & then arranged it over the front & side of the box until I was happy with the design.  Then came the messy/tricky/sticky bit...I painted slap-it-on over the box & placed  each one layer of napkin down & then brushed slap-it-on again.  Well, the result is below for  you to see...let me tell you, I wasn't totally happy with the end result as when I varnished over the whole of the box (inside too) I noticed when dried that I'd got a few 'bumpy' bits of varnish.  I had to let it dry completely before sanding back again & re-varnishing. Whilst waiting for that to dry I then stamped out the letters to spell out Mum, painted them with the same acrylic  green paint (as used in the inside) & waited for them to dry before applying them to the dry varnished box.

So, What do you think, not bad for a first attempt? I can definitely see room for improvement and that will come with experience! I plan on making another one very soon for my Sister's birthday.

 I made some small cards for the inside of the box & then wrapped it all up for a gift for my Mother's birthday & I am so happy to say she was thrilled with her gift! She kept stroking her hand over the box & shaking her head, saying she couldn't believe I had made it!  She also loved all the cards inside.  I was so chuffed!!

So, that's all for now.  I'm glad to say I have got around to visiting blogs but seriously, you guys blog so much LOL I can't keep up with you all!

I'd like to enter my project into the following challenges:

Brown sugar challenge.blog - #77 - Anything goes

Until next time,

Mish Mash of thanks

HI Peeps,

I'm back again! Hope you're all doing ok?

I've had a fun time playing around with some new Christmas dies! What better way than making some Thank You cards for my special family who spoilt me on Christmas day!

Aren't the images cute, pretty & clean looking - I really love them.  They are from

Pink Petticoat

Here are a few more.  I must of got over excited as the last card (green & purple) is on the wonky side! hehe.  Oh well, I struggle with getting things straight! lol

Ingredients:

Card blanks created using Spellbinders Adorning Squares die

Image & sentiment from Pink Petticoat

Centura Pearl card

Card from my stash

Buttons from my stash

That's it for today.

Hope you all have a good day & thanks for stopping by :)

Until next time,

Butterflies

Happy New Year Peeps!

Can you believe we are at the start of a New Year...oh well, soon be Christmas! ;-)

So, to start off our new challenge over at Feeling Crafty Challenge we have chosen the theme

BUTTERFLIES

And, our sponsor for this months challenge is 

Hayley Gillie

Stampin' Up Demonstrator

 And the prize for the winner is

a very generous

£20 stampin' up voucher!

Your project must be butterfly themed, it can be a card, a scrapbook page or a 3D project.

 Please check out our blog Feeling Crafty challenge to see the beautiful crafty inspirations from the Design Team. 

Here is my project:

Ingredients used:

Centura Pearl card stock - Pink & white

Foundation coconut white card

Black card from my stash

Acetate (for butterfly)

Kanban butterfly & border clear acrylic stamps

Versamark stamp

Black embossing powder

Die'sire Floral Frenzy 6" x 6" embossing folder

Pink Sekura Jelly Roll pen

Black ribbon

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So, to join in with our challenge, please visit the Feeling Crafty challenge blog for more info & for inspiration from our very talented Design Team members.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge(s):

Through the craft room door ~ Anything goes

Allsorts  ~ Free & Easy

Creative Moments ch33 ~ Anything goes

Simply Create Too ~ Anything goes

Crafty Creations Challenges ~ Anything goes

C.R.A.F.T Challenge ~ Anything goes

The Crafting Cafe ~ Anything goes

See you there!

Until next time,

Merry Christmas, to one & all :)

Hi to my little Crafty Christmas Crackers! :-)

I hope you're all ready for Christmas? I am! Just! Don't know quite how, but so glad I am...I've had this nasty, coldy, coughy, sore-throaty thingy that everyone seems to have had lately - & I've felt really rough for over a week!   I thank my darling children & hubby for sharing their germs with me! And, to put the Christmas icing on the cake, so to speak, my fatigue/fibro has kicked in big & proper...to quote a Christmas song....'Oh, it's the most wonderful time of the year.....! lol

Anyho-ho (see what I did there?) - this is my last post of 2013 - I shall leave you all with a last card of this year...a white on white Christmas card to my Mother!  I have loved making the white on white cards but I am so looking forward to seeing colour in my cards next year!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s):

Delicious doodles challenge - White Christmas

So, I wish you all a fabby Christmas, & for those feeling poorly over the holidays, I wish you well very soon!

BIG CRAFTY HUGS ALL ROUND !

SEE YOU IN 2014!!!

Christmas!

Good Morning, Crafty Peeps!

An early entry for me! Well, a scheduled post so I could still be snoozing away! lol

I was busy yesterday, making more Xmas cards from my Hunkydory kit - I will show pics of them on another post.  I have also been creating some 'white on white' Christmas cards, along with these cards below.  I am trying my 'less is more' which is hard when you're naturally an 'over the top' card maker LOL.  The inside of these cards have the same embossed Centura Pearl matching coloured card inside and the same die cut as on the fronts to write message on plus a small stamped 'Happy Christmas'  sentiment.  I'm going with with no sentiments on the front, just letting the cards 'speak for themselves'!

Ingredients:

Hinged cards created using my Spellbinders 5 x 7 matting basics A & B card creator dies

kraft card

Centura Pearl card

Christmas Tree die (free with a magazine)

Crafter's Companion Embossing folders

Cosmic shimmer for pearls.

Happy Christmas stamp (from stash)

So, that's today's post done (rubs hands together), I'm off for a scoot round blog land to see what wonderful creations you've been making whilst drinking my cupper (which I will be doing, I promise - it's a habit thing lol) and then on to more card making!

Have a great day!

Until next time,

Easel (ly) made!

Good Morning Crafters!

Hope everyone's day has got off to a good start? Mine has, I am actually sitting at my craft desk as we 'speak' making the last of my Christmas cards (as well as blogging this!)

My little make today is here...& it's from Hunkydory's Stylish Season Luxury card collection.  I was fortunate to buy these kits when they were on Create & Craft, along with the inserts.  They really are beautiful & the artwork gorgeous.  I have ended up with two lots of these as about a month later I won the WHOLE set in a competition!

I measured, cut, layered & stuck & ended up with this little creation!

Ingredients:

1 dark blue easel card base

Card, inserts & toppers from Hunkydory's Stylish Luxury Collection kit

Snowflakes from my snowflake punch

Beautiful kit to use!

I would like to enter this into the following challenge(s)

Crafting Musketeers challenge #8 - Layer it up

CHCC - Anything goes as long as its Christmas

Righty ho! I am off to make some more Christmas cards!

Catch ya laters!

Until next  time,

Feeling Crafty Challenge #23

:-) Good morning Peeps :-)

Can you believe it's the first of December already? Time is flying!

OK, so what does today bring?  It brings you to a new challenge #23 over at Feeling Crafty & this months challenge is:

'CHRISTMAS'

The fabulous sponsor this months is Phill Martin from Honeypot Crafts & you can find him here too!

The PRIZE for entering this month's challenge is

 2 x A5 Everyday tabbed & 2 x A5 Everyday Flourish from Phill's

'Sentimentally Your's ' stamp collection!

Your project must be Christmas themed, it can be a card, a scrapbook page or a 3D project.

 Please check out our blog Feeling Crafty challenge to see the beautiful crafty inspirations from the Design Team. 

Here is my project:

Front

Back

Centre

I went for the traditional Christmas colours in my project - because I just love 'em! 

Ingredients:

The papers & topper  used are from Kaisercraft's 6 x 6  Christmas Collection Paper Pad

My poinsettia's were created from Lea'billities Pointsettia cutting & embossing die

Mirri card, ribbon & card for poinsettias all from my crafty stash.

I had fun creating this project & it looks so nice & christmassy!

I would like to enter this project into the following challenge(s): 

Crafty Girls Challenge#7 - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Bearly mine Challenges - Anything goes

Lady Bug Crafts - Christmas/Winter

2 Sisters challenge blog - Anything goes

The Ribbon Girl - Ho Ho Ho Christmas Challenge

Paula Holifield Crafts - Christmas Cheer

Robyn's fetish challenge blog - Christmas cards

Lainey's Crafty Space -  Christmas

Until next time,

Crafty hugs all round! :)

( I have no idea why my name has been duplicated here! Blogger gremlins doing their thing, I guess!)