Hamsa Hands Clay Holders

And finally a new stencil set! I had some trouble lately with the shop, laser machine not working properly and raw material got lost somewhere between UK and Italy. So, grab them while you can!

I've played a bit with clay lately, I love how these little holders came out, even if these are a bit crooked. Here's a short video process:

All together:

Stencil set available in my Etsy shop

VideoTutorial: From Trash to...Tissue Paper flowers with GelliArts®

And today is my turn at the GelliArts® blog! Ohhhh I love-love how this project turned out, these flowers are on my table kitchen and even the cats love them (I think =^.^=). I started with crumpled tissue paper from a shoe box and old book pages.

Here the video tutorial

Video Tutorial: Air Dry Clay Bowls with Stencils

Welcome back everyone, today I introduce you to a video tutorial where I'm using, for the first time in ages (I was a children last time I used it) air dry clay with my stencils. In 2018 I've been so lucky to work a bit with a very talented Raku ceramic artist, Sandra Manus, in my little town, and every now and then I design custom stencils for her. Late November she asked me a large stencil inspired by a Sardinian jewel, and this April I've reworked it a little bit, shrinken and added to the my latest stencil's release. So, inspired by her, I've got a stick of air dry clay and played -a lot- for several weeks. Well, I am happy with the result, but I hated to wait  the drying time (it was so humid  at the time, I waited several days for every bowl):

The small one is a bit wonky, I wanted it wonky on purpose but in the end it was half wonky and half straight :-(

This one in my mind was thick and squared, but well, I didn't get enough clay and I didn't want to start again (but you can, start over again indefinitely)

The crackle glaze added such a wonderful texture!

Home decor with PhotoWall

 Hello everyone! A post today slight different from usual, with a bit of home decor that I am really proud of. Lately I've been contacted by a lovely company in Sweden 'PhotoWall', they asked me if I were interested in choosing one of their wonderful product on their website to use in my home and promote here in my blog. I said yes, of course, I already knew I needed a large wall paper for my living room, a bit gloomy and bare. I took my time to peruse amongst the 20'000 wall paper they have in their shop, and in the end I picked a very bold and bright wall paper that I love! It is called 'Verona Street':

The worst part? Dismountle the video intercom, after that everything went smooth:

I took advantage to have a shot at HIM =^.^ = with such a striking backdrop

You can get a discount on the 'PhotoWall' website using the code giovanna25 at checkout: this code will give you a 25% discount on any product in their website and is valid for a month. 

Video Tutorial: 10 Creative Ways to use your Gel Prints Part1

Hello everyone, a couple of weeks ago, I decided ro spurge/move/tidy up a bit my huge amount of paper leftovers, mainly gel prints. After two pizza boxes and a biscuit box full to the brim of leftovers I thougth it was time to put a small dent on it...like making 10 new craft projects with one rule: no NEW gel prints were allowed. Ready for a new video? In this video I show you 10 different craft projects to simple cards, to altered objects, to a scrapbooking layout to paper beads, to a faux Midori and its notebooks and much more. Enjoy :-)

Even from the tiniest leftovers you can make some lovely ATC or ATCoin:

Some Boho paper beads: 

Some clean and simple cards, the possibilities are endless:

You can alter some cardboard or wooden boxes or make a wall clock from scratch:

Or make some meaningful tags:

More photos on the next post, part2.

Here some links from my old video tutorial, to make the prints I used in this current video:

Video Tutorial Gel Printing with PanPastels

Video Tutorial Gel printing with Instant Coffe and talc Powder

Video Tutorial Gel Printed Washi Tape 

Video Tutorial Gel printing with Alcohol Inks

Video Tutorial Gel Printed Faux Enameled Crackle'

Video Tutorial Gel printing with Leaves 

Tutorial: Altered clock with Visible Image

It's a clock! A couple of years ago a friend of mine gave me this simple glass clock, and I think it was high time to give it a new look and hanging proud in my craftroom: in this project I feature the cool 'The Right Direction' stamp set by Visible Image, perfect for any masculine card or craft project. 

How cute the tiny cars on the clock hands are:

And here the feminine version, couldn't resist!

Here I used the magnificent Beautiful Soul stamp set :

And a sentiment from 'Believe in me' stamp set

Tutorial: 

Disassemble the clock and cut a piece of white cardstock to size:

Swipe two colours of Distresss Oxide on a plastic sleeve, spray water and swipe the cardstock face down. Dry a bit with the heat gun and repeat with two different colors. Carry on until you are happy with the result:

Now stamp the car and the London skyline on opposite corners from the stamp set 'The Right Direction'

Add some stencilled details to the background (looks a lot like a F1 flag!) using 'Distorted Chess' and Distress Oxide:

Adhere to the glass and mount the clock mechanism.