Sequin Easter Egg

Firstly, apologies for the long time without blog post. A lot is going on in my life right now.

I hope you are all enjoying the Easter weekend and are not too much impacted by the awful weather.

The sequin Easter egg shown here is a project I created a couple of days ago using a small polystyrene egg, Dovecraft Serendipity sequins and Dovecraft glitter ribbon. The pins I used are 13mm long sequin pins, which worked well and did not get into the way of each other.

It took me about two hours to complete the egg, but somehow it was really therapeutic to push the pins into something ...

Decorative Floral Muse Frame

Just good that I picked up another deep RIBBA frame in IKEA last Saturday. I like the new Dovecraft Floral Muse collection by Trimcraft so much that I just have to have some of it as decorative item in my home. So yesterday's craft project was another decorative frame. And I really love how it has turned out.

And this time I even remembered to take a photo of the project before putting it back into the frame. Reflections on the glass can make it so difficult to photograph these decorative frames.

If you would like to re-create the frame, you can find a product list and step-by-step instructions in my Trimcraft gallery.

Floral Muse Inspirations

 

Over the last days I have indulged a bit in the gorgeous products from the Dovecraft Floral Muse collection. They are so beautiful - and I just love those muted colours.

Here I would like to introduce two cards that I made 15cm square card blanks in ivory and Floral Muse products. I compiled again product lists and step-by-step instructions, which can be found - together with larger versions of the images - in my Trimcraft gallery.

Tatty Teddy Sweet Treats

After a busy week and continued property hunt I really needed to treat myself to a bit of crafting this weekend. And what could be a better 'pick me up' collection than the Me to You Sweet Shop products by Trimcraft. Guilt free and 0 calorie indulgence!

This post features three square cards I created with these products. Full products lists and step-by-step instructions will be available in my Trimcraft gallery by Monday night.

New Year - New Storage

I hope you all had a great start into 2016. May it be a healthy, peaceful, inspirational and successful year.

I decided to end the year with layers of glue on my fingers - First Edition glossy deco mache glue to be precise (and I added so much glue to my fingers that I would not have left identifiable fingerprints anywhere ... in fact, I still found traces of glue on two fingers this morning). Two rectangular TJENA boxes from IKEA, which were originally white, were waiting to be turned into storage boxes. So they got covered in First Edition deco mache papers on hogmanay and decorated on 1 January.

The first box is for storing paper flowers (mainly paper cherry blossoms) and should be stackable with other boxes, so I added cherry blossoms together with some assessories to the front of the box.

The second box is for storing bus timetables. This box will be kept in a drawer with a frosted glass front hence the labelling on the lid.

Product lists and step-by-step instructions for both boxes are - as usual - in my Trimcraft gallery.

New Year's Card

On the last day of the year I want to spend some time progressing storage and home decor items, so this is my final card of 2015. And to round up the year in style it is a card for New Year.

I used products from the Dovecraft Christmas Basics by Trimcraft plus First Edition dies and some small adhesive pearls from the Glad Tidings collection. For a full product list and instructions for this card please refer to my Trimcraft gallery.

Have a great start into a hopefully healthy, peaceful and successful year 2016!

Belle & Boo Christmas Plaques

During 2015 my crafting focus has really shifted from cards to home decor items. I never thought that I would enjoy it so much to create decorative frames and MDF items. And my handcrafted Christmas decorations, for example, that are currently surrounding me are - in my humble opinion - even nicer than many bought items.

The two MDF plaques in this blog post are created around the adorable Belle & Boo Christmas collection by Trimcraft. The plaques were prepared with white gesso and First Edition deco mache papers. A final all over application of First Edition deco mache gloss decoupage glue gives them a nice shiny and smooth finish.

Product lists and step-by-step instructions for both projects can again be found in my Trimcraft gallery.