Ally Pally been and gone....

Lovely to see so many people and I thoroughly enjoyed demoing and the make n take.
Here are a few more pics of the samples, all using That's Crafty stamps and Pebeo Iridescent paints:

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Tulip Bird House...

I've used a flat wooden house that I got from the Range to make this little birdhouse.
I painted a basecoat of Pebeo iridescent green and turquoise and then stamped the tulips onto tissue paper with a couple of extras to add to the top.
I added tiny bits of the tissue text to fill in any gaps:

 

The roof is decorated with a chevron stencil and Grunge Paste. I was going to paint over it, but decided to leave it as is:

Finally I die cut some branches and used the bird from CI-357 to perch on top:

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Tick Tock...

I dug out a favourite Crafty Individuals stamp for this - CI-305 - and a Tando arch from the big arch set.
Then out came the Pebeo iridescent paints and away I went. The main gear bit is on tissue paper and then I overstamped with the Iridescent Precious Gold, which gives a lovely effect. I then dug around in the scrap drawer for all sorts of odds and ends! The clock text stamp from this set is really useful:

It's fun to make something just off the cuff!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

A Bird in the....

Teacup! Here's another Crafty Individuals tag using one of their new stamps - CI-389 - (which you have to admit is just gorgeous), Pebeo Iridescent paints and stencils :

I made the tag with the image at the Extravaganza and then finished it off at home - the ribbons are actually shoe laces!

Don't forget the Crafty Individuals Challenge is now up as well.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Extravaganza extravagance...

Well, I'm just getting the last things ready for the Extravaganza, trying to make sure I don't forget anything (fat chance of that!) and wondering what I'm going to put it all in!
The hardest thing is to work out how to display the artwork so that it doesn't take up too much room on the table, 'cos those who've seen me demo know that I need lots of space as I make a lot of MESS!
Anyway, thought I'd post a few more pics of what I'm doing - Lynne Perrella, Crafty Individuals and lots of Pebeo products:

I've also got a couple of things that I'm not demoing but have just decorated for fun - you'll have to come along to see those!

I hope you can come along - looking forward to seeing you.

Helen

Shimmering Crafty Individuals...

It's that time of year again .... I'm busy beavering away for the Craft Barn Extravaganza on the 1st and 2nd of June.
This year I'm going to be demoing different things on each day so that those of you who come along for the weekend have got lots to see. I'm going to demo the new Lynne Perrella stamps on one day and then Crafty Individuals stamps on the other (don't know which order yet). On both days I'm going to be combining them with Pebeo products.
If you haven't seen the new Pebeo iridescent paints yet then you're in for a treat - they are gorgeous!

It's very difficult to pick up the sheen on these paints in a photo - you have to see them in the flesh. These are just three of the colours, there are others as well!

Here I've used them with stencils, lots of them, layering over and over and then used one of the new Crafty Individual stamp sets ( CI- 383) over the top:

This stencilling is seriously fun!

Thanks for looking!

Helen