JOFY stamps - upcycled box

This was a wine box - I had kept it for ages thinking I must do something with it.  I decided to paint it (I did paint it all over, but these pictures only have the lid done) with Paper Artsy fresco paints.  I used Chalk all over it, then I used Turquoise to distress it - I used the Ally Reeves technique of using a sponge (I bought a well known supermarkets own brand of washing up sponges - 11p for five!).  Then I stamped it with Jo Firth Young's beautiful stamps - seeing them made me think of doing this box with them -  and I coloured them with distress markers.  Once the box was finished, I coated it with a spray (Americana Sealer/Finisher) to seal it.  I managed to sell this at a Craft Fair so now I am keen to see what else I can find round the house or garage to alter.....

Hobby Art Stamps - reindeer and robin

These were snow globes - the kind you buy to put your photos in.  I decided to stamp and watercolour these - I used the Hobby Art Stamps to do both sides.  I meant to enter these for the Hobby Art challenge in December, but when I tried to do it, I had computer problems.  These are probably not the best photos, but I took them at a craft fair at Denbies.

Clarity trees stamp

It's been a while since I blogged...  I have started doing craft fairs, and don't always think to take a picture of everything.  This is a stamped picture on a Gelli plate - makes it so easy to get reflections!  This is one I did at the Clarity Stamps workshop run by Barbara Gray last July.  We just did the artwork, but I decided to put it in a frame - couldn't bear the thought of putting it on a card and having someone throw it out after the event. You stamp it onto the Gelli plate (using Adirondack inks) and then add the water/ sky/ sunshine using inks and a brush.