YAY My 1st Design Team Project 

My very first DT project for eclecticellapu   

The theme was self made flowers ... doesn't matter what you make them from or what you use them for just make them .... how cool is that ... so on to my project 

 I decided I wanted to wear my flowers so I stamped onto some canvas(using stayzon black ink and heat set it with my heat tool)  that i had left over from stretching a canvas to paint on (soooo glad I kept the scraps ... I KNEW I was right NEVER to throw anything away LOL )  then I put the canvas through my big shot using the Tim Holtz die 'Tattered Florals'   Before assembling the Jewellery I coated the flowers (both sides) with Mod Podge to make it much more durable. 

I poked a hole in the center of the 2 flowers and put a brad through ... I used the back of the brads to fasten the flowers to the leather cord ... and the one for the chain I used 1 on the arms of the brads to make a loop to go around the chain .... 

Hope you like what i have done and thank you as always for stopping by 

Tina xxxx

HELLO ....

Well I have more good news ... I have been picked to join the Eclectic Ellapu Design Team I was really thrilled as I now get to create Cards for LEJ Designs and ANYTHING I want for Eclectic Ellapu blog .... I was really sad that Crafty-Emblies closed down as I loved working with their products and being on their design team .... so being asked to join another team where I can create what I want is fantastic ... I will blog again when my first Design Team project goes live which is not too long off now ... only a few days ...

I just wanted to share a couple of things I have made ..

These shoes are made from card and are for my cousin who has just had a new baby girl together with his partner ... baby Florence who is super cute !!! Congratulations Steven and Bev ... xxxx

I bought this cup holder from a carboot sale last weekend ... I got the idea from a friend of mine Deb who put a photo of her desk on facebook and she had one with all her tape on it 

it was only 50p.    I sanded it down and painted it 

Then dry brushed gold metallic paint over the top 

I am really happy with how it turned out and now I always know where my tape is (which is a first !!) 

I made a flip flap album for my in laws who will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on the 8th June this year ..

I plan it give it to them then take it back so I can add the photographs from the party they are having .... just hope they like it ..

Many thanks for stopping by I appreciate you taking the time 

Tina xxxx

MORE STUFF TO SHARE 

Hey again : ) 

a few more things to share with you 

 I have to apologies for my photos I have NO idea what is going on ....OR how to fix them : (    this is a card challenge from Yvonne over at UK & Ireland craft swap group to make a card from only scraps ... it was fun  ..

This is for my in-laws who will be celebrating their 50th  wedding anniversary on 8th June 2013 ...

This clock I have made from foam board ... I cut the foam board to the size I wanted and hot glued it together ... the clock face is from Crafty-Emblies and it is mounted onto a jewellery display box ... I decided to mount it onto the box so you have easy access to the working parts of the clock and batterys .... it is fully working ... the pendulum does not work and is for decoration only it is made from a crystal necklace and a crystal pendant ..

I would love to hear what you think 

Many many thanks for stopping by 

Tina xxx

Hello Again 

I hope you are all having a great weekend so far .... I have a few projects to share with you ..

PROJECT 1 .

This I made for a friend of ours who has finished paying off her mortgage .... A HUGE cause for celebration .... I certainly can not wait till ours is paid off thats for sure ...

OK ... so the project ... nearly all of this is made from Crafty-Emblies ... LOVE their stuff ... the kennel is a bird house which once assembled I painted brown then used a sharpie marker to give the wood grain effect on the walls.  The flower boarder is actually the balloon border which I just painted white and added a flatback pearl to the centre of each ... I LOVE the small toadstool it is just soooo cute ... I cut an arch from black card to glue to the front of the bird house to cover the small hole for the birds to get in and to make it into the doorway for the kennel.  The dog is a stamped image which I decoupaged to give it a more 3D effect.

I then decided to add the tree to the front and the lamp post to the back which I think finish it off.  I made a display box to put it in and our friends really LOVED it ... it was so much fun to make .

PROJECT 2

Project 2 is a gift keepsake card for my wonderful friend Heide Wright who lives in Australia .... she has just had a beautiful baby boy who they have called Krystian ...

This is from a template that I have and is made from card .... I made the highchair liner from fabric and lace and added lace to the outside of the chair too ... 

Many thanks for stopping by 

Tina xxx

LEJ DESIGNS CHALLENGE 

Hello again .... wow time goes SOOOOO fast ... I can't believe its got round to my turn again 

LEJ Designs new challenge has gone live today and the theme this week is 'Corners & or Borders ...

I chose to use the daffodils that have been drawn by Lindsey (LEJ Digi images) as it is suppose to be Spring .... Anyway I printed the image many times and once coloured I fussy cut them out and laid them on top of the lace down the right edge of the card (I appologise for the poor quality of the photograph ... I don't know what I did different this time )  I embossed the floral background and rubbed Treasure Gold wax over it....

So why not head over to LEJ and join in the fun ... don't forget if you use an image from LEJ simply put LEJ after your name when entering for a chance to win an extra goodie .... 

GOOD LUCK 

Thank you all so much for stopping by 

Tina xxxx

New Works 

Hello everyone ... i hope you are all well and have been crafting till your hearts are content ... I passed  my  Fine Art Degree 2 years ago now and really haven't done much art since then but got an idea in my head and went with it .... 

This is only on a small canvas board and I had loads of fun making it  ..... I left the bottom left corner a pearlised white as I wanted it to lead your eye into the the painting/work...

I then decided to make a bigger one 

I have left this left corner blank at the moment as I am waiting for some Red Metallic wax to arrive as I want a big impact there .... 

Many thanks for stopping by and for all your comments Past present and future xxx

Tina xxx 

LEJ DESIGNS CHALLENGE 

Hey everyone well its that time again ..... another Designs Team make for LEJ Designs this week there theme is 'Anything Goes' .... sooooooo much fun .... there are so many great digi's on the  site that I wanted to make something using more than one image  so here is what I made 

I had so much fun making this and I know Lindsey (Owner and Designer of LEJ) is planning to do more animal Digi's so I can expand the book as they are finished .... Why not have a go your self ... and it doesn't need to be just animals there are so many different themes of Digi's on the Site so you have free reign to do what ever you want  .... have a go and enter the challenge all of us on the design team LOVE to see your creations plus we also get inspiration from you too xxxx

Thank you for stopping by 

Tina xxx