My diary using the Faux leather technique

Here is my attempt at Faux Leather for my diary cover the technique was much easier than I expected I have linked in the video from You Tube if you want to have a go. You will have lots of book covers drying away before you know it!Here is the link below to watch Sheena demonstrating how to make the Faux leather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfunaRazSSo

My idea of making a diary was started off by making a notebook at one of the workshops with Paula at Whichcraft Doncaster. It inspired me to go and make a diary with some Graphic 45 papers which I have had tucked away for some time in my craft stash. 

The papers worked well as you can see in the photo there was even enough paper for covering the tags too. 

Unfortunately  I cannot buy the papers in 6x6  they only come in 12x12 so only good for a larger book but I have found some lovely papers at Whichcraft so I'm going to have a go with those, so until then I hope you enjoyed taking a look at my work and thanks for stopping by.

Lynn 

 

Rustic Charm

Joined in with a workshop at Whichcraft Doncaster we made some lovely cards with a Rustic theme. Then at home I thought of a way to package the card, as my envelopes did not fit well. I made a template first for a small box envelope, it seemed to work, so I then continued to decorate the box as you can see on the picture . Making the box for the
 card means my card wont get squashed and should be ok on postage as it is only 1cm in depth (no problem going through the letterbox)

As I'm not posting  my card  I did not need to leave space for  the address, so I decorated the front with some stamping, papers, and a computer font for the writing.

Thanks for the workshop Paula really like the Rustic theme.

Bye for now

Lynn

Clarity challenge 18- feminine

To make my card I used:

Remountable Journaling Clear Stamp Set 

Elegant Ladies Stencil 7 x 7 Inch

This week while walking through town I came by a small art studio tucked away in a corner, I just had to have a look and so pleased I did . I was drawn towards some art books which had been  made from old books they looked fantastic but very time consuming a good ongoing project, therfore I took some inspiration from using book pages as a background on my card for this months challenge.

I cut a page of text paper  to a suitable topper size for my card, placed my stencil over, then used my distressed inks to add colour Walnut stain around the edges and fired brick in the centre.

After removing the stencil I went around the edge of the paper with my craft knife to give it torn appearance then inked the edges, adding some small circles made by using a lid off my spray bottle as a stamp.

Taking some cream card I made a frame using the journaling set of stamps and also made a band across the centre of the card making the appearance of hessian behind the image.

After mounting the work it was time to add some embellishments made out of paper from my craft stash, using a flower die to cut the layers. After some careful rolling and shaping the rose soon took shape. Behind the rose I added some scrunched seam binding and a heart embellishment to hang down from the flower.

Last week I spent a morning at my local craft shop  'Whichcraft' crafting along with a group of ladies making some flowers for our cards and now that's it i'm using up all those little scrap bits of paper to make roses.

So here is my card for this months challenge thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Bye for now
Lynn