Treasured Forever

Those that know me will know that I love dogs, but I LOVE cats!  Especially those that love to cuddle me back.

This was a layout that I created of our beautiful kitty, Mila, who is not a great cuddler, but she gives love in her own special way ... I know because I have the scars to prove it 😃 

I covered this page with clear gesso before stenciling and stamping.

I then splashed some inks onto the stenciling, spraying with water and allowing the ink to move.

The chipboards were heat embossed first in silver and then with a bit of white around the edges.

Flowers, art stones, micro beads and some other embellishments completed the layout.

When you craft, don't forget to add some pics of your beloved pets ... 

they're not with us forever 💜

Until next time!

Dwell in Possibility

I love the new Finnabair rust pasts ... the colours and the textures ... and blending the colours together to give it the effect that I want.

Here I wanted to use the "Old Walls" Texture Fantasy Rust Pastes for two reasons ...

💛 I simply love the colour combination in this set, and

💛I love the look and effect of old walls on old buildings, especially a really old Villa or Chateau. 

I added some elements onto the canvas, i.e some flowers and chipboard pieces, and then coated them in the rust pastes, blending the "moss" and "cool grey" together, drying between each colour.

Once those two colours were dry, I added some of the brown from Finnabair's original rust set in some places, spraying it with water and letting the brown run down the canvas.

Once the brown was dry, I added some of the "cream" rust paste in places as well as over the chipboard pieces to make it stand out on the canvas.

The bird's nest was made from wire with some large wooden beads as bird's eggs.

I made some clay wings with Finnabairs silicone mold and painted those as well as the resin pieces in brown paint and then added Finnabair's waxes over the top to make them look old.

Some extra flowers, silicone beads, Finnabair pebbles and waxes completed the canvas.

Hope you like it!

See you all again soon 💛

FabScraps ATCoin BlogHop

Win! Win! Win!

Artist Trading Coin BlogHop with FabScraps

No BlogHop is complete without a prize and there is a FABulous FabScraps gift up for grabs.

To join this giveaway, you MUST leave a comment on each blog post

in order to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize.

The winner will be chosen at random on the 28th of September 2018

from the comments left on ALL of the posts.

Our crowned crafty will be announced on the FabScraps blog for all to see.

My ATC's are 2,5" x 2,5" in diameter and were created using the C105 Memory Lane collection.

 I combined two pieces of paper on each ATC, stamping and then stenciling with Nuvo Gold Glimmer Paste.

Each ATC has a resin piece, either a woodland door or some mushrooms, sprayed in ink and then rubbed with some of Finnabair's Vintage Gold wax to bring out the detail.

Some sisal, straws, pearls and silicone beads to add some finishing touches.  I also added some gold spray ink onto the edge of the coins and let it run down between the stenciling.  Love that effect.

I hope you like the end result!

Thanks for stopping by.

All the best!

FabScraps BlogHop participants:

Denise van Deventer

Gerry van der Velden

Candy Rosenberg

Carole Wright

Tracy Sagriff

You are here ... Moira Gilowey

This is your next stop ... Lyne Blodgett

Lisa Marie Watling

Heaven Sent

I love this picture! It is a picture of my daughter taken some years ago, on a cheapie phone, in black and white, but I absolutely love how the light captured her face and showed the striking resemblance to my mom, who looked just like this at her age.

Because I had altered the picture to have more of a vintage look, I wanted to use Finnabair Rust Pastes in brown, red and yellow to give some elements an old, aged effect.

I first added the brown rust paste over the Dusty Attic chipboard and then blended the red and yellow rust pastes over it, until I was happy with the result.  I then cut the chipboard into pieces to fit the layout.

I then added some of the red rust paste onto some elements on the page, spraying with water so that it would run down the paper.

Loved the effect of the pastes with this range of Prima paper.  

Micro beads, metal embellishments flowers and other embellishments finished the layout off.

💛