Lana's Cards and Crafts: September 2011

Thursday, 29 September 2011

[image: Southwell Town Council website]

I am so excited to announce that I will have a stall at the Southwell Vintage and Handcrafted Fair!

Date for your diaries:

Southwell Vintage and Handcrafted Fair

* Saturday 8 October 2011 10am - 4pm *

Southwell Garden Centre

Fiskerton Road
Southwell
Notts
NG25 0TH

There will be a great mix of local creative talents so come along and treat yourself to something unique and handmade.

For details on how to get to the garden centre, visit their website at http://www.southwellgardencentre.co.uk/contactus.htm

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Want to see more examples of the things I make?

Go check out my updated Flickr gallery.

Looking for a cute handmade gift for someone?

Then get one of these!

One 4"x4" mini canvas with a collaged tree made up of a woodgrain trunk and patterned paper/cardstock leaves. Features machine stitching detail.

This would make a great little present or decoration for a child's bedroom. A row of all three would look super cute too!

Choose from three background colours:

Ready to hang or can be displayed free-standing.

£3.00 + P&P

Custom orders

I am happy to take custom orders for greetings cards, just e-mail me at lanascardsandcrafts@virginmedia.com.

In person

You can buy my handmade items from the gift shop Mansfield Museum or you can visit my market stall.

I am a huge fan of Jessica Jones' blog so when I saw her tutorial for making your own DIY wall art I had to give it a go!

Supplies: canvas (leftovers from a kit), white acrylic paint, matt gel to seal, paintbrushes and some sticky labels.

First step was to paint the canvas in several layers of matt gel and white paint to create a base.

Once that had dried, I stuck on my design with the labels and masking tape.

Then painted over the top.

Finally I removed the labels and hey presto! DIY wall art!

These look great hanging on my living room wall now. Thanks for the inspiration Jessica!

What will you learn this September? Class begins today.