Canvas Board - Eye of Horus

Hi all.
My blogpost today on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog is about a canvas board 'Egyptian' style.

I'd so love you to stop by and have a closer look.
Thanks so very much!!

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

altered playing cards - de stempelwinkel

Hi all and a good morning to you.
Today I'm sharing a few altered playing cards on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.
I'd love you to stop by and have a closer look.

Thanks so very much!
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

another note holder block

Again a little project with those gorgeous yummieh decoart products.
As a thank you for a coworker who is extremely kind and ready to help throughout the year I made a note holder.

cover front

cover back

It's from a wooden block that I painted with Americana tradidtions blue green light and media fluids phtalo green blue. Around the edges some reactive metallic paint was used to make it rusty. Then came a little bit of stamping that I covered with two step crackle, the cracks were highlighted with media fluids quin gold.
Those colours were also used to make the background for the cover, they were scraped onto cardstock with a palette knife.
Everything was sealed with media varnish utra matte and the cover was laminated.

A ring binder was also rusted and fastened with screws.
To fill the note holder I used cut up paper from my office work (upcycling is the keyword ;-)) to take notes and - separated by a postcard to color in - a stack of paper I had printed with doodle prompts.

some shots of gorgeous rust:

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a look.
Sorry for the blurred pics, I'll try to replace them with better ones as soon as possible.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Mailbox

Hi all ... I hope you're well wherever you are.
My DT piece for today over on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog is a mailbox I made with products from Decoart.
All stamp imags are by De Stempelwinkel, NL.

First of all: sorry for the pic's poor quality, there simply doesn't seem to be a place to take decent shots around the house.

Now after priming the box with gesso I painted it with two different colours of chalk paint (rouge, yesteryear), sanded it back and sealed the panels with créme wax. Finally the images were stamped with stazon inkpad jet black.

For the second bigger side some stamps were sponged with vintage photo, spritzed with water, crumpled up and heat dried. After I adhered them with glossy accents I stamped over them and glued down the letters that I painted with reactice metal paints beforehand; those I shadowed with a wash of paynes grey acrylic paint. In the end all panels were splattered with diluted acrylic paint.

Products I used

for the box

chalky paint rouge and

yesteryear

gesso

Créme wax deep brown 

media fluid acrylics paynes grey

for the envelopes

media mister red

dazzling metallics teal

media fluid acrylics paynes grey

To fill the box a little I also made some envelopes, one s from a elli plate print (with decoart americana acrylic paints), one with a wash of media mister red.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a look. I'm wishing you a peaceful time ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

notepad holder - now complete

Hi all ...

having the honour to be part of the DecoArt Blogger Outreach Program I thought it's high time I'd share another project I made with a bunch of their yummie products I wouldn't for the life of me miss from my craft supplies.


When I was a child I used to be fascinated by a desktop calender my general practitioner used to keep on his desk.
These days I came by a similar thing when I browsed the internet and made a little research on where I could by it... but the items I found were way too expensive for a wood panel and some ring binding. But that's why we are crafters for: I decided to make something similar myself.

supplies used:

Americana Decor Chalky Finish paint

relic and yesteryear

Americana Decor finish cream wax brown

Decoart Media crackle glaze 

Decoart antiquing cream green patina, burnt umber and carbon black

The wood panel was quite inexpensive at the local hardware store :-)

I sanded it, painted it with chalky finish paint and instead of cream wax I covered it w ith antiquing creams carbon black and burnt umber, Everything was sealed. Then I added crackle glaze in some spots and when dry I rubbed antiquing cream into the cracks. The skull tower and the skull images (all stamps from De Stempelwinkel) were stamped with stazon jet black.
I used a ring binder and mounted it onto the wood panel.
The small sheets of notepaper are recycled too. We have quite some used exercise books the children only filled partly. I took the remaining pages and cut them to fit. Finally I stamped some images onto them, too.

Thanks so much for visiting and having a look.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

mini travel notebook

It's my turn today on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and I'm sharing a mini travel notebook, maybe an inspiration to join our current challenge on the de stempelwinkel stampers challenge blog.

I'd love you to hop over and have a look at the blogpost.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Summer

Hello and good morning to all of you.
It's my turn again to share a lttle something on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.
I made a Summer card this time, maybe it can be an inspiration for you to join our de stempelwinkel stampers challenge #14 which is 'Summer'.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great day everyone.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Art Journal page

Hi all ...
It's my turn again to share something on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.
Today it's an Art Journal page on ehich I experimented a bit with a black background:

I'd love you to stop by the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and have a look.
And we all - the members of the DT - would highly appreciate your visit to the de stempelwinkel stampers challenge blog and see your awesome work there :-)

Have a great day everyone,
hugs, Suzanne xxx

mini canvas on lightboard

Good morning all ...
It's my turn again today to share a piece on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog. This time it's a mini canvas and you can see the details on the blog.

I'd so love to see you there - also I'd be happy if you'd pay a visit to our de stempelwinkel stampers challenge and give it a try. We always love to see your work there.
Have a great day everyone ...
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

altered clockface

Hi all ...
Some time ago my wonderful blog friend Anne encouraged me to apply for the blogger outreach program the decoart company is running. I SO love and adore their delicious and very versatile products, all the more since I've been so lucky to join various of Sir Andy's workshops, live and online.
I already have a small stock of their stuff and thought I'd start with kind of a rusty steampunk clockface. Hence I purchased a clock in a € store, it's about 34cm in diameter.
This project was done for the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.

supplies used

from decoart
(and stampendous)

others

gesso
sanding block

acrylic paint bronze

embossing ink

cogs die

foam paint roller 

stampendous embossing enamel aged copper

various acrylic paints from my stash

First I dismantled the clock :-) and primed the clockface with gesso.
Then I started experimenting on how to apply paint onto it without that looking gruesome ... Mark , my wonderfully talented and imaginative blogfriend who is a member of the international decoart design team, saved me - once more - by suggesting to try a foam paint roller, which I did. Now it was trial and error, sanding back colour, adding colour (washes of quin gold, a little white ...) until I was satisfied somewhat. It still looked a bit naked so I stamped the background, finally I added some of the embossing enamel and sealed everything with Decoart ultra matte varnish.

I die cut the cogs from rather thin cardboard and dry embossed them after I painted them with silver acrylic paint. Then layers and washes of  various other acrylic paints were added and sanded back (aquamarine, blue green light, quin gold, black). For the numbers I experimented with a slightly different technique.
When all the single parts were done I wrapped some wire around the clockface and added the pieces.
Unfortunately the clock doesn't work anymore - no surprise there - but I think it's still kind of an eyecatcher when it will be hanging on the wall ...

Hope you like this a bit.

Hugs, Suzanne xx

altered clockface - de stempelwinkel

Hi and good morning all.
It's my turn again on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog, I'm sharing an altered clockface today.

If you'd like to learn more about it I'd love to see you over on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.
And please don't miss the fun and join the challenge - 'silhoutettes' - on our de-stempelwinkel stampers challenge blog.
Have a great day everyone .... 
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

dance like nobody's watching - de stempelwinkel

Hello and good morning to you.
Today it's my turn again on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and I'm sharing a card today with silhouette stamps, that's the current challenge on our de stempelwinkel challenge blog.
May it serve as an inspiration for you to join in :-)

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.
I'd love to see what you come up with on the de stempelwinkel challenge blog ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

grungy mirror frame - de stempelwinkel

Hi and good morning all ..
It's my turn on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and today I'm sharing an altered mirror frame.

If you'd like to see the whole project please pay a visit on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog to have a look.

and please don't miss our challenge blog with a chance to win a 10€ voucher for de stempelwinkel stamps and products.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

greeting card - de stempelwinkel

Hello and good morning.
It's my turn again over on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and if you'd like to have a look at the card I'd love you to visit.

Thanks so very much for stopping by to have a look today and please don't forget our biweekly challenge over at the new de stempelwinkel challenge blog.

Have a great week everyone ...
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

notepad - de stempelwinkel

Hi and good m orning all ...
It's my turn again at the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and I made a notepad my son wished for.

I'd love you to stop by the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and have a closer look ...

Please make sure to pay a visit to our new challenge blog were anything goes this fortnight. If you're chosen as the winner you can win a totally beautiful stamp by de stempelwinkel.

Have a great day everyone ...
Hugs, Suzanne xxx 

tags - de stempelwinkel

Hello and good morning.
It's my turn again over on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and if you'd like to have a look at the tags I'd love you to visit. Thanks so very much and have a great weekend ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

calendar - de stempelwinkel

It's my turn again on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog today and I'm sharing a calendar this time.
I know there are many, many ideas for diy-calenders but I for example just can't collect enough inspirations.

I'd be more than happy if you'd stop by de stempelwinkel designteam blog to follow the gorgeous projects my fellow dt members create.
Thanks so much for stopping by today and I wish you a peaceful second Sunday in Advent.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

wooden giftbox - de stempelwinkel

Hi and a late good morning to all of you ...
It's my turn again to share something on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog. This time it's another example for a gift, maybe, a wooden box I altered.

I'd love to see you over there on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.
Your visit is highly appreciated and please have a look around and enjoy all the great makes from my teamies, if you have the time :-)

Thanks so very  much for stopping by today.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

small chalkboard - de stempelwinkel

Hello all ...
it's my turn again at the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and I'm sharing a small chalkboard; maybe another gift idea? :-)

 To have a full view of it please hop over to the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and pay a visit ...

Have a great day everyone,
hugs, Suzanne xxx

painted pencil case - de stempelwinkel

Hello all ...
it's my turn again at the de stempelwinkel designteam blog and I'm sharing a painted pencil case.

To have a closer look please visit the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend everyone.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx