tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81910538227039241542024-03-27T23:53:20.013+00:00The Yorkshire FoxMixed Media - Clean & Simple - Vintage...the yorkshire fox...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02745260751754232140noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191053822703924154.post-32739754778682303192019-12-15T08:19:00.002+00:002019-12-15T08:19:47.550+00:00TIS THE SEASON<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the festive season is now in full swing and its seems to have quietly crept up on me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the tree has only gone up in the past few days and my beloved door wreath needed some TLC, thank goodness for the glue gun and floristry wire!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I first created this door wreath from scratch way back in 2007 with bits and pieces from my crafty stash and it had adorned the front door every year since...I replace the eucalyptus every year with fresh stems and it gives the wreath the most dreamy festive scent </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love the magic of Christmas and I love these perfectly imperfect little wooden stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the giving and receiving, the feeling of hope, it's the most wonderful feeling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">this beautiful wreath with its doves of peace has become a vintage item i cherish and once it is adorning the door I feel the magic begins</span></div>
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...the yorkshire fox...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02745260751754232140noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191053822703924154.post-14349938002171989662019-10-06T14:07:00.001+01:002019-10-06T14:37:12.945+01:00SELFCARE DAILY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">open yourself up to the art of slow living, the rewards are boundless</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so i thought, homemade, hand-drawn key rings and heartstone paperweights would be a perfect reflection of me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i'm also obsessed with these cute gnarly limpet shells, once a home to little sea creatures who have outgrown them, who's tops have been battered by the ebb and flow of the tide and make perfect accessories to gift tags etc</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as anyone knows working in a hospital environment the words 'keep calm and carry on' can pop in your head hourly π</span></div>
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...living by the coast there is always something to pick up on our beach walks and this super bright discarded fishing line was perfect to be upcycled into this gorgeous heart...</div>
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...cut the string of your choice to the length that you would like your garland to be...then thread your needle and start adding all your pom poms, varying the sizes as you go and choose the distance between the pom poms to your taste..when finished you should have something similar to below....</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic;">...today I wanted to share with you some leaf doodling...</span></div>
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...the yorkshire fox...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02745260751754232140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191053822703924154.post-55160473174586221672018-07-22T05:30:00.000+01:002018-07-30T22:17:27.661+01:00Old to New Part II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...now I must apologise, as I have found it so hard to photograph white (any tips in this department would be great) and get any kind of definition on the piece as a whole...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...the trunk as been given 3 layers of Annie Sloan chalk paint in Pure...the wood on the trunk has been distressed and given a bleached seaside vibe with a hint of Provence showing through...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...the latches too have been sanded back and distressed...I used some white decoart crackle paste, bloody love this stuff! to give extra definition and aging as you can see in the close up here...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...the whole piece was finished off with 2 coats of white wax with a days drying in between and has been left matt not buffed...</span></div>
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Thought I would share with you a work in progress...this is a latch off a trunk that is getting a make over, its having new life breathed into it Mel style. It's been a good while since I have touched my media products and boy I have loooved having a play...</div>
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This trunk has been painted in <a href="http://www.anniesloan.com/">Annie Sloan</a> chalk paint, I have used a custom blend of various whites and have diluted my favourite colour provence to enhance the crackle...</div>
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I have used <a href="https://decoart.com/mixedmedia/crackle-paste">DecoArt</a> mixed media crackle paste to achieve this effect...the size of your crackle depends on how thick you paint it on ie smaller crackles spread thinly and larger crackles spread thickly...I love this product, it is so versatile and the effects you can create are insanely good...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...all the pinky tones are Quinacridone Magenta in various stages of dilution, ahhhhmazing colour! I hope you find time to have some fun and see where the paint takes you, sorry these piccys are slightly blurry (think I may need an eye check lol!)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...this was repeated over the whole block...then I added a heart from the <a href="https://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/">Spellbinders</a> collection...</span></div>
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...the yorkshire fox...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02745260751754232140noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191053822703924154.post-8445530441903377492014-10-18T18:49:00.000+01:002020-01-12T11:44:08.358+00:00Spellbinders Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">...in the photo below is an amazing lady called Jane, she has been a dear friend of mine for the past 25years and this year she will be running the London Marathon in aid of <a href="http://www.seeability.org/about_us/">SeeAbility</a>...living in Eastbourne, SeeAbility is right on our door step, with a base a few miles along the coast at Seaford...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...at present SeeAbility covers most of Southern England</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...they are<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a specialist registered charity supporting people who have multiple </span></span>disabilities,</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">including visual impairment, learning and physical disabilities, mental health difficulties, acquired brain injury and life limiting conditions...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...we held a fundraising weekend (22nd/23rd March) at Favaloso our local Ice Cream Parlour...a wealth of local businesses gave generously to the prize fund for the raffle, we made cupcakes galore and a spot of face painting for the kids!...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...also running the Marathon alongside Jane will be Poppy, she is pictured below...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">...yes Simon Cowell had to get in on the act too! courtesy of <a href="http://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/steve-hewlett">Steve Hewlett</a> who was a Britain's Got Talent contender in 2013 and got as far as the semi finales! he popped down to lend his support for an hour or two with some of his best loved puppets!...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...we'd painted some plain white beads with the SeeAbility logo, to be used as friendship bands or necklaces...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...then the fun began with the face painting, when <a href="http://decoart.com/cgi-bin/Products.cgi?People_Paint">DecoArt</a> heard of the charity event they very generously sent from America a box full of people paints in a whole array of bright colours to play with...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...hello everyone, just a quick post to share some Valentine crackle with you...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...I had a couple of natural rattan hearts, that were crying out for some <a href="http://www.decoart.com/">DecoArt</a> magic...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...I randomly coated the heart with Gesso, then when dry, I dry brushed over the top with Americana Sea glass (this is an amazing soft subtle green, the camera hasn't picked it up very well)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">....instead of writing thank you cards I thought it would be nice to make thank you gifts for the girls in our crafting group (we meet once a month and share our makes and ideas) they had made some wonderful Christmas presents for me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...just choose some left over papers from your stash, glue down, when thoroughly dried sand the outer edge with fine grade paper, add some definition and a sentiment and transformation is complete...shabby chic lovelies...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...why not show a little love this Valentine's and give friends and family something from your heart to theirs...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...thank you for dropping by today...</span></div>
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