Steampunk (book page swap 6 of 12)

Welcome to another of my blog posts showing you the wonderful pages I made as part of a wonderful book swap with 13 fellow crafters dotted all over the world!

 

More about this swap can be found in my Book Swap Introduction HERE.

 

So, onto the sixth page of 12! This page was for Sharon Lewis, using her chosen theme of STEAMPUNK.

 

 

I used the following materials/steps for this page:

 

Dry wall tape on the background was heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

Circle background was an embossing folder.  Sprayed with spray inks and highlighted with Gloss Mod Podge and gold metallic paint.  White dots were die cut from blue cardstock, painted white and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Corset part of the dress is made from Air Dry clay (Hobbycraft's own brand) and painted it with brown, black and gold paints.  I added brads (painted gold) to the sash belt and glossy accents to the pocket pouch and leather patch.

The skirt part of the dress is a piece of Jute, from That Craft Place.

The cogs and metal leaves are also from Lisa at That Craft Place.  I painted the cogs brown and added layers of gold, black, brown and blue paint and ink.  The metal leaves come in a gorgeous bronze colour but are easily painted to suit any project, as I did here with a spot of gold metallic paint (also from TCP!)

The project was finished off with a few other trinkets from my stash, including poppers (the sewing kind!) and a random bolt (or is it a nut, can never remember! either way, something in my house is probably minus a vital part!).
 

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Here are photos of the rest of the book page:

 

 

 

And the back of the page:

 

 

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I'd like to quickly finish off by showing you the page that Sharon made for me, using my theme of Science Fiction:

 

 

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A big thank you for stopping by!  Please come back tomorrow to see the next book page in this series and check the home page for ones posted already!

 

xxSAMxx

 

I would like to please enter this project into the following challenges

 

Crafting By Designs - April Anything Goes (Sat 25 April)

Creative Moments - #65 Anything But a Card (Tue 14 April)

Fab N Funky - #253 Lots of Layers (Wed 8 April)

 

 

Hearts (book page 5 of 12)

Welcome to another of my blog posts showing you the wonderful pages I made as part of a wonderful book swap with 13 fellow crafters dotted all over the world!

 

More about this swap can be found in my Book Swap Introduction HERE.

 

So, onto the fifth page of 12! This page was for Jo Lovering using her chosen theme of HEARTS.

 

 

I used the following materials/steps for this page:

Background created using a home made spray ink and black spots stencilled using a Chalk Ink Pad in Charcoal.

Flowers stamped in the same chalk ink with a stamp that came with a magazine. 

Faux stitching around the edge done with a Posca Paint Marker.

Heart cut from a thick piece of cardstock, as one piece for now.  Embossed with a checkerboard embossing strip folder. Sprayed with the same home made spray ink.  Honeycomb design stencilled with chalk ink in charcoal.  Sentiment added to heart with a Posca Paint Marker over a patch of white Gesso.  The raised areas left by the embossing folders were rubbed with Buff-It in Slate from That Craft Place.

 

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Here are more photos of the book page:

 

 

And the back of the page:

 

 

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I'd like to quickly finish off by showing you lovely the page that Jo made for me, using my theme of Science Fiction:

Can you believe that her daughter drew the image!

 

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A big thank you for stopping by!  Please come back tomorrow to see the next book page in this series and check the home page for ones posted already!

 

xxSAMxx

 

I would like to please enter this project into the following challenges

 

Crafting By Designs - April Anything Goes (Sat 25 April)

Creative Moments - #65 Anything But a Card (Tue 14 April)

 Add A Little Dazzle - #69 Spring Colours or Anything Goes (Wed 8 April)
 

Home Sweet Home - Wall Hangers

As a change from the series of book page swap posts I've been sharing with you I thought I'd add in a quick post about these two wall hangers I made recently.

 

On my blog earlier today I showed you the book page I made for May, with the theme of Sewing.  Well I enjoyed getting Sally (my old faithful Brother!) out for a spin so much that I cut out and made 2 more similar.  This time though, the sizes varied as I just made them as large as the fabric allowed, and I also added a loop to hang them by.

 

Why not check out the post about May's sewing page! 

I've included the details of how it was made, so won't be repeating that again here.

 

Here is the first of the two hangers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here is the second:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bakers twine, ric rac, pom pom trim and buttons all from Felted Fancies Supplies on Facebook.

 

I really enjoyed this completely free, unpatterned way of sewing!  Much more in keeping with my current preferred way of crafting!

 

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Thank you as always for allowing me to share my creations with you.  Do please consider following my blog.

 

xxSAMxx

Sewing (book page 4 of 12)

Welcome to another of my blog posts showing you the wonderful pages I made as part of a wonderful book swap with 13 fellow crafters dotted all over the world!

More about this swap can be found in my Book Swap Introduction HERE.

So, onto the fourth page of 12! This page was for May Carlin using her chosen theme of SEWING.

I used the following materials/steps for this page:

  

Fabric, lots of different fabrics! I pretty much raided my scrap box for this page and found plenty of fabrics that coordinate together nicely.

I used quite an amount of Bondaweb interfacing on this page, to give it a little structure and help with any raw edges.

The bunting was made by fusing the same pattern fabric together with Bondaweb and stitching the little triangle shapes before cutting out.  These were then zig-zag stitched onto a length of bakers twine.

The yo yo flowers were made by cutting out circles of fabric roughly twice the size of the finished flower.  I loosely hand tacked round the outside edge of the circle before pulling the ends tight together in the middle.  Add a button and voila, ready to be glued to the finished page!

The front of the page was finished by stamping the sentiment in Watering Can Archival Ink onto calico fabric using mini alphabet stamps by Dove Craft.

The pocket on the back of the page was made from a piece of fabric folded in half and fused together with 2 layers of Bondaweb to give it structure. The lace was stitched into the reverse top of the pocket with 2 lines of straight stitch.

The tag consisted of 2 sides made separately before sandwiching together with 2 layers of Bondaweb.  The tag shape was then sewn onto the piece before cutting out.

I made the front of the page and the back of the page separately before sewing together with a layer of wadding, turning right side out and top stitching to finish. 

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Here are more photos of the book page:

  

And the back of the page:

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I'd like to quickly finish off by showing you lovely the page that May made for me, using my theme of Science Fiction:

Would you believe that May confirmed she had an astonishing 41 real buttons in total in her own book?!

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A big thank you for stopping by!  Please come back tomorrow to see the next book page in this series and check the home page for ones posted already!

xxSAMxx

I would like to please enter this project into the following challenges

Crafting By Designs - April Anything Goes (Sat 25 April)

Creative Moments - #65 Anything But a Card (Tue 14 April)

Fab N Funky - #253 Lots of Layers (Wed 8 April)

 Add A Little Dazzle - #69 Spring Colours or Anything Goes (Wed 8 April)

Fantasy (book page swap 3 of 12)

Welcome to another of my blog posts showing you the wonderful pages I made as part of a wonderful book swap with 13 fellow crafters dotted all over the world!

 

More about this swap can be found in my Book Swap Introduction HERE.

 

So, onto the third page of 12! This page was for Holly Bloomfield using her chosen theme of FANTASY.

 

 

I used the following materials/steps for this page:

 

 The mermaid image is by Simply Betty Stamps and was coloured using Promarkers.

The bubble background to the image was also done using Promarkers.

I added Glossy Accents to the mermaid's eyes, lips and earrings as well as to the black outlined hearts and bubbles by the mermaid's face.

The background was created using a DoCrafts Artiste Spritzing Ink in Aubergine.  I then added texture to the background by stamping in Archival Ink with a script stamp.

The white netting behind the image was once an onion bag!  Don't you just love recycling!

I made the Starfish and Shell embellishments out of Air Dry Clay and painted them with acrylic paint.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment in Archival Ink using a mini alphabet stamp set by Dove Craft and the "BELIEVE" is made using pony beads threaded onto black thread.
 

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Here are more photos of the book page:

 

  

 

 

And the back of the page:

 

 

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I'd like to quickly finish off by showing you lovely the page that Holly made for me, using my theme of Science Fiction:

Don't be fooled by the simple look of this page!  The colours and depth is incredible!
 

 

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A big thank you for stopping by!  Please come back tomorrow to see the next book page in this series and check the home page for ones posted already!

 

xxSAMxx

 

I would like to please enter this project into the following challenges

 

Crafting By Designs - April Anything Goes (Sat 25 April)

Creative Moments - #65 Anything But a Card (Tue 14 April)

Fab N Funky - #253 Lots of Layers (Wed 8 April)

 I Love Promarkers - #263 Kids Have Fun (Tue 7 April)

 Add A Little Dazzle - #69 Spring Colours or Anything Goes (Wed 8 April)