tiny treasures by sue smyth

Tiny Treasures

By Sue Smyth 

Hi bloggers

This time on the blog I am sharing a few small things.

My workshop is overflowing with lots of projects

so this year I am looking  at small projects, very small, as I

simply dont have the room for bigger projects.

So my first treasure is a tin, decorated with an eggshell

heart..I have called it " Be still my beating heart"!

The Styrofoam heart is covered with texture paste and 

then cleaned egg shell is set into it. I have 

added micro beads around the base and 

once dry I have then painted it with 

red paint and rubbed over with gold.

I have then altered an arrow, and I loved this effect so much I have done

more of them, that I will share with you below.

The trinket crown is adorned with tiny 

3mm or 2mm rhinestones and pearls.

When you are working small 

the thing to remember is the details matter.

Inside I have made a simple mini album, which

I have not filled with photos yet but will in time.

Under the heart is an ID Wendy 

frame that is embossed with Aged Gold 

embossing powder and spritzed with 

black dylusions while hot, for 

an even more aged look.

This is what the heart looked like raw.

You can see the eggshell is broken into

pieces to press into the texture paste.

It is a bit fiddly but worth the effort.

Then add the micro beads around the 

bottom to hide any rough edges.

More Arrow fun, I loved doing the wrapped arrow above

so much, I made more.

this one has a trinket butterfly on the flight.

and I have wrapped the shaft with red wire.

The head of the arrow is wrapped in gold metal shim

and then hammered to look aged. Rub 

a little black gesso over it to 

stick in the crevices. 

A large red jewel finishes the tip, along 

with a tiny crown and of course lots of 

2mm rhinestones.

The butterfly has more 2mm rhinestones and 

gold micro beads to add interest and texture.

He is another arrow, I have added a small 

metal arrow to the shaft, after

I have wrapped it with red 

cotton.

I have wrapped the head of the arrow the same as 

above, but this time added small details

and a large trinket corner underneath.

The flight has a metal skeleton leaf, which

I have cut up to resemble metal spikes.

These arrows can be a feature on another project (like the 

tin above) or even a pin or brooch. They are 

just a bit of fun to do and yes they dont

take up much room.

Here you can see what I have done with the 

arrow, first paint black.

then cover as much as you can with

metal shim, wire and rhinestones, 

with the goal being that you can no 

longer tell it is just chipboard.

The next little treasures are tags. Again this is 

a small project. I was cleaning out

my beading boxes and came

across lots of lovely small beads in the shape

of flowers, leaves and butterflies. 

I thought what a shame I do not use them more.

So I shifted them over to the scrapbooking section 

and now use them on all sorts of projects.

This tag uses the tiny ID bird cage,

it is simply embossed in aged gold 

so it looks just like a gold trinket itself.

I have added a tiny bracket frame and 

words too.

Here I have enameled the butterfly wings, I will 

have to share this in more detail in another post.

as I forgot to take photos for you all.(I get involved and forget lol)

I use a thick metallic paint and pearl drops to 

make a swirly pattern and then let dry.

The bead leaves look like green glass 

and  give a great detail and

shine to the tag.

Here I have added another small detail

the resin rose, which  I have made myself

with 2 part resin.

The tag base is simply painted black 

and then covered with old book pages, 

which have been trimmed with deckle scissors

and inked to add an aged look.

This is a great base to start layering 

tiny elements onto.

Happy Crafting !