Thursday, July 22, 2010

ReElly on a Roll....

Yesterday was a great day. Hels popped over ( well it is quite a trek from hers, so it is hardly popping over, but you know what I mean!), and we spent the morning doing all the admin stuff, and stuffed ourselves for lunch with nachos, and then we got down to the nitty gritty stuff of PLAYING and CREATING!!  I had asked that she bring over some Wendy Vecchi stamps for me to stamp, and as my desk is so tidy, she spotted something, and away she went. Such a creative mind! Me I LOVED it! Messy, inky, die cutting, although we nearly broke my new all singing , all dancing machine ( you know the one that works at the press of a button!), but we fixed it after a little omg sweaty moment!
This is both of our versions, and can you spot Hels's?
Of course you could! This is mine...a wooden spool distress inked in rusty Hinge, sprayed in mica mists, of course, where would I be with out them? I added some of Tim's scrummy tissue tape to the reel middle and some string ( Hel's idea.. she is full of them :) 
 I attached it to a large Tattered Flower cut out in Mountboard, stamped with one of Wendy's stamps. I double stamped the large and medium butterflies onto Grungepaper, and glued them together- PERFECT fit!  The antennae are little flower stamens glued in with wire to hold them in the spool. Two of Wendy's leaves, distressed inked and cut out on grungepaper, added to the effect.
The saying fitted perfectly on an Adage ticket, perfect with a memo pin! Finally I added a mini grungepaper rose, this one is tiny, and just finished it off. These flowers are addictive!
This is the first time we have "played" in a while, and Hels, thank you it was a fun day :)))
Have a truly creative day

23 comments:

Claireabelle said...

Wow Jennie, two stunning creations! Fabulous, sounds like you had a great day
x

Sid said...

two fab creations ! glad you had such a super day !!

Helen said...

How gorgeous - both of them - what a great day you had.

Anonymous said...

sounds like the perfect day - fab creations too!

Joanne said...

OMG! these are absolutely breathtaking. Please come and play at mine any time soon.
Luv Joanne xx

Hels Sheridan said...

They are coolio aren't they.. have just blogged mine with just a little post from me today ... not ROFLMAO x

Sam said...

Wow those are fab!! Sounds like you had a fun day hun
Sam x

Crafting Queen said...

Wonderful creations, might have to try this one day. Sounds like you both had a wonderful time.

Unknown said...

I would love to play for the day with you two so much FUN! I am loving yr Butterfly and may have to play now with my huge bobbins that I bought but didn't know what to do with lol thanx for the inspiration (Both of you)

Love Dawn xx

Jan Hennings said...

Jennie,
These are gorgeous and I may have to give this a try :)

slbt17 said...

beautiful!
Sandra

Andrea said...

just beautiful Jennie looks fab, by the way I know my caramel will be much better than yours, so I should give up now if I were you, THE CHAIRS MINE LOL xx

Jacqueline said...

Wow - just popped over from Hels' blog - yours is fantastic too - Jacqueline xx.

Lori said...

Wow! These are spectacular! Just love both pieces, and there's nothing better than creating with a friend!

Valerie Bishop said...

These are just both so gorgeous!! How fun to create with a friend!!

Netty said...

Two Fabulous creations Jennie, love them. Annette x

Anonymous said...

Both fabulous creations! Sounds like you & Hels had lots of fun! x

Unknown said...

Oh how I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall - what a wonderful way to spend a day and you both obviously had such a fabulous time creating gorgeous works of art.

Gillian .... said...

Love these two cool creations, bet you shared a laugh or two in between creating, sounds like a fab day ... soooooo jealous lol x

Esther said...

What fabulous creations - although I did spend several mins trying to work out where the 'wooden spoon' was - case of tired eyes not reading properly sign I should go to bed me thinks...LOL!! Sounds and looks like you had a fun day..Esther xx

Von said...

So wonderful would love that in my room ;)great to play with friends

Art By Wanda said...

I totally LOVE your spool!!! Gorgeous!!! Very, very gorgeous!!!

Lizzybobs said...

loving these - the colours you have chosen are lush - lv Liz