My first play with Paint Fusion

We love growing our own so have masses of packets of seeds.  A friend suggested me making a fabric wall hanging to put them in but my paint fusion stamps had just arrived and I was torn between the seeds and playing.  Sooo, I combined both by making a set of pockets using Tim Holtz grunge paper, decorating them with some of the paint fusion techniques then fixing them to pieces of distressed mountboard.  The letters were cut using my Big Shot.  I'm not entirely happy with the composition of some of the pictures, why is it that the dummy run often goes better than the real thing?  But hey ho, it hangs on my kitchen wall keeping all of the packets in good order.

Patchwork Polly

With patchwork being one of my first true crafts I just had to have this set.  I love coloring in rubber stamps and these ones from Crafters Companion are a dream to work with.  The images on the easel card to the left were stamped onto smooth card and coloured using pro markers.  I mounted a square of pastel glitter card onto some pearl cardstock, cut and embossed the main image using a neastability die and ran a promarker around the edge to tint it slightly before attatching it and the other embellishments with silicone glue.

The card on the right was made in a similar way to the above but the images were stamped onto watercolour card and painted using a Big and Juicy Vibrant Primary ink pad.  I wasn't as happy with the 'feel' of the images done in this way although the effect was good.  The die cut main shape was cut into two and then the bottom hung onto the top using little coloured jump rings.

More Christmas crafting

Here is a selection of this years Christmas gifts made using Maya Road papier mache pieces.

The first cottage was for a teenager so I decorated it pink and grungy and enclosed a strip photo album




the second cottage was made as a recipe box for recipes using oregano. 

Below, mini tins from Creative expressions replacing the traditional crackers, decorated with Ranger alcohol inks.  Some were also stamped and embossed before all were varnished.

A cot quilt for the youngest member of the family.  The pictures below show the quilting on the reverse and the tree drawing I made as a pattern for the quilting.  the pattern was traced onto soluble fabric which I then sewed through.

Finally a decorated clip board , I don't like giving vouchers in envelopes, so boring, so I attached it to this

Christmas crafting

I thought I'd post some of my christmas crafting to show.  Starting with the cake which was decorated with stars embossed using a cuttlebug folder!  The fairy on the top was made by Grace at my craft group.

I also quilted a table runner.  Fortunately the husband of one of our crafters deals in fabric so the cottons were a good price.

Christmas shopping bags (Moresebags)

Decorated mirrors

These mirrors both came from that famous Swedish shop.  With a little gold embossing powder paint and gems plus a couple of Sizzix dies they can be transformed into something unique.  The one above was originally pine coloured but I gave it a light sanding and then colour washed it with watered white acrylic before
decorating in colours to match some bedding.  Embellishments were cut from thick card and stuck down with Ranger Glossy Accents.

I apologise for the slightly blurry images, I don't think my camera knew what to make of the mirrors.

Calendar

I made this simple monochrome 2010 calendar for my mum as a way of sharing some of the many pictures we have of her geat grandchildren.   I used the My Craft Studio Art Nouvea CD, some printed calendar sheets, some cuttlebug embossed strips, mirror board, black card and a few embellishments.   I was able to use the Bind it All that hubby bought for me last Christmas :)