Candy Box Crafts Beach Huts

How cool are these Triple Beach Huts from Candy Box Crafts they were so easy to assemble, just follow the guide letter's and match A to A etc and add a little Cosmic Shimmer glue. I covered mine with some of the fabulous weathered wood papers from Kaisercraft.

There's lots of flat surface to decorate, so you can have fun with die cuts, stencils and paste etc.

And of course there is a lovely big space at the back of the hut's which just screamed out for a seaside theme with lots of textures and Mica powders.

Elizabeth x

Candy Box Crafts - Eye Candy!!

I absolutely love Candy Box Crafts they have the most amazing high quality MDF storage, which are perfect for us crafters, along with some fabulous kits to build and decorate. So when I was asked if I would like to decorate a few pieces for them, I jumped at the chance.

I've assembled and decorated quite a few of the products from their range, the clever way that they are designed makes them very easy to put together. The only tools you need are wet glue, a few elastic bands,  and a good imagination.

This fabulous Lantern has lots of scope, it would look fabulous with lots of vintage flowers and butterflies on the gift's table at a wedding, or bright and funky for a summer garden party or as I've done with a quirky Alice in Wonderland theme, using Graphic45 papers, IndigoBlu stamps and Paints.

Such great fun to do and of course battery operated candles or tea lights are a must, no naked flames please.

I've pop back in the morning to share a few more of the samples I've made for the Candy Box Crafts shows on Hochanda freeview 39 and also on-line at 11am and 5pm Wednesday 18th May.

Happy Crafting, Elizabeth x

BoBunny - Garden Journal Collection

I love my DT box from Jones Crafts, Nottingham this month, it was absolutely crammed with gorgeous products. Candy Box Crafts have brought out a new stand for Distress Inks that holds 60 of the pads. As with all of their products it was so simple to put together as all the pieces have letter's to match up, and then add a little glue it couldn't be simpler!

The new Garden Journal papers from BoBunny are just yummy, soft beautiful greys, creams, pinks and teal, all with a garden theme including birds, journal pages, eggs and plants.

I gave my stand a colour wash of watered down gesso and finally decided to use the beautiful grey feather paper to decorate the outside. Then to add a little more colour and to loose the very clean look, brushed over some evergreen bough distress ink, perfect, now I have a very pretty shabby chic ink pad stand.

Finally time to print out new colour labels from Sir Tim and get my rainbow of inks in their new home :)

Elizabeth x

Kaisercraft Furry Friends Collection for Jones Crafts DT

 

My first official post as a DT member of Jones Crafts couldn't be with anything more appropriate than these gorgeous Furry Friends papers from Kaisercraft, they are absolutely gorgeous and come in both dog and cat versions.

Bones for the dogs and fish bones for the cats lol, all in gorgeous chocolate and coffee colours :)

With the addition of our new family member Daisy of course it had to be the dog papers for me this time to decorate the triple frame from Candy Box Crafts. Each frame comes in two pieces with the holes already drilled in the sides, ready to attach to each other. You could quite easily use foam tape around three edges and be able to slip different pictures in and out for a change.

I made the paper bows from the border strips and die cut flowers from the Hessian patterned paper, these work beautifully as the papers are double sided and hold their shape when die cut. Then the hard part, which side of the paper do I use on the actual frame, as both sides are gorgeous!  To finish off I attached all three frames together using some brown twine from my stash, just perfect for the job.
So things I love about my dog.......way too many to mention :)

Elizabeth x