Santas Christmas treat chest for Happy Daze

Well I really need to kick start my Christmas mojo in to gear as I am so disorganised with only being back from my hols less than two weeks!!
I thought I would share this cute idea for an alternative advent calendar which could be decorated to suit all ages.

I have made mine in to a vintage shabby chic style and plan on filling it with little chocolate treats, candy canes and promise tickets - eg. make mince pies, watch a Christmas movie etc...

I used a papier mache chest and covered it with two sheets of Pink Paislee Santas list 12x12 paper.

I started by painting all the edges inside and out with green acrylic paint so that any expose areas wouldn't be left brown.
When dry I painted the edge that is trimmed with red acrylic paint and left to dry again.

I cut the papers roughly to size and then used my nail to give score the paper in to the edges of the box to give me a cutting guide. The boxes aren't exact measurement wise, so make sure your paper is cut to fit the widest points so that you can cut them back to size.I distressed my edges with an emery board and then inked with Broken China distress ink pad then glued them in to place with Glossy Accents - I like to swirl it on then spread it out with my finger so that it reaches all the edges. I like GA for sticking paper on to objects as it grabs and dries quickly.

On the inside of the lid I added a distressed hole in the paper before adhering to the box and stuck a small piece of contrasting patterned paper on to the back to add to the shabby look.

I covered it inside and out and when finished strengthened the hinged section with tissue tape which I also inked with the broken china.

I glued on a piece of vintage lace using Claudine's matte medium - now I have a little tip when using this - make sure you clean the edge of the jar before you put the lid back on. If you don't (like I hadn't) and then don't use it for a while you will have BIG problems getting the lid off!

I also used the medium to stick the charms and prima flower on, as already mentioned its a really good strong glue LOL :D

I embossed some of the pieces with TH alterations embossing folders which I distressed and inked.

My splash of colour on the project is my lovely broken china distress stickles and the distress stain I used on the Adage ticket.

I used some letter stickers I have had for ages on the front of the box and gave them a little bit of dimension with the Glossy Accents. The promise tickets would be a great idea to keep the kids occupied over the Christmas period with ideas like make paper chains, make gingerbread, write a letter to Santa etc...

If you were making it for a crafter you could make little parcels or envelopes and fill them with little embellies - ideaology trinkets would be fabby for anybody taking part in T!ms 12 tags of Christmas. Moira sells fabby taster packs of these too so it needn't cost a fortune.

Or how about filling it with chocolate coins?

If you get cracking you will just have time to make it before the 1st of December :D

Hugs'n'snogs,
Julie xx

Good golly, Miss Molly Dolly....

ooooooooooooo I'm a little late in posting this but heres this weeks Bubbly Scrumptious project with inka gold :DIf you would like to see a bit more click HERE :D and now for something a little bit different!!!
If you have issues with porcelain dollys leave now..........




don't say I didn't warn you............Ok, meet Molly, she is my little dolly friend with a few sight issues LOL :D
She has now gone to live with Gillian as part of an altered bottle swap on zuzus forum :Ddon't sayI didn't warn you LMAO :D

Look at all the yunmy texture :D
it started life as a £1.99 bottle of bath salts, then inked, waxed mosaiced with broken dolly faces, TH distress embossed, drippy waxed, inka golded etc......
Molly was reborn :D

hugs'n' weird snogs,
J xx (aka Sid!!)

So I say.........

........... thankyou for the Inspiration........ Tim Holtz, whos creativeness has inpired me beyond belief :D This is a necklace I have made from grungeboard shapes for this weeks Simon says stamp and show challenge :D

I painted the grunge with a gold metallic acrylic paint to begin with, then stamped the wings with a Basic Grey stamp in black arcgival ink
I tinted the images with promarkers then coated the whole thing with Claudine Hellmuths matte medium.
When dry I gave them a light brush with pearl coloured perfect pearls.
I inked the heart with salmon pink and ginger alcohol ink, then stamped a prima stamp in a brown promarker then with black archival ink, then coated in Ranger sepia accents.I added some prima lace to the heart then punched holes to add the charms and other embellies - mostly from cheap jewellery.
I coated a grungeboard keyhole in a thick coat of bronze croco paint and blasted with my heat gun, then highlighted the texture with Viva decor inka gold, added some brads and used the glossy accents to glue on to the heart.

The crown is a Melissa Frances applique which I highlighted with the inka gold then dropped on some ginger alcohol ink and left to dry.
I then attached it to the heart with glossy accents.I punched a hole on both wings and set eyelets, then threaded through some vintage lace.
And Voila, one very Tim-esque choker/necklace :D
Heres a few close ups :D
If you lurvvvvee Timmys style why not visit Simon says stamp and show and enter their weekly challenge :D

Thanks for looking :D

Hugs'n'snogs,

J xx

a load of old Croco....

Viva Decor style LOL :D

I bought a jar of this paint last week and was pleasantly surprised at the size of the jar :D
I decided to have a bit of a play this afternoon to see what it does :D

I put a generous coat on to a chipboard square and blasted it with my heatgun resulting in huge croco-type scales with lovely cracks in the gaps.
This is bronze paint with pearl and plum alcohol ink on top and copper foil around the edges
Pretty cool huh :D
Imagine the platinum one with alcohol inks on it ...... Oooooooo :D

Thats defo my next purchase LOL :D

I then added Prima lace, flowers from earrings, buttons, a drogonfly charm enbellished with distress stickles, rock candy sticklesand beads :D

Thanks for looking,
J xx

I was inspired :D

By the gorgeous cuff on Lindas giveaway :D
So I decided to have a with a piece of grungeboard and lots of TH ideaology thrown at it LOL
Now I know its nothing like Lindas as her is just fabuloso in the extreme but I don't think it looks too bad now :D
When I first did it I wasn't happy as it just didn't look right and still looked like a piece of grungeboard stuck on lace -but I have inked, distress stickled, rock candied it to within an inch of its life and I like it now :D
The keyhole is the TH alteration die cut out of shrink plastic and inked.
The lace is a vintage piece I bought off ebay.






I altered a mini domino using my cute angel stamp again and added loads of vintage buttons and a few extra charms.









What do you think???
I'm loving it now :D

Oh and I have to say, I had to scrub my hands with good old wash andgo to get rid of the inky stains before my lovely hubby would take a photo LOL
Thanks hun :D

Hugs'n'snogs
J xx

Printers tray

I have been working on this today - trouble is I spent ages trying to get my edges right then realised that wasn't what I wanted it to look like :(










It looked really harsh and not me at all :o
so I bought these images(166 for women only) yesterday from itkuppilishop and printed the central images on safmat - cute eh :D

It took a bit of doing but I'm loving it again LOL :D#

Now I just need to decide what miniatures I want to add to it - I can see me doing morer than one of these because I'm loving it now :D


Hugs'n'grungey snogs,
J xx

Memory glass

This is my first attempt with Ranger memory glass and I'm pretty pleased with how its turned out :D
I used the frosted version ,stamped it with versamark in and embossed with clear detail embossing powder.
I tinted it with Ranger alcohol inks - not really got to grips with these yet to be honest LOL
I stuck a piece of lace to the second piece and a heart sticker and put them in the memory glass frame.
I added an extra heart sticker which I used Ranger crackle accents on, which I tinted slightly when dry with lavendar distress ink.
I added a couple of flowers and prima pearls and then used distress stickles to age it all.
I then wrapped wire around the frame so that I could attach the dangles to the bottom.

All the beads and the key are from my hoarded stash so no idea where they came from LOL

If you fancy having a go most of the items I used are available from Happy Daze :D











Hugs'n'snogs,
J xx

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Take a looksie under my profile for some exciting news!!!!!! >>>>>>>>>>




Yes, Moira from Happy Daze contacted me today and asked me to be part of her new design team :D I'm so proud :D this really cheered me up considering I have had an awful week bogged down with a horrible snotty cold fluey type icky thing :(

SLYMI challenge this week was to scrap using your handwriting - not my fave thing at all, which I suppose is what made it a good challenge LOL - plus I'm terrible at journalling!!

This is a LO of Rolo, our rescued retriever who was very troubled when we
got him. Nearly two years on and he is a totally different, utterly
gorgeous dog!!
When he arrived he was incredibly naughty and very protective of his tail and anything that belonged to him, and he was a mare to get in the kitchen where his bed is LOL!!!

For this LO I used K& Co que sera sera paper sprayed with copper cosmic shimmer
over Tim Holtz masks
Tim Holtz word key, ornate frame and sprockets,
Prima Homespun Bittles, Essentials and say it with stud centres
Skin tones promarker for the journalling

All of the above are available to buy from Happy Daze :D

I also used Making Memories brads and cork letters, Bazzil cardstock and MLS letter stickers.

Hugs'n'happy snogs :D
J xx

Scrap like I meant it again :D

My baby niece Jess, for the SLYMI challenge on UKS :D
I bought the cutest little Matthew Williamson baby t-shirt from work for £3 and cut out all the cutie felt and embroidered embellies :D
What a cutie patootie eh :D

Oh and my good deed paid off :D I won a Clarins facial in the raffle at work :D I was going to put it back in but was persuaded that I deserved it after all my hard work :D


Hard to believe that the subjects of my latest LO's are sisters isn't it LOL
Hugs'n'pwitty snogs,
Julie xx

Scrapped like I meant it :D

Just done Shimelles week 32's challenge on UKS (ok a bit of a cheat as I was thinking of doing this anyway LOL)
This is my beautiful niece who is acting up a bit at the mo and has just dyed her hair purple - is it wrong that I love it ???? LOL

J xx

Rare???

Here's a LO on my pwitty butterfly pics :D
I went out this morning and it was coverfed again - you seriously have to get one of the plants if you want pretty visitors :D
I was meant to be at work until at least midnight tonight as we have been stock taking - was home for 9.30 :D
I'm a happy bunny :D

Hugs'n'snogs,

Julie xx