Bag Charm

This bag charm was another commissioned piece I recently finished. I love making these as every time I make one they turn completely different!

The brief for this project was cats with a splash of purple.......

And if you were wondering yes they are bottle tops which have been sanded, primed, then primed again, painted, stamped and finally glazed!!!

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NEW: Watches and Bracelets!

I have just added the new Watches and Bracelets to the Shop!

All about the beads!

Hearts Away

These are just a couple of them if you like the look of these please hop along to our Shop and check out the others.....

NEW: Necklaces added to shop!

So this week I got a little carried away making Jewellery!

I really love chunky necklaces that make a statement, just pop on a white top and one of these beauties and you are all set!

I am not sure which is my favourite....

Black and Silver Wonder

Fly Away

Flutterby

Sweetheart

So why no hop over to the shop and get a better look.......

Tick Tock Tick Tock.....

I can not tell you how long I have been wanting to make this chain, forever just doesn't seem long enough!  

Every time I have sat down to play with my beads and bobs recently my mojo whips out the room at 100mph. However this weekend it stuck around.......

I am really pleased with how it turned out and can't wait to wear it!

More Christmas makes

Here's a couple of pressies I made for my Sister!

The heart in this is actually a photo frame!

This isn't the greatest picture, sorry! This watch was made to go in her cracker, I don't think she has taken it off since she got it!

More presents

Here's a couple of necklaces I whipped up.

I love the colours in this one it reminds me of summer! Good job as it's for my mother-in law who lives in Cyprus!

This next one is for my Sister-in-law, I think I am going to have to make another one of these for me!

Dimension Stamps: Flower Powered

This bag charm was made using the Flower Powered stamp set from Dimension Stamps (stamp ref: 2400075a).

It was really easy to make all I did was stamp the butterfly onto a peice of chipboard and cut it out making sure I left enough room to attach a eyelet.

Next I tore strips from an old book and distressed them. These were then stuck onto the chipboard (do one side at a time and make sure you cut it out after each side!) I then re stamped the butterfly, coloured it in and distressed around the edges.

I then made a hole for the eyelet and coated the whole thing in glaze. Once it was dry I added a eyelet and large jump ring.

To finish it off I used a large clasp, some chain, beads and a couple of embelishments.

I am really pleased with how it turned out, it will make brighten up any bag!

Dimension Stamps: Francais Couture

Dimension Stamps have a new set of stamps out called Francais Couture (stamp ref: 2400074a). They will be showing it on Friday 14th December on Create and Craft at 11.00am, it should be a great show!

I got the idea for this card whilst watching Strictly, I just love the show and all those fabulous dresses! I think even Craig would have to give this dress a 10!

To make this card I stamped the bodice onto red card, cut it out, added Glossy Accents and left it to dry.

Next I cut a piece of white card, then tore a piece of scrap paper to mask of the centre of it. Around the edge I stamped the "words" stamp from the set. Once it was all covered I removed the mask and distressed it in red and black ink. I then cut a piece of black card to mount it onto and around the edge of that I embossed it using embossing enamel.

I mounted the white card onto the black and added some brads to three of the corners. In the fourth corner I added some black and red ribbon. To the ribbon I added some red feathers, a bottle top and some hat pins.

In the bottle top I had stamped "Dream" from the Grand Word Perfect 2 stamp set (stamp ref: 1803069a). Through the bottle top I attached a jump ring and hung a pair of earrings, it was just going to be an embellishment, but as I was attaching the beads they looked so nice I turned them into earrings, so you get a gift and a card in one!

I then attached the backing to a white card white I had distressed in red ink.

Once the bodice was dry I added black feathers to make the skirt and attached this to the card.

Dimension Stamps: Sew Creative

I decided I wanted to make a necklace using the wire manikin from the Dimension Stamps Sew Creative stamp set (ref: 2400073a).

All I did was stamp the wire manikin onto Shrink Plastic make a hole at the top and shrink it.

I love using Shrink plastic for jewellery as you can swap and change your jewellery was often as you want and it doesn't cost a fortune!

A Birthday Gift!

I didn't know what to get my friend for her birthday so I decided to make her a necklace!

It has been a while since I last had a play with my jewellery making things, I had forgotten how much I enjoy it!

Oh and most importantly she loved it!

My Sisters Birthday

Sunday was a very busy day, it was mothers day, papercraft show at Harrogate and my sisters birthday (not sure what order they should be in!)

So here's my sisters card

Again I attacked a poor book and dug through the deep depths of my crafting stash and found things I can not remember acquiring! She loved it too and the best thing is as it is 8 x 8 it will fit perfectly in one of the Ikea box frames - so a card and gift all in one.

I also made her a bag charm out of wait for it...... bottle tops! Yep I have gone mad.

First you punch a hole in the bottle top, I used my Crop-a-dile for that then sanded the top of the bottle top to age it abit (and disguise the fact it was a beer bottle top!). Then I cut a 1 inch circle out of card then distressed it and stuck it inside, I used glossy accents. I then added some charms and filled the bottle top with the glossy accents!

Two words of caution 1. it takes for ever the dry and 2. be careful your glossy accents doesn't just flood out the hole in the bottle top and cover your desk (yes experience talking!!!)

I made 3 of those then added other bits to it and .......

She unwrapped it and put it straight on her bag - I guess that's a sign she liked it!

She too got treated to a little'un creation..