tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38346871931456412012024-03-13T10:16:50.414+00:00Crafting with Love and Fairy DustPainting and creating mixed media, home decor, gifts, cards and treasured keepsakes.Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530248067945881593noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834687193145641201.post-61014873475527540052021-06-11T09:00:00.001+01:002021-06-11T09:00:00.208+01:00Craft room Makeover - Part 2 <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div>My craft room makeover so far.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='459' height='381' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyoW6EA20w346HB4DDS4EmMQxi4CtyBGq0LZhPti6Ed6v4_h1U7jE43RLbMuKAGOpKi26wy9CkSeKiwdZPOQQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> It's taken me quite a while to get to this point as I suffer with a bad back. I try not to let it stop me πͺ but it just means I have to do a bit at a time π</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm loving my new power tools, that mitre saw is a thing of beauty π</div><div>Anyone else love power tools? No? Just me then ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>The next job is to start laying the new flooring , then its on to shelving and furniture.</div><div><br /></div><div>Take care everyone</div><div>Hugs Sue xx</div></div><br /><br /> <img border="0" height="175" src="http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3008/butterfly2signature.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none;" width="400" />suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06499515573608957009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834687193145641201.post-79081045567423960882021-04-25T10:00:00.033+01:002021-04-25T10:00:00.220+01:00Craft room makeover begins... <p dir="ltr"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RoaKTExQtvw/YH6jYb0CHEI/AAAAAAAAmu4/GdBR6oXqS3sRQznKxvKI3GlLwudHszRTACPcBGAsYHg/s1080/FB_IMG_1618911913297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RoaKTExQtvw/YH6jYb0CHEI/AAAAAAAAmu4/GdBR6oXqS3sRQznKxvKI3GlLwudHszRTACPcBGAsYHg/s320/FB_IMG_1618911913297.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's Sunday how will you be spending your day, having a relaxing read or tidying the garden perhaps.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I will be starting my craft room redecoration as the room is finally empty.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzvTEOqGbLU/YH6jYdpTXoI/AAAAAAAAmu4/LNYCm8_EkZoIdUTamcOfehODKgVup2_ugCPcBGAsYHg/s1080/FB_IMG_1618911918473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzvTEOqGbLU/YH6jYdpTXoI/AAAAAAAAmu4/LNYCm8_EkZoIdUTamcOfehODKgVup2_ugCPcBGAsYHg/s320/FB_IMG_1618911918473.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QsU9uflZGVs/YH6jYWRgq9I/AAAAAAAAmu4/xxGLnBOm_AshWuGZEh9gfuopGCjmFiZBgCPcBGAsYHg/s1080/FB_IMG_1618911922217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QsU9uflZGVs/YH6jYWRgq9I/AAAAAAAAmu4/xxGLnBOm_AshWuGZEh9gfuopGCjmFiZBgCPcBGAsYHg/s320/FB_IMG_1618911922217.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've bought new flooring and I'm going to have a go at laying some click laminate. How hard can it be? Famous last words π π you may hear me swearing if you live in a 10 mile radius π€¬ππ.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XGvNflUoYS0/YH6jYSXHjzI/AAAAAAAAmu4/YZ6_u_ieydYYMDOiblJuUzc9Bp3jdKGCQCPcBGAsYHg/s1080/FB_IMG_1618911927451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XGvNflUoYS0/YH6jYSXHjzI/AAAAAAAAmu4/YZ6_u_ieydYYMDOiblJuUzc9Bp3jdKGCQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/FB_IMG_1618911927451.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately until I can put shelves and furniture back in there the rest of the house looks like a storage unit. </div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2lUM0E-U-U8/YH6jYX49NvI/AAAAAAAAmu4/CR-LFUWIY18BNaYuhtok0V1Fg1YqbJ71wCPcBGAsYHg/s1080/FB_IMG_1618911932498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2lUM0E-U-U8/YH6jYX49NvI/AAAAAAAAmu4/CR-LFUWIY18BNaYuhtok0V1Fg1YqbJ71wCPcBGAsYHg/s320/FB_IMG_1618911932498.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The landing, Mias bedroom, even the bathrooms full and Mia's due home from uni next weekend. 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Hope you all have a restful Sunday doing something you enjoy ππ</p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">Sending love and sunshine βοΈ</p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">Hugs Sue xx</p><br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3008/butterfly2signature.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none;" width="400" /></div>suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06499515573608957009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834687193145641201.post-28959819243350684192021-04-22T15:58:00.001+01:002021-04-22T15:58:37.422+01:00Happy Earth Day 2021 <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzSi2dzqGY-RB4t9Cl7uXwheBaS1c8XVjWc_O2c7zGXwxwGCk1-ztInTa5YP7qz5RU3QDTI9hiFKCqcJKuQYw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hello lovely friends and </div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Earth Day everyone π</div><div style="text-align: center;">I always try to do my bit to help the environment. I love eco - friendly crafting too, β»οΈ recycling, repurposing and reusing many things, inc empty bottles, old jars, coffee tubs, old clothes and fabric scraps to name a few.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If your interested in recycling and enjoy being creative, and would like to learn how to;</div><div><br /></div><div>* make recycling fun, turning your trash to treasure, </div><div>* make unique handcrafted projects suitable for your home and garden, </div><div>* thrill your friends and family with handcrafted gifts, </div><div>* create fantastic art,</div><div>and much, much more. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then you'll want to know as soon as my new * Crafting Academy * opens.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"> Sign up now to start receiving my awesome newsletters and be the first to hear about what's happening in the all new Crafting Academy, new tutorials, workshops, kits and classes. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You'll also receive fab freebies, special discounts, and early bird offers, only available to my lovely Crafting Academy subscribers. </div><div><br /></div><div>Click the link below β¬οΈ</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/y7h1a7">Crafting Academy Newsletter </a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sending love and sunshine</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugs Sue xx </div><br /><img border="0" src="http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3008/butterfly2signature.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none;" width="400" />Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530248067945881593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834687193145641201.post-91057135025086312112021-04-18T09:30:00.035+01:002021-04-19T12:31:26.872+01:00What have you been up to? I've started a Craft room makeover <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJYggkwcfHU/YHttRliy85I/AAAAAAAAms0/P9xzre-00w0jmsz9kuEQsYvBsORuBR3JwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2160/Copy%2Bof%2B6.%2BBeach%2Bor%2BMountains.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJYggkwcfHU/YHttRliy85I/AAAAAAAAms0/P9xzre-00w0jmsz9kuEQsYvBsORuBR3JwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/Copy%2Bof%2B6.%2BBeach%2Bor%2BMountains.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy Sunday everyone,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I hope you are having a good weekend so far. What did you get up to yesterday?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where you busy Bee's π or lazy daisy's πΌ</span><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Whatever you've been doing I hope you managed to enjoy a little sunshine π</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Its been a long time since we've had a proper catch up and there's been a lot happening with some big changes for me and my family. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Firstly I lost my dad, who I miss so very much, then my daughter went off to university and my son moved in with his girlfriend, leaving me and hubby home alone with just our two german shepherd dogs and our 21 year old puss, π±who sadly passed at the end of last year. We've been taking one of the dogs, back and to ,to the vets where she has had 4 lots of surgery to remove cancerous tumours around her eye. Fingers crossed nothing has grown back since December and she seems ok and happy again.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then at the beginning of this year, the stresses and strains caught up with me and I became ill myself. After having 2 months off work, I made the decision to finish work altogether and concentrate on my crafting and see if I can turn it into a little business of my own.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">With that in mind I knew I needed a proper space to create in, and set up to make video tutorials and online workshops.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I decided to tackle the enormous job of sorting out my spare bedroom.
I used to use it as my craft room, then my hubby took it over as his computer room then it became a dump anything and everything in it room and shut the door on it room. π€¦ββοΈ So now it looks like the hidden room in Monica's apartment, all you Friends fans will know what I mean ππ
So I thought it was time to turn it back into my craft room. π
But where to start?
- Empty it - obviouslyπ
- Remove old carpetπͺ
- Redecorate π©βπ¨
- Put down new flooring π
- Repaint furniture, tables, shelves, cupboardsπ¨
- Build new Ikea furniture πͺ
- Refill it with all my craft stuff, laptop and set up tripod and video equipment π¨ π»ποΈποΈβοΈ
- Get back to crafting and create some videos, in my new awesome craft room. π
It's not finished yet , but I promise I'll keep you up to date and show you some pictures as we go along, of my Mega Craft room Makeover
π Wish me luck, I'm going back in πββοΈ</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks for sticking with me through this very long post, and for all your support and lovely comments over the last year.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wishing you Hugs and Sunshine</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sue xx</span></span></div></div></div><br /><br /> <img border="0" src="http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3008/butterfly2signature.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none;" width="400" />suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06499515573608957009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834687193145641201.post-48616406275066272612020-05-11T08:57:00.000+01:002020-06-13T09:28:49.644+01:00My new YouTube channel<div style="text-align: center;">
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If, like me, you've wanted to spend your time crafting, but your mojo seems to be social distancing itself from you. Maybe try tidying and sorting out your craft space.<br />
I finally got round to a bit of sorting and organising of my crafty stash and not only did I find stuff I'd forgotten about, but sitting in an organised space with stuff at hand and watching lots of crafting videos and lives, that are on at the moment, I actually found my mojo and got lots of inspiration flowing again.<br />
I'm trying out new techniques and products and even recycling, packaging and old bottles and jars.<br />
I really enjoy sharing my love of crafts and as I can't hold any workshops in person at the moment, I've been filming a few tutorials and popping them on my new YouTube channel.<br />
I hope you will take a look.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/suetarby" target="_blank">YouTube - Crafting with Love and Fairy Dust </a><br />
I am trying to show lots of different techniques and using lots of different products, so that I might inspire you to have a go and get back to crafting.<br />
Don't forget if you like my videos give them a thumbs up π, Subscribe and click the bellπ so you'll be notified when I upload a new video.<br />
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I am currently looking for suitable venues, where I can hold workshops so people can have a go at making these themselves.<br />
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I just received a secret art box from Powertex and couldn't wait to play. I used some wooden shapes, Powertex, Bisters, sprays and a little dark green and gold pigments. I had a vision in my head that I wanted to create, but didn't know how to achieve it, so I just slapped on Powertex and then sprayed with yellow, red, brown Bisters and a little egg yolk spray. I put a plastic cup upside down in the middle before spraying to leave a lighter area.</div>
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I added some texture paste to the wood shapes and then sprayed with the Bisters once dry. Finally I dry brushed over with some dark green on the tree and gold on the whole canvas mainly under the light circle and on the giraffe. </div>
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* Extra news - I have just booked myself on some extra training with Powertex at the end of this month, so when completed I will be a fully fledged certified Powertex Tutor. I'm so excited! π<br />
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Good morning crafty friends, I have promised to do a quick tutorial on how I made this steampunk top hat<br />
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Firstly I cut a circle larger than the base of the tub out of a sheet of thick card and glued it on the bottom. </div>
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I used Das air drying clay, but any clay that can be used in a mould will do, e. g hearty paperclay, clay made from Powertex and stone art. You're going to coat it in Powertex so it will become quite durable. </div>
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To decorate I used more of KatySue design moulds, the distressed cogs and the rusty pipes mainly, these are from their new Industrial Steampunk range along with the metal sheet mould used to cover the hat. </div>
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I moulded them and once dry I painted them to look rusty and old and added some Powertex pigments and guiding wax, then stuck them on, all round and on the lid too. </div>
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I made the goggles by covering 2 circles I cut from a kitchen roll and covered them with clay moulded from the same metal sheet mould, I added acetate behind each cog then stuck on to kitchen roll circles. The middle piece and side straps are actually made with a hinge mould also by KatySue Designs. I then added a little clay key and a flourish on each lens. </div>
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So there you have it a Steampunk Top Hat that not only looks good but is also useful for storage. Even better made from rubbish that we would normally throw away. </div>
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Thanks for looking, I'd love to hear what you think, or if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment. </div>
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I couldn't make up my mind when I made this whether to keep it pretty with a bit of sparkle or to go rusty grunge. So I did a bit of both π</div>
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I used the new rose embosser from Katy Sue Designs and some Starlight paint and some Rusty patina paint both from Imagination crafts.<br />
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<a href="https://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Creative artiste mixed media challenge</a><br />
<a href="http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rhedds creative spirit</a><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Good afternoon crafty friends, today I would like to share a goblet I made using the new moulds from <a href="https://katysuedesigns.com/" style="font-size: 1.1em;" target="_blank">Katy Sue Designs</a><a href="https://katysuedesigns.com/" style="font-size: 1.1em;" target="_blank"> </a><br />
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I do love decorating glasses, and the new peony embosser is simply stunning. I used Hearty clay and painted with Starlight paint from Imagination crafts.<br />
Please check out the new range, Antony will be demonstrating them on Hochanda as a One Day Special next Wed 6pm and 8pm and then on Thursday at 9am, 1pm and 5pm.<br />
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<a href="https://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Creative artiste mixed media challenge</a><br />
<a href="http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rhedd screative spirit</a><br />
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Well this is day 6 of my sneaky peeks and my final sample.</div>
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I'm always making magic wands, so felt I had to make one using the claw mould.</div>
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You can see the fantastic detail on each of the claws.</div>
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Not long now, you'll soon be able to get your own trio claw mould, the dragon eyes mould and more new moulds, never seen before. </div>
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Antony Minnis will be showing the new designs,my samples and lots more amazing samples by Katy Sue Designs, very talented design team on Hochanda from Tues 29th 6pm and throughtout Wed 30th. </div>
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Dont miss your chance to purchase some amazing moulds, I think these will be very popular.</div>
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Heres my sample for today, its another notebook.</div>
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Using half of one of the new moulds, one eye, with another couple of moulds by Katy Sue Designs, fish, seaweed and seahorses.</div>
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I moulded them out of Hearty clay and once dry, painted them with Starlights by Imagination crafts.</div>
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The shells along the bottom are real shells.</div>
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You know how I love making my notebooks.</div>
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This one was made using the two new moulds along with the leaf mould, also by Katy Sue Designs</div>
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I used Powertex on the material to make it dry hard and hold its shape.</div>
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This is one of my favourite samples, which one is yours so far?</div>
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Day 3 samples using the dragon eyes mould and claws mould by Katy Sue Designs</div>
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On this one you can see the effect from the full mould, both left and right eyes. The horn like eyebrows are actually made from another Katy Sue mould, the unicorn lashes and horn mould.</div>
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And all the texture on the stems of both glasses was created using their continous bark mould.</div>
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Heres a couple more samples made using Katy Sue Designs, dragon eyes and claws moulds.</div>
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You can get your hands on these fabulous moulds and many more, by visiting Hochanda or Katy Sue Designs website from Tuesday 29th January.</div>
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So here as promised is the first of my samples using the Katy Sue Designs new moulds. As you can see theres a dragons eye and three claws. The full eye mould is actually 2 eyes, left and right. </div>
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This sample is a box canvas, and is a homage to Smaug the dragon waking up in the dwarfs treasure hall from the story "The Hobbit"</div>
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I used hearty clay in the moulds. Then once dry painted the eye using acrylic paint and Starlight paints on the surround and also on the claws.</div>
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I stencilled the canvas with texture paste and added jewels, coin charms and some very bright plastic pirate coins that I painted over and used gilding wax to tone them down.</div>
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I was contacted in October by Antony Minnis, the creative director at Katy Sue Designs, he said he admired my work and asked if I would like to be a guest on their design team and make some samples using some new moulds they were in the process of designing. Of course I jumped at the chance and was sent a couple of the most amazing moulds a few weeks later. </div>
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So I have been doing lots of secret crafting making samples which I am not allowed to share yet, but I will be sharing them with you next week, from Tuesday.</div>
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I love Katy Sue Designs products and have used their moulds in my crafting for a number of years, my latest favourite being the gorgeous unicorn, which you have seen used in my crafting already on here. </div>
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Just in case you missed it, here's some pics</div>
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Thanks for visiting today and dont forget to call again all next week, as I will be showing the samples I made with the Katy Sue Designs new moulds. Six days of sneaky peeks starting on Tuesday.</div>
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They will be available to buy as a One Day Special on Hochanda, in shows starting at 6pm on Tuesday 29th January and throughout the day Wednesday 30th and believe me, they are not to be missed.</div>
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Good morning crafty friends, a quick post today, to let you know what I've been making on the lead up to christmas.</div>
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I painted some glass tealight holders with poppy and fuchia designs, as well as some small candles. </div>
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These always sell well on my craft stall, so I painted up a few around the end of November. I painted some rose designs too, but forgot to take pictures.</div>
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My craft room is starting to look a little bit spooky.</div>
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The base mdf is from Daisy Jewels and crafts</div>
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I added texture paste through stencils and painted black before glueing the tombstone to the base.</div>
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I added a couple of extra side fences and some plastic spiders.</div>
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I then broke up some small pieces of wood, actually they were the little pieces that come with box canvases, that I don't really know what they are for. I stained them and glued into a pile with moss mixed in and a couple of hands reaching out from the grave.</div>
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I stamped a new stamp from Indigblu called cracked glass on the grave stone as I thought it looked like spider web. As I was sticking pieces into place using a glue gun, I draipped the stringey bits across the sides.</div>
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These 2 little tealight boxes were painted first before glueing together and then I added glow in the dark paint to the ghost bats and spiders.</div>
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For the haunted house I stencilled first with texture paste, then painted with a couple of colours of starlight paints. the ghost and graves also got a wash of glow in the dark paint. </div>
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Think I might add a little bit more to this one, some moss and extra embellishments maybe.</div>
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When a friend at work found out I love to paint she asked me to do a painting of her dads champion pigeon. I explained to her that I'm only learning and that Ive never painted a pigeon before. This is the photo of said bird that she sent me over using her mobile phone.</div>
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I decided to have a go using watercolours and brusho's, after a couple hours work, this is the finished piece.</div>
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Her dad was made up with it and is currently showing it off to all his pigeon owner mates. </div>
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He has already asked me to paint another of his birds and says a few of his friends would like me to paint their pigeons too.</div>
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I've had lots of people ask where I get my resin embellishments that I use in my crafts, as I make my own I thought I would make some to sell. That way when someone gets inspired by my makes, they can have a go themselves.</div>
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Just think Smaug the dragon waking up in that classic scene from the Hobbit. That was my inspiration for these journal covers.</div>
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I made the eyes by handcasting resin in a mould and and then building around it using clay and some texture stones. I painted the eyeballs with acrylic paint and once dry applied a couple of coats of Glossy Accents.</div>
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Before I applied them to the mountboard cover, I used texture paste through stencils to add background texture.</div>
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Once I stuck on the eyes and built round with clay, I also added some texture stones, metal cogs and some coins. This was to give the idea of Smaug laying on all the treasure.</div>
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I decided this one was a water dragon so coloured him with a base of blue.</div>
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After painting with the base colours, using starlight paint, I then rubbed over with different coloured guilding waxes to pick up on all the textures.</div>
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I really love them and am in the process of making more and I decided to do something similar on a canvas. But you'll have to wait to see that one as I think that might take a while to complete.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good morning , I hope </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">if you live in the UK</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">you are enjoying your bank holiday, and if you live else where that you are having a great day too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have always been a fantasy/ magic fan especially dragons, I'm facinated by them, so I've really enjoyed making these dragon boxes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made the baby dragons from paperclay so they are very lightweight .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To get lots of texture I used texture paste through stencils,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Powertex mixed with 3d Flex, which creates a crackle effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Die cuts and ripped pieces of cardboard also painted with brown Powertex, gave texture to the top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I painted the dragons with Starlight paints and rubbed over with guilding wax.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the boxes were painted with various acrylic paints mixed with sand and coloured guilding wax</span></div>
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