I hate missing a blog entry but if you follow my Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, you'll know that I've been very ill for over a week and that's why my internet self disappeared off the face of the earth for a bit. My bad.
But I've been prescribed the right medication by a lovely doctor in A&E during the early hours of Saturday morning and I feel over 9,000 times better already. Seriously. Thank you lovely doctor in A&E.
Until then, all I'd really managed to do between my last entry and Saturday afternoon that was arts and crafts related, was one page of colouring in. (I felt that bad.) I did make it interesting though by nipping onto my Pinterest colour scheme board (there's some really nice ones on there) and selecting one to stick to. I chose the one below for a floral colouring page as there weren't too many different colours but it wasn't just tonal either. A nice little mix.
So I picked out my six matching coloured pencils and challenged myself to use all of those particular pencils but no others on the entire page.
Unfortunately the beige colour isn't overly visible on the page but I did use it, I swear. I just had to shade it with the brown because it was so pale.
It went quite well and the colours suited the picture nicely. I'm also really pleased with the pencils which were a Christmas present, as they shade just beautifully.
Luckily that's not all I have to post today though. Otherwise that would be a very short blog entry.
I can now show you the card and present I made for my sister's birthday earlier on this month, which I couldn't post in my last entry as she hadn't yet seen them!
The card had to be quick and simple because unfortunately I didn't have a lot of time to make it. So when I saw some Star Wars wrapping paper on my way home from a walk the day before, I grabbed it. It was used to wrap her gift and make this adorable card! I simply cut out a panel of black card and stuck it to a base before adding the cut out Yoda using 3d foam pads. A few hand drawn stars and sentiment in white ink and then some sequin stars stuck on with more foam pads, 10 minutes later you've got your super cute card. Woohoo!
The present took me longer. I bought a plain black sketchbook from Paperchase and used masking tape to cover an area to form my sister's nickname. I followed a tutorial I found on Pinterest to create the galaxy design over the top, peeled away the tape and then outlined the letters with a white gel pen just to make them really pop and was left with a really cool, personalised sketchbook for my sister, who is always drawing.
And since I am feeling over 9,000 times better today, I started work on two projects this afternoon.
The first was the second of my romantic book quotes for the bedroom in the same theme as my Harry Potter one. I even have a webcam as of today so this whole project was recorded and will have a timelapse video posted in the (hopefully) near future.
I had a lot of fun making this one. Both the quotes I've featured make me cry buckets and I'm just really glad I was actually able to write them nicely enough to feel proud displaying them on my walls.
The second project I started working on today was inspired by these fantastic felt succulent plants I came across on Facebook as I scrolled down my newsfeed. I like plants but I can't keep them alive and I find succulents particularly beautiful in a strange way, so there was no way I wasn't going to try and make these!
The box frame is a little cheapy from The Range which I took apart, removing the glass and then gluing the rest of the componants back into place so they don't shift around. To make sure the background was super sparkly, just in case any shows through once I'm done adding succulents, I filled the frame with PVA and then just poured in a whole load of gold glitter.
No crafter's stash is complete without glitter. I'm just impressed I didn't get it everywhere. It normally goes everywhere, so well done to me.
While I wait for the glue to dry so it's safe for me to tip out the excess glitter (which is probably when it will go everywhere) I decided to start work on my first succulent.
I followed the instructions on the tutorial but I stitched a little bead into the centre and added some colour around the edges of the petals just because that seems to be my style - throw back to these little rose brooches. I just like a little extra detail and feel like beads make really pretty centre points.
I stopped after two layers of petals because I may be feeling a lot better, but I'm still not quite 100% and I don't want to overdo it. Plus silicone glue really smells so I wanted to call it a night.
That's all for now but I want to take this opportunity to say that next week's blog entry will be posted on Monday instead as I'm going to be at MCM all weekend!
Expect a loot post people!
In the meantime, feel free to check out my Pinterest, I find and save plenty of really cool projects, some of which I'll never get round to making but love the idea of, so if you're crafty like me, it might be a great spot to find some inspiration for your next make!
Until next time!
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