'Normal will never be beautiful'

Hello lovely friends,

hope you are well and that

your Monday has been a good day!

I haven't made anything for almost a week,

that's very unusual for me, so tonight

I decided to sit down and craft! 

And here is the result, an artist trading card. 

I just love this old photo booth

image and had to use it for this project.

This lady has such a fabulous smile and so 

I chose the words 

'Normal will never be beautiful'

I thought they fitted perfectly!

In a world where there seems to be 

so much attention on how we should look 

or how we should be, I wanted 

this to reflect that it's ok to be different 

and it's ok to be yourself. 

Back to crafting now!

See you on the next post 

Hugs

Zowie xx 

Steampunk Angel collage tag

Hi again friends!

Here is a collage art tag that I have 

just finished making.

I have used the Madame Payrauds paper collection. 

I printed out this beautiful steampunk angel and 

adhered her on to my collage tag.

I have also typed and printed out 

the words 'celebrate your uniqueness'

and adhered them on to the collage.  

I love that saying and I thought it fitted 

perfectly! 

Finally, I added a butterfly and adhered 

a faceted green heart cabachon. 

Thanks for stopping by,

see you on the next post 

Hugs

Zowie xx

Vintage card

Hello again friends! 

Here is a vintage card that I have made today.

I'm in love with the papers and the darling 

LaBlanche image. 

The papers I have used are from 

the Madame Payrauds collection by

Docrafts Papermania. 

Here, I have used a LaBlanche 

vintage epoxy domed sticker,

lace ribbon, cheesecloth, white mulberry roses 

and a metal clock charm embellishment.

Finally, I adhered some fussy cut butterflies 

to match the colour scheme. 

Thanks once again for stopping by,

Hugs

Zowie xx

Good luck card

Hello lovely friends,

hope you are having a great day!

My friend has been successful in getting 

a new job and starts working

there this week.

I'm so happy for her!

 I made this shabby chic good luck card 

to celebrate her happy news. 

I have used Craft & You papers to

decorate the entire card and adhered

one of my handmade lilac coffee filter peony flowers. 

Thanks for stopping by 

Hugs 

Zowie xx

Vintage lollipop card

Hi again friends,

Here is my first lollipop

card that I have made.

I really enjoyed making it.

They are a little time consuming,

but the results are stunning.

Once you have made the base, the 

possibilities of decorating are endless! 

I have had this beautiful vintage image 

for quite some time now and 

it fitted perfectly for this project.

I will be making more of these cards

in the next few weeks and will hopefully 

be doing a tutorial. 

Have a great weekend.

See you on the next post,

Hugs

Zowie xx

Shabby chic altered clothes pegs

Hello friends,

hope you are well!

Here are some shabby chic clothes pegs

that I have altered,

I have really enjoyed this project,

it's super easy and the results 

are super cute! 

To create these, I took some plain

wooden pegs and adhered

this beautiful pink paper

to the front of the pegs, using

mod podge. 

Next, I adhere vintage lace and 

cheese cloth to the bottom of

the pegs.

Finally, I added a beautiful pink mulberry rose

and the word love, that I printed out using my

home printer. 

Thanks once again for 

stopping by.

Hugs

Zowie xx

Shabby coffee filter peony flower tutorial

Hello lovely friends,

hope you are well!

Here is my very first tutorial!

I've been making these wonderful

dreamy, shabby coffee filter peonies over 

the last couple of days and wanted to 

share how I made them.

Materials:

* Coffee filter papers

* Distress markers

* Tattered florals die

* Paint brush

* Scissors

* White or clear glue

* Heat gun

* Stylus

Here I have used Distress markers, Dusty concord,

Aged mahogany, Rusty hinge and 

Worn lipstick.

Using the coffee filter paper, cut 4 layers

of the small flower and 6 layers

of the medium size flower.

Next, add water to the stack of flowers.

While they are still wet, add some watercolour to 

the centre of each flower.

Distress markers are wonderful for water colouring.

Working on a craft mat and using a paint brush 

mix water along with the preferred 

distress marker to achieve this colour. 

Next, use the heat gun to dry the flowers.

Then, cut a slit between each petal. 

Run the stylus around the edge 

of the petals to curl them.

Make two stacks of medium flowers

with three layers each.

Using some glue, add the 2 stacks of 

flowers together and let dry. 

Next, glue the four smaller flowers together and 

adhere to the centre. 

Finally, ruffle the layers to give a fuller look. 

Thanks for reading,

see you on the next post.

Hugs

Zowie xx