Faux Galvanised Steel - Wedding Box

Good afternoon!  I'm here today to share with you this project that I've had in mind for some time!  Yesterday evening I really got out of my comfort zone and got myself out of the house to attend the local Blogging Group.  And boy, am I glad I did!  What a great friendly group, and just being their motivated me to get on an finish this blog post!

 

Anyway, I found myself inspired by this tutorial for Faux Galvanised Steel by Shelly Hickox and consequently spent some time making this box with the "No Cards" challenge over on the That Craft Place Challenge Blog  in mind!

 

So here is the Keepsake box I've made! It is going to hold one of our wedding invites (that I made) along with Claire and I's corsages (that I also made).  I'm also making an album to go in the box, holding our favourite photos from the day.

 

 

 

I used the following materials / steps:

 

BOX: 10" diameter Paper Mache circular box from Hobbycraft.  Primed with black gesso before loosely following Shelly Hickox's Faux Galvanised Steel tutorial (link above).

 

BIRD CAGE: Primed with black gesso and painted in the same way as the box.

 

PAPER FLOWERS: Old book pages cut and rolled up before inking with Distress Ink (Vintage Photo) or Archival Ink (Watering Can).  Blue flowers cut by hand from papers from stash, inked with Archival Ink and glazed with Matt Mod Podge.  Same paper used to line the box.

 

BIRD & HEARTS: Primed with black gesso before painting with home mixed dark teal acrylic paint.  Inked edges with Archival Ink then a thick coat of Crackle Accents applied.

 

Greyboard bird cage, and MDF bird and mini hearts designed and sold by That Craft Place (love Lisa's MDF and greyboard!).  

 

LACE & CROCHET TRIM: All from my local sewing shop Cottontail Crafts.

DecoArt paints, Crackle Accents, Pinflair glue gel, distress ink and archival ink all from That Craft Place!

 

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Here's some more photos:

 

 The undecorated 10" diameter Paper Mache box:

 

The box after the Faux Galvanised Steel effect:

 

More photos of the completed box:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you as always for popping by.

 

xxSAMxx

 

Please can I enter this project into the following challenge(s):

 

That Craft Place - No Cards (10 May)

Clear It Out  - Anything Goes (12 May)

Crafty Sentiments - Basket, Bag, Box (12 May)

Deep Ocean Challenge - #103 Flowers (18 May)

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes (12 May)

Not Just Cards - #18 Anything Goes (10 May)

Stamps & Fun - #248 No Cards (11 May)

 

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I truly believe in the green party! No they won't get a majority! Hell, they may not even win any extra seats (although I sincerely hope they do!!).

However, I am not falling into the habit of voting Labour just to get the Tories out!! Labour has plenty of policies in their manifesto that I agree with but plenty that have me squinting my eyes with suspicion!

Believe me, I've done a LOT of research this year to find the party, and local candidates, that I feel represent my beliefs. That for me is Green!

I love their local focused policies, I love their commitment to the vulnerable people in society, and I love their dedication to the regaining some balance between the rich and the poor! 

I may be late to the campaign, but I spent some time consider options and am now firmly and unwaveringly GREEN! 

xxSAMxx

Ancient Egypt (book page swap 10 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 eleventh page of 12 now that it has been received! This page was for Zahraa Darwish, using her chosen theme of ANCIENT EGYPT.

Zahraa herself lives in Egypt, so I had a lot to live up to!

I used the following materials/steps for this page:

I loved doing this theme!  It really inspired and excited me!

The Pyramid is made from a sheet of sandpaper with coloured texture paste applied through a brickwork stencil.  Once dry I dry brushed white gesso over the top and added a few smudges of black ink to give the Pyramid depth.

I cut the Pyramid out from this piece of prepared sandpaper and kept the off cuts for the top corners of the page.

The sentiment was stamped using black Memento Ink (should have used Archival, oops!).  The mini alphabet stamp set is by Dove Craft.

I stamped the background with a script stamp and heat embossed with black embossing powder.

The Egyptian themed papers and topper had been hiding in my stash for a long time dying to be used, and I think I did them justice!

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Here are photos of the rest of the book page:

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

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A big thank you for stopping by!  Please keep an eye out for the remaining book pages 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

Inspiration Destination - #31 Anything Goes (6 May)
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes (6 May)
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - April Challenge, mixed media (1 May)

Fairies & Fairy Doors

Hello again.  I back to share with you a project I've spent the last couple of days making, specially for the "No Cards" challenge over on the That Craft Place Challenge Blog! 

So here is the wall hanging I made for my niece! It measures 10" wide.

I read the theme when it launched on Sunday and knew straight away what I wanted to do! What's more it was the perfect opportunity to use more of the That Craft Place laser cut shapes and other goodies from their store!

I got in a bad fight with my glue gun during this project but still loving the results!

I used the following materials / steps:

SUBSTRATE: Brown corrugated cardboard from old packaging.

PAPERS: Cricut paper pad, stenciled with gesso.

FAIRY DOOR: Back piece gesso'd and painted silver. Then a coat of Crackle Accents was added. Front door piece gesso'd then given 2 coats of Ranger Embossing Tinsel in Snowflake.

BIRDS: Black/white bird gesso'd, stippled with black paint, then given a stippled coast of the Embossing Tinsel. Pink bird gesso'd, inked with Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick then given a coat of Crackle Accents.

FLOURISH: Gesso'd then some with black paint.

KEY: Gesso'd then given 2 coats of the Embossing Tinsel.

Greyboard hinge and key, and MDF fairy door, birds and mini frame designed and sold by That Craft Place (love Lisa's MDF and greyboard!).  

IMAGE: Called "Sugar Plum" and is part of the Sugar and Spice range from That Craft Place. I coloured her with DoCrafts Watercolour Pens.

ZAHRA: Letters cut from silver mirror card using Sizzix Bigz "Lollipop" dies.

PAPER FLOWERS: Old book pages cut and rolled up before inking with distress ink and embossing with the Embossing Tinsel.

EMBOSSED MIRROR CARD: Silver mirror card dry embossed used a Sizzix embossing folder.

Mirror card, cheesecloth and ribbons, paints, Glossy Accents, Crackle Accents, Pinflair glue gel, distress ink and watercolour pens all from That Craft Place!

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Thankyou as always for popping by. Please do take a look back at my home page as I've posted 2 other projects earlier today.

xxSAMxx

Please can I enter this project until the following challenge(s):

That Craft Place - No Cards (10 May)

Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent - Must Recycle (30 April)
Creatalicious Challenges - Wet or Dry Emboss (15 May)
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes (1 May)

Personalised Owl Cushions

Hello again.  I back to share with you a sewing project this time, 3 cushions for a customer order.

These owls are my own pattern.

I used the following materials / steps:

Fabric from my rather substantial stash!

Ric Rac, blue buttons, pink buttons and felt from Felted Fancies Supplies.

Letters cut from Sizzix Bigz dies and hand stitched onto the cushion.

Finally, the purple buttons is from my local sewing shop Cottontail Crafts. 

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Thankyou as always for popping by. Please hang around as I still have 1 more project to share with you today.

xxSAMxx

Please can I enter this project until the following challenge(s):

That Craft Place - No Cards (10 May)

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - #110 Owls (11 May)