Hand Painted Furniture

I was going through my external hard drive and found some pics of hand painted mirrors and boxes etc. It was shortly after I started painting and had my first child, I painted a giraffe on his wardrobe. Then got some people asking if I would paint them something. So I did it for friends and family and thought that I might sell the stuff but I then proceeded to have two more children and that got left in the dust. So just thought I would share with you some of my first attempts at painting, I was a late starter.

This horse one below was for my niece who is horse crazy:

Below was for my middle daughter:

Below was for my Mum as she loves flower fairies:

This mickey mouse one was for a friend who had a little boy:

This was for my SIL's friend:

This one was just a mish mash of peter pan which my kids use for their dolls house to sit on:

Spitfire for a nephew (which I have been told is incorrect):

Below Peter Rabbit clock for my niece:

This one was for my second cousin:

The Simpsons one was for my kid's bathroom:

This one was for my nephew who is footie daft:

This was for my nephew called Jack:

 Below was for a niece:

Other side of above box:

This was for our friend who had a baby:

This Spongebob was for another nephew:

Below was the box for my niece before background painted:

Chair for my son (has been painted over as too babyish for him now):

 This was for another niece and we sponsored a panda and put the documents inside with a little panda teddy:

This was for a friends little sister:

This was for an old work colleague's daughter:

This was for another niece which I had to rush hence the pathetic mirror mirror part.  That is an actual painting of my niece.

This was for my MIL (we filled it like a hamper), the main is her dog now and the other two were dogs she had:

And below was my very first attempt which was for my son's wardrobe when he was born.

This was the back side of the spongebob painted for my nephew.

A toybox for my son (he is a total space cadet)

Below is a clock for my cousin's litte girl:

The owl mirror was for my friend's baby.

And these last two were for our friend's daughters who both love westies.

My goodness if you have lasted even past the first one a big pat on the back.

Andrea C x

Simon Says Challenge - Make your own embellishments

At Simon Says Challenge this week it is to make your own embellishments.  I always have a look at their challenges but never have really had a chance to enter but always want to.

Mine is a heart I made for my daughter who loves hearts and pink and everything girly.  I made these flowers out of recycled paper and added it to a large card heart.  I then spray painted it silver and touched it up with a pink stickles. 

The prize if you win is $50, which is amazing.  So I suggest you go and get something done using your own handmade embellishments cos there sure is a lot of goodies in that Simon Says Store.

Andrea C x

HDH076 - Love Bites

Over at Haunted Design House the challenge this week is Love Bites.  Romance is dead, and we want to see that in your artwork.

Now I chose to make a vampire teeth brooch and have blood drips dangling.  One of which says love bites and the other is a little ghostly face.  The tin was an old altoid mints one that I decorated with nail polish (yes I know it's supposed to be for your nails!).  I used a strange skins digi, the key for the tin.  They have some great horror images and other images for the less squeamish 

Even though the vamps teeth have been removed, she still loves him and keeps them in a tin.

Below is the image that is inside one of the blood drips, originally it was to be a tear drop but for obvious reasons that didn't work but I love this little ghostly image so....

Below again is the vamp teeth brooch.

And below here is the tin with the strange skin digi swirly key which is only $4 to purchase and you can purchase a heart that they key is linked with.   There are a few sets like this but don't listen to me go have a peek.

Andrea C x

Simply Betty Challenges - White Out

The challenge this week at Simply Betty Challenges is WHITE OUT! Your entire card must be white...designer paper, card stock, embellies, the works - with the exception of your colored image. Play along with us this week to win an Emo Rio rubber stamp and an Emo Miller rubber stamp! Betty is too awesome, isn't she?


As soon as I heard this challenge I had monster dude in my sights, I love this guy.  I coloured him using copics.  Used my cuttlebug with nesties to cut out some glittered card and then embossed the top one.  Put on some white furry stuff and used some patterend vellum with some glittery flowers.

Anyways hope you decide to play along and go and check out the design team's creations they are just gorgeous.

Andrea C x

Macabre Monday HDH075 Flesh Eating Frenzy

Haunted Design House - HDH075 Flesh Eating Frenzy

Are you all suitably scared now, well you should be mwahahaha!

I was a real cop out this week and had to go for the easy option.  Can you believe these three kids of mine have been taking it in turn to catch a virus!  Well needless to say they just want Mummy so I had to try and do something that would be possible with a little un in one arm and the possibility of stopping to give another one a reassuring cuddle.  Supermum to the rescue (not).

Kentucky Fried Cannibal, anybody?  I really wanted to do a zombie entry boohoo.  Has anybody been watching Being Human this week they had a zombie girl and it was so funny (well I thought it was!).

Now don't judge this week's challenge on my entry please please go and visit the haunted design house blog to see the other design team's creations cos they are seriously outstandingly wicked. 

Andrea C x

Simply Betty Valentine Birthday Card

Well this month I am guest designer at Simply Betty Challenge Blog (by default really but I don't care I am still happy lalalalala).   This weeks challenge is a valentine birthday card using a colour combo of Black, Pink, and Turquoise!

 I have used the Rio Valentine Digi, isn't she so cute.  Now you should defo go and check out the design teams work cos their stuff always makes me jealous hehe.

The prize this week is Rubber Stamps: Betty and Christian Valentine Emos, very cool indeed xx

Andrea C x

Grumpy Valentine

I just did this one while sitting with my little un on my knee.  This is Grumpy Trina (I gave her as a freebie a while back) she can barely crack a smile (we even tried to raise some money to get her face unpuckered but it was unsuccessful). 

This is her valentine to her one true love in two parts:

Andrea C x