Craft Stamper project

Just catching up with projects that haven't been posted and I've realised that I've missed out several of my Craft Stamper makes so this is one that was published last month that I called 'Creativity Takes Courage' and I used a THAT'S CRAFTY shrine that the lovely Laura sent me. It stands 24 cms tall and is a very sturdy design, I used DecoArt chalk paints on it and it was a dream to paint and stencil on the lovely smooth surface.

I love this dancing girl with what looks like a shower cap on her head - hence the title, I thought they went together well.

DecoArt chalky finish paints are fabulous to use as a base which is what I did here and I added media fluid acrylic with it to stencil with. You can see it on the back of the box as well as the front.

There's a tutorial in the magazine on how to create the textured rust that I used on the doily.

I also stamped the very back panel as well.

Some butterflies were rusted and some were dipped.

If you take the Craft Stamper magazine you will find this on P.46 of the June issue.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope your weekend goes well.

huge hugs Brenda xxx

Spooky Pink - Apothecary Shrine

This started off as a demonstration piece for my last Country View Workshop where we made the first Halloween shrine and for some reason I decided to use the pink paints with the fabric and hardener. I've rather enjoyed adding the bits to make a spooky pink affair to fit the current CVC challenge.

I used the Gothic 31 stamps from Artistic Outpost for the ghostly lady, the mouse and the 31st button.

The background is special, some of you may recognise the technique which I am teaching at Ministry Of Mixology in Coventry next month using DecoArt media fluid acrylic paints. I stamped the image on the boards before adding them individually and adhered them into the back of the shrine. You can see the texture achieved by using DecoArt's fabric hardener and coloured it with the media acrylic paints.

 Some apothecary bottles, candle stick, a rat with Tim's seasonal chit chat stickers for the words finish off the spooky feel.

Another little decoration to add to my display for Halloween.

I hope you can join us over at the CVC challenge and show us your spooky creations.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

hugs Brenda xxx

New workshop for CVC

Double Trouble

I am calling the next workshop for Country View Crafts "Double Trouble" purely and simply because we will be making two projects this time round.

I love this frame as it is more understated than other projects I do, with less depth and layers but enough for it to still look interesting and I think this simplicity is a great contrast to the recesses and embellishments and allow them to pop out more.

Each of the recesses is made up in the same way but with different designs and embellishments.

The fall foliage thinlits create gorgeous leaves .....

.... that sit on the textured background beautifully.

This has a harvest feel to it as well as a thanksgiving one too.

The shrine is a fun make to finish off the day creating lots of texture .....

... adding Tim Holtz embellishments and die-cuts .......

... and creating a niche with elements that will be perfect for a Halloween display.

There are more details over on the Country View Crafts Project Blog and the workshop is available to book on the Country View Crafts website. Click on the highlighted words and you will be transported over to both places to find out more details.

I thought we were going to have a few warm days this week but today has started cloudy and considerably cooler than I thought, I hope the next few days will be better.

have a great week.

hugs Brenda xxx