Feeling a bit guilty about the big box of paper and craft bits I ordered with my birthday money, I decided to make up some card sets to bundle for charity sales have stared with Docrafts forever friends and will work to a target of selling 80 cards or raising £80 whichever is first achieved. Better get going!
A canister too nice to throw away but bearing branded copy needed playtime.
Ordinary craft paper (Docrafts floral collection) was stuck with mod podge gloss decoupage stuff and then sealed with it too. To cover some untidy cutting on the lid, I stuck on the ott fringe.
Now just need to decide what to store in it.
I have seen YouTube demos where metallic thread is twizzled to make an embellishment so a wedding card seems a good place to try it.
lots of tape required to sandwich loops of thread between card and topper.
while embellishing it seemed sensible to add vellum flourishes, pearl drops and silver pen strokes too.
Hessian cut to fit a bedside table. A few strands plucked from each side to create a fringe. Then my sewing machine stitch selection is put through its paces to create a frame for the mat. No backing, no embellishments but a quick and useful mat in minutes.
Wet Sunday means finish a craft project before you start a new one…
six large green pieces of glass found on the beach just by the house were painted with a coat of Dulux ‘made by me’ paint then roughly wire wrapped and strung on gold thread.
I even covered a nice tin with some Victorian Christmas paper to put them in. And there is one spare for us too.
The drinks coasters were looking a bit sad, after years of (over) use they needed replacing or refreshing…
I was feeling guilty after a craft supplies binge so this is a no spend craft session
Supplies: modpodge decoupage glue and a strip of wallpaper from the wrapping box (I buy the remnant rolls from time to time) plus some gold pigment ink from my stamping box
method: cut wallpaper to just a bit bigger than needed. Matt modpodge on paper and coaster then rub carefully on, when nearly dry turn coaster over and trim excess paper with a scalpel, care round the corners. Rub the ink pad around the edge of the coaster top to blend it in with the gilt sides. Let ink dry then seal with gloss modpodge.
cheers!
Ten cards and a box from my free (p&p only) hunkydory kit from create and craft. And I am only half way through the kit. Card bases and card from my stash was added but still a great value activity.
An attack on my scraps bag was needed so I I cut a piece of old tablecloth big enough to cover my scan n cut then crazy quilted scraps all over it. I included a piece of black work – yellow and navy – embroidery started 20 years ago and added appliqué shapes, scraps of lace and ribbon and then used decorative stitches to tidy up some of the edges. A contrast bias binding finished it off (sewn back to front, whoops).
it may not be fitted and my scrap bag is still full but this useful little addition to my craft room is full of stitching memories, I love it.
A small gift of four cards made from the same paper set ( nature’s gallery by Docrafts) made better by presenting them in a folder .
a sheet of 12×12″ paper from the same range is scored horizontally at 7″ and 11″ then at 5″ and 7″ down to form a spine.. I rounded the corners too.
Fold all but the 1″ cuff to form the folder and fix brads from cover to inner as shown, then stick ribbon or twine inside the cuff and use the final cuff fold to firm the ribbon in place and cover the brad legs.
I poked two holes in the front cover and threaded some fine twine through then strung some tags from the nature’s gallery range on the twine to decorate the cover.
IKEA mirror upcycle – I found some Cath Kidston paper serviettes on sale (45p the packet!). They are soooo pretty that I decided to use them for crafting. I peeled off the plain paper liner and pasted a thin layer of mod podge on the mirror. Rather than tearing the napkin into pieces, decided to keep the chequerboard structure in tact which entailed some fussy tearing around the mirror. Decided my fussy tearing wasn’t neat enough so some contrast washi tape provided a central contrast to finish things off.
The napkins wrinkled to provide a lovely texture to the finished mirror.
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