Medal Board

Not my usual crafty share but something I worked on recently for my

son Robert's birthday.  Three days spent in the shed with painting

and drilling, but worth it when I gave it to him and saw his look of surprise. 

 So here it is, a board to hold his medals and on the left, hooks and

bulldog clips to hold his running bibs. 

 

After I had finished painting (3 coats of paint) I didn't like the patchy finish,

 so I gave it a good sanding and it ended up with a sort of denim finish

which I preferred.  I stamped the verse on the left with Archival Ink,

 for "Celebrate Every Mile" letters were from my hoarding pile of Grunge board die cuts

painted with silver Distress Paint.

 

 

Medal Board

 

 

The verse below seemed appropriate as he is a huge film fan.

 

 

Running verse

 

 

 

He runs regularly and has completed quite a few half marathons both here, Paris and Helsinki..

However I may have overdone it with the hooks, but he has plenty of time to fill them up!

 

Medal board

 

I purchased a large sheet of mdf  and after cutting the above board

I asked the diy shop to cut the remainder of the sheet into 12" square panels,

ready to use at one of our craft group meetings.  

 A mixed media board is on the cards, just got to organise it now.

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APRIL PENNANT SWAP

For the background of my swap this month, I used torn layers of papers glued to chipboard, then metal tape around the edges.

 



My swap

Here are all the lovely swaps we enjoyed at our last craft day from those taking part, it is really interesting to see how different they are. I will have a great banner at the end of the year to hang in my craft room.

 

Liz and Pamela

 

Myself and Tanya (lovely cat theme)

 

 Until next time..

March Pennant Swap

Here we are in March which has brought with it better weather and our latest Craft Group meet up!

 

Below are the fabulous banner pennants some of the group made and swapped this month.  As you can see there are lots of different techniques and styles.

Linda and Liz



Tanya and Me

Pamela and Annie


 

The room was a hive of activity all day with a mix of crafts.  Jane brought along her Embellisher machine and several of us had a go, a couple of us where smitten and may well take this up at a later date.  I must say I could see that it could be addictive, a great way to use up fibres, ribbon and such to produce unique artwork on felt backing.   Below you will see the result of a short play with different fibres, don't laugh as I am sure I could improve with practise.

Embellisher - my sample piece

 

Happy crafting until the next time!!!

 

 

Paper Beads

 

 

 

Had fun creating this project for Sara at Cardmaking Paradise go and take look at the instructions available if you want to have a go.  It is great fun and can be made using any papers you have.

 

 

A selection of other beads ready to use.  Some covered with glitter nail varnish others with UTEE.



4" Swaps from 2013

 

I received wonderful 4" Swaps last year from members of our Craft Group.

 

Of course there was always the choice to join in with the swap.

 

Inevitably we sometimes received more than one from the same person over the course of the year as not everyone entered the swap every month.

 

 They are all fabulous and I love the collection of different styles from friends.

 

Liz

Jane

 

Annie

Annie

Linda
 

Pamela
 

Pamela


 

 

 

As you can see from the book above I adhered each to black card and bound them with black ribbon as I could not find book rings big enough. 

 

I used mini bull dog clips and chain as a closure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Pennant Swap

 

February has swept in along with the start of our monthly Craft Club meetings.  It was great to see everyone again and catch up on all our craft buys.  

 

This year we decided to hold a swap again, we had two templates and could make either to swap. 

 

The fabulous pennants below from left to right are by:-  Annie, Tanya, Liz and Pamela

February pennant swap (template 1)

Next is a gorgeous pennant by Linda on the left and mine on the right:-

February swap pennant (template 2)

As you can see they are all very different using several techniques.

 

It will be up to each member at the end of the year to join their swaps together to create a banner for their craft room or keep them in a book using book rings.

 

I shall be posting photos of the 4" swaps I received in 2013 over the next few days.  Until then....  

Mixed Media Altered Tiles

Happy New Year to blog readers out there.  One of my resolutions this year will be to TRY to post more often!!!

Last year in June I met up with online friends from the fantastic  Cardmaking Paradise forum  at Craft Barn Extravaganza, I decorated 2" ceramic tiles (to share with friends) with magnetic tape on the back to use as a fridge magnet. This was placed in a origami paper box and fastened with ribbon looped through a button I decorated with Sharpies.  I came across the photos and thought I would share with you.  The credit for inspiring me to make these tiles goes to Littlecanvases (Ytube name)  who appears to have closed her account.

Altered Tiles

I painted and stamped a large vintage newspaper sheet (well 1960's) glued to the tile, added images, foiled the edges, added accent beads and glazed with Glossy Accents.



Paper Boxes

The paper boxes are very easy to make and there are several videos online.

Decorated Buttons

The buttons were fun to do, I had several white buttons so sat evenings and played around with them. To finish I rolled the edges along a Versamark pad and into embossing powders to heat emboss.  I glazed with Glossy Accents again, careful not to cover the holes.

Buttons

Excuse my shoddy foam pad, it is much used and abused!

Paper box

Here is the finished package.