Mixed Craft Saturday

Mixed Craft Saturday

Good Morning Ladies,

I have so many gorgeous works of art to share with you today, I am literally buzzing with excitement.  I can't believe how lucky I am that I have so many absolutely amazing friends and everyone of those friends is 'Super Talented' when it comes to anything to do with Crafting, whether it's Card Making, sewing, crocheting, 3D paper craft (box making etc) and Mixed Media/Altered art, you are all so gifted and I the one thing I love most about my blog is that I get to share your incredible talent with the rest of the crafting community, some of you would never have your work seen otherwise and that would be such a shame as you can guarantee that everyone of the projects I am sharing today will inspire at least one other person and that inspiration might be all that someone needs to start drafting, so let's get on with celebrating your amazing work.........

Janet

Janet has been busy making these absolutely stunning boxes, using a Tonic Verso die set, which gives you the die to cut both the top and bottom of the box and all the dies to decorate it too. You have decorated each box beautifully as always Janet, I absolutely love the Sewing themed one, what a perfect way to give someone their first sewing kit, I'm thinking of someone like Our Becca, who has started building her first home, you just don't think of things like sewing kits, it just needs to contain some dark and light cotton, scissors, maybe some elastic, a little time of buttons and maybe some 'Wonderweb' for those emergency hem situations.  Janet I can I be super cheeky and ask you to die cut me a set, I can send you some card, her home is very 'Shabby Chic' (I did swear that I never wanted to hear that again after listening to her go on about everything 'Shabby Chic' this past few weeks) lol! 

You could make them, feminine, masculine and for any season, no more buying expensive gift boxes! I'd love to see one that you have added lace and flowers to Janet, a proper 'Janet' altered box! 

I have added a photo of the die that Janet used for one of the boxes, just incase any of you are interested, they will probably have sold out by lunch time! 

You really have inspired me Janet and a good few others I don't doubt, Thank you so very much my lovely.

Lynda

Lynda got some quality time in her craft room while Terry was busy and look what she managed to create!!  An absolutely stunning Mixed Media Canvas and Card, 

Two stunning works of art, its sometimes hard to understand just how much work goes into creating a Mixed Media Canvas, first of all there is the background, which has so much detail, even though it mostly gets covered up, it still takes ages, then you have all of the individual elements, the tag for example, you have blended different colour inks to create a lovely background then you have stamped and embossed the detail on top, you have then decorated the frame that shows off your vintage image perfectly, all of that done you then start on the embellishments, handmade/hand coloured flowers, beautiful metal beaded wire, hand stamped and cut butterflies, with added metal embellishments that compliment your design perfectly, just incredible Lynda.

Your card starts just like your canvas with the background, you have distressed a piece of patterned paper to give some real texture to your background, I think the thing I like most about this card is that you have used dark, metallic elements, black pearl swirls etc and Mixed them with soft colours, delicate lace and a pretty heart appliqué that's hiding in the background, giving a base on which to arrange that pretty spray of flowers.  You are really gifted when it comes to Mixed Media Lynda, you aren't afraid to mix grunge with pretty lace and it really works, I am so jealous of the person that is going to receive your works of art Lynda, they are very lucky.

Thank you so very much for inspiring all of us.

XXX

Cheryl

Our Cheryl has been shopping and WOW, what a shop!!! I think you must have been The Range's best customer that day, it is so nice to be able to see Sue's dies in reality rather than on the internet, you get a better idea if size etc, I bought a Wreath die last year that would be perfect for a 'Borrowers' house it's so tiny, it looked so much bigger on line! 

Cheryl's dies were a very special birthday gift, very well deserved too, you are going to be able to make some absolutely stunning Christmas cards with this haul, do you have a favourite?? I think mine is a toss up between the 'Poinsettia Cluster' and that lovely Snowflake/Icicle Edger die set. I am really looking forward to seeing the cards you make Cheryl, I bet you can't wait to get crafting.

Thank you so much for sharing your shopping with all of us Cheryl, have fun crafting!! 

XXX

Paul and I went to 'Patisserie Valerie' to have our Afternoon Tea yesterday, needless to say it was so much better than the diabolical experience we had at the Hilton, still no match to the one we had last year but very enjoyable all the same.  I was glad to get out of the house as there was something noise, we are having major improvement work done to the bungalow, so the first stage is erecting scaffolding at both ends, they will then remove the little roof that covered the front door, we are then having new windows, doors, radiators in lounge, they are then fitting thick foam cladding around the entire bungalow, it's going to be a bit stressful but hopefully worth it, we will have fun trying to keep Bella and Milo contained as the window units in the lounge /dining room take up pretty much the whole front and back of the house (they are like 10ft wide and 8ft high), to remove the radiators they need to drain the whole heating system, which they will then refill and repeat in the other half of the bungalow two days later, they can't do all of them together as they don't have the man power! I think I will barricade myself in my craft room, until they come to replace that window too! 

Fun weeks ahead for us! 

I hope you all have a lovely peaceful weekend, 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx