Deer plaque

Good morning all, well today is my last day at work for this year ;o)). I can't wait to get home and hopefully get everything sorted ready for Christmas day. I am also really looking forward to some time off to spend with the family. 

Today's post isn't a card for a change, but the canvas that I made at the last Dabble Day. 

This was made in the lovely Hels Sheridan's workshop.

We decorated a piece of card with stamps and distress inks and then stuck it on to a stretched canvas. 

I bit of black acrylic paint around the edge gives it a nice border. 

The deer is a Tim Holtz die cut and the sentiment is from a Tim Holtz set for Stampers Anonymous.

I'm not sure where the little cardinal is from, but I think the leaves etc. are also Tim Holtz. 

We finished it off with a little gold pine cone and some gold tinsel. 

Hope you like it. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Dabble Day make

Morning everyone.  Happy Sunday!

Jen and I had a great day again at the Busy Bees Crafts Dabble Day.  We took part in three workshops and today I am sharing the tag I made with the very lovely (and ever so slightly batty!) Hels Sheridan of Ink On My Fingers.  

Hels is a Ranger certified instructor so we always get to play with lots of lovely Tim Holtz inks, stamps and stencils.

As usual we got super inky but that is the best part of any Hels workshop and is so much fun :)

We started with a #12 tag and inked the whole surface, adding deeper colour around the edges.  I used Old Paper and Vintage Photo.  Water was the flicked over the surface to react with the ink and create some faded areas.  We then stencilled randomly across the surface with a third colour.  In this case it was Peeled Paint.

We tore strips of a stunning Kaiser craft paper and inked all the edges before laying them across the tag.  Once all the base was complete we got to the embellishing stage.

The sentiment was inked and watered the same as the tag then attached with a display pin.

The flowers are Spellbinders rolled blossoms.  I rolled them quite loosely and then once I was back home I filled the centres with silicone and sprinkled with black glitter.  The leaves were inked with Peeled Paint and crinkled up to give some extra texture.

The ribbon started as cream, but with some Vintage Photo and water I dyed it this richer shade.

So that's my completed tag.  I love it but what do you think? 

TTFN Jude xx

Altered art book

Good morning, and happy Easter Monday. Hope you have all enjoyed a nice long weekend, and not over indulged too much lol.

Today I thought I would share with you the altered art mini MDF book that I made when we went to the last dabble day. 

You know I love all things Hels so I really enjoyed making this. 

There's lots of inky stamping involved which makes me happy lol.

And I love getting to use different stencils and stamps to what we have.

The only think I don't agree with is how long it took to cut all of those flowers and butterflies out, by hand!!! That's what dies are made for lol. 

But I did discover a love for Crushed Olive Distress Ink. I hadn't used it before and am now in love with it. And what's even better is I looked when we got home and we already have it :o))

Not sure yet where I'm going to put the book yet, it's just sort of sitting in the craft room at the minute, but I'll find somewhere for it soon.

Well that's all for today, hope you like it.

Come back soon and take care,

xxx

Lots of Dabble Day photos

Goodly Tuesday everyone.  Hope you're keeping well.

As we've already said the Dabble Day on Saturday was a triumph.  As usual the wonderful Hels Sheridan came up with a fantastic project.  Here is her sample.

The mdf hearts are covered with paper then we set at them with ink, stencils and stamps before finishing off with the embellishments.  This is my version (fronts first {with close ups}, then backs)

I had so much fun with this project and will be making more mini books or decorations using this idea.

That's it for me for today.  TTFN Jude xx