Monday 24 February 2014

Cardmaking weekend..

This week, the half term, I got a bit bored then I just made these cards...!





Some cards I did ..

I did these cards some time ago, I just now have the chance to publish.




Crafter companion Door hanger..!

This weekend I use some characters from Crafter's Companion to create a door hanger for children's room. It was so funny !  I used Foam with the technique black background, my Spellbinders die cuts (They works so well with the foam)  and finally some embellishments.





Thursday 20 February 2014

Flower pot Decoupage

Clay pots have so many uses and are a fantastic medium for crafts. This decoupage flower pots projects are really inexpensive, simple and fun. There are many uses. I have made some for Candle Holders (for the first Holy Communion of my son),  I also made a medium size for a party decoration ( I put some sweets sticks on it)  Depending on what you want, you can use coloured tissue paper, stamps, wrapping paper, magazine or greeting cards cut outs, old newspaper . 
Actually, anything made of paper is good. It's a great moment to think creatively and enjoy. 
This is useful as gift and a home decoration of course..!






I just paint the pot with white acrylic paint for the border I used a gold acrylic paint and after that I paste some  cute images.  Finally I cover all the piece with mod pogde.




This awesome pot was terrific with the marshmallow sticks..!





This was my cute candle holder!!.



Bits of leftover paper...

Hi!  and happy Thursday. 
Today, I am sharing one of my favourite tips.
I  like to challenge myself to use my leftover stash of bits of paper. After all, I have a bunch of pieces of different sizes of paper  that I cannot let go to waste.
When I work with patterned paper, I like to re-think the way I use it. Most of the time, patterned papers are usually used for backgrounds. But with little pieces of different patterns and textures we can find new ways to explore our creativity. I have made single borders. flowers, to combine with buttons and ribbons.  Here some examples..










Monday 17 February 2014

FUNKY FOAM, FOAMY, GOMA EVA.. FOMI


What its Funky Foam Crafts?

Foamy (Funky Foam) Crafts  is the art of working a foam commonly known as Funky Foam (Vinyl Acetate Ethylene) Funky foam or  Foamy  as is known in more than 80 countries. The Foamy is therefore a type Thermoplastic polymer blends with any accessory or product directly or overlapped application. It is a material that does not replace any other known , but on the contrary, it supplements.

            


Its salient features are:

  • Resistance to extreme climatic changes 
  • Low water absorption
  • Is friendly to the environment : it can be recycled or incinerated
  • Non-toxic
  • It is washable
  • Easy to paste, cut and paint .

Foamy Crafts  is commonly used in teaching and creative crafts in school work . Globally distributed at stationery stores and arts and crafts in the form of sheets of different colours, as well as in various punched shapes ready to decorate figures. Being a lightweight material , the Funky Foam serves many common interests of creative and professional crafts. Being thermoformed , washable, no sharp , non toxic and being able to paint with us any type of known painting ( chalk , tempera , acrylic , gouache , watercolours, diamond , glossy, volume , waxes, coloured sands , oil , etc . ) Its everyday crafter's  favourite art. Also can be applied to any known technique of painting on silk or linen fabrics and pyrography . Another very widespread use is as the material for quilting objects or surfaces , due to elastic and spongy texture.