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Hey Crafty Friends,

Thanks for joining me today on the Altenew Educators Blog hop for “Anything But A Card”!

You may have found me from a link on Terri Stokes post. So thanks for hopping along! Be sure to stop by Fiona Duff’s post as well.

Recently I recieved a gift of air dryed clay from a friend because she knew I was “crafty”!  So I thought I would see what I could come up with, and violla, I made a flower vase! Well really a sort of flower cup! I didn’t have anything small that I could put just a few  buds in from my rose bushes so I made this! (these ar not roses, but it gives you an idea!)

This will also be  a gift to my mother in law for her birthday that is handmade. Since I usually pick the buds for her, this worked out perfect. 

Trying Something New?

The most important thing about working with air dryed clay is to let it dry!  Each application of a layer has to dry completely before another layer can be added.

I did not intend for this to be “perfect”. In fact I wanted it to look a bit shabby chic kinda thing. I used the Wild Flora Stamp and Die bundle along with the Garden Trellis Stencil for the background, and painted everything with acrylic paints. This is a tissue paper technique I’ve used before, and it works great for applying to items that need a varnish of some kind. Dye and alcohol inks will not hold up to the varnish. 

It is the thought that counts!

Anyway, this turned out as a sweet gesture, and I’m sure I’ll get better using clay over time.

Be sure to check out all the blog details below!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Rachael


Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/06/2021.

Prizes:

$200 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $35 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/04/2021 for a chance to win. 

There’s MORE! What’s a hop without YOU?!

We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your gorgeous Altenew “Anything But A Card” creations. We will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!

Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/06/2021.


 🙂 UPDATE 🙂 

I want to say thank you to everyone for all the wonderful comments!

I appreciate them so much!


 

 

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