A bit of crafty fun

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds JOFY stamps Clare Charvill My Creative Spirit

Helllooooooo there and a very happy Bank Holiday Monday if you're here in the UK. I was really inspired to get inky after two crafty days away at Birds in the Barn and with an afternoon all to myself yesterday I got out my distress inks, crazy bird stamps and my ever increasing collection of JOFY stamps. After a lot of stamping and cutting out that seemed to go on for ever lol! I chose my colour palette and got inking. Here's how the project came together

I used Antique Linen as my base colour, inked all the white card frames and stepped centre pieces, then highlighted the frame with brick wall detail in the same colour before sticking the pieces in place on the frame.

I inked up all the images I'd chosen to go in the frame. Jo's stamps are great for inking.........

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds Clare Chervil My Creative Spirit

and then started to build up the scene starting from the left of the frame. I use stacks of tiny chipboard squares on the back of the pieces to lift them up from the base of the the frame.

I stamped the house out twice. cut the roof off one and cut out the windows and door from the other, inked everything and then stuck the windows and door back in place and raised up the roof on chipboard strips before sticking it into the frame.

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds and JOFY stamps Clare Chervil My Creative Spirit

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds My Creative Spirit

I used Ranger black and white enamel for the birds eyes and loads of chipboard squares to hold up all the pieces as I added them into the frame.

To finish I added 'Birds in the Barn' lettering - the frame's for Janet and her Birds in the Barn shop

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds Clare Charvill My Creative Spirit

Its amazing what you can fit into an A4 frame lol!!!!!

Here's the supply list if you fancy making one yourself.

A4 Shadow Box - My Creative Spirit

Smooth White A4 Card - My Creative Spirit

Black Paint

Tacky Glue

Chipboard offcuts

Distress Inks

Ranger Black & White Enamel Accents

Glossy Accents

White Gel Pen

Stampers Anonymous Crazy Bird Stamp Set

and the following JOFY stamp plates

JOFY Mini 34, JOFY 11, JOFY 14, JOFY 21, JOFY 26, JOFY 29, JOFY 33 , JOFY 35

Paperartsy Squiglgly 16

Annie (my little sis) is arriving later, we're all out for a big family meal tonight and then after a quick catch up with Dad in the morning, it's off to Falmouth, Cornwall tomorrow to take Annie home, meet up with cousins and Uncle and then home in time for the Daisy's retreat at the weekend which I"m really looking forward to. No peace for the wicked ehhhh!!! lol. Have lovely rest of your day, thanks for calling by and look forward to catching up again soon

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September - Kit of the Month

Morning everyone, I'm really excited to be sharing our latest Kit of the Month with you today. New for September this little Flip Flap album and its co ordinating case has been altered in papers from the Blue Stars collection by Stamperia. There's a subtle festive feel to the papers and gorgeous whimsical fairies and cut outs adorn the pages. The kit comes with printed instructions and all the elements needed to make up the box, album covers and decorate the pages. Here's a few more pics of the project. Take a peek at the full project in the video below: For more info on what's included in the kit, delivery T C's and to place your pre-order for this limited stock kit follow the link below: September Kit of the Month Thanks for calling by, have a fun filled day and look forward to catching up again wiht our August Giveaway on 4th :-) C

January Giveaway

Childrens Hour Samples from Diane's Workshop Graphic 45 Hello my crafty friends. With the new Children's Hour calendar collection here I thought it would be fun to give away an 8 x 8 pad a 6 x 6 pad and one of my little ATC kits this month. There's lots of crafty possibilities in this collection and lots of gorgeous vintage images throughout the collection to work with. The beautiful samples above come from Diane's workshop and have been altered in the October Collective and the October Montage papers. (12 x 12 size) To be in with a chance to win just leave your comment below on this post before midnight 31st January. The winner will be announced here on the blog on 1st February. Good Luck :-) www.mycreativespirit.co .uk

May Arts Ribbon & Graphic 45 Blog Hop

Graphic 45 and May Arts Ribbon have teamed up for an amazing blog hop this week. We've got sneak peaks of the projects in the hop this week on the Graphic 45 web site and full reveals on the DT blogs. Just click the blog links to hop about. Once again Graphic 45 are giving away two amazing prizes. The winners will be randomly selected from comments left on our blogs during the week, so please leave a comment below and hop over to my teamies blogs and leave a comment there too, to be in it to win it!! Here's a sneak peak of the blog hop prizes this week - fabulous arn't they? and here are the details of the blog's to hop over to and leave your comment Kristin Wilson Clare - thats me, please leave your comment below Sharon Ngoo Jenifer Tiffin my hop project is a Memory Box and Keepsake Album May Arts Ribbon Detail I love this black ribbon and have used it on two or three projects. a

Theresa25 May 2015 at 12:33
What a fun way to use the crazy birds! Now I am inspired to try my hand at a shadow box with a scene. Might be just the ticket on a rainy, drippy day like we are having today. thanks as always for sharing.
KarinsArtScrap25 May 2015 at 13:24
this is stunning Clare so beautiful made and fantastic colours.
Gr Karin
Tracy Welham25 May 2015 at 15:57
Wow, awesome creation! I really must get myself some Distress Markers. Sounds like a buy weekend. Creative Blessings, Tracy x
Sandra Carey25 May 2015 at 17:31
Fantastic Love it Hugs Sandra xx
Martie Rollin25 May 2015 at 21:02
This little project is so cute...and lots of delightful work! Love your suggestion to layer up chipboard to create dimension...works quite well. Keep on crafting!
Baroque duJour25 May 2015 at 21:46
Fabulous, utterly fabulous, Love it. So much dimension,colour and fantasy - lots of fun. Great Job!
Patricia Howarth26 May 2015 at 08:58
Morning Clare, Wow !! Wow !! Wow !! this frame box is absolutely stunning !! the scene is amazing, and those crazy birds are amazing, especially with the enamel eyes (what a great idea). You never cease to amaze me !! Stunning, stunning, stunning.
I hope you are having lots of fun with your Sister, Dad, Cousins and Uncle, you are certainly a very n 'busy bee', enjoy.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Pauline A26 May 2015 at 13:36
Where do you get all of your wonderful ideas from Clare as well as the energy to make something as fantastic as this after working as well. You never cease to amaze me with your projects. I love those little birds and they would look lovely made up in material too.... maybe I'll have to have a go. Hope you enjoyed your time with the family over the weekend and have a good week. Hugs Pauline A xx
utilitygirl26 May 2015 at 21:54
Looks like a really fun project - the birds are very cute!
Anonymous27 May 2015 at 15:27
I just love this Clare love what you have done with the cheeky birds.xx
Anonymous27 May 2015 at 15:31
I think you all have had a lot of fun this past weekend with this project. Very cute and I am sure it will look great hanging in the Birds In The Barns establishment!!!!
Thanks Clare.
Judy in Arizona

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