Delighted to say all our stuff arrived safe and well a day earlier than scheduled. Cannot say how much of a relief that was. Box number 10 was the last to be unpacked...my scaled down crafty stash. Was so hard deciding what to bring as craft shops are so thin on the ground here.
Last year I concentrated my crafty efforts on card making, which I will return to soon, but I wanted to take this opportunity to try other crafts. I'm not the biggest fan of Cypriot decor, they like the sleek modern Italian look when it come to interiors and me not so much. So I set out with a list of thinks that make a house a home and I'm going to 'try' and see what I come up with.
So what did I start with? Tie back for the living room. I loved the lace curtains I had in my craft hut in Scotland, lace ones from Ikea which checking online the Nicossia store stocked them, yey. In my local Hobbycraft Store back in Scotland I purchased enough of these wooden love heart to act as embellishments for the tie backs.
I would normally have sanded them but loved the rough and raw edges created when they where cut. First coat of paint was slate great, left to dry and then the white coat was applied.
Once white top coat dry I lightly sanded the edges and surface just enough to let the grey undercoat show through.
I wanted the love heart shape to have a pretty design on it and knew instantly which if my stamps would be perfect.
The shape of the love heart would make it difficult to stamp the design directly onto the heart. So I stamped the design in London Fog on to bog standard white tissue paper and left to dry over night.
Now you are ready to attach the stamped design to your heart. Carefully trim off the excess tissue paper with scissors. Apply a light coat of Mod Podge and lay your stamped image onto the heart. Do to worry if your design is to big for the snap, I just trimmed off the excess. With your fingers gently work out the creases and leave to dry. Once dry apply a coat of Mod Podge over the entire surface of the heart, including the tissue paper. Again leave to dry.
I made my own tie back cord using good old fashioned garden twine which I braided. The love hearts where attached to the tie backs again with garden twine. To decorate the heart further I tied a double knot from garden twine and attached with silicon glue.
I have fallen in love with this gorgeous stamp design and I think the pattern will definitely be featured in my new grey, white and cream colour scheme. I have another make using the image which I'll post tomorrow.
Bye for now x x
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