Love display box

Hi all,

Here is a little display box I decorated and made items to go inside.

I started off painting the box with Fresco French Roast paint, I then gave it all a small sanding down after, so some of the woods grain showed through.

Next i cut a sheet of prima paper to the size of the compartments and glued them down.

Then i stamped round all sides with a flour, to this i added some gem stones and a wooden heart which i had painted and covered with crackle glaze. I also glued a couple of keys to the top corners.

I then decided to add some small items to some of the compartments.

I made some bricks which were painted, to one side I added some of the same prima paper and added letters.

I done a similar thing to some heart shapes.

I also decorated a couple of small bottles and all these and a few other items were added to the box.

I hope you enjoyed looking.

Any comments are welcomed.

Jamie

Book of Ruination take two

Hi All,

This is another book I made using the Andy Skinner Book of Ruination online work shop.

Great course which you can do at your own pace and learn some fantastic techniques.

Out of respect to Andy I will not reveal how this is made.

Here's my book.

Many thanks in having a look at my post.

Any comments are welcome.

Thanks

Jamie

Rock Your Book

Hi All.

This is a continuation of my Book of Ruination post.

In Andy Skinners Book of Ruination course you also get a second book to try which is called Rock Your Book.

As with the first book this again is a fantastic course with step by steps instructions and videos to help. Again with various great tips on techniques.

I wont reveal how my book was made but here are the photos of my finished book.

Thanks for taking time to look.

Any comments would be welcome.

Thanks

Jamie

Butterfly Deep Box Frame

Hi all.

A short blog showing photos of a Butterfly Deep Box Frame I have made.

The butterflies are made using the Tim Holtz die.

Many thanks for looking.

Jamie

Book of Ruination

Hi all.

I have been looking for new ideas of craft items to try and that would suit my taste. After a while I stumbled across Andy Skinners work and really enjoyed his style, then found that he done online workshops that I could do in my own time and at my own pace.

So I decided to try The Book of Ruination course.

I must say it was a fantastic course and with step by steps instructions and videos to help. He also teaches you various techniques whichhelped me alot being fairly new to this kind of thing.

Obviously I wont reveal how my book was made but here are the photos of my finished book.

Front.

Back

Inside

I really enjoyed the course and was so pleased with my book, especially as this was my first attempt!

Hope you enjoyed looking.

Jamie 

Altered bottle

Hi.

This is my first altered bottle.

I started off with a glass bottle and applied a coat of decoart texture bottle. I used a brush for this and dabbed the texture to get some peaks to appear.

While this was drying (a good few hours) I used fimo clay and a mold to make a poison sign for the front of the bottle. 

This was glued to the bottle and i added some modeling paste to the back so it fitted the shape of the bottle.

I then added some string to the top of the bottle using glue.

This was then all painted and dry brushed using a few colours.

Here are some photos of my finished bottle.

Many thanks for taking time to have a look.

Jamie

Love heart number 2

Hi everyone. 

This is my new wooden love heart I made.

If you have seen my other blogs you will see I am really enjoying this type of craft.

I started with a wooden heart and started placing objects on the heart till I get the look I like. 

As you will notice from my final piece the shape of the heart and other items have changed.

Next I put a grunge paste tree bark effect all over the heart.

To this i gave a white coat of fresco paint, then  started applying various coats of different blues starting off with the lightest.

To the outer edge i started getting darker with french roast and a small amount of black dress. To this I added a gold edge.

Next I decided to paint my items before I stuck them down to the heart Instead of after as i have done before.

These were painted with my blue fresco paints and finished off with some treasure gold (great product to use).

I then stuck down my flatter Items before i added an amount of cheese cloth which i had paint with gold fresco paint. Then the remainder of items were stuck on the cheese cloth with bits of the cloth appearing between my items.

I added a small heart on the left side which was painted and stuck on more of the gold chesse cloth 

And my final finished heart... 

Many thanks for looking.

Jamie