Tuesday 10 May 2011

Bees Wax......

Well after having an experimental day playing in my little craft room on Sunday I came up with this little number.....lots of mess with the beeswax, hmmmm not to sure if I was being a little heavy handed with the wax as I managed to get it everywhere, I think I spent more time cleaning down afterwards than I did splodging, scraping and painting it on, I think I got carried away as the layers were building up with images from Crafty Individuals, tissue paper from 7 Gypsies and lots of glimmer misting. I've only done 1 beeswax project before and that was with Lin at LB crafts so this was my first time flying solo, so to speak, after I had finished layering I brushed Perfect Pearls metallic powders to various parts and a tip I learnt from Lin was after dusting lightly remelt the wax for the powders to set in the wax.

Now the little bottle cap was made following one of the tutorials over at the Craft Barn wishing well tutorials last week......I like the idea that you just need to heat a little wax in the cap, add the image and then melt some more on top.....easy and very effective. The Eiffel tower is one of the 6 I made the other day......I'm so loving these and you will be seeing a few more Paris projects........I'm on the look out for a stamp with just the Tower on but big enough to see some detail of the metal structure, so if you knnow one give me a shout pleazzzze. The little postcard stamp from Crafty Individulas was coloured in with Prismas and distress ink and is so sweet although the text is English I think it lends itself for any occassion.

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp and Show......anything goes.
The Craft Barn.....Beeswax.
Oh La La.....Tres Chic, not sure whether tres grungy counts though.!!
Lets Ink It Up.....Embellish it.
Allsorts....... use three different stamps.
Alphabet.....A for around the world.
Everybody Art.......flowers.
Top Tip Tuesday.....Flowers
 Thank you for your kind inspirational comments
they are very much appreciated
hugs
 



20 comments:

Meggymay said...

Your card is amazing, so beautiful, it was worth getting the bees wax everywhere. Yvonne xx

Sue said...

Wow wow wow they just get better fantasic Luv Sue x

Gerri Herbst said...

Spectacular card. You attention to detail is amazing and so very pretty. take care, gerri

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Hi
This is right up my stree - absolutely love this.
Beeswax is fun - I use a melt pot.
You mentioned an Eiffel Tower stamp. Here is a link for an Oxford Impressions plate. I have many Eiffel Tower stamps - this one is solely the structure, no landscape.
Wishes
Lynne

http://store.oxfordimpressions.com/Oxford-Impressions-April-in-Paris/dp/B004GW3BCM?ie=UTF8&id=Oxford%20Impressions%20April%20in%20Paris&field_product_site_launch_date_utc=-1y&field_availability=-1&field_browse=2579495011&searchSize=12&searchPage=4&searchNodeID=2579495011&refinementHistory=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Cbrandtextbin%2Cgeneric_number_1&searchRank=salesrank

Jean Franks Beck said...

Wow, wow, and more wow! This is exquisite - I could look at it for hours, so many gorgeous details that blend so perfectly together. Absolutely beautiful. :)

Brenda Brown said...

This is a real designer piece Daniele, I just love everything about it. I have never used beeswax, but I so want to now.
Thanks for joining in with our 'embellish it' challenge at LIIU.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

Unknown said...

OMG and amazing piece of art. I love absolutely everything about it. Thanks for sharing with us at LIIU. Good luck. Hugs Suzanne x

Netty said...

Totally fabulous Daniele a real work of art. Yours beeswax is brilliant....... Annette x

Tiny Paper Blossom said...

Love the perfect pearls and all the dimension. Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge Blog.

Claire said...

Its stunning Daniele, really gorgeous! I love working with beeswax, it give such a gentle effect and your project is a real work of art
Thanks for joining us at LIIU and good luck
Claire xx

Anonymous said...

Such stunning project!
Thank you for playing with us at the Craft Barn
isa

Unknown said...

This is very yummy and you know I love Paris so I will be on the look out for more of the same ;0)

Love Dawn xx

PCM said...

What a wonderful vintage style card. I love all the elements and your play with the beeswax. Thanks for sharing and joining us at Top Tip Tuesday this week.

Von said...

A lovely card :)
Von x

Debs said...

Stunning card with fantastic techniques.
Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week.
Good luck.
{{Debs}} xx

Mummylade said...

wow, look at all those lovely details! Thank you so much for entering the Allsorts challenge with this creation and good luck!

Helen Ann said...

love it, gorgeous layout love all the detail

thanks for playing along at Alphabet Challenge Blog, hope to see you again

(sorry for the late comments (reallife got in the way lol)

Helen Ann XOX

Lynne Forsythe said...

Daniele......you experiment with Beeswax was a TOTAL SUCCESS!!! just LOVE~R~LY!!

thanks bunches for playing along with the teamies and SIMON SAYS STAMP AND SHOW!!

Angela Weimer said...

Such a stunningly beautiful project. I love all the layers. thanks for sharing and have a lovely day. Angela

Sonia said...

Beautiful Card. Thanks for joining us at ALPHABET Challenge.
Sonia DT