After the fun and frolic of the 31 days of Halloween Blog Hop - wasn't it GREAT? - I have emerged from my darkened room just in time to take part in the November Smeared and Smudged blog hop.
Here's the blog roll -
Evil Edna
Jessica
Karen
LeslieRahye
Nanette
Kim
Sarah N
Keren
Susan
If you're following the hop in order, you've arrived here from Sarah's blog.
The theme is TRANSPARENT, and for my offering I've used a snow globe.
These things are ace. They are designed with a void in the middle which you can fill with whatever image you choose (and there's enough space to allow for a quite lumpy image). The best bit is that you can change the image as often as you like - so you may be seeing the globe quite often in the future!
Mine's more of a Poe globe, actually...
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Anyway, it was so quick it seemed a pity not to do another insert for the other side of the globe...and it looked so GOOD all magnified by the globe...so I did another one.
So once I'd finished, I got to thinking that it was all too easy for a blog hop project, (I like to give value for money!) so I decided to make a little stand for the globe to sit on.
I started with a carton that came with cans of lager. (Of course, someone had to drink the lager. The sacrifices I make for my art...) It's a good weight, cuts well, and the price is right. I found that one of my Spellbinders circles was just the right size for the globe to sit on so I cut three circles and glued them together.
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While the glue was drying, I cut some construction strips out of lightweight card (cut a 1 inch wide strip of card, score in half, and apply strong double-sided tape to the sides. I use Template Tape from BCE. I notched one side of the construction strip ready for the next stage -
I glued the construction strip to the underside of the card circles. I used glue as well as tape- the tape gave a quick grab, the glue makes sure that the project won't come unstuck. I clamped it (mini clamps came from the pound shop!) while it was drying.
Then I glued the jar lid to the underside with glue gel. After that, it was just a matter of sticking the edging onto the platform. painting it and giving it a coat of Decoart Metallic Lustre wax in black.
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