WOYWW #207

Good Morning Blog Hoppers,

I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to each and every one of you not only for commenting on my blog last Wednesday but for sending me such lovely get well wishes.  To find myself confined to bed was one thing, to be confined to bed and unable to talk well that was something else.

I can report that I am no longer in bed, I am on my second course of antibiotics and steroids, I am feeling a lot better and hope by the end of this week I will be back to my old self.  Oh and I can speak!!!!

Crafters are an amazing bunch of people you become not just friends but family and  everyone really does care about the other and everyone is happy to reach out to the other.  Last Wednesday could have been a very lonely day for me but instead you all dropped in to keep me company and I can tell you I really appreciated each and everyone of you, thank you.

So what is on my desk today, well my memory is not what it used to be and I have to hold my hand up to forgetting the odd thing, well more than the odd if I am honest.  One thing that does worry me is forgetting Birthdays so I have decided to make myself a birthday reminder tag book.  I will use my Tim Holtz tag die, love the size of this tag and I thought a little distress ink and some stamping would be in order.

I thought I would share with you my Tim Holtz distress ink pad storage units.  These come from QD's at about £1 each and the ink pads fit one in each draw with room for a bit of cut and dry foam and the piece of foam from the blending tool so you have everything in the one colour in the one place.  The ink pad is just a little on the tight side but it does fit and it is easy to get it out when needed.

You can see that I have created a colour label for each draw colouring one side of the tag with the ink and writing the name of the ink on the other side.  These draws then all stack on top of each other making storage neat and tidy.

Before I go of hopping around the world looking at your workstations today I wanted to share this beautiful new stamp with you.  It is by La Blanche unsure of the name of the stamp but it stamps amazingly well.  It is on it's own foam block so you do not need to add it to any other sort of stamping block.

Well that is it from me today, if you were hoping to see my other finished Graphic 45 project that I gave you a peep at last week the full details are on the previous post.

Take care, have fun and craft till you drop.

Ria

The Olde Curiosity Shoppe

Good Afternoon all you lovely people,

Today's post was a lovely one to work on, why because it used the lovely papers that are known to us as Graphic 45.  Who doesn't  enjoy crafting with these top quality papers and the Olde Curiosity Shoppe papers are no exception.

I started with a Paper Mache frame that measures 9"x 9" which I bought from The Range for £1.  I covered this with a coat of Black Gesso to give it an undercoat making it easier for the papers to stick to.

Once the gesso was dry I went around the outer edge and inner edge with some Tim Holtz Washi Tape.  This sometimes has a problem sticking with just the adhesive already as part of the tape but on the gesso it sticks wonderfully.

I cut the sheet titled Genuine Article to size to fit inside the cut out frame area and stuck this down using my Pinflair Glue Gel, this is my must go to glue most of the time as it gives you time to work with the glued piece until you are happy with where you have it.

I covered an Art Part Square with the same washi tape and then stuck 9 small mirror squares to this, once dry I added three little shrink plastic embellishments to the mirror.

Next I set about cutting up the sheet titled Apothecary and I used the boarder to cover the top and bottom of the frame.  The green line part of the boarder was used to look like shelving on the back of the shop.  I covered another art part with Peeled Paint Distress Stain to act as shelving for my three glass bottles.

Still working with the Apothecary sheet I cut out all the individual bottles and jars, (I love cutting out in front of the TV at night).  I gave each of these cut out bottles and jars a bit of shape using my poky tool and used the pinflair glue as a dimensional glue to make these stand out.

I looked around the craft room for things to fill the glass bottles with and used Flower Soft, Talc and Hand wash.  I glued the corks using Glossy Accents to make sure the contents wasn't going anywhere and then I stuck these to the shelf.

I used other elements and embellishments from the pad and my stash to finish the frame off and I have to say I was pleased with the finished project.  I think going around the edge of every piece of paper with Bundled Sage Distress Ink to get rid of the white edges is well worth that little bit of extra time.

So there you have today's post The Olde Curiosity Shoppe and all of the papers for this were taken from the 8"x 8" pad and there are still plenty left for other projects.

Thank you for looking in on my blog today, please do leave me a comment letting me know what you think and I am happy to answer any questions.

TTFN
Ria

WOYWW #206

Hello blog hoppers,

Welcome to my blog but more importantly to my workstation today for WOYWW hosted by the wonderful Julia.
Today is a brief one for me as I am under the weather and on bed rest but I didn't want to miss out on our Wednesday fun.

Last week I had some Graphic 45 papers out on my desk along with some paper mache items that I had gessoed.  These are two projects I made using the Secret Garden Papers the previous post gives you the details on how these were made.

Here is a sneak peak at what I did with the Old Curiosity Shoppe papers a full blog post to follow on this one.

As I said short but sweet today I will try to get around to as many of you as possible as I am hoping not to sleep the day away.

Thank you for hopping over to my blog, please do leave a comment so I know you have visited and if you would like to follow my blog it would be wonderful to have you along on my journey through craft.

Ria

Graphic 45 Secret Garden

Hello you lovely people,

Well the weekend is now with us and I hope that means craft time for all you people that have been working hard all week.

I am going to share with you two pieces I have made using the new Graphic 45 Secret Garden Papers that were on my desk for WOYWW this week.

                                 I have made a 6"x 6" framed piece and a 8"x 4" wall hanging

For the frame on this piece I used Seedless Preserves Distress Paint as the base colour and then I added Spun Sugar Distress Paint to some Kroma Crakle and spread this over the top.  I left this to do it's thing over night and I love the way it has cracked.

I took the Seed Fairy page and cut it to size to fit inside the frame and then cut out the rose and the daisy stamp image three times each and I inked around the edge using Shabby Shutter Distress Ink and raised them on foam pads.

I used some Paper Artsy Grunge Paste through a mask to create the raised flowers in the corners of the frame and when dry I painted them with the seedless preserves distress paint and stuck a button in the centre of each one.

I finished the frame off by adding a metal corner, some flowers and pins from my stash and stuck a Tim Holtz Small Easel to the back of the piece.

For the wall hanging I painted the whole thing with Periwinkle Eco Paint and  I stuck some green lace around the bottom.  I covered the front and back of the wall hanging with the front and back of the Sun Kissed paper.

I inked through my Moroccan Mask using After Midnight Dylusions Ink and once dry I placed four strips of Script Washi Tape over the front of the hanging.  I made up one of the little pockets from the secret garden kit and stuck a strip of the washi tape across that and inked around the pocket and the calendar with Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

I made up some flowers from the Pretty Primrose and the Sun Kissed paper using the Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Garland and Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms Dies.  I inked around the flowers and the leaves using dusty concord and shabby shutters distress ink.

I finished this piece off with some faux pearls, gems, little dragonflies and a little tag from the kit which I added some ribbon and a little tree charm to.

I am looking forward to working with the secret garden papers again as they are so pretty and versatile using a lovely colour pallet.

Well I am off to use another Graphic 45 paper set so please do come back to see the finished project.  Please leave a comment as I love to read them, I will answer any questions and it would be fabby if you wanted to become one of my followers.

Ria

WOYWW #205

Good morning blog hoppers,

Here we are again on a Wednesday morning all around the world, coming together to take a look at each others workstation.  It is easy to join us and we have a lot of fun along the way, so hop over to Julia's blog to link up with us.  I would like to say a big welcome to my new followers it is so good to have you join me.

My workstation is a very easy one today with not much happening but I intend to change that once I can get sat down in my craft room.

I have three paper mache items covered in Gesso and my Graphic 45 papers, Olde Curiosity Shoppe and Secret Garden.  I am going to use these along with some dies and embellishments to transform them into, well something else.

I did get to do some playing in my craft room over the long weekend and produced three tags,

I used distress inks and did some white pen work on them.  I also made a framed piece using distress paints, embossing paste and some masks.  Full details on the frame are on the previous post.

Well that's me for this morning I am off now to link up and see what you have all been up to.  Please do leave me a comment to let me know you have looked in and if you would like to become a follower it would be lovely to have you join me.

TTFN

Ria

Have a wonderful day

Hello Craft buddies,

I want to say hello and thank you to my new followers, it is great to have you on board what is my craft journey and I hope you will enjoy the ride.

The wonderful weather makes most of us feel so much better about life and other things and it sure makes a difference to health issues which can only be a good thing.  With the lovely weather in mind I set about doing a framed piece titled Have a Wonderful Day.

I started out with a picture mount and a piece of extra thick card that is 6"x 6" and I covered both with a coat of white Gesso.  Once this was dry I went over the mount with Broken China Distress Paint and the backing I used Wild Honey Distress Paints.  Have I said how much I am in love with these paints?  The coverage, the colours, the feel of the paint when dry and the ability to blend the colours not only together but with our Distress Inks is just fantastic.  Love Love Love them.

Once the blue paint was dry I used a stencil and some white Dreamweaver Embossing Paste around two sides of the mount and left this to dry.  Once dry I went over it again using the broken china paint using some cut and dry foam.

While that was drying I took a 6"x 6" piece of decorative paper and used wild honey and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink through the Flower and Butterfly Mask and then broken china distress ink and the Moroccan Mask.  Just because a piece of paper has pattern, text or images it does not mean it has to stay like that and masks are a great way of adding layers to your papers.

I then stamped out the Papermania Build a Butterfly on to some papers and took the dragonflies from another Papermania stamp.

Once everything was dry I put the whole thing together shaping the large butterfly wings with my bone folder and added some gems to finish the pretty frame.  I attached a stand to the back of the frame.

I have several different embossing pastes that I want to start playing with and using in my projects so if any one has any hints or tips on this I would love to hear them.

Thank you for stopping by today, please do leave a comment to let me know you have visited and to let me know what you think about the frame and embossing pastes.

Ria

Wall Hanging

Hello fellow crafters,

Wow what a wonderful Bank Holiday we are having, the sun is shining the birds are singing and I am in my craft room.

I have to confess to being in love, that is in love with my Tim Holtz Distress Paints.  These little bottles of paint are so beautiful to use, then blend and lift and go with everything else that is Tim Holtz.

I decided to use my paints on a Wall Hanging and after a coat of white Gesso I covered the Wall Hanging with Seedless Preserves Distress Paint.  Once this was dry I then painted around the edge of the wall hanging with Spun Sugar Distress Paint using some Cut & Dry Foam.

Next I cut a piece of Watercolour Paper to the size of the hanging and then tore around the edge.  On my craft mat I put some of the two distress paints and spritzed with water and ran the torn piece of paper and the off cut through the paint.  I did this a few times spritzing the paper to allow the paint to run and dried in between each go.

I then tore some small bits from a book and stuck these at an angle and did a light colour wash with gesso and spun sugar distress paint.  I inked around the edge of the torn piece of watercolour paper with seedless preserves distress ink.

The off cut of watercolour paper was cut with my Sizzix Flower Layer die and this was layered up and inked around the edges.

I used a flourish mask and some PaperArtsy Grunge Paste on the torn piece and once that was dry I inked over using Picked Raspberry Distress Ink.  I also inked through the Flower and Butterfly mask on to the torn piece building up the layers.

When this had all dried I then started to build up the flowers along the bottom and up the side of the hanging.  I placed three small clay flowers on to the flowers that had been inked through the mask.

I finished the whole thing off with some fibres and I stamped the words from the Artistic Stamper Journaling Words 2.  Before sticking it all down I stuck some netting that had some beads hanging from it to the wall hanging and then added the rest.

Once I had finished this I put everything away and told myself to use something other than the new distress paints on my next project.  Did I do what I told myself, of course not I got out my Wild Honey and Broken China paints.  If you have not given these paints a try yet then I think you too will be hooked once they end up in your stash.

Thank you for looking in, please do leave me a comment to let me know what you think and tell me if you have used these yet and what your thoughts are on them.

TTFN
Ria