Mixed Media Birthday Card

Good Morning :)

It's been a while since I've been able to make a DT project for the C4E Recipe Challenge but this week I found some time to make a quick mixed media birthday card :)
Our challenge theme this week is BIRTHDAY. 
We would like you to share your Birthday themed projects with us for a chance to win 3 digital stamps from Crafts 4 Eternity.
There is gorgeous DT inspiration to see too!

All the challenge details, DT inspiration and entry can be found HERE.

The background was created with Distress ink pads, Maya Gold paint and an ATC background stamp.

I mixed some brown paint and glitter in to some Modelling paste and added it to the background with a bubble stencil. It has a lovely sandy sparkle :)

The bird stamp is from Stampers Anonymous. 

To finish I stamped a birthday greeting and added a few gold sequins.

Apart from drying time this was a quick card to make :)

Please do join us for this weeks challenge we all love to see your fabulous creations!

Thanks for stopping by have a lovely weekend :)
Hugs

Michele x

Beach Bed Mixed Media Layout

Good morning :)

Happy Friday!!!
Today there is a new challenge on the Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge blog.
We have a fabulous prize up for grabs kindly donated by Stamping All Day and of course stunning inspiration from the super talented design team.
Hop over HERE to see all the details and share your project.

Our theme this week is WOOD I have some wooden logs in the photo and a few wood veneer stars scattered over the layout.

I am working from a Stash busting box at the moment so most of the elements used were from my stash, odd pieces of DP, journal tags and a couple of printed chipboard pieces were added along with cotton thread and a mixed media background.

The Alphas are My Minds Eye Necessities

.The background was created with Dylusions Ink and stamping with Versafine ink.

I used my favorite dotty stamp with a gorgeous flourish stamp both from Stampers Anonymous.

There is still lots left in the Stash Busting box to keep me going for a while :)

I am finding this a great way to use up stash, and the layouts are coming together really quick as I have a limited choice of materials to work with. 

How do you use up your stash?

Thanks for stopping by don't forget to join us at C4E this week have a great weekend!

hugs
Michele x

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C4E Recipe Challenge ~ Mixed Media Birdhouse

Good Morning :)

This week we have an ANYTHING GOES challenge at the C4E Recipe Challenge blog.
The challenge this week is kindly sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads and there is Gorgeous DT inspiration too!
 You can find all the challenge details, entry and fabulous DT inspiration HERE.

My project this week is a Recycled Birdhouse.

The Birdhouse was last weeks C4E's crop workshop and lots of fun to make :)

The main structure of the box was made with recycled corrugated boxes. I used a template to cut out the four sides then constructed it using side hinges.

The box was then given a coat of Deco Art's Crackle Paste, followed by a wash of acrylic paint.

The Crackle Paste dries to form really defined cracks and is gorgeous!

I made the roof using 45 individual tiles! Each one was individually distress and added to the roof base.

I decorated the roof with a flower cluster to finish it off.

I kept the decoration of the Birdhouse quite simple adding another flower cluster with a Tim Holtz number plaque.

The finished Birdhouse is about 7" high!

There were so many options for this Birdhouse adding more decoration, a birds nest inside and so much more!

The girls at the workshop had lots of fun making their Birdhouses and each one was different.

Have you made a Birdhouse? Share your links in the comments below I'd love to see them :)

Thanks for stopping by

Have a great weekend!
Hugs

Michele x

Pastel Shades Mixed Media Cards

Good Morning :)

I am back today to share my DT cards for this weeks C4E Recipe Challenge, all the details, entry and inspiration can be found HERE.
This week we would like you to share projects which use Pastel Shades, we have a fab prize up for grabs kindly donated by Stamping All Day. As always there is gorgeous inspiration from the super talented design team, worth a look if nothing else!

I made two cards this week both for Mother's Day.

I used the same technique for creating the background on both cards, the difference between them is in the embellishment clusters and the stencil used for the modelling paste.

For the background I stamped with a script stamp on to watercolour paper then

added Distress inks to a chicken wire stencil and used it like a stamp over the top.

I then added modelling paste through the same stencil for this card and the opposite version of the chicken wire stencil for the second card.

I love how you can still see the background through the modelling paste, so pretty!

I used an old chipboard piece from Crate Paper with some thread, net, flowers and a clay heart I made at this months C4E Crop workshop.

The card was finished with some splatters of silver and white paint.

The second card was made in the same way only I used a different stencil for the modelling paste and slightly different embellishment cluster.

Unfortunately I decided to add the stamped stitched border after adding the embellishments which was hard work! Note to self add stamped border before embellishments lol!

So there you have it two cards for Mother's Day using pastel shades :)

You have until midnight GMT Thursday 26th March to submit your entries for a chance to win a fabulous prize from Stamping All Day!

Have a lovely weekend, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs
Michele :)

Smile Mixed Media Layout for Crafts 4 Eternity

Good Morning :)

Happy Friday!
As it's Friday we have a new challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity.
This week we would like you to share projects with a MUM or FEMALE theme.
Our lovely sponsor Sassy Studio Designs are offering one randomly selected winner 4 Images from their gorgeous collection.
As always there is beautiful inspiration from the Design Team and we welcome our final new member Catherine this week too!

You can find all the details, entry and gorgeous DT inspiration HERE.

The layout uses the February/March C4E page kit Smile. In the kit are gorgeous Teresa Collins papers, a doily, Prima resin Butterfly and small piece of net. There is a project sheet in the kit to complete the layout too!
Kits are available HERE very limited numbers!

The photo is of my lovely mum and her parents taken in their garden in Solihull.

The background was painted with acrylic paint and splattered with Distress ink.

The gorgeous Prima resin butterfly was given a light brush of Silver Inka Gold before adding on top of a small piece of net.

The alphas are My Minds Eye Necessities (Metallic)

Sadly the photos do not show the gorgeous glitter on the paper :(  

That's all from me today have a lovely day thanks for stopping by :)

Hugs
Michele x

Unique Layout

Good Morning :)

It's been another busy week here, birthdays, family visits, outings, work all the usual goings on in the Thomas house :) I've also been busy getting ready for this weekends Crafts 4 Eternity Crop and Workshops! There are a few places available if you would like to join us all the details are HERE and HERE.

This weeks Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe challenge is Anything But A Card! We would like you to share any project as long as it is NOT a card...simple :)

Our sponsor this week is me ;) One randomly selected winner will receive a choice of 3 digital stamps from the Crafts 4 Eternity collection.

We also welcome another new DT member this week, Kefa joins us for the first time with her gorgeous box. Along with Kefa we have lots of gorgeous inspiration from the very talented DT girls.

Join us HERE for the challenge :)

Ok so I wasn't very inventive this week and just made a layout using up some left over papers from C4E's February page kit. The kit sold out but there are a few other kits available HERE.

The lovely young man in the photo is my nephew Lawson, he looks quite deep in thought but I imagine he was bored really lol!

The background was created using acrylic paint and Inca gold cream rubbed through a bubble stencil.

The die cut speech bubbles were painted with acrylic paint and edged with Inca Gold. 

I am really loving My Minds Eye's Essentials Alphas at the moment. Along with the fabulous alphas there are some lovely words and quotes.

The tag is a Inkssentials manila tag coloured with Inca Gold.

For a little extra sparkle I finished off with a few gold sequins.

The Flair button is from My Minds Eye Jubilee collection as is the gorgeous papers, who says you can't have a few flowers on a male layout!! lol!

So that is it from me :) 

Thank-you for stopping by have a wonderful weekend whatever you are up to :)

Hugs

Michele x