Pocket folio

Happy wet and cold Sunday perfect day to craft all day and stay in your pajamas

This Morning we get to welcome Julie on the blog today.

Julie has a great you tube channel where she has a lot of tutorials  why not pop over and check it out 

 

Good morning

Today I am sharing a couple of two pocket folio I have created using 

Denise Boddey Design papers.

One has a die cut front and the other is trimmed with lace.

I have used two papers from the Cogs of Time paper range for these folios.

For one I used Time Warp

and for the other I used Overcast

Each of the folios have two pockets inside and have machine stitching around 

the folio and pockets.

I have used fussy cut images from several of Denise's paper collections to embellish this folio

along with some lace and glossy accents

The front section of the folio was die cut using the Deco Half Circle die

I have stamped, heat embossed and die cut the flower to embellish this folio using the 

Primrose Stamp & Die set

Here is my process video if you would like to see how I created these folios

https://youtu.be/-byfobSQqYc

Thanks for dropping by

Till next time

Have fun and stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Pastel Pretty

  Just a little wintery today here in Adelaide perfect time to sit in the craft room and I think I may stay in my pajamas all day and just be cozy and comfortable my dressing gown has glue and a bit of paint on it which now is my crafting dressing gown. Today we welcome Sonia back with an off the page project very much my colours  and combination pastels and mix media

Pastel pretty was the name of the game this month. I have to say not my usual colour palette however I really enjoyed working with these very pretty, light colours.

 I started off with a big can of tomatoes. Obviously, the tomatoes I used for cooking and the can I decided I wanted to repurpose it. My can opener (Tupperware) opens the can with out leaving any sharp edges which was perfect for my project. 

 

First, I wrapped the can with some old lace and stuck it down with gel medium. I then wrapped 2 panels of Ali lattice chip board around the middle. The chipboard did not quite touch in the front so I overlayed the gap with a Romantique Flourish laid sideways. Chipboard is so great for projects like this as it has some flexibility.

At the back I used 4 pieces of Button Leaves chipboard as per picture. 

At this stage I spray painted all the outside of the can white. I have also done this before just with a paint brush however it does take a bit of time to get into all the nooks and crannies.

 For my focal point for the front, I knew I wanted to use a resin mold piece I had. Denise Boddy Designs stocks a great range of Prima molds. Don’t hesitate to contact Denise if you can’t find what you are looking for on her website.

 I stuck a plain resin frame underneath my focal point and at this stage I also felt I needed something else around the sides from the front to the back, so I added a Berries chipboard piece on either side of my focal resin piece. I then sprayed the whole can once again in white.

After everything was dry, which honestly did not take long I added some very light green to the steam part of the button leaves chipboard and I made out the leaves where flowers and added a couple tones of pink to them.

I think this project would make a wonderful gift for a Mum or Grandma on Mother’s Day filled with flowers, lollies, or baked cookies. Also, could make centerpieces for a wedding even using only a 400g tin.

 If you are wanting to make pretty things for your craft room this is also a great paint brush or pencil holder. So have fun playing with this idea. 

thankyou Sonia

for a great project and awesome concept

 Happy Sunday hope in your neck of the woods is a beautiful day my garden is very confused one minute the sun is out then teaming with rain we have had some interesting weather here in Adelaide this week although it gets cold at night not as bad as other locations which is why Terrariums are needed. Her on the blog today we get to welcome Tina back she has created a canvas giving homage to Terrariums 

Thankyou Tina 

As soon as I seen the Terrarium chipboard I knew I wanted to make it into a canvas! 

I started with painting my chipboard blue including my title. 

I then worked on my back ground. I used a brick die and some brown sprays.

 I then used the new leaf set die using time tunnel paper, to cut from.

 I fussy cut from the A4 floral ephemera sheet and placed them with  my terrariums.

  I  used some drift wood as my shelves.

I stuck the leaf die cuts around the edge of the frame and with the other embellishments

 I added some bits from my stash and some 49 and market embellishments 

available from Denise Boddey desgins. 

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