Craft Swap Part 2

As most of you would have seen in a previous blog post I participated in the contemporary handmade alliance craft swap. I have shared with you the items I swapped with my partner, Anna from King Billy so now I need to share with you all what Anna sent to me :)

Isn't she just so cute? It's a wheat heat bag! I love the label...oh and look even a purple safety pin!
I read somewhere on Anna's page that in 2 month's she has used 20kg of wheat! That's a lot of heat bags!
Also included in my parcel was a tie died brooch and a stunning piece of artwork, I am going to frame it and hang it in my craft corner, which is creeping into the lounge!

The artwork is from MarkArt which is sold from King Billy's facebook page.

If you would like to view both swap photos, you can do so Here.

If you ever have the chance to participate in a craft swap I would recommend going with a well run one. This is the second one I have done and have been very happy with it. More than I can say for last years, but that's another story, and one I would prefer not to share!

Craft Swap

I am participating in the Craft swap happening at The Contemporary Handmade Alliance. I have been paired up with Anna from King Billy. After a few emails between Anna and I we both discovered we like purple :)
So with the colour Purple, and nothing to girly, pink or sparkly in mind I set about going through my stash and putting together some items.

I decided to use a Pink Martini kit I had, I am not sure where I got it from and not even sure the products are still around. I will list what I used at the bottom of the post. I really liked the Purple, lime and orange tones together. I have recently made a paperbag album similar to this one but in purple and lime. That one is heading the way of my sister...Psst Tracy post it tomorrow!

OK so once I had the colours worked out I decided on an Accordion Book by K&Company. The covers measure 16.5cm X 12.5cm while the inside pages (6 in total) are 16cm X 12cm. Just the perfect size for adding un-cropped photos.

When covering the covers I like to leave a nice size border, around 2cm extra each side. I mitre the corners to get a nice neat folded edge. I use PVA glue or Mod podge (whatever comes out the adhesive box first) to glue to paper to the cover and roll my brayer over it to smooth it out.

I paint a small border on all of the blank pages, I choose lime and then use double sided tape or a tape gun to stick down the card stock. A few of the pages I double matted, added some rub-ons, ribbons, brads and flowers. On the front cover I double matted a large rub-on "A few of my favorite things". The small flowers are Prima and I glimmer misted them (and my fingers). After I had taken these photos I decided to add a little bit more...

I used my Big shot with the Movers and Shapers "Baroque" die. I used three silver brads to turn it into a little booklet, with 10 pages which goes with the top ten page. Anna can use this to do some journaling or add some smaller photos.

Since I have taken these photos I have added a little more "bling" to a few pages, I will leave that off the Blog but will post more photos on my Facebook page once I know Anna has the album. I do hope you like and enjoy the album, I had a lot of fun creating it.

Items used to make album;

K&Company medium accordion book (230941)

My Mind's Eye double sided paper (ks1087, ks1072, ks1039 and ks1095)

Bazzill Basics cardstock, orange and purple

Kaisercraft paint, lime

Making memories flowers and brads (purple)

Prima flowers (small white)

Deja Views Rub-ons, My Favorite Things (RL-600)

Tim Holtz Alterations Movers & Shapers die (Baroque 656633)

Buttons, ribbons, brads, double sided tape and PVA glue.