Swaps and Things

 Hi all,

I write this blog simply because it is mine and I feel I can place anything here and not get judged by it..

I created a few things for swaps so here they are..

Open card for the month

Recipe #4 

Napkin swap

Toilet Roll Album

Recipe swap #3

Hexagon Embellishments

ATC paperclip for the Month of May

I hope you enjoy these

Hugs

Donna xx

Halloween ATCoins - HHSMA

 Hi all, 

Another swap for me with HHSMA 

I am in a Facebook group called 

Handmade Happy Mail Swaps Australia  

This swap was for three ATCoins which is Artist Trading Coins. They measure 2 1/2 inches round and the swap was for Halloween. I created these and made pockets to house them in. I added a flower made from crepe paper with a gold sparkly centre. Tooo much fun to have..  

 I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things

Hugs

Donna xx

Four Drawers - HHMSA Swap

 Hi all,

I am in a Facebook group called 

Handmade Happy Mail Swaps Australia  

One of our themes was Matchbox drawers. Here is my take on this theme, I used four drawers and made the sides with pattern paper and placed pockets each side to place some goodies in. I filled the drawers with ribbon, bling, flowers and ephemera.. A few paperclips on the side to keep the paper in and a little pop up card on top and it is finished. I loved creating this, it was so much fun..

 I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things

Hugs

Donna xx

I received my swap from my partner and it is gorgeous. Thank you Francisca. 

Paperclip Swap January to June 2021

Hi all,

I cannot believe that the first six months of this year has already gone.. Over on the Paperclip Art Group the time has come for our six months swap. I was lucky in the draw to have a very talented lady in the USA. But the postage cost to send these little things was huge lol. I sure hope she like them.. 

PaperClip Art Group here...

January - June 2021

January - Word for the year.

February - 

March - Fabric Scraps

April - Teal

May - Paperclip on a Paperclip

June - Hobby of crafting

 Hugs Donna x

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

Christmas Toilet Roll Book - CRDU

Hi all,

My final swap for the year with Craft Room Down Under and it's a beauty.. A five page toilet roll book to do with Christmas.. I had so much fun with all of this and I hope my
swap partner Sharon enjoys it..

I combined old school Christmas images and recipes and I love the paper I used for
this little book  - Kaisercraft  -Yule Collection. 

Warning: photo heavy post !!

Now I'm not sure how you make yours but mine is simple as lol..
I roll my toiler rolls (empty hehe) through my Cuttlebug and then sit them under something heavy for a couple of days..  I then paint the edges of all toilet rolls, in this case white, then measure the paper for each side and make a template for the holes that the rings go in.. (see simple)

note: I like to make each page a different paper so I don't wrap my paper around the toilet roll; but saying that you can certainly do so if you like..

I inked around my pages before adhering them on to the rolls..

I made these using the 1/4 inch and the 1/2 inch punch. It reinforces the holes so they don't tear.. 

Punch the 1/4 inch first.

Line up the 1/2 inch over the 1/4 inch hole and punch Voila !!  To make it easy just turn the punch up side down to see where to punch..

I wanted covers for my little book so I cut 2 pieces of scrap cardboard a bit bigger than the pages, 

 I then cut  pieces of paper 1/2 inch bigger than that. I cut my corners as shown. 

Hint: Use a stylus to go around the edges of the cardboard so the paper folds easier..

I cut a piece of paper to cover the insides.

I used the template to match up the holes and placed eyelets in the holes to hold the rings..

I fussy cut a holly with berries from the paper and inked around the edges with distress ink.. I had a scrap of paper left over so I used that to give the cover some contrast colour. Using 3D foam tape I adhered the holly, the heart and the sign on the front as shown.  Lots of ribbon and the book is finished..

Through out the book I used glitter and dimensional magic to give sparkle and shine..

I placed recipes on the front of the tags and added a tab to pull them out..

On the back of the tags I placed old style Christmas images and thought they look brilliant..

The book is quite chunky so I added a belly-band to keep it closed..

The First page..

A brad holds three little pictures of the season..

The second and third pages...

I fussy cut this holly and berries like it is because it was on the edge of the paper and I thought I can add something behind that lol.. The words are from Tim Holtz Sticker Clippings - Christmas..

A grass diecut holds a flower infused handmade paper with a recipe printed on it.. By the way I don't use cocoa powder now since the kids prefer milo lol..

The fourth and fifth page: 

I used twine to hold recipes in a concertina style. 

A corner and a little deco and its all done..

The sixth and seventh page..

I love this tea pot and cup border and thought it looked perfect in a recipe book..

This one is interesting as it is merry christmas folded in a mixed concertina style and pops up when the ribbon is opened..

The eighth and ninth page..

I adore the picture so I added some glitter for the snow and some golden corners.

I added a pocked and snowflake to hold a little saying..

The tenth page and back cover..

I wanted this page to be simple but effective.. and I love that christmas tree die..

The back cover which I would like to say Merry Christmas everyone and may there be peace on earth in the future..

I hope I have inspired you
to create glorious things.
Hugs
Donna xx