Thursday 24 April 2014

Scrapbook page for The Craft Barn

Good afternoon folks.
Just thought I'd pop on quickly to tell you that over at The Craft Barn Blog today I'm sharing a 12 x 12 Scrapbook layout. I'd love you to pop on over for a closer look. To tempt you even more, there is a downloadable PDF showing all the steps (with pictures too).
All the details are HERE and this is the finished page.

 And a closer shot showing some more of the detail.
Also, while I think about it, if you fancy joining me at The Craft Barn on Sunday there are still places for my storage jar class

Should be fun. Details can be found HERE

Right. This was a quick one but I'll be back with another post later, promise!

Friday 18 April 2014

Happy Easter

Good morning friends,
I know, it's been a while; life has been busy and I've been having to get my garden ready too. The first foray into it after winter takes me a bout 3-4 days to get it looking good so now it's ready for our first braai
garden in progress and painting pots in blackboard black ready for herbs too.
 Lovely sunny morning breakfast to keep the energy levels up.
Then, time for afternoon tea......

On the crafty side, I decided we needed an Easter wreath for the door so I did this.....
 I didn't have much time so it was cobbled together with stuff lying around. The Happy Easter was brightly coloured so I painted them with some raw umber and then stone over that. I kept it rustic so you can see the colour underneath too.
 I kind of needed so colour so there are a few flowers and a rosette in blues and greens to add some focus. and I added some small Tim Holtz die cut butterflies randomly too.
 The metal butterflies are from a belt and the little gem egg shape beads are from an old butterfly hanging

Now hanging on the front door. We are enjoying a few days with family now. I would like to take this moment to wish you and yours a very blessed and special Easter and pray that the love and joy of God touch your lives and bring you joy at this time. 


Monday 7 April 2014

Bit of a catch up time

Good morning friends.
It's been a busy few days here at Walkerville... Starting on Friday for my Secrets of Rusty Things class at The Craft Barn. It was a good day, learning how to create aged metal effects to create this fun book box.

Also, last week I forgot to share this fun canvas I made using the Lindsay Mason stamps. I really had a good time doing this.

 It was great to find a place to add these rusty washers. I can't help but pick them up when I see them in the street!
If you pop over to the post on The Craft Barn Blog HERE, there is a downloadable PDF with all the how to make pics and instructions too.

Then it was last minute prepping and packing for Sunday for my second class, exploring textured journal backgrounds, down at That Craft Place in Eastbourne. It was a delightful day. Such lovely folks and all absorbed and enjoying the session.
Of course, it would be rude not to start the day by saying good morning to the sea.



 The concentration levels were high, Everyone absorbed in that lovely creative space.

 During the course of the day we were looking at different ways of adding texture and interest to backgrounds. The results were fabulous backgrounds that you just want to touch.


 Of course, a little retail therapy was inevitable....
Gorgeous and reasonably priced charms just begging for a lick of paint and ink.  Don't you think these colours of Archival are lovely.
And look, the Easter Bunny came to tea, he'll be part of our table this year. So, there you have a little round
up of my busy but lovely weekend. now to unpack, finish of class samples and in between that, go to work too, hope you have a great week everyone.

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Birds and Bees over at A little bit Crafty

Good morning friends.
Wow, April already, where is the time going? A new month means a new challenge over at A Little Bit Crafty and the theme this month is Birds and Bees. There is some great inspiration from the team and some great prizes too so we'd love to see you taking part.

 I'm making more of an effort to make cards this year as my back up stock is looking a bit thin so I put this together from assorted pieces from my desk.
 I began with an embossed card blank and spritzed some ink randomly using the Tim Holtz Marker Spritzer and blending Distress Ink over the whole piece.
I used a #6 tag for the centre panel and used the Spritzer and the Doily stencil to add the pattern. I then added some dimension with a mask and Grunge Paste.
 The Flowers are made out of the wings from a PaperArtsy stamp with flat back pearl centres. They have been coloured with Dylusions ink
 I felt that it needed a bit more so I cut the card blank off and matted it onto green card and re mounted onto a larger blank.
I attached the tag upside down and tied a bow to the bottom and attached the bee. (The bird flew away lol)

Hope you like it. Take care and I hope you have a great month......