Tuesday 25 May 2010

All a Flutter

I was taking some photos today and remembered to take one of a box frame I made a few weeks back. Inspired by the sample using All a Flutter in the Mini Catalogue and also a beautiful project that Ilina Crouse made I knew exactly what I was going to do, especially as I've had the box frame sitting around for simply ages. The frame itself was a plain light wood colour and to make it more in keeping with what was going on the inside I played around with some of the re-inkers. Basically I put some Close to Cocoa in a dish and added water and simply painted it onto the frame. It dries real quick and although not quite the colour I was looking for, it still looks good.The butterflies were stamped onto Confetti White and coloured with an aqua painter. The En Francais stamp was also stamped onto Confetti White although the bottom layer was Very Vanilla. This was stamped with the words from Vintage Vogue using Soft Suede. The layer under that was Kraft and wheeled with Very Vintage in Versamark. I also used a sponge to distress the edges using Soft Suede.
Right, that's it from me. Got a ton of stuff to do.
Catch ya soon!

12 comments:

Maria said...

Wow this is beautiful Jo. Wouldn't it make a lovely gift ? Thanks once again for creative inspiration

Kaz Hall said...

Hi Jo

this is just stunning may have to give this a go looks fab!!
kazxx

Michelle said...

Oh wow, this is beautiful Jo. I admired the one in the mini catalogue...but this is just amazing.
Michelle
x

cardsandacuppa said...

This is gorgeous, I love it all :0)
Hugs S.J. xx

Stamps and Paper said...

What a great idea Jo....would make a lovelt gift.

Anne

Sharon said...

Wow Jo, these are absolutely stunning. As mentioned above, they would make awesome gifts. Enjoy the rest of your week. Must share... my first order from LOTV arrived on Friday and I've already stamped and coloured the 3 stamps, they're waiting to be placed on cards, which I'll only get time to do this eve or over the weekend. Hope you'll pop around to view them. Hugs Sharon

Nerida said...

Hello Jo, What a beautiful gift idea. I love all three of these stamps: butterflies, en francais and the vintage wheel.

Unknown said...

Jo this is absolutely STUNNING! Love it.

Thank you for sharing

Bx

simplyfairies said...

stunning creation Jo, I love it....

Anne Jagger said...

Just beautiful.

Paper Kisses said...

Absolutely beautiful!

Megan McDonald said...

Wow this is amazing, just love it.