Steampunk Guitar

Steampunk Guitar

Hello and Welcome 

Today I want to share with you my take on the Off the Rails Sept Challenge.

Steampunk...My favourite kind of challenge.

Here is my challenge entry

An off the page altered guitar. Heavily embellished with cogs, wings and metal. 

 I have used a cog chipboard border from Scrapmatts on the arm.

To create the mosaic effect, I cut up an old cd and used 3D Gloss Gel to adhere to guitar.

To colour the guitar, I have used a combination of Rust paste and Antique Brass Distress Paint.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my creation.

Please pop over to my website

Craft on the Run

to see more of my creations.

Til next time

Dream*Create*Inspire

JD

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Hot off the Press - Rusty Old Book

Rusty Old Book

This item is Hot off the Factory Press and soon to be released by Scrapmatts.

 Sharing my DT for the month. This is my Rusty Old Book.

I had the great pleasure of being on the Scrapmatts stall at the Craft show in Perth with Andrew, Paul, Rikki and Rhonda. We had a fabulous time and I was given this little treasure to play with.

This gorgeous chipboard book.

 

Let your Dreams Take Flight

 Hello and Welcome

Today I would like to share with you my latest creation. 

I've had this canvas sitting in my craft room for quite some time and the other day, the sun was shining, so I thought "why not get creative and enjoy mother nature". 

So I took my Dylusions Sprays and some stencils and got messy.

    

A Life Without Dreams

"A Life Without Dreams is like a Garden without Flowers"

Hello and welcome to my latest blog post.

Recently I was asked to showcase some Dusty Attic

products in store, so that customers had some ideas on what the products could be used for and how they looked when altered with different mixed media.

This was a bit of a challenge but I am very happy with the end result.

Repurposed Stamp Block

Hi There

I completed this project a little while ago but I hadn't put it on my blog, so I thought I would share it with you.

I was recently sorting my stamp collection and took all my stamps from my wood mounted blocks and turned them into cling back, so they can be used on acrylic blocks.

So I had these wood blocks left over and didn't want to throw them out, but didn't know what to do with them.

  I wanted to repurposed them in some way and this was the end result. 

                                                                                                                                                                        

I cleaned the block to remove the sticky from it and then I  covered the block in some travel themed washi tape, I then took some clock embellishments and glued them to the front of the block with glossy accents.

I then used some little glass bottles and stuck them to the top of the block, placed some photo pin holders into the cork tops and took a piece of printed paper with the word journey on it and rolled it up and placed inside the clear bottle, to give me a message in a bottle effect.

This has now been repurposed into a cute little photo holder.


Products used : Washi Tape
                        : Glossy Accents
                        : Glass Bottles
                        : Clock Embellishments
                        : Tim Holtz mini cogs.


Designed by Jodie Digney
              2013

Pack Your Bags Travel Case

I had to take pictures of this project that my daughter just completed recently.

She wanted something to give her best friend for her 21st Birthday. Something she would remember forever.

  She organised a surprise holiday to Bali, but didn't quite know how to present her with it until she came across this little case.

She created this beautiful travel case, all the while trying to keep it a secret from her friend.

She used an old luggage tag and copied it onto some card stock and created her own. The numbers relate to her friend's birthday and the date they are leaving.

This was the inside of the case. She placed items relevant to their holiday.

She placed the travel itinerary inside , along with a handwritten letter and some Bali coins.

This plane embellishment was hung from the lid with the Airline they are flying with written on the side.

She wrapped up some Bali brochures of the places she has booked for them to go. Swimming with the dolphins is on the agenda.

These are some more embellishments she placed inside the top of the case.

I love that she decorated the whole case from front to back and inside. She did a wonderful job and her friend was overwhelmed and lost for words upon presentation of such a beautiful gift.

There is nothing like the true value of friendship.

Designed by Crystal Watts

2014

Memories Frame

Memories Frame

Created for Made with Memories

Products used

Prima Engraver Collection papers and flowers.

Dusty Attic Chipboard Scrolls

Glossy Accents

Ribbon

Charm

Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap

Smooch - Vanilla Shimmer

I love to take old wooden photo frames and upcycle them with inspirational quotes.

As this was designed for Made with Memories, I thought the quote fitted perfectly and it would be a beautiful addition to the shop wall.

As the papers where quite dark, I wanted to lighten the frame up, so I took out my trusty Tim Holtz sanding block and went to town. I love the effect.

The chipboard scroll was inked with Frayed Burlap and then covered in Glossy Accents and lightly sanded.

Picture is a little blurry sorry.

Finally I finished off with the Prima flowers and added a little charm to the centre and then took the ribbon and stapled it to the back of the frame for hanging purposes.

Lastly I then used my glossy accents to cover the words and then spritzed it with smooch vanilla shimmer.

It's always a pleasure to share someone's memories

Happy crafting

JD

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Tattered Floral Birdcage

It's that time again where another month is nearing it's end and I have been madly designing.

My inspiration this month was from the Prima Engravers Collection of papers, flowers and brads.

This little birdcage got a make over. Too cute.

After seeing a post from Tim Holtz using his Tattered floral die and some distress paints, I was inspired to break out my die and see what I could with it.

This is the finished flower using Prima Engraver Collection Papers & Brads.

Prima flower, Tim Holtz Cog.

These ticket tags are inked with Versa Pinecone.

Front of birdcage.

Filled with Prima flowers.

Side of birdcage.

This little bird was picked up in a discount store.

Back/Top view of birdcage.

Top view of birdcage with the little blue bird.

The blue lace border is prima. This was purchased in the States.

I love the end result.

Created for Made with Memories

Happy crafting

JD

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Repurposed Bottles - Bathing Beauties - 2013

These bottles were created using the new Kaisercraft paper range 45c.

I was inspired to create these bathing beauties after a recent trip to America, where I was visiting a gorgeous little scrapbook store in Salt Lake City...Mom and Me Scrapbooking and saw some bottles decorated for Christmas...so when I saw this range I wanted to put my own little spin on them and came up with these bathing beauties.

I recycled some Corona Bottles, covered over the labels, decorated and then filled them with Bath Fizz, Hand Soap, Body Wash and Shower Gel . My very handy husband then put the bottle tops on for me. I was given some beautiful red wine for Christmas in the holder, so I recycled it and decorated with the Kaiser paper, some washi black script tape, ribbon and Kaisercraft flowers. I absolutely love the end result.

You could also adapt these to hold embellishments, lollies, coloured water for decorative purposes or you could dress them up in a tux and a wedding dress and use for wedding favours for your guests. Unlimited possibilities...

Enjoy creating

JD
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