Fairy Lantern

Just a quick post today to show this pretty little fairy lantern. It's loaded with detail, so apologies for the picture overload.

I know that there are several versions of this type of lantern knocking around the internet. However, mine is super quick and super simple and avoids all that faffing around with glue and tissue paper. It also avoids the hit and miss painting on glass process!

Want to know more? Check out the instructions below.

1. Cover a jar with Xcut adhesive vellum.
2. Dab Blanc Artiste Acrylic Paint onto the remaining glass areas of the jar. Paint the lid with Metallic Gold Artiste Acrylic Paint.
3.   Using black card, die cut a fairy and a selection of flowers from the Xcut Meadow Flowers die set.
4. Glue the fairy and some flowers to the inside of the jar.
5. Brush Craft Planet PVA glue onto the painted areas of the jar and allow it to dribble in places. Sprinkle sparingly with Papermania Fine Iridescent Glitter.
6. Punch a selection of flowers, butterflies and leaves from using Xcut punches and dies.
7. Create a handle from docrafts Craft Wire, attach to the jar using Stick Hot Glue.
8. Place the lid onto the jar and embellish with a craft wire stems, butterflies and a selection of the foliage, ensure that nothing is obstructing the movement of the lid.
9. Thread Papermania Alphabet Charms onto twine to create the hanging WISH ornament.
10. To finish, place a battery operated tealight inside the jar and replace the lid. 

I hope you like my take on the captured fairy lantern?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire

Easter Wreath

I just thought I'd pop on and show you an Easter Wreath that I made as a sample for a kids craft class that I run. The idea for this came from Pinterest when I did a search for recycling projects and came across pages and pages of wreaths using plastic bags and old wire hangers.

I wasn't expecting much from it but thought that it might be a project that the kids would enjoy, so imagine my delight when it turned out like this!

Neat huh?

This a definite Pinterest success project and what's more the kids loved making their own ones and even managed to put their own spin on them.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges/linky parties:
Craft My Life - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/ Easter (DT Favourite)
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Craftin Dessert Divas - Easter (Top 5)
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Craft-O-Maniac The Creative Collection
Made By You Monday
Tip Me Tuesday

Altered Body Butter Tub & Some Studio 12 Candy

Good morning. I've got an altered project to show you today using an empty body butter container, some paint and the Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD. I hope you like it! Oh and I whilst I'm here, don't forget to hop on over to the Studio 12 blog as I believe there may well be candy ;D Also, a quick heads up for those of you who asked me to let you know when Studio 12/ Polka Doodles are appearing on Create & Craft - well it's Tuesday 3/7 at 8am and 2pm.

Anyway, this supposed to be a short post, so onto my container......

I started out by using the freezer paper technique to print out the Polka Dot Rose Paper from the Welcome Home Kit onto some fabric. I then used the fabric to create the pin cushion lid. The tub was painted with Gesso, crackle medium and acrylic paints. I printed of several elements from the All Sewn Up collection onto tissue paper and then decoupaged them onto the tub. To finish I added a pearl bead string from my stash.

I'm going to use this pot for my fancy hat pins that were given to me by the lovely Clare and the mini buttons that I seem to have an increasing collection of!

That's it for me today. I hope you all have a fab Sunday (hopefully I'm en-route to The Craft Barn if the scheduling widget has worked).

Thanks for stopping by

Claire x

I'd like to enter this tub into the following challenges:
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes
Creative Belli - Anything but a card
Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Anything but square
Love To Create - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Depths of Distress