Exciting news and some paint fusion

Hi there, I'm usually a bit down in the dumps on a Sunday evening, thinking about going back to work but not today. I've got tomorrow off work as its hubby's birthday and I've also had some exciting news too :-)  I'm joining the mega talented Sarah Hurley's DT!! 

I was over the moon when  Sarah invited me to join her fabby friendly team, and in fact  I'm still doing a happy dance lol. 

Anyway I've been busy making some top secret projects this weekend (I have more exciting news to come lol) so I thought I'd share of my 'paint fusioned' bath panel. Apols for the truly terrible photo, my bathroom is tiny and I had to be a contortionist to get this photo lol. After some work in the bathroom, the pine veneer came off the panel leaving an mdf blank so rather than fork out for a new one I decided to recycle it with stamps and paint.

I used willow green and cream emulsion with watered down pva glue for the background and then used Sheena Douglass'  'Berries' stamps with black stazon to set out the design. I've used assorted acrylic paints from my stash - one tip, if you decide to have a go at this, take the bath panel out before you paint it :-) I was walking like a little old lady for a week after tying myself in knots to paint this LOL. Once the paint was dry, I rubbed gold rub'n'buff around the mouldings and then gave the whole thing 5 coats of satin varnish.

I'm entering my bath panel in the latest Craft Room Challenge which is 'Home decor'

Thanks for visiting today, I hope my UK blogging buddies are bunkered up away from the bad weather we're expecting and I'm sending hugs to those across the water on the anniversary of 9/11, such an emotional day for everyone  but even more so for those caught up in the tragedy and their families

Claire xx

On the beach

Hi, I'm having a lovely day crafting this morning and 'paint fusioning' the bath panel this afternoon. I'll try and post a pic when its done, I wish i'd done it before it was put back in as i've had to be a bit of a contortionist to paint some of the leaves lol. Anyway here's a summery scene created with lots of paint, various odds and ends from the recycling box and a lovely stamp from Joanna Sheen.

I made the crackle background using emulsion paint and pva glue, distressed with vintage photo distress ink. I painted the image with distress inks and added some white acrylic paint, stickles and microbeads for the seafoam. You can see the effect better on this pic.

The image is distressed with Tea Dye and Vintage photo distress inks, its matted on another crackle background edged with distress EP (broken china I think). I've added some recycled packaging to embellish the card, corrugated card embossed with more distress EP, some twine from the garden shed and some netting. The netting was a really fluorescent yellow but it coloured nicely with alcohol inks. To finish off I added some shells from my stash.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Ambers Crafts'n'stuff: Summer

Crafting for all Seasons: Summer

Craft us Crazy: Summer theme (or red white and blue)

Creative Craft Challenge: Make your own bps

Delightful Challenges: Fun in the sun

Gingersnap Creations Spicy Supply GC106: Packaging materials

Oldie but Goodie: Inspired by a country (my card is inspired by a british beach  and i've had these stamps for years)

Paper Creations Ink : Beach theme

Paper Shelter: fun in the sun

Papertake Weekly: Here comes the sun

the Paper Variety: Summer

Top Tip Tuesday: cross something (twine)

Wags'n'Whiskers: Summertime

Its certainly been a day for the beach today, its scorching hot here and forecast even hotter tomorrow so my little office will be like a furnace. I hope you're enjoying some sunshine too

Thanks for popping by

Claire xx