Count down to Christmas

I've made an advent calendar this year for the first time from a blank mdf advent calendar set from Pink Tulip Creations Ltd and two of the Graphic 45 Christmas paper collections, Nutcracker Sweet and Christmas Emporium.  The centre scene is three dimensional and was also cut out of the two paper collections to give a real Christmas past meets Christmas present feel to the project. 

Happy paper crafting everyone :-)   

Create and craft TV - Graphic 45 Samples

The two paper lines, Bird song and A Ladies Diary are being featured on Create and Craft during their VIP feature.  Here's a quick look at the samples I made for the shows:

Bird Song Samples 

A Ladies Diary Samples 

Layout and Memory Box - A Ladies Diary 

Bird Song Chopstick Gift Box

How gorgeous are these papers.  This was the first altered project I made from them and loved it.  A lacquered chopstick gift box in true Chinese style.  The box was made from chipboard pieces stuck together  with card stock tabs, painted black, glossed using the Decoupatch Glossy Glue to give it that authentic look.

Bird Song Altered Art

Altered Art - Graphic 45 Birdsong Collection

Vintage London Tag - Artistic Outpost Stamps

Party Guest Book

Made from papers from the Curtain Call collection by Graphic 45.

Party Guest Book - Curtain Call Collection Graphic 45

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Altered Chocolate Box

Oriental Slipper

made from a template by House of Zandra

Altered Halloween Printer Tray

I thought I'd alter one of the small Tando Creative printer trays into something spooky for halloween.  These trays are really cute and don t take too long to alter either.

I used the top layer of the chipboard tray as a template for the paper inserts for each section, which I cut out and then stamped individually.  Once I'd stuck all the tray layers together, added the back and painted the whole thing black, I added some versamark and WOW! halloween glitter to the top edge to give the piece a spooky sparkle.

Altered Halloween Printer Tray

Altered Halloween Printer Tray

Altered Halloween Printer Tray

Altered Halloween Printer Tray

Altered Halloween Printer Tray

Altered Halloween Printer Tray

Have a fab halloween everyone :-) C

IndigoBlu Christmas Cards

These cards have all been stamped with IndigoBlu stamps from various collections:

Happy paper crafting every one :-) C

Getting ready for Christmas!

Here's a simple Christmas card stamped using white card the IndigoBlu Wreathed in Smiles stamp, adirondak and distress inks and a little bit of glitter for some Christmas sparkle.

Happy stamping everyone! 

Stampendous Cling Snowy Postcard

Stamps Used: Stampendous Cling Snowy Postcard 2

Inks Used:  Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo and Old Paper Distress Inks

Stampendous Cling Snowy Postcard 2

Tim Holtz Haberdashery, Stampendous Rose Corset and Indigoblu Sewing Mends The Soul Stamps

StampsUsed: Tim Holtz Haberdashery, Stampendous Rose Corset and Indigoblu Sewing Mends The Soul

Inks: Adirondack clover, latte, mushroom,  Distress Inks: Spun Sugar, Aged Mahogony, Walnut Stain 

Glitters: Art Glitter

Just inking around

Stamps Used:  Hampton Art butterflies fly free cling

Inks Used:  Aged Mahogany, Antique Linen and Spun Sugar Distress Ink

One stamp two cards

I took the gorgeous Indigoblu Ella Bella stamp and used it in two different ways to get two very different cards. 

1.  Mega Flakes

2 .  Archival & Distress Inks 

Altered Box from the MDF Man

This box was altered with caramel adriondak and Spun Sugar, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress inks.  Stamps by Indigoblu and Stampenous. I also used the amazing Mega Flakes by Indigoblu on the scissors and thimbles. 

Inky Cards

Vintage Cards made using distress and adirondak inks and stamps by Artistic Outpost

A collection of Vintage Halloween Tags

Tag 1 

Tag 2 

Tag 3 

Tag 4