November Sketch

Hi Everyone!

My turn to provide the sketch for this months challenge :)  So this time I have chosen to use  one of  Trina McClune's gorgeous sketches to inspire you!

Heres my take on the sketch.

I have used an old Heidi Swapp mask to create my heart shape, and used three different inks to colour it, then randomly stamped around the outside and the inside.  My chipboard word is inked with embossing ink and then heat set with white, and then bronze embossing powders.  The photo is my husband, the little cutie :) on his first day of school with his sister.

If you love this sketch, you'll find more superdooper ones on Trina's blog - trinamcclune.typepad.com

Please have your sketch uploaded below to the gallery by midnight November 30th to be into win! The winner will be picked by our lovely Trina :)

Products used:
Prima En Francais paper, flowers and chipboard embellishments
Imaginarium Designs chipboard word
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Aged Mahogany, Walnut stain, and Stormy Sky
Darkroom Door stamps
Cherry Lynn leaf dies
Prima metal fence and wooden banner
Other stamps from Kaisercraft and  Pink Paislee

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OTP Inspiration

Hi Everyone!

Its the end of the month, and has'nt September just flown out the window?! I cannot believe its nearly October already, which means only thirteen weeks til Christmas!! Sorry, had to mention it :)

Ok, so my inspiration is quite different this time.  I decided to play with a few products in the shop - you know the ones; the ones you just had to have but have'nt really used yet!  For me that would be Distress Inks, Stains and crackle paint.
Ive been dabbling in adhering things to glass for awhile with limited success.  Besides using glossy accents or double sided tape to adhere things, I was pretty limited in what my brain was wanting me to do and what I ended up with.  Then I stumbled across Rangers Glue n Seal, and this would be, in  my humble opinion, the best thing ever!!  It looks like a gooey curdled mess in the jar, but goes on like a dream.  It paints easily onto glass, leaving it white while wet, so you can see where you're going and then dries clear.  You can leave it to dry, or if you're wanting everything yesterday like me lol, then a heat gun works well too.  Once your item is dry you can then paint over the top, or ink, apply rubons or whatever you like with no problem at all.

So, I had these two bottles that I'd kept for some reason or another.  For the first one I kept it simple.  I applied glue n seal, and then clear rock candy distress crackle paint and left it over night to dry.  Then I used my spiced marmalade distress ink pad to adhere my colour and left it to dry.  You can't quite see all the crackles in the photo but you can when you see it in real life.

The second bottle I painted white after using glue n seal, and then ran over it with weathered wood distress stain, and then sealed it again, before decorating it with some left over bits from my En Francais kit.

The doily behind the butterfly is an old glittered rubon from K&Co, and the rear butterfly is diecut from a Spellbinders die, layered with a Prima butterfly.
So, come on!, break out those products you just had to have and have'nt used yet and give them a go!  You might surprise yourself, just like I did :)

Oh! These will be in shop on Saturday for you to have a close up look at if you wish - its all day crop at the Patch and Im hoping on getting some Christmas presents done!

Thanks for popping by!
Megan

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OTP Inspiration with En Francais

Hi Everyone!

Ive had a wonderful five weeks holiday since I last posted, spending three weeks of it catching up with friends in the UK that I have'nt seen in 12 years - it was magical, and inspiring and so worth the trip - be prepared for lots of photos finding their way through to SP's blog in the way of scrappy goodness :)

This month I have three pieces of inspiration to show to you, and all quite different.  This week I have Prima's En Francais :)  If you know me you will know that Prima is one of my favourite brands to work with, so I was pretty pleased when this turned up in my DT kit :)  It showcases some of my favourite colours, blue, brown, beige and grey.

When I was wondering what I was going to alter this time, I decided to have a wander through the second hand shop that has sprung up recently at our local rubbish tip. Sounds quite revolting does'nt it?  But its not, - for those of you overseas, its really just a secondhand shop or thrift shop that has all of those items you don't want cluttering up your house anymore, but are too good for the rubbish tip.  So, I was wandering through here and found this box within minutes of entering the shop.  The lady at the checkout was keen to know what I was going to do with it, and as soon as I said I was a scrapper she got so excited lol :)

This little beauty, is big enough to hold papers in or whatever else you choose. Ive used different pieces from the range and lots of layers; wooden buttons, chipboard, flowers, tickets and papers of course as well as chipboard cogs from my stash and a Martha Stewart Punch.

If you're lucky enough to be going to the Spring Retreat this weekend, this will be up for grabs as one of the prizes to be won! Good Luck!

Thanks for popping by :)
Megan

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Teaser Revealed!

Hi Everyone!
Yesterday I drove out to see Adrienne and pick up my kit and she gave me a couple of the new Sizzix dies to play with!  I have'nt used Sizzix brand dies before, unless you count Tim Holtz, but these were no problem to use. Just follow the picture instructions on the back and pop it through your machine, easy peasy!  There are three types of dies to choose from in the shop - a circle, bracket shape or square windows, - I have used the circle die.

Ive layered my base cardstock with another sheet of cardstock for stability and versamark stamped the background with some Prima stamps I had in my stash.  The paper and embellishments are from Primas En Francais collection, rich hues of browns and  blues - flowers, wooden button shapes and chipboard and papers - and a bit of handstitching to finish it off.

Thanks for popping in today!
Megan

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