Make it on Monday.

       Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

I am here today to show you a  new Ledger journal page:

I made the background with two stencils, an Altenew for the water, one for the Sea Urchins and two colours of Distress Oxide inks then finished with Stickles Glitter Glue.

 It took me some time to decide what the focal image would be and then remembered some old dies by Tim Holtz.

I must have had these for ages but they work really well with this background. I think these dies are available again now as Thinlits.

I've cut the Urchins with Kraft card and then added Distress inks by smooshing and splatters then darkening the edges with a blending brush. 

The Seahorse was white card and colours of distress inks, crackle graze and Stickles Glitter Glue.

Finished with a sentiment.

I'm pleased that's finished as I have other things to come soon.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

Masterboard Monday

Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Hi to you all, thought you might like to see what I made using the Masterboard that my friend Gloria sent me.

This is the original Masterboard.

Just hoping Gloria likes this and the rest of you too.

The first stage was to trace round the MDF shape, cut out the Masterboard heart and attach it to the MDF blank.

I have spent a lot of money in the past on glue in nice bottles but still find that the PVA glue from The Works which is only £1.99p, is brilliant for sticking this.

Spread it evenly across the MDF heart first and then smooth over the paper to ensure it is well stuck down.

  

I love the Masterboard but decided it needed messing up a bit.

I used the Tim Holtz heart mask and added some embossing paste.

I used 3D gel on the smaller MDF heart and placed a small gem into it which can be seen above.

Next I cut out some of the spare hearts, covered them in crackle paste and put them on one side to dry. 

 Make sure the heart is completely dry then sand the edge. 
I used a Tim Holtz sanding block for this but any sandpaper will do.

Trim off as much of the paper as necessary and then sand until the edge is smooth.

Next I painted the back to give a nice finish.

Once all this was dry, I painted the edges,

allowed this to dry and applied gilding wax.

I also used gilding wax and acrylic paint to rub over the stencilled hearts giving them a fairly grungy finish.

If you prefer a neater finish then mix the colour with the embossing paste before applying it through the stencil.

The next stage was to put the sections together to complete the heart.

And here is the finished piece ready to be posted.

I hope you enjoyed watching me create this piece.

Many thanks for stopping by

and happy crafting,

Angela x

Altered Letter Project

Hi Bloggettes  here are the final instructions for the finished letter I have been making, hope you like it.

I used a text stamp by Dimension Fourth and added this to some parts of the letter.

 

I continued to build up the design adding flowers and butterflies cut from the paper I had printed and stamped on.

 

Ribbon and gems were added to embellish the design.

And here is the finished letter.

 

 

Front.

 

Back.

 

These are the Punky stamps by Chocolate Baroque used to decorate the letter.

 

Hope you find the instructions useful.

 

Back soon.

Happy crafting,

Angela x

WOYWW #256 : What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday

Hi Bloggies another week on my desk and desks throughout the world, brought to you by our host Julia at the Stamping Ground.

And this is my desk today.
Not much change there, just enough space to work, well! how much space do you need lol!

Been working on a Paper Mache letter.

Other than that you can see the usual collection of craft equipment, like, glue/glues, trays for embossing, baby wipes, embossing ink pad, heat resistant mat, double sided tape, dies, ink pads, acrylic blocks, you've seen it all before probably on hundreds of desks. These are things we cannot manage without.

 

And so to the project for this week.

After covering the letter with gesso, I painted it all over with EcoGreen Raspberry acrylic paint and then added crackle glaze and allowed it to dry.

 

 

Next add the top coat in this case Sand and watch the magic happen!

I can't help it I still love to see the cracking appear lol!

 

Gorgeous effect.

 

Decided to cut out and attach stars for the back.

 

 

And then started stamping the flowers, 'Punky Flowers' by Chocolate Baroque, first on cream card.

 

This is a paper I made some weeks earlier using the Gelli Plate.

I stamped the flowers here too.

 

I stamped some of the flowers directly onto the letter, cut out some of the flowers from the patterned paper and attached them to the stamped images.

And this is where I am at the moment.

Will post the completed letter tomorrow.

 

Hope you will pop over to some of the other workdesks as I am sure they will have exciting things on the go.

 

Happy Crafting,

Angela x

Steampunk

Hi Blogging Friends  I have been busy working on some Steampunk stuff, yes I have also been working on the journal and there will be more of that on Thursday. I just needed a change lol! A bit of fun lol!
Any way, hope you like it.

Most of this was made using the card from the back of old envelopes.
I like it, it's nice and stiff without being too thick.

• Stamps by Chocolate Baroque and Creative Expressions, lovely!!
• Dies and Embossing Folders by Tim Holtz.
• Paper, sprayed with mica inks: Crafty Notions Colour Sprays.
• Brads by Creative Expressions, Faux Screws.
• Additional colour: Gelly Roll Pens.
• Crackle Glaze: Kroma.
• Gilding Wax: Treasure Gold.
• Eco-Green Acrylic Paint.
• Four Matchboxes.
• Stickles Glitter Glues.

           
                Full view of the front.

The main body of the box was constructed with four matchboxes with the covers removed.

           Back view, clearly showing the design of the embossing folder.

 

I cut the card first using the cabinet die and then embossed it and

applied acrylic paint.

 

Closeup view of the right side.

 

After painting the front with acrylic paint, I added crackle glaze and when set, I rubbed over this with gilding wax.

 

                                   Closeup of the top section.

 

The balloon was stamped onto sprayed paper and card. The two stamped images were attached and finished with Stickles Glitter Glues.

 

Closeup view of the left side.

 

 

I finshed the cogs by adding the Faux Screws.

 

I would be really pleased to hear what you think about this project and thank you for visiting.

 

Angela x

 

I would like to enter this for the:

 August Steampunk Challenge at SanDee and Amelia's.

LOC Challenge 12: LOC Theme or Use Something Metal.

 

 

 

Stampotique card

Just to get started , here is part of the card I made using the Masterboard posted earlier.
If you like it please call back, more to follow.

I altered the girl slightly by adjusting the legs and adding the hat.The stamp used for the row of faces is also stampotique, the cobweb was a Tim Holtz stamp on tissue paper and then glued to the background. The border stamp is from Ranger and was stamped onto a background which had been sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer Mist.
I included areas of crackle glaze to add to the texture.