I didn't plan this...

I've had the day off today (yay!)  and was looking round for creative inspiration when I remembered Jo Myhill's home decor canvas on the PaperArtsy blog.  I won't go into the detail as you can see the instructions if you click on the link but I've spent a very happy time mucking around with paint, Grunge paste, distress glitter and Treasure Gold etc.  My canvas was an old project I had started which was blue in colour with some stencil embossing round the edges. It didn't take long to cover it up with the Fresco paints. I didn't have any Liquid Leaf in the right shade so hence the Treasure Gold in White Fire instead. 

I  had to use a wooden heart as I didn't have a papier mache shape. I also added some sparkle to the background with Stampendous Frantage Shaved Ice.  The flourish was embossed onto the heart with gold UTEE which you can also see if you look closely at the texture on the canvas. 

I'm really pleased with the result

I'm also entering it for Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge which is "With a Flourish"  (although it is inspired by Jo Myhill!)

Here's a close up of the texture.  You can just see the stencil embossing from my previous project and I like the extra depth it added to the layers.

PaperArtsy Guest Designer Week 3 part 1

I'm back on the PA blog again this week.If you've never played with shrink plastic before or you have some sitting in your stash cupboard that you haven't used for years, now's the time to have a go!

Paper Artsy Guest Designer, week 2, part 3

This is my final project for the week.   I was really pleased with it.  it was one of those projects that just came together without any great effort on my part, like it had a life of its own. lol

So if you fancy some stencilling with Grunge Paste and some painting with Fresco paints...

or finding out what these are all about....

hop over to the PaperArtsy blog.

Paper Artsy Guest Designer Week 2, part 2

Tonight over on the PaperArtsy blog you can see the tags that I made to go inside the book cover that I showed last night.

Lots of different things to try.

And a lovely book of tags and techniques at the end of it.

More melt pot

I'm still loving the melt pot.  Here's another little hanging I made.  The background is covered in beeswax again and the flowers in UTEE.  The original background had 3 flowers on it so I replaced these with the UTEE blooms.  The hessian ribbon was dyed with spray inks to match.

Is anyone watching Paul Hollywood's bread series on a Monday night?  I'm not a great bread maker but the soda bread does not need yeast and was so quick to make (no proving or rising needed).  So I made one yesterday in double quick time and it got eaten just as quickly too.  Accompanying it I also made the smoked salmon paté.  I can highly recommend both.  I've got a soda and stout bread currently baking in the oven!