Witches Craft Cupboard

2011-11-09T22:51:00.001+11:00

Hi girls I forgot to put a picture of my RAK and a Draw date.

I will draw the winner Sunday 13th November.

The winner will be announced here and on our Twiddlybitz ning

and twiddltbitz facebook page.

Thank you for your support and lovely comments.

THE WINNER IS..........

KAYE

from craftykayesroom.

2011-11-05T15:00:00.000+11:00

Heritage Photo Canvas

Welcome all you wonderful twiddlers.

You have just come from the wonderfully inspiring Jo Kinders blog I will endeavour to do the same.

If you need a link back to our ning to check the order of the blog hop and times just click here.

I have put my favourite CD in the player "Adele 21" so I am ready to get to work typing up this blog post and TO SING. The kids have just yelled out to stop. BWAHAHAHA.

This is a canvas I have done for my mother.

The photo is at least 64yrs old.

Remarkably well preserved seeing as my grandmother

had it in a normal scrapbook stuck down with

sticky tape.

It is also hand coloured. Mum was telling me the tutu

was actually pinned to the backdrop.

This was not long after the depression so the material was hard to

come by and I think it was just cheesecloth hand died by Nan.

I have used a Prima mask on the background with gesso. I only did around the outside edge because I knew the photo and embellies would hide the centre.

I then picked three complementary shades of glimmer mist, started with the lightest one and just built up the colour.

I have used a websters pattern paper behind the photo as it had a scollop already in the print and i just cut around it. All the lovely roses that were on the sheet i have kept for a future project.

This is the left hand cluster on the frame I have used flowers from asst'd companies,The metal label plate has been wiped over with some orange paint to tone it into the project. I am not going to put any of the journaling on the front of the canvas, I will instead print something out and attach it to the back.

The flourish that frames the photo is actually an MDF off the page piece from twiddlybitz called Ornamental stand code MDF05

I unfortuately was a bit ruff with mine putting it together and pulling it apart to paint and I broke off one of the swirls. So girls don't think it can't be revisited as something else than what it was designed for.

The piece is painted with Tim Holtz crackle paint spiced marmelade.

The twiddlybitz fern leaves are also crackle painted with old paper colour.

Again i have used asst'd companies for the blooms and i found the little ballerina at a local discount store called hot dollar. I coloured the white skeleton leaves with Tutu pink glimmer glam.

I wont be able to send this around Australia for our expo stand simply because it is irreplaceable.

So i hope you enjoyed what i have done with it.

Now girls if you can tell me what the code is for the piece I Broke and reused in this project I will be sending you out a RAK. Just put the code in your comments please and I will randomly pull a name out of a hat.

Have fun hope to see some of you at the Penrith show. The wonderfully talented Carol Thompson is up next click here to view.

Beyond the Door Sept. challenge

2011-09-22T17:24:00.002+10:00

This my layout for the september challenge at "Beyond the Door" I was purely inspired by the colours used in the inspiration room and I wanted to use stripes also because of the rug on the floor. I have used a paper range from Crate Paper and my chipboard is from Twiddlybitz. This is my gorgeous nephew and he is just like his Aunty Tacey when it comes to chips they HAVE to be the green ones!!!!!!!(chicken flavour)

2011-06-25T08:38:00.003+10:00

This my layout for the "beyond the door" june challenge. I have taken my inspiration from the colours in the room and the round light fittings inspired the feature flower. I have used Twiddlybitz chipboard for my embellies and title.

Go to the twiddlybitz ning for product list.

2011-06-13T14:57:00.002+10:00

This is my layout for this months White with one challenge. RED with circles or polka dots. I love doing challenges and getting inspiration from all the talented ladies that play along. Of course I have added some wonderful Twiddlybitz chipboard.... the cog border, the new chicken wire, mini alpha and groove alpha and a swirl from the swirl grab bag. I have also used crafty notions cherrylious colour spray.

TwiddlyBitz

2011-05-14T08:33:00.006+10:00

After being inspired by the very talented Nathalie Kalbach recently I got creative with a 12x12 piece of cork, some impasto and misting sprays. The impasto is not as porous as gesso so it took longer for the colours to permiate. I used tattered Angels screens on the background with the impasto over the top. I have imbedded some metal charms and some medical gauze. You then let it dry or very carefully help it along with a heat gun. I found after it was dry it was very soft and flexible like a piece of fabric which was cool.

This is the finished layout. I have added my favourite chipboard of cause "TwiddlyBitz"

Playing with the Cricut

2011-04-18T13:24:00.003+10:00

Using a PVC plastic cover from my sons project book i cut some shapes to use as masks. I selected from the indie art cartridge the flame,heart and diamond. Flame, - fit to page-, speed medium, pressure maxiumum and blade 6 Heart, only difference was i took off fit to page and selected size 4" diamond selected size 4" the cut was great on the flame even though it didn't go all the way through it snapped apart really easily. It was a bit harder for the heart i had to use sissors in some places and the diamond didn't want to come to the party at all. I think this was because my cutting matt was not sticky enough and the sheet of PVC wasn't totally flat. To do the background i started with a burnt orange piece of cardstock. Using the flame in the centre and the dicard piece from the heart i sprayed Black gold glimmer mist first and i moved the discard peice around and sprayed with candy apple red. I blended some black distress ink around the edges and used some red paint for the top edge to drip a little. For the layout i cut another Heart size 3" speed medium, pressure high and blade set on 4. I then inked over the top with a faux crackle stamp and gold brillance ink. The word Heartbreaker i picked size 1 1/4 " which is about as small as i think you could take it, as mine was nearly ripping in the cut. I used the same settings as above for the heart. I only used scrap pieces of cardstock for this layout and here is the finished page.

2011-04-13T19:39:00.005+10:00

I finally got my nephews 1st birthday present album finished last month but i don't think i took photo's of every page. Anywho here are some of what i did think to take and my sister and brother-in-law where very happy with the finished album.

All the chipboard on this layout is from Twiddltbitz.

Boxing day 2010

2011-01-05T12:02:00.007+11:00

Boxing Day with the Family

Well all my side of the family that is, all 21 of them. We also had a surprise visit from Dad's cousins who we hadn't seen for a very long time. Dad loved it. The kids wanted to Know what they were to them so i said they are pops cousins, mums second cousins and your third cousins their expression were priceless... geneolgy isn't going to be their thing!!!!

The noodle boxes were a big hit and they all got into the spirit of a costume change, we even piled it up on some poor specimums

I have a lots of printing to do and some major tiding up before i can get creative. I am really keen to get some of these funny faces onto a layout. So I will say bye for now and start cleaning my scrap space.

2010-12-10T07:34:00.008+11:00

Welcome everyone to my very first DT blog hop post. I wish you all a very happy and wonderful Christmas. There will be a RAK from myself for one of the ladies who leave a little comment on my blog. I will put the names in a hat at the end of the weekend and announce the winner next week.

I am sure the wonderful Sandra Wallace has got you inspired and giggling
if I know Sandra at all it was probably a big belly laugh. xxx

I am very happy to be a new member of this wonderful company and very excited to be embarking on this new venture with such a supportive and inspiring group of people.

This layout is all Ms Kinders fault......because she challenged me to do a layout with a banner. Jo will verify I was not at all happy. This was one trend I was not in love with LOL.

I could look at other peoples layouts and go "that looks fantastic" but myself noooooooooo.
I still think this would be better without the banner!!!!!!

I got my trusty cricut warmed up and put in the "joys of the season"cartridge. I found the star border and cut it out with the shadow cut as well, so i had two peices that fit over the top of each other. A little braid some puffy stars and gold kindy glitz and viola a banner.

The twiddly bitz peices used on this page are;

nero mantle which i had crackle painted blue and wasn't happy with so i then used gold crackle paint over the top.

Fern leaves set of 4. I have used one of these sprayed with crafty notions mintalious.

Merry Xmas word with Holly leaves i have sprayed with crafty notions cherrylious and then I used green tinsel embossing powder on the leaves and glued on little holly berries.

HO!HO!HO! I sprayed with cherrylious also then I black embossed the exclamation marks.

2010-12-10T07:18:00.008+11:00

Ok girls here are a couple of quick bulk mailing xmas card ideas. All you need is a good versatile double sided pattern paper, your card bases any size you prefer and of course these twiddlybitz pieces;

tweeny bitz xmas tree there are two different sizes in these.

Mirror Christmas tree

I have just covered the chipboard trees in red tinsel embossing powder for this card.

The mirror tree goes in the middle with the black embossed inchies to either side.

The trees are embossed this time in green tinsel powder.

There you go quick, easy and affordable.

Well girls that's it from me this time your next port of call is with the supper talented and lovely Carol Thompson at 10am tomorrow, just make sure your socks are glued on before you venture into her blog.....just saying. xxx

2010-12-09T18:27:00.002+11:00

This was my challenge 5 entry for camp mojo.

I got my inspiration for the zipper flowers out of the better homes and gardens

magazine. They had an article where you could make jewellery

from zippers. The challenge was to have a least two handmade embellishments

on your page.

2010-12-09T18:12:00.004+11:00

Well i didn't meet my deadline of the 4th of december for my nephews album.

these are pages 16,17 and 18 .

I have 6 more to go. I took it down to his party, as it is, for everyone to

look at but i have brought it back home to finish off.

Page 17 the middle one was a scraplift/inspired page from the

very talented nicole pomeroy.

2010-11-30T17:37:00.011+11:00

These are pages 8 to 15 only 9 more to go woohooo

2010-11-18T09:48:00.007+11:00

Hi everyone, I have set myself a challenge to get my Nephews album done for his first birthday on the 4th of december. My goal is 24 pages all up. These are the first seven.......i better get CRACKING ......... I will be leaving the journalling blocks empty for my sister and brother-in-law to personalise themselves. hehehe and because i hate to journal.

First Time blog post

2010-11-14T12:36:00.007+11:00

OK here goes this is my first post on my new blog. Absolutely no confidence in this yet..... we'll see. I am going to show you the first four challenge entries i have done for Camp Mojo.

This was challenge one which was based on a sketch

The second challenge was a colour challenge which had to be Red,White and Blue. I actually won this challenge WOOT WOOT.

The third challenge was a recipe challenge they are my favourite. You get a set of ingredients that must be used in the layout anyway you want. I actually liked this layout so much we did a version of it for our Scrapescape Weekend away on the October long weekend using more twiddlybitz of course.

The fourth challenge for Mojo was to create a card (which i wont embarass my self with here) and a layout using three different punches.

Our fifth challenge for mojo is due next saturday, up until last wednesday i didn't have any idea what i was going to do. Thank goodness i bought the new Better Homes and Gardens and turned a page and wham inspiration. More of that next time...... bye for now.