Frosted Flower Pins

I have been making some more stick pins this evening…. I picked up a package from my post office earlier today, it contained an order that I had placed on Etsy for some Lucite beads…

I made a few different coloured ones.. first up is the pink ones

and a couple of blue tones

a wee green one… I used a promarker to colour up the stick pin head on this one….

and finally a brown one… I bought all the stick pins from Wild Orchid Crafts

Thanks for popping in 🙂

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Home Sweet Home

This lovely little project was created as part of the Wild orchid Crafts DT Challenge for February, I decided to go shabby chic stylie with this one (my fav!)

The sun was streaming in the workshop window this afternoon as I sat making this.. it was fun 🙂

The project idea was sent to all the DT members by Natasha who co-ordinates the Youtube “Wild Bunch”.. it started life off like this..

With a few licks of paint, some glitter and a few flowers it quckly takes on a whole new look..

Wild Orchid Crafts Products used :-

EM-00084 100 BABY PINK SMALL SATIN BUTTERFLY EMBELLISHMENTS
Em-00087 100 SILVER SMALL HOLOGRAM BUTTERFLY EMBELLISHMENTS
FS-00191 25 MIXED 2-TONE MULBERRY PAPER GYPSOPHILA FLOWERS ON A STEM
BLM-028 100 2-TONE CHAMPANGE PINK DECORATIVE MULBERRY PAPER FLOWERS
SP-00005 60 MIXED PINK SELF ADHESIVE PEARLS (SET B) – 5mm
SXX-0011 50 2-TONE PINK CALLA LILY FLOWERS
FS-00039 100 2-TONE PALE PINK/IVORY MULBERRY PAPER GYPSOPHILA FLOWERS
PM-00130 100 MIXED 2-TONE MULBERRY PAPER OPEN ROSES – 10MM
SB-00014 VINTAGE SEAM BINDING RIBBON – PINK TULIP
LA-00058 1 METRE WHITE GUIPURE LACE

Other Products Used :-

• Daler & Rowney White Gesso
• Docrafts Artiste Blanc Acrylic Paint
• Do Crafts Artiste Tea Pink Acrylic Paint
• Stampin Up dazzling Diamonds Glitter
• Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Ranger Glossy Accents, Scortape and Hot Glue Gun.
• Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• Papermania Rose Garden 8 x 8 Patterned Paper
• Pale Pink pearlescent Cardstock
• Tags

Thanks so much for the challenge Natasha … and thanks everyone for popping over 🙂

Easter Bunny Frame

I made this little easter bunny frame from scratch tonight, inspired by the one I bought and decorated a couple of weeks ago.

Using bare chipboard, some tyvek and scortape I managed to get it to look the same, with the exception of the actual photograph window.. instead of a square, I die cut a wee bunny window instead 🙂   I know it doesnt look like there is a lot of room for a picture, but if you could imagine having a pic of your little one/grand baby / niece / nephew .. or even your hubby inside 🙂

Supplies Used :-

• Bare Chipboard
• Tyvek Paper
• Yellow/Orange Sweetheart Blooms Product Code FS-00047 from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Diamond Stickles
• Folkart Lemonade Acrylic Paint
• Sizzix Bunny #2 Die 38-0703
• 2mm Clear Rhinestones
• Scortape, Hot Glue
• Burlap
• Cuttlebug Circles embossing folder
• Yellow tear it Sand it Emboss it Ranger Distress Paper

and the back

and the depth/dimension.. plenty of room for a photograph

Thanks so much for popping in 🙂

Have a wonderful weekend everyone… tis friday tomorrow, my most fav day of the week 😀

Shabby Birdie Card

Hi everyone… I hope your all basking in this gorgeous sunshine we are getting at the moment … but I do get the feeling this might just well be our summer!!!

Before I start my usual waffling, I just wanted to take time out to congratulate Helen (aka Crafty Helen and also my Stamping up Demo) on her new venture, she is opening up a craft shop!!!! how cool is that!!! …  Helen, I just want to wish you every success with the shop, you will rock at it 🙂  (p.s. put me down for a shelf) 😉

I pottered around in the shed tonight, it as lovely and warm in here tonight and the sun was still shining through the workshop window,  perfect conditions to make a nice wee card.

Tonights card is a chipboard easel card, it measures 4.25″ x 5.5″ .    I painted it blue and edged it with silver and white, then I took some bubble wrap and dipped it into some blue paint to give a nice textured bubble feel to the card..

So here it is..

Supplies List :-

• Bare Chipboard cut to measure 4.35″ x 5.5″
• Folkart 320 Jamaican Sea Acrylic Paint
• Docrafts Artiste Blanc Acrylic Paint
• Martha Stewart Crafts 32128 Sterling Silver Acrylic Metallic Paint
• Kaisercraft Secret Bird Society 6 x 6 Patterned Paper
• May Arts White Leaf Trim
• Danish Blue Seam Binding from Wild Orchid Crafts Item No. SB00021
• Gardenia Mulberry Flower Spray from Wild Orchid Crafts Item No. FS-00204
• Devine Bakers Twine in Aqua Blue from Wild Orchid Crafts Item No. WT-00011
• pastel Green Lily Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts Item No. FS-00200
• Hot Glue Gun, Scortape,  Cropodile & Heat Gun
• Chipboard Bird from a sheet of shapes I have had for a while
• Blue Small Button
• Papermania Urban Stamp Set
• Broken China Distress Ink
• Tim Holyz Kraft Core Distress/tear & Emboss Paper
• Cuttlebug embossing folder (circles) and sandpaper to distress paper
• Stampin Up Dimensional Adhesive

Have a good evening everyone… thanks for popping in 🙂

Vintage Easter Duo

Happy Monday to you all 🙂

It has been another gloriously sunny day here in Scotland.. 20 Degrees C !! warmer than Milan here today!…. long may it continue, infact I have checked out the 5 day forecast and its looking good 😉

Here is a wee Easter duo that I made last night after my tidy up..

 

First up a small card (left) measuring 3.5″ x 4.5″

Supplies Used :-

• Light Green Pearlescent Cardstock that I bought from the recent Craft Fair
• Kaisercraft Secret Bird Society 6 x 6 Patterned Paper Pack
• Easter Bingo Cards Digital Collage Sheet from Etsy Seller iralamijashop
• Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas
• Vintage Buttons
• Linen Thread
• Diamond Stickles
• Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch
• Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive and Scortape

and then we have the mini gift card.. it measures 3.5″ x 2.25″

the supplies lift for this mini gift card is the same as above with the exception of  the stickles and I added a wee flower.

That’s me for the night … retiring down to the house from the garden workshop…

I have been busy uploading a video onto youtube with this week’s DT project for Wild Orchid Crafts, it should be live very soon, plus there is a giveaway on it too… here’s a sneek peek .. I will do the blog post on it tomorrow 🙂

Nite Nite all and thanks for stopping by 🙂

Tea for 2 tags

It has been a glorious spring day here in Scotland today… fingers crossed it stays like this for a long time 🙂

I finally got my laptop fixed, been lost without it… and whilst it was going through the fixing process, I had a tidy up in my shed, put a lot of things away and also had a good old spring clean!

When I was having a sort through and putting things away I came across some lovely stampin up papers that Crafty Helen had sent me with one of my orders last year…. I kept them out and made a couple of tags with them late this afternoon.

Tag #1 Teas

supplies list:-

• Patterned Paper from Stampin Up
• Gorgeous lacey ribbon from Laurel
• Fabric Verbena flowers from Hobbycraft
• Scortape
• Aged Mahogany Distress Ink
• Cameo Beige Seam Binding from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Antique Brass Eyelet & Cropodile
• Vintage Ephemera from Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden
• Chipboard Shape from Stash

Tag #2 Sweet, Kind & Wonderful

Supplies List :-

• Patterned Paper from Stampin Up
• Gorgeous White & Blue Lace from Laurel
• Fabric Verbena flowers from Hobbycraft
• Scortape
• Blue Seam Binding from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Silver Brass Eyelet & Cropodile
• Vintage Ephemera from Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden

Then I popped them into a couple of lovely wee glassine pockets that Natasha send me in a package yesterday with my Redline tape order

Shabby Chic Flower Chest

I made this project last weekend on Sunday!!… oh my goodness what a quick and busy week it has been.

This is last weeks DT project for Wild Orchid Crafts 🙂

This project started off  its wee life looking a bit like this

I then cut out some chipboard pieces.. with a view to making a little mini to fit inside the box..

I then made the binding for the mini … see Laura Dennison Stack the Deck for the tutorial and cut and punched the edges

I picked some nice shabby chic patterned papers and covered the chipboard

I gave the box a coat of Gesso and rose pink acrylic paint, a generous helping of lovely flowers and hey presto!

I have already posted this project over on Youtube if you fancied a wee peek 🙂

Wild Orchid Craft Supply List :-

FM-00336 25 2-TONE BABY PINK/IVORY HYBRID MULBERRY PAPER TEA ROSES 25mm
LL00027 50 2-TONE PINK/GREEN MULBERRY PAPER ROSE LEAVES 25mm
JW-0003 10 FILIGREE SILVER CORNERS
WD-00025 1 METRE OFF-WHITE PEARL DROP TRIM
LA-00062 2 PCS VENISE APPLIQUE HEART – 5 x5cm (2″ x 2″)
WD-00022 6 BABY PINK ORGANZA BEEHIVE BLOSSOM FLOWERS
EX-00041 50 “FLORAL FOUNDATIONS” PINK TONE MULBERRY PAPER CHERRY BLOSSOM FLOWERS
FS-00041 5 BABY PINK MULBERRY PAPER SMALL GARDENIA FLOWERS
PM-00122 (new)
PM-00120 (new)
PM-00123 50 MIXED COLOUR MULBERRY PAPER TEA ROSES 25mm

other supplies used :-

• Daler & Rowney White Gesso
• Docrafts Artiste Rose Pink Acrylic Paint
• Hot Glue
• Grace Taylor Vintage Patterned Paper
• Scortape

I still have the mini to decorate… but I will get it finished over this weekend

The pink tone flowers are so delicate and pretty dont you think?

thanks so much for popping round 🙂

UIU winners

USE IT UP ~ WINNERS

Hi everyone….

Well better late than never as they say… I finally got my butt into gear and got the draw done for the Use it Up challenge that I posted here a month ago….

There were 3 entries and I put the names in a hat and got wee Sarah to draw the winners… there are no losers in this draw, I mean, come on … I just couldnt leave one person out now could I 😉

All 3 entries were absolutely fabulous and I just wanted to thank the 3 ladies so much for taking part.. it was fun!

First out the hat and this is the winner of the actual use it Up mini that I made is …………………….. Diane!!! congrats Diane 🙂

Second out the Hat was Joycie…. congrats!!!!! who wins a wee use it up package from my stash of stuff

and third out the Hat was Sherri …. Congrats!!!! who wins the extra prize of a wee package of stuff from my stash..

Thank you ladies…

Drop me an email at sarahjaneallan@aol.com with your postal addresses and I’ll get the packages made up and posted out to you

Tiny Pink Picture Frame

I have had a right old lazy day today… I got up bright and early, made a trip to the post office and mailed out all my packages..

Then took a drive to a local Hobbycraft and picked up a few bits n bobs,.. one of which, was this papier mache bare chipboard hanging photo frame… it looks really easy to make so will try and replicate creating one tomorrow 🙂

I took the frame and gave it a couple of coats of Rose Pink Acrylic Paint..

Supplies List :-

• Docrafts Artiste Rose Pink Acrylic Paint
• Tim Holtz Coredinations Kraft Distress Cardstock
• Prima Botanical Flower
• Wild Orchid Crafts 20mm Wild Tea Rose
• One of the many stick pins I have been making lately
• Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder
• Scortpe & Hot Glue

There are only a few supplies required to create this lovely wee frame, and you could knock one out just in time for mothers day tomorrow 😉

I distressed the edges of the cardstock to give it a real shabby feel

It’s simple but really pretty .A view of the back…

Thanks for popping round…

Sarah

 

I was cleansed, forgiven and would never bitch again!

I had a tidy up in my shed tonight, clearing away everything that I had dug out and used over the last few days…  and had space to work.. space to create…

So that’s what I did… I got out messy inks and sprayed and dabbed and sprayed some more 😉 and this is what I made

a dimensional postcard size “thingy” lol

 

Supplies used :-

• 1 x Matboard postcard
• Muslin
• Distress Inks : Wild Honey and Shabby Shutters
• Water Spray bottle, Heat Gun and Glue Gun
• Reindeer Moss
• Stick
• WOC Wooden Embelishments : Dragonflies
• Dylusions Stamp
• WOC Flowers, leaves & Rhinestones
• Archival Sepia Ink

 

 

Thanks for dropping by 🙂