Light up Snowman........

Hi Peeps,

I know I can hear you saying it, she leaves it two years and seven months and then blogs two days in a row?!?!

I went out with my lovely sister today and we went to Tenterden to do some Christmas shopping. There were lots of lovely christmassy things in the shops and it got me thinking of some of the light up makes that I made last year that I will have to dust off when I get them down from the loft when I put my decs up this year.

Below is an Anna Marie Designs mdf Snowman that she sold in bare mdf last year and I just loved him when I saw him and had to make one. I love Anna's Designs and love putting my own twist on her mdf designs.

I used lots of different products including Structure Paste, Starlight Paints, Acrylic Paints and Blanc Rusty Patina.

I added other mdf elements to the snowman including a fence, trees, robin and December 24th. These were also mdf pieces from Anna Marie Designs.

I added some little snowballs to the base and holly and berries to finish it off.......

Once I had made him and nick named him 'Frosty' (original yes I know!) I decided to add some lights around the outside of him to light up the lounge when I cosy up on the couch at Christmas.......

I was really pleased how he turned out and Frosty will be a keen favourite in my lounge for many years.

Well peeps, you never know I just may be back tomorrow with another light up make........

I have a few more to share!

Have a lovely evening and sleep well......

Hugs Lisa B xxx

Below are some pictures of the products that I used:

           

     

    

It's been a long time........

Good evening all,

Well I can't believe that it has been 2 years and seven months since I have dedicated anytime to this blog.
I had all good intentions when I created this blog but you know how it goes, but I have decided that now is the time to share with you some of my thoughts, processes and tutorials and techniques on what has taken up my time in the last few years.

If you are a real crafter at heart you know that it feels like you have lost an arm if you don't get to indulge into your passion of crafting at least a couple of times a week. But sometimes life gets in the way and for the past few years although I have been busy crafting for work and although I have loved every minute it has been full on and not much breathing space in between but I have decided this year to indulge a little more into what I love to do and take a back step and slow things down a little so that I can spend time on this blog and share things with you all.

My own Craft Workshops structure is changing next year and we will be releasing the 2018 dates soon over on my other blog:

https://lisabdesignsinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/

Next year we are getting much more into mixed media which is my passion, I love playing and discovering new things and love to share with others.

So today as we are looming up towards my workshop on Sunday with the light up scene box, details here: Click for details and booking information. 

I thought that I would show you a make that I made for my own home last year for Christmas.
I bought the lantern from a local florist wholesalers and immediately when I saw it, I thought that I wanted to create a scene inside it, it was such a lovely shape lantern.

Now I had a look at my stash and found that I had some Tando Houses ( available on sunday at my Workshop at Grove Green Village Hall). Various dies and die cut grey board Christmas shapes, so this got the old brain matter working and I started to devise a plan.......

I started by by gluing the houses together and painting them with Imagination Crafts Blanc Rusty Patina ( available on my website) and then added some clear glamour dust on top to add a sparkle.

 

Then I painted the roofs and windows and doors in Deco Art Baby Blue Paint ( available on my website) and assembled the pieces together.

Now I knew that I wanted to light up the inside of the feature, so I had to create a base and flap front that I could access the switch on the lights from. So I cut a piece of card to fit in the base and used the lantern as a template to draw around to create the semi circle that I attached as a flap.

Now it is at this point that I got very carried away and forgot to take any photos as I continued with the project but I used dies from my stash to create trees and dear and built up a raised area from card to support a third house in the background.

 I aged down the lantern itself with a little dry brushing with white acrylic paint and added a Tando Creative bauble flourish and some flower gems to the front of the lantern.

I was really pleased with the outcome and tucked up on a wintery night with a cup of cocoa I was pretty pleased with the night time effect! 

If this has inspired you to have a go at creating a little scene in to something then go for it!

I have to tell you it is so much fun and very satisfying.

Well that it all from me today but I will be back soon with more makes from the last few years and new things too. 

I wish you all a great week.......
Hugs Lisa B xxx

My Triple Frame with Blossom Bunch....

Morning all,

 

Blogged two days in a row..... woo hoo!!

 

I hope that you are all well.....

 

I had another great day at my crafting buddy Karen Clare's workshop again yesterday and this is the triple frame that I made, we all did very different takes on the frame and it was great to see how everyone interpreted what they wanted to do. I love these play days.......

 

I made mine using 3D gloss gel, Brusho's, black gesso, Inca Gold's, Spectrum Aqua's, Stampendous Stamps and Imagination Crafts Detail Sparkle.

Take a look......

 

 

A little closer look at the detail.....

 

 

And some more.....

 

 

And even a little more......

 

 

Karen's workshops are really great and if you get chance to attend one it is well worth it. Here is a little link to her FaceBook page  HERE

 

Well that is all for now peeps, I am off to Harrogate Show this week and then the NEC next week, so may go quiet for a while but will be back soon......

 

Big hugs Lisa B xx

 

 

 

 



Clock Canvas with my Lisa B Poppy Stamp with Imagination Crafts.......

Good evening all,

 

I am so sorry that I have just not had the time to blog on here lately but February and March are always really very busy months with lots of shows, makes and demos to prep for.......

 

Anyway I finally managed to finish and was happy with the clock canvas that I made last month at my great friend Karen Clares workshop.

Karen is always very laid back and lets us pretty much use and interpret our own designs on out makes and I always love attending her classes, that are such a great busman's holiday for me and so relaxing to go to.

 

They are also only about 25mins away from me here in Maidstone and are held in Swanley......

 

 

 

I used my brand new Poppy Stamp hand drawn and designed by myself with Imagination Crafts. Here is a closer look at the details......

 

It was made with Brushos, Imagination Stencil Paint, 3d Paste, Diamond Sparkle Medium and various stamps......

 



A closer look at the poppy......

 



I love this new word stamp from Stampendous.......

 



 

I will be back tomorrow with another make that I made today at Karens workshop a Candy Box Triple Frame........

 

Until then,

Big hugs

 

Lisa B xxx



Time Flies.......

 

Good morning all,

 

 

Where has the time flown this last two weeks, I have been so busy getting ready for workshops, Create and Craft shows and designing new products that I have not had time to even show you what I have been playing with.......

 

So I thought that I would show you some of the samples that I made for our last Imagination Crafts program last Saturday.....

I designed a couple of stamp sets 'Time Flies' and 'Time Flies Accessories and I really got stuck in playing around with the stuff that I love..... 'Altered Art'......so let's take a peek......

 

This is just three of the samples that I made and loved every minute of it.......

 

 

The clock canvas, we featured the mdf clocks during the show......

 

 

Close ups.....

 

 

A lovely bit of Imagination Crafts crackle medium going on I the background.....

 

  

 

My altered bottle.....my first one and boy there will be many more......

 

 

And then the mdf clock......

 

 

Close up.....

 

 

I hope that you like my altered inspiration today, have a great weekend and I will be back soon....

 

Big hugs Lisa B xxx

 

 

 



Technique Tuesday - Reversed, Resisted Glazed Tile......

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Good Morning All,

 

How are we all today out in the crafty world?

Three weeks on the trot ehh but will it last....I hope so....

 

I thought I would show you a little technique that I discovered a little while back whilst playing around with three of my favourite things....stencils. inks and embossing powders.....

 

   I like to use to reverse a negative stencil image and then make it look like a glazed tile.

I have used one of my favourite IndigoBlu stamps the honeycomb background and an IndigoBlu stencil called daisy border to create the tile......

 

Here’s how it was done……..

 

I first cut myself a 5″ square of super smooth card stock. I inked up the honeycomb stamp with some Antique Linen distress ink and stamped across the centre of the card…..

 

Then using a blending tool I added Antique Linen Distress ink around the edges of the card…..I then laid the stencil over the piece of card, lining it up with the bottom and taped it to my mat. Then take a clear emboss pad or versamark ink and cake the ink direct from the pad over the exposed card areas, making sure that you cover all the areas…..

 

Next take some clear embossing powder, I used Wow superfine clear powder (my favourite) ,

remove the stencil and then add the powder generously and knock off the excess as shown below…..

 

Heat the powder to create a shiny resist on the background, you can just about see it below…..

I then took a Bundled Sage Distress Ink and inked in the exposed areas of the background to highlight the stencil shape and form……

 

It is a good idea at this point to lay the stencil in front of you to get an idea of the design on the stencil properly before adding more detail……

 

 

I then started adding more colour with Distress Inks, starting with Mustard Seed using a small piece of cut'n'dry foam to apply it through the resisted background taking care to wipe off any excess ink with kitchen roll…..

 

I then added some Dried Marigold and finally Tumbled Glass to the butterfly and base….

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Play around with the inks until you get your desired effect…..

 

Then to capture the colour and seal it in to the tile, again cake the whole piece of card with the clear emboss pad or Versamark and add  clear embossing powder on top as below….

 

Heat set with your heat gun and then repeat the process again until you get a beautiful liquid shine!

 

A little closer look at the shine on it…….

 

I then matted and layered it on to orange and cream card……

 

And there we have it, let me know what you think and why not have a go yourself, it is a great technique with lovely results!

 

Well that is all for now from me, have a great day….

Big hugs

 Lisa B xxx