a little bit of us: May 2021

Sunday, May 23, 2021

The blues ...

Remember in a previous post I mentioned that I made a purchase from over the ditch around Easter time from Jan at Scrapbook Affair - a little birdie had told me that she was stockist of some gorgeous Polish papers from Scrap and Me.

Sapphire Days was one of those paper collections.

There's a whole lot of blue going on - it's one colour that I've said for many years is really under-rated. There needs to be more blue colourings paperwise.

I whipped up a tag using some of these papers - there's a whole lot of layering - but I really did have a blast making this tag and it came together very quickly.

The quote - well that came from a sheet of quotes/sentiments from the team at Imagine If. Love using these quotes and sentiments - finishes off creativity, just like that.

Happy crafting my friends and if you are in my part of the world, wrap up warm.

Until next time,

CYA

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

Monday, May 17, 2021

Purpliciousness

Okay, so it's been a while since I shared any purpliciousness - so I thought it was definitely time to do just that.

I made a purchase from over the ditch around Easter time from Jan at Scrapbook Affair - a little birdie had told me that she was stockist of some gorgeous Polish papers from Scrap and Me.

So a few paper collections found their way into my shopping cart and then it was a matter of waiting on our friends at Australia Post to wave their magic wand and get my precious pizza box across the ditch.

Okay, so I have to be honest here and say it took a while ... but I have definitely ooh-ed and aah-ed over said papers since they landed on my front door step.

I whipped up a multi panel card.

To everyone in my part of the world, wrap up warm and I hope you find some time to be a little creative.

Until next time,

CYA

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Listen to the music of the waves

Hi everyone,

I'm back to share my latest creativity using the gorgeous 'Seaside Girl' collection from the Couture Creations team - a music and beach themed creation - a violin.

'Listen to the music of the waves' - bearing in mind it is now Autumn in our part of the world - one can only imagine and dream about lying on the beach in warmer climes, listening to the music of the waves.

I have put together an MDF layered violin and I have to say I am totally in love with the new quick dry adhesive. This project has been so easy to put together with this adhesive and a little tacky glue.

I used a mix of three blue paints and a crackle to colour my violin and let dry overnight to let the colours do their magic.

Then I have to be honest and say I attacked my violin in places with my sanding block - wiped away all the dust and then in areas I randomly applied my alcohol ink stayz in place inkpad - chocolate sprinkles together with my platinum brown pigment ink pearlescent ink pad.

I traced around the base of the violin to get the shape using Seaside Girl 12x12 paper 02 and the inside is covered in Seaside Girl 12x12 paper 05 - I've inked the edges before adhering to the violin itself.

I made a set of dummy strings and adhered to the violin and then I started to embellish.

On my table I pulled together a selection of ephemera die cut pieces, an array of sea shells, I strung some pearls, added art stones, I die cut an anchor [twice] and adhered together to make it a little sturdier to tuck in amongst some shells and ephemera pieces. I also made a piece of netting using some twine. I delved into my stash to find anything else that could be used in a sea related setting.

After all my bitsers were adhered to my violin and I was happy with the way everything looked, I randomly dabbed some more quick dry adhesive over my project and and added art stones and sequins.

And then, I just had to add just a little more gesso.