Fabricated

Fabricated

Hallo Everyone!

I'm quite excited to have

Karen Gist here today with

another of her fabulous

creations so without further

ado, over to you Karen:

"Hi, I have chosen to decorate the Cotton

 Carrier Bag for this project. 

What a fantastic bag this is!!! 

Its made of sturdy cotton, 

is a good size and has a zip...I love it!!!!

To start - stamp the sunflower from the 

PaperArtsy set ELB24 on some scrap paper

and cut in half.

 Enlarge it by using a photocopier or your 

scanner software and print out. 

Now trace the image onto your bag. 

I chose the sunflower but you could 

use any stamped image this way.

Paint your image. 

You can see by my photo that these 

Starlight Paints are super shimmery! 

They have a lovely consistency for fabric too.

Punch shapes into some fairly stiff card

 to use as a stencil. 

I used a Woodware scalloped circle but you 

could use any shape you fancy.

Dab paint through the circles randomly

 over the rest of the bag.

Add some other circles by dipping a bottle top

 into the paint. 

Heat set all the paint using an iron then doodle 

around all the shapes using waterproof pens. 

(I used Uniballs for this)

Sew some ribbon and braid across the top of the bag 

and add buttons to the small circles and

 large buttons to the handles. 

Tie a length of ribbon to the zip pull and you are done!

Supplies used:

Cotton Carrier Bag

PaperArtsy Stamps

Starlight Textlle Paint

Ribbons & Buttons

Karen your bag is just

right for the summer.

Thank you very much for

a lovely project

I'm going to have to make one 

of these - I can just hear people

asking me where I bought it

Hmmmm..... pocket money opportunity?.....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Vintage Chic

Vintage Chic

Hallo there!

D'you know John Masefield's

poem?  The one that starts

I must go down to the sea again

the lonely sea and the sky......

Feel a bit like that myself today..

Here's Louise Thomson

she has her eye on the

sea too ....

"I found a very plain piece of 12”x 12” paper 

and spread it with sand texture paste 

in a loose cross shape. 

(I later regretted not choosing paper with

 a bit more weight to it, but hey ho.) 

Down the middle I added a scrap of lace.

On to some tissue paper I stamped the 

Blue Fern seaside stamp using memento ink.

 I tore scraps of this out and added 

to my base paper.

I gave the whole thing a watered down 

coating of Fresco nougat paint. 

Starting in the centre of the texture paste 

I spritzed water on to the paper and then 

sprinkled Brushos over the top.

 In some areas I added extra water and 

then blew the paint with a straw to create

 extra runs and drips.

Once the Brushos were dry I used 

a sizzix layering stencil, 

more Nougat paint and some 

cut n dry foam to add in a lacy design.

On to a separate piece of card I stamped the

 Blue Fern seaside stamp twice. 

I lightly distressed the edges and added 

a little gold alchemy wax.

On to this I added my beachy photo, 

also with some wax and paint 

added around the edges. 

(In case anyone is interested, 

this beautiful beach is at 

Heartland Point in North Devon. 

Well worth a visit – we saw 

seals the day we went!) 

I also die cut some flowers from 

the Sizzix wildflowers die set.

I partially re inked the seaside stamp using 

Broken China Distress Oxide ink and 

then spritzed with water before stamping 

a few times around the edges of the project. 

I found you can get two or three good 

prints like this before needing to re ink.

I also added a few die cut birds 

using an Impression Obsession die. 

These were then painted over in Fresco paint 

and had a little of the Brushos blended in with them.

Finally I added a selection of bits and pieces 

from my ‘things-too-pretty-to-throw-away-and-

I’m-sure-I’ll-find-a-use-for-them-one-day’ drawer. 

This included a flower made out of more lace 

with a brad pressed through the middle, 

a ceramic button that I was kidding myself 

if I thought I would ever get around to 

stitching on to a cardy, and a little glass bottle

 that once contained tiny beads, now stuffed 

with a scrap of stamped card as a 

message in a bottle. 

With a little fine liner doodling around the edge,

 the whole page was complete"

Materials list:

12” x 12” paper (mine was too thin, I would recommend this one)

Blue Fern Studios stamp – seaside memories

Memento black ink pad

Brushos

Texture sand paste

Tim Holtz layering stencil - lace

Alchemy wax – Inca gold

Tim holtz die wildflowers

Impression Obsession small bird set die

White Tissue paper

Distress oxides – Broken China

Mister spray

Double sided tape

Adhesive

Fresco paints – Nougat

Non-stick craft mat

Acrylic block

Heat gun

Blending tool

Paint brush

Such a lovely page

thank you Louise

I feel quite inspired now

to take a walk with my

trusty camera along the

the sea front (as we call

the prom in these parts)

I have the stamp, etc, etc.........

Just need a photo.......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Vintage Chic

Vintage Chic

Hi Everyone!

How're you doing?  If you

are in the UK I'm sure you

will be looking forward to

the Bank Holiday...

Hope you've something nice

planned and the weather will

be good .........  Fingers crossed

for that .........

Claire Jackson is with us today 

to share a beautiful card that

could be sent to anyone for any

reason:

"Cut a square of white card 41/8 x 41/8 inches. 

Stamp the main bird vignette image and 

emboss in black detail embossing powder

Tape down the harlequin stencil onto one half 

of the card blank and mask off the other half 

to prevent any stray specks of Brusho getting on it.

Sprinkle Ost. Blue Brusho over the stencil and

 spritz the card and stencil with water. 

Blot with a paper towel to remove any excess 

water and remove the stencil. 

Dry thoroughly with a heat tool.

Tape the stencil back in place. 

Use the triangular stamp in the set 

without a mount, tapping it on the 

ink pad and pressing randomly 

over the stencil.

Sprinkle ost. blue Brusho around the edge 

of the embossed image and spritz 

with water. 

Blot with a paper towel to control

 how much the crystals spread.

Sprinkle ost. blue onto a craft mat and mix with 

a wet paint brush, paint over the bird before 

diluting down to paint the bird seed box. 

Repeat with violet and colour the flower and leaves.

Use the triangular stamp unmounted again 

to add swirls around the edge of the main image

Add shaded lilac Distress Ink to darken 

the edges and highlights with a gel pen. 

Mount onto black card before securing to 

the centre of the card blank"

Materials:

Blue Fern Studios clear stamps: bird vignettes

Brilliant white super smooth stamping card

Versafine: onyx black

Detail embossing powder: black

Square card blank

Tim Holts Layering Stencil: harlequin

Brusho: ost.blue, violet

Distress Ink: shaded lilac

Thank you Claire. That is such

a versatile card

What do you think Everyone?  Do you

agree it is good to have a few cards

made up ready for any occasion?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx