Happy Valentines Day.......

Morning fellow bloggers Happy Valentines Day, phew it sure was busy at work yesterday with all those people buying their loved ones choccies, have to say it was mostly guys in the afternoon making a last minuet dash.
I've had a go at making some cards using the same techniques as I did for my book box, this one uses the cupid die cut from Tim Holtz as well as The Tattered Flower die which I cut down, I then used Bronze and Magenta Viva Maya Gold paint .

Have a great weekend

hugs n smiles 

Challenges

Inspirational Journal......Love is in the air

Crazy 4 Challenges.....valentines

Allsorts......any occasion other than Birthday

Thats crafty.....Be my Valentine

Sister Act Card Challenge.....anything goes

Simply Create too.....anything goes

Creative Fingers.......anything goes

Chocolate Coffee and cards.....Happy Valentines Day

Brown Sugar.....use a bow and a die cut

In the Pink....love is in the air

Memas Crafts.....cupid is smiling

4 Crafty Chicks.....Valentines

Crafty Creations.....Hearts and love

Is it a book or a box ?

Afternoon fellow crafty bloggers, hope you are all keeping well and not snowed in, noticed the headlines in The Express this morning saying we are expecting killer weather, I had to laugh as this paper only ever has weather headlines and is very rarely right. I have been absent for a week as I have been working on some samples for Kraftyhands and I was also asked by Leandra of PaperArtsy to make some samples for a couple of new stamp sets that Elizabeth Borer is bringing out, so sorry no sneak peeks yet, but the release dates are early February.

I did manage to get to a workshop at Daisy Jewels with Lindsay Mason the Saturday before last so here are pics of my finished box, which when I saw the sneak peek of the project I thought it was a book. We got to use some of the lush Viva products and the sheen of these metallics paints called Maya Gold are gorgeous. I did use Precious metals by Viva a few years back but these new ones are so much more better.

Lots of lovely layers, including a crumpled  paper background, stencils and embossing after we had layered up all the embellishments and die cuts etc. the painting started, first a base layer of black and then we added the metallics which blended lovely.  I added a final touch of Viva Inka gold in lilac to lift the the blue and bronze lustre of the Maya gold paint. As these paints are water based they can be easily mixed to create new colours and once they are dry they are permanent........guess that's what I shall be buying next.

Challenges

Sweet Stamps......stencils and embossing paste

The Crafting Cafe.....lots of layers

Through the Craftroom door....anything goes

Top Tip.....something new (paints)

Craft Your passion....anything goes

The Pink Elephant....anything goes

Creative Fingers.....anything goes

CRAFT....recycling (packaging used for die cutting)

Hugs n smiles