Where did you get that hat?

Finally! It's taken me on and off since Christmas to get done with this project but at last I'm done ;)

This is a Tando Creative cardboard Mad Hatter hat which was bought for me at Christmas by my Mum from The Stamp Attic (I believe Wendy might still have some in the shop) - one each for me, my Mum and my Nan to work on when we got together at Christmas.  Mum and Nan had finished by New Year, me not so much...(!)

The kit comes as a flat pack but you glue it together into this 3D shape. I decided it needed the Andy Skinner treatment (yes, still loving this technique!) but no book this time - I moved onto a Mad Hat!  Of the additional pieces, some were included with the hat kit itself but Tando also make an extra small kit of parts which go with this set - teacup, 'drink me' sign etc.

 I made a small rose from card using the Tattered Florals Alterations die and sprayed it with black and red spray inks, and found a large Prima rose which seemed perfect apart from the colour so I sprayed it to match.  I added some Idealogy cogs to match the metallic look of the hat, and tied lace and ribbons around the base of the hat.

The '10/6' label is part of the kit (painted and then inked, with a layer of glossy accents on the letters) and the pins tucked behind it are Papermania Vintage Notes.
I thought it would be fun to add a little signature Mad Hatter trinket, so used a 7Gypsies photo holder with a circle of card cut to size and inked, and then covered over with Glossy Accents to look like glass and hung from a piece of brown twine.

Thank you so much for visiting today and coming to take a peek at my hat :) it was really fun to make and I'm quite pleased with how it came out :) hope you're getting lots done for National Craft Month, don't forget to keep an eye on the Facebook page, Twitter and our Facebook chat group for some little surprise RAKs that will be announced for our followers :)

Gayle xx

Little diddy printer trays!

Hello and happy Friday! The project I have to share with you today is a class project from a Hels Sheridan workshop I went to last weekend at the Stamp Attic - this is my first printer tray and it was soooo diddy!  It's a Tando Creative chipboard tray which we inked and added lots of little embellies too - lots of fun! More details here at Hel's blog on the methods we used, but they all looked so different - brilliant class!

Thanks for visiting today :) going to enter this in Hels' Sunday Stamper challenge too :)

I've also posted at The Stamp Attic blog this week, go take a peek and let me know what you think :)

Have a great weekend!

Happy scrapping

Gayle xx