Altered Spoon - Steampunk Style

My friend Josie is hosting a challenge to alter a spoon using a Steampunk style. I wasn't sure what I was doing and had a good route through my craft stash to see what I could use. This is what I came up with...think I'll be making a second spoon soon. It was good fun.

How did you get started?

Hi there,
Having read a blog post this evening, wherein the author discussed how she got started in crafting, I decided I'd share my story too.

Back in 2008 and following an illness where in I was out of work for a few weeks, I decided to get crafty again. I was always dabbling with something growing up, painting with acrylics, oils and pastels and I also enjoyed baking too. While surfing the net I came across a craft store based here in Ireland and popped into their forums, had a good look around and thought to myself that I'd like to try it out. It was approaching my 30th birthday and so I decided that I'd make some invitations to go out, rather than buy them. I really didn't know what I'd do and so posted on the forum looking for suggestions along with how to get started. I decided to make little purses where the invitation was a card placed inside it. The colours I used was purple and hot pink with silver buckles and ribbon for handles, very girlie. Everybody commented on how wonderful they looked.

This side of the summer is always busy for me with birthdays etc. and so I kind of took off from there. I remember making my sister's birthday card, popping on a cool photo of her, doing a few other things but not fully knowing what to do. I bought lots of embellishments along the way but wanted to do more. Then I came across a group called Kilcoole Crafting Club based in Wicklow, about an hour from home. I'd such great fun with those ladies, everyone made me feel welcome, let me try there toys and I attended many more workshops from there.

6 years later I'm still crafting. Where decoupage was my main style, I now mostly enjoy stamping, using Tim Holtz products, my Cuttlebug, using LOTV images and Martha Stewart products too. These are the items I simply can't live without. I don't have one particular style because I like many. I particularly love vintage and steampunk but try pretty much anything I can get my hands on.

How did you get started? I'd really love to know.

Challenge #94 - Father's Day or Wedding

Hi everyone,

It’s time for another challenge over on Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge. This month there are two themes to choose from, Father’s Day or Wedding. I’ve chosen wedding as it so happens that my wedding anniversary falls on the 15^th…12 years of wedded bliss!! Full details for Challenge #94 are found HERE.

Pattie has some amazing images to choose from, possibly the hardest part of being a DT member...I want to use them all!! Check out Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge blog HERE and Pattie’s Etsy shop HERE where you can purchase some or all of her amazing digi stamps.

The images that I chose to use are:

                                Wedding Bands With Bow

                                              Young Love

                               Wedding Champagne Glasses

And here’s a pic of me and hubby on our wedding day…12 years ago.

Some cards

Here are cards that I made for my friend...She's a very special person and while I've never met her in person, she lives in Canada and me, well I live in Ireland. I do hope that the opportunity presents itself some day and we get to meet. I've known her almost 4 years.

 

Mail Art

I took part in Candace's mail art swap over on Your Paper Pantry. The theme was butterflies and I just LOVE butterflies. Here's what I came up with.

Take a plain white envelope

Run some pink distress ink over the envelope, then dab on gold ink 

and finish with a dab of light gold metallic pain to give it a nice sheen...pearlised effect.

Then get your favourite butterfly stamps and let them fly across the envelope, back and front.

Est voila!!