Harry v's Dementors - Dancing With The Beast - AVSC

Hi all,

How are you all going!, Are you loving this month's theme as we all are..

I brought the Harry Potter die of Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft awhile ago and wanted to use it for one of these projects so I created a tag.. 

 Theme:

Harry Potter v's Twilight  

'Dancing With The Beast'

The Dementors are after Harry but he knows what he is doing 'Expecto Patronum'.

 I die cut a tag from the Stacked Tags die by Tim Holtz and matted it twice with different papers from the gorgeous paper collection..

I know right, dementos do not have eyes that we can see but these nasty ones do. I die cut them from the Frightful Things die set out of some black sparkly card.

 I die cut Harry in several shades and paper pieced him together.   I also cut a black doily in half to adhere to the side of the paper. I die cut the broom in two colours and placed it in front of some cobweb. A few spiders with big big backs (eek!) are after Harry as well.

 I wanted a little something extra for the background so used the Crackle 3D embossing folder from Sizzix. I really like how it worked with such a busy paper.

 Lots of Dimensional Magic and Kindy Glitz helped finish off the tag with a little dyed ribbon for the top..

 Products are:

Witches & Wizards Paper Collection - Echo Park Paper Co

Dimensional Magic - Mod Podge

Stacked Tags Dies - Tim Holtz

Harry Potter Die - Warner Bros

Harry Potter Washie Tape - Paper House -STWA-0051

Frightful Things - Tim Holtz Sizzix 

Paper Doilies - Beetle Black - Doodlebug Design Inc

Black Iridescent Spray - Kaisercraft Mists 

3D Embossing Folder  'Crackle' - Tim Holtz

Kindy Glitz.

You get a great discount on all products used by the Creative team this month..

You can purchase the items HERE

and check out the facebook group to see everything the Creative Team will be creating 
throughout October. 

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things.

Hugs

Donna xx

My FaceBook page Donna's Fun Stuff HERE 

My Pinterest page Donmaree HERE

My Youtube Channel HERE

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Poppy in a Frame - Lest We Forget - Couture Creations

Hi all,

Today I wanted to show you a card I created using the wonderful Lest We Forget Collections

 with Couture Creations.. I love this collection as it brings back memories from my dad 

and is a great way to remember all our returned service people.  

I embossed a piece of cardstock twice with the Heart Ease Frame CO724378  embossing folder. 

I cut the middle piece out of the second embossed cardstock and adhered it on the centre of the card front with 3D foam tape. 

I adhered the fussy cut poppy on the centre with 3D foam tape..

I die cut the Lest We Forget die 4 times in white cardstock and once in a glitter grey cardstock. I adhered them together off centring the last white on top of the grey so it gives a shadow effect.. 

This frame is just gorgeous and there are so many uses for it..

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things..

Hugs

Donna xx

You can purchase all the Lest We Forget Collection products from https://couturecreations.com.au/

My Blog: http://funtobehadhere.blogspot.com/

Products Used:

CO727677 Papers 3

CO727675 Papers 1

CO727676 Papers 2

CO727682 Standing Pappies Mini Die Set

CO727695 Growing Together Mini Stamp

CO727690 Anzac Day DIe

CO727687 Cross Mini Die

CO727689 Lest We Forget Die

CO727706 Papers 7

CO727692 poppy Leaves Mini Stamp

CO727684 Standing Vigil Man Die

CO727686 Slouch Hat Mini DIe

CO727693 Boots Mini Stamp

CO727700 Anzac Day Mini Stamp 

CO727696 Eternal Flame Die 

CO727697 Memorial Mini Stamp

CO727681 Layered Poppy Mini Die

CO727691 Open Poppy Mini Stamp

CO727698 Bugle Mini Stamp

CO726809 Craft Knife

CO725159 Scissors

CO727162 Precision Tweezers

CO725372 Adhesive Pearls Chocolate

CO724642 Emerald Green Pearls

CO723779 Self Adhesive White Foam Squares

CO721985 Double Sided Tape 6mm

CO725376 Adhesive Pearls Cream

CO724643 Stunning Silver Pearls

Three Card Swap - AVSC - March

Hi all,

Join us over at Aunty Vera's Scrap and Craft  AVSC for our March Challenge which is Create Three Cards with different techniques with the themes: Friendship, Birthday and Open.. These are mine for the challenge..

Card 1.  Friendship - I love the medium of Encaustic Art which is a wax.. I just love that there are never the two the same and each piece is unique.. I added a mat behind the art piece to highlight it, I added three black pearls and a Tim Holtz Gold sticker 'Quotations'.

 A close up of the gold in the wax. just gorgeous in real life..

Card 2.  Birthday.. I die cut the small Tattered Floral dies by Tim Holtz several times and adhered it to the watercolour card mat.  Using the blending tools I blended Fossilized Amber, Crushed Olive, Mermaid Lagoon, Dusty Concord, Pickled Raspberry Distress Inks over the front of the card and blended it together with a little water on a brush.. I then splashed some white paint over and let it dry..  

Using a black pen I doodles around some of the flowers and leaves and drew tiny circles in some of the flower centres.. Stamping the bird and crown from Shabby French by Tim Holtz on to watercolour paper using the same inks as the background. I then fussy cut both items and added gold pearls to the crown.. The quote is from the Crazy Talk Collection - Tim Holtz and embossed with Hero Arts Satin Pearl embossing powder on black cardstock..  

I created another card for a video tutorial and run into so many problems, all I could do was laugh out loud.. This is that card, same as above but more vibrant in colours.. I used a chalk marker to make little dots around the quote.. 

Card 3 Open.. I love this technique of using Distress Oxide Inks on photo paper, Again it is a medium that is unique in every piece.. I stamped the quote from 'How About Never' from Dyan Reaveley - Ranger; rearranged the quotes, placed the on 3D foam tape and laced them on the front after inking around the edge in black.. I then added three silver pearls to finish the card.. 

I Inked around the quote in black after embossing it in black embossing powder. A little blue and pink on the front of the words brings it all together.. 

All the products except the Encaustic Art waxes are available from Aunty Vera Store.. AVSC

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things

Hugs

Donna xx

Filigree Ornaments - Stars in The Bright Sky - AVSC

Hi all,

This month is going so fast it scares me to know Christmas is literally only weeks away..

I love the papers and goodies I received from Aunty Vera this December and I adored the Filigree Nativity Ornament die from Cottage Cutz.

I had in mind from the start what I was going to create with this die but as always the mind does it's own thing and off it goes down a different track lol..

To start with I die cut the top layer then cut 4 from white cardstock..

With the top die cuts I inked them with Versamark Ink .

I did 2 coats of the White Satin Pearl Embossing Powder to give it a beautiful shiny look..

With the patterned tops I coated them in 2 layers of clear embossing powder..

The six together, do you see the gloss of the embossing powders. 

I adhered 4 of the white die cuts together and then the top gloss die cut..

I was pretty much going to leave it as that with ribbon and flowers but it just didn't look right so I looked at the paper and yep I traced around the ornament and cut it out.. 

After adhering it together, I punched a hole in the handle to tie a ribbon on it and sprayed some glitter over the whole thing to give it some 'sparkle'. I then placed two bling to finish it off..

I love these pearl brads that I have had for a long time but only had silver which is ok for the silver poinsettia's but for the gold not so good.. 

Out comes a copic marker and I now have a gold brad..

The finished Filigree ornaments for my little tree..

The poinsettia die is from DooHicky..

My favourite one, I love this for some reason..

I love love these stars from the master of creation Tim Holtz and decided to use this for the top of my little tree.. I am going to be cutting out more to place throughout the tree so keep your eye out..

My little tree

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things.

Hugs

Donna xx

Products 

echo-park-away-in-a-manger-collection-kit/

echo-park-away-in-a-manger-12x12-co-ordinating-solids-paper-pack/

tim-holtz-idea-ology-stickers-clippings-christmas-2018/

3-d-impresslits-die-embossing-folder-radiant/

tim-holtz-idea-ology-tiny-bells-2017/

dress-it-up-button-embellishments-a-choir-of-angels/

cottage-cutz-elites-die-filigree-nativity-ornament/

embossing/hero-arts-embossing-powder/

aunty-vera-washi-tape-hope-pray-faith-joy-set-of-3-tapes/

You get a great discount on all products used by the Creative team this month..

You can purchase the items HERE

and check out the group to see everything the Creative Team will be creating throughout June..

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/AuntyVeraScrapandCraft/ HERE

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My FaceBook page Donna's Fun Stuff HERE 

My Pinterest page Donmaree HERE

My Youtube Channel HERE

My Blog HERE

And don't to forget to say hi on Instagram donna.triffitt

Harry;s Bookshelf Part 2 - Dance Like a HippoGriff - Harry Potter - AVSC

Hi all,

Here are some little items I created to go on Harry's Bookshelf..
Beware this is a heavy photo post though it is interesting..

First one was a broom before the Nimbus 2000.. I made this by using a twig from out side and some spear grass.. I love how it turned out and think it is cute as.. (btw spear grass is called that for a reason lol).

I made mini wands.. 

I started out with chopsticks that I cut into smaller pieces..

 I placed dobs of hot glue over the sticks and let dry..

I cut them down to size and painted them black with acrylic ink.

I then rubbed over the raised areas with Inka Gold when dry..

Cute as..

I had some little glass bottles in my stash so thought what is magic without glass bottles to hold all the weird stuff.. I love this washie tape here that I wrapped around the bottle..

Some String, metal embellishments, eyes and interesting stuff makes these bottle interesting.. 

Using a little cork, I scooped the inside out and placed some black ink into it with a quill pen made from a feather with a leather binding.. It does actually work..

I had some smoosh ink from my stash that is yonks old and gone funny but it was perfect for this large bead as it created a marbled effect. I sat it on a sprocket to give some stability.. I wonder what my future holds in this glass ball? mmm looks a bit cloudy to me..

What is a cupboard with out the scrolls and all the wonderful spells cast on them..

I tore little bits of coffee stained paper in to squares and rolled them up.. I tied them with a little string and inked the edges.. 

I made these little books.

I cut pieces of homemade paper at 7 inches x 1 1/4 inches and scored every 1 inch.

I inked all the folds and then folded in a concertina style.

I adhered every second page together to give this star shape.

I made the cover a little bit bigger and glues the pages onto the cover.. I found these little book covers on pinterest ages ago so printed them out to fit the book..

I tied some of the books with string and others left as is.. I did ink all the edges to give an aged look.

I had this metal key in my stash and had brought these wings from Aunty Vera months ago. Here 

How perfect were these two together. I wonder if this was the key that opened THE door???

Ok, now this is something I created just because I thought it could be interesting

What is it used for? well could be a time machine!!

I inked a metal snowflake and jump rings with VersaMark ink. (Yes I know, a dirty ink pad)

Using this gorgeous Ranger Mixed Media Powder - Hammered Here 

I heat embossed the items.. This was totally an experiment but I am happy to report it was brilliant..

I found I had to totally coat the metal embellishments to make it work.. 

And VOILA. How utterly gorgeous are these...

I adore how this clock turned out.. I lost some fine details but that was ok with me.. I placed a plain metal cog on it to place the hands for contrast.

My dangler thingy uses the metal snowflake, the embossed rings, beads, wire and metal findings as well a a couple of buttons to help it all stand..

I really like it.

I had an old frame in my stash so I cut a photo out of Dobby and placed it in the frame which I had stained with alcohol inks. The frame of Professor Dumbledore I got when they had the pins in the local newspaper..

I made this plaque from clay and a mold.. I painted it with black acrylic paint and rubbed over it with Inka Gold Here  once dry..A red bling and gold nuvo drops here to finish off the crown and its done..

I found these book spines on the net, printed them off and cut them out individually. I then adhered them on a piece of cardboard that I folded behind it to give a double thickness. I then adhered it on the 'wall' so they appeared stacked.. As I was going to place things in front of them I didn't worry that they looked like they were 'floating'    

I love this film strip and thought why not recycle. I used the packaging the Vignette Box here 

came in behind the frame - perfect..

The Finished Harry's Cupboard...

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things.

Hugs

Donna xx

Products are:

Harry Potter Papers - Paper House Here

Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Die - Here

Washie Tape pack Patronus - Paper House Here

Harry Potter Sticky Pix Faux Enamel Pin Stickers - Paper House Here

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Vignette Set - Divided Box Here

Kaisercraft Die and Stamp Set - Noted Here

Ranger Mixed Media Powder - Hammered Here

You get a great discount on all products used by the Creative team this month..

You can purchase the items HERE

and check out the group to see everything the Creative Team will be creating throughout June..

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/AuntyVeraScrapandCraft/ HERE

.............................................................

My FaceBook page Donna's Fun Stuff HERE 

My Pinterest page Donmaree HERE

My Youtube Channel HERE

My Blog HERE

And don't to forget to say hi on Instagram donna.triffitt