Christmas Batch Making

Time to enter another PaperArsty  challege - Jonne Wardle is back with her clean sense of crafting and its something I am really enjoying.

I don't have any PaperArsty Christmas stamps yet so used some from my stash with my Fresco paints, added a greeting stamp and some candy from Craftwork Cards. 

I made 2 different lots and this really helped boost the amount of cards I have for my friend to sell to raise money for Christy's Hospital who looked after her sister. (Will blog about that later)

Anyhoo these are my cards

Hope you like them and please leave a nice comment.

Jules

New Dekromounts

Love these New Dekromounts Shapes, they are really strong so I decided to make a frame. 

I took the 3 pieces in the set (you get 2 sets in a pack) to make up the frame.

First I painted the solid frame shape and a background for the stamp using a blend of Frescos.

Then I stamped new of my new Paperarsty stamps over the paint back ground, I love doing this with these stamps.

Taking the ornate side of the Dekromount I painted and then begin building layers with all my wonderful yummy new stencils and different colour Frescos.

 

Using the middle of the frame I made my supporting hinge. Just got the Paperarsty Hardware Die at Stampmagic so 2 of the hinges to go over and over the back support. Painted the whole of the back in Little Black Dress.

I finished with a couple of paper flowers, a metal key and some treasure gold around the edges. Love the results, they make fantastic small picture frames!!!

 Thanks for looking, please add a nice comment.

Jules 

Just a quick blog, 

I have been spending a lot of time designing my own website over the last 3 months and I think finally I am happy with it. 

I am going to be adding projects and new crafting goodies on a regular basis although still working full time at the moment to support myself so working lots of nights and weekends to process orders and update stocks. Please support me as I have big plans for the future of Craft With Redfish.

Have a browse of the store now, I am selling off Kanban Toppers and card stock to pave the way for new products (I desperately need the space) Also selling different crafty surfaces and the new Dekromounts which I love, a range of Christmas stocks, charms and embellishments.

http://www.craftwithredfish.co.uk/

I will blog a project on the Dekromounts later today!

Jules 

Joanne Wardle Challenge

Joanne Wardle was back on the Paperartsy challenge so I had to have another go at clean & simple. 

I loved the 2nd project so based my design on this - http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2013/10/joanne-wardle-project-2-grunge-leaf.html

I decided to try and use Autumn colours since it's that time of year.

First I stamped my image and then used grunge paste over the image

Then using nougat, blood red, pumpkin soup, very berry and my new round tipped brushes I painted the image. Stamped a script stamp and covered in ruby & Florentine treasure gold.

I love the results, freehand texture is fab, will try this again.

I would like to enter this into this weeks challenge over at Paperartsy.

Well I best be off to bed going to Stamp Magic at Donny tomorrow and then the wholesalers - busy day.

Simple

Another week at Paperartsy challenges and this week Joanne Wardle has been showing us clean & simple cards. I really struggle to make a clean "white" cards so I thought I would have a go.

I used a JOFY stamp and a new stamp from hobbycraft for the greeting.

Using Pansy, Beach Hut, and Nougat I coloured the flower and then added by stripe of paint, I also added a little glass stamp to finish it off.

At this point I had to walk away as I wanted to embellish and it needed to be 1 dimensional 

Finished card

I am quite please with the results.

Challenge http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2013/09/challenged-by-joanne-wardle-and-winners.html

I hope you like the card and leave a nice comment.

Thanks 

My Blackboard

Hello, once again I should be doing something else buy I am here instead - on hols tomorrow so I am taking a sneaky time out to show you the card I made last Sunday for the Paperartsy blog challenge.

Darcy made a stunning floral blackboard piece which I loved and I have made my version.

First I die cut the "black board" and painted with little black dress Fresco paint a couple of times. I use 1 flower die I got with my Monday Madness Mystery box and some leaf dies coloured them using Frescos and stamped with a script stamp, I decided they were a bit bright so covered with a light silver paint.

I have been wanting to do a background with the treasure gold, so I used by brickwork and ledger Stencil with grunge paste, and mixed 3 colours together, I left the middle as this was covered up.

At this stage I couldn't find my chalk so used more grunge paste the an alphabet stencil instead, and made some paper chalk.

Finished card!

I would like to enter into this weeks challenge at http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2013/08/challenged-by-darcy-wilkinson-and.html

I hope you like the project, please leave a nice comment.

Thanks 

Jules x

Fish Tank

Well I should be cleaning as we are away next week and my niece is housing sitting but I am here....

I loved the Paperartsy blog this week, and decided to use Leandra technic of mixing paints to make metallic ones. I won the new fishy minis last week so had to use those and I was also inspired by the blog from Suzz Czosek where see took a block of wood and turned it into this fab project 

http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2013/08/suzanne-czosek-special-10th-birthday.html 

So here is my very quick attempt

I used a block of wood which has been in the bathroom for months now - no idea why - and made into into a fish tank.

I made a card base. Mixed my own brown paint as I don't have that fresco colour yet and painted a little cabinet. Making some cupboards and draws and using treasure gold to highlight.

I also punched circles into card for my on template to use with the grunge paste as again I don't own one of them yet either it worked well but can only be used once.

Using beach hut and a silver paint I made this lovely shimmy blue wash added a few "ferns" using my JOFY stamps. 

If I had more time I would have made a lid as well but I like the result.

I would like to entry this into this weeks blog challenge over at 

http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2013/08/challenged-by-carol-quance-winners.html

Now on with the cleaning Booooo!!