Hi,

Today I'm posting a mixed media canvas I did for my friend Chris.
Iwanted to do this as she suffers from M.E. and sometimes struggles with day to day things due to her illness.  However she always keeps a brave face and is almost always smiley and happy.  She is a great friend to me and I did this so she could hang it in her craft room.  Hopefully it will cheer her up on the more gloomy days.  

I am  entering it into a challenge on Limor Webbers Blog which has to include a recycled house hold item.  I have used the ribbon end fluffy fused end of the netting that comes on fruit and used it as the fluffy looking centre of the large flower ( I died it and the ribbon with alcohol Inks).  Also I used the middle of a toilet roll to die cut the letters.  

I used gesso, acrylics, rub ons stamps, multimedium, inks, alcohol inks and papers etc.
I would have tried to get some unity stamps as they look great but it was too late by the time I saw the challenge.

Go to limors great blog she is very talented and has loads of you tube videos you can check out.  The link is http://chicscrapbookdesigns.blogspot.ca/2012/09/august-mixed-media-contest-winner-and.html

 

saturday 22nd September 2012,

Hi Everyone,

I have been making a cascade card which I really like doing so I have made a video tutorial for those of you who are interested.  I have decorated it using  lavina fairy stamps which I love and given it an autumn feel with greens, oranges and reds. 

Here are the photos......

 click here for the video tutorial on construction of the cascade card

click here for the video tutorial on how to decorate the cascade card

These are the Lavinia stamps I used for the project.....

Autumn fall - fairy dust silhouette - fairy couple - faye - felicity - have a fairy happy birthday - stars 1 - moon fairy - dandilions 2 - gip - trailing ivy - vine - wild flower.

12th september 2012

Hi everyone,

An eventful week this week. I bought a lovely bike from a friend who wasn't using it anymore and was so pleased to eventually have one with decent gears and a frame that actually fitted my size!!!
Went out the first night and fell off......Knee looks like an elephants, swollen and scabby and I have been hobbling around for the last 4 days.  But on the plus side I still made the bike ride to the pub although it was a bit painful on the way back!!!

 

It's also been my daugther Hannah's 20th birthday so we all went out to celebrate.  Here's a photo of the birthday girl...

Hannah and friend!!!

 

So What's on my work desk this week...it's back to it's usual messy state, still working on that Ladies diary album.
So I'm off now to julias site to have a look at all that work desk wonder......

11th september 2012

Hi crafty friends,
 

 

This is a mixed media canvas I made using some Visible image stamps.  It's great fun to do and using a minimum of materials you can create a beautiful image to go on your wall or give as a gift. Make it with a childs name for their room or a wedding version with a blank frame so the couple can add a photo of their choice to hang up as a keepsake.  There are so many options.!!!

The videos are up on my you tube channel and I hope you will try one.  You could even make a christmas version to hang up as a decoration.  I know visible image have some great xmas stamps.
Here are the photos of the canvas......and the links to the video tutorials are here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ_y_kUcQ-A&feature=plcp and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PofFmyeMKXo&feature=plcp

 

 

5th September 2012

Hi everyone,

Well its happened!!!!!   My creative side has gone on a holiday??!!!  I thought it might just be a long weekend away but no...it seems to be more like a around the world tour!!!  So my desk although it has the Ladies diary project on it things are moving at a snails pace!

I say no more, I know it happens to us all at some time!

So I've decided to go to julias site and have a look at the more creative desks this week.

 

25 August 2012

Hi My crafty friends,

I've been using some of my favourite stamps again...those being crafty Individuals. Also used in this project is the A4 Nostalgia 2 sheet which has some beautiful vintage images.
 

Here are the photos of the finished album

 

I have just done a video which shows how to decorate the very easy and quick mini album that I did a tutorial on. It's directed towards beginners so if you've never made a mini album before now's the time. 

 

The album construction is on the you tube video which you'll find here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOMaAgPw4qc&feature=plcp
The stamps and images are from http://www.craftyindividuals.co.uk

24th August 2012,

Hi crafty friends,

Hope your week is going well.

My latest you tube video tutorial is using Visible Image stamps and it is a card which is also a gift card holder.

The great thing is that you can put gift cards inside or cash or even make the card with sayings or poems and put in one of those little plastic cards that look like credit cards but have little saying on them(you can get them in card shops).  They could be to family or friends, just to say hello or how are you, get well, thank you or just to cheer someone's day up.

I have done mine with the men in mind to show off some of Visible images wonderful men's stamps.
Hope you all like it and will have a go at one yourself.
Go to my you tube channel for the tutorial.


 
And here are the photos.......



 Front cover

 

You can add cash or a gift card

 

The mens stamps are really great 

You can add a message on the panel and on the tag that fits
in the pocket

14th August 2012,

 Hi everyone,

I am here to tell you about my latest project which is for Visible Image stamps at http://visibleimage.co.uk
Helen and Mark have been kind enough to include me in their design team and I have been busy making my 1st project for them...the first of many, I hope.  Here are the photos of the file folder I made to store the stamps in.

When the stamps arrive they are packed in little plastic envelopes so I have used these to store the stamps within the file. I hope you will try to make one for yourself  I know that as well as looking good in your craftroom it will be very useful too.
The tutorials on how to make the file start to finish are at my you tube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/hannahjulienigel?feature=mhee

Here are the photos....

13th August 2012,

As promised here is a list of the stamps used in the Lavinia 3D card in a box.  See the post below for details of the project and details of where to find the tutorials.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Tracey for giving me the chance to create for you all with one of my favourite stamp companies.

Here is the list
Fairy dust word
Fairy dust is like love
Fairy words
Have a fairy happy birthday
Autumn fall
wildflower
Dandilions
Trailing Ivy
Fairy wish
Hobbit home
Hop skip and a jump silhouette

Have yourselves a Fairy happy crafting day!!!!

12 August 2012,

Hi everyone,

Just letting you know about my latest project.
It's for Lavinia stamps, using their gorgeous fairies.
Is it a card or a gift??  well there's one thing it is and that's different.  The main feature is that is has a cute 3D image inside and is stored in its very own special box. 

The tutorials are up on my you tube channel so you can have a go at making your own.

But 1st I'll show you the photos........

Hope you all like it.  But don't foget to look at the videoTutorials.  My you tube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/hannahjulienigel?feature=mhee
Have a good crafty day.