With Love at Christmas x

Hi Everyone..........................and a warm welcome to you all :-)

This fortnight at Craft Room Challenge the lovely Mervi is the challenge hostess and the theme is "Vintage Christmas......presents or cards" 

Our sponsor is Rogue Redhead Designs, who make wonderful Vintage and Eclectic Stamps.

Below is my DT project, which definitely has a Vintage Shabby Chic Theme. 

The background card is A4 and the stamped images are from Oxford Impressions 'Christmas Wish' Stamp Plate, which I won in a Giveaway from the very talented  Lynne Moncrieff of Adorn. You can find Lynne's blog HERE and it is certainly worth visiting x. 

The  OI plate is full of wonderful Vintage Christmas Images, which stamp beautifully.  

The drift wood was found during a beautiful summer walk on the South West Coast of Scotland and is attached with twine. 

After blending the card with Vintage photo Distress Ink  I  used the masking technique, blended  and water coloured  the main focal images with Distress Inks and Distress Markers. I also added some Ranger Stickles in Rock Candy to create a crisp frosted effect around the feet of Santa and the children.  The Spritz and Flick technique looks like snow is falling.

 Above is a closer view of the top left corner, with a torn tag stamped with the sentiment.

Below is the lower left corner with the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia die. Here I used felt, which was stamped with Archival ink and  then aged with Vintage Photo DI. More Rock Candy Stickles were adhered to catch the light.

The  double bow was made using some hand dyed cheesecloth and once again Rock Candy Stickles provided that lovely sparkle, which just sets this piece off..... sparkling in the lamplight. 

 I do hope you can join in with us over at Craft Room Challenge this fortnight. You can also view and be inspired by the fabulous makes of my very talented DT Roomies by clicking HERE

I would also like to enter this hanging in the following challenges:

Over at Simon Says Monday Challenge the Challenge Theme is Countdown to The Holidays. My Christmas Hanging with the number 25 included is certainly doing that :-)

At Fashionable Stamping Challenge  the Theme is 'Shabby Chic Christmas'.

Thank You for visiting and taking the time to comment..........I really do appreciate your  visits/comments and always try to get back to you.

Crafty Hugs  as always xxx

Venetian Album

Hi Everyone............thanks for dropping in today. Below I am sharing an album that I have made using a combination of Digital Stamps and Rubber Stamps as well as stitching.

DH and I hope to visit Venice  next year and I plan to keep memories/tickets etc  from the trip within it. I have still to work on the inside but so far I love the front cover.

The Digital Images are from Nicecrane Designs and are called Venetian Paintings CS1. After resizing I matted them on to some brown card, which was distressed around the edges to fit in with this vintage style.

The rubber stamps are from  the Venezia set by  Oxford Impressions.  You can view the mask in the centre of the album and I have stamped on several pieces of fabric using Ranger Archival Ink. 

Some hand dyed cotton was stitched on to the whole of the outside cover. I used an embossed piece of card, aged with vintage photo DI. It was then stitched on to card, along with some gorgeous pieces of lace. 

I also stitched on some lovely lace as ties. The edges of the album were torn and distressed using a combination of scissors and my paper distresser then inked with Walnut stain for more ageing.

I like the idea of the threads hanging loosely around the bottom too.....very shabby ! 

A close up of the beautiful digital images

Another view of the front album cover, which had lots of metal embellishments applied

Nicecrane Designs can be viewed by clicking the link HERE

Oxford Impressions can be viewed by clicking the link HERE and as far as I am aware they can be purchased from That's Crafty and The Craft Barn in the UK

Have a wonderful day whatever you are up to and Thank You so much for visiting. 

Crafty Hugs xx

Fairy Cupcakes

Hi Everyone....................hope you are enjoying your Sunday whatever you are up to. THanks for dropping in to view the latest post here at Curious N Crafty Treasures.

Below is a birthday tag for my son's girlfriend. She is very girly and loves  pink and sparkles, which is not something that comes easy to me, but the lovely  'Fairy Sweets' stamp set  from Oxford Impressions fitted the bill perfectly x  There are so many wonderful elements in this set to play with and you will definitely see it again

The tag is a size 10 and was inked using Victorian Velvet DI, edged with Tea Dye DI

You can see all of the main elements below, which were edged with DI or Distress marker to take away the white edge

The papers were from some of the many that I have in my stash. They are from a 6 by 6 pad by K& Co

The edges were distressed and then blended with Tea Dye DI ( Another project without Vintage Photo !!!!) 

The papers were layered and adhered with tape and some hand dyed lace was adhered with Ranger Wonder Tape

I took a piece of twine and to prevent it fraying used some glue. I then adhered it to the candle to look like the wick. I cut a slit in the cupcake and put the bottom of the stamped candle through. 

The candle and bird are from the Fairy Sweets Stamp set too.

I sprayed Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist in mint and pink gumballs to the cupcake wrapper, lace and fairy wings.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a lovely week.

Catch up soon

Crafty Hugs xx

Steampunk

Saturday once again and I just want to thank you for dropping in. I am truly honoured that you visit and leave such lovely comments. 

Below is a tag/hanging that I made for my crafty blogging friend Jenny, whom you all know as 'Buttons' of Pushing the Right Buttons blog.  

The background was painted in PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint in Ice Blue. 

The stamps used were from Oxford Impressions London Blue stamp plate. 

I had some newsprint tissue paper in my stash, ( recycled wrapping from a parcel) which I backed on to a piece of card, distressing the edges with some vintage photo DI

An adage ticket and some ideaology pieces finished it off. Oops............. I  also used cotton ribbon, from my crafty friend Anita Houston, stamping Happy Birthday on it.

Tonight I am babysitting............. looking after.my niece and nephew who live outside Edinburgh. I dont get to see them often enough so really looking forward to spending time together tonight. They both love crafting.........................so you can guess what we will be doing !!!!  

Have a great weekend whatever you are doing and I will catch up soon :-)

Crafty Hugs xx

Autumnal Shades with Steampunk and Metal Twist

Welcome to followers old and new. I really do appreciate your visits to my blog and the inspiration that I find when I return the compliment. Today I was in a Steampunk mood and having viewed Anita Houston's Saturday  StepXStep on faux enamelling I decided to give it a try, using it as a background piece. You can find the technique here.

I used rusty hinge and walnut stain DI's over Tim's riveted embossing folder.

Over at Frilly and Funkie's blog the challenge is 'A Different kind of Tag'. Here I have made a  Steampunk Workmens Time Book using  two tag's.  I used  Oxford Impressions 'Steampunk Works'  for all images in this project. 

Once I completed the book I then took Tim's distressing tool and tore the edges of the book, which I distressed in Vintage Photo DI. ( OOps....forgot to take a photo of finished book, however,  you can view it in the last photograph)

Isn't this Oxford Impressions clockwork bird so cute :) I just had to give him a hat with a rusty top. His wing is a bit rusty too.

You can also see some  stamped cogs in the corner, which were stamped in Archival Ink

The words are also from the OI STamp Set and after stamping I heat embossed them, adding more texture.

The addition of some of Tim's Idea-ology pieces and a metal watch, coupled with some rusting completed the look. As always please let me know you have visited and I will do my best to return the compliment.

I plan to enter this piece in the following challenges :

Frilly and Funkie challenge- A Different Kind of Tag

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Shades of Autumn

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - Rustification

Sunday Stampers - Metal.

Ice Cream PLease!!

Hi Everyone

Sorry I have not posted for a week but I have been busy crafting...just nothing you can
see as yet !!  You will have observed a few changes on my blog and there is more to come!!!

I was absolutely thrilled to be in the Top 3 over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge recently...still taking it in!!

As you can see my  crafty style is a bit different today. Although I love distress/steampunk/grunge...I  have a love of  vintage and  enjoy dabbling in other styles/techniques. I am frequently inspired by Lynne Moncrieff of ADORN, whose  vintage creations and stories are lovingly put together. You can view Lynne's blog HERE

The background of the tag was inspired by Anita Houston's  tutorial on Tim Holtz's Faux Leather  Technique. You can find the tutorial  on Anita's blog, The Artful Maven Haven, by clicking HERE.   The end result is amazing and I love the shine of the  perfect pearls.

The stamped image is from Oxford Impressions, April In Paris collection. I am amazed how this image stamps like a real old photograph. I used glossy card and archival ink in Sepia, tearing the edges  of the card towards me. I then distressed  the torn edges with Tea Dye DI.  The lace had previously been stained in a mix of tea and coffee.  The two layers of lace were adhered with cosmic glue. The ribbon, which you can barely see under the flowers, was adhered with Ranger Inkessentials Wonder Tape.  The flowers at the bottom of the tag  and ribbon at the top of the tag were in my stash.  The lace flowers were cut from a border of lace that I purchased from Crafty Individuals. I felt that the lace cut flower required a little something so adhered a little pearl to complete the look.

The Challenge over at Fashionable Stamping is Summer Ice Cream Colours. The little girl in the main stamped image would love an ice cream and the colours around her are summery and shimmery. so I shall enter this challenge.

Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stamper this week is SHINY...... and the perfect pearls are certainly that.

Over at Simon Says Stamp and Show the challenge is Your favourite technique. The faux leather technique is certainly a favourite right now.

Please pop over and view these challenges and the creative projects by the Design Team's, whose makes are always so inspirational.

As always thank you for visiting my blog. I love to read your comments and  enjoy meeting new crafty friends.

Annie xx