Tick Tock

Here is the 2nd of my launch night samples in full for you.. 

It started out as this pink and silver clock that I rescued from a local charity shop. 

but very soon it looked like this..

Firstly I added a little texture by gluing on some music sheet paper. 

I then sponged on some Turquoise , Slate and chalk from the new JoFY range of paints. 

I took the cardboard face, and added first Turquoise, then a layer of crackle glaze and then a layer of chalk. 

I then stamped the grasses from EDY09

I stamped them first in Watering Can Archival, and the over stamped with Fern Green.

Next I painted some tissue paper and stamped the birdhouse from EDY10

I added some details and also the bubble flowers from EDY09 using Cherry paint from the JoFY range.  and then glued on the birdhouse. 

Next I punched some small circles out of card, painted some chalk and some turquoise. I layered them up and added some rub on numbers. The face could now be put back into the clock case along with the hands. 

Now for the outside. I painted some Tyvek, 

once dry I stamped leaves and flowers from EDY10, and cut them out. 

I zapped them very lightly with a heat gun, just to force them to curl and create interesting shapes. 

I painted and stamped the bubble flower from EDY09 onto metal card, once cut out the individual stems can be bent into position.

I then started glueing the flowers and leaves into place, slotting the metal stems between the rest. 

On the other side I added the same flowers etc, but also added the feather from EDY09, so that it curls around the lower edge. 

For the bells on top, I stamped the flock of birds from EDY10, onto tissue paper, this was torn into small pieces and glued to the painted bells with matte medium.  I also cut some triangles, painted them cherry red and stamped them with the 2 text stamps. 

Finally I added some dimensional dots inside the flowers, on the bells and on the pennants. 

I love this clock, hope you do too. 

Why don't you pop to your local charity shop and see what you can rescue to alter. 

I will be back soon with the step by steps photos of Miss. Veronica. 

Darcy 

A bow for my hair

Last year I made a couple of hairbands, HERE... you can see the Christmas one that I made..

But I had made one earlier last year that never got blogged. The other night on Twitter there was talk of Tyvek, and I was reminded of this Tyvek hairband. So here is how I made it.


First I cut some card buttons using a Sizzix die.

I coloured them using LETRASET PROMARKERS then I stamped patterns and script over them. 

Next I coated them in clear UTEE

Now onto the base of the hairband. My local haberdashery shop sells plain white bands. They have a cotton covered one, and a satin covered one. For this you need a cotton one. As you will be using markers to colour the fabric you need a tight weave. The satin one would just bleed too much.

So here is my plain band, it is a rigid plastic band with a plain white covering. 

I coloured it in with LETRASET PROMARKERS... obviously they are not strictly fabric markers, and you do have to work carefully. Work quickly and only very lightly touch the fabric and then they shouldn't bleed. 

Next I took a piece of Tyvek. This stuff is a super strong woven paper, with a plastic feel. You can buy it in stiff sheets like paper, or as a much softer pliable fabric. It is not easy to find, but if you search online you will find it. in America many envelopes are made from Tyvek. So if you have friends over there get them to send you Tyvek envelopes. 

I cut my piece, wrapped a smaller bit around it and voila! a bow. this was just to test out the size.. 

I opened the pieces out and started to colour them. I used only markers and stamps, but you could colour yours with whatever you want. 

Then it was formed back into a bow..

Now the fun part. this stuff melts and shrinks really well. It is trial and error though. The more you heat the more it shrinks, the closer you get the more holes appear. So it is a case of do a bit at a time, keep adding a little more heat until you are happy. Keep the heat gun moving at all times, and beware, too much and the whole thing will disintegrate. 

I just love this melted and mangled, mashed up bow. 

Now it is just a case of stitching stuff together. I stitched on the buttons first, and then the bow.  As you can see the buttons don't go quite to the ends, if they did it would be uncomfortable to wear, the end buttons would stick in your ears. 

...and yes I have worn this. I did a demo last Autumn for Letraset, and I wore this the whole day. 

I hope this inspires you to make some headgear. As Christmas is looming, why not follow my link at the top and see the instruction for a festive hairband. 

Darcy x