Box Bow

For this project I've used all three of the Walesby Hearts so you can see the difference in size and how well they go together.

I've used Pumpkin Pigment Ink for the stamping and clear embossed them to add a little shine.  The pumpkin is a gorgeous new ink colour - an orangey-red which will be great for Halloween but it's too good to save for that!!  





I stamped the large hearts with about 1" between the points, and then smaller gaps for the others and stuck them together with foam pads to give a little height.  Instead of ribbon I've stamped the Checkerboard Border stamp in Pumpkin and wrapped the parcel with that and used a small section in the middle of the bow too.

Sticky fingers! One stamp

Clare here again, well I certainly did get into a mess with this one.  I am very new to working with gesso but hope to get better aquatinted with it very much more in the future.

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I applied a liberal amount of gesso on onto my card and before I it had time to dry I randomly stamped into it.  To speed things up a bit I dried it off with my heat gun.  Once dry I spritzed with French mint and then smugged some sienna ink pad around the edges.  To finish off I brushed with gold mica powder to highlight the stamped image.

I hope you are all having fun taking part in the one stamp project whether your fingers be sticky, inky or both!  

Crafty hugs,

Clare x x x

Heart Earrings

Another quick post with a set of Earrings for the ONE STAMP challenge.  I think they'd make a great gift for anyone - bridesmaids maybe.

Here I've used the Medium Walesby Heart stamped with silver Brilliance on black shrink plastic/polyshrink.  I punched holes top and bottom, heated with a heat gun and then added beads and ear wires.





If you've never used shrink plastic before, it's worth buying an oven dish (small and cheap one) to do your shrinking in - it saves chasing the object all over your surface.   Also, if size is important then it's worthwhile creating a ruler to shrink so you know how much shrinkage you get.  I've used white and black shrink plastic making heart charms this week and they do shrink differently.








Hope you've enjoyed my project and thanks for looking.  Keep popping back for more inspiration from the Design Team.

Gilded Cage

So how to make a wooden kit look like aged metal, it was surprising easy when I started this project I was looking to create a rusted metal look, I expected to be using gilding waxes and gesso and all sorts of messiness... but it was quicker and easier with a less is more approach you somehow find on weekends like this.
I started out by stamping and embossing on the bare MDF,
I used different powders to get a range of cour and textures.

Then I simply spray the project with some inks in a bottle to get a good base colour. I loved how it looked at this stage so got Ben to fix it together whilst I did some more blog posts etc. Looking at this morning it looked great, what do you think?




















I did go a little further and dabbed some gold acyclic ink down the outside edges. I have stopped there, it would take more embossing powder dabbed on and maybe some metallic waxes and perfect pearls or some Glorious gold Ink In a bottle.....
I hope you like it

Lynnda xx

Heart Necklace

Elaine here with another quick project for the ONE STAMP challenge using the Walesby Hearts.

For this piece I've stamped the Large and Small Walesby Hearts on black shrink plastic/polyshrink remembering to punch holes before shrinking with my heat gun.   I've strung them together with jump rings and added beads for a little colour.

I've kept this quite simple but you can obviously add as many beads as you wish and whatever colour.  You could make a bracelet to match.   As the photos shows, the Walesby Hearts lose none of their detail no matter how small they are!!

Thanks for stopping by to look - don't forget to check out all the last few posts for more inspiration.....and there are more posts to follow!!

Don't break my heart! (One stamp project)

Here is a little bit more of inspiration for the One Stamp Challenge.
It is obviously something that you would have to prepare in advance.  Back in the dull dark winter months I had a little play with some air dry clay.  I made tiles, plaques and some pendants.  I hadn't used them all and thought that the heart shape would be ideal to showcase the Walesby Heart stamp.

The Oak House Studio spray inks loved my little clay heart!  Paris pink and pearly silver were spritzed and when dry I stamped on the Walesby heart and embossed with Oak House Studio silver detail embossing powder and finally added some pearly dots and ribbon.

What will you make with yours?

Crafty hugs,

Clare x x x 

metal & glass

Two materials one project. I really enjoyed doing this into pewter, which I find hard to buy.
Staz on ink of course on the the glass, this can be tricky but take your time.
Then Staz on again onto the soft metal and worked with a ball tool. I used the medium and small hearts because they fitted the size piece of metal I had.
The metal is held on the vase with double sided tape.


Hope you still enjoying the weekend, don't forget to tell your friends.
Lynnda xx