Bag It

Bag It

Hallo everyone!

I have decided that one cannot

have too many of these bags.

They seem to make even the

most mundane items look as

though a special purchase

has been made

Here's Hazel Harler with her

gorgeous bag 

"This is my decorated bag using the So Soft fabric paints

I started by putting a piece of corrugated card 

inside the bag, this was to give me a firm surface 

to work on and stop the paint from going through

 to the other side of the bag. 

Sorry about the photo, I didn't realise that the 

shutters on my camera hadn't opened properly.

I used a sponge the add the paint.

 I mounted some small Gelli plates onto 

acrylic blocks and used them like stamps 

to add the colour,

 I must admit that I like this and wonder 

if I should have stopped there.

Then used a sponge to stencil the paint onto the bag.

I stencilled some flowers.

I used some indian ink markers to give 

the flowers a bit more definition

I also added some white dots here and there"

Supplies.

Fabric bag.
So Soft fabric paint.
Stencills.
Gelli plate.
Indian ink marker pens.
White marker pen.

Thank you Hazel, that

really is a versatile design

I'm thinking that you could stop

at any of the stages and still

have a stunning bag.  I would

go so far as to say that you could

make a series of bags and stop

the decoration of each one at

the end of the different stages

That'll be the birthdays sorted for this year then....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Buildings

Buildings

Hi There!!

Here's Hazel Harmer with 

a gorgeous Canvas, set to

make us all feel happy and

smiley

"My canvas is nothing like what it was going to be like, 

it was going to be a snowy winters night - 

all shimmery and glittery, 

but our boiler packed up in the

 middle of November and wasn't fixed 

until December 23rd. 

The first week we had no hot water either and because 

we'd been so cold I decided my canvas had to be summery!

 used the Carabelle Studio house stamp.

 stamped the houses and coloured them with felt tips.

I used a Memory Box stencil and modelling paste 

to stencil the sun in the corner of the canvas.

I gave the canvas a coat of gesso and 

when it had dried I used a sponge to colour 

the sky and greenery with Fresco Finish paint

The sun was coloured with yellow and orange acrylic paint.

These are some of the embellishments I used, 

I coloured some of the dried flowers green and left some white, 

I die cut some leaves but didn't use them. 

I cut the strip of paper because I liked the scalloped edge 

and thought it would make a good fence.

I glued the dried flowers to the canvas and 

attached the houses with a dimentional double sided tape 

then I drew pathways from the doors. 

I used a white pen to turn the strip of paper into a fence. 

The fences are attached to the canvas with a thicker 

double sided tape than I used for the houses. 

The birds were stamped with Stampers Anonymous stamp, 

I had to go over the birds with a black marker as they didn't 

stamp very well on the canvas.

I added a heart shaped balloon and wrote "Home is where the heart is".

Because I used a deep canvas it meant that 

I could carry my design round the edges."

Supplies:

A deep 6 inch square canvas.
Carabelle Studio stamp.
Black Archival ink.
Felt tip pens.
Memory Box stencil
Modelling paste.
Fresco Finish paint.
Stampers Anonymous bird stamp.
Black marker.
White pen.

Thank you Hazel - I'm so glad you didn't

go the winter night route - maybe you 

could give us that one for the next heatwave?

A really super, smiley, proper like canvas

for a winter's day - what a brilliant idea!

'till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Favourite Songbook

Favourite Songbook

Hallo everyone!

We've reached the last week of November

how scary is that?  Have you even started

your Christmas Cards, bought those

presents, ordered the food............

Here to take your mind off it all with

her Favourite Songbook is

Crafty Field:

Today I am showing a card inspired by the 

Roaring Twenties and Charleston. 

This card is fairly simple to make and there 

aren't many techniques to show you step by step. 

However, I thought you might like to see 

my stamp positioner in action.

I resisted for a long time getting one but 

now I couldn't live without it. 

A stamp positioner comes with a thin 

acrylic sheet and a right angle block. 

With the sheet abutted to the right angle, 

stamp your motif on the sheet so that the

 edge of your wooden or acrylic block 

touches the bottom and left edges of the block.

You can now find the perfect position for your stamp 

by moving the transparent sheet over your page.

When you have the placement, get the 

right angle tool back around the transparent sheet 

as shown in the picture.

Take away the sheet being careful not to move 

the right angle block and stamp the motif on your card

This is how I stamped the flower all around the card 

for an Art Deco feel as well as the ladies!

I coloured the flowers with a red marker 

and a gold gel pen.

For the ladies I used Inktense pencils.

Supplies:

Stamp Positioner

Stamps

red marker 

gold gel pen 

Watercolour pencils 

Thank you for showing us the

Stamp Positioner .............

Maybe another one for the

Christmas Stocking?........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Christmas Makes

Christmas Makes

Hi there!

I see the supermarkets have started to hide away day to day

products in order to make room for their Festive offerings.

It is obviously that time of year again and

for those of us who haven't even thought about making

 our Christmas Cards yet, inspiration starts here with 

Karen Gist

Using Versafine Ink stamp the image onto a plain white card blank.

Stamp again onto white card and cut out the tags. 

On the card add silver glitter to the snowflakes as well as a few dots

 here and there.

Punch holes where marked in the tops of the tags. 

Colour the letters & holly with a light green pen and then the berries and around the punched holes with red. 

Rub a light covering of Pumice Stone DI around the outsides of the tags. 

Wrap red wire threaded with a few silver beads through the tags,

 adding twirls as you go. 

Attach the tags with 3D foam pads. 

Trim off excess card.

Products used:

Woodware Stamp

6x6 Blank Cards

Glitter

Marker Pens

Versa fine Ink Pads & Distress Ink

3D Foam Pads

Craft Wire

Beads

Many thanks Karen for gently easing us into 

this year's Christmas Card making fest.....

See you all tomorrow with

more inspiration

Mickie xx