Hi there, thanks for stopping by. Apologies in advance for the very rushed photos and post but it's a bit hectic here today with lots of workshop projects to be photographed for the website too - and the Headmaster is not known for his patience when it comes to my aversion to gadgets and technology!!
Anyway, I thought I'd share the results of my Sunday make with Echo Park's Apothecary Emporium. I don't normally 'do' Halloween but I just loved these papers and the new blank houses from Creativ UK - they are a steal at just £2.95! So....
....a quick coat of Eco Green Black Acrylic and a selection of scraps of the 12x12 papers from the Apothecary range to line the compartments. Some 7Gypsies amber bottles and around a third of the stickers from the matching 12x12 cardstock sticker sheet. Some on plastic paper and some on black cardstock so they could be arranged more easily within the piece.
Then the fiddly bit. I made the bead spider from a selection of glass beads from the Cosmic Shimmer range - a really good video showing how to do this can be found here, it takes only 20minutes to make and if I can do it anyone can ;D. I also used black shrink plastic to make some bats, a witch and a skeleton stamped with Hero Arts CG392, Skeleton Dancing. Checkout Astrid's tutorial on black shrink plastic for the Snazzy Design Team Blog for some great tips and tricks for using this very underrated product.
A bit of strange project for a gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon but I quite liked the end result.
Can't stop, still unpacking all the stock for Port Sunlight this Saturday, ready for me to repack it all again tomorrow evening. If you are going to the event do drop by stand 19A and say hello!
More soon (ish)......xx
This is Fab, Val! Love all the black and orange and those papers are gorgeous. All the bits and pieces are great fun and I can imagine what a brilliant time you had putting it together, sunshine or not.
ReplyDeleteDon't know why you bothered spending 20 minutes making your spider though, I could have sent you one or three! We have the blooming horrid things scuttling out from all over the place this week. I think they all decided to take up residence last week whilst we were away, lol! On second thoughts, I'd stick with the beaded one, Ha! Ha!
See you Saturday.
Hugs
Lesley Xx
oh wow loving the creation - I can see why you love these papers.Wish I could I see it in the flesh, so to speak...I bet it looks even more striking!
ReplyDeleteOh yes indeedly, this project is brilliant Val, love love love the Apothecary Emporium papers along with the 7Gypsies amber bottles, right up my street. Need to get me some of these houses and paper me thinks! Love how the spider turned out too, very creative.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with everyone above, stunning creation and these papers are yummy! Can't believe these houses are so cheap! The whole thing has a wonderful Halloweeny feel to it.
ReplyDeleteMust check out that spider video, thanks for the tip and hope you'll have a great show!
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ReplyDeleteI have seen this in the flesh and it is absolutely wonderful! The spider is fab.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your advice and encouragement Val that you have given me when I have visited your wonderful shop. Will be back very soon. Hope all went well in Port Sunlight.
Judex
Meant to post this comment last week but sort of got waylaid ;).
ReplyDeleteIt was great to see you and Don at Port Sunny and to see this fab project for real. It looks even better irl if that's possible and that spider is brilliant.
I need to find time to play with the great goodies I bought now!
Hugs
Lesley Xx