Nail Art Meets Poundland Paperweight

This idea was a total, total experiment …. I loved the polymer clay nail art fruit wheel WholePort sent me, the fruit “slices” were sooooo cute,  but I just couldn’t see a way of using them on a card etc. as they were so small ….

…… then I remembered the Poundland DIY paperweights I still have stashed away and wondered what would happen if I filled the bottom with Anita’s 3D Clear Gloss Finish and all the polymer clay shapes (except the strawberries)……half hoping that it might turn out looking like a Poundland version of a posh millefiori paperweight!!!!!

It took several hours to set and until the cloudiness had cleared I didn’t know if it would be a success or not.

Well, it did go clear and it did harden …. and then I got to thinking again … what it I apply a coating of Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles ultra fine glitter to the back to sparkle between the gaps in the fruit ……???  I was so frightened I was just about to ruin an afternoons “fiddle farting” …..

But it worked, and I am so chuffed with the overall effect.  The paperweight set came with a self adhesive velvet backing so all the "gubbings" can't be seen so it looks like a proper expensive paperweight!  I am now wondering if I could try something similar with other small,  thin embellishments …. perhaps some stars on a dark blue background ……

http://www.wholeport.com/item/5r8_lovely-fruit-polymer-clay-mix-color-loose-beads-200pcs-nail-art.html

Poundland Sequins

This project is just fiddle fart for fiddle farts sake!

I don’t use a lot of sequins, other than shaped table confetti to go with a theme, but as soon as I saw this big bag of sequins in my parcel of free goodies I got from Poundland a while ago now, I knew just what I was going to make with them.

I had a sturdy gift box bottom on my desk that I had been keeping pencils in …..why not tart it up …..?

I covered the bottom with green self adhesive DCWV paper and then proceeded to cover each side with the sequins and micro gold glitter using extra tacky glue.  I did this over four nights  to allow each side to dry properly. My craft room and I are now covered in gold dust from the glitter! Blingtastic!

Overwhelmed

On Saturday I was inspired by another blog to display some of my cherished possessions ….. but I was also overwhelmed by generosity, can you imagine how excited I was when the postman asked me to sign for THIS parcel?

Especially when I saw who it was from…….. agggghhhhhh!!

Only Poundland!!!!!  Oh my life!

It was crammed with all manner of treasure.

It was like Christmas and my birthday rolled into one!

One of my projects has featured on the Poundland blog,http://www.poundlandblog.co.uk/?tag=pound-shop&paged=5  so they know about my blog, which makes me feel a bit famous ….. but this gift was a lovely and much appreciated surprise!

You know when the Queen gives Warrants to her favourite shops ….. I wonder if I can officially use the Poundland logo as my warrant as – Official Crafter of Poundland Goods!

Handbag Card

This card started like this …… £1 from Poundland ….

and ended like this ……..

 

When I first bought the card to disassemble, I envisaged using just one bag per card,( I thought nine  handbag embellishments for £1 was good going),  but I got a bit carried away and used six instead, not such a bargain!  But I still have three left, so I will now try and come up with an idea using just one at a time.

I’ve handwritten the little rhyme, if you write at jaunty angles it looks like it was meant to be that way, trying to write in a straight even line is a nightmare so I don’t even try.

Wooden Spoon Table Decorations

Following on from yesterday this has to be ‘Fiddle Farting’ at its finest!  I made six of these table decorations  using wooden spoons (4 for £1 from Poundland) and old sweet corn tins – as I said yesterday, I love to have a theme!

 
I have used my Cropadile to put holes around the top of the tin to thread the ribbons through.
 

The spoons are held in place with huge blobs of glue gun glue, I had to sit  holding the spoons in place until the glue had set hard. The flowers and  leaves  are made using Quickutz Silhouette digital downloads, layered and with a flat back gem centre.

The butterflies were made using my Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch.  I glued two together with a piece of fine pink wire between them.  The other end of the wire was glued behind the flowers. Because they were quite light the butterflies “fluttered” a bit if there was any movement around them .

Little Princess Birthday Card

I’ve used the Little Princess stickers I got from Poundland in Bristol a little while back.

I tried backing her on patterned paper but it was too much.  So I’ve kept it very simple, putting her on a white background with a thin backing of purple and faux stitching.  All I have added after that is a few tiny nail deco gems (also from Poundland) for an extra bit of sparkle.

Birthday Beans

This sweetie jar is for my Brother-In-Laws 50th Birthday
The jar is from Poundworld and comes in a pack of three, which is a brilliant bargain! It’s really hard to tell them apart from the Rajtan jars in IKEA which cost more than double the price. Poundland have similar packs of jars too but to be honest the tops are not as nice.

Unfortunately, Poundland and Poundworld don’t have them on their shelves very often, so when they do I REALLY stock up ….. especially as I want  to make some more “Jingle Bean Jars” for Christmas. http://itsallfiddlefart.blogspot.com/2009/10/jar-of-jingle-beans.html

I’ve used my Stampin Up scalloped and plain circle punches for the labels and tag and a self adhesive ribbon strip for round the top of the jar.  The font is “Knits and Scraps” which you can downloaded free from http://www.dafont.com/knits-and-scraps.font.    The jelly beans are from Poundworld too and contain enough beans for two jars – so not a bad crafty make for 83p plus a few paper scraps.

Button Covered Notice Board

Sorry about the wet glue, I am always a bit too eager to get things photographed.

I have too many buttons and have decided that I must use them ......  most of these came from the craft section of Home Bargains, for no more than £1 a bag.

All I have done is cover the frame of a Poundland notice board with them using a strong PVA glue.

When I had covered the frame once I added a few more buttons on top to give it a bit more depth.  I think I will keep the board somewhere safe and use it as one of my Christmas/New Year makes.

What’s on My Desk Wednesday – A Poundland Shopping Basket …….

This basket reminded me of when I was a little girl, I just couldn’t resist it, but when I looked closer and found that you could un-popper it, I was at the checkout before you could whistle!

 
Then I got to thinking, I wonder what it would look like with ribbons threaded through  …..

Talk about super fiddle farty, but once I got started I couldn’t stop, but, in the back of my mind was the thought that this could look really pants or it could turn out to be rather cute.

I cut lengths of ribbon and threaded them through, gluing them on the runs with a very strong, tacky PVA glue which dries clear. The first section was the trickiest, trying to work out which way was best to weave the ribbon.

I used a bit of extra ribbon to make the centre panels, and then glued on a few buttons, down the sides of the basket and on the woven area using a glue gun.

How durable the basket will be remains to be seen … I don’t think it would withstand a heavy rainfall but  I intend to use it to carry my lunch and do nice dainty lady shopping!

POUNDLAND - I've Made The Big Time ....... Well Nearly

I was Googling Poundland and just imagine my surprise when I found that I had been mentioned in the “Poundland Blog” – I feel famous!

“ I just have to mention Helen and her revamped Poundland Christmas stocking! Wow Helen, you have done a fab job! Make sure you check out Helen’s Its All Fiddle Fart Blog, as she has done some fab handy work on lots of things – great inspiration too.  Helen, we at Poundland HQ love your Poundland motto too – buy it now or you will never see it again.  It’s because our shoppers cannot believe the amazing value, so stock gets cleared very quickly we have to get more products in to fill the space.  It would be great to hear about any other Poundland items you have customised Helen”

Bargains of the Week …. from Poundland

I like doing posts about what’s new in Poundland because I don’t have to keep remembering what everything cost …… but, just in case ….. everything here cost me £1.00 each.

Look at these brilliant jellies …. 8 in a pack, I will blog what I am going to make with them in the next little while, but aren’t they cute?

With the World Cup looming this pack of stickers is going to come in very useful.

There are four sets of lovely patterend shoelaces here  ….. but I thought they could also be used on cards, scrapbook pages or tied to ring binding on Bind It All books instead of ribbons.

The School Prom Season is about to begin and these boxes would make a great gift box to give to a young gentleman with an assortment of funny little things inside; a sample of aftershave, some mints or gum, money for a taxi home, a little black notebook and pen   ……….. that sort of thing.

And lastly, you know that I am potty about little lanterns, well – how lovely is this? ….I got five …. to hang in the trees in my garden, BRILLIANT!

Patchwork Elephant Birthday Card

 
I used the Poundland stickers I bought in Bristol  a while back on these cards.  There were two sheets of bubble type stickers in a pack, so that’s pretty good value.

The only trouble was, I didn’t like the amount of surplus edging there was on each sticker, so in the end I carefully trimmed it off.

This didn’t give me much surface on which to put any glue, but I used a very fine applicator and I am chuffed with the results.

The card is finished off with a bit of doodling and a handwritten sentiment.

What’s on my Desk Wednesday

I’ve been shopping again ….. and it’s a mixed bag today …

From Poundland – strands of square wooden beads – 100’s of them, I will undo them and make a few children's bracelets with some, and then use others to embellish the ties on tags etc.

These plastic trophies are from the Tesco party section, I think they were £1.00 or £1.50, I have used them for “Office” competitions before and put the winners name or competition theme on the base using dymo tape.

I have a thing for string!  This is beautiful, I had to order it from the Traidcraft catalogue, but I can see it now on brown paper packages ….. with a kraft tag …. plain, simple and classy.