Lavinia Scenescape Door Hanger

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This one was so fun to make!  I stumbled across a magazine with a free set of Lavinia Stamps and downloadable scenescapes.  Quick, easy, free and very beautiful.  Essentially you print off your scenescape (go for a good quality white paper or card) and then you stamp away.

It was so easy that I had to add a little extra.

Ingredients

• Lavinia Stamp Set (free with magazine)
• Black matt card (for matting)
• Ink:  Archival Black and a bit of blue distress ink for the stars
• Cosmic Shimmer Glitter
• Twinkling H2Os on the wings and flowers
• DoveCraft alphabet stamps
• Diecut flowers from my Stix2 kit

Matchbox #1 Time Flies

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Continuing with the Time Flies theme here is my altered matchbox design from inside my head.  The concept is that it can be used as a sort of worry box or wish box.  I wrote the inscription “If you tell a butterfly your wish, he will fly away and make it happen” so voila: you open the drawer, whisper your wish and when you close it he flies away and makes it happen…

The top of the matchbox was converted into an easel fold with extra card and the butterfly I hand made with my latest favourite technique!  Shrinkles!!!  Stamp and colour your design (I used twinkling H2Os to colour him in) and then heat with your heat tool!  Before it set too much I shaped the wings.  The paper flowers were hand punched.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

• Papers – Craftwork Cards (Time Flies)
• Shrinkles Plastic 
• Distress ink – Holtz: Tattered Rose
• Gilding Wax – Creative Expressions: Bright Gold
• Butterfly Stamp – Lavinia Stamps
• Watercolour: Twinkling H2Os
• Liquid Pearls: White Pearl
• Bits and bobs: flower punch, stick on pearls, stick of aurora borealis diamantes, metal/pearl embellishment, metal button 

Time Flies ... Fly With It! Tag Challenge Entry!

 

So I wanted to finally start a blog and this seemed like a good opportunity.  I would say I'm fairly new in the public Crafting World but I came across a challenge on the page http://tagalongchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ that would give me something to do!  This week's challenge: Tick Tock.  At the end of this post I've provided the meanings behind the elements on this piece.

Ingredients

Papers - Craftwork Cards (Time Flies)
Gilding Wax - Creative Expressions - Pewter and Patina
Distress Ink - Tim Holtz - Tattered Rose
Stamps - DoCrafts mini alphabet
Glossy Accents (on the clock faces on the butterflies)
Liquid Pearls - Silver Pearl
Paper Doily
Other bits and bobs from my stash - organza ribbon, clock hands, pink mini rose buds



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Symbolisms You May Have Missed...

All in all I'm quite happy with the finished result and the symbolism of the design.  I didn't want to go down the route of doing a vintage and heavily distressed or steampunk style - instead I wanted it to be a bit more light and happy. 

1. The clock hands pointing towards the wording leads you to the words, but at the same time, separating the hands represents the two realms of time that we experience as humans: real world and dreams and how they are so separate and non-sync.
2. The wording of Time Flies... Fly With It suggests that although we can't stop time and have to go along with it then let's at fly instead of dragging our heels! 
3. I love that the clocks on the butterflies (from Craftwork Cards) all have the same time on them - so although they all exist at the same time they all chose their own path.
4. Why FIVE butterflies?  Numerology interests me.  The number 5 represents unpredictability, being always in motion and change.  There's a more in depth description of five here: http://www.numerology.com/numerology-numbers/5
5. Finally - the clock key on the ribbon represents that our life is essentially as long as a piece of ribbon held together by time (a very deep discussion point) and every time the clock needs to be reset (with the key) new buds will bloom (rebirth and new life after time ends).