Why Hello!

I have been messing around slowly for a week or so on this canvas- really just trying out a few things rather than 'perfecting' it!  I used polyfiller (modelling paste substitute) with a stencil first for texture then black acrylic.  Butterflies were stencilled in acrylic and then there is stamping in both acrylic and black staz on plus silver ink, doodling....!
The image is one of Clare's Paperartsy girls. I will enter this canvas into the topic 19 Paperartsy challenge: faces.

 

Autumn Wreathes

Mum wanted an autumn wreath after seeing them in Canada last fall.  She has been hinting at me for a while but last Thursday I decided to pluck up the courage and have a go.  I opted for 'au natural' rather than buying plastic leaves etc (to go outside I couldn't use paper ones- my original idea).  This first wreath was made using two coat hangers as the base, apple wood twigs and string.  The decoration was from the garden.  Although there were quite a few plants with red berries in the garden, those with nice coloured leaves (which didn't fall off the moment I touched them) were a bit lacking.

On Friday I wanted to make a more 'leafy' wreath and so went for a walk up the road with a plastic bag!  The base of this wreath is just twigs and string (no coat hangers!!!).

 The second wreath has made it to the front door while the first is hung up on one of the post of the decking by the back door.  I have a feeling the leaves are going to fall out of this one, but I can always top them up!

Raining Canvas

I definitely don't want it to start raining.  The Indian summer we are having is lovely!  However, I wanted to use this image and sentiment from Clare Llyod's Paperartsy set.  I experimented around a bit with the background- acrylic paint and then 'modelling paste' (actually poly filler!) through a stencil, fireworks paint spray, stamping in Stazon and acrylic....

 

 

Robot Shadow House

I was looking for something a bit different to make and found a shadow house project in a Craft Stamper magazine that I was given.

 

 The images are from DigiStamp Boutique but I added a multitude of other things as embellishments, most of which I have had in my craft box for a while.

 All sorts of hidden hardware including screws, nuts and a bear bottle top!

 The houses and base were made from an Amazon envelop covered in book pages, a thin layer of gesso, acrylic paint and washi tape.

 

Playing with my statsh!

Playing with some more stash I couldn't wait to use one of Clare's images to make a card.  I also used some fab papers from TIGER that I was given a while ago.

For a second card I used more of the papers but kept the rest simple with an image I found already stamped in a box ;-)

 

60th Wedding Anniversary Card

Gosh it has been a long time since I blogged a card that I have made (and a long time since I have made a card!).  But I was reunited with my stash and the neighbours' 60th Wedding Anniversary gave me the mojo to get started.
I used a LOTV image and this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday layout.

 

 

baby hat avd mittens

I was experimenting around with a new crochet stitch I found on Pinterest (star stitch) and made this hat and mittens set. The ribbing didn't quite work the way it should do- too loose- but after three attempts I think I now know how to do star stitches.

Baby Mandela

I saw this Mandela blanket in issue 33 of simply crochet and thought I would give it a go. I needed to make a baby blanket anyway and this would be slightly different to the normal granny square version. I used pastel baby wool instead of the vibrant colours suggested and only completed up to round 44- any larger and it would be too big!

Snowman Hat

My fourth hat... a snowman one. I downloaded the pattern for this last November from the repeatafterme blog. I think the eyes are too big. The pattern said to use buttons for the eyes and mouth but I didn't want to on a child's hat (approx. 2 years). Might have to make another at some point...

Puss in Boots

Another make out of my 'Once Upon a Time in Crochet' book.