Bass guitar card

Hello peeps, just a quick update as I realised I haven't blogged my hubby's birthday card.  

He is a bass player in a punk band so when fellow coven member Bex kindly gave me a pack of papers from DCWV called Rockstar I knew they would be perfect

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I cut out one of guitars and used embroidery floss for the strings which I secured with brads. 

 I added a piece of chain with two more brads and mat and layered it onto black card.

I then used foam tape to adhere it to a patterned background to give it a bit of depth.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend planned, hopefully with some crafting.

Kyla

 

WOYWW

 Hello peeps, time for the weekly cry of 'Wednesday? Again?'.

I am feeling slightly smug, as several weeks after cleaning my craft room (or 'the pit' as my hubby called it!) its still tidy(ish). 

The past week I have been reading blogs and searching the net for some new techniques for me to try out with my stash. 

 My thinking is, if I like the technique then when I go to the NEC craft show in November I can buy some more stash in the knowledge that it will be stuff I will use (yeah right, hands up who comes back from a show and uses 100% of the stuff they buy!)....see I am already justifying the spending spree!

Anyway, part of the technique challenge I have set myself is on the desk (the photo was taken Tuesday).  I tried TH metal patchwork technique, using some old metal flashing tape that I liberated from my father's shed!

I taped it across a blank tag that I cut out of an unwanted manilla folder and made marks with my Ten Second Studio metal tools, I then rubbed black acrylic dabber all over and wiped it back.  I added some metal tacks I bought in the hardware shop (£1 for 50) and cut the backs off with wire snips.  I added some metal corners, metal cogs and finally attached some chain with a brad to finish it off.

For a first attempt I am quite pleased with the effect, and that it is using up old stash that I have (always a bonus).

If you fancy a nose around desks from across the globe the feel free to join in with the queen of WOYWW, Julia, here

I quite like this weeks random 'Man Bites Dog' cards....they really are drawn randomly, sometimes they work, other times not......its just a bit of fun!

If you are in the UK I hope the floods are not having too adverse an effect on you (one months worth of rain overnight!).

Happy crafting

Li'l Pidge