Whatever the Weather

Hello everyone!

 I am here to show you my creation for the new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges -

'Weather Forecast'

Rainy days, Autumn sunshine, Frosty snowfall....whatever the weather, we would love to see your creations over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges......

First I coloured the tag with some wrinkle free distress technique using Frayed Burlap and

 Pumice Stone DI's.

I then stamped some snowflakes and script in Frayed Burlap DI and Potting Soil Archival ink

I got out some Artistic Outpost stamps for this tag - I stamped the snow scene using Potting Soil 

Archival ink.

The quote was stamped onto white card with Potting Soild archival ink and then edged with 

Frayed Burlap DI.

Then I dabbed some matte multi medium over the snow and sprinkled on some 

Rock Candy Distress Glitter.

 I then spritzed the whole tag with Perfect Pearls Glimmer mist in Biscotti.

 I dabbed some PVA glue onto the bottom of the tag and sprinkled on some Stampendous Shaved Ice.

Brown hemp string was tied into a bow and a brass button was used to 

decorate the top of the tag.

Hope you like it! Why not come and play along with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges!

 

Remember we are a stamping challenge so please feature a stamped focal image on your creation.

  

You could be the winner of $20 to spend at Flonzcraft Stamps! And of course you could be picked at one of our Catwalk Spotlights!

Couture Creation

Welcome back!

Today I am here to show you my creation for Sandee and Amelie's Steampunk challenge! This month the challenge is called.....

Steampunk Couture

Any kind of sewing themed, dress themed, fashion themed,
couture themed Steampunk creation will fit in.

My creation began with finding a mannequin die cut in my scrap bin. I had begun to decorate it ages ago and it hadn't worked for the creation I had in mind then. I had spent ages struggling with it and eventually I gave up and moved in another direction and this mannequin, with the purple frilly corset dress, went into the scrap bin and I doubted it would see the light of day again

   And then the Steampunk Couture challenge arrived! and how perfect was this mannequin for it? I don't like purple very much in crafting and it is a colour I very rarely use (perhaps it was that colour choice that had made this not work before?)....but this seemed to work perfectly now with the bronze rustic tones of the steampunk embellishments.

      I used a piece of cardboard, ripped pieces off and then began to stick music sheet tissue to the card with matte multi medium. Then I brushed some watered down gesso over it.

I then used a stencil and blended some Dusty Concord DI over the cardboard and blended some Tumbled Glass DI in some areas too. I also spritzed some espresso Dylusions sprays onto the background

      

Various sewing stamps were stamped around the edges using Potting Soil Archival ink and I dabbed around the edges with Vintage Photo DI

The mannequin had been painted with Stone Fresco paint and was then covered with Crackle glaze and walnut stain DI rubbed over it to enhance the crackle

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    The corset was stamped onto card in Jet Black archival ink and then embossed. The corset was then painted with Dusty Concord DS. Tiny gears were stuck to the corset along with a bronze button decoration

    White lace was dabbed with Dusty Concord DS and then when dry was stuck onto the mannequin in layers to form the skirt. An organza ribbon was stained with Dusty Concord DS and tied into a bow.

 The words 'create the look' were chosen from chit chat stickers and edged with Vintage Photo DI and stuck to the corset of the dress. 

Various decorations were used at the base of the mannequin including buttons, lace and metal flowers

A piece of cotton ribbon was added across the bottom of the hanger

Bronze Hinge fasteners were used with rusty wire as a hanger

And here is the finished Steampunk Couture Creation.......

I hope you like it!...and I do hope you will come over to see what the rest of the team have made and share your Steampunk Couture with us! Hope to see you there!

                                                      

Artistic Playtime

Hello everyone!

 I am here to show you my creation for the new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges -

'Anything Goes'

Don't we always love 'Anything Goes'?

    I am showing you a tag today that I made with some Artistic Outpost stamps....Obviously as this was an 'Anything Goes' challenge it gave me a chance to have some 'Artistic Playtime'.......

I got a tag and blended Evergreen Bough DI over it. I used a stencil on sections of the tag.

 I also spritzed some Dylusion inks over the tag and did some spritzing with water...

I added some strips of tissue tape

I covered a piece of card with various tissue tapes and added a stamped and cut out image of a young boy. 

I used a text stamp using DI's and Archival ink to add depth to the tag

A twine bow was added to the top of the tag

A quote was stamped onto card that had been inked with Evergreen Bough DI and then sanded to distress the edges

Hope you like it! Why not come and play along with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges!

Remember we are a stamping challenge so please feature a stamped focal image on your creation.

  You could be the winner of $20 to spend at Flonzcraft Stamps! And of course you could be picked at one of our Catwalk Spotlights!

Such a Funkie Spotlight!

Hi everyone!

     Linda (the Funkie Junkie) is sponsoring Our Creative Corner this month and the randomly drawn winner will be getting a $25 voucher to spend at her wonderful Funkie Junkie Boutique!

 Join in the challenge over at Our Creative Corner to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize!  

Today it is time for the first of this month's Funkie Junkie Boutique Spotlights!

And here for you is a sneak peek of today's spotlight....

If you are interested in finding out what I have been making and how they were made then hop 

over to Our Creative Corner

Hope to see you over there!

Going Rusty

Hi everyone! WOW....October already? Where is the year going?

      Hope everyone is in a rustic Autumn mood?....because that is exactly what we are challenging you to come up with over at Our Creative Corner this month!

    

I really love Autumn and find it very inspiring with all those textures and colours we see in nature right now.  So I decided to bring those textures and colours into a challenge here and see all that rustic creativity here at Our Creative Corner!

 We want to see a huge variety of items here, so make anything you like, but add some RUST!

Now you can take this Rust-ic creativity to any level you like - You can use just some rusty autumnal colours or you can really go for it and work with gorgeous, rough textured, grungy, real or faux rust. 

So.....How 'rusty' are you?....

This is how rusty I am....!!!

I ADORE rust! I love everything about it and I also love how varied it can be. It doesn't have to be just the coppery brown effect. I wanted to capture the varied colours of rust for my creation.

    I decided to decorate a large MDF heart. I cut an oval out of thick card and used that as a template for the center. Around it I applied a thick layer of texture paste. I lifted out the oval and began to add swirls and texture to the paste.

 When dry I painted it all with Chocolate Pudding Fresco Paint. I then spread a very thin layer of crackle glaze over the oval and then when that was dry I covered it with a thick layer of Guacamole and Bora Bora Fresco paint. I then dry brushed the edges of the oval with Chocolate Pudding Fresco Paint and Decoart Traditions Red Oxide paint.

The letters were grungeboard alphabet covered with Decoart Crackle Paste and then covered in Decoart Traditions Transparent Red Oxide paint.

 They were then stuck to the heart and then covered with Decoart Media Antiquing cream in Patina Green and English Red Oxide. These were wiped away slightly with a baby wipe when dry.

Then they had some Guacamole Fresco paint dry brushed over them

 

I began to build up rusty looking effects over the texture paste. I added many, many, many layers before it looked 'right'....The colours I used were  -

Fresco Paint

Chocolate Pudding

London Night

Guacamole

Bora Bora 

Decoart Traditions 

Quinacridone Gold 

 Transparent Red Oxide

Decoart Media Antiquing Cream

Patina Green 

English Red Oxide

The flowers were tiny die cuts that were covered with Guacamole and BoraBora Fresco paint and were dabbed with a little Quinacridone Gold Decoart Traditions paint. They were then covered in Decoart One Step crackle before being inked with Walnut Stain Distress ink to highlight the crackle.

I couldn't resist adding some actual rusted items too - a key and some of my favourite rusted wire....

So that is how 'rusty' I am!!!

     I do hope you will come along and join us this month at Our Creative Corner!

You could be our October Winner and feature as our Top Talent! You could be one of our Top 3 or you could even be the lucky winner of the $25 voucher to spend at the Funkie Junkie Boutique!