Another "let's try out a product" project. The product in question being the Viva Venezio stone effect kit. And I have to say, I'm really rather happy with how it turned out, especially for a first try. I gave the jar a coat of white gesso to give the paste something to stick to and… Continue reading Shell jar
I'm trying to use some of the supplies that have been sitting unloved in my stash. I've pretty much given up on ever catching up with all the stamps, dies and stencils, but I do hold out hope that I can make a large dent in the backlog of paints, embossing powders and other colouring… Continue reading Butterfly colour drips
This box was made with a particular person in mind, the same person I made the Harry Potter wedding card for. She is one of the few people who would appreciate the time turner that has been lurking in my stash. I die-cut a heart from thick card and prepped that and the box with… Continue reading Time turner heart box
Maybe I was influenced by the "spring" weather when I put this little jar together. Growing up in Lincolnshire I was quite used to seeing snow — there were even times when we had deep snow drifts on my birthday at the end of March — but it's not often that snow settles and lingers… Continue reading Tiny snowflake jar
You can learn a lot from just watching YouTube videos, but sometimes it’s handy to actually walk through the techniques with the same supplies, just to get a feel for how what you’re seeing translates into actually doing. So I picked up this workshop kit to have a play. I am really bad (or good… Continue reading Wings of Time panel
Another "throwback Thursday" post for another panel that I made and photographed last year (hence the 2017 watermark that I cannot be bothered to redo: I don't need any more excuses to not get around to blogging this creation). This panel was made in response to a challenge to use a clipboard in a mixed… Continue reading Follow your dreams
This is a bit of a "throwback Thursday" post. I made this panel, photographed it and even processed the photos when I made it last year; the one thing I didn't do then was write up the blog post... This was only the second mixed media panel I had created. After the darker feel of… Continue reading Peacock panel
After finishing the back, it was time to move on to the main event: the rocket. Not 3D-printed but made out of air-dry clay instead. My other half hadn't had any joy trying to find a design he liked so I found a likely illustration, pointed at it and asked "something like that?". He said… Continue reading Rocket monolith: the front
My other half asked me to make him something with a rocket. The idea was that he would find a rocket design he liked and 3D print it and then I could paint it and create a background for it. I decided to use one of the MDF monoliths in my stash; that way he… Continue reading Rocket monolith: the back
Time taken to finish this jar? Months. Or about five days. Or a few hours. Depending on whether you’re counting time spent working on it, the number of days it was worked on, or the time elapsed between starting it and finishing it. I think this project fits quite nicely with Country View Craft's April… Continue reading Buttons and flowers jar
I am definitely enjoying playing around with mixed media projects — I've spent most of my crafty time in March getting my hands covered in glue and paint (apart from those odd occasions when I actually remembered to put on disposable gloves). I am very much still at the stage of experimenting and am happy… Continue reading Spring flowers panel
Remember the spooky tree Halloween panel? The one that started life as a pretty autumnal tree in my imagination? Well, this is where I ended up using the sequins that inspired that original idea. I came up with and discarded several ideas before finally deciding to try something I hadn't done before: actually sewing sequins.… Continue reading Beautiful sequin heart
This wasn’t going to be a Halloween piece. This was originally going to be an autumnal scene. My starting point for this was a challenge to use half a bag of multicoloured sequins from the September Craft Box subscription. They’re not on here. They’ve been hand sewn onto a foam heart on a completely different… Continue reading Creepy tree panel
My first mixed media canvas panel. I'm not sure what the original inspiration was, but I had the idea of standing inside a room looking through a window at the moon and once I had enough of a picture in my mind, I started creating it on canvas. The canvas is 8" square. Not huge,… Continue reading Shiny objects canvas
I love my Copics, but I also love trying new things and playing with different styles and techniques. And well… anything that gives me an excuse to go shopping for more stash! At the end of last year I decided to leap waaaaaaay out of my comfort zone and try some dimensional mixed media. I… Continue reading Winter box
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