Miranda By Paula Tidman

I'm loving these Chapel Road Art stamps. Miranda is so pretty and ideal for these new fabric clasp clam bags in the Happy Daze shop.

I started by painting the bag (which is a little bigger than the fabric purses also now stocked,) with a couple of coats of gesso which I'd tinted with a little acrylic paint to make a creamier shade. Then rather than stamping directly on the bag as it is a domed shape, I stamped Miranda onto a scrap of white cotton which was given two coats of same gesso mix I used on the bag. Alternatively you can stamp on tissue paper. The flower stamp is one from my stash. Then I coloured the stamps using my inktense pencils. I zigzag stitched round the stamps and cut out close to the stitching. Then I glued to the bag using matte medium. When dry, I sealed the whole bag with matte medium. Used my hot glue to attach some lace and and small bow from my stash.

Miranda is my "May Queen" which is the current Happy Daze Challenge. One lucky winner will be drawn at random to win a  £15 voucher and free P&P to spend in the Happy Daze shop. Maximum of 3 entries per person & you must use at least one product which can be purchased in the Happy Daze shop.

• You can enter by blogging you address to the linky widget here, 
• emailing your picture to info@happy-daze.net
• uploading your photo to their facebook page

Ice Ice Resin By Carol fox

Woo Hoo, Ice resin is now being stocked. I love all things resiny so this got a massive thumbs up from me. I know you have probably seen a very similar box to this from me before, but I wanted to see how the resin worked on a large flat surface like this, and guess what it worked a treat. It was thick enough not to run down the sides and it gave a lovely shiny durable finish to the top of it. It is so easy to mix and is not smelly at all. It sets enough to do another layer in about 12 hours and is totally dry in 24.

 I used Viva Inka Gold Paint to colour the metal Idea-ology feet.

I have used.

Wooden box
Ice Resin
Tim Holts Idea-ology
Charms
Inka Gold Paint


Dont forget the current challenge is May Queen and there is a £15.00 voucher to be won for the shop. For the challenge details click here 

On Your Bike!

This months challenge is "May Queen", I have to admit that at first I struggled with the theme then I broke it down, Brian May was the guitarist in Queen and one of their many hits was Bicycle Race, a great excuse to reach for one of my many new Suzi Blu stamps, Wheels of Freedom!

I didn't have the size and shaped of canvas that I really wanted so I used some chipboard covered with a sheet of canvas. I raided my old paper stash to make the 'hill' and basically just got busy creating lots of layers using bits of torn book pages, paper punching, oil pastels and of course the stamped main image and covered the whole lot with beeswax to add a dimension of distressed ness and glitter.

I did indeed have a little yellow bike with blue wheels as a girl, not sure about the bunches in my hair though!

I used some stash, canvas sheet and Suzi Blu Wheels of Freedom stamp

A quick reminder about the current Happy Daze Challenge which  you still have plenty of time to enter. It is "May Queen." One lucky winner will be drawn at random to win a  £15 voucher with free P&P to spend in the Happy Daze shop. Maximum of 3 entries per person & you must use at least one product which can be purchased in the Happy Daze shop.

Vintaj Patina Necklace By Moira Sutton

New In the shop this week are the Vintaj Patina by Ranger, these give some lovely affects onto metal as you can see from this necklace that Moira has made using them on Vintaj charms, Moira has used the Patina sets Rusted Hardwear and weathered Copper on her necklace. There have also been a lot of re-stocks in the vintaj range available in the shop this week as well as some lovely new additions, there is now a great selection to choose from in the shop.

Moira has used.

Ranger Patina's

Vintaj charms

Door Hanger for the Queen by Annette Goatley (nettyscraftings)

Hi, have made this Door Hanger for the Queen..............not the Queen of England but for my Mum who is very much a Queen to me.

Products used:  White Gesso, Viva Mask, Tissue Paper, Versamagic, Prima flowers, Bling, Acrylic Paint and Viva Inka Gold.
Stamps by:  Lost Coast Designs

Have ordered quite a few more of these great door hangers as they make such wonderful gifts don't you think, plus they are not expensive and when you have a large family like mine you have to count the cost.

Looking forward to seeing your interpretation of this month's challenge.
Take care of yourselves,  Annette x

Jubilee Suitcase By Carol Fox

I have used Artistic Outpost Rubber Stamp sets London Elements, London underground and the bunting from Whimsical Melange for this little suitcase.

I applied a coat of white gesso to the case first before I coloured it using Oil Pastels and then grunged it up a bit with some Black Acrylic paint applied with some cut and dry foam. I quite like the way the oil pastels have made it look all old and beaten up.

I collaged up some images onto some pieces of card that I had cut to size to fit inside the top and bottom of the case. I was intending to make them into postcards and it was only after I had stuck them down that I realised I had forgotten to stamp the post card element on them. DOH.

I glued a couple of pieces of old cut and dry foam into the base of the case so the bottom card is tilted so it can be seen better.

The bunting flags are glued onto some red scrappers floss.

Don't forget to enter the current challenge. The full details of how to enter can be seen on the post here.

' Alice ' The Altered Book - by Annette Goatley

Hi, its ages since I've altered a paperback and when my new Wonderland stamps arrived from Happy Daze my brain just buzzed with ideas and this is one of them............hope you like it.

Alice is late for her visit to the Queen of Hearts, but she doesn't look too bothered does she...........lol

Stamps by: Wonderland by Stampendous and Inkadinkado
Products used:  Gesso, Acrylic Paints,  Prima Mask, Studio Multi Medium,  Inka Gold plus Gems and Ribbon from Stash.

Take care, be seeing you soon, hugs Annette x