Giveaway #4 - Bee Thankful

I love working on old bits of wood rummaged from hubby's box of wood for rummaging purposes

This one is similar to something I have done a few times before & of which I don't think I will ever tire of making

and being not only a tatteredrock but a GrubbyBee then you can't go far wrong with a buzzy friend in residence

PRODUCTS USED:

Wooden block, denim & lace, string

Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Art Basics : Heavy Body Gel

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint : Rustic Brown / Royal Red / 

Steampunk Copper

Art Alchemy Sparks Acrylic Paint : Ginger Magic

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax : Bronze Age / Firebird

Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance Wax : Red Amber

Art Extravagance Glitter Set : Luminous

Art Ingredients Glass Glitter : Gold Rush

Art Ingredients Micro Beads : Bronze

Lindy's Stamp Gang  Starburst Spray :

Cowabunga Copper / Bayou Boogie Gold / Bucket O'Blood Red

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Distress Crackle Paint : Clear Rock Candy

Tim Holtz (Idea-ology) Word Stickers : Big Chat

***Winner was Anne Rendle***

Giveaway #3 - The Old Curiosity Box

Got to admit to having a bit of a meltdown over this one

so what's new I hear you ask

meltdowns are the norm here at tatteredrocks HQ

I had to walk away from this one as it came within an inch of going in the bin

Left it alone overnight and persisted with it the next day

Turned out not at all as I envisaged but it has proven the most popular giveaway so far with more than double the names in Henry's Hat for the draw on Tuesday

So, what do I know anyway ???

Apart from several coats of black gesso it is coloured only using Finnabair's waxes ... they really are a most glorious product and so very versatile

The little tiles around the sides were made by stamping into air-drying clay 

never my favourite product to use but worked ok for this project

I wanted the sides really quite dimensional so each little tile was stuck to a mdf panel to give it extra dimension and strength

PRODUCTS USED:

Hatton Box from Candy Box Crafts

DAS Air-drying Clay

Everything else from Finnabair (Prima Marketing)

Stencil : Gothic

Art Basics : Heavy Gesso Black / Heavy Body Gel / Soft Gloss Gel

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax : Old Denim / Mint Sparkle / Blue Lagoon

Sweet Rose / Old Silver

Art Extravagance Glitter Set : Ebony & Ivory

Art Ingredients : Art Sugar Black

Glass Glitter : Pitch Black

Glass Beads : Liquorice

***winner was Margaret Hoyle***

Giveaway #2 - Shimmering Butterfly

My own raggedy tatteredrocks butterly has often been admired by those seeing it for real

so I thought I would roll up my sleeves and do a similar one for this week's giveaway

Can you spot the deliberate mistake though ?

In the end I was glad I forgot to actually put on the gloves ... it felt wrong using them when they are in such short supply for those that really need them right now so I didn't mind then spending the evening peeling off the dried Powertex from my fingers

The butterfly is a little smaller than my original one but fairly similar colours

It is made using Powertex so after it has fully cured it can go in your garden

The colours are not showing up well here at all 

it is almost too shimmery!

PRODUCTS USED:

Powertex Universal Medium - Ivory

Powercolor Pigments - Yellow / Lilac / Turquoise / Dark Blue

Colortricx Pigments - Terraviolet / Terragreen / Rich Gold / PowerPearl

Powertex Easy Varnish

Paper Decoration

Cheesecloth/gauze

*** Winner was Dorothy Duggan ***

Giveaway # 1 - Shades of Lilac

After doing the pink bobbin - did I really just say PINK????

My friend said I should do lilac next (her favourite colour)

Think I hate lilac even more than pink so said no way would that happen

So here we have two tags in shades of lilac - go figure!

I thought I'd make her "something" and send it to her in Australia once this very contagious period is over

Whilst working on it I mixed up too much lilac paste and didn't want to waste it so thought I'd just go ahead and make a second tag with no real idea in mind what to do with it

Now ideas at 3am always seem to be good ideas and I thought I would offer it as a giveaway on FB

I have done a few before and they seem to have gone down well 

So then I thought I might expand it to last the duration of this simply horrible time for everyone

My only hope being to send a little love & smiles & good thoughts out at a time when we are all feeling a little scared & unsure & are struggling

& to keep myself motivated & at least producing SOMETHING each week

I plan on starting with something each week for the next twelve weeks but will expand it further until such time as things are a little more normal for us all

Of course then doubts set in and I figured it's maybe not such a good idea after all but the two people I told of my idea said to just go for it

so I am!

I shall do the giveaway each Friday and draw any names from a hat on the Tuesday

BUT will not be posting anything out until a bit further down the line when it is more safe to do so - we are confined to the house due to Phil's COPD and I really am not prepared to ask any of the nephews to go to a post office right now ... I do not want them exposed any more than is vital and certainly not to post stuff for me ... am sure everyone will understand

So, probably the final time I will adapt Finnabair's heart design (these ones are quite dinky) and almost quite definitely the last time I will ever do lilac!

PRODUCTS USED:

Finnabair (Prima Marketing) :

Art Basics Heavy Gesso - White

Art Basics 3D Gloss Gel / Heavy Body Gel

Art Extravagance Texture Fantasy Paste - Junkyard Treasures Lavender

Dandelion Stencil

Stamp Set - Wild & Free

Art Ingredients Art Sugar - White

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint - Crocus Fields

Art Alchemy Opal Magic Acrylic Paint - Violet Green

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Heather Hills / Mint Sparkle

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray - Frozen Jack Frost / 

Mountain Lavender Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Shaded Lilac / Wilted Violet / Dusty Concord

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Etcetera Tag #8

Small MDF heart

Cheesecloth

Archival Mini Ink Pad - Black Soot

Clear Embossing Powder

*** Winner was Karin Lee ***