Sometimes I feel like just breaking out whatever medium(s) I fancy and going a bit wild. Now these sessions are highly enjoyable but I don’t often get a finished product out of them right away.
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Quite often I make something and I think it’s rubbish, or I just don’t like it, so I just don’t feel any inspiration to make it into anything. But I don’t like throwing away so I store it in the hope that it will spark inspiration in the future.
I take all of those pieces that I’ve made and store them in a plastic folder with a label that says ‘Not finished’, then when I run out of room in that folder I break out all of the pieces and try to make something out of them. (Anything that doesn’t make the cut this time goes back into the folder for future sessions.)
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That’s what happened to this background I made a while back; I actually put a boomerang of this one up on my Instagram account when I made it. I thought that I loved it but then I just couldn’t decide what to do with it; so that’s how it ended up in my ‘Not Finished’ folder. Well, this week it had a second life!!
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I die cut a feather out of white cardstock and used a mixture of grey pencil crayons and alcohol markers to add some shade and definition to it. I wanted to pick out the feathers that are embossed onto the background.
I added my sentiment, a silver ‘scripty happy’ from Lawn Fawn and a simple but bold ‘birthday’ to contrast that.
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A few matting layers and a card base later and I think I’ve got a really nice little birthday card! It always feels so great when I manage to make something I really like out of something that I thought was too rubbish to use before.
(When I made the background piece I stamped & embossed a wreath of feathers using Gina K’s wreath template. Then I tapped some Nuvo Shimmer Powder over it and spritzed that with water to get this fun & random colour. One of my favourite techniques and so easy to do.)
Hey Crafty People!
Please be aware:
As part of my Design Team and Guest Design work I do often receive free products to use, but I only ever recommend products that I genuinely love.
Also, I know how incredibly lucky I am to have these opportunities, but you don’t always NEED the newest products or the ‘full set’.
So please don’t feel that you need everything.
I like to show a variety of brands and products; this way there will be something for everybody to enjoy.
— SUPPLIES —
— My Basic Supplies That I Use On Every Project —
![]() MINI MISTI Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP | Trinity |
![]() MISTI – Original Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP |
![]() Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
![]() Neenah 80lb Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | Craftstash UK |
![]() Neenah 110lb Shop at: Alt |
![]() Gemini Jr Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK |
![]() Tim Holtz Trimmer 8.5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Trinity |
![]() Tim Holtz Scissors 7inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
![]() Tim Holtz Mini Snips 5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
![]() Tidy Tray Shop at: Trinity |
![]() Pick Up Stick Shop at: Trinity |
![]() Reverse Action Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP |
![]() We R Trim & Scoreboard Shop at: Scrapbookcom |
![]() Pressure Tool Shop at: Trinity |
![]() Mini Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
![]() 9.5 inch Shears Shop at: Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
![]() Bone Folder Shop at: Alt |
![]() Self Healing Mat Shop at: Alt | SBC |
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- Hobbycraft white card base
- Hobbycraft Grey scale paper pad – Various colours
- Daler Rowney mixed media paper
- Gina K Designs – Wreath Builder Template
- Versamark
- WOW! Embossing powder
- Clear
- Silver
- The Works – Feather stamp set
- Unbranded Feather die
- Lawn Fawn – Scripty Happy die
- Lawn Fawn – Year Three
- Black Widow – Various grey pencil crayons
- Brushmarkers – C1, C3
- Nuvo Shimmer Powder – Violet Brocade
- Tonic/Tim Holtz – Distress Sprayer
- Unbranded double sided tape
- Unbranded double sided foam tape