Ladybug Jar for AALL & Create

Hi Everyone

I am delighted to be able say that I have again been invited to join the fabulous AALL & Create design team, an offer that for me is always a no brainer, to work alongside such a fabulous team with the opportunity to showcase the unique stamps and stencils that they produce.

I start, this time,  by using the very popular Tracy Evans A4 ladybug stamp #161 

I wanted to create something a bit different and I had had this jar hanging around my craftroom and thought I need to do something with that and this is what I did with it.

I started by stamping the entire A4 stamp onto a piece of tissue paper by placing the stamp directly onto my glass mat as it sticks to the glass, inking it up with versafine clair ink and then laying the tissue paper on top smoothing over the tissue to pick up the ink.

Once the ink had dried I turned over the tissue and painted in with white acrylic paint the area's that I wanted to be white. I then turned it back and started colouring the entire image in using Zig pens. For future reference I will do this part with alcohol ink pens as using a water based pen the colour moves when you seal it. 

Once it was coloured I cut it to size to cover the jar and applied to the glass jar using matt medium.

To neaten the design off I added black paper string to the top and bottom, red liner tape helped secure this in place to allow me to wrap it around the jar.

I then gave the entire image and string several coats of matt medium being careful not to move the colour around to much, I had to seal the ladybugs separately to avoid the red moving which is why I will try alcohol pens next time as the colour is more permanent. 

I then, to add my ladybug embellishment, stamped each ladybug onto shrink plastic using black Stazon ink, cut out including cutting a loop at the top to make a hanging hole into which I punched a hole. These were coloured on the reverse with alcohol pens and then heated to shrink.

This picture shows how much each Ladybug shrinks down.

I then, using the same black paper string, added them to my jar.

So from an empty jar, that would usually of ended up in the recycle bin, to a repurposed piece. 

I hope I've given you a little bit of inspiration to play with something that would normally be heading for the bin.

To find you local stockist of AALL & Create products 

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by

Love

Amanda X

Bert misses TV debut for That's Crafty

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I'm over at That's Crafty blog today and I'm introducing Bert to you over there and he'd love to meet you all and tell you his story.

To allow Bert to fully introduce himself to you and tell you how he was made you just need to pop across HERE where he will say hello to you.

Thanks for stopping by

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Amanda X

Go with the Flow for That's Crafty

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As it's Tuesday it's my day over at That's Crafty blog and I have been playing with the gel press for this weeks make along with giving a stamp I've had a while it's first inking.

To read all the details just pop over HERE

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

Love

Amanda X

Angel Tags for That's Crafty

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Just a quick post to let you know, that as it's Tuesday, I'm over at That's Crafty blog today.

I have a couple of tags for you this week.

To read all the details just pop over HERE

thanks, as always, for stopping by today

Love

Amanda X

Be Happy for That's Crafty

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Just a quick post to let you know it's my day over at That's Crafty blog to share some art. 

To read all the how to details just pop over HERE

thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day

Love

Amanda X