Another make......D

Hi all

I do hope you are all enjoying a crafty weekend.  I have managed to finish crocheting a baby blanket (another project out of the way lol) and then of course wandered to my sanctuaryto sit and think what to do.  The other day a colleague at work gave me a bag ful of broken jewellery and at the bottom of the bag were heaps of bangles.  So that was it an idea was born.  I decided to make a pen holder for her desk.  Kind of upcycling her bangles and giving them back to her lol.

Ingredients

bangles, glue, gesso

pink and cream acrylic

odd flowers and leaves from my stash

lace and bead trim from my stash

Velvet ribbon from my stash for the inside rim
Marvel dry milk tin lid for base

rub n buff to finish it off

Well thats it for today......

Hugz and love 

Christmas canvas for a friend... D

I just love my mixed media projects and as you can probably see I always err on the side of dramatic so to create this really stretched me.  My mate is into shabby chic so gave it a go.  I am still unsure of it but here it is.

Materials used are as follows

Modelling paste

blue, cream and pink paints

gold, silver and copper rub n buff

snowflake charms

holly leaves and berries from my stash

chipboard for the tree

lots of lace on my chipboard tree

lots of rose quartz, lemon quartz and amethyst

a glass angel from my stash and a pair of wings from a diamante brooch

embossing powder and glitter (leaves, berries and snowflakes)

pearl trim
glittered snowflakes and stars from a pound shop

crystals for the tree trunk

I think that's all I used lol

Hope you like it

Hugz always

This has been entered into the following challenges

A creative romance - sparkle at christmas 1j
alphabet challenge jff - whatever you wish 1j
brown sugar - AG 26d
challenges and candies - winter magic 27d
crafts 4 eternity - ag 27d
fun with shapes - bling bling 1j
just add ink jff- just add your christmas project 1j
LOC - christmas 1j WINNER
stamping for the weekend - ag 20j
4kraftygirlz - ag 15j
happy campers - christmas 15j
2 creative chicks - christmas/winter 1j
abc - b is for blue,bow and bling 1j
a little bit crafty - christmas cheer 1j
always somethingcreative - christmas 1j
craft all day - winter 1j
crafting musketeers - layer it up 1j
feeling crafty - christmas 1j
seemacrafts - christmas 1j WINNER
crafters cafe - ag 26d
cupboard trilogy - christmas 2j
crafting for all seasons - anything christmas but a card 10j
crafty creations - ag 8j
creative moments - ag/winterwonderland 1j
divas by design - ag 10j
simon says stamp - bling 1j
sisterhood of crafters - all that glitters 23d
lej designs- ag 6j
artistic inspirations - ag 8j
craft your passion abac - 23d
parade your crafts christmas project 23d
613 avenue create - ag 22d FEATURED ON FB
abac - (30) create anything you can dream up 23d
that craft place - ag 23d
corrosive challenges - ag 23d
Paper ala mode - non trad christmas 29 d
CHNC - anything Christmas 2j

Secret Santa Prezzie - D

Hello to you all

I am slowly getting there with prezzies.  I made yet another canvas but this time as a secret santa prezzie for a colleague at work.  Had to have this finished tonight to give out tomorrow.

Lots and lots of embellies/euphrema used from my stash(lace, ribbon, charms, poppers, buttons, brooches, beads, leaves etc).  Painted blue purple from the right and slowly lightened towards the left.  I then used silver rub n buff over the texture.  

Hope you like it

Thanks for dropping by and please feel free to call again

Hugz and love 

This has been entered into the following challenges

4Krafty Girlz - AG j9
Crafty ribbons - anything with ribbon 19d
Crafters cafe - monochromatic 18d
Divas by design - AG 7j
TTCRD - AG 17d
Artistic Inspirations - AG 6j
Created with love - AG 16d
Dream Valley challenges - ABAC 15d
corrosive challenge - AG 23d
kraftyhands - AG 1j

Yes another prezzie - when does it end?.. D

Yes another canvas completed for my elder son and wife.  The pictures show it in stages and has lots and lots of dusty forgotten about embellies.  Hope you like it....The final picture shows the previous canvas with the current - One more to go!

Hugz and love

This has been entered into the following challenges

ABAC - Create anything you dream up 23d
Dream Valley Challenges - ABAC 16d
Glitter and sparkle - show some blue 16d WINNER
Corrosive challenges - AG 24d
Allsorts - anything but christmas 14d
4Krafty Girlz - AG 12d
7 kids college fund - AG 17d
Crafty Creations - Anything but christmas 11d
Creative moments - AG/Vintage 11d
Simon says stamp weds - Create background 11d
Rhedd and Rosies - use old stash 21d

Another prezzie complete....D

My hands were itching to get a canvas out and get messy.  May as well have a purpose so I printed out my son Matthew's children - yes more of my grandchildren.  I printed them out and tore around the edges - stuck them to the canvas and stuck various items down all over the place with no plan or idea of where it was all going (as you can see all the bits and pieces from my stash drawer buckles flowers washers gems beads lace oddments bottle top...and much much more lol) -  see what I mean lol.  Pics of the initial stage here......

 

 

I then lay down the base using gesso

This is where I started to wish I hadn't started this lol... first mistake!

 

Did not like it at all so I painted over it all using a mixture of black/brown and dry brushed with light beige. 

  

 I then dry brushed over the top using old gold and bronze acrylic paints.  For the final touch I used rub n buff and a layer of mod podge over the top.

 I do hope you like my son's pressie.  I now have to get another one done.

Hugz and love to all of you

This has been entered into the following challenges

Rhedd and Rosie - Use old stash 20 d

Allsorts - anything but christmas 14d

The Kraftyhands challenge - AG 1j

suzy bee's bloomin challenge - recycle 15d

southern girls challenge- embrace your lumps + bumps - texture 14d

simon says stamp - make own background 12d

love to create - holiday gift/3d 10d

emergency crafters - anything but xmas 30d 2ND PLACE