KEY TO HAPPINESS

Are these gorgeous little acrylic tags. They're perfect for key rings.  Here are two I made using some lovely Carabelle stamps, a bit of heat embossing and some Fresco Paints. Super easy. They'd make great little gifts if you could bear to give them away...

 I added a little bit of stencilled texure using the Circles and Diamonds Dinky Stencil by That's Crafty and some Snowflake Fresco Paint mixed with Golden Heavy Body Gel (Gloss) and some Pearl Glaze (all by Paperartsy)

ACRYLIC BUTTERFLY PANEL

Don't faint. It's me AGAIN. I know! This is becoming a regular thing isn't it.

More acrylic I'm afraid, but this time I got a lovely round piece to play with. One of things I love most about acrylic is the opportunity it gives for lots and lots of lovely layering. You can really make the most of being able to see through to all the layers on your piece.

Here I've used stamping, heat embossing, dry embossing, stencilling, flock, Treasure Gold, the works! I've used a favourite Stampers Anonymous stamp set for this and the lovely Dinky bubble stencil from That's Crafty to create that lovely confetti effect on the back.

The butterfly is embossed acetate. I used the lovely Sizzix Butterfly with Texture Fade by Tim Holtz. Money well spent, that. I love, love, LOVE IT! :oD

The Seed Heads are a JOFY Stencil by PaperArtsy. I stencilled them in white flock and I love the contrast of textures. You get the smooth shiny surface of the acetate and acrylic, the varied textures of the embossing and the fluffy white seed heads. Add that gorgeous butterfly to the mix and you've got a whole lotta lovely going on there.

I LOVE how the back turned out. I used the latest colours from PaperArtsy. I think they're gorgeous. I added a touch of Snowflake Fresco Paint for contrast too. I'll definitely be using this background again. Yum!

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YOU ARE A FRIEND FOR ALL SEASONS

Obviously I need some more ATC's for my little crate so here's another one I've made using the acrylic ATC's from That's Crafty. Having not made an ATC for YEARS, I am now slightly addicted to these little beauties. I can't seem to put them down at the moment. The leaf stamp I used is a favourite of mine and has long since left it's packet (it is by U-Mount if memory serves) but I did see some lovely Sheena Douglas leaves at That's Crafty on Saturday that would do just as well as they're just the right size.

I used Fresco paints randomly applied in autumn colours on one side of the ATC and then stamped and embossed leaves on top of the paint when it was dry. When you flip the ATC over you can see the painted background on the other side so I shadow stamped more leaves around the edge and added a sentiment embossed in black. I love how you can still see the pattern showing through from the other side.

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AN ACRYLIC TRIPTYCH

I particularly love these beautiful arch shaped acrylic shapes by That's Crafty and I think they work really well here as a Triptych.  I think they'd be perfect for all kinds of projects as you'll see in the coming weeks.

I've stencilled some birch trees onto the back (I will never tire of the gorgeous Birch Trees stencil by TCW) using PA Fresco Paint in Chalk for the trees and Squid Ink Fresco Paint for the sky.

On the front I've layered some writing embossed in white with some wild flowers and some birds embossed in black. Really simple but I think it looks really effective.

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