Theodore goes to the forest

Finally, Theodore has arrived!!! So today, I could finish my card. The background was made to another project but I changed my mind and I put this aside because I knew that it would be perfect for Theo.

As for the background, I saved some pictures of birch forest to one of my Pinterest board. Here is one:

And here is my tutorial.

I cut out the birch trees twice from 300gsm watercolour paper with the Sizzix Thinlits Branch Birch die. Then I started to colour it with grey Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils first, and finally with Feber-Castell Pitt Oil Base Monochrome pencil.

I coloured the upper part with different green and yellow Distress inks, then I spritzed with water.

After the birch trees were attached to the background in two rows. But before I did this, I covered the holes of the birch trees with grey papers (of course, on the backside).

For the lower part, I cut out a rectangle with the same width but with the hight which just covered the bottom of the birch trees.

I coloured with green Distress inks, spattered with water then with diluted Gathered Twigs ink. I distressed the top of this paper then inked the edges with Walnut Stain, then Ground Espresso ink.

For the flowers, I used the following Funky Florals pieces from the set 1.

I coloured them with Distress inks, inked the edges with Ground Espresso, then glued to the bottom part.

The whole background was placed onto a black panel and I added a sentiment from one of the Sticker Book.

That's it! 

After I assembled Theodore and added to the card.

With my card, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Something New, as Theodore is from the new release of Sizzix/Tim Holtz and actually I've never used before the birch tree so it was new to me.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun With Florals

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for stopping by!!!

Here is my other project with Theodore, a framed Valentine's Day picture.

Autumn scene with car and airplane

Our September challenge at the Country View Challenges was chosen by the lovely Miriam and theme is: Planes, trains, automobiles.

And since it's already September, I made an autumn scene for my vehicles.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Home for the holidays by Tim Holtz - for the car and the hill

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cityscape Suburbia by Tim Holtz for the trees

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cityscape Commute by Tim Holtz - for the airplane

Sizzix Strip die, Halloween Shadows by Tim Holtz - for the Jack-O-Lantern in the boot

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology, Small Talk Occasions - for the text

vellum - behind the windows

Tim Holtz Kraft Core, Core'dinations papers

DecoArt Americana acrylic paints

Ranger Distress ink pads (Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs)

etc.

If you have a crafty project with planes, trains or automobiles, please don't hesitate to join the September challenge of the CVC where you can win a £20 voucher.


I join the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Fall/Autumn

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes


Thank you for stopping by!!! Happy crafting!!!

Halloween canvas - Witch and Haunted House

Can you believe that this canvas is an upcycled project again? Oh yes, I had a canvas with flowers and some bubble stencilling and I didn't like it at all! I like to try new things in crafting, I like experimenting but sometimes I'm not satisfied with the results I achieve with them. 

But I do like this Halloween canvas:

I covered the canvas with tissue paper which was adhered with decoupage glue.

The tree, the house, the fence, the bats all die-cuts from Sizzix  by Tim Holtz. After I cut them out, I tapped black acrylic paint with a sponge onto the surfaces of the die-cuts.

The witch was stamped on a tissue paper, then I glued with decoupage glue. And because it wasn't contoured enough I painted over with acrylic paint. 

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Halloween Silhouettes (CMS115)

Sizzix Bigz Die, Rickety House by Tim Holtz (656925)

Sizzix Bigz Die, Branch Tree by Tim Holtz (656929)

Sizzix On The Edge Die, Fence by Tim Holtz (657030)

Sizzix Decorative Strip Die, Halloween Shadows by Tim Holtz (658253)

Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)

black, grey, white acrylic paints

With this canvas I would like to join the following challenges:

- Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp Blog: Halloween

- A Vintage Journey: Make it Spooky! challenge

- The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge: #29

I hope you like it! Happy crafting!

Winter scene card - snowdrifts, reindeers and pine trees

My second project for our December challenge - Make a scene - is a card. To make this card I used mostly the Sizzix Reindeer stamp and die set by Hero Arts. Unfortunately this set is sold out and no longer available but maybe some of you have this die and maybe you just forget about it...


By the way, if you have a project which fits our challenge, please join us and link your lovely things of your own making.

First, I took the Sizzix Framelits Rectangle Die and I cut out the card.

Then I took the Die-namics dies and I cut out the snowdrifts.

I cut out two different snow drifts and I coloured the edges with Tskukineko Memento, Summer Sky ink. 

With the Tsukineko Memento, Desert Sand colour I stamped the reindeers. After I coloured them with Ranger Distress, Tea Dye marker.

I stamped both reindeer again in different colours (red, blue) to cut out the jumpers with scissors.

I cut out the holiday cheer text with one of the label dies by Tim Holtz.

To inside of the card I stamped a happy holiday text and I cut out with Sizzix Framelits, Tickets Die. I also put a snowflake that I cut out with Sizzix Movers&Shapers Die, Mini Snowflake by Tim Holtz. I covered the snowflake with Glitter Glue.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rectangles (658610) - to cut out the card

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Reindeer by Hero Arts (657780) - for the reindeers, trees and the outside text

Die-namics Die, Snow Drifts  - to cut out the snowdrifts

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set, Labels by Tim Holtz (660060) - to cut out the 'holiday cheer' text

Sizzix Framelits Die, Tickets (657569) - to cut out the inside text

My Favourite Stamps, Hand Lattered Holiday - to stamp the inside text

Sizzix Movers&Shapers, Mini Snowflakes by Tim Holtz - to cut out the snowflake inside

Glitter Glue - I covered the snowflake wit this

Micro Glaze - I covered the stamped images with this to protect them

Tsukineko Memento ink pads

Ranger Distress Marker (Tea Dye) - I coloured the reindeers with this

Ranger Archival ink pad (Sky Blue) - to stamp the inside text

DIY snow globe from a jar - Santa with his bag

Yesterday I showed you my jar snow globe with a tutorial. So for today I just brought you the pictures of the new version.

If you want to see the tutorial, please click here.

Have a nice week!

DIY jar snow globe - Santa on the sleigh and trees

Oh, it's so hard to take pictures about something behind a glass! But I hope you can see my cute Christmas scene - Santa on his sleigh.

If you like it, I will show you how to make this low budget snow globe by yourself.

1. Take a clean jar.

2. Sand a little bit the lid (because - I think - the paint will adhere much better)

3. Paint the lid with silver paint in three layers. (After every layer wait until it dries.)

4. Buy not too expensive model trees and figures. My Santa was about 2,50 EUR. And place them to the lid - this is just a try to see how it will looks like.

5. With hot glue fix the trees. After put modelling paste into the lid around the trees.

6. Scatter fake snow on the modelling paste and tap it into the modelling paste.

7. Wait until it will be completely dry. Then fix the Santa with hot glue. Scatter some more fake snowflake.

8. Tie a bakers' twine around the lid and put some bells too.

Mixed media canvas with a girl, a yellow house and a bicycle

This picture has an "older sibling", and there are just a few differences between them. In this new picture there are cutout tulips because meanwhile I had bought tulip dies. And in this picture there is a brown hair girl because meanwhile I had realised that Eszter is more brown hair girl than blond.

There is one more thing which is an improvement, that now I used the brick wall cutout as a stencil. When I put the modelling paste with a palette knife on the house I pulled off the cutout immediately. With this the wall is quite realistic.

If you want to get a detailed tutorial, please click on the "older sibling" word at the beginning of this blogpost.