Autumn Craft Fest TODAY.......

Don't forget the Autumn Craft Fest at The Craft Barn all day today.  I will be there demonstrating some of our products and you'll get to see, in real life, some of the gorgeous projects that we've featured on this blog.

Why not pop along and say hello.

How to get there can be found HERE.

Dream boy lo

This baby page was done with some non traditional baby  colors with my  American nephew Omri baby photo (and he is about 16 now). Tando creative leaves were perfect  to add to this huge flower (believe me- you can use  flowers on baby  boy pages, just don't try to do it for a teenager if you want to stay alive.. )

I covered the chipboard  with  Ranger bright green X- mas  glitter glue and it wasn't so easy as the  leaves have a very thin cuts - but the result is stunning..On this page I used the small  leaves from the set- the large one are still waiting for the perfect moment  for use.

And I just must add that this page was done with Scrap with V November 1 st sketch- my very new Australian scrap shop  DT- and thanks god I can use the familiar metric system when I do some instructions..

oh no not another!!

Although I promised some time ago that that frame would be my last....I've gone and done another!! roflxx

This one was for a class I did at Crafts and Candlight which also stocks Tando Creative products.

This one was slightly different in that the majority of elements were made.  The piece included, stampboard, chipboard, fragments, altered jigsaw and domino pieces, we also made the flower and leaves from scratch....the centre piece was created using water soluble oil crayons which a lot of ladies hadn't  before..... now I do promise this is the last one!! roflxx

Janet's fantastic Halloween tag.....

Janet has used our small iron gate for this fabulous tag.  I love the addition of the little chain too, so clever.  You can find the post on Janet's blog HERE.

So you can keep up with Janet's fab creations I've popped a link in our sidebar :o)

Happy Christmas frame

Well, as its nearly upon us, I thought I'd better do some more for Christmas....the journal isn't helping btw!!

The base is a canvas which was painted with white metallic acryllic paint and then using a stencil blue metallic paint was daubed over.  The tando snowflakes and "Merry Christmas" were painted and hi-lighted.  The centres of the snowflakes are dew drops.  The pointsettias were made out of cardstock and a couple of pins finished it off....

TFL xx

Black and Orange Journalling block

I'm really loving these journalling blocks - as most of you will know I can't scrap - try as I might its not for me, but, these blocks are so versatile for whatever craft you enjoy...

The block was painted with acryllic paint and then using a stencil orange acryllic was daubed over.  The gorgeous corner swirl was painted with viva decor gloss paint and the edges hi-lighted with the same product.  A large cog was painted black and then painted with clear crocco paint.  An image from Graphics 45 and a stamped image from S!r T!m finished it off....

TFL xx

Don't talk- create - art journal cover

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I never finished any art journal in my life- but I did a lot of covers from this very cheap and great Canson mini albums.

So this is another new cover  and I hope to begin with the inner pages some day .

I did some  white  ink stamping, heat embossing, inking resist technique, stamping all over, collaging, lace pleating and working on this Tando creative floral corner chipboard..

Anyway it can't be " working"- it was mostly trying to do something with an unknown result.

Fists I  added some white gesso, than inked with a distress ink and it was a great  brownish mute color..

But then I decided to add some 3d  glue over it and the mute color became the blazing red..

Who need this red on this vintage cover? So I added some beads as I thought it will help to deminish this red.. No chance.. I tryed to use some alcohol inks- brown and green as this became the hard  epoxy surface.. Nothing.. Still bright red.. So I  painted it with white paint dry  brush here and there..Still shining red with some white.

As a last step- before it goes to the trash- I added some distress stickles- and here it is.. Not so red anymore, mixed media vintage  look.. A bit of a mess- but doesn't mixed media is all about a mess?

 As a final touch I added  some fibers,ribbons, Tim Holtz key, pin, clock and a charm and made a title with 3 fonts and I am really happy with a result.

So don't afraid to do some crazy chipboard covering- maximum it will  go to the trash (O, no,

 it took me too long to get my new chips from UK.. So I do my best to " save" them all... )

And a punch line: don't afraid to try.. In mixed media area you can  experiment as much as you want and still get some unique  look..