Hels Sheridan weekend....

Good evening all :-) Hope Monday's been ok?

As many of you know I have just had a fabulous weekend in the North East with Hels. So today I thought I would share one of the makes from there.

We were working on an altered box canvas and we started off by paper piecing a canvas in Tim Holtz papers 

Then we got all painty n Inky and added some dimension and stampy detail.....

.......next was the "fun" part ......as you well know me n making flowers....well doesnt go well lol.....

BUT.........

.....WE GOT ON!!!! (for 1 day only lol!!!) and then they got "blitzed" with lots of spray inky and along with lots of embellies.......this was the final piece!!!

We had a fab time with fab ladies and I can't wait to do it all again.......The techniques we used are so versatile they can be used for ahnything.......and I am sure they will!!

Thanks for stopping by - hope you liked the project!!

Crafty cheers for now

love

Rae

xxx 

Its a NEW dawn its a NEW day......

 

Its a new dawn (ish!) its a new day (def!) its a new life (nah.....) and I'm feeling good...........(well I only creaked 11 times gettin up today lol!!)

 

Today's post comes to you courtesy of Hels Sheridan's Sunday Scrappers and one of my all time favourite songs......Its all about things New.....

 

 

Free to use any stash as long as it is new or unused (oh dear lord I'd of been crafting til the Apocalypse if I had to use the "unused" items in the craft room!!!! tut tut I know lol)  I decided on this tag....NEW technique - Pebbles to create an initial background (picture tutorial will follow hopefully next week!), NEW masks (Leaf It and Wrought Iron Gates from Splodgeaway) NEW die (Picture Wheel Bigz Die) AND finally a NEW set of stamps Timeless Sentiments from Heartfelt creations.  

 

 

I think that covers the criteria then for this challenge lol!! As usual it is just lots and lots of masking and spritzing and layers and texture etc. I REALLY luuuuuuuurved this tag and I soooooooooo didnt want to send it as part of my DT for last weekends TV show lol!! Ah well I will just have to make myself a duplicate ha ha .......

 

Anyway I have had a morning of insecurity and inspirationless hours staring at my ART JOURNAL but the lyrics to this song have given me what I need ..... (I am relatively new to journalling but have written poetry and lyrics for years so I am trying to combine the two!!)....so to to borrow more lines

 

....this old world is a new world and a bold world for me, for me..... 

 

and I am off to draw!!

 

Crafty cheers for now

 

love

 

Rae

 

xxx

A posy Box.......

Well as suspected yet again time got away from me this week,

 so apologies for the lack of postings !!

 

Its friday evening so a G n T has been poured and I am sat here prepping this next weeks posts.

I have been busy with DT work this week - Splodgeaway is back on Create and craft this Sunday during Tool shed......you can take a sneak peak at whats on offer here

 

 

I thought I would share this Posy box with you - I had done some wedding flowers and these were left over so I cretaed a posy for the living room then of course I needed something to pop it in so I could get my G n T glass back lol!!

 

 

I used a paper mache box and decorated it simply. After a base coat had been applied I Added further interest with heart chaped doillies and Ferro applied through a mask. I then let loose with lots of acrylic paints ( Eco and Fresco are my faves just now) in shades of greens, yellows, neutrals and a touch of pink

 

 

The box has some simple stamping over it and then is finished with diecut flowers, pearl trim and lace.

I best call it quits for now I hope you have lots planned for this Mothers Day weekend - I am off to make Mums card

 

Have a great weekend see you back here on Sunday

 

Crafty cheers

 

Love

 

Rae

 

xxx

Altered Bottle

 

Good morning everyone!!

 

Happy wednesday. Firstly apologies for my abscence the last few days - I have been a touch busy with other projects and a poorly cat. 

 

 

 

 

 

Todays offering is a quick altered bottle from last week - an old port bottle which will now be used as a candle holder. the project usesd alcohol inks, acrylics and Stampers Anon stamps along with varying floristry supplies - pebbles n twiddly bits.

 

 

 

 

Its all getting very exciting here as it is now only 2 sleeps to the launch of the Clarity Challenge blog !!! I hope you are all ready - I have to say the challenge DT has pulled out all the stops and there are some lurvely projects to provide inspiration for you!!

 

Well I am afraid thats all for today, I hope you like it! I have lots of deadlines tp meet this week so time to get busy!! have a happy wednesday and I will see you all here on friday for the launch of the clarity challenge!!!

 

Crafty cheers for now

 

Love Rae

 xxx

B is for......Buttons and Butterflies

Morning all!! Whoops a daisy!! Well slap my hand and call me naughty! I apologise for not being on here nearly as often as I should of.......pls Santa dont ignore me for being a naughty girl!!! I will make a new years resolution I promise to blog more regularly!

 

Anyway enough pathetic grovelling lol.

 

Today's project is from last Sundays Splogical Inspirations show I began playing with the canvas and my acrylics with the intention of making a hanger! Hmmmmmm not quite eh?? lol best laid plans and all!! All the canvas are pre loaded with gesso so it was straight in with base coats of beige and pale blues

 

 

 

 

 

On the bigger canvas' I took the tri butterfly mask and simply blended the pale blue and turquoise over the top with a good ol' kitchen sponge!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the smaller canvas' I free painted turquoise circles on the blue and then took the swirl part of the same mask and applied silver Ferro paste through the mask for more dimension.

 

 

After that it was free wheel time with the buttons, tim holtz muse tokens and wooden embellishments some of which I stamped using memento cottage ivy to add a little extra interest.

 

 

 

I hope u like this offering would love to hear your feedback!! Take care stay safe

 

crafty cheers for now!

 

Love and Hugs Rae xx