Make It Count

Good afternoon and happy Sunday. It's an F1 weekend again which means that no-one notices that I'm missing, so it's into the room of fun for me (and no I don't keep my ironing board in there). The latest PaperArtsy topic is 'dark to light', so I went into the box of 'all things Seth'.

It's ages since I altered one of these photo frames. As you can see they come with the royal seal of approval.

I started by painting a background with Seth's Set 1 Frescos. There's also some stamping using his PaperArtsy stamps.

Then I put some modelling paste through the Stencil Girl stencil, made some chippy b/grounds, and stamped with Seth's PaperArtsy sets 1,2,3, and 4. I've used Frantage embossing powder to give it a nice chunky feel.

I also put embossing paste through a stencil around the photo frame, and this time painted with Seth's Set 2. I'm a little bit in love with the Patina and Key Lime.

I found these wooden circles in a paper bag buried at the back of a drawer, so I painted and stamped these too.

More of the lovely Patina and Key Lime on these Seth Chippies and a little bit of Frantage.

And we're all done - finished in the same day woo-hoo. 

I'm also entering my frame into the That's Crafty All Things Grunge challenge,
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes, and
Simon Says Stamp Monday You've Got The Edge.

Have a very happy week and thanks very much for looking x

Typography, Fonts and Quotes for PaperArtsy

Good afternoon and happy Tuesday. I can't believe how dark it is today, and we may wake up to snow tomorrow - it's only early November for goodness sake! Neil bless him is outside hoovering the garden - in the dark. Every day he puts on his ghost buster machine and hoovers all the fallen leaves up. You can guess what has happened by the following morning....  I think it's some sort of illness - what's wrong with a few (hundred) fallen leaves :-)
Anyhow I was lucky enough to win the PaperArtsy draw a week ago and I've been having a play with my prize - well it would be rude not to wouldn't it. I chose some Seth Apter stamps and 3 gorgeous stencils.

This is the Seth Apter ring binder. It's a lovely thick kraft card, but there's not much left showing of it now. There's just about every Fresco paint that I own on there. 

The current challenge at PaperArtsy is typography, fonts and quotes so I'm entering my binder.

Have a fun week, and thanks very much for looking xx