January 10, 2009 at 3:15 pm (General Art)
Tags: boutique grunge, gift, See D's, wall hanger
It’s my Auntie’s birhtday next week, so while I had a lull between crafting projects, I decided to make her present. I’m pleased with the end result, using several of my cheap beads from Spotlight (my bargin of the year – an A4 size bag of bits and pieces for $2. Should have bought more than one, although I have 9 packets of “Spacers” that I don’t know what I’m going to do with! Any thoughts, appreciated!). I also used a paint chip from the hardware store and my new stamp set from SeeD’s – Boutique Grunge.
Purple Hanger
Smiles,
Michelle
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January 10, 2009 at 3:07 pm (General Art)
Tags: card folder, gift, greeting cards
For my Grandma’s birthday, I wanted to give her something practical. As she loves my cards so much (she has kept everyone I have ever given her or Grandpa – she puts them into a folder) I thought that giving her a set of mixed cards, that she could give to her friends, was a great gift. I needed to re-stock my general greeting card stash, as I had used most of them and given the rest away to Mary Fenton, for her Farm Drought Relief hampers, so I was “making up a storm” anyways; a few more didn’t make a difference. I then made a folder to put them in. To get the folder to fit an A4 sheet, I couldn’t fit in the envelopes, so I left them separate.
The cover
The inside, with cards neatly in place
All the cards out
The cards include “Birthday”, “Get well”, “Thank-you” and “Thinking of You” – a good general, all-purpose sentiment. I have insisted that Grandma use them, promising a refill for Mothers’ Day.
Michelle
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January 10, 2009 at 2:54 pm (General Art)
Tags: Christmas, gifts, shopping lists
This year I made some (last minute) shopping list for my Grandma’s, using my Zutter binder. I had a lot of fun with the covers.
Shopping Lists as Gifts
To make the covers, I took some chip board and painted with Gesso. Added some stamping with Staz-on (and heat set, just in case!). Then I collaged with some paper scraps and dress pattern tissue. When the glue was dry, I gave each one a coat of paint, then added Gesso over the top, to reduce the intensity of the colour. In some places, I wiped back the paint, to the first coat of Gesso. Added the label, which I attached with glue (the chipboard was too thick for the brads I had). Here is a close up:
Shopping List close-up
To bind it altogether, I had to split the sheets into several lots so they would fit into the Zutter. I also added some printed sheets for interest adn th break up the plain paper.
Printed sheet
They turned out great. I did think about adding magnets to the back, so they could be put onto the fridge, but they are quite thick, so I didn’t think the magnets would hold them up.
Happy crafting,
Michelle
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March 3, 2008 at 8:40 pm (General Art)
I got to attend the VicStampers meeting this month. We had a great demonstration of Grungeboard by Monica, of Beachhouse Boulevard. I had read a bit about the stuff and seen what Tim Holtz could do with it but it was fun to touch and play (and buy) it. Here is the 4×4 I made from the bit I selected.
The harlequin grungeboard is inked with Red brick Distressed Inks. Image from Collections. Swirls from Autumn Leaves.
Happy Creating,
Michelle
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