Thursday, August 29, 2019

more charity cards






 To try and speed up the card making for the charity box I bought the Hunkydory pack which had lots of lovely card bases , inserts , papers ,dies ,stamps and even an embossing folder.Some of the card bases were big enough to cut in half - the pack had a magazine with lots of ideas but I will  be just using the stuff to make as many cards as I can.


charity box makes

    




                                   

I will be making as many cards as I can over the next few weeks for a local cat rescue center

















Tuesday, August 27, 2019

transformed........ sort of




 
 
I picked up this scruffy chest of drawers from a local charity shop - I think it must have been in a garage or workshop -paint spray and paint runs - the top had been covered with sticky back plastic and it did not want to come off - I had to use a wallpaper scraper and chip away - there was no way this was going to peel off.
 
I bought some very pretty paper napkins to decoupage the top but my husband (what is it about men and wood ) thought the drawers were in good condition and it would be a shame to cover them up.
 
 
They had a good sanding down - some undercoat and then 2 top coats of white paint- lots of wax - new knobs -  new board at the back of the drawers. The urge to do some decoupage has not gone away but gone away but for now I have extra storage in the spare bedroom.