Happy Daze Challenge - March to Your Own Tune

On the Happy Daze blog this month the challenge is to give your item a musical theme in the March to your own tune challenge.

I've had this papier-mache mask sat in my "to-do" cupboard for a while and decided to use this. I started by covering it with old sheet music and then I added a light layer of Claudine Hellmuth gesso over this. After it dried I wiped on Jo Sonja's acrylic paints and then left it to dry again then added a layer of  Viva Decor Croco crackle paint in transparent. After this dried I randomly stamped over the mask using a Prima music background stamp and black Versafine ink.

I added some beaded string around the edge (from a Christmas garland I took apart) and a ribbon to hang it on the wall. Finally I added a ballerina charm and some Prima flowers which I jazzed up with Stickles and then the words were done using vintage Letraset transfer lettering.

The metal embellies on the cheeks were from The Works and I coloured them with a permanent pen before sticking a rhinestone in the centre:

Materials used: papier-mache mask, vintage sheet music, Claudine Hellmuth gesso, Jo Sonja's paints, Viva Decor Croco transparent paint, Prima stamp, black Versafine ink, black beading, ribbon, ballerina charm, Letraset dry transfer lettering, Prima flowers and flower centres, vintage buttons, Distress Stickles and normal Stickles.

The Play Data Cafe #116 and Happy Daze challenges

After not taking part in any challenges for a while I've made a card which covers 2 challenges - first of all the Play Date Cafe challenge #116 to use the following colours:

and also the current challenge for the month on the Happy Daze blog which is to "try something new for the new year".

My "new" is the stamp which is from a Paperbag Studios stamp sheet that I bought from Happy Daze.

I stamped the image on pale ivory card and then used Prismacolor pencils and Sansodor to colour it.

Materials used: Papermania cardstock, DCWV papers, Paperbag Studios stamp, black Archival ink, Prismacolor pencils, lace, beaded embellishment.

Happy Daze postcard challenge

The latest Happy Daze Facebook challenge is to make a postcard using at least one item from the shop.

I've had a quick go and not 100% happy with it but not got time to do another one LOL!!  I used the 7Gypsies Conservatory 6" x 6" pad, Distress inks and Claudine Hellmuth gesso from the shop.

Materials used: 7Gypsies Conservatory paper, Claudine Hellmuth gesso, Ranger distress inks, Glitz Designs birdcage stamp, Tim Holtz flourish stamp, Prima bird stamp, alphabet stamps, Studio G sentiment stamp, Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden ephemera.

Happy Daze challenge - Wood Calendar

Happy Daze are having another Facebook challenge at the moment - Wood - so I'm entering this for it.

I bought a plain wooden calendar in my local craft shop Just Tracy's and have used Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden 6" x 6" papers and Butterfly Garden stamps to decorate it.

It started off looking like this:

I started by painting all over the main calendar and the wooden date blocks with Claudine Hellmuth Studio gesso and then used Mod Podge to stick the Butterfly Garden papers to the main part.

I then added some lace, flowers, vintage glass buttons, and some stamping to the main panel and lace along the bottom.

The date blocks were stamped using the Butterly Garden stamps and Versafine sepia ink and edged with Versamagic chalk ink with some highlighting of the designs in green Versamagic ink.

Materials used: Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden 6" papers and stamps, Versafine sepia ink, Versamagic malted mauve and key lime chalk inks, Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso, Mod Podge, Prima flowers and flower centres.

Also used: cotton laces and vintage glass buttons.

You may like to head over to the Happy Daze blog here and leave a comment as they are currently offering some fab blog candy of a £25 gift voucher to spend in the shop!!

Shades of blue

There's a challenge running at the Happy Daze blog here to make an item using "Shades of Blue" and which must contain at least one item from the Happy Daze shop (link to the right).

For my item I used a gorgeous Artistic Outpost stamp sold at Happy Daze.

I sprayed a piece of calico with Glimmer Mist then stamped the image using black Stazon ink. The calico was then machine sewn on to a piece of felt. I then added sequins and beaded trim. I then threaded various beads to use for hanging.

Materials used: calico, Glimmer Mist, Artistic Outpost stamp, black Stazon ink, beads, sequins, beaded trim.