Cherish The Memory, Wall Plaque, Mixed Media

I'm sharing a very simple Mixed Media project with you today...  but it's one of those ideas that has a multitude of uses.

A simple pairing of some images that can be layered up combined with that most gorgeous Feathers Frame creates the basis of a panel that can be equally at home as a piece of wall art, a card front, a notebook cover, the cover for a lever arch file - just to give you a few ideas!

I've simply sandwiched a piece of hessian between a few layers of very thick card - making sure that my hanging loop at the top stays nice and secure with some red liner tape and copious amounts of strong glue.

Once dry, I've added a piece of Gems and Peacock Paper that's been cut to size.

 I've slightly distressed the edges with a Distressed Paper Tool and added just a hint of Texture Paste to the top right and bottom left corners. 

Then I've added the image that I've layered up with the Feather Frame die cut.

 Did you see the hessian string that I added that's been woven in and out of those tiny perforations that you get on this particular die cut sheet of images?

 A piece of cord at the top for it all to hang from, plus two tiny staples in the
'Fly Away With Me'
quote at the bottom... 

and this mini work of art is complete!

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Supplies Used...

Cherish The Memory

StudioLight

Summer Feelings Gems and Peacock/Double Sided 12x12

Summer Feelings Die Cuts on A4 Sheet

Summer Feathers/Beach Frame - Metal Die

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I hope I've inspired you with my 'out of the box' thinking for a wall art project.

Can you imagine just how fabulous these could look in your craft room?

I hope so!

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Donna. x

Cherish The Memory, Repurposed Cacao Container, Mixed Media

I'm so happy to be able to share my first design with you all as a member of the Cherish The Memory Design Team.

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This started off life as an empty cacao container.

I hope you like it...

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Supplies used...

Cherish The Memory

StudioLight

Industrial 2 Card Making & Scrapbooking Kit

Summer Feelings 12x12 double sided - Seashells & Gems

Summer Feathers/Beach Frame - Metal Die

Summer Feelings Card Making Kit

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After cleaning the inside of the container my first job was to remove the bar code from underneath -  

simple enough to do with a touch of rubbing alcohol.

Then cover the container with a piece of paper cut to size - leaving just a tiny overlap.  I distressed the edges of my paper first, and glued it just a bit at a time to ensure it had a good bond with minimal air bubbles.  

Once dry, I simply covered it with Holtz Distress Collage Medium (Crackle).

Then I added the cog image, followed by the frame cut from the die...  and built it up from there.

The cogs I've added are covered in Rusting Powder.

Please feel free to email me if you need any more info on those or want to know how to achieve that technique.

The final step was to add the tags. 

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The lid to this container has a lip on so it's easy to remove and add whatever you want.

What would you use it for, I wonder?

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Thank you so much for stopping by today...

Donna. x

Craft Consortium Winter/Christmas Design, 'Winter Woodland Deer'...

I don't stamp very often - and when I do I tend to favour simple designs.

Add just a touch of colour using Distress Inks, water and a paintbrush - then add a few layers of  varnish (I use the kind you can buy as a spray) to waterproof and protect.

That's my style of stamping right now.

But I just couldn't resist having a little playtime with this sweet set of stamps.

Isn't that deer just the cutest?

If you look closely you should hopefully see that I've 'grounded' this little cutie using just a touch of grey ink.

I've also cut and layered up the images to help add some definition.

Here's a list of supplies used...

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Craft Consortium

Winter Woodland

Clear Stamp Set

Metal Vintage Acorn Charms

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Other supplies...

Distress Ink

Frayed Burlap

Walnut Stain

Ground Expresso

Shabby Shutters

Peeled Paint

Twisted Citron

Hickory Smoke

Fired brick

Festive Berries

Twinkling H20's - Pearl Blue

Delicata Ink - White Shimmer

Twine

 Varnish (Spray)

Images stamped with Versafine Smoky Gray

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Apologies for what seems like a long absence.  

Some of you may know that I have what's known as 'Histamine Intolerance'...

It would seem that trialling an apple a day for a month or so is not a good thing for me.

They are most definitely on my 'no' list from now on!

Huge thanks for stopping by today.

Donna. x