Totally Gorjuss #242 - 'PINK & GREEN'

This weeks theme at Totally Gorjuss is 'PINK & GREEN'. simple enough.... pink & green... 
I thought I'd play for this one.

You can check out the challenge here.

I decide to choose lots of goodies from my other Oak House Studios for this one. I am in love with their colour mist sprays at the moment. The colours are fabulous and they colour any kind of medium.

Here is what I created...

I started with a MDF plaque and painted it with a couple of coats of gesso.

I sprayed the white gesso-ed background with 'peacock green' and 'paris pink' colour mists from Oak house Studio to create this gorgeous, bright colourful background. 

I stamped the 'english garden words' in black ink and the 'ATC linen' stamp in 'wine' colour chemistry ink on to a cosmetic tissue. 

I applied bees wax from the melting pot to adhere the stamped images on tissue to the MDF. Then went around the edges with the wax to create some texture.

I stamped the daisy from the 'double daisy' stamp set on to thin white card and sprayed it with the same coloured sprays. I added wax to give it a vintage look. 

To finish, I added three buttons made from green coloured UTEE to the corner and added some dyed ribbon to hand the plaque.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peep, I kindly appreciate and crafty comments you wish to leave me.

Toodles for now...

Totally Gorjuss #241 - 'FLOWER POWER'

This weeks challenge theme at Totally Gorjuss is 'flower power'.

Check out the challenge blog here.



Here is what I created...

How I made my creation....

I stamped lots of different flower images on to white card in black ink to create my own floral background paper. I thought the finished background was a bit overpowering on its own, so overlaid it with a sheet of fancy parchment with a subtle pattern on it over the top to tone down the black.


I coloured a pare flower with pink and black ink and added some metal leaves in the corner.

I stamped the sentiment and inked the edges with the pink and black.

To finish I stamped the bee and heat embossed it with clear ink to give it a shimmer. 

Thanks for popping by and having a toot, leave me a crafty comment if you wish. 
Toodles for now.

OAK HOUSE STUDIO - "Something Blue" Inspiration #2

Hi all, a quick reminder of this months challenge over at Oak House Studio. The challenge runs till the end of June, so there is still plenty of time to get your entries in.... come on, have a go.


Now back to this months challenge....

All the details are available at the Oak House Studio Blog. 

Here is another one of my creation for this months challenge.

I used Oak House Studio Walesby Flourish stamp, Oak House studio Colour Chemistry ink  - 'Midnight' and 'Powder Blue'. Oak House Studio 'Ink In A Bottle' Glorious Gold spray from the metallics range and Oak House Studio 'Ink In A Bottle' French Mint spray and Totally Turquoise spray.

I started with the Walesby Flourish and stamped it randomly on to white cardstock with powder blue ink then sprayed it with the Glorious Gold metallic spray. 

I stamped two butterflies on to a tag using Midnight then sprayed French Mint over the top and tied some ribbon which was coloured with Totally Turquoise spray.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment from the Triple Butterfly Collection with Midnight ink and mounted it on to 3D foam.

I hope I have inspired to join in with the challenge this month. 

Come and see us over at the blog, you can also join us over at our facebook group here.

And next month we have a fabulous "ONE STAMP" challenge that we are all so excited about. You can find out more here.

Toodles for now...

OAK HOUSE STUDIO - "Something Blue" Inspiration #1

Hi all, a quick reminder of this months challenge over at Oak House Studio. The challenge runs till the end of June, so there is still plenty of time to get your entries in.... come on, have a go.

Before we get on with the challenge inspiration.... This is a bit of a landmark for me..... THIS IS MY 100th BLOG POST!!!! WOO HOO!!!!! And yes over the past 100 posts, I have ripped my hair out several times and been tested to the max. I started this blog not even a year ago knowing absolutely nothing.... and lets face it, there have been some dodgy posts and some even dodgier than dodgy! But I am so happy that I am spending my 100th blog post as part of the team at Oak House Studio. Thank you Lynnda!!!

Now back to this months challenge....

All the details are available at the Oak House Studio Blog. 

Here is another one of my creation for this months challenge.

I played around with the Oak House Studio Triple Butterfly set for this one. As we know, I adore butterflies so this stamp set wasn't a hard one to choose.

I stamped the butterfly on to white cardstock with Oak House studio Colour Chemistry 'Midnight' ink a number of times concentrating in the bottom left corner. I coloured the butterflies with 'Midnight' and 'Powder Blue' ink using a waterbrush. 

I stamped a couple of exra butterflies on to card and cut them out. I coloured them the same way then sprayed Oak House Studio 'Ink In A Bottle 'Glorious Gold' spray over the top then mounted them using 3D foam pads. 

To finish, I stamped the 'spread your wings' sentiment in the top corner. 

All the products I have used to create this card are available on the Ok House Studio website here.

Toodles for now...

Totally Gorjuss DT Challenge # 240

This weeks challenge at Totally Gorjuss is all about Dad. As it is Fathers Day tomorrow we thought we would dedicate this challenge to all the Daddy's out there.
Check out the challenge blog here.

This year, I made my Dad this... 

It is a MDF plaque to hang in his shed from my daughters. I made this for him rather than buying anything as my Dad is the most difficult person in the world when it comes to birthdays, Christmas or any other celebration. I thought he might like this more than something he will shove in a drawer for the next 10 years!!!


So, how I made my creation....

I covered the MDF with a couple of coats of Gesso to start. I cut loads of cogs from a Spellbinders die and laid them on top of each other so they were thicker. I added loads of little watch part pieces around the card cogs and gave everything another coat of Gesso.

I then got out a bunch of Distress Inks and started to play. As Distress Inks are obviously ink not paint you can build layers on top of layers. Each coat soaks in to each other so the colours don't turn out as dark as when they are initially applied. 

I continued to add colour until I was happy. I added some black paint around the edge of the MDF and brushed some Gesso over the top with a dried brush to highlight some areas.

I finished the plaque by threading through some jute string at the top to hand it.

Bit & bobs I used...

* Gesso.
* Spellbinders die set - Cogs.
* Distress Inks:
old paper, frayed burlap, gathered twigs, brushed corduroy, vintage photo, walnut stain, forest moss, mowed lawn.
* Watch pieces.


Thanks for popping by and having a toot, leave me a crafty comment if you wish. 
Toodles for now.

I would like to enter my creations in to the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - anything goes

That Craft Place - men

OAK HOUSE STUDIO..... "Something Blue"

Good morning folks.... Well, today is the day, my 1st DT challenge with Oak House Studio. 
This months theme is "Something Blue". 

A week or so ago, I was sent a box full of scrummy Oak House Studio goodies from the lovely Lynnda Worsnop to play with and came up with some lovely creations. 

I loved playing with Oak House Studio's sprays. As we know, I am a mucky pup, and I love it!! So playing with these sprays... I was having a ball.

Here's a bit of info on the fab Oak House Studio sprays.... Oak House Studio has been making spray inks for some time and are sold with a screw top lid and optional spray top. This means you can recycle and use your old spray bottles, you 
can use the screw on top to keep your ink safe whilst you clean through your spray top too.
Spray tops are also sold individually if you need to replace the tops on your glimmer mists and  the wonderful pipettes are also available to create your own colours.

Being a stampaholic, its important for me to find a good stamp, with a great design but that can be used in many different ways. 

Lynnda's stamps are produced from a specially created silicon based polymer using a laser which is extremely accurate - so what is drawn is what you get!!! They seem to like every kind of ink, sprays and paints, along with clay materials and because they are silicon.... yyyyeeeyyyy, we know what that means..... MELT POT!!!!! 





Back to the June challenge.... I made a few "something blue" projects for this challenge which I will be sharing with you over the next couple of weeks. 

You can join in with the challenge over at the blog here and you can get all the scrummy products I used for this challenge over at the Oak House Studio shop here.


So.... here is my 1st creation for the "something blue" challenge.

I stamped the Walesby Flourish Stamp on to white card using Powder Blue Oak House Studio Colour Chemistry Pigment ink then stamped over the top with Midnight ink using second generation stamping. I mounted it onto a piece of cardstock coloured with Powder blue ink. I coloured another piece of smaller cardstock with the same ink. I stamped in to white air dry clay with the Oak House Studio Thoresby Background Square Positive stamp and cut it into four to create a mosaic tile effect. Then mounted it in the centre of the card. 

Check out the other "something blue" projects the other team members have come up with over on the blog.

Thanks for popping by today, leave me a craft comment if you wish.

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