Thursday 30 December 2010

Alluring Lady Tag

I've made this tag for a friends birthday and I am also entering it into the Stampmans Tag Challenge , just a shame you can't see the shimmer of the perfect pearls

Wednesday 29 December 2010

The rest of the calender

Well here we have my complete calendar that I sent to my dear friend Rose, not the same as the journaling ones I have admired over the last year, you may have seen a page in the Craft Stamper ,but please do take a look here  to see some amazing pages by Kathryn











Tuesday 21 December 2010

Post 150

I've made it to 150 posts :)
Lots to Do challenge for the next 2 week is to show your favourite card made this year so I choose this one mainly because it's a style I don't do very often and I was chuffed at how it turned out :) stamping, collage and die cuts Oh yes and one of the flowers now made popular by Tim Holtz
Another Tage for Christmas and as this is my 150th post I wolud love to send this someone who leaves a comment  by the new year along with a pair of earing made with UTEE



The Artistic Stamper a christmas Tag
The Stampman  anything goes
Lots To Do   a favourite card

Wednesday 15 December 2010

Christmas Tag

Yes I have followed the 12 days of Christmas on Tim's blog, but not made any and the stamping onto an embossing folder was the technique that really inspired me to make this tag.
I have used a Penny Black poinsettia stamp with chalk ink and cuttlebug leafy branch folder and coloured using Tim's instructions, I also liked the ruffling with the tape but haven't got any so put some double sided tape onto the ribbon and ruffled that .
Hope you like my take on a Christmas tag
The Artistic Stamper
Penny Black at  Allsorts

Monday 13 December 2010

A little bit of bling

I love to wear a bit of bling but when it comes to cards me and bling don't mix to well lol so a simple card with a little prisma glitter and 3 tiny star gems fits the bill for the challenge for Lots To Do this week.
One Stitch at a time

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Book cover

This it the cover for a brag book swap all nice and clean on the inside but had to get messy with the cover lol and it fits in nicely with the challenge on Lots to do which is to use words :) and The crafty pad which is anything goes


Thursday 2 December 2010

Calendar pages

Lots To Do challenge is embossing. Bit late adding mine due mainly to the Internet messing me about :( , but here are 2 heat embossed pages from a calendar I have been making and a bit of paper casting using a rubber stamp so another way of getting an embossed image :)

Saturday 20 November 2010

Lots To Do

The challenge this week is your favourite technique  well thats like asking you to choose you favourite child lol but I love both my sons and all my stamps :)  so I choose to do something I have done for a while the Bandana technique with distress inks and another stamp I got at the NEC form a stamp in the hand and leaves from Magenta . So this is the last page for the 5x5 book swap. I have really enjoyed doing this swap and hope who ever gets my pages will be as pleased with them as I am

There are 10 pages all together and here are the other 2 not yet but now blogged
Up and away

Imagine. Silly me put the text on after I taken the photo which said Imagine you can fly for dreams have wings

Thursday 18 November 2010

Friends at Lots To Do

Another page for the swap on LTD forum which fits in nicely with this weeks challenge

Wednesday 17 November 2010

First for Christmas

Long time no blogging sorry folks but me and the new laptop are now getting to know each other better after the old one frooze locking everything up but thanks to a lovely young man most has now been added to the new one but windows 7 has rearanged all my files in it's own style not mine lol .


So here's my offering for Christmas at Penny Black Allsorts and  Sir Stampalot challenges. The snowman is Penny Black I got it at the NEC and the text from a clear set I have, so I have made a card some gift tags and boxs. I have to say that the white WOW embossing powder is fantastic so fine :)

Tuesday 26 October 2010

Halloween 5x5

My offering for halloween is a 5x5 page again for a swap on the lots to do forum which fits nicely into the Tuesday Taggers  challenge of deep purple halloween, with the background done with DI inks dusty concord, spiced marmalde and black soot.
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Monday 25 October 2010

Envelope Card

Seems cute is the order of the day again for the shaped challenge on Lots To Do .
I bought the template sold on behalf of the Samaritans as a cut file but you can buy it as a print file to down load as well.
Teddy stays hanging over the edge when the card is open with another hello teddy on the inside :)

Saturday 23 October 2010

A jacket of metal leaves

This 5x5 page is for a swap on the Lots to do forum and I thinks it fits nicely into the Artistics Stamper Challenge layers. I've used layers of paint and inks topped of with metal leaves punched out of a drinks can


Saturday 16 October 2010

Creative expressions strikes again lol

Clean and simple is the challenge of the week over at lots to do and I've made this card for a dear  friend in his 80's . Just walnut stain DI's and gold perfect pearls

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Creative Expression Awwwww thats cute

Safe to post this birthday card now as my friend has received it and  just right for the Tuesday Tagger more than 2 legs Challenge and also anything for a friend at The Crafty Pad

Monday 11 October 2010

Zoe is sharing the love

Zoe is shairing the love over on her fabulouse blog so check out what it's all about if you'd like to be in with a chance to win  just click on the candy picture to take you there Photobucket

Sunday 10 October 2010

Oriental page

An oriental flight of fancy for the Lots To Do challenge this week
I have used background papers made with DI ink a bit of bleaching and recolouring again with DI's and a white pen for legs and highlights

Thursday 7 October 2010

Vintage Challenge

Lots To Do challenge this week is Vintage so I have made a 5x5 page for a swap also on the lots to do forum.

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Autumn Inchies

After a very quiet week from me due to a stinker of a cold and the mojo needing to recouperate. I have made a card for the Sir Stampalot challenge with buttons and bows .
I've used Tims wrinkle free with DI's for the background then over stamped with seeD's morsels with a Hero Arts lady for the center . Used a spellbinders and a cuttle bug die for the leaves topped off with a wooden button and raffia bow .

Tuesday 5 October 2010

Pen and Ink

Just had to use the stamp from inkadinkado I got from Ally Pally, for a pen and ink swap on the lots todo forum
I also borrowed some Penny Black stamps for a mouse swap all very cute lol but my fave has to be the paper pieced mouse with the brolly a stamp from Denami

Monday 27 September 2010

Alter it

That's the theme for this week Lots todo challenge and also the Stampman who are doing a blog hop so join the fun :)
This is a mirror frame from Ikea which has been totally covered with wax stamped into with cookie cutters and alcohol inks .A no brainer says Suze .........I beg to differ but then I've not had the practice but want to play some more :)

Ally Pally Haul

Well what can I say I'm not adding up what I spent Photobucket
Zoe and I had a great time and met Cheryl who is also on the lots to do forum.
We were also the last out of the hall as they shut the doors behind us .

Saturday 25 September 2010

A simple card

Useing one of my favourite stamps from Penny Black I have made a quick birthday card for a friend with distress inks and a fiskars punch which just happens to fit in with the challenge at Penny Black at allsorts

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