New Baby in Town!

Hello....thought i would share with you a recent make i did for a new baby in the family called Alfie.

The bunting is made from pre-cut thick card, which i bought at the weekend form the beautiful Port Sunlight stampers show. i then cut to size some baby blue paper I had and then sanded the edges which removes any ruff edges and shows the white core of the paper. Next i painted the wooden letters using chalk paint and dabbed the edges with a blue colour. I added a bit of fux stitching around the edges and then threaded through some garden twine and added a couple of bows at the beginning and end of the bunting.

Here is the card i made for him using lili of the valley stamps and using the same paper i used for the bunting, so everything was matching. The image was coloured using promarkers and i added baby blue glitter from stickles around the edging of the image.

Thanks for looking

take care 

Elx

Be yourself....

Hello...

Just a quick one i had linked my last post to a Paperartsy Paint challenge and after seeing what everybody else had created i really thought mine looked very out of place! So i thought i would try and redeem myself and share this, i had learned this from watching one of Leandra's you tube videos on painting using the 3 sided technique and after watching this my love of chalk paint began and i also loved the colours she had used, so i bought the same colours and created this....

i used a paper image but i can't remember where i got her from

the image looks a little ghostly as i have applied beeswax over the top, a trick i learnt from Lindsay Mason.
The metal cogs are from Tim Holtz and i think the stamps are Wendy Vecchi. I loved how the flower changed after applying beeswax to it and yes there is a touch of stickles glitter on there :)

thanks for looking and stopping by
Elx

Love Canvas...for valentines

Helloo there......:)

I thought I would share with you my latest make a 3D love canvas.....especially as Valentines was on the horizon






I've used Paperartsy chalk paint Rose and Nougat to create the overall colour. I've used a script stamp randomly all over the canvas and on the letters. The flowers are a Sheena Douglas stamp that i coloured in using Tim Holtz distress inks - Victorian velvet, pumice stone and for the leaves a blend of crushed olive and forest moss. everything was then cut out and shaped to create a depth for the flowers and leaves, I've used liquid pearls to create the center on the flowers.

I couldn't resist using rock candy glitter from Tim Holtz...might have a slight addiction to this as i keep applying this to nearly everything i making these days but i think it gives it a nice bling but without being in your face kind of glitter!

                                            I then adhered the love letters using pinflair.

this is how it started (Little bit back to front on how i created it sorry!)- rose chalk and a blend of nougat paint from Paperartsy and a babywipe I've watched many of Leandras videos on you tube using the paints and grungepaste. This one hasn't as many techniques as hers but i wanted to keep this one simple but elegant 

this is a close up of the random stamping i did on the background using a Lili of the valley stamp I bought from Port Sunlight stamping show which I'm hoping to be going to this year...fingers crossed!

Ta Dah!

thank you for taking the time to look and read my blog any comments are very much appreciated  :)
Take Care Elx

....sew its been along time....

Helloo peps (if anyone is still there out there)!

It's Been a while you could say but i had honestly thought it had been deactivated and for some unknown reason I thought the other day I would have a look & its still there floating in cyberspace! Kinda scary.

Anyhoo thought i would show you my latest make, I got a tilda doll kit for Christmas & I've actually made it! amazing really as i'm not a great sewer, as high school nearly put me off sewing for life! But here she is, she is a Christmas decoration but I'l still keep her around. 

Sorry for the pun title but i just couldn't help myself :) 

Thank you for looking, take care Elx

testing testing 1 2 3.....

Helloo

knock knock....is this thing on? seem to be having trouble viewing my blog, which i didn't know was still active. so if somebody could just say hello and let me know what it looks like i would very much appreciate it!

thank you very muchly
Elx

Steampunk mannequin

Hellooo....

Just a quick one i'd thought i would share with you my steampunk mannequin i made a couple of months ago, i don't have it now as my sister wanted it lol :) i didn't realise that i hadn't post it on here i've since bought another one i just need to get around to decorating it....you know how it is!

This is what i did: for the skirt i used some fabric i got with some flowers that i had received, so i folded the fabric in half and put a running stitch to create a waist band, i then got my heat tool and burnt holes in it...this was great fun but  i did have to control myself lol. The flowers are made from metal foil and i used Tim Holtz tattered floral dies for the flowers, i then used an embossing folder to add more texture along with a bit of alcohol ink, i then shaped the flowers and stuck them on with a hot glue gun. the belt is a bit of chain that i acquired from somewhere!?! and attached some metal embellishments onto it. the wings are made from metal plumbing tape and used the patch work metal technique with alcohol inks. the other embellishments i had picked up along the way....the ball chain around the neck is a bit that was left over from some blinds we had fitted so that also got a splash of alcohol inks on them too!

Thank you for stopping by and looking
Take care Elx

Happy New Year...I know it's a bit late!

Hellooo everyone

I hope you all had a good Christmas and a happy new year.... i know it's near the end of January but seriously where has time gone!! but me being me i'm either behind with everything or super organised never seem to run on time.... most be a Libra thing!

Sooo i've joined the art  journaling calender challenge....i started off by running late with my January page and now i've caught up and I'm on April - see what i mean it's all or nothing lol!

January - this one does look a little different now, i've added alot of doodles but using a white pen so you can't really see it...but it is there i promise :)

February - one of my favourite stamps-Moth fab by Stampotique. I did a purple page as this is the colour of the birthstone Amethyst for February and everybody else was using red for valentines...it's looks a little blue on here but i'm sure that's my photography skills that i lack! ;) 

                                        March  page, this is how it started....

 This is how it finished...... 
i really enjoyed making this page and the colours are to represent spring. The stamps are by the octopede factory, i lurve Lily's designs :)

 I found the quote on pinterest i think "if i was alice i would have never left wonderland" that sums me up to a T!

 The background colours are of Tim's spring collection i used a drop of refill ink and made them into sprays and also used some of Dyan's spray's too..i've also used perfect pearls on the mushrooms, but again the photo's don't show this.

 April-not quite finished yet but i used Dylusions ruby rainbow.In England, April usually means April showers,(although these days i'm surprised we haven't got webbed feet with the amount of rain we have!)so i thought i used a rainbow of colours as we do get many rainbow's at this time of year and if you want colour Dyan's sprays are the best for this!

The song "rain drops keep falling on my head" popped in my head while i was making this page so i had to put it in...i have been watching Kate's dvd so i had picked up a couple of ideas with what she was using and showing. i found a Claudine Hellmouth foam stamp, in my wee collection!, in the shape of raindrops - ideal i thought!

Thanks for looking 
take care
Elx