Craftystuff

This "sampler" is once again inspired by a project in the Craft Stamper mag (if you have never read it you have missed out!) designed by Carol Quance.

My sampler is a bit smaller than A4 (the one in the mag was 5 x 7in) .Painted the backgound with black acrylic then stamped in silver & white & edged the board with silver embossing powder. The square (top left) is made fron a piece of thin metal, the text stamped & embossed, the "frame" created by squiggling with an embossing tool then the metal wrapped around a piece of mount board. The heart was a £1 shop find , the elephant made from utee. The tag was covered in thick gesso then "pounced" to give a hammered effect, the letters etc added whilst still wet then the surface coloured with silver rub-on wax & a black inkpad. The key is dipped in utee & stamped. The butterfly is a die-cut covered with duck tape and distressed with wire & thread wrapped round . The star is a metal tag, stamped image then covered with gloss finish, beads & wire added.Finally, the black ribbon was stamped & embossed, the buckle a junk shop find & mounted onto black gloss card. By the way - the pink is not attached to it ,was just the box it was resting on!

This 5in x 7in canvas is part painted, part stamped using acrylic paints with the addition of a chipboard flower which has been dipped in the meltpot & stamped into then highlighted with paint and some little butterfly brads.

I made this card & mini canvas and easel for Lizziesmoms birthday on Crafting Corner. The easel is made from a lolly stick & a some of coffee stirrers from a well known burger place!!

Very plain and simple this one! The background is printed onto hand made paper which gives it a soft fuzzy texture, the image added on top and the edges sponged with acrylic paint with just a smidge of glitter in it. The foremost images are highlighted with 3D gloss.

How "60s" is that! 5 x 7in canvas, mostly acrylic paint with a touch of ink, just fun to do this one!...................I think its out of my system now!

Received this 7 x 5 in canvas from Joanne in a swap on Lots to Do - I think you will agree it is gorgeous....................Jo says its the first she has done too...................................!Thanks Jo.

Bought some acrylic paints last week so thought I would have a go! The background is put on with a dry cosmetic sponge, the flowers hand painted & the borders stamped with white paint. Click on the pic for a better look! What do you think?

Another whim! Not meant to mean anything profound, just whatever you see in it. It is painted with watercolour paint mixed with glitter glue and highlghts are done with metallic paint. 5in x 7in.

Did this just to try the wax on canvas - not a great work of art but considering it was done with an encaustic iron I am not too displeased with it.