Birthday Scrabble Frame

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.

 I made this frame for a beautiful mum from her daughter.  You can see more of my work on my facebook page 

https://www.facebook.com/karensclayandpapercrafts

This frame uses scrabble tiles, polymer clay, a heart charm.  

Many thanks for stopping by

Karen Xxx

Home Decor - New Home

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.

 My blog post for today is another home decor clay project.  It would make a lovely gift for anyone that has just got their first home or someone who has just moved house.

The base is MDF painted with cosmic shimmer chalk paint, colour stone, then covered with printed tissue paper.  Once dried I used the green part of a kitchen scourer to apply paint around the outside to give it a bushy feel.

I used the beautiful Katy sue Designs Sugar Button Moulds designed by Kathryn Sturrock from Karacter Krafts.  

Items used :-

Katy Sue Designs – Mini Alphabets,

Sugar Buttons Moulds – Birdhouse and Owl

Premo Polymer Clay

Cosmic shimmer chalk paint

Printed Tissue paper

jute string

Many thanks for stopping by

Karen Xxx

Meet little Gaffee

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.

I would like to introduce you to Gaffee the Giraffe, as you can see she is well behaved and a little cutie pie.  She was a commission for a beautiful little four year old for her birthday to have as a keepsake.  This is available to order through Midtown Makers, Ballymena or my
Facebook page click here.

She is a little cake topper that will look beautiful on top of any child’s birthday cake, she can be adapted to hold the any number of the child’s age, colour of your choice and the child’s name can be added instead of the Happy Birthday.

 

Items used :- 

Katy Sue Designs – Mini Alphabets, Balloons design mat

Sugar Buttons Mould – Giraffe

Premo Polymer Clay – brown, yellow, blue, white

Silver wire for balloon strings

Many thanks for stopping by

Karen Xxx

Meet Charlie Chimp

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.

I would like to introduce you to Charlie the Chimp, as you can see he loves to eat bananas.  He is a cute little fella, full of mischief and is available to purchase in my retail space in Midtown Makers, Ballymena.

He is a little cake topper that will look beautiful on top of any child’s birthday cake, he can be adapted to hold the numbers of the child’s age and the child’s name can be added.

He is sculpted from polymer clay with the help of Sugar button moulds and Katy Sue Moulds.  It can be kept as a keepsake for the child for years to come or be reused on another cake of your choice.

Items used :-

Katy Sue Designs – Mini Alphabets, Balloons design mat

Sugar Buttons Mould –Monkey

Premo Polymer Clay – brown, yellow, blue, white

Silver wire for balloon strings

Many thanks for stopping by

Karen Xxx

Happy 2018

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.

My apologies I haven’t been around, but I have been busy with my small retail spot in Midtown Makers and making samples for Katy Sue Design Ltd.

I am back and my new year promise, which hasn’t got off to a very good start was to blog more and keep my social media pages up to date.  My techie skills are very basic, and I get through with the little that I know.

So, I am going to take an afternoon in the week and keep my Facebook page up to date, schedule posts and put up items I have made for sale.  I am opening my Esty page again where I will sell my items as well as putting them into my retail space in Midtown. 

Another thing I would love to do in the future is to post videos on YouTube, but I have yet to get my courage built up and get to like my voice.

Many thanks for stopping by

Karen Xxx

New Facebook Page

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog

Its been a while since I blogged on here, the reason is that I have been trying to set up a little business with my craft products mainly clay.  I have rented a shelf in our local town in a retail outlet Ballymena called Midtown Makers Studio and Shop.

In Midtown we have over 50 wonderful crafters showing and selling their products, paintings, purses, bears, cushions, tiny gardens, glass products, candles and so much more.  If you are in Northern Ireland visiting or live here please drop by and have a wee browse round, have a cup of coffee and a chat.   If you cant see anything you want or if you need something special for someone take a business card and call the maker direct or leave details with Jim in the shop and we will get in contact with you.

My aim for my blog is to post on here weekly showing items I have made for you too look at and please tell your friends to drop by.  I have also set up a Facebook page to show my projects and if you have a free moment please drop by there and have a wee look at 

www.facebook.com/karensclayandpapercrafts

Here are some of my projects

Some of these were done freehand and some where using Katy Sue Moulds

Thank you for dropping by my blog and

 my apologies for being away for so long.

Karen Xxx

Counting the days

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Over at Brown Sugar  we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Anything Goes

This is my project for this weeks challenge on brown sugar, I decided to make a plague for a bride to be.  I have two nieces that got engaged this year.  One getting married in two years time and one getting married in four years time.

This is a piece of mount board which i received from my neighbour as he is a picture framer and these were left over pieces.  i painted it with chalk paint then went over it with Mod podge sparkle medium, Took the image that I received from our sponsor and enlarged it.  Painted the heart with blackboard paint went round it with clear glue from a glue gun and then while it was warm sprinkle from silver glitter over it.  Coloured the flowers in with pencils and the coated them with Mod podge gloss-lustre.  The bow is made with a free die I received from a magazine and the letters are from various dies.  In the bottom corners i used aged silver embossing enamel to give it a wee bit of a aged look.

Items used

white mount board

Cosmic shimmer Chalk paint natural stone

Mod podge sparkle medium

Mod podge gloss lustre medium

Deco art chalkboard paint

Stampendous aged silver embossing enamel

Sizzix Alphabet Curlie Girl Dies

Quickutz alphabet dies

bow die free from magazine

Steadtler/Crayola coloured pencils

Cosmic shimmer pva glue

brown garden twine

Clear hot glue stick

Crafters Companion silver glitter

Hearts die from Creative Expressions shadow box accessory - Mr & Mrs

Image - Heart with tulips from our

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Thank you for dropping by and 

 be sure to stop and check out the

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog

and see the cards from the rest of the design team.

If you like what you see please press the join/follow button on the side above.

Karen Xxx

Let's fly away!

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Over at Brown Sugar  we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Balloons

Items used:-

Image from All Dressed up 

"Follow you dreams"

Ribbons from Stampinup

Blue flat back pearl gems

Sizzix circle dies

Paperstack - free from magazine - "Let's fly away"

Black Promarker

Steadtler/Crayola colouring pencils

Tattered Lace - Gtefold border dies "Charming Edge"

Cosmic shimmer PVA Glue

1mm Jumbo foam roll

Base card - white card stock

Distress ink 

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Thank you for dropping by and 

 be sure to stop and check out the

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and see the cards from the rest of the design team.

If you like what you see please press the join/follow button on the side above.

Karen Xxx

You Can Do It

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Its hard to believe we are in September where has this summer gone kids are back to school so this weeks challenge is quite appropriate for this week.

Over at Brown Sugar  we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Back to School

Items Used

Gold Mirri card

Red, yellow and red card stock

Sizzix Clipboard and holder for the pencil dies

Sizzix scribbles and splats for paint splats dies

Spellbinders A2 Matting basics A & B

White 6x6 card stock for card base

Background paper, Image and sentiment from our sponsors

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"School time Ted and Trudy"

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Thank you for dropping by and 

 be sure to stop and check out the

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog

and see the cards from the rest of the design team.

If you like what you see please press the join/follow button on the side above.

Karen Xxx

With Sympathy

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Over at Brown Sugar  we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Shaker Card

Items Used

White, black and red card stock

Sentiment from Robert Adams collection

Patterned paper - Lets fly away paper stack free from a magazine

small heart punch

3d foam on a roll

acetate sheet

coloured pencils - crayola and steadtler

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Thank you for dropping by and 

 be sure to stop and check out the

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog

and see the cards from the rest of the design team.

If you like what you see please press the join/follow button on the side above.

Karen Xxx