Hey Everyone
Don't forget to visit http://www.teddiesworldwide.com/ Its preview time and you are now able to enter your VOTE for the best "Friends of Teddy" I hope you will enjoy My wee Hippo "Harriot" that I have hand crafted especially for the show. The Online show will go live on Friday the 13th July at 4.00pm - 4.00pm on Sunday 15th July - Please join me to ADOPT one of the many wonderful creations from Artists around the World...



VISIT http://www.teddiesworldwide.com/  
"Harriot" is just 3" in height and is made from a gorgeous pale grey Sassy longpile. She is fully jointed and is stuffed with polyester fibre with the tiniest amount of steel shot for added weight. 

Hey Everyone
Don't forget to visit http://www.teddiesworldwide.com/ Its preview time and you are now able to enter your VOTE for the best "TEA TIME TEDDY ATTIRE" I hope you will enjoy My "Teddy Teabag" that I have hand crafted especially for the show. The Online show will go live on Friday the 23rd at 4.00pm - 4.00pm on Sunday 25th March - Please join me to ADOPT one of the many wonderful creations from Artists around the World...

VISIT http://www.teddiesworldwide.com/  
"Teabag" is just 3" in height.  He comes complete with his very own porcelain teapot and is wearing a delightfully small teabag charm.  He is made from a gorgeous pale apricot Sassy longpile and is fully jointed with suttle shading around his eyes and nose. 

Florist Shop

I have just this minute finished my little Florist shop.  It all started with the fence and awning kit from Twiddleybitz.  Using the wrong side of a canvas, I built the shop around it using Balsa wood for the inside edges of the canvas and the tiny shelves.

 The plant pots and hanging baskets and even some of the flowers I made with quilling.  The little hanging baskets where then constructed using fine chain, tiny jump rings and earring hooks used in jewellery making.

The Topiary tree was constructed from a small polystyrene ball that I cut in half and attached tiny punched leaves to.

The paving stones were individually cut from tiny squares of card stock and inked around the edges before being place onto the base.  The picket fence was painted an off white and tiny amounts of flower soft was added to each paling to make it look as if flowers were growing up the fence.



Gingerbread House

Yes....I have finially finished my Twiddleybits Gingerbread house.  It has taken hours but I really love the result.  I wanted to get the look of 'Eat Me' and after my little cat ran away with a piece of roof icing and chewed it to bits, I think I can safely say I acheived the look I wanted.

I began by painting the house brown and stamping it with versa mark and applying clear embossing powder mixed with ultra fine glitter.  The result was a sugar biscuit texture.

The gingerbread men are little buttons while the lollies, candy canes and lolly pops are made from fimo.

The grass around the house is flower soft.

The little biscuits on the roof I got from a local craft show.  They came in the cutest little jars and where perfect for what I wanted.  The icing on the roof and around the windows was created using the hot glue gun and covered with crystal Kindy Glitz.

Candleabra

When I saw the new Kaisercraft Candleabra, I knew just what I wanted to do with it.  Firstly I painted it hot pink and once dry I added generous amounts of Crackle medium and left it to dry.  Then I painted the candleabra black and was delighted to see that unlike previous atempts at getting the crackle effect it actually worked. 

The roses where constructed using the rose spellbinders die and hot pink Bazil which I then shaded using black ink.  The roses are held together with a small white crystal brad.  The edges of some of the petals where then highlighted with kindy glitz.  The oak leaves where spray painted gold and added to make an floral arrangement with gold organza ribbon and tigertail and pearl beads.

I wanted to give then candles a natural look and so shaded the flames using orange, yellow and black paint.  The candles where painted white and then a small amount of glue from the hot glue gun was placed on the top of each candle to make it look as if the wax had been melting.  The hot glue was then painted white once it was dry to make it look even more realistic.

It was so much fun to put together.

Card Class Friday 29th July

That's right we are holding a card class on Friday the 29th of July in which you get to make 4 cards within 2 hours.  Each card has a different technique which you can use time and again or adapt to other projects such as scrapbooking pages or off the page projects.


 Stamping on Other Mediums

Learn to stamp on other mediums and get a different look to your cards.  Learn which inks are the best to use and which of those that aren't, and put together this rather fun card.

Diamond Fold Card

As the ladies in my scrapbooking class know all to well, is that I like to add a bit of folding to many of my projects.  With a few simple folds learn how to create this rather unique card.  Also learn how to create your very own paper doillies with the cuttlebug which you will not only use on this card but will use later on in other projects.

Fun With Pearl Ex Powders

Who would have thought that a bit of glue together with a few coloured powders could give such a wonderful textured result.  Learn how to utilise this fun technique and put together  this delightful card.  No 2 will be the same...

Acrylic Paint and Acetate

Several techniques have been used to create this stunning card.  Learn how to combine ink and  cuttlebug embossing folders, Stamping on acetate to create the centre tile and the gorgeous embossed butterfly and of course the use of acrylic paint the highlight of  this delightful card.

All enquiries and bookings to be made through

Imagine If

Morrinsville

07 889 6711

Love Letter From the Heart Canvas

Recently I was asked to do a canvas by someone who wanted to express to his girlfriend how much he loved her.  He brought in a letter which he had written himself and asked if it could be mounted onto a canvas with roses some how displayed around it. 

The edge of the canvas was painted an off white and once dry, I used a paper with a light suttle design for the front.  The letter was photocopied onto a lovely cream metallic paper before being placed in the centre.  If you find yourself wanting to print onto metallic paper, print the text out onto ordinary paper first and have it photocopied directly onto it as the ink then doesn't smudge.  Other wise be sure to allow the ink to completely dry on the metallic paper first before working with it further.

The chipboard leaves were painted with acrylic paint and when dry inked with 'Tim Holst Distress Ink' to tone them down and make them look more natural.  The small artifical roses where lightly coated with a fantastic product I found while at the recent SENZ papercraft show, called Diamond dust, which gives them a look of  just being out in a shower of rain.  Unfortunately the photos just don't do the product justice, as it really is one to try.