My Creative Spirit (Blog Archive)

Hi everyone, I'm back from a short break, the house is all decorated, the grand garden tidy up is underway and WHOP WHOP the new paper collections from Graphic 45 have arrived, so I thought I'd create a dimensional frame for this beachy photo of the boys that's been on my desk for a while.  If you fancy making one yourself here's how it comes together. (full supply below). I use offcuts of chipboard to create piles of tiles (1/4" x 1/4") and strips to create the different layers in the frame.  Assemble the frame following the instructions on the reverse of the packaging. Pain the base and frame using your choice of paint.  (I used PaperArtsy Southern Skies chalk acrylic). Put to one side to dry.  Take one sheet of 8 x 8 Turtle Time, cut out the centre section leaving a 1" border at the top and bottom of the paper and a 2" wide border at the sides.  Mount your chosen picture on three layers of chipboard offcuts.    Stick the paper to ...

March Kit of the Month  Pinch Punch its the first of the month.  WHOP WHOP .........  we've two exciting things to share here today.  The first is our January Giveaway winner.  I'm so sorry for all the spam messages on the post. I know it put some people off leaving a comment.   It took me a while to delete them and change the setting to stop them appearing so fingers crossed there won't be any more. Many thanks if you left a comment. As always I had great fun reading through them.  Random.org has chosen our winner as Number 34 as our winner this month  and that comment was left by Sally Ann Huson.   Huge congrats Sally-Ann.  Please e mail your name/address to me at mycreativespirituk@gmail.com and I'll get your gift off in the post to you.  Our February Giveaway will launch on 4th this month so do call back to see what it is.   And now onto our March Kit of the Month.  Altered in paper...