Hello Sunshine and a 28 Lilac Lane Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to the 28 Lilac Lane blog hop!

Are you ready for a lot of gorgeous inspiration? Well, if you love buttons and embellishments, then you will love today's hop and I am so proud and honoured to be working with May Flaum and her beautiful new embellishment range, sharing my love of these wonderful products!

At the end of this hop, Buttons Galore & More will be having a give-away ~ so, be sure to pop on over and also, don't forget to visit all the other talented designers who are taking part in this hop!

Order of blog hop: 

May Flaum

Ashli Oliver

Audrey Pettit

Chari Moss

Emma Williams (YOU'RE HERE)

Nina-Marie Trapani 
Buttons Galore & More

So, you should have arrived here from Chari's blog and I'm thrilled to be sharing a project where I've used the Hello Sunshine Embellishment Bottle to create a focal point on my canvas panel, showcasing all the gorgeous buttons!

I chose to use a yellow colour palette for my project but with so many to choose from, you can colour match the embellishments with your home or image to make it personal to you. Also, the embellishment bottles contain so many buttons, sequins and pearls, you only use a small amount to create this wave of embellishments across the canvas and there are plenty left for further projects! 

To create this project, I took an 8" square canvas panel and added a wash of Antique Linen Distress Paint watered down and mixed with a small amount of Gesso. I then applied a small amount of Scattered Straw Distress Paint directly to the canvas, spritzed with water before allowing the paint to run and drip to create paint effect behind the frame.

Once the paint was dry, I applied Texture Paste through two Tim Holtz Layering stencils ~ Dot Fade and Flourish before flicking gold and black paint across the surface. Once everything was thoroughly dry, I added some lace from the Attic Findings Kit and then used a Tim Holtz PhotoBooth image which I placed behind a Baroque metal frame.

Now for the buttons and gorgeous embellishments ~ and for this, I chose a selection and just adhered them using 3D Matte Gel, adding them in a swathe across the canvas.

To complete my canvas, I added a Small Talk sticker below the frame.

28 Lilac Lane is available to buy now from Buttons Galore.

 All Tim Holtz products available to buy from Simon Says Stamp!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and your next stop on the hop is...Nina-Marie Trapani
Happy Hopping!
Love Emma xx

Buttons and Embellishments Galore

Hello there!

Hope you've all had a wonderful start to the week and thank you to everyone who has stopped by to leave a comment on my last post ~ I always love reading your sweet words and I really do appreciate every single message!

Today, I'm just dropping by to share a sneaky peek of some gorgeous products that I've just received and if you're like me and think that every project needs that perfect finishing touch, then you will love these!

Aren't they just beautiful? And I am so thrilled to be working with May Flaum and Buttons Galore on May's wonderful new product line of embellishments because these bottles, tins and boxes of cuteness are packed full of embellishments that are beyond gorgeous ~ they are just amazing and something every crafter needs in their stash! 

I know that I can't wait to start playing and sharing some projects with you all using the fabulous 28 Lilac Lane products and if you love these as much as I do, then the whole line is available now from Ellen Hutson!

Hope you'll keep popping back to check out my projects and see you soon...

Love Emma x

May Flaum's Holiday Class

Hello everyone!

UPDATED

**UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE**

I’m so sorry for any disappointment

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Today, I'm just popping by to let you all know about a fantastic new class produced by the amazing May Flaum. This class is all about giving you ideas for some Holiday Crafting and has contributions from some very talented and amazing designers, including Ashli Oliver, Tammy Tutterow, Michelle Zerull and Kathy Racoosin. There's also another name that might be familiar to you on the line up and that's...me! I'm so honoured to have been asked by May to be a part of this class and I had so much fun creating the step by step tutorial for a very special Christmas card, which you can see in a sneaky peek below.

For more details of how you can craft along with us on this amazing class, then click HERE

I really hope you'll join us!

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you on Thursday with the first of my tutorials during November for the Tim Holtz Media Team ~ hope you'll pop back to take a look!

Love Emma xx

Making The Most Of Your Crafty Stash....

Hi everyone!

I'm just dropping by to let you know that you still have time to register for the start of May Flaum's, Supplies On Hand online classes. The classes run from October 1-10, 2014 and each class is going to be packed with videos and lessons on how you can make the most of your crafty stash and let's face it, we all have an abundance of stash. There are some fabulous designers contributing, including Anna~Karin Evaldsson, Ashli Oliver, Shimelle Laine and many more and there's also going to be a contribution from myself!

All the details of the class are HERE and a sneaky peek of some of the projects are below. So, what are you waiting for?!?! Class has never been so much fun.....

I really hope to see you there!

Have a great weekend...Emma xxx

Supplies On Hand with May Flaum

Hello!!

Today, I have a really exciting announcement to tell you all about ~ I'm going to be a contributor to May Flaum's new class, Supplies On Hand. These classes are all about making the most of your crafty stash and there is an absolutely amazing line up of crafters and scrapbookers who are all contributing to these classes, sharing their projects, hints and tips of how to use those "supplies on hand", and I can't tell you how honoured I am to be amongst them all.

I will be sharing one totally exclusive and brand new project, (sneaky peek below) and showing you how to make the most of your punches and dies to use up all those unwanted papers that you no longer need, or like!!

So, what are you waiting for ~ just click HERE for all the details of these fun classes and if you register before 20th September, then you will be saving $5!!

I'll see you in class!

Emma x