Dandelion and butterfly mirror….

Step 1: Take 1 ikea mirror and paint it a bright blue….

Step 2: Let sit in your craft room not knowing what to do with it for about a month or two after it is painted.

Step 3: Take delivery of the Dandelion Dreams Skipping Stones Design stamp set.

Step 4: Just as you are going to bed decide that you are not going to be able to sleep unless you ink up the aforementioned stamp set.

Step 5: Grab some black archival ink and get stamping

Step 6: Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your stamping frenzy….

Step 7: Finally go to bed….

Step 8: Wake up the next morning with black archival ink on your hands still as you were too sleepy at step 7 to clean up properly.

Step 9: Have a moment of panic thinking that you have been stamping in your sleep – then remember the mirror that you just ‘had’ to finish and relax

Step 10: Go into craft room and have another look at the mirror just to make sure it is as amazing as you though it was with a sleep starved brain – phew it is!

Step 11: Pick up Dandelion Dreams set again and start making a card….

Step 12: Realise you have a job to get to and panic and get ready for work in a rush!!

Mirror mirror on the wall….

A quick project to share today. This was a E3.99 mirror from Ikea that I altered for a good friend. (Hi Faye!) I covered it with the beautiful K&Co papers from the Crafty Alley August kit. I inked and distressed up the edges a bit. I painted up some die cuts I had gotten from a few swaps – the birdcage (really want this die!), the key, the butterfly and the letters. I painted the bird and the key with the distress crackle paint from the kit before bronzing them. I love the effect the crackle paint gives. The cream butterfly, flower, button on the top of the bird cage and leaves are also from the kit. I added some chain to make it look like the bird cage was hanging, well at least I hope it looks like its hanging! I inked up some old book paper using the bird as a mask. I then glimmer misted the paper before backing my cage onto it. The bird has escaped the cage, go birdie! I forgot to clean the mirror itself before taking a photo – sorry! I also never realised how hard it is to take a photo of a mirror, especially to avoid getting into the reflection

I am entering this into the challenge over at the wonderful new Simon Says Stamp and Show blog. Its all about the styles of the likes of Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi, 7 Gypsies and Graphic 45 – among many other Vintage enthusiasts. The first challenge theme is “Things with Wings”. Iv got birds and butterflies so theres my wings!!