Today I decided to share with you something I have been playing with.
I am sure you've all seen these fabby new Tim Holtz Idea-ology District Market. Very yummy indeed. There are four different styles available so I decided to "bling" mine up a bit so I instantly know it is mine especially when out with crafting buddy's.
So first I found these fabulous Blooms in the sale at Dotty P's (Dorothy Perkins). It is not normally a shop I pop in, but at this time of year during the sales I like to check out the jewelry/hair items to see if there are any bargains that I can either break down or use in crafting. I wasn't disappointed this year picking up these beauties for next to nothing, my only disappointment was that I couldn't buy more, LOL.
I then set to work with some chain and charms to create a handbag charm to go with my lovely huge flower. You can hopefully see it better below;
I have attached a homemade angel, sissors (how could we live without them?) and a singer sewing machine. Then I made some little circle charms adding craft paper with numbers on in the centre, sealing with Glossy accents to go with the number theme of the bag.
Bag tweaking complete....although having said that I love the numbers so much I think I might add some more slow time. I hope you can get an idea with this photo unfortunately at this time of year the lighting is not great.
Finally before I go I thought I'd share a card I made last year for my eldest boy. I saw this digi image at Funky kits called "Nathan" which is also his name....how spooky is that? Even spookier is that it looks just like him when he was small.
I have used papers by Basic Grey craft 6" pad. Martha Stewart punch Scalloped dots and SU tag punch and matching stamp set. Twine, pearls and charms from stash plus I've distressed using Tea dye Distress ink pad.
I love this image and it is so him at three except the teddy would have been a dog or a dinosaur.
That is all from me again today. I hope you have all had a good start to 2012.
May your year be full of crafting fun!
On a final note I have some candy up for grabs this week.
Erika. x
OOOh yes spooky (image being like your son & same name)
Bag was fab b4 you started but even better now x
Posted by: jayne | January 18, 2012 at 09:16 AM
Love the bag and Nathan's card! Good ideas to inspire us today x!!!
Posted by: Gabrielle | January 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Wicked - love it - where did you ge thet charms please? Just inherited an old Singer and they'd be perfect!
L x
Posted by: Leanne | January 18, 2012 at 03:58 PM
Fab bag and now even more distinctive.
Posted by: ifa | January 20, 2012 at 10:19 AM