Funky Jewellery

I've had the 'stuff' for these pieces for ages and never got round to doing anything with it. It's the first time I've worked with chain so wasn't really sure how it would turn out, so I'm really pleased with the end results!

Here's a close up of the detail....


This set is just for me!! As I adore the 'gunmetal' look, and the colour change beads and crystals really set it alight! I think it has a bit of a 'gothic' feel to it, maybe it's just the colours, anyway, Thanks for looking in.

Take care all,
Jackie

Chipboard 'waste' photo frame!

From this..........




.....to this....



I've had these chipboard sheets of shapes for a while now so thought it was time I had a play. While I was looking through the sheets some of the shapes were falling out and i thought the sheets had some interesting shapes to play around with.

This is the end result and it happened purely by accident really, I had laid down the 'empty' sheet down on top of some photos I was having a look through....and ...well....the rest is history!

So I got to work playing around with some finishes so here's what I did.

First of all, I painted the whole empty sheet with the Blonde Moments Acrylic paint in Metallic Copper, then I alcohol inked over the top of that, I used my old faithful crackle background stamp to over stamp the whole thing. I quite like that look really, it seems ato add a wee bit of texture.

I then glued around three sides of the frame leaving the top open to be able to slot in the photograph, I painted some of the shapes in acrylic paint and stamped over the top of those with the crackle background stamp.Then glued them onto the spaces they came from slightly mismatching them to add a bit of interest.

Here are pictures of the detail...





I just attatched some ribbons with oversized paperclips and little mini bulldog clips for a bit of decoration.

So there you go....something a tad different for the living room!

Thanks for looking in,

Takce care

Jackie x

I've been having a play with some Altered Art style stamping, and I'm not sure if I was successful or not, but did have loads of fun playing!!

This Chipboard tag book was sprayed with Glimmer mists first then overstamped with various background stamps and then finished with the main images and embellished using various techniques and 'stuff' from my craft stash!!


The RED page: I stamped a text background in red to match the page, then over stamped that with some of Glenda Waterworth's Inspiration Words stamps, I then stamped and heat embossed the word "Art" with clear versamark ansd some holographic embossing powder, along with the little "square tile"
REVERSE side: This is basically done in the same way only I used Twinkling H20's to colour the hearts and used Glossy accents Glaze on the top heart to highlight it.

The YELLOW page: I stamped the word "dream" twice, then over stamped that with the lady image, again Using Glenda Waterworth's stamps, I highlighted her hair using clear Stickles glitter glue, I embellished using some gold square gems and sprayed a paper flower gold finished off with a gold brad.
REVERSE side: I stamped a lace background stamp, and from the same Dream themeplate over stamped with the elegant lady stamp, I stamped and heat embossed the word "Fashion" in Cosmic Gold embossing powder, I just stamped it again using the Archival ink pad in Black.

The DARK BLUE/LILAC page: I stamped the text background and then over stamped with the shoe design with the Archival ink, then I overstamped again this time using versamark clear, and heat embossed with the Adirondak Denim blue ambossing podwer.
REVERSE side: I used Glenda's theme plates again for the background, then used The Gibson Girls for the main image, I then 'smeared' over some glossy accents to highlight the image as it didn't really show up very well, I just finished off with some gems.

The BRIGHT BLUE page: I used some text background stamps and then stamped the butterfly onot some plain white card which was inked over, then cut it out and stuck it down using glossy accents, when it was dry, I embellished the butterfly with some clear stickles glitter glue and then used some liquid pearls to finish off.
The REVERSE side: I used Glenda's Butterfly themeplate again, stamped and smeared over the text, stamped the smaller butterflies, then I stamped the large butterfly with clear versamrk, heat embossed using holographic embossing powder.

The GREEN page: I stamped the Text Rose from Glenda Waterworth (again!) with green stazon, then coloured this using Derwent Inktense water colour pencils. You can still see the sheen of the Glimmer mists through the colouring which was a pleasant surprise.
The REVERSE side: Is done exactly the same as the other side only using a different orientation.


Whew!!!! I hope I've managed to make the instructions clear enough and you managed to understand some of my ramblings.

I haven't really done a lot of this style of stamping, but I must say doing little things like this is certainly good practice and I thoroughly enjoyed myslef!

Some of the pages didn't come out the way I envisaged they would, but that's the way it goes with this style, anything goes and it doesn't really matter.....well i don't think so anyway..lol.

Thanks for taking the time out to read this looooong post today,

Take care everyone

Jackie xx

Silver Wedding Anniversary with a difference!!

This is my first BIG special commission and it had me really worried I can tell you! EEKS!!

I have done scrapbooking before, but only ever for me and my family, never for someone else.

The man in the photos wanted to do 'something different' for his wife for their 25th wedding anniversary, and this is what we came up with (it was a conspiracy you see).

We chose the K and Co Madelline range for this, 12x12 papers, matt pack, rub-ons and journaling labels. The other 'bits and bobs' are just stuff from my stash! Except the gold ribbon and bow from the first wedding page, that came from a box of chocolates!! lol.

Anyway, he kind of gave me a 'free hand' with this project and I'm glad he did really, because as the couple are Indian I would have really struggled in places. Still I think I've covered all the bases, and judging by the phone call I received after he presented it to her, everyone was thrilled to bits!!

I have now been asked to add to it later on when the sons graduation photos are done, so this is going to be an ongoing project.

I can now relax a bit knowing it went down well and everybody liked it.

Apologies for the pictures though, these things are not really that easy to photograph, and I did my best.

I feel I still have a lot to learn on the Scrapbooking side of things, so I'll keep doing 'research' and playing with mini albums, untill I get better at it.

Not bad for a 'proper' first attempt though, even if I do say so myself! lol.

Thanks for looking in and so sorry for the mega post.

Take care

Jackie x

Christmas shaker box!

I've had loads of fun today making this cute shaker box!

First of all It's actually a Sizzix Bigz XL die and part of a Medallion treasure box stamp!

I stamped out the poinsettia three times then coloured it using Twinkling H20s, I then cut out the flowers then mounted two layers inside the box, I put star shaped giant sequins inside the box then glued it together, I then stuck the last layer onto the front of the box over the top of the acetate, I just added some peel-offs, a piece of gold ribbon and a gold 'flower' to finish it all off.

This die has tons of uses and when I saw it my brain went into overdrive! You can be rest assured I'll be having a play with this again!!

Thanks for looking in,

Take care all,

Jackie x

Here's just a quick project that I did while I still had the Alcohol Inks and paints out from the previous project.

I bought these plain wooden bangles from The Artisitc Stamper yonks ago and still had a couple lying waiting to be decorated.

So, I painted the whole thing with Antique Gold Acrylic Paint from Blonde Moments, then when it was dry I used Terracotta and Gold alcohol inks over the top of that, then blended it all together to soften it a little.

I then inked up a little 'stitched' background stamp from Paper Artsy with black Stazon and rolled the bangle onto the stamp, I inked up the 'numbers' stamp but instead of rolling the bangle onto the the stamp I left it unmounted and just 'moulded' to the side of the bangle.

I'm not really sure if I like the end result or not, but it's not a problem because all I'll need to do to change it is just to cover the whole thing in alcohol inks to cover up the previous design!

but I'll leave it the way it is for now and see what goes.

thanks for looking in,

Jackie x

Alcohol inks and stamps!

YAY!!! I've finally had the chance to have a play in my new craft room!!

I've had this little wooden box in my possession for quite a while now and decided it was time I finally did something with it!

So I painted it with the Blonde Moments Acrylic paint range, Antique Gold to be exact, then covered the whole thing with Ranger Alcohol Inks, lovely and messy!

I used The Artistic Stampers Retro range stamps for the 'pocket watch', key and phrase.

I stamped the watch onto glossy card which had been inked over with the alcohol inks, then I used Glossy Accents to give the watch a 'face', it makes it look like glass. I just stamped the key and the phrase straight onto the box.

The letters forming the word 'stuff' are from a plain white chipboard alphabet which has been inked and then 'sealed' with clear embossing powder! I just thought it gave the word a bit of oomph!

The little sqaure tile is a chipboard blank tripple embossed with bronze embossing powder and then stamped into while still hot.

The watch chain is just a piece of gold cord stuck down in various places with a couple of odd gold and black buttons.

Thank you for looking in hope to be showing more of my projects soon,

Take care all

Jackie x