created with 7gypsies trousseau collection, 7gs tryptic arc kit, 7gs embellishments, hambly clear overlay, ranger crackle paint & stains, vintage findings + book papers + other odds and bits from my stash.

a little peek of the mixed media book i’m making for CHA with the product i designed. eeks!!

happy monday!
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my sweet friend julie, who is an amazing art journaling queen and an incredible inky goddess has been busy designing some stencils for crafters workshop over the past year and asked me a few months ago if i would like to join in a little blog hop to celebrate her new partnership. yes please.

i received the cloud stencils, which i adored from the minute i saw it. i’ve been experimenting with folk art over the last few months and decided to make a little hanging cloud piece with some scrap linen that i hand in my stash. to start i cut two pieces of linen and painted each using the cloud stencil. i made sure to flip my stencil over on the second piece of linen so that my cloud “bubbles” would match when i sewed the piece together.

once sewn i stuffed it with some batting and then sanded the paint for a worn and primitive look. i added some linen patches and hung some crystal “raindrops” from the bottom of the could with some florist wire.

make sure that you check out the other artists that are particpiating today in the hop, and thanks to julie and CW for asking me to join them.

Lori Vliegan
Bianca Mandity
Claudine Hellmuth
Samantha Kira Harding
Diana Trout
Mou Saha
Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

happy tuesday!
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the best way to spend a rainy monday morning is by digging through an old pile of kR embellishment kit scraps. the gorgeousness in that box is beautiful and the end result of my project is looking kinda wonderful. i’m hoping it will help cheer up a particular someone when finished as i’m wrapping all of my best wishes into it and saying lots of magical things as i bind and glue and stack. i’ll share more when it’s finished.

also, i’m listing in the kR etsy shop a ton of projects that i’ve completed over the last year for various dt requirements, for fun, for the act of making, etc. i have a tendency to make things and then when finished they get put into a box. kinda sad, really. so i thought that i might as well pass them on to anyone else who’d like them… go check it out if you’re interested. prices are low.

i need more room people.

happy monday!
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i spent a big chunk of sunday doing that thing i have been dreaming of doing for months on end; making for the sake of making. it was a cool crispy day, drizzling rain all morning that opened up into a beautiful autumn afternoon. amazing to think that last week it was 90 degrees. it was as if the seasons shifted exactly on friday. hello autumn!

while i was in the studio i had a few different projects in the making. a few, like this tattered cuckoo clock i had started last spring and then set aside. i decided to do some followup. the cuckoo clock base is from kaiser crafts, something i have had on hand since i used it in a scrap kit for kR about a year ago. i have 3-4 more and i have some plans for those as well. i want to experiment more with the layering.

i thought i’d give you a quick little tutorial on what i did. this is the easy explanation peeps, but feel free to ask any questions in the comments and i’ll answer them there too. ;)

the base was covered with some plaster sheets {you can get this at any craft store}, i’m a big fan of stephanie lee (can’t wait to take her class at artfest next year!) and have wanted to play with some techniques i learned from her book with judy wise plaster studio.

after wrapping the base and gable with the plaster and letting it dry {this was done 5 months ago… lol} i dyed it all with some tattered angels mist in spanish moss. it’s a beautiful color, a soft and muted steel blue with a gorgeous shimmer. i need more. alot. more.

then i started the adorning. lots of vintage tattered laces and linen applied to the gable {see the original pic above}. just cut and layered really simply.

wrapped linen & lace rose with a little 7gypsies brass stud for the center and added it to the front.

i added a brass hanger loop and that gorgeous bee charm.

then the altered clock face made with a large brass 7g’s charm from the display kit. a piece of vintage open weave linen. antique buttons piled in a circle.

add arrow book turn and a large key then i dangled it above the cuckoo opening.

it was a great day, i’m still smiling as i type this out, remembering how relaxed it was to be out there making this. messy. fun. happy time creating. here’s to many, many more of these types of making days.

today i’m working on putting together a little mini halloween kit for the kR shop. it’s cute. and very limited. and hopefully will be listed by wednesday so you have plenty of time to put it together. it’s also making me happy on day 2 of making and exploring.

happy monday!
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