Clock Works

Morning, I thought it best to share this with you as a separate project. I actually used it for the back of the Dandelion  clock that I shared yesterday as the working arrived damaged and wanted to make the most of the MDF surface. The MDF was launched on Hochanda by Bev from Bee Crafty, during the show from Alexandra Palace, It was so popular and sold out (twice) incredibly quickly during the show. I have to say the quality is excellent, with such a smooth surface to work on, I didn't even need to prime it for this.

To start this project I used a clock/cog stencil. I smoothed Decoart Sand Texture Paste through it and removed the mask. While it was till wet I secured an old watch part to it using Collall 3D glue gel. The I linked some wooden cogs from Indigo Blu and secured them with Cosmic Shimmer Glue.

Once this was dry, I painted it all over with acrylic paint, the one I chose was 'Sleeping Beauty' from Indigo Blu. It is a beautiful metallic colour and gives a marvellous sheen. I set this aside to dry completely.

On my glass mat I put a small amount of Townhouse Teal acrylic paint and separately another amount of Grandmas Teacup, both of these colours are from the English Cottage Acrylic paint collection from Indigo Blu. To both of these I mixed some Kroma Crackle thoroughly  before randomly applying to my project

I left this for the rest of the day and overnight to dry thoroughly and crack before applying gilding wax, I used Pebeo Silver and Empire Gold to highlight some areas. To finish, I secured it to the base.

It's such a great piece of MDF, I am almost pleased that the clockworks were damaged to allow me to decorate the back as well. Thank you for taking the time to visit today, I hope you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared and the finished piece. Would be great to have your comments. Hope to see you soon, Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Leonie's Butterfly Bag.

Morning, Oh my goodness. Something else which is very new for me. I thought this promotional piece would be great for Leonie's TV launch show. Obviously you don't get the 'Leonie Pujol' in the collection as it's Leonie's property but It will give you an idea of what else you could do with it.

I have never made a bag before, but I searched the internet for a simple unlined 'Bag for Life' for me to decorate. I am over the moon with the result and hope you like it.

I started by cutting my Calico, The large piece forms the main part of the bag and measures 15'' wide by 27'' long. Two further pieces are needed for the handles and these both measure 19'' by 3''.

Both ends of the large piece were folded and pressed 1/2'' and then again 1/2'' to hide the raw edges and set aside.

The handles were folded 1'2'' in on both sides, then folded in half lengthways and stitched together as close to the seam as possible. Then to match the other side was also stitched as close to the edge as possible. This is repeated for the second handle.

Centre the handle onto the bag wrong side and pin under the folded seam, stitch close to both edges. Fold the handle upwards and stitch over the handle, repeat for the opposite handle.

Turn right sides together and make an 'M' shaped fold in the bottom, pin and stitch down either side of the bag, this gives more room at the bottom of the bag. I did it wrong sides together as I liked the idea of the detail on the outside. I know it's wrong, but it looks nice.

Using my Brother Scan n Cut, I used 'Leonie Pujol' and enlarged the image to be in proportion with the bag and what I had planned for the stamps. I cut the image out of freezer paper and ironed onto the front of the bag. I then used Sleeping Beauty paint from Indigo Blu to colour through my stencil. 

I used all 3 Butterflies from Leonie's collection, from the Flight To Freedom Set. I positioned one so that it was sitting on the 'L' and the other 2 flying around her name. Then I sneaked in a sentiment from the collection to place under Leonie Pujol.

I then coloured them using Spectrum Noir Pencils from Crafters Companion, I used the primaries for the red and green Butterflies and the essentials for the blue Butterfly:

Red Butterfly:024,027 and 033

Green Butterfly: 061,052 and 050

Blue Butterfly:06,073 and 071 

Thank you for popping by today, I hope you liked this project and really hope that you will be back very soon. Thank you so much for leaving your comments, they do help me to carry on.Take care xx