SHABBY CHIC HEART HANGING

Helloooooo everyone long time no blog, I had decided to take a break from blog land when I caught a virus and couldn't shift it, then other health problems came along which meant an even longer break than I had originally intended, I have popped by from time to time to see whats going on and notice  blogger has made some changes which I am trying to get my head around......

I have a little heart hanging to share with you today, my inspiration for this piece was taken from a tin of buttons and bits and bobs that Mum was about to throw out .......OMG throw out buttons I think not... so the tin and all its contents came home with me, when I opened the tin I squealed with delight at the bounty within, Mum made all her clothes from quite a young age and I don't think she has ever thrown away a button or fastening since!!!!  Not only does the tin contain some fabulous bounty but evoked so many memories of my childhood as I found buttons I remember on certain clothes and could picture them as if it was yesterday.......I also found packets of fastenings which must date from about 1950's........what a treasure trove.  I had better show my project before this post turn into an epic....lol2

The heart was cut with Sizzix Heart album bigz die from mountboard and I swiped Old Paper Distress stains all over I then stamped with Tim Holtz stamps in Archival Ink coffee, the image is from a sheet from Crafty Individuals mounted in a frame I found in my stash, I rubbed Inka Gold around the raised design, the watch face at the bottom was found in my tin it is a lovely mother of pearl effect which if you zoom in you may see, the buttons were from the tin I just scooped my hand in a went with this collection or I would have been there all day just looking and stroking........, lace and ribbon from my stash, the piece of ribbon with the jewelled brad turned out to look like a butterfly I thought.....or is that just me that can see that!!lol. 
I love this finished piece and every time I look at it I know lots of memories are going to be there too.  Mum thought the tin contained rubbish and couldn't understand why on earth I wanted  it...I knew it contained treasures...... no doubt there will be more projects coming from this tin, lol.

I am also linking this piece with the following challenges as it's been a while since I have played along with a challenge and I have missed the ........challenge!!!

The Artistic Stamper - Ribbons and Lace
The Stampman challenge- Shabby Chic
Art with No Boundaries-  Anything Goes
Frilly and Funkie challenge blog - recycle


Items Used
Sizzix, Tim Holts Stamps, Distress Stains Ranger Ink, Crafty Individuals Image sheet,

It is good to be back blogging my projects and I will be back soon
Bye for now

SPRING TIME

Dimensional Collage Fragments

Recycling seems to be where I'm getting my inspiration at the moment my  last piece of work  was using recycled plastic packaging and now  I have been playing with corrugated cardboard paints and inks and made this hanging. 

Over at Studio L3 the CC challenge #34 this week set by Linda  is Dimensional Collage Fragments on page 63 of Tim's CC book, I can't tell you how I have completed the fragment those are the rules....... although I can tell you that I stamped the group onto a book page then onto a flower sticker from the ~TH retro paper stack which if you look closely you will see on the dress of the girl and waistcoat of the little boy and then I mounted this onto the stamped picture for colour, I also used parts of other flower stickers in the collage the rest of the technique was from ~TH book Compendium of Curiosities.  All images stamped behind the fragment are TH.  Pop over to Studio L3 and have a look at the great art there.

For a place for the fragment to sit I drew around a small dinner plate onto corrugated packaging and peeled away some of the layers and then using TH paint dabbers in green and pink and splashed some colour around, I wanted some bright colour for Springtime and to tie in with the colours in the stickers I used in the fragment.

My inspiration for the layout came from Inspirational Card Sketches  ICS, I loved this weeks sketch and thought it  was just right for this piece so I am joining in there, pop over and have a look at some great inspiration.

Also joining in at  The Cheerful Stamp Pad
Materials used: Tim Holtz, Stampin' Up! Martha Stewart Punche

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Altered Metal Hanging

I can't believe it has been so long since I last blogged ; I have had the most awful cold I can ever remember having and it laid me low for a week and today is the first time I have felt like getting into my room of craft and boy has it taken me ages to complete this piece but  I was determined to enter the CC Challenge over at Studio L3 hosted by the wonderful Linda, this week is Altered Metal Alchol Inks week #33

The hanging is made from a piece of plastic packaging and I inserted a backing piece into the back which I had stamped onto a distressed background that I had made previously, then I ran two pieces of metal sheet through a texture fades embosing folder and using Alchol Inks willow, caramel,oregano,stonewash I applied these straight to the metal and let them run into the groves I let these dry and then add small drops of a different colour and let them blend, all this was experimental but I am please with how it turned out in the end.

 I also coloured a TH metal disk artful with caramel AI (hard to see in photo) attached wire for hanging and made some paper flowers from Stampin' Up! DSP, Bird was cut with TH Die in grundgboard and run through same folder, then painted with sail boat dabber left to dry and then brushed lightly over with Aqua, wing is cut from metal and dabbed with AI.


below is a close up picture where you can just about see the artful disk and  bird detail also.

I will also be linking this with Sunday Stampers theme which is Paris, hope this piece will fit as if you look ever so closely..... yes there behind the little bird .....is the top of the tower and also the word Paris is in the metal...............over to you Hels!!!

I'm off to post this over at studio L3 before I miss the deadline altogether, thanks for looking

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Love is in the Air

 

........everywhere you go....... this song has been buzzing around in my head all morning while I was crafting haven't googled to see who sang it though because I thought it would come to me by now but it hasn't Oh well will have to go and google......before I do here is the Hanging I made for Compendium of Curiosities Challenge posted by the lovely Linda at StudioL3 Week#29 is Weathered Wood Grunge  on page 50. Also over at Hels place Sunday Stamper Week #138 is Buttons - now this song thing playing around in my head all started here with that song Push the Button....... so it all Hels fault......... LOL.
Lastly Our Creative Corner challenge  this week is a 3D Project with a Valentine Theme. This is the first time I have ever managed three challenges in one .....

The base for my hanging was grunge put through a TH texture fade folder Bingo, and then the steps followed as per page 50. Paint used pink sherbet dabber and DI barn door. The heart was run through another texture fade folder with the deposed side showing, all were cut with the Slice cutting tool, DI black soot on edges, at the bottom the frill is made with red crepe paper music paper punched with martha stewart punch and ribbon added, flowers were made from punched out flowers from double sided papers and scrunched when wet and left to dry, lastly I added buttons.  Words were made on my Xyron runner and punched out.  I have had a great time this morning making this and playing with some tools I have left lounging in their boxes for far too long. 

Below are some close up pics

Here it is hanging in my room of craft 

All other punches, card and DSP used were from Stampin' Up.

OMG  Almost forgot....... I was chosen again this week for A Ginger Gem over at GingerSnap Creations for my One Layer Card in their once in a blue moon challange click here if you want to peek at the blog post and I am wearing the Ginger Gem Badge with pride.........lol.
Phew long post today  sorry.....................but just had to share my joy

Bye for now

Maggie

AUTUMN LEAVES

I love Autumn and all the gorgeous colours in the leaves, it has been quite windy here this week and there is a carpet of leaves everywhere you go, don't you just love kicking through them and seeing the colours fly - or is that just me being a kid again!!!!  This led me to my entry for this weeks Sunday Stampers challenge how could I resist; with images of carpets of leaves in my head  I cut the leaf shapes with my new Nestabilities die (made me get them out of the packaging - how bad is that!!) onto various colours of card and inked with DI while they were still in the die (after cutting and embossing ) with rusty hinge vintage photo, barn door, crushed olive.  The background was crackled using adirondack dabbers in bottle and citrus with the paint and pva technique shared by Hels here I think and in Craft Stamper Mag ages ago - thanks Hels :-() for sharing. The verse is from a  nature stamp set from Stampin' Up!



Close up of Verse same hanging colour looks darker because flash was bouncing back so switched it off



Thanks for the challenge Hels really enjoyed it
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CCC#20

SANTA & Industrial Grunge

Who stole the week!!!!! here we are Friday already and I have only just managed to play along with this weeks CC Challenge set  by Linda at Studio L3 . In fact first time I have played all week!!!

I decided to make a Christmas Hanging using this weeks technique (I'm getting a little bit into the Christmas spirit ho ho ho -  not a lot)  Sooooo I used TH Alterations Die, Hanging Sign and followed the steps for the technique, it was a first for this one and a great learning curve, still not sure if I got it completely right.

I stamped the word Santa using Broadsheet Alphabet from Stampin' Up! and used TH DI inks to colour, mounted the whole thing onto a piece of mountboard which I stamped snowflakes from TH mini Christmas collection in stormy sky and faded jeans and worked same ink in around edges.


Close up picture close up to see technique on hanging; shows up better on the bracket  - think I have covered most of it up on the sign.  DI inks used on sign rusty hinge, black soot.

Have a safe bonfire night

Bye for now

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge

Week#5 Distress Powder

Week 5 challenge over at Studio L3 run by Linda is nearly over and I have only just managed to play today - talk about last chance coral -  yikes!!!
I have made another hanging they  just seem to be my thing to make at the moment.  Sorry no techniques as promised.  Broken China distress powder was used with the wings stamp from Tim Holtz Collection of stamps.  You will see in the background I have used last weeks techniques - I love that one - and the flowers were cut from Tattered Flowers Die, TH, inked with faded jeans and glittered with cosmic shimmer twinkles sky blush.  Wish this was "feelie vision" as the distress powder is sooooo tactile I just have to keep touching it. 

I am also entering it into the challenge at Sunday Stampers  run by Hels. The challenge which is shades of blue this week seems to fit my hanging and eeek it really is last chance for this one with only hours to go - but I missed out last week determined to play this week hopefully Linda and Hels won't mind sharing this little piece of my art; lol



Thanks for looking

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Fly Free

I seem to have birds on the brain at the moment so I am going with the flow - my Mojo seems to have taken wings, think it is because I'm having a difficult time of it at present; so today I have been to my little craft room  and turned my thoughts to crafting and this creation is what appeared, so pleased with the result am I that I feel a set coming on........ watch this space!!!!

I am entering this into Gingersnap Creations GC57 Wings

Shape is cut from Tim Holtz Alterations Movers and Shapers Die in Grungeboard and Cordinations card stock, I sanded the card for a distressed look ; the Bird and Cage TH Alterations Die, I placed the bird outside the cage to be free, I embossed the card stock with cuttlebug embossing folder before cutting out, used TH DI shabby shutters over the bird and also the silk flowers and added brad to flower and gem for eye, added sheer white ribbon to bottom of cage and for the hanging; stamped words in shabby shutters cut with punch

Close up

I apologise for hanging on the chair to take piccy but that was the best light - couldn't move door to window!!!

Punch Flowers and Brad - Stampin' Up!

Stamps Creative Expressions

Gem and ribbon ribbon - my stash

everything else Tim Holtz

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