MY FIRST LAYOUT FOR MONTHS...

At last....my first layout for what is probably months...I have been trying to upload these pics all week but for some reason they were posting sideways...

 

This is the first layout for my January to December scrapbook...and the first time I have done this project...thanks to Sonja for the push I needed and now I'm not doing fairs I am hoping to have much more time to dedicate to scrapping as well as other crafts.

 

Not many photos or stuff happening in January so very limited...this pic was not actually taken in January but is what we were doing on the first Sunday of the year...i just really like the photo...

 

Kirsti xx

FINISHED PAGES...

As promised here are the art journal pages finished....

 

 

Love the dimension the Ferro paint gives through the stencil...

 

And for anyone interested I found the link again...

 

A Life on Hold

ART JOURNAL...

Well I thought it was time to have another go at art journalling...it's something I've dabbled in over the last few years but never really gotten into as I could never get the hang of the layering but I am determined to have another go so with that in mind I stumbled across a YouTube video...but for the life of me I can't find it again...do you have any idea how many there are on that site;0)

 Started of with a layer of gesso and then painted the page with some water and then added the colour which is wiped down to soften it....added some white to soften a bit more...have to say it is actually a little brighter IRL...winter not good for indoor photography I suspect unless you have all the proper gear(or know how to use your camera to the best of its capabilities..lol.)

 

 Some torn music sheet added and a touch of yellow paint along with a lovely harlequin stamp...I really would like a much bigger one that I have...

 

 Cut out some hearts and stuck them on...

 

I like this last bit that I have done so far...using a charcoal Inktense pencil to highlight them and make them really pop...

 



I'm not finished yet as I am waiting for a(nother) new stencil/template to arrive along with some dimensional paint but so far I am really pleased with it and feel a bit more confident...I think a lot of it is all in the drying process and making sure each layer is dry before adding the next to avoid the muddy colours!!!

 

Hope it's not too snowy where you are...I'm just off to pick the kids and a couple of their friends up from school early as it hasn't stopped all day.

 

Thanks for looking!

Kirsti xx

NEW PROJECT...

This is my new project...will leave you guessing as to what it is....

Answers on a postcard..hee hee!!

 

 

 

PS Sonja....you're not allowed to comment as you know what it is!!!

WEDDING INVITATIONS...

Well I just thought I'd post an update on my first wedding invitation order that I received a couple of months ago...I was very nervous about this but I think they have turned out okay...

 

 

 

 

 

Just noticed a small corner of the bunting is missing from the above invite...the bunny was nibbling while I was sitting on the sofa cutting these out...just as well it was only the sample..lol

 

 

I did all these samples as per certain specifications and was very pleased when they chose one for their big day(I won't say which one)...It was only a small order for day invites but I am glad since it was my first...they are due to be delivered tomorrow and I am so hoping they live up to expectations...hoping this may give me the confidence to go on and do more...

 

Hope you all had a lovely festive season and I look forward to sharing more of my makes throughout the year...

 

Kirsti

xxx

I CAN SHARE NOW...

This is the project I have been working on and I apologise to my niece for taking so long...

 

 This is for my great nephew Brody who was born in September...

 

 He is such a little cutie-pie...

 

 These took many coats of paint and lots of patience lining up the masking tape right across the five letters...

 

 I then stood them up and realised the 'D' was upside down...aaarghh....

 



Not to worry...some blue tac on the bottom and it was standing up straight;0)

 

I do like these a lot and my niece and her partner were very pleased with them too..

 

Hope you had a great weekend!!

BIRTHDAY WISHES...

It was my next door neighbour Clare's birthday the other week and this is what I made for her...

 Card made using washi tape and a Stampin Up punch and stamps and the colour spritzer tool for a wee bit of distressing...

 

Stamp on the heart is from Unity...

 

I do have a rather sweet thing to show you but will have to wait til I pass it over as it's a present for my great nephew who was only born in September...very slow with the gift I know but I have been really busy with the kids, etc the last couple of months and not had much time for crafting lately...

 

TTFN and enjoy the weekend...another VERY busy one for us again!

Kirsti

xxx

MORE FINISHED PROJECTS...

 I found an upcycled wreath on Pinterest so I thought I would have a go...I really like how it turned out...I am toying with maybe a few more flowers at the bottom and would like to do a rolled one but I just for the life of me cannot do them...I always ending up throwing them across the room and swearing:0))

 

 This project is one I did when Sonja came over a couple of Sundays ago for a wee mini crop..just me and her!! She was working on a LO and I thought I would try something out of the Craft Stamper magazine...I usually get it, ooh and aah over everything for days and never end up trying anything out so I am pleased I managed to finish this...

 

They used a chipboard snowflake covered in glitter but I didn't have one so used this crochet one that I found in a Quirky kit that hadn't been used....

 

Thanks for looking...x

LIBBY'S 10TH BIRTHDAY...

Sunday was Libby's 10th birthday...

 

 On Saturday she had a joint skating party with her friend Isabelle whose birthday was the weekend before...they had a half hour coaching session which they thoroughly enjoyed...

 

 Then off they went under their own steam...Libby and Charley were naturals...I think that must be all the roller blading they have done in the last 6 or 7 months...

 

 Libby and Isabelle enjoying a silly moment!!

 

 This was the lovely cake that Carrie made for them...I did the invitations..see previous post for those...

 Oops a daisy...there was quite a lot of that!!!

All in all a very good party...so good that the girls and I went again yesterday...first time on the ice for nearly 30 years...eeek...and I have to confess to sticking close to the barrier...I did fall over and smack my knee on the ice which was quite painful but it seems okay today...

 

So that's the birthdays over for another year...now we just have Christmas and panto season to look forward to...this will be Libby's first year in panto and she is enjoying all the rehearsals so far and looking forward to performing....

FINISHED PROJECTS...

 At last a couple of finished projects from my studio...Love the canvas...started by covering with vintage music pages then used an old credit card to spread the blue paint and then added some white to the mix but I decided it was a little dark so added a paler blue...

I then punched (Stampin Up punch) some paper scraps to make bunting and used some words I cut from magazines and some more words stamped on the same scrap I used for the bunting...

  

The LOVE and the wee birdie are Tim Holtz and stamped on tissue paper then mod podged down...so much easier than stamping straight onto the canvas as you always end up losing some of the image....and that's it finished...

 



Invitations are finished ready for the girls to take back to school...the dancer is by Lyndsay Mason Design and perfect for the girls...I have tried some masking and ghosting using Dylusion Inks and That Special Touch Of masks with mixed results but I like how they have turned out...

 

The paper mache torso has some trim and wings added to it but is not finished just yet...

WORKS IN PROGRESS...

Since moving into this lovely new 'studio' I have had a bit more room and time to craft for myself...I now have two tables - one for me and one for orders...makes life so much simpler...

 Birthday invitations for my middle daughter Libby and her friend Isabelle who are having a joint skating party next month(they both go to dance lessons, hence the ballerina!)...have loads of these drying at the minute and have very messy hands...and I have also just mastered ghosting...yayyy...

 

 This has been sitting on my shelf for eons and I seen one as I was zipping thru cyberspace the other day so set to work adding dictionary pages to it and I have some wings drying and will add lace, embellishments, etc and I bought some super grungy looking wooden cotton reels from Simply Create today (50% off everything instore) that I will sit it on..

and last but not least a canvas that I have had covered with music sheet for ages and I have painted with a couple of different blues and some white, added some bunting and used the fab Sew Stamper roller ink to get the curvy lines...these are brilliant and I NEED to get some more of them...it came in one of my Scarlet Lime kits...

 

That's me for today...Thanks for looking

xxx

12 TAGS OF 2012...

Last week I managed not one but two tags for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2012 for swapping with Sonja...

 This first one is the September one using metal...this is sheetmetal I found while transferring rooms..not sure it worked as well as the stuff he used but hey it was free...

This is how it turned out with the application of alcohol inks... After this step Tim buffed with steel wool but not having any I just left it as it was and I have to say I really like how it turned out...

 The typewriter stamp is from Unity borrowed from Sonja and also not having many metal embellishments I have had to improvise but that's what it's all about right? The numbers came from my Scarlet Lime mixed media kit and the letters and other bits and pieces from my stash...

This is the second one I did and this is July 2012...The principles used are the same but different stamps and embellishments(forgot to take progress pics fro this one...oops! Will try harder next time!!)

 

So that's me for now...I will be working on some birthday invitations for Libby and her friend Isabelle's skating party next month and I have an order for 5 skull and crossbones name plaques and I am also working on a mixed media canvas...

 

Take care and have a great October hols(that's our last day of school for two weeks now)