Feeling Frosty with Tando and Rubber Dance

On the Tando Blog today I have a quick tag for you today featuring a one of my favourite Tando Masks - joined snowflakes. I sprayed my tag with Distress Stains over the mask to make a background and embellished it with a large snowflake from the Tando pack of 5 Snowflakes, which I covered with gesso and Distress Glitter in Rock Candy so it's lovely and sparkly! The greeting is from the brand new Rubber Dance set that I designed alongside Bibi :). Hope you like it.

Winter Wonderland by Rubber Dance

Pack 5 Snowflakes

Joined Snowflakes Mask

Lots of love,
Katy xxx

Guest Designer - A Sprinkle of Imagination

I was delighted and very flattered to be asked by Trish to be a guest designer for A Sprinkle of Imagination as part of their 12 Designers of Christmas series. I am among some distinguished company, so no pressure LOL! Keep checking back all through December for lots of inspiration.

I made a Christmas decoration using a box canvas which I reversed to make a shadow box. I covered the outside in book page which I knocked back with Antique Linen Distress Paint then edged it with gilding wax and added a little stamping with Stampotique's Abstract Foliage. I created a panel for the inside of the box again using stamping and book page.

The 'snow' is created by adding modelling or texture paste roughly with a spatula then sprinkling it with dry Distress Glitter in Rock Candy to make it sparkle. I added 'snow' to my tree branch too and also glittered the festive berries.

Inside I dangled painted, glittered snowflakes (Tando) from monofilament so they hang and move. Noel and the poinsettia are Tim dies. My robin is one of Dina Wakley's Scribbly Birds stamps - I thought he was suitably fat and jolly to be a robin!

Hope you like my creation and remember most of the goodies are available from A Sprinkle of Imagination.

Katy x

Frosty the Snowman

Something a little different today! Been making a lot of jewellery as gifts recently with Xmas coming up - can't share those as it would give away the surprise but I can share these that I made for me :).

My snowmen are made from crackle quartz rounds and haematite disc beads and wire scarves made from teeny tiny seed beads. How very festive!

Normal paper-based service to be resumed shortly!

Katy x

Cabinet Card for Rubber Dance

Here's a sneaky peek of my project featuring over on the Rubber Dance blog today, including some instructions for this faded, retro-style colouring technique. Hope you like!

I used the gorgeous Nostalgic Couples set for this project (the stamp of the couple - called Retro Couple - is also available as a single).

CO3-L Nostalgic Couples

Katy x

Stampotique Challenge - Anything Goes

I've been poorly sick so not making for the last couple of weeks so I decided to ease myself back into the creative process with a mini project on a small tag for the Stampotique Challenge this month.

I used cute little Goglin and also grasses and foliage, all from Stampotique.

The toadstool is Tando and the awesome sentiment is a Rubber Dance one - if you love Stampotique stamps then you need the Sarcasm Superpower set! It's perfect for quirky makes.

See you soon,
Katy x

New Stamps!

Quickie from me today but had to share my excitement about these brand new stamps from Rubber Dance - but then I would, cos I helped to design them along with lovely Bibi.

Get yours over at Rubber Dance - with 12% off right now to celebrate owner Bibi's birthday!

Really hope you like them!
Katy x

Feeling Festive with Tando

It's a Christmassy theme this week over at the Tando Challenge blog and my contribution is a jolly sleigh stuffed with sweet treats. I hope you will join in for your chance to win some yummy Tando goodies! Now that's a Christmas treat!

I covered the Tando sleigh in patterned paper before edging it with paint and glitter.

I don't have a lot of Xmas stash so I reused some seasonal decorations instead on this piece. Along the sides I added mini tinsel (from Homebase) and along the top edge some icicles cut from a Christmas garland. The bells (on the rear edge) and mini stockings (inside) are also tree decorations (from Poundland too, so very cheap and merry!).

For my focal point, a Tando snowflake is covered with gesso that's been sprinkled with holographic glitter whilst wet. The runners have a tough of faux snow.

I felt my sleigh should have a licence plate on the back and here the Tando bookplates came in perfectly! I finished the embellishment with glitter brads and a mini bow.

Inside the sleigh I've tucked tasty treats! My candy canes are inside part of a kitchen roll tube covered in matching pattered paper, to make them stand up neatly.

I used these lovely Tando goodies (oh and one final note before I go - don't be daunted by the flat packed sleigh - it's super easy to put together!)

Sleigh

Large Bookplates

Pk 5 Snowflakes

Thanks for stopping by and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Katy x