Sneaky peek day 5

Heres my sample for today, its another notebook.

Using half of one of the new moulds, one eye, with another couple of moulds by Katy Sue Designs, fish, seaweed and seahorses.

I moulded them out of Hearty clay and once dry, painted them with Starlights by Imagination crafts.

The shells along the bottom are real shells.

In my mind ,this must be a water dragon :)

Ive only one more sample to show you so dont forget to come back tomorrow.

I'm entering these challenges

Rhedds creative spirit challenge - Dec / Jan

Thanks for looking

Hugs Sue xx

Katy Sue Designs sneaky peeks - Day 4

More inspiration for you.

You know how I love making my notebooks.

This one was made using the two new moulds along with the leaf mould, also by Katy Sue Designs

I used Powertex on the material to make it dry hard and hold its shape.

This is one of my favourite samples, which one is yours so far?

Challenges I'm entering:

Rhedds creative spirit challenge Dec /Jan

Thanks for looking

Hugs Sue xx 

Dragon eye altered journal cover

Just think Smaug the dragon waking up in that classic scene from the Hobbit. That was my inspiration for these journal covers.

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.

Before I applied them to the mountboard cover, I used texture paste through stencils to add background texture.

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.

I decided this one was a water dragon so coloured him with a base of blue.

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.

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.

Challenges:

613 Avenue -magical/ fantasy challenge

We love 2 create -anything mixed media

Brown sugar challenge - Fairies / fantasy

More mixed media challenge - anything goes

Rhedds creative spirit.-august-challenge ( it is a board cover, but if not allowed I apologise)

My first Powertex fairy house

Morning all,

Last week I  finally got round to having a go with my Powertex. Been wanting to try a fairy house for ages. Once its set for 3 weeks it will be weatherproof and able to go outside. 

 and couldn't resist covering the front and back of a notebook too.  

Challenges:

Sandee-and-amelie.blogspot challenge-steampunk-summer-special

Altered eclectics -Anything mixed media 

613 Avenue create challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Twist – Magical / Fantasy

Brown sugar challenge - Fairies and fantasy

Thanks for looking 

Hugs Sue xx

Journal and notebook covers galore

Good morning crafty friends, a very quick post this morning.

Can you tell I like to decorate notebook and journal covers.

Here's a few I've made lately, hopefully they will give you some inspiration.

I am entering this into More mixed media challenge -anything goes + bright

and Artastic challenge - Things that fly

This one in Crafty friends challenge -Animals / birds

I'm entering this one Altered eclectics challenge

I'd like to enter this one  Sandee-and-amelie.blogspot challenge -Steampunk/ industrial

Also Creative artiste mixed media #41

I am entering this one into Vintage journey -how-can-you-resist as I used thick gel medium through a stencil to act as a resist.

Also Crafters castle- Anything goes and Elegant, shabby chic

Thanks for looking 

Hugs Sue xx

Altered notebooks

Afternoon all, I hope its nice and sunny where you are, coz its wet and miserable here today. But at least that means I can spend time in my craft room. 👍

For todays make I would like to share a couple of altered notebooks, in a bit of a vintage / steampunk style.

I started out by removing the back and front covers of the notebooks and used a stencil and texture paste to create a raise design, before painting with starlight paints to add colour and a shimmer. 

After die cutting some cogs, clocks, locks and hinges, I painted them black and lightly rubbed over some of them with gold gilding wax to give the effect of metal. On the others I used red and gold acrylic paint, stippling it on to produce a rusty look.

These were then arranged on the notebooks with some chipboard nuts and bolts which I had painted in the same way.

Finally I stamped and embossed some words, teared around them, inked the edges and glued them in place.

The back covers were also stenciled and painted in the same way, although I have not taken any pictures to show you.

I reassembled the notebooks and Voila there you have them, finished.

I'm going to enter them into a couple of challenges:

Country view challenges -metal

Altered eclectics September-challenge

Creative artiste mixed media-challenge-30 

Mixed media monthly challenge #40 - vintage 

Thanks for taking the time to look,

Hugs Sue x