tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41407783587090996882024-03-06T20:01:19.614+00:00It's a Creative WorldA Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-36175637396937880082008-01-01T18:14:00.000+00:002007-11-30T12:49:29.274+00:00We have moved!!<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;">YAY!!</span>
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<div align="center">We have moved to our <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.typepad.com/its_a_creative_world/">NEW HOME</a> :)
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<div align="center">And to <span style="color:#3333ff;">celeBRate</span> the move we have a <span style="color:#3333ff;">prIZe givEAway</span>.</div>
<div align="center">All comments received on the new typepad blog on Friday the 30th of November and Saturday the 1st of December, will be entered into a lucky dipper draw!!
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<div align="center">And there is more :)
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<div align="center">Loads of you have asked for a 'button' to put on your own blogs, and here it is!!
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<div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138333420406079442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NoTkZ4NlESqwVBc6chMmSUXpybRKOFwEneoclKBQKXMU6bcgmbLR63jBAprF5rxEuA_LGGnO4_qbC0c9BaHhBu7gwsGbOUyVK5dBI-bcuZ1iWQH-myqvZwHMAOrTKwMf_4w_NFRJOHog/s320/Im-a-creative-girl-button.jpg" border="0" />
<p align="center">A massive thanks to Di! who has co-ordinated this move and worked out how to bring all our old posts with us!
And of couse all our readers, who make IACW the place it is!! You ladies are too cool!!</p>
<p align="center">See you soon!!
The creAtive girls!
xx</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-59375442682607527412007-11-29T01:00:00.000+00:002007-11-29T07:48:34.044+00:00Money Card!Hello everybody! Joanne here again. Like many teenagers, my 14 year old nephew has asked for money for Christmas to save up and buy the latest computer games. With this in mind I thought I would challenge myself to come up with a card, suitable for a teenage boy, incorporating money in some way. This is what I came up with:
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<div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137832897802305458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmPhYGQs49hIpawNLx9F81FAQGpbRPDsTwvcuCiwxjETAKBz6RvEARq7qGxJnM8M-T7-tSBOzfURRwFJgiGHDZzeF14RG_BCbNr-A7ifPhkacyKSxbcfky1dBUbNdaXF4fk3XH3-xBHyS/s320/2007_1128Image0004.JPG" border="0" />
<div>Not very Christmassy, I grant you. But perfect for a skate mad teenage boy, I think!</div><div></div>
<div>The card itself is very simple to do. I took a 15cm x 15cm ready made black card blank and onto that attached a 14cm x 14cm piece of Basic Grey Skate Shoppe "Kickflip" patterned paper, having inked all the edges in charcoal chalk ink first.</div>
<div></div><div>The actual skull and cross bones were freehand drawn onto white card and cut out. I then crumpled them up and distressed them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Weathered Wood and again, inked the edges with charcoal chalk ink. </div><div> </div><div>Co-ordinating embroidery floss was used to attach to metal buttons onto the skull and also to tie the £5 notes onto the bones. </div>
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137833168385245122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm35P2PNqZC0BdwpnTtybFqpGIchZRRsGNfDE501ve6eXtcgxNVFsSW-sxtdxscu_FVHjB6LCl5An1WfuewcsAREgYIO1KbXXGEpNga4B8DO6iECPQcWfxMxNmJK76bNPEN6VD3QpIG4CO/s320/2007_1128Image0008.JPG" border="0" />
<div></div><div>The skull and cross bones were then attached to the card and it was done! </div><div> </div><div>This design could obviously be used for a birthday card and I think is more fun than just sticking the money inside the card (plus with the money being actually attached to the card less chance of it getting lost!)</div>
<div></div><div>I hope you enjoy this card and I'll see you soon!</div>
<div></div><div>Joanne xxx</div></div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-88547269968163632272007-11-28T22:32:00.000+00:002007-11-28T12:13:45.450+00:00Faux mini canvas<div align="center"></div>
<p align="center">We are so very excited to welcome the fabulously talented Lousette Ashton back to It's a creative world. I shall hand you over to Lousette and let her weave her magic.</p><p align="center">
A long time ago I bought several packs of small, very cheap IKEA photo frames, you know the ones that are 3 for £1 or something silly like that. I had grandiose ideas for them, but nothing ever came of it and they sat in a box under my bed for years (literally).</p><p align="center">
Then one day I saw a beautiful photo printed onto a canvas in a restaurant, and decided to have a go at making my own mini photo canvas using cotton printable fabric from Crafty Computer papers. These little faux canvasses are cute as gifts, and also great for photos that are maybe not good enough for normal printing as the texture of the cotton disguises grain or other flaws.</p><p align="center"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137656520675327906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KzhBNmna0rMqBpHFUxs7Xwow2TrihNjifUf2GVe5QT_9TtXokAiD7213a-Qx_5P-HFI-aP9eQmJ4xwgV5-oEjrYH3r1WN2vWr2xlB_swNj3czE6bKnD8eu2k7DfAIK0pjUgAvo4M_8-w/s320/image-9.jpg" border="0" />
<p align="center">You will need:
Small wooden picture frame
Plain white cardstock
Spray mount or Photo mount
Printable cotton sheet
Double sided tape
Tacky, PVA or other wet glue
Scissors and craft knife
</p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653415413972818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlZN3mdMVB2Bxg7dfPNP5JTvRHz6VYtuwg5uEjBqGONs-VUXxrybgtQPoXARZ3ZihezRTxR4LQr-YWGY58u7eFd9vwEvkMajt8YjzpGRNf3CjImljDP3yc5I4xo8e_7FLy1gjBv0e9ubk/s320/image-1.jpg" border="0" /> </div>
<div align="center">Step 1 </div><div align="center"></div>
<div align="center">Remove the glass form the photo frame. If you have a very dark coloured frame you might want to give it a quick coat with white acrylic paint. </div>
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<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPWF7NFxr2IeCtGcFSnM-KaLDaGnkNz_EjjpkI-95AOxhWpEmZeGs8OXBM3iBajcXXzkMWh-2BdQqaAgTC8voJ799KCx9KuWQu_z3FitLUBkVAmHQEWw_6gKX4hEgT9860QmSRCH9Jf7q/s1600-h/image-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653432593842018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPWF7NFxr2IeCtGcFSnM-KaLDaGnkNz_EjjpkI-95AOxhWpEmZeGs8OXBM3iBajcXXzkMWh-2BdQqaAgTC8voJ799KCx9KuWQu_z3FitLUBkVAmHQEWw_6gKX4hEgT9860QmSRCH9Jf7q/s320/image-2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>
<p align="center">Step 2
Measure the outside dimensions of the frame. Crop a photo to these exact dimensions and print out onto cotton paper. I find it sometimes help to adhere the cotton to a sheet of ordinary printer paper using removable adhesive. Although the cotton has a backing sheet attached to it, it is still quite thin and my printer couldn’t feed the sheet properly on its own.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7C9V4IKGAhJzynPLFxuxPXUVEk4vjb4pejOK_Z_vZo2hbIhxhiZ9RCeynUlqdU9CDYj40octxd7dlWRMIDweO8bxfGzpD8JrPnZzjcuxWC9jW9rlTJUALrAmOAgLRvwHO1jQ_aHtc3CI/s1600-h/image-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653432593842034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7C9V4IKGAhJzynPLFxuxPXUVEk4vjb4pejOK_Z_vZo2hbIhxhiZ9RCeynUlqdU9CDYj40octxd7dlWRMIDweO8bxfGzpD8JrPnZzjcuxWC9jW9rlTJUALrAmOAgLRvwHO1jQ_aHtc3CI/s320/image-3.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Step 3
Use double sided tape to cover the front of the frame with plain white cardstock. Trim the cardstock to size. (I always use a bigger piece of card and then trim afterwards using my craft knife instead of cutting the cardstock to size first).</p>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvrLOY85-Y764ErD0EodTR1KVSsIu4aHBFTUFIU8eNX7mE5lxlWPEJF3NM2rOai-IUclfvvz7pGItBlycqfIWnCy9hHb8a2nxPAGwhsTPqhuWAYYVVExWjrH6tznVikZKxivK0e9iUSi9/s1600-h/image-4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653441183776642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvrLOY85-Y764ErD0EodTR1KVSsIu4aHBFTUFIU8eNX7mE5lxlWPEJF3NM2rOai-IUclfvvz7pGItBlycqfIWnCy9hHb8a2nxPAGwhsTPqhuWAYYVVExWjrH6tznVikZKxivK0e9iUSi9/s320/image-4.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Step 4 & 5
Spray the cardstock with photo mount, remove the backing sheet from the cotton and drape over the frame. The photo mount gives you the chance to reposition the image until it is perfectly placed. Press down gently to make sure the cotton adheres to the cardstock.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkGvVHhX6E9hGUPQ8zXcCd1qLC22LShRYiV5FJ76BAhyphenhyphenQUuu4ZQF8Va-oeg0okMNYlspAOLZFJJsI0xsc1QfEhh4G-LzQ5pqafA82UmSNp3FhhyphenhyphenUS0sTMlvqCiYTyM5_e9BijwOQ7duQd/s1600-h/image-5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653441183776658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkGvVHhX6E9hGUPQ8zXcCd1qLC22LShRYiV5FJ76BAhyphenhyphenQUuu4ZQF8Va-oeg0okMNYlspAOLZFJJsI0xsc1QfEhh4G-LzQ5pqafA82UmSNp3FhhyphenhyphenUS0sTMlvqCiYTyM5_e9BijwOQ7duQd/s320/image-5.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Step 6
Cover the sides of the frame with double sided tape and fold the cotton over. Make sure it is nice and taut. Fold each side over onto the back of the frame, mark with a pencil and trim off the excess cotton.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHu_oczP6wqfvmVcCJFcbPcO4fpFkbVXOHP_GuCR-lRgyQRlAtl0pWd2ZsdyCgCgEA2GCrcE5rnqGJ05IQEqMju8wYyUf_PgA7OHPLWF3AeeudcOPRn9olAvBckkhb_aw2qN_u_RTddtn/s1600-h/image-6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653076111556370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHu_oczP6wqfvmVcCJFcbPcO4fpFkbVXOHP_GuCR-lRgyQRlAtl0pWd2ZsdyCgCgEA2GCrcE5rnqGJ05IQEqMju8wYyUf_PgA7OHPLWF3AeeudcOPRn9olAvBckkhb_aw2qN_u_RTddtn/s320/image-6.jpg" border="0" /></a>
Step 7 & 8
Use double sided tape to finally glue the remaining cotton onto the back of the frame, making sure the corners are tucked neatly on the sides. Glue the excess fabric of the corners down onto the back with tacky glue. Hold for a few seconds until the fabric stays in place.</p>
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<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqsHnQgLTlydvn5xSi5Djqr8yturpbGKp56lTeNARY-VkKhexXEUAGZJWCCqTfGnBC32I9Zx1By8u7io8Hhi7QHVXl1U0gC3JPeiabRQ_BqLqeC1Bo4UvbjUohD7bvtjDEhaNgpsIpAz0/s1600-h/image-7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653080406523682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqsHnQgLTlydvn5xSi5Djqr8yturpbGKp56lTeNARY-VkKhexXEUAGZJWCCqTfGnBC32I9Zx1By8u7io8Hhi7QHVXl1U0gC3JPeiabRQ_BqLqeC1Bo4UvbjUohD7bvtjDEhaNgpsIpAz0/s320/image-7.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SdcMD7_Udhq04dcSbRLKcXUSz1Vr6ZVzxCkAJoBexM16XasomL2ItdgEidn3oz1ajlmTVLV1sR-vWEBVbhthUM8TXDOj_oNwrlv23mvD5CgRWf4eL53lNXDcLhPqOiwFZCiTIU_5gZmX/s1600-h/image-8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653084701490994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SdcMD7_Udhq04dcSbRLKcXUSz1Vr6ZVzxCkAJoBexM16XasomL2ItdgEidn3oz1ajlmTVLV1sR-vWEBVbhthUM8TXDOj_oNwrlv23mvD5CgRWf4eL53lNXDcLhPqOiwFZCiTIU_5gZmX/s320/image-8.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Decorate the front with embellishments or rub-ons if you wish, or simply leave as is. </p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QhUH8uAVP7HEe8KPimsU-inIttvy_gotBfXHLawdXYv8ohmhDAYyo4qvdCJKIUwoRKFDEQeC542oWpZlhQztpxE3Sq-b3cdam1oydx7nnXHZXwywG8oRW8InZ52YPOt_jzoZPe2zoMpt/s1600-h/image-9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137653088996458306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QhUH8uAVP7HEe8KPimsU-inIttvy_gotBfXHLawdXYv8ohmhDAYyo4qvdCJKIUwoRKFDEQeC542oWpZlhQztpxE3Sq-b3cdam1oydx7nnXHZXwywG8oRW8InZ52YPOt_jzoZPe2zoMpt/s320/image-9.jpg" border="0" /> </a>
Thank you so much Lousette and what a fantastic gift for the children to give relatives at Christmas.</p><p align="center">If, like us, you've been inspired by Lousette please let us know. We love to see all your creations.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOo825oplEFRwl1CixRtFEWx2K5OApxiy4WOAI2t9CJAJ_CQKDnyPIpX7gsbiRGsERhCV2r6JbUSyKh8I0esToiAlWNtsBTGWXytjE9mw77hsI-4TaagK5WlsxSzS6tBKESpWX2yF7S8x/s1600-h/image-9.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:180%;">And just a reminder:
</span>We will be off line on Friday the 30th November for our move over to typepad!! Please be sure to pop back on Saturday the 1st December for the link to our new home.
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</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-17101304158930220042007-11-27T12:01:00.000+00:002007-11-26T22:56:32.057+00:00Christmas Crafts Blog Roundup<div align="center">I love looking for inspiration on the web and have a growing list of blogs that I visit - some daily and others randomly. Whilst on my blog travels I have come across some really inspirational Christmas crafts and thought I would share them with you today. It is always nice to hear that other people appreciate what you're crafting so if you do visit these blogs why not leave a comment on the blogs and brighten someones day. </div>
<div align="center"><a href="http://retrospection.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/joy.html?cid=90761552#comment-90761552">Christmas Wreath</a> by Christine Middlecamp </div><div align="center"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135272929790164626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4NSIsUOCSFw02m9rxZ8k_coeGO8ENKeVCUs5_n5CWKSaY4OlHvI45HyXIOqeQI5CPi8UmGXensftUXPHhmrFNYMapMEFLOyBYRbMH7Yd6vvPipP81FKKgz9L40b0PXeDjdtNR3aIJici/s320/wreath.jpg" border="0" />
<div align="center"><a href="http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/muse_and_amuse/2007/11/snow-family-sha.html">Snow Family Shaker Ornament</a> by Debbie Olson</div>
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135269987737566818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWD1Dias_Hj_PWrGwOjAiENsi9hJEnkNjDQiUKNQP3KS6AK7QRl4bOLw5UtL4krqEpWgsjNGU7SWzO-WoZQD_HKkm1OAwQu4VNLpCsagFTRFt9HGrONGU25j4HpBEpH3eZQ1mGEFVe_V8/s320/lkhsnowmanorn1.jpg" border="0" />
<div align="center"><a href="http://lilybeanpaperie.typepad.com/lilybeans_paperie/2007/11/sweet-sunday-sm.html">Paper tree </a>by Melissa Francis</div>
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135269992032534130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLFe75UGBpvqN9d5ZWQVZ_rtvpHI8qIzjdMcZc3zl8ufTcyD657yJts6pq3fnutb_3WvH5Paec8exS0_SVyKYdoWZuseparIn-qNoHGzLRaMOjDgwrFJbKXYDBmA0UzW-yvc-Yd6ljwdX/s320/cricuttree+lily+beans+papiere.jpg" border="0" />
<div align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoneybrook/2050276449/">Advent Calender </a>by StoneyBrook</div>
<div align="center"><a href="http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/cg_display.asp?cmd=display&seed_id=22565">Button Tree</a> by Tia Bennett
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135269996327501442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSP-TUz5W22yncOMW3m83knsLVoxDuEoULRIJgwiFSqhJzAYAzqLeJFaGR5JqlnZY-h7xR44eagk6K4SPCwd9PvlctNIwF77MQCSIaiGTwGE_HuvSuZHrNElFM5s6uBhdQMRiRi6fSa0jE/s320/tia+bennets+tree.jpg" border="0" />
If you feel inspired to get crafty for Christmas, leave us a comment with a link to your work so we can all come and take a peek!!</div>
<p align="center">Love from Andrea xx </p><p align="center">Today we also say a big haPPy birTHday to our very own Di!!
from all the creAtive girls :)
xx</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-43108298675121381462007-11-26T02:50:00.000+00:002007-11-26T00:48:55.911+00:00Are these still in fashion? Who Cares!<div align="center">Hi from Di on <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">moving day</span></strong>. Yes today is the day my packers move in to pack up my home. <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Woo Hoo. </span></strong>
</div><div align="center">So what would you rather be <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">cold</span></strong> or <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">cosy</span></strong>??? Me, I prefer cosy, and believe some things that seem to go in and out of fashion can be worn <em>fashionably</em> and are ALWAYS cosy.
</div><div align="center">I made this poncho for Caz a few years back and decided this year to make another for me for my trip to England.
</div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafa0TXcz-VSLgulKHc-ci18uh9VufoRSXLdVlDqSuBAAG0_zRutcA00WKcyMi-kCNbDmMfklX4d-Ry_Zf7DpQokD0Ebu6qk9904-csfiEVNXk8dK-P-mXa2RGI_gpqeryw2U7P2YZv1Sk/s1600-h/Caz+poncho.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132897830055345378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafa0TXcz-VSLgulKHc-ci18uh9VufoRSXLdVlDqSuBAAG0_zRutcA00WKcyMi-kCNbDmMfklX4d-Ry_Zf7DpQokD0Ebu6qk9904-csfiEVNXk8dK-P-mXa2RGI_gpqeryw2U7P2YZv1Sk/s320/Caz+poncho.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p>
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<p align="center">All you need is a big pile of double knitting wool. Yes bigger than this. And get yourself a 4.0 mm crochet hook.
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<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUqwCKkmXir2p1CeV0fAPqa1mAA3QE3R7gSDxarrFwWiSBFXZjSPGMyr1mXcsv1CCy-Yv4Bf5eCZhRLEGRxg5CHxuh1OoVHvgyhWTp5wmjw2WjXXlrmA1HOW1c8sNXa2673BP4kwzgJrM/s1600-h/Poncho.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132897533702601938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUqwCKkmXir2p1CeV0fAPqa1mAA3QE3R7gSDxarrFwWiSBFXZjSPGMyr1mXcsv1CCy-Yv4Bf5eCZhRLEGRxg5CHxuh1OoVHvgyhWTp5wmjw2WjXXlrmA1HOW1c8sNXa2673BP4kwzgJrM/s320/Poncho.jpg" border="0" /></a> For an adult we start with 96 chain then slip stich into the first chain to form a circle. </div>
<div align="center">Then into the same slip stich make 3 DC (double crochet) 2 CH (chain) and 3 DC to form the first corner.
</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4NiJvNyLZyQkm6Yb2dyeAHPZXvBiu8BkEKNn7ytR_ig-x7CdxTSqhl5ZCzHDIEO9Ye7UgYtquHd6wUrqaVxhqhaWaSegPwpgg-riLt-zot2vt-uKXPUtCUUfcAMW2aS-lc37iSTjgLFG/s1600-h/Poncho+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132896898047442114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4NiJvNyLZyQkm6Yb2dyeAHPZXvBiu8BkEKNn7ytR_ig-x7CdxTSqhl5ZCzHDIEO9Ye7UgYtquHd6wUrqaVxhqhaWaSegPwpgg-riLt-zot2vt-uKXPUtCUUfcAMW2aS-lc37iSTjgLFG/s320/Poncho+1.jpg" border="0" /></a>
Then skip 2 chain and 3 DC into the next chain and repeat 6 times.
Now make the SECOND corner skip 2 chain and 3DC 2 CH and 3 DC into the next chain.
Then skip 2 chain and 3 DC into the next chain and repeat 6 times.
Now make the THIRD corner skip 2 chain and 3DC 2 CH and 3 DC into the next chain.
Then skip 2 chain and 3 DC into the next chain and repeat 6 times.
Now make the FOURTH corner skip 2 chain and 3DC 2 CH and 3 DC into the next chain.Then skip 2 chain and 3 DC into the next chain and repeat 6 times.
You should now be back t the FIRST corner!!!
Slip stitch into the top of the 1st DC and across the next 2 DCs.
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<div align="center">WOW you have completed the first round!!!
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NzJQWLxs9_H_uyGqCdoKQXuIbCVn_0o7uNmrX-lfQOH7xgwk4yZYYHi8KCRfwb8GdQeTatC58mSlb6Q5JqqRWeaa9lSl9WyINzeQfYzr9jGd3LQ4KT8ZrxZcUpf2teleCM0Q-Zd8IvcA/s1600-h/Poncho+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132895957449604274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NzJQWLxs9_H_uyGqCdoKQXuIbCVn_0o7uNmrX-lfQOH7xgwk4yZYYHi8KCRfwb8GdQeTatC58mSlb6Q5JqqRWeaa9lSl9WyINzeQfYzr9jGd3LQ4KT8ZrxZcUpf2teleCM0Q-Zd8IvcA/s320/Poncho+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>
Then just carry on going round and round keeping your corners in the right place and changing colours whenever you feel like it!!!
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeCLWCfFuxVSqTT-umTLb4_4EgGiguUhyphenhyphenHJhoAi7dPBDGbmz08YF75Uex7oTS2E1wKBOYco11Pb5zMGpWedUZK3a1JWufx6hlSquZjMVFyMICRkkkCDNTGXs6SIWGeXg7WrGdWSpYEMQ2/s1600-h/Poncho+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132895128520916130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeCLWCfFuxVSqTT-umTLb4_4EgGiguUhyphenhyphenHJhoAi7dPBDGbmz08YF75Uex7oTS2E1wKBOYco11Pb5zMGpWedUZK3a1JWufx6hlSquZjMVFyMICRkkkCDNTGXs6SIWGeXg7WrGdWSpYEMQ2/s320/Poncho+3.jpg" border="0" /></a>
I do hope you can learn to crochet!!!! If you need any help I will be in England from the 11th of December 2007 and would so like to meet you and help you get started!!!
<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">And just a reminder:</span></strong></div>
<div>We will be off line on Friday the 30th November for our move over to typepad!!
Please be sure to pop back on Saturday the 1st December for the link to our new home.
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<div>Take care and love from Di XXX</div>
</div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-69386317982423915252007-11-25T12:09:00.000+00:002007-11-24T22:13:02.017+00:00Christmas Candles<div align="center">Hi Everyone! It’s Angela here!
Continuing on our Christmas <span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>theme</strong></span>, today we have some Candles that we have decorated to show you.
First are <span style="color:#cc66cc;"><strong>Andrea’s </strong></span>beautiful Candles:
<img alt="" src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/GeordieGirlie/candles.jpg" border="0" />
"Very, very simple for these, I just removed the label from my Yankee candle jars, cleaned off the glue and applied some <span style="color:#006600;"><strong>festive </strong></span>rubons around the jar. As the candle burns down, it shines its light through the rubons."
Here are the ones that I made:
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/candle1.jpg" />
I embedded the stamped image into the candle – this was surprisingly easy to do. I<span style="color:#ff0000;"> </span><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">stamped</span> </strong>a Christmas themed image onto a piece of white tissue paper using Brilliance Inks, and heated this just to make it set, then trimmed around the image quite closely. Once I had done this I used a glue stick to adhere the tissue to the candle, just to hold it in place, and then heated the candle using a heat gun. As the candle is heated, the wax <span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>melts </strong></span>and covers over the image, incasing it in the wax. You need to be careful doing this as it can get very hot. Then while the candle was hot I rolled it on a non-stick craft sheet to try to smooth out any bumps in the candle caused by the wax dripping. It is awkward to do this and it never looks as smooth as it did when you started out!
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/candle2.jpg" />
Once the candle had cooled, I wrapped wire around one of the candles, and then wrapped ribbon around this wire. I then punched out 2 tags in contrasting colours and <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>doodled </strong></span>on it. On the other candles I punched out some Christmas trees and adhered them on (these will obviously need to be removed if you are lighting the candles!) and decorated another tag.
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/candle3.jpg" />
</div><div align="center">Jo has used a variety of candles on her Christmas table, including tea lights and small church candles with gold-sprayed mini <span style="color:#339999;"><strong>wreaths </strong></span>at the base, and has created a very simple but effective table decoration using a glass bowl filled with satsumas, gold baubles, walnuts and Christmas holly sprigs.</div>
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<div align="center"><a title="Christmas table by mamato2blondies, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60546962@N00/2057532233/"><img height="500" alt="Christmas table" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/2057532233_8f704246a5.jpg" width="333" /></a></div>
<div align="center">I hope this inspires you to have a go at making your own table decorations for Christmas, to make your table look <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>unique</strong></span>!
~angela~ </div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-17746200035233167472007-11-24T19:46:00.000+00:002007-11-23T23:23:09.296+00:00Christmas Wreath<div align="center">As Christmas fast approaches, I start to get all the decorations out and sorted ready to go up on the first Saturday of December. Which by the way is in 7 days time!!!!! </div>
<div align="center">I love to have some sort of decoration on my front door and in the past it has been a small token out of my tree decoration box.</div>
<div align="center">But this year I wanted something a little bigger and of course I had to down the 'do it myself' route too!!</div>
<div align="center">I found a plain wreath in a sale held at work (but you can buy them in stores like HobbyCraft).</div>
<div align="center">The cute little pine cone clusters were found on a tree in the countryside around my home. These were dead easy to attach.</div>
<div align="center">The holly decorations I bought in HobbyCraft, I went with two different kinds.</div>
<div align="center">And the <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/2007/11/easy-gift.html">little birdies</a> I made myself.
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<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqh8-P0hsuvtlGnFJZBX5RGJ5Omdv9G9y5hXAm0HhC2wkWceQ6m18d8hdLIwLpi6DXk5ISQ80LcIk7_tPO3MO1IAmk_egkRYHJu_aQCbn_S2qTQSpeCC0ZBzax1Vtsp3DAWRXbs9yshBQ/s1600-h/PICT0021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135732852068089538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqh8-P0hsuvtlGnFJZBX5RGJ5Omdv9G9y5hXAm0HhC2wkWceQ6m18d8hdLIwLpi6DXk5ISQ80LcIk7_tPO3MO1IAmk_egkRYHJu_aQCbn_S2qTQSpeCC0ZBzax1Vtsp3DAWRXbs9yshBQ/s320/PICT0021.JPG" border="0" /></a> And a couple of close ups.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkj4x_roBBNxSdPTVMwcsAa4u6Z5o2BTKo2LP6JHoY0R7aYRo36fzoHwYbgeqWlQhPHSkZM9v0aFoyYn7rAurQ9pKdB15BM_j1yHiCZXCXEuGwTdnnlYcKIat5vZnOQnhrbG9yKnHOFuV/s1600-h/PICT0016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135732706039201458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkj4x_roBBNxSdPTVMwcsAa4u6Z5o2BTKo2LP6JHoY0R7aYRo36fzoHwYbgeqWlQhPHSkZM9v0aFoyYn7rAurQ9pKdB15BM_j1yHiCZXCXEuGwTdnnlYcKIat5vZnOQnhrbG9yKnHOFuV/s320/PICT0016.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBKBSHdrE1QnmRVNUY-oBGHonbcBcuJZOVAOvIyhlwAH2MK776l4WIrRpV2qXr1uvac4f0XuuQAU179qFqumJJA6kNdGZ4fHFyuS5kpPlTQKA5SAXe-cWJGtb9p96ui-PXOdXWsn0Hz6U/s1600-h/PICT0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135732624434822818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBKBSHdrE1QnmRVNUY-oBGHonbcBcuJZOVAOvIyhlwAH2MK776l4WIrRpV2qXr1uvac4f0XuuQAU179qFqumJJA6kNdGZ4fHFyuS5kpPlTQKA5SAXe-cWJGtb9p96ui-PXOdXWsn0Hz6U/s320/PICT0018.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div align="center">And Di has also been busy, inspired by Trish's rag wreath. "I cut a ring from thick cardboard using a dinner plate as the template. Then just tied on strips of fabric, red felt and green ribbon." </div><div align="center"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128332545611575346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrRbJqY6-mzS8VbZnaj0gFx9bc4QtCe-vF3wT8RqxBBLyCr4PR3OnU9W4KWnZCB9svnw0SnvPgRs8ntcZ2oL7Rx9W1SqOhiez2JSN09SgbkQGzxKVYJbjgPO55nN4azRzmbwgjm4NNN29/s320/xmas+wreath.jpg" border="0" />
Then I used some left over 'tartan' fat quarters and calico for a more traditional look!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMvWZuVE2YB42449wFVN8P-zTsKP3pvOQbAxOgJfQydF7QSDCgtSJcaz6VMnrejLBHfZS1i_mVyMmLohwQS_I5CMNFv_yi6HPGQxbx1h5Qt12-71D7PoBCsOWGKf-wNzy-spCQeAdh7S0/s1600-h/xmas+wreath+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128334641555615826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMvWZuVE2YB42449wFVN8P-zTsKP3pvOQbAxOgJfQydF7QSDCgtSJcaz6VMnrejLBHfZS1i_mVyMmLohwQS_I5CMNFv_yi6HPGQxbx1h5Qt12-71D7PoBCsOWGKf-wNzy-spCQeAdh7S0/s320/xmas+wreath+4.jpg" border="0" /></a> Thanks for visiting </div><div align="center">haPPy creATing</div><div align="center">Caz</div><div align="center">xx
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<div align="center">PS</div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">A bit of news!!</span></div><div align="center">We will be off line on <span style="color:#3333ff;">Friday the 30th November</span> for our move over to <span style="color:#3333ff;">typepad</span>!!</div><div align="center">Please be sure to pop back on <span style="color:#3333ff;">Saturday the 1st December</span> for the link to our new home.</div><div align="center">And to celebrate the move we will be offering a lucky dipper prize for comments left on the new blog all day Saturday.</div><div align="center">Don't miss it!!</div>
</div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-54028974560313134502007-11-23T00:01:00.000+00:002007-11-23T07:37:36.138+00:00Winter warmers - three gloopy soups!<center><a title="soups winter warmers by mamato2blondies, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60546962@N00/2054814483/"><img height="267" alt="soups winter warmers" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/2054814483_646ecd194b_o.jpg" width="400" /></a>
As a family, we eat LOADS of soup at this time of year, both for warmth AND comfort! I find it quick, easy and convenient to throw some veggies into a pot with some stock, turn up the heat, and leave the veg to soften before blitzing the lot with my hand blender. I never follow a recipe for these soups, but they're always delicious, and really filling - even better when accompanied by some home made bread, fresh and still warm. Here are three quick and very easy recipes for soups using only seasonal veg - these all came from this week's veg box.
Jo's leek & potato soup
a dash of olive oil
an onion
four or five good sized leeks - nothing too short or skinny!
two fist-sized potatoes
vegetable stock
Put a heavy-bottomed pan over a medium heat and add a dash of olive oil (or other oil or butter, as you prefer). Finely chop an onion and add it to the oil in the pan, and let the onions sweat until soft. Peel and dice the potatoes, and add to the onions in the pan. Thoroughly clean and roughly chop the leeks - cleaning the leeks is really important as there will often be the odd bit of mud lurking somewhere beneath the layers. Add the leeks to the onion and potato in the pan, and let this mixture sweat for about five minutes to soften the veg a little, before adding about half a pint of stock. I usually make up a pint of stock, and add more as necessary, sometimes after the whole lot has been blended. Turn the heat down under the pan, cover and leave to simmer until all of the vegetables have softened enough to blitz! Once softened, the whole lot can be blended either in a liquidizer, or using a hand blender, which is what I normally do. Taste, and add pepper and salt to season, and serve with a swirl of cream and some fresh bread!
The same method can be followed for both the carrot & parsnip and the broccoli & sweet potato soups. With the carrot & parsnip I use equal quantities of each veg, and I use one medium-sized sweet potato for each head of broccoli. All of these soups can be very thick and gloopy, depending on the amount of stock you use. I like them like this, but if you find that they're too thick, add some more stock, or some skimmed milk.
My children love these soups, and they're a great way of getting veggies into reluctant veg eaters. Enjoy!</center>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-46587949033405302572007-11-22T12:01:00.000+00:002007-11-21T23:21:45.207+00:00Jingling Reindeer Cards...<div align="center">There is nothing like the sound of jingling bells to get you in the mood for Christmas so why not spread the feeling and use them on some of your special Christmas cards.
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<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoc-T4VghJcvwoCMsraGLCx-snx49mQDzk05RIZe6U2I5w-nSQwgojnOk9don_jAtrDwf_ZW1v_zlJUs3GezwMb21xYpId8LcWr8IhejQ-H2PjIxJAETeeN_P6vZqgGnNgN_WXOnnq1o/s1600-h/card.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098194424937730802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoc-T4VghJcvwoCMsraGLCx-snx49mQDzk05RIZe6U2I5w-nSQwgojnOk9don_jAtrDwf_ZW1v_zlJUs3GezwMb21xYpId8LcWr8IhejQ-H2PjIxJAETeeN_P6vZqgGnNgN_WXOnnq1o/s320/card.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Step 1</strong></div>
<div align="center">Gather together your materials
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<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgX9mWO4TZYdK8Co_i5OAYkBosc5wQlmxZY2TxFHgmi5yHT-kleNMCMgED79050J1f4kuh23310f8o4FgEyKeIxSggVorblZyRdguvUnQ64wd7H-hiETb23NTF3T6LfrY_jV1KvHIEbc/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098194429232698114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgX9mWO4TZYdK8Co_i5OAYkBosc5wQlmxZY2TxFHgmi5yHT-kleNMCMgED79050J1f4kuh23310f8o4FgEyKeIxSggVorblZyRdguvUnQ64wd7H-hiETb23NTF3T6LfrY_jV1KvHIEbc/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Papers from Dovecraft and Crafts By Carolyn, reindeer by Crafts for Christmas)</span></em><strong> </strong>
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<p align="center"><strong>Step 2</strong>
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<p align="center">Trim patterned paper to fit your card blank, edge with black chalk ink and adhere to card.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgPPVcyvxI-FI-q8SZ-lEqPuUxSjWlU2Z_4j9J7ZsUcebTnTd6IufcOML0iDv7UA0f9C7FGJoyZ3dkPNuwpjzB3k-F9EV8LtnUU7b92qEJuZh_rnJAW9XXxwT61HVJC_YbwOlSUU36nY/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098194450707534610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgPPVcyvxI-FI-q8SZ-lEqPuUxSjWlU2Z_4j9J7ZsUcebTnTd6IufcOML0iDv7UA0f9C7FGJoyZ3dkPNuwpjzB3k-F9EV8LtnUU7b92qEJuZh_rnJAW9XXxwT61HVJC_YbwOlSUU36nY/s320/2.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> Step 3</strong>
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<p align="center">Trim white cardstock to fit your reindeer, edge with black chalk ink and mat onto black gingham paper. Trim this and edge again using the black chalk ink.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOyCMGocteph8Ogd9N74CTh33c6J2TG_JcrTFvs8mezrK6Br9rG722CYqJLJvk5aaoc_rtpdlDaNFk93viVHNFIxgc2scD2-O_hTs76Co2x1t_llRZwv54SBynGOyrYVufQQgcdWFStY/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098194455002501922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOyCMGocteph8Ogd9N74CTh33c6J2TG_JcrTFvs8mezrK6Br9rG722CYqJLJvk5aaoc_rtpdlDaNFk93viVHNFIxgc2scD2-O_hTs76Co2x1t_llRZwv54SBynGOyrYVufQQgcdWFStY/s320/3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Step 4</strong></p>
<p align="center">Attach your reindeer to the card mat using strong glue (I used my trusty sticks everything glossy accents)</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsclWKJk5AxT-meAg871sow_n4CJBDLWD2_jEh42Xan-CdCawVwWAPT0MfqbsiI3NooC5Wb7lwg95hkuWlxZftSQyRdijaM0K9Etmln9oxAq7nwSv1OsTKxtXlxOowL2YaDe0POnT3vbY/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098194459297469234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsclWKJk5AxT-meAg871sow_n4CJBDLWD2_jEh42Xan-CdCawVwWAPT0MfqbsiI3NooC5Wb7lwg95hkuWlxZftSQyRdijaM0K9Etmln9oxAq7nwSv1OsTKxtXlxOowL2YaDe0POnT3vbY/s320/4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Step 5</strong>
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<p align="center">Use foam pads to raise your reindeer from the card to give added dimension.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisl8YKifu7flhXWfak3MDcgWFR_DVlC2987YOaAK4TOiNwE3s70BHWODYHFcV7ELbLxz0VwrcFy3lGsJNtFsdL7udyz5kWzwld05xqdk6kxHKLp1_G2mnlF8w_J7msmsYYf1AMLMClgR0/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098194596736422722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisl8YKifu7flhXWfak3MDcgWFR_DVlC2987YOaAK4TOiNwE3s70BHWODYHFcV7ELbLxz0VwrcFy3lGsJNtFsdL7udyz5kWzwld05xqdk6kxHKLp1_G2mnlF8w_J7msmsYYf1AMLMClgR0/s320/5.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> Step 6</strong></p>
<p align="center">Tie a co-ordinating ribbon around your card and thread two silver bells on before securing the knot</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWvop5a4_27tFAMkqEe_uxLEYoM1XLqrL1E8zl7DwZ7CE0aYBWOBDlRGkdOoG29zmwJgm7wRTqJHmbJ8HneVctS6UdlVD-MJoFpAfec7OsfaQDWWga4rG3AsYm8q8-JyOzDgJvOA1QhY/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098194601031390034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWvop5a4_27tFAMkqEe_uxLEYoM1XLqrL1E8zl7DwZ7CE0aYBWOBDlRGkdOoG29zmwJgm7wRTqJHmbJ8HneVctS6UdlVD-MJoFpAfec7OsfaQDWWga4rG3AsYm8q8-JyOzDgJvOA1QhY/s320/6.jpg" border="0" /></a>
I hope you and your family enjoy making and receiving this little jingling reindeer - We always like to see what you have been making so please leave a link in the comments box
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<p align="center">Love Andrea xx </p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-74730774806791498362007-11-21T17:19:00.000+00:002007-11-20T23:36:03.948+00:00Advent gift box<div align="center">Hi, it's Maria here with an idea for an alternative advent calender. We used to have the cardboard calenders but they often get forgotten about or they fall apart before Christmas.</div><div align="center"></div>
<div align="center">And, if they contain choccie it's a fight to get there before our dog Lucy. She's not allowed choccie, obviously, but she's a bit of a sneaky pup.</div>
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<div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135059255167188546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfCXZHHumcFdZ86Cy-d7wOW9ruSxfXJHX1fR1PZxY6C6aoYT7TYdVcDwbVTYVcUdBqwj5bOx0G7v8kR_RnZz7xF2288oYVFtlqv7TRDDRIctjQGO9OLw9mDgsrnzztjSg37yU5O7ZlfNF/s320/DSCF0922.jpg" border="0" />
<div align="center"></div><div align="center">Anyhoo, I now put together an advent gift box for the girlie wirlies. I love choosing a selection of little goodies and wrapping them up prettily. The look on the girlie wirlies' faces is a picture when they get their box of goodies.</div>
<div align="center">You will need
</div><div align="center">* A festive gift box - I use a Christmas biscuit tin for each girlie
</div><div align="center">* Tissue paper for wrapping
</div><div align="center">* Ribbon
</div><div align="center">* 24 small gifts/sweeties </div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center">I have shown a small selection of the goodies that will be going in our tins and I will pad it out with other bits and bobs. Sweeties like Love hearts are a special treat in our house so I'll wrap a pack of them. Some small bars of choccie will go in all nicely wrapped. I'll split a packet of gel pens and wrap them up individually. Anything from Claire's is a winner so a little shoppie shop there is required.</div><p align="center">You really don't have to spend a fortune on goodies and could just fill the tin with a sweetie for each day.</p><p align="center">I tend to keep our box as a lucky dipper but you could number the pressies. You don't even have to put 24 goodies in and could make it last for as many days as you wanted. You really can make it however you fancy and according to your budget.</p><p align="center">I quite fancy doing one for the run up to a special birthday. You could give a gift and a clue about the real pressie that is in the tin for the big day. Mind you, if I received it I'd be very tempted to have a sneeky peek.</p><p align="center">I hope that you like my advent box and I'd love to know about any Christmas traditions in your home. You never know the advent gift box could become a new tradition for your family.</p><p align="center">Ooh, before I go I must say *WOW* love those glitter mists Angela. I think I shall have to partake of some of those.</p><p align="center">Ooh, ooh, don't forget that we are still collecting for breast cancer awareness and will have a few more giveaways for those that donate.</p><p align="center">Toodle pip</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-43574389252733974312007-11-20T12:05:00.000+00:002007-11-19T23:11:36.036+00:00Playing With Glimmer Mists<div align="center">Hi there, its Angela here again!!!
Today I want to show you some techniques using one of the hottest new mediums in the craft/altering world at the moment – <span style="color:#3366ff;">Glimmer Mists</span>.
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer1.jpg" />
I have 3 <span style="color:#33cc00;">colours</span> at the moment, but after all this playing I have ordered some more :)
Glimmer Mists are made by <span style="color:#cc0000;">Tattered Angels</span>, and they come in a spray bottle, a bit like glittery Colour washes. They are primarily for use on paper, but they can be used with caution on some other mediums.
They can be very <span style="color:#6600cc;">messy</span>, so if you are particular about your work area, it is probably best to cover it!
You need to shake the Glimmer Mists really well before each use, as the Shimmery part settles on the base of the bottle, and when you spray, hold it about 10 inches away from your project to get a good over all cover.
First I sprayed the three colours <span style="color:#00cccc;">randomly</span> onto a piece of white cardstock, while this was still wet, I placed a piece of clingfilm on top and moved this around to create a texture and left the piece to dry. When it was dry the texture looked like this:
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer6.jpg" />
These would make great backgrounds for cards.
Next I tried a resist technique by <span style="color:#ff6600;">embossing</span> a stamped image with clear embossing powder and them spraying the mists over this. The colours pooled on top of the embossed area and I wiped this off carefully using a baby wipe. I love the effect this gave.
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer5.jpg" />
I then sprayed a variety of surfaces to see how well it works on them. First I used a <span style="color:#ff6600;">wooden</span> Christmas Decoration, it worked well on this and you can see the shimmer well on it.
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer2.jpg" />
I also used a paper <span style="color:#6600cc;">bloom</span>, which had been a very pale green and spritzed the colours. This is a beautiful effect and ties in wonderfuly with some of the new Blonde Moments Scrapbook papers!
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer4.jpg" />
I then tried Model Magic, which is a <span style="color:#009900;">modelling clay</span> that is like spongy foam when it dries (this enables you to sew through it). I cut a christmas tree out with a cookie cutter and then stamped a snowflake image into it. When it was dry I then sprayed it with the Colour Mists.
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer3.jpg" />
Finally, I used the colour mists to try the “<span style="color:#33ff33;">Faux Watercolour</span>” Technique that Tim Holtz uses in his first DVD. Spray the mists onto your stamp, and then place the stamp onto a piece of card. Here are 3 images I tried.
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer9.jpg" />
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer8.jpg" />
<img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Anglca/glimmer7.jpg" />
A word of warning though, this does stain the wood on wooden stamps, so if you are concerned about this, you could just use unmounted ones. Now I have 4 beautifully coloured wooden blocks! :)
I hope that this will encourage you to do some more <span style="color:#6633ff;">experimenting</span> !
~angela~
</div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-2855287706972399672007-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:002007-11-19T00:09:29.983+00:00From start to finish<div align="center">Mid month Monday and the final crochet blanket update!!</div><div align="center">For our new readers, the full story is <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/search/label/Crochet">here</a>.</div><div align="center">But why don't I recap anyway :)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">In the summer I decided to crochet blankets for my nieces for Christmas.</div><div align="center">They started out as beautiful coloured balls of wool, all sitting in a big basket.</div>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7f_Toa_5Jpdcl7ufkPraKdobgZWzASC7E_DYFOMQ3svK0tFoZvCrLA3p9Dh_lnTfyxelTNfxfWN1mVdsbqSNFUJWV3eawx0CSi6JJ8MA71DBZmmPGCzzIZaPH0KYsdqf9rgWtzzdFiHP/s1600-h/for+last+post+(9).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134185517085261362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7f_Toa_5Jpdcl7ufkPraKdobgZWzASC7E_DYFOMQ3svK0tFoZvCrLA3p9Dh_lnTfyxelTNfxfWN1mVdsbqSNFUJWV3eawx0CSi6JJ8MA71DBZmmPGCzzIZaPH0KYsdqf9rgWtzzdFiHP/s320/for+last+post+(9).JPG" border="0" /></a> My first lesson....a 3x3 square 'blanket', that's mine on the right!</div><div align="center">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-tPI0HiOwLnYBUPXVKGL5FVlC77Nw5cIct60GffU4cYuVlq0DA5pVPryCvWQrKm7QaNv-jxA9QQXFic6K6u7cg7cpmqVzea-X-Mtc_qd7a230UA9kAob8e4pQYBnhaBRCkSp0cJ9r73K/s1600-h/for+last+post+(8).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134185426890948130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-tPI0HiOwLnYBUPXVKGL5FVlC77Nw5cIct60GffU4cYuVlq0DA5pVPryCvWQrKm7QaNv-jxA9QQXFic6K6u7cg7cpmqVzea-X-Mtc_qd7a230UA9kAob8e4pQYBnhaBRCkSp0cJ9r73K/s320/for+last+post+(8).JPG" border="0" /></a>It was fun working out all the different colour combinations and how many of each I would need.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2PNpClXzaW-eb9Ku-YduUQOb2nynSR3qehaKPIbWaTEcR43LVfJ6iB4I7DT4T06yU26ClppP3CHPr0-0Ez44NbJsZBAEw2Y4Yzd1_4VBjRmiM5M9bW7VJhnGoNQbYUHGFFKye6VnD7Gd/s1600-h/for+last+post+(7).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134185298041929234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2PNpClXzaW-eb9Ku-YduUQOb2nynSR3qehaKPIbWaTEcR43LVfJ6iB4I7DT4T06yU26ClppP3CHPr0-0Ez44NbJsZBAEw2Y4Yzd1_4VBjRmiM5M9bW7VJhnGoNQbYUHGFFKye6VnD7Gd/s320/for+last+post+(7).JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBrDDecBXgERSk00sWX8g_sTw48kFXiDN38gKS87la0hyphenhyphenKUg6brghjX90ylepyw9ESaekfcsFjUFHUW3B6U1Q8HFT7VZ5hVjU-8icGeoUZuVWIpBj2_UWtPVSJIJdXejYz6i7pR7DpXtc/s1600-h/for+last+post+(6).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134185186372779522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBrDDecBXgERSk00sWX8g_sTw48kFXiDN38gKS87la0hyphenhyphenKUg6brghjX90ylepyw9ESaekfcsFjUFHUW3B6U1Q8HFT7VZ5hVjU-8icGeoUZuVWIpBj2_UWtPVSJIJdXejYz6i7pR7DpXtc/s320/for+last+post+(6).JPG" border="0" /></a> 224 squares per blanket!!</div><div>Putting them together for me was the tough bit but it was also exciting to see how the finished product would look!</div><div>224 squares being laid out on a piece of calico.
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBM2bTvaYcs0ZObOyiADiB9JcANGaYH_D4t3bRhi0h8oHkEEvRazmlwou_Qd9MpvkBn8rGokrOuI25fFmcdY174vF7IAt-RQEi95L10hCNLJx3ib9VRYdJ4XCv8fp36p82g3Qi7Tfzyp9s/s1600-h/for+last+post+(5).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134185096178466290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBM2bTvaYcs0ZObOyiADiB9JcANGaYH_D4t3bRhi0h8oHkEEvRazmlwou_Qd9MpvkBn8rGokrOuI25fFmcdY174vF7IAt-RQEi95L10hCNLJx3ib9VRYdJ4XCv8fp36p82g3Qi7Tfzyp9s/s320/for+last+post+(5).jpg" border="0" /></a> 224 squares pinned to a piece of calico.</div><div>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4acamG-zuENeEQfp0AWwesMZaRoAiyP5Xac18BPAZ9T9wVJ8w9FktoNOThjvVKifiYy8IYuicQg6Izb5cso9mgv18aFN7hq5RyLifu6H3dHGKJJxMXJXqtMwjJOx8PXSqNFhcz4wYYhBm/s1600-h/for+last+post+(4).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134184847070363090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4acamG-zuENeEQfp0AWwesMZaRoAiyP5Xac18BPAZ9T9wVJ8w9FktoNOThjvVKifiYy8IYuicQg6Izb5cso9mgv18aFN7hq5RyLifu6H3dHGKJJxMXJXqtMwjJOx8PXSqNFhcz4wYYhBm/s320/for+last+post+(4).jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMxj0VWDh3b1WdCMxdCg2h0RTmXA56hp41PRNWNwWGB7wEqSOcf3H7qxGtn0l1czI8vuD-kieUbEOCPQ8rKUM7r-zmfMC7ipMj2pVBb0oNi-JoQIIpYgOruQ2zQqss5gfESOh7tXrf03s/s1600-h/for+last+post+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134184512062913986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMxj0VWDh3b1WdCMxdCg2h0RTmXA56hp41PRNWNwWGB7wEqSOcf3H7qxGtn0l1czI8vuD-kieUbEOCPQ8rKUM7r-zmfMC7ipMj2pVBb0oNi-JoQIIpYgOruQ2zQqss5gfESOh7tXrf03s/s320/for+last+post+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a>448 squares make two very pretty blankets!!
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7jxruE3jbUGqIw_6lEHjf_PdYa3bcaNCjPxZbwU0WJOSg_fuT7ZLhqTeJnvlPLB11ev9N4qXi6UyxTcbNbFi4nPg3qe41vqHXWc2szatyq6rnXhdBKLWdHUw1VwjX7p4s0E_RHmR_HTY/s1600-h/for+last+post+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134184413278666162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7jxruE3jbUGqIw_6lEHjf_PdYa3bcaNCjPxZbwU0WJOSg_fuT7ZLhqTeJnvlPLB11ev9N4qXi6UyxTcbNbFi4nPg3qe41vqHXWc2szatyq6rnXhdBKLWdHUw1VwjX7p4s0E_RHmR_HTY/s320/for+last+post+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a> Washed and wrapped ready to go under the tree :)</div><div>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyn5RRk_FH3ToPJTU0IP2IgDkTS8F9jT4txFatMNashMJfEaSg8pr2vOSEnd_eg-wyIegRo9hm8dSMyAgcLRHX3exbejk5gm2M6L3T364QpWJ9vUniSv_FRT3G48Bet8Ltic6_fT4xzTI5/s1600-h/for+last+post+(1).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134184310199451042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyn5RRk_FH3ToPJTU0IP2IgDkTS8F9jT4txFatMNashMJfEaSg8pr2vOSEnd_eg-wyIegRo9hm8dSMyAgcLRHX3exbejk5gm2M6L3T364QpWJ9vUniSv_FRT3G48Bet8Ltic6_fT4xzTI5/s320/for+last+post+(1).JPG" border="0" /></a> Oh and of course I am a sucker for punishment so blanket number 3 is underway!!!!</div><div>lol, it's addictive!!</div><div>This one is slightly different, each square is made up of 6 rows not 4. And i'm also substituting the pink for red :)</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8Sh4CK-PDBwRulTds3uXndDM-Vzz3OdzQa_Mm_RkR_dXo9qkir69hgj9ZRsARA2cS17PdJcL4uPjhffaOSrXj4ItOikl7Zpb0ompYP2VKZnMYQqI68xcXwytaF-ed_a-DmQVJ-8R_o4q/s1600-h/for+last+post.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134184211415203218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8Sh4CK-PDBwRulTds3uXndDM-Vzz3OdzQa_Mm_RkR_dXo9qkir69hgj9ZRsARA2cS17PdJcL4uPjhffaOSrXj4ItOikl7Zpb0ompYP2VKZnMYQqI68xcXwytaF-ed_a-DmQVJ-8R_o4q/s320/for+last+post.JPG" border="0" /></a>For me, this was a HUGE achievement because I am a great starter of projects but not a great finisher. </div><div>My DH didn't think I would pull it off, but has since told me how proud he is of me. That kinda makes it even more special!! </div><div>If you've not tried crochet yet, it's a must.</div><div>Oh and before I forget, I must show off <a href="http://mollychicken.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/09/finished-ish.html">this beautiful blanket</a> made by such a lovely lady whose blog I love to read!!</div><div>It's so easy and really, if I can do this anyone can :)</div><div>haPPy monDAy!!</div><div>haPPy creATing!!</div><div>Caz</div><div>xx</div><div></div><div>PS To sign up for the <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/search/label/art%20journal%20project">A-Z Project</a> pop us an email <a href="mailto:acreativeworld@hotmail.co.uk">acreativeworld@hotmail.co.uk</a></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-65992622775381910402007-11-18T00:00:00.000+00:002007-11-17T23:04:12.305+00:00Christmas Gift tags<div align="center">Good day to you all!!</div><div align="center">Today we are going to be looking at homemade gift tags. </div><div align="center">As crafters we enjoy making gifts and taking extra time in creating unusual wrapping. So, to top off a gift, you need a hand made tag.</div><div align="center">And these can be as simple as a stamped, coloured in image like the ones below......</div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Eh6WDU-x6SvUkKvOue1B15TUAPmfoTWzY75v464W6PaaXS7hyvXaR00dmMWBdGMUfavZ1lUJOSXP7DDpRQl7dLFCRnx9PoRrmb6XcT_lrZ9VIjU5pYTwZbZvmqUJBbHr5kApanS4O6_K/s1600-h/PICT0042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133869222808681826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Eh6WDU-x6SvUkKvOue1B15TUAPmfoTWzY75v464W6PaaXS7hyvXaR00dmMWBdGMUfavZ1lUJOSXP7DDpRQl7dLFCRnx9PoRrmb6XcT_lrZ9VIjU5pYTwZbZvmqUJBbHr5kApanS4O6_K/s320/PICT0042.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHx8-_UnQSvqn1wA21tMQv8kUxxUEhboWYvhE6snzyrIOC2HwFezdOfQz4wgToCK73HXO5JhVlp6eAofRBG4GL-PwS9HRfuLUzc1trPAxI_ofdr1PnDOfr5xGn8p7sRMUW-ef2GiTf2M2/s1600-h/PICT0040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133869119729466706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHx8-_UnQSvqn1wA21tMQv8kUxxUEhboWYvhE6snzyrIOC2HwFezdOfQz4wgToCK73HXO5JhVlp6eAofRBG4GL-PwS9HRfuLUzc1trPAxI_ofdr1PnDOfr5xGn8p7sRMUW-ef2GiTf2M2/s320/PICT0040.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWUBKNSK0tUg0uVrc0LA38rATYb9Zf4Anr6bWwpeC1C2PMVdONvSauL9D3uw4MZgIMkKUMlEt2LrE9BjFBwV26I1uzlErJT-tzdikKeNyXuQ6PmXFNMxz3WH4CjkwbqhFYbl3eo120oyx/s1600-h/PICT0038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133868939340840258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWUBKNSK0tUg0uVrc0LA38rATYb9Zf4Anr6bWwpeC1C2PMVdONvSauL9D3uw4MZgIMkKUMlEt2LrE9BjFBwV26I1uzlErJT-tzdikKeNyXuQ6PmXFNMxz3WH4CjkwbqhFYbl3eo120oyx/s320/PICT0038.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133868870621363506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5APh9JfWVCofmPdGeo7Qa_vlNUCFLp6Ay8BZpr4nj5xHu5AyZaCF9HyNJdVPuf7Slu_ShxuYbvzgLWdPbheMJigz_XWYjV3-bZZ3UtwpfccpEmlJi8zOBT4RpkGw9G5v60HskpvZwcyB/s320/PICT0037.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center">Or something a little more like these gorgeous tags made by Andrea!</div><div>
</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QOrtvNQcoHaGYS91ccTxbngyOJhh8sgOf1D8joS5ZXqAPhHVcBzICuL-Iqh5Jr-Q89OUsnJv1QVSW5HV51HNROHMVe_5-i9AbmbLa2OfkcUNlZHd48BHT20gpKSdM9xZCmk0Y8de9G7V/s1600-h/tag-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132847759326608530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QOrtvNQcoHaGYS91ccTxbngyOJhh8sgOf1D8joS5ZXqAPhHVcBzICuL-Iqh5Jr-Q89OUsnJv1QVSW5HV51HNROHMVe_5-i9AbmbLa2OfkcUNlZHd48BHT20gpKSdM9xZCmk0Y8de9G7V/s320/tag-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJyfbS0npWJ4ZDaQGujeFkXxM2_iC_DBgzwK34ETqfeesxX-9_SEk8-wbmyBJ1XA32AIEr-bnYsh_Ak_4-g7aV0McgN_iD62bBAm43_-BZpb2y8NsE-6X1fQJPY75ZjUOAlpuLEHH6ZRH/s1600-h/tag2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132847012002299010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJyfbS0npWJ4ZDaQGujeFkXxM2_iC_DBgzwK34ETqfeesxX-9_SEk8-wbmyBJ1XA32AIEr-bnYsh_Ak_4-g7aV0McgN_iD62bBAm43_-BZpb2y8NsE-6X1fQJPY75ZjUOAlpuLEHH6ZRH/s320/tag2.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVYDHCnArMaULvj76vKz_mCjD38AI0NQmC0K9ygZafTi46mkDZrYyzuA1ZLN9vclOzQyEMKrflL3tlFRl05fcxNdk5mDAlMHfVL1lBTagS7dmFYu0kC-i6ZE32MVM8Qctjxa17EfCOG-6/s1600-h/tag2a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132844246043360354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVYDHCnArMaULvj76vKz_mCjD38AI0NQmC0K9ygZafTi46mkDZrYyzuA1ZLN9vclOzQyEMKrflL3tlFRl05fcxNdk5mDAlMHfVL1lBTagS7dmFYu0kC-i6ZE32MVM8Qctjxa17EfCOG-6/s320/tag2a.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div align="center">And Di has made some 'shabby' tags to use with her rag bags.
</div><div align="center">I started with some heavy cardboard, paint, glitter glue ribbon and brads. I cut the cardboard into 'tag size' bits, painted and sanded them. Then added some glitter glue and attached some ribbon with a brad.
</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132841986890562642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqNJcbE6PWz3iwXxWyIPI7WLk5KSUD4e48LaU7xBnMxsqh575p6eK0yEiKBtQU8UGN_bQWKINa73neIltclkSmWrlhc-ykRkN29SfosLmawciRThs-Y2Xow6SxMRPGR6LGuvCOmkXCWJG/s320/Gift+tag+3.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div align="center">I then made tiny 'bags' for the tags from calico and ribbon. Popped the tags in and Voila.
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yE7qevg278E4ni4H_KtTk9_5fNPFfK90KFZdOO9m3d0NSicPlKWoNXqX6Hebrt7gB_yV4HIv5JPCP6CnAfhuwS7KhM9610tydOjas0c1stE4G75QyW6A7CJlBR8Xuj1oP88SPn3VYwKl/s1600-h/Gift+tag+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132840629680897090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yE7qevg278E4ni4H_KtTk9_5fNPFfK90KFZdOO9m3d0NSicPlKWoNXqX6Hebrt7gB_yV4HIv5JPCP6CnAfhuwS7KhM9610tydOjas0c1stE4G75QyW6A7CJlBR8Xuj1oP88SPn3VYwKl/s320/Gift+tag+2.jpg" border="0" /> </a>The tags looks so cute on matching 'rag' gift bags again made from calico and ribbon.
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxXFccFnVvckSIp96NQJ-Q2HuVOAhi-zIgdjpdD2Z78DIvhU-wGykHDFikbRQEWzapinMLr56UMq2VHQJZ0JazhjgGsgaee1sprIqYwdnGzFhtwibwdZiIrNJXl-gOVqWpwkhfONDlk-q/s1600-h/Gift+tag+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132839805047176242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxXFccFnVvckSIp96NQJ-Q2HuVOAhi-zIgdjpdD2Z78DIvhU-wGykHDFikbRQEWzapinMLr56UMq2VHQJZ0JazhjgGsgaee1sprIqYwdnGzFhtwibwdZiIrNJXl-gOVqWpwkhfONDlk-q/s320/Gift+tag+1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div><p align="center">Thanks for visiting and have a great Sunday!!
Caz
xx</p><p align="center">Don't forget to sign up to the A-Z Project which kicks off on the 5th January!
That's just 7 weeks away.
For full details see <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/2007/11/sign-up-today.html">here</a></p><p align="center">Oh and be sure to leave us a comment if you want to stand in line to win a Pocket and Floss kit. The draw will take place at 9.00pm tonight!</p></div></div></div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-47901143889226270152007-11-17T12:01:00.000+00:002007-11-18T21:59:18.850+00:00Somebunny Loves Me...<div align="center">The winner of the Buttonberry kit was Sarah. We've left you a comment on your blog and if you email us we'll pass your address to the girls at Buttonberry.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">If you are looking for an extra special gift that you can really put a lot of love into this Christmas - or anytime of year - we think we have found the perfect idea, read on to find details of this weekends super prize draw!!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.buttonberry.com/">Buttonberry</a> are an online store owned by Emma and Lisa, selling fabric and patchwork goods and stock a vast array of patterns including the rather adorable Pocket and Floss bunnies by Australian designers Melly & Me.</div>
<div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132722898847127602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznRmzH-R4JgOPCKiu2Ua_8er0dVy9kkTj3K2xl6kYgAL_YwmP1uM1n6kLOsBOViNTfXNF_TnJFGUvian38134p_voWuIaEZDpYXl4k1hRjWl-1qGpsyVNAfRlb0PQMP7gMLzrN_gEMxTS/s320/MM_Pocket&Floss_f.jpg" border="0" />
<div align="center">Andrea discovered <a href="http://www.buttonberry.com/">Buttonberry</a> earlier in the year and has bought several of their lovely patterns including the Pocket and Floss pattern. As she says "After making 17 of these lovely bunnies over the past couple of months I still haven't got bored of creating them and although each one is made from the same simple pattern, they all have their own little characteristics and personality. They make gorgeous hanging decorations in a room and are the perfect gift to celebrate the arrival of a new baby, a birthday or just to show your love for someone."</div>
<div align="center">Andrea's latest bunnies were a gift to celebrate the arrival of baby Luca and a special Christmas gift for a little girl up in Scotland, with the addition of a little embroidered pinny to keep her frock clean during all the Christmas preparations!</div>
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</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMifCO5j7B1EH7tE1UDW8dGLM1gC8DACr7HmLvHolAhUXuQOLp9WHnWugMomnnv2Aoo55n_IA28Z4quvIvQ5hxXB2bGeekJWqevD_OgNP0RxkyvADyUxecBAUBsCh_3e0eqrZCTn-leku/s1600-h/luca.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132722903142094914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMifCO5j7B1EH7tE1UDW8dGLM1gC8DACr7HmLvHolAhUXuQOLp9WHnWugMomnnv2Aoo55n_IA28Z4quvIvQ5hxXB2bGeekJWqevD_OgNP0RxkyvADyUxecBAUBsCh_3e0eqrZCTn-leku/s320/luca.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSdN1aa6wI0OhmKkXaTiwu2lyJbsub8-bFRFZKN8-aGOxaUSE9EqHE-njMez6K1QZVPJg8NytZW4w_qNJuDtUUm949YtwSCSFDN1Xm2uGEUNn5t3Ws2o0eI-9kaZ12DVekq1ACKQgtxdh/s1600-h/poppy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132722907437062226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSdN1aa6wI0OhmKkXaTiwu2lyJbsub8-bFRFZKN8-aGOxaUSE9EqHE-njMez6K1QZVPJg8NytZW4w_qNJuDtUUm949YtwSCSFDN1Xm2uGEUNn5t3Ws2o0eI-9kaZ12DVekq1ACKQgtxdh/s320/poppy.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>The Pocket and Floss pattern is very easy to follow with simple step by step instructions and <a href="http://www.buttonberry.com/">Buttonberry</a> carry a vast array of fabrics for making your own bunny, why not visit their online store and check out their latest fabric finds, we love their Christmas fabric ranges and we can't imagine anything nicer than giving a special Christmas gift created with love that will last forever.
</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooxzLIAkzLnRPrdOTUJTER1_-yYRiKF_9V78g0YFbGYA6C_nLiKDyVzI5PpAU8ix3F3r54KsRmXKvuzOeTaZo3tSSm-qsz-2GUK2aWMcqE6NlJNFctsD1oD0BYO58D8bFddbI_-KWTtVZ/s1600-h/group.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132722907437062242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooxzLIAkzLnRPrdOTUJTER1_-yYRiKF_9V78g0YFbGYA6C_nLiKDyVzI5PpAU8ix3F3r54KsRmXKvuzOeTaZo3tSSm-qsz-2GUK2aWMcqE6NlJNFctsD1oD0BYO58D8bFddbI_-KWTtVZ/s320/group.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SvJMzv_LCdj2lhSKVnzKJmVqkp8elpJWdBOZPiaKekhpB47HzrXL48pEOZR9m8sW2Nhb7KSl3tY62uwQ_JTMAAtvbsZ4apCvo-BF9qDOXu54phwUXt38n1hbQ2kqYj9M_msGh74eeE9H/s1600-h/Oscar-and-Olivia.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132722916026996850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SvJMzv_LCdj2lhSKVnzKJmVqkp8elpJWdBOZPiaKekhpB47HzrXL48pEOZR9m8sW2Nhb7KSl3tY62uwQ_JTMAAtvbsZ4apCvo-BF9qDOXu54phwUXt38n1hbQ2kqYj9M_msGh74eeE9H/s320/Oscar-and-Olivia.jpg" border="0" /></a>
The girls at <a href="http://www.buttonberry.com/">Buttonberry</a> have very kindly donated a Pocket and Floss kit to make your very own bunny as a prize for all comments left on our blog during this weekend (we will draw the winner at 9:00pm on Sunday evening). Please leave some way of contacting you with your comment (blog link, email address or forum username etc.) so that we can track you down and send you your wonderful prize.</p>
<p align="center">If you feel inspired to make your own Pocket and Floss bunnies please leave us a link when you finish them so we can all come and take a peep!</p>
<p align="center">Have fun crafting this weekend and don't forget to leave us a comment to be entered into the prize draw. </p>
<p align="center">Love from the IACW and <a href="http://www.buttonberry.com/">Buttonberry</a> girls</p>
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</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-68402399049956106302007-11-16T00:01:00.000+00:002007-11-15T23:13:26.885+00:00Scrapping - keeping it simple!<center>I am a big fan of embellishments, and like adding twiddly bits to my layouts and other projects, but just occasionally I like to keep it simple. I am also trying to use up scrapping stash that I've had for a L-O-N-G time, as I've got to the stage where I don't want to buy any more until I've made a significant inroad into the stash mountain!! Both of these layouts use photos taken around Bonfire Night this year, and use minimal embellishments with the focus remaining firmly on the photos and journalling. </center>
<center>For this first layout I've used:</center>
<center>Doodlebug cardstock, lily white, beetle black</center>
<center>MM white rub-ons, Heidi, Providence, Destination</center>
<center><a href="http://www.acolorfulhouse.typepad.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Adrienne Looman buttons</span></a></center>
<center>Ki Memories patterned paper, 'Kiss Me' ribbon stripe (frosty paper)</center>
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<center><a title="Bunny Ears by mamato2blondies, on Flickr" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60546962@N00/2035916316/"><img height="408" alt="Bunny Ears" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/2035916316_27fc242d19_o.jpg" width="400" /></a>
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<center>And for the second layout:</center>
<center>Doodlebug cardstock, lily white, grasshopper</center>
<center>MM black rub-ons, Heidi, Providence, Destination, Rummage</center>
<center><a href="http://www.acolorfulhouse.typepad.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Adrienne Looman buttons</span></a></center>
<center>Sakura white Gelly Roll pen</center>
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<center><a title="Whizz, Fizz by mamato2blondies, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60546962@N00/2035118279/"><img height="415" alt="Whizz, Fizz" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2035118279_6358b2ec18_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></center>
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<center>Hope you've enjoyed reading today's post. If you're scrapping or crafting this weekend, and even if you're not, have a great one!!</center>
<center></center>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-7716409651278632007-11-15T09:45:00.000+00:002007-11-15T08:41:52.878+00:00Another Acetate Card!Hello Everybody! Joanne here with another acetate card! I'm really enjoying making these at the minute and they get lots of good comments. People find them really effective and they are very easy to do.
Here's the one I've done for today. Sorry there's only the one picture, but my camera batteries are dying and I've no spare!
<p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132630544165361698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMvmeTnozLSAdP-GCMsm4xqBrKtwhGSeh_2DMKNsbaTgfnHlPIkl-mHe6fA47iMtppCph99xcubwmvnBq7QMSO9wpOET8_VH1tI2lz7olgLq1fckUcWSXRTJ8ALdBuf7RL4dIuGzyAVke/s320/2007_1114Image0004.JPG" border="0" /></p>
First of all cut a piece of acetate 21cm x 15cm. Fold in half. Add a piece of black card measuring 15cm x 8cm to each end of the acetate (this measurement includes a bit of overlap) to make a 15cm x 15cm card.
The patterned paper I have used is by Imaginisce from their Black Tie Optional range. The paper is called Black and White Bash. Cut a small band and attach to middle to cover the join between the black card and the acetate. Cut circles from the patterned paper and attach to the acetate as shown.
Stamp a sentiment into a small tag and attach to the front using a brad.
I hope you enjoy making this card and I'll be back soon!
Joanne xA Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-20404981277621862362007-11-14T00:00:00.000+00:002007-11-13T22:55:28.128+00:00an easy gift<div align="center"> A very good day to you all :)
</div><div align="center">Today we are going to make a gift. </div><div align="center">It's quick, inexpensive and pretty!!</div><div align="center">PERFECT!!</div><div align="center"></div>
<div align="center">Firstly you need to choose a few different bits of fabric (off cuts work well!). </div><div align="center">Then you need to decide what shape you are going to use. I have chosen birds! Which I down loaded from a cool site called <a href="http://kiddley.com/2006/12/16/paper-garlands/">Kiddley</a>!</div><div align="center"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132413611324007730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNu1k0wuCr5ZZ8u9PlJZ0RdWSNHjpcnGiOZxUYNk2zpNtXI_WtMgb9jqZHVf8f9bAitRvZOBin2fzJ-VYESqURrxiotQKQKwhH2ooUjLXh8YiTePB9Fv0NLkzHthOamRPLtJmhdbkW7Ob0/s320/full.jpg" border="0" />
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7sAzqoKH0kk42C0vAGo1DmjqUpwLMEyYMSffjrhKIrtmnHaWBVaSQdyrY6c9e6MTH1FgCL_F1LvgeqqbYEWloVxgZ-OJ-yt0gdCKmiP9t4vKe5TgaJb834lI4I21E-M_xrFwFRl-Ts3o/s1600-h/full+mobile.jpg"></a>I cut 2 birds from 3 different co-ordinating fabrics (ie 12 sides, 6 birds) using my pinking shears.</div>
<div align="center">Next I pinned them together with wadding in the middle for stuffing. Oh and added a bit of lavender in each bird too :) This is particularly good if giving this to someone who likes nice smelly things! (like me!!)
</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIStdcrUJiO5LImNvk0z9yVEJK6T04WnFom0E-B255hqUTCS9-wdEWq2RchZfi1FLNVlfXJ6uh0FR9-ewgw_gNP-sUphKvjXMJlZl5t0USCIBVl0jH4Uu6YOSbK4fw-BA3laOayEm_aXo6/s1600-h/close+up.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132398347010237714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIStdcrUJiO5LImNvk0z9yVEJK6T04WnFom0E-B255hqUTCS9-wdEWq2RchZfi1FLNVlfXJ6uh0FR9-ewgw_gNP-sUphKvjXMJlZl5t0USCIBVl0jH4Uu6YOSbK4fw-BA3laOayEm_aXo6/s320/close+up.jpg" border="0" /></a> I used button thread, which is nice and strong, to stitch them up, making sure I added the ribbon as I went.
The top piece of ribbon is looped.
For the eyes I used gold beads which I chose to stitch on afterwards and pulled them tight to give the bird a little bit of shape.
In all it took about 3 hours to make, including the time on the internet looking for the bird shape.
Of course this is a great project to do with the kids!
You can cut the shapes out of foam or felt and decorate before stringing them together with twill, ribbon or wool!!
haPPy creATing
Caz
xx
</div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-21158550837638844812007-11-13T00:00:00.000+00:002007-11-13T07:12:59.577+00:00baby it's cold outside.....<div align="center">.......what you need is a bowl of hot soup!! </div>
<div align="center">Soup certainly warms you up and is so easy to make. A massive pot full can be split into portions and popped into the freezer for those cold frosty days when you don't feel like slaving over a hot stove making dinner. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">My favourite soup is Fasolatha, or as it was more affectionatly known i my house, POOP SOUP. It sure helped keep the bed warm at night ;)</div><div align="center">
Greek Bean Soup (Fasolatha)
Fasolatha is one of the heartiest dishes on the Greek vegetarian table, and one of the mainstays of Lent.
Ingredients</div><div align="center">1 cup Krinos extra-virgin olive oil </div><div align="center">2 large onions, peeled, halved, and sliced </div><div align="center">2 carrots, peeled and sliced into thin rounds </div><div align="center">2 celery ribs, trimmed and sliced thin </div><div align="center">2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped </div><div align="center">1/2 pound great northern or other small white beans, soaked overnight according to package directions </div><div align="center">1 cup chopped plum tomatoes </div><div align="center">1 fresh hot pepper (optional) </div><div align="center">8 cups water </div><div align="center">Salt, pepper to taste </div><div align="center">Fresh strained juice of 1/2 lemon or 2-3 tablespoons Krinos red-wine vinegar </div><div align="center">1. Heat 1/2 the olive oil in a large soup pot and saute the onions until wilted. </div><div align="center">2. Add the carrots, celery, and garlic and cook until soft. Add the beans and toss gently to coat with oil. Add the tomatoes, hot pepper, and water, bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer soup uncovered, for 1 1/2-2 hours, or until the beans are very tender. </div><div align="center">3. Just before removing from heat, adjust seasoning with salt, pepper, and lemon juice or vinegar. </div><div align="center">Yield: 6 servings
Recipe courtesy of <a href="http://www.krinos.com/index.html">Krinos Foods</a></div>
<div align="center">My wonderful DH made a pot of thick chicken soup on Sunday and it's filled the house with the most wonderful aroma :)
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132061174897632514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YOdEArG4g4ivReufjhgxvfqYK0hTrsfB_TSAo1-B3UoM50ReUSLtB_zNgZPeeNBl5ZRZoMYjH3J6_4vbd3lwjCIzKj-RbKbkI6dkVP_u-oISm_w0A98VaHwMn3z2katz3c95W8WFPmNk/s320/chicken+soup.jpg" border="0" /> Now I always need a recipe to cook but Stuart has just put this together out his head!!
</div><div align="center">What he did was boil one whole chicken to make the stock. </div><div align="center">Then he peeled and chopped 3 large potatoes and 1 onion which he added to the pot with some salt and left it to simmer.</div><div align="center">He soaked a packed of Sainsburys dried soup mix, <a href="http://www.sainsburys.com/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1194901267104">Country soup</a> in water till soft and added it to the soup and again left it to simmer.</div><div align="center">Potatoes have a tendancy to absorb all the salt so you may need to add a bit more close to the time of serving.
</div><div align="center">For more soup recipes have a wonder over to <a href="http://www.cookitsimply.com/category-0020-01b1.html">this</a> site! </div><div align="center">haPPy coOKing!!</div><div align="center">Caz</div><div align="center">xx
</div><div align="center">Don't forget to sign up for the <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/2007/11/sign-up-today.html">2008 Art Journal Project</a> :) </div><div align="center">It's going to be such fun!!</div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-26675949447107456772007-11-12T08:39:00.000+00:002007-11-12T01:14:41.606+00:00A South African Pinny<div align="center">Morning all and a big South African welcome from Di.
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<p>I have been so busy sewing for the past week and could not resist making a South African apron for my dear son in law Stu who lives in England and has lots of barbecues or as we call them "Braais'. What makes the apron special to me is that it was made from fabric that belonged to Stu's Mum which I was given when she passed away a few years back. Thanks Undine!!!!</p>
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<div align="center">Now barbecue is messy so I thought a big pinny would be useful.
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<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tqgDRdjHBKeOtg4aduCRMB9R521501TtkSkA-72UWdjYaFbRSPGL37-49UzUkPOmSv4kuwZ-YhHAhWLmh4oaQK0vBvBSP0Y6pOAY0KHFQOHbVP7AC10lhyemPU5Jdl4ymodgC_uu13cC/s1600-h/Finished+pinny.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130016074007360306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tqgDRdjHBKeOtg4aduCRMB9R521501TtkSkA-72UWdjYaFbRSPGL37-49UzUkPOmSv4kuwZ-YhHAhWLmh4oaQK0vBvBSP0Y6pOAY0KHFQOHbVP7AC10lhyemPU5Jdl4ymodgC_uu13cC/s320/Finished+pinny.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p>
<p align="center">I cut my pattern from my crafty apron making it a little larger to allow for binding the edges.
</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMemTxc65yBHPWcZy829_LN1eizrE2_yFfuuh1PIickjI1cWsoPblOGgvLRHaMbYFlLQhbUSVv-8oz50iL6B-QYzzl2tlZpZ50hUnVgKWruZWj0wrcg5BQODfnlJnlyxpKl8yP00-ulIMm/s1600-h/Original+pattern.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130027163612918594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMemTxc65yBHPWcZy829_LN1eizrE2_yFfuuh1PIickjI1cWsoPblOGgvLRHaMbYFlLQhbUSVv-8oz50iL6B-QYzzl2tlZpZ50hUnVgKWruZWj0wrcg5BQODfnlJnlyxpKl8yP00-ulIMm/s320/Original+pattern.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<p align="center">I bound the edges with wide red bias binding.</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBlw5n6hEqUNsV5V7g3j_3X1zCtuhYxxJ9-Gtx2Uug5wcT4aRVcKShNwJmBMhtfEGyzd8uo62q-Qt9jrKhxGR7X0cf9mQY0N9U4CwvbEnGQlJGxgfneTZxAeXLJybGE8-yqoseDuusENu/s1600-h/Pinny+binding.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130015854964028194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBlw5n6hEqUNsV5V7g3j_3X1zCtuhYxxJ9-Gtx2Uug5wcT4aRVcKShNwJmBMhtfEGyzd8uo62q-Qt9jrKhxGR7X0cf9mQY0N9U4CwvbEnGQlJGxgfneTZxAeXLJybGE8-yqoseDuusENu/s320/Pinny+binding.jpg" border="0" /></a>
I then added a large pocket to hold tools etc. and a small one to hold the mobile phone.
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxzTn26G4b99Ls8JT47Ch6jNVuvkbaFlLZjqmLjt8U0Zen9EUgLLfOq78WNRQQhYadDhHBKjflKP93x3FFTECurHpZ6Q_HHNbi0SXTMWe76-TFBoX72871so6Rxiz-AdYHIGFeySZRqr3/s1600-h/Pinny+pockets.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130015751884813074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxzTn26G4b99Ls8JT47Ch6jNVuvkbaFlLZjqmLjt8U0Zen9EUgLLfOq78WNRQQhYadDhHBKjflKP93x3FFTECurHpZ6Q_HHNbi0SXTMWe76-TFBoX72871so6Rxiz-AdYHIGFeySZRqr3/s320/Pinny+pockets.jpg" border="0" /></a>I then added some tags to the sides and a loop to go over Stu's head.
<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">And now for the South African bit.</span></strong> </div><div align="center">I added a "Jammer Lappie" which translated means a "Sorry cloth". Typically it's an old tea towel that really should be thrown in the bin but is used to wipe hands, tools etc when doing the braai. Well I am so sorry I do not have any "sorry cloths" so I made Stu a nice clean one and pinned it on with a big safety pin.
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKg77bW55O86evqmrvYIoqeSafbySKwwEboGYHCVOfKo1NwmHSULTMZMd8c7DycJb9uEXNc0gl7YlCiGhsy0QzO7wH8bgX_omq9rqVT8umM-XC4P8dzdDF6Z5QaP0BaEcRUW_vbvh_an6l/s1600-h/Jammer+lappie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130015631625728770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKg77bW55O86evqmrvYIoqeSafbySKwwEboGYHCVOfKo1NwmHSULTMZMd8c7DycJb9uEXNc0gl7YlCiGhsy0QzO7wH8bgX_omq9rqVT8umM-XC4P8dzdDF6Z5QaP0BaEcRUW_vbvh_an6l/s320/Jammer+lappie.jpg" border="0" /></a>
That's it for me for today. I hope that Stu enjoys his Christmas apron!!!</div><div align="center"></div>
<div align="center">Love from all of us at IACW.</div></div></div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-59013325921254359982007-11-11T08:40:00.000+00:002007-11-11T01:17:51.292+00:00Alternative Christmas Pressie Wrapping<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">And a big hello from a few of us today!
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Wonder if you too get tired of normal Xmas wrapping paper and ribbons.
Today we have a few ideas to make your gift a little more special by doing something different.
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<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Caz has used Felt:</span></strong></div>
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<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">I was inspired by the </span><a href="http://itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/2007/06/felt-bags.html"><span style="color:#993399;">cute little felt bag</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Andrea made back in June :) and the <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.blogspot.com/2007/10/christmas-bunting.html">Christmas bunting</a> I made in October.</span></div>
<div align="center">The bag is made up of two sheets of red felt sewn together by hand with embroidery thread. </div>
<div align="center">I had great fun making these and I can't wait to fill them with gifts :)</div>
<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131281930391184626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYtEgHrDx4LguSLc65IwjDF81EHVhTaN9LHBWJyfEMoxK8vFSaGXVFJx5xAEByaiaRJEhqJg_L3NLpwvKB7fOxeVfLIaLm7D9Hjes0JRvQJlhqe9q9Krjmjk1lk0c1ckeq01vWcCw8zyc/s320/felt+bag.jpg" border="0" />
<p align="center">and a close up.....
</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131281857376740578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACSQVnGLgPFycwg5Oo3EwMUDMqXzNUOXsj_EI7OZn7ertiXYMTseqz_jtYafroB_9UhwaLN6tu0CXJg7kYq4zJ_BGOkLuV-k-EQNFVmmS0So0P9aSwRbtDfsjCA6HZ53L66VAviNoLIxI/s320/felt+bag+close+up.jpg" border="0" />
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<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Di has used fabric:</span></strong> </p>
<div align="center">All of my gift bags are made from calico and left over fabric. They are easy peasy and quick to make!!! They are RAG bags and were inspired by Trish's lovely rag wreath and Caz's Christmas bunting.
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<div align="center">This bag is made to look like a parcel and has draw strings. </div>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAhnOVhLrxa9ZJSO4723ngRT5LO_miYsby5gKfxnPJfDkdS-q1XO-e5VWojEW8w3NOb4h4RrbFI89Yxw7lWLeelBhhSMaY1yQc1bC85-nHDRRSVfkpvT-rKVC6do1-tnEMPRMfceASj02/s1600-h/Bag+5+Large+e-mail+view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127419216521113426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAhnOVhLrxa9ZJSO4723ngRT5LO_miYsby5gKfxnPJfDkdS-q1XO-e5VWojEW8w3NOb4h4RrbFI89Yxw7lWLeelBhhSMaY1yQc1bC85-nHDRRSVfkpvT-rKVC6do1-tnEMPRMfceASj02/s320/Bag+5+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" /></a> Again I have frayed ends and something that hopefully looks like a Xmas tree on the front. </p>
<p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127419066197258050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjme_Y8pVHYV7DeGFnDaoLo5SHZvgOa65MF2ahyphenhyphenq8AoTtqCbC-w5lqJ64svcuK-JSetKalS7opWT-AFIxboyfnzQSWCuJ2DvJo5BkKgYlxbqiJmGNvwq_E2B3pgdba33BT46lSqBM7igwZf/s320/Bag+2+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" /> These little bags made from calico with a little lace and tied with ribbon. I thought they might be nice for my great neighbours to hold some special soap or smellies. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127708057366736866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEE_CxhzQE3wzWAIQU2meIWV17-xD5jTAaHeVIDl3GwvQUEclKpShreqx8Ho0oQceC1zUX-L1y0WZYJVgVtaRZLCdtawEWo0x2QsfhvphKBFABGlSGaQFQ_8Gigre4J_LUFk7h6FKzB9a/s320/Bag+7+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" /> This is my favourite. A smallish draw string bag with a little Xmas rag wreath just pinned on.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDSFgo2uSRCN3IQ2VN0_9bj1bAzrFyH5lGalsxzQK7Z71cXfmTaVZgLSLCjzC0356POmE3ZrjP1uphyy8aVKvT26fnvBZS2B_ueCjX5NAVFODmv7C4bH12MHj6-xBUjGurEmkJIcc2rps/s1600-h/Bag+10+Large+e-mail+view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130651167199126674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDSFgo2uSRCN3IQ2VN0_9bj1bAzrFyH5lGalsxzQK7Z71cXfmTaVZgLSLCjzC0356POmE3ZrjP1uphyy8aVKvT26fnvBZS2B_ueCjX5NAVFODmv7C4bH12MHj6-xBUjGurEmkJIcc2rps/s320/Bag+10+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" />
<p align="center"></a>Finally one last bag with a xmas stocking theme: </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KfK9rATwW1CVeLCpM-SDRY7AzxbmybIzNZoDT4cInEN3n8KWWcyXFZ_04pa1UAbK6iX4OHO9vD5r5YfhEAyafzUkwBXqsAlfteu_kL9KOnq28vajFIBYofG6ubc1eKt6R1QJ2FoBloa9/s1600-h/bag+8+Large+e-mail+view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127810728559947762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KfK9rATwW1CVeLCpM-SDRY7AzxbmybIzNZoDT4cInEN3n8KWWcyXFZ_04pa1UAbK6iX4OHO9vD5r5YfhEAyafzUkwBXqsAlfteu_kL9KOnq28vajFIBYofG6ubc1eKt6R1QJ2FoBloa9/s320/bag+8+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" />
<p align="center"></a><strong><span style="color:#003300;">Trish has also used fabric and felt.</span></strong>
Trish's drawstring bag is just GORGEOUS. The shapes are so simple yet effective. Trish used heavy cotton, felt and bondaweb to attach the felt to the cotton. She used white acrylic paint to 'frost' the tree and gold to highlight the bird . </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUivuYmqRgWxS2d47jR0gVEJXsP7FUHwVIfo07ChTc8UUHPvOH33yobjZwcB0i66cmKEsQDOu1VUR5NfqJBQ2hsCTcpsUYOznlO0V9m4Scz4-X3lTaYWJgMLDLTOrQFyIPmPrCMCXGBgFA/s1600-h/Trish+bag1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128163740511940626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUivuYmqRgWxS2d47jR0gVEJXsP7FUHwVIfo07ChTc8UUHPvOH33yobjZwcB0i66cmKEsQDOu1VUR5NfqJBQ2hsCTcpsUYOznlO0V9m4Scz4-X3lTaYWJgMLDLTOrQFyIPmPrCMCXGBgFA/s320/Trish+bag1.JPG" border="0" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf7NenvG6zOcRE6IZ1DQ9UbxRtYUaaKy3056K5skgqQvKkDxvBRUL64c09a4fSxNvvnIKo3Kfj9ha2JB4GzepV6VZ-x8dNiHmncbsiw5FF-og3xnUSs8uN6-MFU-IYkBlUmDvBZZeN_Wc/s1600-h/Trish+bag2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128163633137758210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf7NenvG6zOcRE6IZ1DQ9UbxRtYUaaKy3056K5skgqQvKkDxvBRUL64c09a4fSxNvvnIKo3Kfj9ha2JB4GzepV6VZ-x8dNiHmncbsiw5FF-og3xnUSs8uN6-MFU-IYkBlUmDvBZZeN_Wc/s320/Trish+bag2.JPG" border="0" />
<p align="center"></a>And just a few more ideas. How about using:
Normal brown paper and stamping it using potato stamps with red paint and glitter glue?String , garden twine and sisal instead of ribbon? </p><p align="center">
OK now all you have to do is finish that Christmas shopping and get <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Cracking with the Wrapping!!!</span></strong> </p><p align="center">
Love from us at IACW
xx</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-25113287019371474362007-11-10T00:00:00.000+00:002007-11-09T23:12:13.572+00:00Sign up today!!<div align="center">We at <span style="color:#009900;">It's a Creative </span><span style="color:#009900;">World</span> love to experiment and dabble in all forms of <span style="color:#ff6600;">Art</span> and <span style="color:#ff6600;">Creating</span>.</div><div align="center">And today we are so <span style="color:#ff6600;">excited</span> to be launching a <span style="color:#ff6600;">project</span> that we know you'll love!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">On the <span style="color:#ff0000;">5th January 2008</span> we will be off on a <span style="color:#ff0000;">year long journey</span>.</div><div align="center">A journey that will take us from <span style="color:#ff0000;">A to Z</span>.</div><div align="center">We want you all to come with us as we learn about <span style="color:#ff0000;">new medias</span>, and <span style="color:#ff0000;">discover ourselves</span>.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">So the plan is!</div><div align="center">On the <span style="color:#6600cc;">5th January</span> and <span style="color:#6600cc;">every two weeks</span> following, we will post a prompt starting with the letter A.</div><div align="center">That prompt can be<span style="color:#6600cc;"> interpreted</span> in any way you like.</div><div align="center">The <span style="color:#009900;">Creative World Girls</span> have chosen their <span style="color:#6600cc;">themes</span> and here is the list of ones we have come up with...</div><div align="center">1. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A to Z Book of Me</span> - e.g. A for Artistic </div><div align="center">2. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A to Z Crafters Journal</span> - by products and techniques e.g. A for acetate</div><div align="center">3. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A-Z of Everyday</span>, a sort of catalogue of ones day if you like </div><div align="center">4. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A-Z Crafters Journal</span> - by theme e.g. A for Angel </div><div align="center">5. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A-Z Altered Art Journal</span> </div><div align="center">6. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A-Z of Us</span> </div><div align="center">7. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A-Z of Life</span> e.g. A-Anniversary, B-Birthday C-Cooking H-Housework S-Shopping </div><div align="center">8. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A-Z of Baby</span> e.g. C-Crying, T-Teething, L-Laughing, P-Playing </div><div align="center">9. <span style="color:#3366ff;">A- Z Occasions</span> e.g. A-Autumn, B-Birthdays, C-Children </div><div align="center">10 <span style="color:#3366ff;">A-Z Book of You</span>, could be for your children or husband</div><div align="center">But of course you can choose a different theme for each letter too!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Lets talk about format!!</div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Art Journals.</span></div><div align="center">Buy a sketch book from any good art supply shop, decorate the front and back covers, and art journal each letter on a new page. You will also have lots of pages to journal. And if this is going to be a BoM, life or everyday journal you will need the space!</div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Or in a Scrapbook Albums.</span></div><div align="center">You can choose 6x6, 8x8, 8.5x11 or 12x12. You will need to decide how much information </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3366ff;">How about an ATC for each letter.</span></div><div align="center">ATC are cute and if you haven't got time to do large format this will be perfect.</div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Or tags, that can be bound together at the end.</span></div><div align="center">Tag books are fun and easy to make, start by cutting out a tag for each letter so on prompt day you can just sit down and create!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">However you choose to create your pages or whatever theme you choose, we want you to come and play, so email us at <a href="mailto:acreativeworld@hotmail.co.uk">acreativeworld@hotmail.co.uk</a> with A-Z as your subject to sign up :)</div><div align="center">There will be spot prizes through out the year for the girls taking part and sharing their work. Pages emailed to us will be uploaded to a flickr album :)</div><div align="center">And the best bit....it's FREE!!!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here are a few examples of the books the <span style="color:#009900;">Creative World Girls</span> have made</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;">Charlotte</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I am going to make an "Everyday" journal which I hope will turn out to be a mini catalogue of our life right now, warts and all! When I look at photos of me when I was much younger I always find myself looking in the background - what was our furniture like, what our telly looked like etc. I find the everyday bits and bobs fascinating so I would like to have a record of 2008 life so we can look back with interest and a giggle in 30 years time.</div>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3gj-0mJjjZXiNTypnERFalMtz5OWaCV_GoqRofF4u1TBt-kTZcJj5E9TThDRmU_Q5vK9rTLO8pVgRIB7U46wbC1-r1mqHy0EPokCu2AIBKoXGqBBg2qUDtOaPgaA-a4TwwKBrWKwDUUx/s1600-h/charlotte+cover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130899691186742482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3gj-0mJjjZXiNTypnERFalMtz5OWaCV_GoqRofF4u1TBt-kTZcJj5E9TThDRmU_Q5vK9rTLO8pVgRIB7U46wbC1-r1mqHy0EPokCu2AIBKoXGqBBg2qUDtOaPgaA-a4TwwKBrWKwDUUx/s320/charlotte+cover.jpg" border="0" /></a> To make the journal I cut out 4 sheets of card (the plain stiffener bits I keep from packs of patterned paper or cereal box card is a similar weight) and covered them with patterned paper (front and back of the front cover and front and back of the back cover). Once the card was covered I punched holes using my bind-it-all carefully ensuring that they lined up with each other when the front and backs of each cover were joined together. I then sandwiched two lengths of ribbon between the two sets of covers so that when the journal is completed and bound I can tie it shut if it's quite bulky.</div><div align="center">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBWBRjv0ZzHlVHjI_kaK7CBfKu3kqZJqPr2iVzhvG94-df-zwThTQtjE_BKXPHHB6RJTuHlfzcTr4it-DK7_H-rTWwLTDJp-5zyZQsEm0TOy4SXfw7FcCEn-8CJl2IxcaAPDwhzjG5XK9/s1600-h/charlotte+ribbon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130899618172298434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBWBRjv0ZzHlVHjI_kaK7CBfKu3kqZJqPr2iVzhvG94-df-zwThTQtjE_BKXPHHB6RJTuHlfzcTr4it-DK7_H-rTWwLTDJp-5zyZQsEm0TOy4SXfw7FcCEn-8CJl2IxcaAPDwhzjG5XK9/s320/charlotte+ribbon.jpg" border="0" /></a> I am going to use a double page for each letter and I think they will be mainly photos and journalling, then I will pick similar embellishments (in terms of type, colour etc.) for each page to carry some flow through the journal.
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBX9ypuzSks8tNmwxkiPJr78CQ73yFM71VWWzBYekKWlOdCC0si4zb6dhuLjpgGYY4UkYmUHO8DhIcJWoGhrDfEDCnsnVM79pwKrLHFfZcXSQk5HQu0B_XLJRaR0zuR7sq0zg8SUWxVZS/s1600-h/charlotte+front+and+back.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130899540862887090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBX9ypuzSks8tNmwxkiPJr78CQ73yFM71VWWzBYekKWlOdCC0si4zb6dhuLjpgGYY4UkYmUHO8DhIcJWoGhrDfEDCnsnVM79pwKrLHFfZcXSQk5HQu0B_XLJRaR0zuR7sq0zg8SUWxVZS/s320/charlotte+front+and+back.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRxsMNPg3YKy0GU7Mk-zJcNSA4DPPNhARWrsfFAxJlI3GWfLvqTx3GUfGc3kFrLZ6ef8sYg-7ePmIY7Qwzr9V2zvCWa_yDx8EEYrzmUhCcg6zLKwpoylc4DtAgceQGThbGwyKKGwsyl-B/s1600-h/charlotte+front+tied.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130899442078639266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRxsMNPg3YKy0GU7Mk-zJcNSA4DPPNhARWrsfFAxJlI3GWfLvqTx3GUfGc3kFrLZ6ef8sYg-7ePmIY7Qwzr9V2zvCWa_yDx8EEYrzmUhCcg6zLKwpoylc4DtAgceQGThbGwyKKGwsyl-B/s320/charlotte+front+tied.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#993399;">Di</span></div><div>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVQhAEYX8xqAMXDQNAIhAKEtDFLcOzmJ5SQ0EG8lNUFvn2q1QEAIDKCvmm1B0irkfHhTt86szgi5KffTVeNm5N7mVGh6HGjcEasb9efYhR9wmIGJ5QfCiMgeqo2KBhJcEHSe5ffHjpnOM/s1600-h/Diana+Aj+Design+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130541830216672386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVQhAEYX8xqAMXDQNAIhAKEtDFLcOzmJ5SQ0EG8lNUFvn2q1QEAIDKCvmm1B0irkfHhTt86szgi5KffTVeNm5N7mVGh6HGjcEasb9efYhR9wmIGJ5QfCiMgeqo2KBhJcEHSe5ffHjpnOM/s320/Diana+Aj+Design+1.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiew4W2h3wx6Ml5HlwlM2W98RlfttPzmdKlIE7i1AH9b_srX59C52M23vqdec5hTXlWV_oPI1o4mDN3T5_QqSC-XouTkYe9HCwbTgSCgNgm-4x8crtBdPwA0YcCmgje_Xbp9iWrdIRKugtD/s1600-h/Diana+Aj+Design+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130541667007915122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiew4W2h3wx6Ml5HlwlM2W98RlfttPzmdKlIE7i1AH9b_srX59C52M23vqdec5hTXlWV_oPI1o4mDN3T5_QqSC-XouTkYe9HCwbTgSCgNgm-4x8crtBdPwA0YcCmgje_Xbp9iWrdIRKugtD/s320/Diana+Aj+Design+2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#993399;">Joy</span>
<div align="center">Making your <span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>art journal cover</strong></span> is about doing something that shows a little bit of your <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>soul.</strong><span style="color:#000000;"> Find</span> your <span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>favourite stamps</strong></span>, <span style="color:#000000;">beads, <span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>paints,</strong></span> little pieces from other projects, embellishments....</span> <span style="color:#993399;"><strong>anything goes!</strong></span></span>
</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpaBTQXauDwKmH184SuzXktvy2RG2B-Cj1Via8gsoQORtc5A6FYKvzi7dm7yLdNsTX5Z_ocngGR8PZGfbgznaOaIdVnTgWQfI4RZNPccC8R_J5ykEVtDnQfODq8OzGQGKpZTRT4NGMx38/s1600-h/art+journal2nd+pic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128676078570746450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpaBTQXauDwKmH184SuzXktvy2RG2B-Cj1Via8gsoQORtc5A6FYKvzi7dm7yLdNsTX5Z_ocngGR8PZGfbgznaOaIdVnTgWQfI4RZNPccC8R_J5ykEVtDnQfODq8OzGQGKpZTRT4NGMx38/s320/art+journal2nd+pic.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpaBTQXauDwKmH184SuzXktvy2RG2B-Cj1Via8gsoQORtc5A6FYKvzi7dm7yLdNsTX5Z_ocngGR8PZGfbgznaOaIdVnTgWQfI4RZNPccC8R_J5ykEVtDnQfODq8OzGQGKpZTRT4NGMx38/s1600-h/art+journal2nd+pic.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;">On my art journal cover, I sprayed the covers with Ranger <span style="color:#006600;"><strong>colour washes.</strong></span> I then build up layers of stamped images and bondaweb. I used the bondaweb to hold layers of tulle. </span></a>
</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOfKqU0qEkupwfZS-6grV9qHU7pZFQlnP2XgMJGvvJRBYyzDgw7zoZT-XKYyh00CVDX1k0Dzn40rppFZLroo87_DiOQhKTwyQZB6kddo2oJT5lYDWpkaIiysShTJPrANrB03nfvatXCn8/s1600-h/art+journal+cover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128675932541858370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOfKqU0qEkupwfZS-6grV9qHU7pZFQlnP2XgMJGvvJRBYyzDgw7zoZT-XKYyh00CVDX1k0Dzn40rppFZLroo87_DiOQhKTwyQZB6kddo2oJT5lYDWpkaIiysShTJPrANrB03nfvatXCn8/s320/art+journal+cover.jpg" border="0" /></a> I used stamps from Tin Can Moon and Stampers Anonymous to stamp images on tissue paper. I added in painted and <span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong>burned felt hearts and stars</strong></span>, little mirros, beads, pocket watches, and stained glass tiles.
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4v5Fh1EB1i3FJYWxgcrhPXxirHvRvegdz52aLzUL3Id0UdFo3ZbZRkd8LnsdJvQamFyF5egPPpqY4oRPCvnkvYy3CzrApalMead1HqLK7cre50IWk-lOFEl4hv_pUBCJva9DvBowJTf9/s1600-h/art3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128675734973362738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4v5Fh1EB1i3FJYWxgcrhPXxirHvRvegdz52aLzUL3Id0UdFo3ZbZRkd8LnsdJvQamFyF5egPPpqY4oRPCvnkvYy3CzrApalMead1HqLK7cre50IWk-lOFEl4hv_pUBCJva9DvBowJTf9/s320/art3.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>I created <span style="color:#00cccc;"><strong>paper casts</strong></span> of Claudine Hellmuth's stamps to make the hand, and I added pearl mica and gold leafing pens to the cover. </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmmS8SJ4NWG3Ha9NxqpoHOzB_7HSlehasrhe63ygx_k6jqNQDI0Fw5LzEekHu4UVotGfWd94_ILM0PvfwhrhWzWffQAIZkRJ-0zWqIkCsN_hpU6Phi4uET02NVGaIqQHPhTGM423gQqXS/s1600-h/art2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128675533109899810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmmS8SJ4NWG3Ha9NxqpoHOzB_7HSlehasrhe63ygx_k6jqNQDI0Fw5LzEekHu4UVotGfWd94_ILM0PvfwhrhWzWffQAIZkRJ-0zWqIkCsN_hpU6Phi4uET02NVGaIqQHPhTGM423gQqXS/s320/art2.jpg" border="0" /></a> I added more burned felt tags, a <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>pocket watch</strong></span> of seed beads, and small bead embellishments to the journal rings.
I repeated the same process with the back, following similar techniques for consistency.
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo0ysMPulwIxVLVAnc_1LstR59mPMDMtxrWMYQeNNOU2ILdp2_4ddNu2wopKuHuBEPvlofxw9Zpt9jtHEzDEVFQMK3zmGFC4aOIcKlSL7vCAPQ47joXiF0RgsoWf9uxnwKR61Vnd0n0ME/s1600-h/back4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128675275411862034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo0ysMPulwIxVLVAnc_1LstR59mPMDMtxrWMYQeNNOU2ILdp2_4ddNu2wopKuHuBEPvlofxw9Zpt9jtHEzDEVFQMK3zmGFC4aOIcKlSL7vCAPQ47joXiF0RgsoWf9uxnwKR61Vnd0n0ME/s320/back4.jpg" border="0" /></a>
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</div>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-76893062773040551152007-11-09T07:55:00.000+00:002007-11-09T08:39:25.245+00:00Easy Art Journal Pages and Inspiration<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Easy Art Journal Pages</span></strong></div>
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<div align="center">When I need some inspiration, or if I'm struggling with something, or if I want to try out a new technique, I start a page for my art journal.
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<div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>1. Shiva Paint Sticks</strong></span></div>
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<div align="center">This is a page using Shiva paint sticks - a little project that takes about 20 minutes. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128663816439116146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscdM9zpAnHOIjfRhA_NWSJ_E_Z5LeB1_Sk6lS4yDaXOQUe6w80R3QuWdNf5PHE4b6KQMZykpzA3mQb2ZPQFFUIiymhgb55WKPiDQ3g6SFiZ3ySJAJYG3g1tZ0Llud5jzSrkmYQ_UQD0VB/s320/art+journal+page.jpg" border="0" />
There are 2 pics of the final product, one using a scanner and one using a camera, at the start and end of this post. This shows the variation as embossed images can be tricky to photograph due to light reflecting.)
Step 1: Grab some paper and <span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong>shiva paint sticks</strong></span>. You have to peel the skin off the paint sticks to start the paint flowing. I used red and purple for my background.
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128664284590551442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9aPxrJFuRpmavEU0Xgb808MA2zfuc44MK5o7mwrSmXO-jGGqVhy_HFEzlwa9pRIKF4Yq1hdFFW3Ic9XRV18j_e1uCsAwexiyh2TqvhLrXM5nfPO6c-BK22KN8h40XiKJP50R6L-5WTJz/s320/000_0018.jpg" border="0" />
<p align="center">Step 2: Build up layers of <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>colour</strong></span>. I added blue, pink, peach, and green. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128664572353360290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YQnJ3Q-usVx-rEiS3ohqO8C-oVr7B7VCMC_xfGII4UGzHIxzOWiVKMGtVyAOZQj79oErQMyqByFcxQASCLsBsQKhPHbuZedYwjWN_08FDEPKiSVm6RhlX5R3BgqachBRvKv9A-Vd3I6O/s320/000_0019.jpg" border="0" />
Step 3: Use a baby wipe to blend and remove colours. Add additional colours as you feel they fit.
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Step 4: Pick a <span style="color:#000099;"><strong>stamp</strong></span>. I used a magenta one below. Stamp in archival ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.
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Step 5: Build up colours....... Just go in any direction you want.
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<div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128664001122709890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF83joqETZyk1NkjuQRwD2FBa2bR0CdkjVRxC-LSTyz3ifohb4zIa5PypBNlSTIo04gCXflPke3s3DgPrfTsdJmtie6nH1HJ1ki7vnQ7rRYRmc9q45KCtquujRDRIqinZwaW_KyWqnDRLu/s320/art+journal+page2.jpg" border="0" />
Creating art journal pages lets you have free expression - something to create without a set of precise instructions and something based on how you feel at that moment....... a good time to try out new and crazy things, too.
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<div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>2. Angel Page<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128666470728905138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZOZCD1hoc_HZwgmyhhZg5QF6L819BDmM5BICXLR4CwNHCM0mUmXViSj6JSOAJxSq_8DynVLSIyg7kyikMoJ38fdLkE3qIo_0kyMskVIVi6kuQaobLoD7QwqPxuVfdw-zrvYBeMziGq8I/s320/angel_edited2.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></div>
<div align="center">I made this page, again, when I was thinking over things... Art journals are good for working through feelings and situations.
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<div align="center">I painted the background black, and then I blended in <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>water soluble oil paints</strong></span> to colour the background. I left them to dry overnight.
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<div align="center">I then stamped the angel wings (Stampers Anonymous)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128668480773599698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqKbUm1xrIZ7sX1-zy-47gX3fvGKTR6zvDqmmymm7VPrA_NMYcvAsNbW75cyYJcZi0chNle74hRL7W_yhI_ys3bvtJQQaTwHFbezJUwAzvWBgk85HhNp45X0xoiBE3jj4MHG16tra0xOB/s320/angel_edited.jpg" border="0" /> and the letters (Making Memories) white white brilliance ink. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128668231665496514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5KDuwNynUW0wDJ6zHb_RhCz6P2RKvCKPfVAVs6b7wHHHZdh5aVRCMTIXjGzIDj2IwLH3-xdU9deKQYIWz-eq8kl9CblvwURL-W4Xvu5gppooWPEjbGDNnV7nN5Ks42EmAOHSMHRefdtS/s320/angel_edited1.jpg" border="0" />I blasted it with the heat gun to set it.
<strong><span style="color:#993399;">Inspiration for Art Jouralling</span></strong>
Here are some links for some great inspriration for your art journals.
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Lynne Perrella
<a href="http://www.lkperrella.com/">http://www.lkperrella.com/</a>
Alphabetica
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127629884666982290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73TKMX57dDqdBFaEDC43lD84LA6rNFzEnwLNqShTG4aZVEac6LAYdvttuuEdQec1mIxs7oS1tqFy1vjzUU-cNZYHQVYmbHa0GVAfBPnhTufutyX0-vCT-6YlCJkCfsn8nk1xWU6XrQdZX/s320/alphabetica.jpg" border="0" />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alphabetica-Z-Creativity-Collage-Artists/dp/1592531768/sr=1-1/qid=1170036501/ref=sr_1_1/102-2398784-3728133?ie=UTF8&s=books">http://www.amazon.com/Alphabetica-Z-Creativity-Collage-Artists/dp/1592531768/sr=1-1/qid=1170036501/ref=sr_1_1/102-2398784-3728133?ie=UTF8&s=books</a>
<p>Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127630249739202466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC1fVJRKyIbAus41KX6LPxnktmzAKHke2u728k_eRvAkBijUqoxs4CqY44yvnwAuE4k-Pkn53zgWor4ED12ZQ56XHYiwJw7r89z1MhwgfKfYhSTuVMb5iEcghPvdUmNn0g4Qe6C_l8FIz/s320/journals.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Journals-Sketchbooks-Exploring-Creating/dp/1592530192/sr=8-2/qid=1170036403/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-2398784-3728133?ie=UTF8&s=books">http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Journals-Sketchbooks-Exploring-Creating/dp/1592530192/sr=8-2/qid=1170036403/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-2398784-3728133?ie=UTF8&s=books</a>
<p align="center">Beryl Taylor</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.beryltaylor.com/">http://www.beryltaylor.com/</a></p>
<p align="center">Mixed Media Explorations</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127634287008460722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgnLZJBrkW7x_U0J566Oq_2lNRbdNUIBzcyMRwX6XRnF0_bt9IaA6x4xh7Ag6QxJ46v-KwB061qsvK-qRdYzV3EbANaLReanCZkZUVaX-HMHhD87yaL4htkFDgzsbpvj3ixOH8tezKocU/s320/mme.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A267435&page=1">http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A267435&page=1</a>
<p align="center">Maggie Grey
<a href="http://www.workshopontheweb.com/">http://www.workshopontheweb.com/</a></p>
<p align="center">Paper, Metal, Stitch</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127634995678064578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wRHkeHq9jp2gz9i_8qjssyr8oHG5ayDngUqQe-wbCZwcQ5PBekKoUSdsuqQaHLHJ2AV6Dh5isO_DRM1lZuTt1Hl3Ru3dB6UhiJlwoeugkE8I84moqg1aq6NbFPP15tuBW-Bjm7kkib1A/s320/mgrey.jpg" border="0" /> </div>
<div align="center">Raising the Surface
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<p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b/026-1458728-2363625?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=maggie+grey">http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b/026-1458728-2363625?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=maggie+grey</a>
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<p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>Techniques and Blog Eye Candy - More Inspiration</strong></span></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://tryittuesdays.wordpress.com/">http://tryittuesdays.wordpress.com/</a>
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<p align="center"><a title="" href="http://www.collageartist.com/" target="_blank">Claudine Hellmuth</a><a href="http://www.quiltingartsblog.com/quilting_arts_blog/techniques/index.html">
</a><a title="" href="http://www.quiltingarts.com/cpsmag/cpshome.html" target="_blank">Cloth Paper Scissors</a><a href="http://www.quiltingartsblog.com/quilting_arts_blog/techniques/index.html"> </a>
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<p align="center"><a title="" href="http://www.quiltingartsblog.com/" target="_blank">Quilting Arts</a>
<a title="" href="http://www.editionslm.co.uk/Work_Gallery.htm" target="_blank">Art by Laurence Menhinick - felt bags, felt beads, textile manipulation, mixed media( Laurence Moni)</a> </p>
<p align="center"><a title="" href="http://www.michaeldemeng.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Assemblog of Michael deMeng</a>
<a title="" href="http://www.michelleward.typepad.com/" target="_blank">michelle ward</a> </p>
<p align="center"><a title="" href="http://editionslm.typepad.com/be_crafty_be_happy/" target="_blank">be crafty be happy</a>
<a title="" href="http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Etsy Labs</a>
<a title="" href="http://magstitch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">magstitch</a>
<a title="" href="http://www.purplemissus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Purple Missus</a>
<a title="" href="http://www.tejaesart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tejae's Art</a>
<a title="" href="http://20six.fr/anne/cat/211512/0/Mixed_Media" target="_blank">http://20six.fr/anne/cat/211512/0/Mixed_Media</a>
<a title="" href="http://theartfulmama.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Artful Mama</a>
<a title="" href="http://stamping-art.typepad.com/stampingart/" target="_blank">Stamping-Art</a> </p>
<p align="center"><a title="" href="http://lovelife.typepad.com/" target="_blank">[i] LoveLife</a>
<a title="" href="http://ornamental.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Nina Bagley</a> </p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.aisling.net/index.html">Aisling</a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.kporterfield.com/journal/Illuminations.html">Keeping an Art Journal</a></p>
<p align="center">If you are interesting in starting an Art Journal or just looking for a project for 2008, be sure to pop back tomorrow. We have something planned that is so exciting!!!!!</p><p align="center">Joy!!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">HELP!!!</span></strong></p><p align="center">We are desperately trying to locate "Heather from Scotland" and "Sharon Peters" who both won prizes during our October Boobs campaign. Please send your addies to <a href="mailto:acreativeworld@hotmail.co.,uk">acreativeworld@hotmail.co.uk</a> and we will send your prizes to you. If anyone knows these girls we would appreciate your help in contacting them</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">And just a reminder that our Just Giving Page is still open!!! Thanks for your generousity!!! </p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-43302322541558168312007-11-08T12:01:00.000+00:002007-11-07T23:15:32.508+00:00Funky Christmas Cards<div align="center">This week I have been playing with a really funky and modern Christmas Digital Kit and making some hybrid cards. There are hundreds of digital kits available to buy and download from the Internet and by printing the papers and elements on your home printer you can make fantastic cards and even better - because it's a kit everything matches so no need to spend hours searching through your stash for a piece of paper to go with the other elements.</div>
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<div align="center">I bought the <a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/product.php?productid=16193&cat=263&page=1">Funky Fa La La </a>kit from The DigiChick and I added some Doodlebug paperfrills, my favourite 'can't make a card without it' black and white striped paper from Pink Petticoat, charcoal chalk ink and a black pen for my doodled edges.</div>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fQrlC_xeUgQelsQ4pfDV16bw00LaiW6ciyXWZLM50jRYmmkdq4ug8G1HeBRfMnpxTAN0HT-2lChXZ3DYFbl1jv2rDTkzQ_phFbxbADq5ItuEutQPe1dEr_D66QUTm3KL_M4ADrJ0MaxH/s1600-h/tree-card-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125033268985255506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fQrlC_xeUgQelsQ4pfDV16bw00LaiW6ciyXWZLM50jRYmmkdq4ug8G1HeBRfMnpxTAN0HT-2lChXZ3DYFbl1jv2rDTkzQ_phFbxbADq5ItuEutQPe1dEr_D66QUTm3KL_M4ADrJ0MaxH/s320/tree-card-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Once I'd paid for, downloaded and unzipped the files all I had to do was print, cut out and glue down to make my cards.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0SQBfKjqExu0zH0YfSjvuiuyJEzv8frzHSt2y75glvE-aHu-9wZIoZXBPRgmaqYW9gE6Fli3V_QBF03artKPCMEjHM9xbUF5z-IL0YYxzugFBxEB1BRPxsM0Qeda6g2zDywM15D3gENv/s1600-h/tree-card-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125033273280222818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0SQBfKjqExu0zH0YfSjvuiuyJEzv8frzHSt2y75glvE-aHu-9wZIoZXBPRgmaqYW9gE6Fli3V_QBF03artKPCMEjHM9xbUF5z-IL0YYxzugFBxEB1BRPxsM0Qeda6g2zDywM15D3gENv/s320/tree-card-2.jpg" border="0" /></a> I used my charcoal chalk ink to ink around the edges and to give some added detail and stop them looking too plain I used my pen to quickly doodle a line all around the edge of the card blank. It's not really straight but that just adds to it's charm!</div>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE9M3OxGgTKdMTwmogq6PydMOvsCaXmuCEk2zZDIGFiE2f6Yskejb1hpsJAyuk4nNVhxC6C-XJJ2T1D1URcnchhC_guXPIzZXDKssuqneiJSOQsgVFbDrLkL_Z5kygKres1VF9rn5IWGc/s1600-h/tree-card-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125033277575190130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhE9M3OxGgTKdMTwmogq6PydMOvsCaXmuCEk2zZDIGFiE2f6Yskejb1hpsJAyuk4nNVhxC6C-XJJ2T1D1URcnchhC_guXPIzZXDKssuqneiJSOQsgVFbDrLkL_Z5kygKres1VF9rn5IWGc/s320/tree-card-3.jpg" border="0" /></a> I challenge you to use a digital kit to make some cards this week!</p>
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<p align="center">Love from Andrea xx
</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-57185882209984416472007-11-07T00:01:00.000+00:002007-11-06T22:51:52.879+00:00CD case desk calendar - great for Christmas!<center>I'm not claiming this as an original idea - my DH was given a promotional calendar last year, and the cards were housed in an empty CD case, so I thought I'd give it a go and see how easy (and quick) it would be to make one myself. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, and can almost guarantee that a number of our relatives will be getting one for Christmas!
You will need:
empty CD case (the kind that will fold back so that the lid will sit on your desk)
sheets of A4 photo paper or cardstock
paper trimmer
ruler
Measure the CD case - the paper inserts will need to fit inside (mine are 11.6cm x 13.5cm). I made my inserts by drawing a text box in Publisher the exact size that I wanted the finished cards to be, then filling the box with the calendar for each month, a photo and an image to finish it off. Once you get into the swing of it, it's really easy to cut and paste from one month to the next. Publisher has a variety of calendar styles you can use and manipulate, or you can create tables in Word for the calendar part, if you have a 2008 calendar to hand (Google can help with this!) I decided to use fairly random photos of my girls for the calendar I made, but you could match the theme of your photos to each particular month, so wintry photos for December, January, and February, fresher, greener photos for the spring months, ice-cream and holidays for the summer months, and beautiful autumn hues for September, October and November. I also found that I had gaps to fill, and used a lovely dingbat font by David Walker to add the fun images.
<a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60546962@N00/1893289189/"><img height="230" alt="CD desk case 2" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2160/1893289189_d4c8abcad3_o.jpg" width="400" /></a>
Once I was happy with the layout for each month, I printed them off onto photo paper - cardstock would work just as well, you just need to ensure that you use something thick enough so that the cards will stand rigid in the CD case. Once I'd printed them off, I trimmed the months to size, following the thick black line I'd put around the text box. This is when it starts to come together.
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Put your months into the right order, et voila! A fairly quick and really straightforward gift. Once the calendar pages are in the closed CD case, tie the case with a brightly coloured ribbon, and add a handmade gift tag.
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If you wanted to make these as teacher gifts for Christmas you could use inspirational quotes, or seasonal stock photos instead of family snaps, or you could scan children's drawings and use those as your images.
Enjoy! <center></center></center>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140778358709099688.post-55829902918146389092007-11-06T06:27:00.000+00:002007-11-06T06:24:30.910+00:00Fabric coasters<div align="center">
</div><div align="center">Do you have a <span style="color:#cc6600;"><strong>little space</strong></span> just for you to <span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>create</strong></span>? Here is a way to personalise it with some little altered <span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>*fabric*</strong></span> coasters - perfect to hold your refreshments for an art party! Alternatively, you can create the fabric and use it for any other<span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong> project</strong></span> (ATC, altered bag, etc).</div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Materials:</strong></span> muslin, paint, expanding paint, heat gun, transparency, adhesive, embossing powders, scissors, coaster
Step 1 - <span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong>Paint </strong></span>muslin. I've used pearlescent paints here to give a shiny effect. </div><div align="center">
</div><p align="center"><a onclick="return false;window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://alterme.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/04/painted_muslin.jpg"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129017872068162242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2mBeFL81aqaLBzkB-JX5f4aAsgtUl2EiiLXS2owQ1klfDo8ob02BeQAlOb6BsrBBQfOhDhVWWuwT30Q3SYIYgzqbUbcRyqFYAIAdZCP6h1T5JQovB8LuMN_uVyx7HL_0kz3vf1uD3nkk/s320/painted+muslin.jpg" border="0" />
Step 2 - Stamp an image using <span style="color:#3333ff;">expanding paint</span> (paint that expands with heat). I used a Stampers Anonymous harlequinn stamp. Then I added embossing powders into the paint. </p><p>
</p><div align="center"></div><a onclick="return false;window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=1418,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://alterme.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/04/stamped_and_emb_powders.jpg"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129017545650647730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgdMXbcdK095RwCEwsEt3miKFmF0nMQY8Glw3nUsaimBoh5KBO4ax1Pp-4W_zvktSkf9wu5ZlxVMhaX7Cj5Mxb3b8kz2sqc2RHMQ_ie49XMRUvp8qguzXaDnCW0t75vmcqdQQTjU5732m/s320/stamped+and+emb+powders.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Step 3: Heat. The paint will puff up, giving a great <span style="color:#33ccff;"><strong>texture </strong></span>to the piece. </p><p align="center">
</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129017283657642658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIVTpFYizY2bgQyGPqpP8kvOXhq87Stzs-Chftpj-8e6CA-sOGamMlBdirUJ7kddg1AqD3rveK_Y36hCPBpjWhfROiebccbz5t9mhakzQgYc09tEm2wSB9XYX3YAGqO-v4oeLaF_nLeTr/s320/fabric+heated+joy1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Step 4: Add paints as <span style="color:#663366;"><strong>desired.</strong></span>
Step 5: Trim to size for your <span style="color:#cc66cc;"><strong>coaster.</strong></span> <a onclick="return false;window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=673,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://alterme.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/04/fabric_for_coaster.jpg"></a></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129017043139474066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh2CryT4zHtaQxv8T5tixqviYQxAKr1BEkMAwz6Sv4duyA_si7G5o8WNqouM_op8ggyo1GcspM3VOF-IcUDLD0J9MuyG0Dcn3Rwc-lesNImKPceZHAo_90n99mtxGrgg5VIuR30Oy4_si/s320/fabric+for+coaster.jpg" border="0" />
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Step 6: Cut a <span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>transparency </strong></span>to wrap around the coaster. This will protect the fabric from spills.
<a onclick="return false;window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=654,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://alterme.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/04/transparency.jpg"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129016712426992258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxM3p9xBy05BfHEE9F2Vex91OyM7LiDMWLl6WCWOwhfQBfbkAeOpLyhToF6lX4jaredCusBkLW_8TZOQBlslQvqgDOzSkDuzKzkdT1l6y-I2YaSyhAnDHzSRoQMoIBZzj34X8j8i1NXLmP/s320/transparency.jpg" border="0" />
Step 7: Use a strong <span style="color:#996633;"><strong>adhesive </strong></span>to glue to the back of the coaster. Weight the transparency down for 1-2 days to ensure it adheres.
</p><a onclick="return false;window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=794,height=790,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" href="http://alterme.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/04/image0.jpg"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129016261455426146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19JQwMMu-s0hyemECimSIGI19xioGHypdAWx61h9mMMgVFwyXI9gzQFF8RCgDvrqZBJutQyfFiJukGaRPI8M_w7ltO_9NfQucu3JkUywFkMBhHetd0FaUXUrXVZ3cbPUZ_ID34B_W3b73/s320/image0.jpg" border="0" />
Step 8: Enjoy! :)
<p align="center">x Joy</p>A Creative Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039353572935799750noreply@blogger.com1