Hi everyone
Well that was
OUR FIRST CHALLENGE !!
Thank you all so so much for joining in, such gorjuss entries as well, I know some of the teamies are still going through comments so bare with us
That one was Choosen by Sandie
Shes found it hard to get to a winner but a winner has been decided and its
So can you please email me at
craftymess@rocketmail.com and we can sort out your prize & take your winners badge from the side - well done
Also the whole team are choosing some that deserve a badge so in no order
Well done everyone, please take your top pick badge and wear it with pride
Onwards to our next challenge choosen by
Picture Perfect
So we have all done our own versions of what this means, so as long as you can explain why yours is, then add it to mr linky and see whos the next winner.
The rules are here - No one likes rules but they help everyone to play fairly
You do not have to use our products to enter the challenge
Our prize is
This Challenge ends 23rd September 2012
So get your crafty mits to the ready !!
Heres what our gorjuss team have done this time around
This Split Paper Bag Album I made using 3 brown paper bags (tutorial I followed on YouTube Channel 'Following the Paper Trail'). I stuck to the colour theme of kraft card, dark brown, cream, gold and copper. Using the Crafty-Emblies camera as my main focus on the front I painted it brown using acrylic paint and highlighted areas using a silver pen and also a white pen. I used the Tim Holtz die
cut alphabets to create the words 'Picture Perfect' coloured them with vintage photo distress ink, sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Mist Marigold and added dimension by building up with UTEE. I added some Crafty-Emblies cogs which I rubbed with Inca Gold in the Gold and Copper colour and some off cut boarders. Added 2 dollops of Hot Glue on top and bottom corners and rubbed with Inca Gold too (can you tell what my new toy is at the moment? Inca Gold fab stuff!! To finish off I rubbed Inca Gold around the edges of the cover front and back.
I painted a film strip frame in matt black acrylic paint and then added the images,the added the back of the frame.Keeping to the monochrome theme I added a few embellishments.The Crafty-Emblies camera was painted using pearl acrylic paint,the same as I used for the sprig of leaves.To the camera I added a Crafty-Emblies cog as well as a metal washer,also adding small black gems for the cameras's buttons.
I took one,of crafty-emblies,small boxes,covered it with graphic 45 papers,then added one of the,floral swirls,and one of the wooden messages.
Inside I covered with crackle paint,and papers,then made a Tiny,album,with photos,of the DT.
Then I covered an old frame with crackle paint,then added floral,embellishments,butt
Three hanging picture frames decorated with paper flowers, wooden embelies word plaques, wooden embelies buttons, small paper doilies, card candi and flourishes.
I sprayed the frames with silver and black/green mica sprays.
Sprayed some of the emblies with the same silver mica spray and brushed with silver mica powder. I covered some with embossing powder and embossed with silver embossing to look like metal.
Once frames were cry I stamped with cog images and arranged the emblies on to the frames. I finished off with sparkly cog peel offs.
I used mainly stuff from our miss cut section, as most of them are really good to use, I took our rectangle box
coloured it, added a piccie of our gorjuss milly mops who went to doggie heaven on Thursday. Ive added some wooden bits to the top of the box and the bottom, added some alphabets letters, a couple of flowers, some beads on a string and some lace. It has then been wiped over with some inca gold.
This is an Ikea cork coaster, cut to make a frame, distressed with paint and
copper embossing powder. Some leaf flourishes were added, distressed in the
same way and decorated with green gems. The frame was wrapped with inked
fibers, some small flower embellishments and the word HOPE were added to
finish. The 'picture' is a butterfly image stamped onto a clear embossed
background and rubbed with water based inks.
This is a Book that Fiona made for her dear friends, so has used inca gold on the emblies on the front, and inside are several boxes, you have to watch the video for more amazing ideas, this womans work is so good, we are very lucky to have such a talented person on our team.