tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48418605194710413312024-03-13T15:04:06.929+00:00messy meVonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-11036090750754679322014-12-24T11:10:00.000+00:002014-12-24T11:10:12.441+00:00Merry Christmas One an All<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This year has just whizzed by for me, it's amazing how going back to work part time can take up so much time so hats off to those of you who work and manage your time better than me, I've been so rubbish at it I haven't made 1 single Christmas card so a SUPER BIG apology from me.<br />
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It's also been a good year as I have been given the all clear for cancer so no more check ups which is a bit scary, some of you will already know that I had a tumour on my tongue,it has left me with a few problems but I work round them as we do. If anyone wants to know more I'm happy to talk about it just email me.<br />
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I have still been creating and making jewellery and have done 2 workshops one with talented Andy Skinner and the lovely Brenda Brown I'm just rubbish at remembering to take photos and making the time to blog<br />
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Oh yes and I have done the one thing I have always wanted to do and coloured my hair magenta only wash in wash out but looks great especially on the grey bits lol<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-2397912026341344132014-07-16T09:40:00.000+01:002014-07-16T09:40:31.261+01:00Still creating Just <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gosh has it really been so long since I last blogged ! what must you think of me, working sure throws a spanner in the works and of course I have been making jams and chutneys among doing other things.</div>
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A trip to Sincerely Yours craft show at Portsmouth found me buying the Silks acrylic glazes from Ali Crafts so of course I have had to have a play with them.</div>
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This little tin has been covered with Terra Paste and painted with the glazes little touches of gilders paste and stickles </div>
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Then another thing I have been wanting to try for ages is the faux leather, which I did and thought does it have to look vintage ? no it can look bright and colourful.</div>
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I started with a pale colour card did all the wetting with the water and glycerine scrunched it up and used Peacock and Worn lipstick, embossed it and coloured the raised flowers with Pan Pastels. What I love about the Silks glazes is you can paint over a medium which would normally react if you used a water based product, so I've used a pale gold over the top of the PP's giving a soft warm glow, but as you can see this is still a work in progress waiting to be made into a book cover </div>
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I'd like to link these to the <a href="http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/colours-of-summer-is-new-theme-at-try.html" target="_blank">Try It on Tuesday</a> colour of summer challenge </div>
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-88676028740917166312014-05-23T18:01:00.000+01:002014-05-23T18:01:00.337+01:00My last post for Artful Times <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is my final post for <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_641154621"></span>Artful Times<span id="goog_641154622"></span></a> as I'm finding it hard to keep up creating challenge pieces now that I am back at work with all the other things I do though I do still intend to create when inspiration strikes, so thank you <a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Neet</a> for putting up with me and <a href="http://jumbledcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chrissie</a> who is taking her unique style to another challenge blog<br />
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Owls are the theme this time and I have only the one stamp from Personal Impression<br />
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My starting point was a mono print I did a while back mounted onto to stripped back and painted corrugated card, Timmy's die cut tree and fence and my fussy cut owl the black was then stamped with bubble wrap and Brilliance moonlight white,it still needed some thing so added a strip I'd cut off to square up the card .</div>
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-51917399903462003432014-05-20T17:35:00.000+01:002014-05-20T17:35:26.210+01:00Summers comming <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Inspired by the lovely sunny days we have been having and a set of free Indigo Blu stamps from simply cards and papercraft.<br />
A wrinkle free background with dried marigold squeezed lemonade spun sugar and tumbled glass, then a stencil from Creative Expressions and milled lavender an often forgotten colour.The flowers and butterfly were then stamped onto the remaining coloured card and coloured with distress markers before being fussy cut.<br />
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I hope this is excitable for <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Less is More</a> were the challenge is flowers<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-46543746104757588542014-04-25T18:01:00.000+01:002014-04-25T18:01:00.579+01:00Challenge 54 at Artful Times <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love this theme At <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a> which is to make a badge, button or brooch with any medium you like, though I feel I haven't done it justice, time just ran away with me and I have been away on a canal break, I'll say no more other than it's ticked of the bucket list.<br />
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For my simple brooch I have used a chipboard disc and embossing powders starting with 2 layers of ultra thick, this gives a nice surface to then add your colour embossing powders the nice thing is if you don't like what you have added you can just add another colour on top there are a few colours you can't see but all add the finished effect, once I was happy with the colours I edged with silver powder,stamped the flower with versamark and embossed with black.Finished with a little lace trim and a brooch back.<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-14357233489531507692014-04-11T18:01:00.000+01:002014-04-13T22:40:05.130+01:00Challenge 53 at Artful Times <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello and welcome to another challenge at <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a> were we are asking you to use any kind of spray inks.<br />
It's a busy old life and there seems little time for daydreams hence the title of the page in my altered book, I've sprayed Dylusion inks for the background and tried the ghosting technique but it didn't work very well probably because of the old paper soaking up the ink, there's lots of white embossing and the leaves have been painted with the Dylusion ink, my sweet little bunny was stamped on the over spray paper<br />
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This fortnight the challenge at <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a> is to use metals / foils and for mine I have up-cycled kitchen foil and tomato purée tubes, give them a go as the golden inside is wonderful and so easy to emboss.<br />
To make the flowers I covered card with double sided sticky tape and covered it with crumpled kitchen foil before die cutting using the tattered flowers die, these large sizzix die are great for this, as they don't crush the texture like a slimmer die would. I then coloured with A.I inks and picked up the texture with gilding wax, for the stems I rolled a scrunched up a tube from kitchen foil made it into the shape I wanted then an it through the big shot to flatten it and the leaves die cut and embossed from tube<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-34538546792955807012014-03-14T18:01:00.000+00:002014-03-14T18:01:00.293+00:00Challenge 51 at Artful Times <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello and welcome to our challenge at<a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Artful Times</a> "Games pieces" and please give a warm welcome to our new member Wendy<br />
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There are so many different sorts of games piece you could use to create with, with puzzle pieces and dominoes being the most popular, I have gone for the smaller size puzzle pieces with lots of ideas all getting muddled in my head consequently I don't think I have done this challenge justice. My first idea was to make a frame for a picture, the aperture cut in mount board was then framed with the puzzle piece and built up in layer to give it depth it does look better IRL and when I find the photo of my son proudly showing off the puzzle he'd completed I will use it in a frame<br />
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There are still half baked ideas in my in my head one of which is to do a Finnabair style canvas with alsorts of games piece as both my sons loved and still do like playing games, who know I might get round to it or you might like to give it ago .<br />
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Don't forget to check out what <a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Neet</a>. <a href="http://jumbledcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chrissie</a> and <a href="http://wendyscraftjournal.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wendy</a> have made, we'd love to see what you have made and if your looking for some super buys then visit <a href="http://www.oysterstamps.co.uk/acatalog/index.html" target="_blank">Oyster Stamps</a> </div>
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Hello to you all and I must apologise for not being a regular visitor to all the wonderful blogs I follow, but I have just stated a new job, it's supposed to be part time ! but I have been offered extra shifts and the injection of extra money is most welcome <br />
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Now back to the challenge in hand it's <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">ANYTHING GOES</a></div>
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For this I have some more things to show I have made for the Charity shop window </div>
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A pine wall hanging painted with pink blue and pale green, a little bit of bead trim and some butterflies, I've kept it simple so it will have mass appeal and hopefully sell<br />
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Having never made a heart shaped cushion before, I learnt what looks a good shape in paper doesn't make a nice shape when sewn ! hence the ribbon pulling the two sides to sides together<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-44161368876413031002014-02-14T18:00:00.000+00:002014-02-14T18:00:03.217+00:00Challenge 49 at Artful Times <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello and a Happy all be it very wet Valentines Day to one and all<br />
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At <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a> we are challenge you so make or decorate a box, so a good excuse to eat those choky's if you were lucky enough to receive some.<br />
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My little box came from the charity shop and has gone back to the shop for there Valentines window display.<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-26761462651971040722014-01-31T18:01:00.000+00:002014-02-01T12:16:05.020+00:00Tim Holtz at Artful Times <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello and welcome to a new Challenge at <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a> where we are asking you to think <a href="http://timholtz.com/blog/" target="_blank">Tim Holtz</a>, you may be lucky enough to have some of his new products to use or you might just love his techniques.<br />
Neet is taking a break from this one but <a href="http://jumbledcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chrissie </a>has done two a card and a tag to inspire you all.<br />
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For my tag I have layered stencils with distress paints (bundled sage and picket fence)and distress inks (rusty hinge, salty ocean and evergreen bough) before adding my focal images.<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-84416470825468946172014-01-17T18:00:00.000+00:002014-02-04T23:39:20.394+00:00Chinese New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's that time of year again when Neet challenges you to make something to celebrate the Chinese New Year. which this year is the year of the horse, but panic not Neet says you can use any image as long as it oriental/Asian <br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-20514855973087702812014-01-10T22:45:00.002+00:002014-01-10T22:45:42.812+00:00Don't think<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello all, thank you for popping by I do love to have visitors.<br />
I thought it was about time I did some more pages in the altered book I started with Jennie from the Artistic Stamper so I suppose you could say it's assort of journal but I call it my mess about book, but what shall I do, well <u><strong>Don't think DO</strong></u> so I did and when I started to over think it I walked away and did something else.<br />
After randomly choosing some Dylusion spray because I can't remember when I last used them and the first brass stencil that came to hand again for the same reason and the Dreamweavers embossing paste I'm surprised it hadn't dried up after so long, so that's the background done. Another random selection of recut dies out of the forgotten box and that's that done finished. Oh yes need the title so some old printed free mag papers and a spellbinders alphabet.<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-69690957493893191412014-01-03T18:01:00.000+00:002014-01-03T18:01:00.343+00:00Blue moon tag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello , Happy New Year and welcome to the first challenge at <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a>, where shades of blue is the order of the day, you can of course make what ever takes your fancy I have gone for a tag but do check out what <a href="http://jumbledcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chrissie</a> and<a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Neet</a> have made <br />
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The face is paper clay painted blue with mica powder mixed in to give a clam serene look, a piece of dried foliage from the garden painted blue with distress stickles and an old text stamp from Tim Holtz embossed with blue powder</div>
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-70112625759298809002013-12-20T18:01:00.000+00:002013-12-20T19:17:33.171+00:00Artful Times for Christmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello and it's lovely to be back with Neet at <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful times</a> and Chissie of Jumbled Crafts who will be helping us as well, so between us we hope we can get your creative juices flowing and inspire you to join in.<br />
A very easy challenge so no excuses, we would like to see your favourite Christmas card you have sent or received.<br />
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For my offering two CAS card with the same snowman from Gorjuss stamps borrowed from my friend Becky<br />
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Same stamp but a different hat from PSX embossed in sparking white and coloured with white acrylic paint and H2O's lovely and sparkly </div>
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-1921717670134849842013-11-24T10:52:00.000+00:002013-12-22T08:42:11.052+00:00White on White<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Heavens to Betsy it's been a while since I last blogged, so hope I find you all keeping well now the days have got colder.<br />
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This is a tag made for <a href="http://ali-craft.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ali craft</a> and <a href="http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Try it on Tuesday</a> , with corrugated card partially stripped back, de-bossed and embossed with paste and die cuts added .<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-11658387112196005502013-10-21T12:59:00.000+01:002013-10-21T22:22:34.673+01:00Distressed and spooky<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a> are all about distress this fortnight and <a href="http://ali-craft.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/ali-craft-monthly-challenge-5-halloween.html" target="_blank">Ali Craft</a> are after your Halloween creations a perfect match, not that mine is anywhere near perfect.<br />
I've used my new favourite, distress paints wrinkle free as you would for the inks <br />
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<a href="http://tagalongchallenge.blogspot.co.at/" target="_blank">Also Tag Along</a>, a haunted house <br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-56770099537177630842013-10-08T15:55:00.000+01:002013-10-08T19:58:14.288+01:00Autumn tag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love autumn not just for the glorious colours but for the fungi, yes I collect mushrooms and toadstools,wood ceramic glass you name I've probably one.<br />
This tag started with the distress paint resist one of the tags from the first day of Tim's 102<br />
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The colours I have used are bundled sage, mahogany, dried marigold and peacock, don't you just love the richness of the mahogany .<br />
If you haven't noticed <a href="http://artfultimes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artful Times</a> want to see your autumn colours so you have just a couple of day left to enter </div>
Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-33085198382441245362013-10-07T09:31:00.000+01:002013-10-07T09:37:11.055+01:00Almost tag 12<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Whilst looking for some inspiration I decided to have a go at <a href="http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-september/" target="_blank">Tim's tag 12</a> but only got half way through as I then went off on a tangent and made a topper for a birthday card for a friend whose lost a lot of weight ( well done Karen)<br />
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Now it just so happens it fits into the <a href="http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/" target="_blank">Fashionable Stamping challenge</a> ... use a stencil or mask<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-82098377962297673732013-09-28T08:54:00.001+01:002013-09-28T08:54:07.243+01:00CAS Fun with ATC's<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-12437918512194114702013-09-22T20:15:00.000+01:002013-09-22T20:15:05.342+01:00Eat drink and be Merry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Eat drink and be merry that's the theme at <a href="http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Frilly and Funky</a> and Forgotten things at <a href="http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/forgotten-things.html" target="_blank">Our Creative Corner</a><br />
It all started with the background which was the result of a play with the distress paints, the tea cup stamp an old wood mounted one from Docrafts cut out and stuck one with a little piece of lace to look like a doily <br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-82986579891252979872013-09-19T11:12:00.000+01:002013-09-19T11:12:03.408+01:00Autumnal Stripes <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mr mojo seems to be playing along with me at the moment, so with inspiration coming from <a href="http://ali-craft.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/ali-craft-monthly-blog-challenge-4.html" target="_blank">Fun with ATC's </a>stripes and <a href="http://ali-craft.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/ali-craft-monthly-blog-challenge-4.html" target="_blank">Alie - Crafts</a> autumn, as last night I was playing with the alcohol inks but more of that to come when it's finished as I went off on a tangent making this ATC lol <br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-54681456274796734992013-09-18T15:09:00.000+01:002013-09-19T08:17:19.013+01:00Scraps at Artful Times <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm sure none of like to waste a single scrap of paper and have boxes full of them, with that in mind and Finnabair's classes still fresh in my mind (we used the scraps left over for the journal pages) I decided to make a mini page, nowhere near as full on as the one we did in the class but this is going to be a topper on a card.<br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-91807907369511507062013-09-08T15:24:00.001+01:002013-09-23T07:45:15.545+01:00I'm converted <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday I took my friends Becky's place as she wasn't feeling very well on Hels workshop.<br />
I got to play with the new distress paints !!! yeah I'm converted as I didn't think I needed another type of paint, just love the way they work with the distress inks a real eye opener for me but I guess most of you know how wonderful they are .<br />
Here's one of the pages in the book we did <br />
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Vonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843623175878775991noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841860519471041331.post-29860297291882765222013-09-04T17:01:00.003+01:002013-09-04T17:01:58.138+01:00Finnabair Weekend <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you haven't all ready heard it was a fantastic weekend for those of us on the Finnabair weekend, meeting with peeps I'd met before and meeting many for the first time and I finally got to meet Neet and her friend Wendy </div>
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First project was a 12 x12, I've never work on such a large piece before </div>
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