Have a lovely day

As we have managed to have 1 full week of almost sunshine, I decided to celebrate this fact and reflect on the time of year it is.

The spring flowers are starting to bloom, the days are stretching out a bit more and at the end if the month the clocks go forward.

This weekend I used an mdf shaped heart and covered it using ranger paint.  Ithen  made up some flowers from the vintage collection from craftwork cards.  I popped these into clear utte using my melt pot.

For the background I used a creative expression mask and put some distress ink through, moved the stencil then used some cosmic shimmer mist, then the last layer was some texture paste.

The sentiment is a freebie I got in this months craft stamper and it just suited my feelings to a T.

Hope you like it and I hope the sun is shinning wherever you are.

Karen xx

Joes hand

The first post on my new blog

This is a wee project I've been working on since just before Christmas, it's my 10 year old sons hand print.

Since we redecorated the house I wanted to put something in the walls that we put our print to, so this is what I came up with.

The hand has not been glued flat to the canvas as I wanted it to have shadows when the light hit it.

Some additional texture using IndigoBlu kroma crackle, this was the first time I used this, I think it's really easy to use with brilliant results.

Stenciled using some tinted paperartsy grunge paste, didn't want to show a definite stop to the stencil so I tapered it of into the canvas.

Poured some utte into a ranger texted thread then cut out the letters to spell his name, once cooled I added a small amount if guilding wax just to highlight the texture.

Again used some indigoblu rubber stamps and using slap it on technique did some decopatch.

The base coat paints are all paperartsy fresco finish paints. 

I really enjoyed doing this.  I took my time and I'm really happy with the results, just another 3 to go lol.

Thanks for looking

Karen