Santa's Chair!!

I think these chairs from Twiddleybitz are super cute and have loved all the soft feminine chairs that people have created with them but I wanted to do something a bit different!  Christmas gave me the perfect opportunity to make Santa's Chair!!

I started by painting the poppy colourspray onto the MDF - spraying doesn't work so well as it beads on the wood.

Then I glued all the pieces together with pva - this was super easy as they slot together perfectly!

Embellishing the chair was again extremely easy as I used a Christmas embellishment pack from my2angels.net!  I didn't have to make any pins, rosettes, tags or do any embossing!!

Here's the gorgeous rosette on the front of the backrest and the two 'star cushions'!

I did however sew the pincushion!!! yay me!  dusted off the sewing machine - it's been a while BUT I cheated with the Santa Sack and put cushion stuffing in a pre-made organza bag :-P.  I added the green sparkly ribbon from the pack and the gorgeous charming chain too.

And a side view too :-)

Ingredients:
Twiddleybitz - MDF Chairs, 2pk (MDF02)
My2Angels - Christmas Embellishment Kit (Brisbane Show Purchase)
My2Angels - Merry Christmas Charming Chain with Glass Abacus
My2Angels - Charming Pins 
My2Angels - Felt Shapes
My2Angels - Green Glitter Ribbon
Colorful Thoughts Sprays - Poppy
Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist, Scarlet
Red Material
Red Organza Bag
Cushion stuffing
PVA Glue

Stay tuned for my next Christmas Twiddleybitz Off the Page Project!  It's so exciting!!
Jen
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Stix2 Anything!!

I am so excited to let you know, I'm now the Card Designer for Stix2 Anything products, I've been using them since their first show in Melbourne at Paperific!  I look forward to sharing a number of techniques and styles with you made all the more fun and easy using Stix2!

While my style is varied I have learnt so very much over the years and rarely use all the things I know in my work.  The thought of exploring adhesives as a design tool is quite exciting! It makes a big change from just 'using' glue and tape!

Please visit Stix2 Anything HERE on the web (you can order from them as they do sell to the consumer directly!), or HERE on Facebook.  Not only do they have an awesome range of adhesives but a number of tools too - I am LOVING my pickup pencil and am looking at getting a layer perfect... While I make my cards and line up my photo matts etc by eye - I think it would be an awesome tool (for the OCD in me!) for helping with classes and blog write-ups!!

I have used a few of the Stix2 Anything products but so far my favourite would have to be the double sided tape, it is very sticky and quite permanent, sometimes it can be a little tricky to remove the backing but I see that as a small price to pay for knowing the elements of my projects will not come off.  My work goes on tour with Twiddleybitz and is handled a lot at the shows - or in class and it's imperative that it stays together!

You can see some of the projects I have created using Stix2 Anything products HERE, but stay tuned for more to come!  I will be resurrecting some old techniques you may not have seen for quite a while!!

The Stix2 blog is also a great place to visit, my tutorials and work will be HERE shortly :-) 

My first creations published next month will be all about..... Christmas!! LOL how ever did you guess!! hehehe or should that be ho ho ho?

I'm looking forward to it - I hope you are too!
Jen
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Bedside Brick Lamp

Erin has decided she wants to change her bedroom from pink to blue coloured... so out goes the netting curtain, the pink bed spread, and the pink glitter lava lamp.  All the blue furnishings I can find are predominantly boyish so we're having a bit of trouble.  When she burnt herself on the lava lamp the other night It gave me the swift kick I needed to make her a girly lamp for her room.

I bought a hollow glass brick from Bunnings for $5 (like the ones you used to see in the Dr Surgeries as   a kid) and I painted around the edges in Sailboat Blue Alcohol ink, then when dry I adhered white lace around the edges over the blue.  I then stamped the butterfly and the verse in Midnight Blue Stazon Ink.  Adding the beautiful Flourishes was next... then adding a heap of the gorgeous Manorhouse Creations flowers!!

I jazzed up some of the flowers, and the butterfly wings with iridescent medium and added a little butterfly charm to one of the flowers too.

I have recently discover IKEA (I know slow on the uptake but OMG!) and they have LED strip lighting! I bought this one for $20 and one panel is just too long... I cannot cut it down so already have an alternate use for it...  I am contemplating drilling a hole in the corner of the brick and putting fairy lights inside instead!

I'm really pleased with how this turned out - and the best part is that Erin had no idea!! When I showed her and then told her it was for her room - she nearly cried! She loves it so much :-)

Ingredients:
Glass brick - Bunnings
Ranger Alcohol Ink - Sailboat Blue
Green Tara - very wide white lace
Stazon Ink - Midnight Blue
Miscellaneous Stamp - All things
Bevy of Butterflies Stamp - UK413A by Lisa Hetrick
Flourish With A Bling - Chloe Pearls - Baby Blue
Flourish With A Bling - Chloe Pearls -Blue
Manorhouse Creations - Country Lane raindrop
Manorhouse Creations - Fairy Floss, soft blue
Manorhouse Creations - Silver Capri
Manorhouse Creations - Royalty Duchess Mix (blue with ribbon)
Windsor and Newton Iridescent Medium
My2angels - silver butterfly charm
IKEA - LED strip light.

Thanks for visiting!
Jen
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Altogether Beautiful...

Yep - still loving my step cards!!! LOL
One of my favourite colour schemes - black, white, silver/grey :-)

You know by now how much I LOVE the round doily frames from Twiddleybitz!!  I stazon inked the outside but removed the inner circle so I could ink it white - then stamped in black stazon, stuck it back in the middle and added the flourishes and the gorgeous flower!

I love the mannequin and just had to make her pretty - diamonds are a girls' best friend you know!
And no - I didn't have to tie the bow as it's a pre-made one from Tracy at my2angels!!

Ingredients:

Silver shimmer card - pre cut and folded

Black Bazzil cardstock

Patterned Paper - Kaiser 61/2 inch pad - The Lakehouse

Twiddleybitz - Vintage Miss Mannequins (VTG001)

Twiddleybitz - Circle Doylie #2 (FRA019)

Flourish With A Bling - Elise Black Rhinestone (Flower)

Flourish With A Bling - Elise Silver Rhinestone

My2Angels - Silver bow

Brilliance white ink

Stazon black ink

Stamp In Style Verse - SMP21

Thanks for coming and I do hope you like my latest card :-)

Jen

MHC Guest Design Team Member!!

I am so excited to be able tell you - I'm the current Guest Designer at Manorhouse Creations!!!

Manorhouse Creations supply beautiful flowers and blooms in almost every style and colour and have just brought out some BRAND NEW small Flowers - especially for Card-makers!!!

I have loved MHC from the moment I laid eyes on them and am completely honoured to be a guest designer.  I have so much fun with these gorgeous products - I hope you enjoy seeing my creations as much as I enjoy creating them!  Thank you again for this opportunity to share with you!

My work featuring MHC products can be seen:

• on the Manorhouse Creations blog
• or using this link  :-) on my blog

My most recent creation (the blue flower glass brick lamp)

is only on the Manorhouse Creations Blog at the moment, but I will be publishing a tutorial for it in the next day or so :-)

And some more good news - Studio JenJen classes will regularly feature MHC products and a small number will be available for purchase.

Thanks for sharing in my happy news

Jen

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Star Banner - Riley

I recently created this banner for Riley - he is definitely star material!  Each part of the banner represents a different part of him or something he likes/enjoys.

To cover the chipboard stars with the white patterned paper I covered them in pva:

 I used my speedball to push out airpockets and excess glue.

 I then cut around them with my craft knife.

The I coloured them with Distress Stains and wiped off any excess with a tissue.
The silver embossed stars are resistant to the colour...

Then I filed the edges:

 Punched the hole with my eyelet punch:

I used my Distress Stain to colour my white ribbon and again the embossed stars resisted the colour - and then I hung them to dry overnight. I was afraid I'd get too excited trying to dry them with a heat gun and melt the ribbon!

Once I'd panted the car red I used black liquid pearls on the tyres, and orange and yellow for the flames:

Car Star Ingredients:
Twiddleybitz - Star Banner
Twiddleybitz - Small Car Minni Minor (TRA004)
Twiddleybitz - School Dayz Kids (SCH003)
Alison Ellis Design - Star Paper
Adirondack Paint Dabber - Citrus & Red pepper
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Mustard Seed
Ranger Liquid Pearls - Pumpkin, Daffodil, Onyx Pearls
Flourish With A Bling - Silver Rhinestones
Black Artliner 0.2
1" circle Punch
My2Angels - White Star Ribbon

"R" Star Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Star Banner

Twiddleybitz - R (TAB00R)

Twiddleybitz - Dog form Farm Yard Friends (ANI002)

Alison Ellis Design - Star Paper

Adirondack Paint Dabber - Snow Cap

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Faded Jeans

Ranger Liquid Pearls - Dark Chocolate, Daffodil, Onyx Pearls

Flourish With A Bling - Silver Rhinestones

Flourish With A Bling - Pearl, Blue

Flourish With A Bling - Luke Flourish, Blue

My2Angels - White Star Ribbon

Brown Cardstock

"I" Star Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Star Banner

Twiddleybitz - I (TAB00I)

Twiddleybitz - Cogs n Gears (TABCOG)

Alison Ellis Design - Star Paper

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Peeled Paint

Ranger Liquid Pearls - Daffoldil

Adirondack Paint Dabber - Snow Cap; Red Pepper & Peeled Paint

Flourish With A Bling - Jessie Flourish, Red

Flourish With A Bling - Pearl, Blue

My2Angels - Bike Charm

My2Angels - Ball Chain

My2Angels - White Star Ribbon

"L" Star Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Star Banner

Twiddleybitz - L (TAB00L)

Twiddleybitz - Dinosaurs Pk4 (DIN001)

Alison Ellis Design - Star Paper

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Mustard Seed; 

            Fired Brick; Vintage Photo; Peeled Paint

Ranger Liquid Pearls - Avocado

Adirondack Paint Dabber - Snow Cap

Flourish With A Bling - Pearl, Red

My2Angels - Stick Figure Charm

My2Angels - White Star Ribbon

"E" Star Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Star Banner

Twiddleybitz - E (TAB00E)

Twiddleybitz - School Dayz Kids (SCH003)

Alison Ellis Design - Star Paper

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Faded Jeans

Ranger Liquid Pearls - Daffodil, Ruby Red, Baby Blue

Adirondack Paint Dabber - Snow Cap

Flourish With A Bling - Luke Flourish, Black

My2Angels - Cap Charm

My2Angels - White Star Ribbon

Black Artliner 0.2

"Y" Star Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Star Banner

Twiddleybitz - Y (TAB00Y)

Twiddleybitz - Tab Stars (TABSTA)

Alison Ellis Design - Star Paper

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Peeled Paint; Faded Jeans

Ranger Liquid Pearls - Daffodil

Adirondack Paint Dabber - Snow Cap; Silver

Flourish With A Bling - Jessie Flourish, Red

My2Angels - Ball Chain

My2Angels - White Star Ribbon

Dymo Labeller

I coloured in the island chipboard with paint and distress stains.  I used liquid pearls to give dimension to the grass and the palm trees, and age and deterioration to the treasure chest, and adding the skull n crossbones charm to finish it off.  I used crackle paint for my sand to give texture: 

"Pirate" Star Ingredients:

Twiddleybitz - Star Banner

Twiddleybitz - Pirate Island And Treasure Chest (PIR003)

Alison Ellis Design - Star Paper

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Mustard Seed; Peeled Paint; Vintage Photo

Ranger/Tim Hotlz Distress Crackle - Scrattered Straw

Ranger Liquid Pearls - Avocado; Dark Chocolate; Onyx Pearl

Adirondack Paint Dabber - Gold

My2Angels - Skull n Crossbones Charm

My2Angels - White Star Ribbon

Figuring out how to hang all the stars on the ribbon was probably the hardest part as I wanted them to all be attached differently!  The key to getting it right is working out the spacing, pinning to hold the spot and allowing for movement when hung - and thinking about if it will be hung tightly or loosely...

Congratulations if you are reading as you managed to get all the way through - well done!!  I'd love to see your banner so be sure to go to the Twiddleybitz Ning and upload yours to the gallery so I can see it too!!

Thanks for joining me :-)

Jen

Just Believe Centre Step Card

This centre step card was created with papers from the Kaiser range - Just Believe.

On first glance I thought the papers would be a little hard to use - not my "usual" BUT with a bit of distressing they are more me than I thought!!  This card was one of the easiest to create, and while 3dimensional, the only raised embellishments are the gorgeous new 

Silver Christmas Baubles n Chain and Christmas Mistletoe Charming Buttons from My2Angels.

The perfect time to plan and purchase for your Christmas projects is NOW! Tracy at My2Angels is running another special - with your first paid order for November you get a FREEBIE (and who doesn't lose freebies)!!  The brand new Sanding Tag Set is what I used on this step card to distress the edges.  Easy to use and great to keep on hand, so place your order now and one of these Sanding Tag Sets can be yours for FREE!!

If you've never visited My2Angels before - put the kettle on and scroll through the store at a nice slow pace, because you won't want to miss a thing!!  Apart from awesome prices to start with, Tracy makes the most gorgeous hand-made embellishments I have ever seen.  And while it's true - I'd be able to make a lot of them myself, I prefer the convenience of having the embellishments made already - waiting for me to use them! And use them i do, as you will see them featured in many of my projects :-)

Ingredients:
Twiddleybitz card & envelope - Cream C6
Kaiser Patterned Paper - Just Believe
My2Angels Sanding Tag Set
My2Angels - Silver Christmas Baubles n Chain
My2Angels - Christmas Mistletoe Charming Buttons
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Antique Linen
Ranger Liquid Pearl - Red Rouge
Kindy Glitz - red and green
Stix2Anything - Double-sided Tape

Thanks for stopping by!
Jen
:-)