Crafty Adventurista: February DT Project 2 For Country View Crafts and Challenges

Hi there,

Here I am with my second DT Project for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook, for the theme of Hearts as chosen by our lovely team member, Cassie.

The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here where you will find information on how to enter: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

There’s a fabulous £20 prize voucher to win to for one randomly picked winner.

You can enter the challenge with 5 different entries but you must use brands that Country View Crafts stocks and please mention them in your projects.

So although my first project was for a Valentine's Day gift and card for the other half, my second project is a gift for my best friend.

I thought she might like some artwork from me plus the sentiment in the picture really does describe her - she's so inspirational.

First I made a little canvas on an easel - a quick and easy make but quite cute I thought.

I die cut a heart from Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Stacked Tiles Hearts 665858 and blended over this with Distress Ink Worn Lipstick and Wild Honey.

I then stamped out the heart from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Love Notes CMS477 with VersaFine Clair.

I then tore a piece of corrugated card into the shape of a heart.

I layered these together and glued onto the canvas with a piece of thread bundled up underneath them.

I stamped and cut out the word 'Friend' from a quote in Love Notes set, layered it onto black card and then added this onto the heart, raising it up with 3D foam.

That completed my first gift and here it is…

My next gift to make was my shadow box picture. Using a 4x4 inch frame, I measured out the area where the image would sit.

I picked out the heart to use from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Love Notes CMS477.

Then using Distress Watercolor pencils and a water colour brush. I inked up my brush with one colour (ie worn lipstick) and added that to 2 areas of my chosen heart. Then I added a second colour to it (ie wild honey), spritzed with a little water and stamped it down in the first place on my paper. I repeated this for all 9 hearts with different colours. Where the colour was a bit patchy I filled this in using the inked up brush direct to the stamped heart.