craftymatters

Its only a small one this month- a couple of new products and a few from the ’stash’

First off though, I have to say CONGRATULATIONS VITA!!

vita is currently one of the new DT members for For Keeps- she has had to keep that one under wraps for awhile, but now she is allowed to go ‘public’ as her layouts are appearing in the magazine.

(and huge congrats to Kelly Ingram of Kiti Q and Kim Ogden from Scraptacular who join Vita as ‘newies’ on the team )

here is one of her layouts

She has used some elements from the Beep Beep kit, and a ceramic circle that has had a rubon applied

And while we have a train theme happening- here is another layout Vita has created this month
using a bisque oval that she has stamped with an image and then covered with dimensional glaze

Mardi also went through her stash and pulled out a bird to use on this layout love it- youve got to read the journaling its hilarious!

And now for something new
this month i am adding bisque numbers to the product range.
they are approx. 4cm high and $2 each
Here are some examples

On this layout, I have used a ‘5′ that has been painted with one coat of acrylic paint, and the edges have been sanded when the paint tried- a very simple, quick technique

This next one is a canvas clock.

The numbers here have been painted with crackle glaze- this involves base caoting with acrylic paint , then applying a crackle medium, and then applying a top coat of paint in a different colour. When this top coat touches the crackle medium, a reaction occurs, causing the paint to separate and reveal the base coat- it takes a little longer to do, however its very effective.

The other bisque product Im introducing are some ‘flat dolls’
there is a boy and a girl in two sizes
small- approx. 5cm $2 each
large- approx. 7cm $4 each

I gave Lou a large pair of the dolls, and I love what she came up with…….

in fact i wish i had thought of this, and im definately going to scrap lift it (if thats okay Lou )
Its very right ‘on trend’ with all the symbol goodies that are available at the moment.

I have used the dolls in a COMPLETELY different way, and had a bit of OTP fun (please forgive the bad photo- i literally finished this tonight, just before i started this post!)

Ive painted the legs and arms of the dolls with acrylic paint, and then cut out little clothes for the dolls- and poppet heads of the family- the kids helped me glue their heads on to the dolls this afternoon- they thought they were so funny-
Ive also added a plain house to the bottom and written the word ‘love’ with a permanent pen

so thats it for September- stay tuned for october for all the Christmas goodies that will be available
cheers
Jane
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