Create beautiful things

I just made this beautiful sign for the greyville craft show. I saw a turquoise and red colour combination in a store and thought it was so striking I decided I had to try the colour combination. After searching pintrest for inspiration I came across this image. I had the sign lazer cut by Jeanene at everything lazer. She is a lovely lady and very helpful and very reasonably priced. Next I painted it red and drew my design on. I followed my lines with the foilart glue pen(all the parts turquoise first, white then red). Foiled and sealed with pratley glo. The sign was a huge hit at the show and actually was sold right off the stand! So I didn't get to keep it but atleast I can hang it here on my blog.

Bowling party invitation

I had the wonderful opportunity of making invites for Prinaes birthday party. The specs were zebra print, turquoise and purple for a bowling party. I used my Pazzles cutting machine and pazzles design software to design the zebra print bowling pin. Then I did a print and cut of the bowling pin and ball. I then used foilart to create accents of sparkle. I love that foilart can be used just as an accent to something and it gives it that wow factor! Simple but very effective.

Clock workshop

Here are a few of the beautiful clocks done in our workshops this month! There were lots of other gorgeous clocks! Silly me forgot to take pictures of all of them.

Hearts all a shimmer

A very talented lady, called Leonie, joined me for one of our foilart classes. She has caught the craze and is running with it! Here is a beautiful piece she did with 2 hearts. She painted the 'back' hearts silver and gold, then glued the top hearts which were lazer cut filligree, on top and foiled on the 'swirls'. She then sealed it with liquid glass which is really nice for doing fiddly details. A simple project that looks gorgeous. What have you tried with foilart recently?

The masterpiece

If any of you have been down to the East Coast Radio Garden and Home show or Hobby X you will have seen this piece being displayed. It is absolutely stunning. This picture doesn't actually do it justice. Louise Botha who is creative director for Foilart
South Africa created this piece. The detail on it is amazing! She really is a lovely lady and has really taken
Foilart to another level with her talents. She has inspired me and I hope she inspires you too!

Sweetie jar

This another great project from Lynette. I love a good ol' recycle project and this one is so simple. All you need is a tin can, sandpaper, spray paint, glue pen, foil (here she used a plain silver) and modge podge.
Simply sand the can, spray with the paint. Leave to dry. Write with your glue pen and foil. Then just seal it with 2 coats of modge podge. And hey presto a new sweetie jar.
If you have made anything with foilart that you are proud of and would like to show off  e-mail me, niki.higgs7@gmail.com and I'll post it on here. I always love seeing other peoples great projects too.

Peacock clock

This clock is proof that foilart isn't only for children. Classy, gorgeous and unique. Do you want to give it a try? E-mail me at niki.higgs7@gmail.com for more information about the class nearest you.