Sunday, 1 February 2015

This one is special....

Hello again,

It's the start of a new challenge over at That Craft Place Challenge Blog and it's Anything Goes which is a favourite theme for many of us crafter's and us on the design team...it meant I could share a piece with you I made for someone special.

This project was a present for my big Sister (Brenda) and a lot of time and love went into it as she is exactly that...my big sis xxxxxx

 There's always good things to countdown for, holidays, Christmas, nights out with friends, family time and its good to be able to check of the days sometimes so I made her a chalkboard to do just that...



Here's the how and what's:
Frame: Sometime ago I bought the frame in Wilko's sale, it was all scratched up but it didn't matter as I wanted it for my 'I'm gonna do something with that' basket!
Additional elements: From That Craft Place - Flowers (regular crafty flowers take paint really well once you've gesso'd them), grey board scraps and butterflies
Paint: That Craft Place - gesso, silver acrylic, ranger distress daubers in eggplant and mushroom, Pinflair Buff it in gold and then DecoArt gloss medium to seal everything together.

After having fun with the hot glue gun to stick on all the extra bits, creating dimension I covered the whole lot in gesso, then silver acrylic and then 'dusted' with the distress daubers and buff it to add an aged look.  The 'chalk holder' (that I am secretly very proud of lol) is made from an off cut of greyboard, roughly cut into a triangle and then glued in place so that the point of the triangle is at the bottom creating a pocket for the chalk!

Here's the close-ups:







 I really hope you liked visiting my blog today and letting me show you round my crafty make for my big sis x

Don't forget to follow me by clicking the links on the top right sidebar and make sure you pop by the That Craft Place Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the uber talented design team have come up with for Anything Goes :D

 Crafty hugs

Sandie xxx

I would like to enter my make into the following challenges:
Lil patch of crafty friends - #3 AG
Glitter and sparkle - #133 AG
The Pink Elephant - #283 AG
Use your stuff - #170 paint
Not just cards - #11 AG
Inspiration destination - #11 AG
Scrap and craft challenge - #1 AG
Creative fingers - #65 AG
Scribble and scrap - #37 AG

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18 comments :

  1. Unknown1 February 2015 at 05:39

    WOW Sandie, your sister is going to just love this present, it is amazing hun, love the chalk at the side, a brilliant idea, hugs xxx

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  2. jane stillman1 February 2015 at 11:14

    An amazing project Sandie, it's absolutely gorgeous

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  3. JJ1 February 2015 at 11:20

    Amazing work, very well embellished and a fabulous idea.

    Thank you for joining us for our Challenge No 3 over at http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/

    Love & Hugs

    Jacquie J xxx
    http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

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  4. Linda Simpson1 February 2015 at 11:26

    Your sister will absolutely adore this fabulous gift. Wonderful idea and gorgeous design.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  5. As.I.Do.Rodos.1 February 2015 at 12:39

    Fabulous project Ginny x

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  6. Jan 1 February 2015 at 13:34

    Fabulous frame xx Jan

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  7. Unknown1 February 2015 at 16:53

    Wow what a fabulous idea, your sister will be thrilled with it. Its gorgeous,Hugs Jennifer xx

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  8. Rachel Gillham1 February 2015 at 16:54

    absolutely gorgeous Sandie! love it!

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  9. Ольга Васильева1 February 2015 at 17:39

    Amazing!! Thank you for joining us at Scrap&Craft!

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  10. Alyx1 February 2015 at 18:58

    Beautiful crafting...fabulous project. Thank you for joining us over at the Scribble and Scrap Challenge. Good luck.
    xx

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  11. Amanda2 February 2015 at 02:32

    This is gorgeous! Thanks for joining us this week at Use Your Stuff!

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  12. Nance2 February 2015 at 06:42

    Your sister should love this, very beautiful! Thanks for sharing it at The Pink Elephant Anything Goes Challenge!

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  13. Lady E 2 February 2015 at 11:15

    Stunning project!! What a great idea :) Thank you for sharing with us at Scrap & Craft and good luck!
    Lady E Scrap & Craft DT
    www.scrapartbyladye.blogspot.co.uk

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  14. Billie A3 February 2015 at 04:18

    Awesome Idea and great project. Thanks for sharing with us over at Inspiration destination. Hope to see you back for our next ATG challenge.

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  15. Ivy (Ivette)4 February 2015 at 01:23

    I'm in love with this frame. Nice job! I'm sure you had fun with this one. Thanks for playing along at the Inspiation Destination challenge.
    Ivette

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  16. Melissa6 February 2015 at 10:22

    Lovely idea.
    thanks for joining us at Creative fingers challenge.

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  17. Unknown7 February 2015 at 22:17

    Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation at Glitter n Sparkle.

    Tracey DTxxx

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  18. Debbie10 February 2015 at 21:24

    Love this frame. Thanks for joining the Scribble and Scrap challenge

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Crafty Hugs

Sandie xxx

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