Fond Farewells

Fond Farewells

Hallo Everyone!

Thought just for a change we

could tackle the Goodbye word.

It has such an air of finality about

it, I much prefer Auf Wiedersehen,

Au revoir....... or even the more

informal Ciao and Servus that

mean both Hello and Goodbye

We start off with Bon Voyage and

Jane Castle

"I've been working on a pattern for a 

small gift bag recently that 

could be made from a sheet of 

12"x12" double sided paper and 

having got the proportions to balance 

I thought I would share this with you

 for this project.

To begin with I made my template 

( there were a few before!)

 out of a sheet of fairly robust A4 tracing paper.

All dark straight lines are cuts, side and bottom

 and the dotted lines are folds.

 I then cut the main shape from my piece of 

Fabscraps paper.

Then working on my cutting mat 

I scored my folds.

 Most lines are easy to follow as they 

join up several of the v-shaped cuts.

 As I didn't want to make any marks on the paper 

I laid the template on top to check any folds 

I was not certain of.

Most folds all go the same way except

 for the 2 centre side panels.

To stick the bag together I used Comic Shimmer 

Glue as this not only dries clear 

it also dries very quickly! 

I began with the 3 flaps at the bottom, 

then the side fastening, 

then folded over the top 

making a neat edge and

 finally the last flap at the bottom.

4 holes were then punched at the 

top for the cord handles.

Now onto the tag and card:

For this I used a piece of A4 cream 

coloured card which I cut in half (A5) 

for the card and cut the tag from the remainder. 

The edges of the card and tag were lightly 

brushed with D.I. in Pumice Stone.

I then randomly stamped small areas of text 

in Potting Soil from my new set of Archival Inks. 

Then using 3 of the 4 ink pads from the set

 I inked up the main image from 

Deep Red Clingstamps of a train station.

For the tag I didn't ink the area of the roof 

with the clock but I did in the card.

 From the trimmings of my double sided paper

 I cut out a few of the small images and added

 these to the tag and card.

I then cut 2 x 28cm lengths of black nylon cord

 for the handles of the bag. 

These were threaded through and knotted

 on the insided of the bag.

The tag was placed onto the cord before knotting!!

Bon Voyage was added to the card using die-cut letters.

I really like the way the inks blend 

giving subtle shades of the 3 colours.

The bag is a perfect size for small gifts

 for travellers ie sun tan lotion, vouchers, 

jewelery etc and if the bag isn't completely

 full the card fits inside too --- a bonus!

I hope you find these instructions fairly 

easy to follow but if you have any queries 

please leave a comment at the bottom of the 

page and I will get back to you. 

Thanks for stopping by today."

Items Used

Archival Wendy Vecchi Mini Inks Set 1

FabScraps 12'x12' papers In Transit C87

Deep Red Clingstamps Train Station

Distress Ink Pumice Stone

Cosmic Shimmers Glue

Text stamp 

A4 cream Card

Thanks to you Jane for a lovely

start to the week. 

'Till tomorrow

Mickie

Rice Paper

Rice Paper

Hi there!

Today is the last day

in the Rice Paper set.

Hope you have enjoyed these

projects as much as I have

Today's project will take

your breath away...........

Here is Hazel Harler to

talk you through her

gorgeous project:

" I needed to make a thank you card for a neighbour

 and thought it would be nice to make a tea light card.

I searched the internet for a template and

 found one made by Crafters Companion. 

I cut the card and box from green card

I covered the card and box with a some pretty rice paper

 and attached some ribbon and lining to the inside of the card, 

then I die cut a window in the top of the box.

I glued a piece of acetate insideof the window 

and glued the box to the card 

leaving the opening for the tealights at the top

I lightly dry brushed some white acrylic paint 

on the front of the card being careful 

not to cover the birds. 

The two flowers were stamped onto tissue 

paper with black archival ink

I stamped some script onto the cover and then 

cut out the flowers and glued them to the card.

I coloured a tag with watercolour and stamped the flower. 

I'm going to write a note on this for my neighbour.

 The box was filled with tea lights."

Supplies:

Card
Rice Paper.
Acetate
Ribbon
Acrylic Paint
Tissue paper.
Archival Ink
Double sided tape.
Cosmic Shimmer glue.
Honey Doo Stamps - lilies.
Tag.
Watercolour.

Many thanks Hazel.  I'm sure your neighbour

was delighted to receive such a lovely Thank You

This would make a really nice card/present

for every occasion.  

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Mixed Media

Mixed Media

Hi everyone!

Today we have another beautiful canvas 

using Carabelle Studio stamps; 

this time brought to us by

Claire Jackson

and here she is:

Take a 5" x 7" canvas board

Create a background by sponging PaperArtsy Fresco Finish chalk paint 

in bora bora, mermaid and haystack.

Dry the base layer. 

Apply paint to the dots and circles stamp with Cut n Dry foam

and stamp all over the canvas board in jade, bora bora and limelight 

gradually building up the background. 

Wash the stamp as soon as you have finished.

Stamp the Carabelle flower freize 3 times in black Archival ink, 

varying the height each time. 

Highlight stems and petals in white paint pen.

Apply autumn fire paint to the top part of the flower frieze 

and stamp randomly over the canvas board.

Stamp the freize 9 times and emboss in black detail embossing powder. 

Cut the flowers out so that they can be layered.

Spray the centres and base layers of the large flowers with Color Bloom tea stain.

With your finger and a cotton bud apply tea stain to some of the other flowers. 

Apply copper Alchemy Wax to some of the other flowers, 

rub over the embossed lines with a damp cotton bud so the black shows through. 

Leave some parts white for contrast.

                                                     

Overlay the flowers onto the canvas board and glue into place. 

Stamp the sentiment and layer onto orange card edged with copper Alchemy Wax.

Materials used:

Canvas Board

PaperArtsy Fresco Paint

Carabelle Studio Stamps

Conor Bloom Spray Mist

Detail Embossing Powder 

Alchemy Wax

Archival Ink

Versafine Ink

Cosmic Shimmer Glue

PaperArtsy Stamps

Thank you Claire - a lovely project!

These Carabelle Studio stamps 

are becoming quite a favourite

with us all

  

See you all tomorrow!

Mickie xx

Pumpkin Scarecrow & Halloween

Pumpkin Scarecrow & Halloween

This week we have lots to inspire you with

for your Halloween makes and we start

with a project from

Dawn Heald:

I grunged up the Tando Creative Cobweb, 

by painting on a layer each of 

Crackle Paste, 

white Snowflake paint and Starlights Pearl paint. 

Allow each layer dry before adding the next. 

Finally I dabbed on Gunmetal Stickles.

I made a background board for the Web to go on. 

I did this by cutting a square of thick cardboard recycling a delivery box. 

Next I glued on layers of torn book pages. 

When dried I sanded the edges, 

then added stencil patterns with Grunge Paste. 

I put Grunge Paste around the edges too.

When dry I painted a thin layer of 

Starlights Orange Oxidised and Antique Pink paints

all over the board, allowing the book page printing to

show through in places.

Then I rubbed Alchemy Wax Lavender over the Grunge Paste.

To go with the Web, I made a spider with hat from Air Dry Clay.    

I painted the spider with Black Gesso and his boots and hat with Liquid Pearls.  

Also dabbed some Liquid Pearls and Gunmetal Stickles to the Spider   

Embellishments.

To finish I glued the Web, Spider and Embellishments 

to the background board and added some 

Stickles Glitter Glue lines for pieces of Web 

and some black gems.

Products used 

Air Dry Clay 

Tando Creative Cobweb Large

Halloween Buttons Spider Mix

 Crackle Paste, Matt Medium

Starlights Metallic Paint

Alchemy Wax 

 Masks & Stencils

Grunge Paste 

Fresco Chalk Paint

Liquid Pearls

Stickles Glitter Glue

Cosmic Shimmer glue 

Thank you Dawn, I love that cheeky spider.  

This would be a fun project to make with the 

children

See you all tomorrow

Mickie xx