Gothic Arches has got us all Shabby Chic this week. Here is my piece – Chic, in a shabby kind of way… Background paper gives this piece a nice weathered, wood look. “Chic” stamped in sepia ink with Making Memories Mixed Font stamps. Flourishes and lace stamps by See-Ds Boutique Grunge, stamped in sepia and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘boutique grunge’
11 Jan
Gothic Arches – Birthstones
Gothic Arches has started 2010 with a theme of Birthstones. With my birthday in August, my birthstone is Peridot; not up there with the diamonds, emeralds or sapphires in the precious stones world, but still a striking green. And one of my favourite colours. Stamps by Collections (alphabet set and checkers), See-Ds Boutique Grunge (swirl [...]
25 Jan
Gothic Arches – Gypsies
Gypsies is the theme this week for the Gothic Arch challenge. This made me think of faded, rich velvets, gold coins and fortune tellers. So here is my gypsy, being watched over, daring to look into her own future. The background was made with the credit card painting technique. Stamped in Brilliance Galaxy Gold was [...]
17 Jan
Gothic Arches – Grunge
The year has started grunge, with Gothic Arches. My research for this topic took me to Wiki, where I was informed that Grunge music includes the likes of Pearl Jam and Nirvana (cool). The look includes torn jeans and more of an attitude than look. And you can only be grunge by not being grunge [...]
10 Jan
Birthday 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 [...]
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