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Mono Printing with a brayer

2012-02-13T10:02:00.000Z

I thought with all the talk of mono printing I'd show one of the ways I like to make backgrounds

Ink up your brayer 50-50 with two colour inks ( or use a big and juice/ kalidacolour pad ) here I have used eggplant and lettuce.

Roll the brayer back and forth on a clear acrylic block this will blend the 2 colours and spritz with water or a water and mica mix the amount of water will depend on how absorbent your paper or card is .

Next stamp it onto your card. Now you have a unique background for stamping on or die cutting

Vintage men at Just For Fun

2012-02-09T00:05:00.002Z

Didn't you all do well with the black and white mens cards :) and I'm sure you will find this weeks of vintage mens cards just as much fun, you will won't you Neet said you will love it . This month I have the privilege of asking Valerie to be our guest designer she has such a wonderful way with paper paint and ephemera

Another reasonably clean card from me on kraft card with Tims car and cog and a rather handsome chap from I know not where.
So it's thinking caps on and we hope you will join us at Just for Fun

2012-02-06T21:05:00.000Z

I had a swap tag to make where we had to use a scrunched bag so I used it to apply some gesso to the card stock before inking and stamping and thought I'd try a different colour combination on my tag DI's in dusty concord, sugar spun, bundled sage and forest moss.

The Artistic stamper and Sunday stamps Challenge both wat to see hearts

It's Black and White in a Mans World

2012-02-02T00:06:00.002Z

I'm handing the reins over to Neet this month who has choosen men to be the theme of the month starting off with Black and White and if like me you don't make that many mens cards, how ever a friend ask me to make a card for her husbands birthday ☺

Just 2 stamps used the silhouette from Personal Impression and the background stamp from Dee Gruening and the text done on the pooter . A simple lookng card but I'm pleased with how it came out
So come and play along with us at Just for Fun with Zoe and Neet
I would also like to enter this in the Fashionable Stamping Challenge who also have men on their minds :)

Medieval Times at just for Fun

2012-01-26T00:07:00.002Z

In days of old when Knights were bold and wenches hearts were won, he'd don a suit in hot pursuit until until the job was done

It's the last week of my choice at Just For Fun of time travelling and we are taking a big leap this time back to the medieval period where fact and fiction till us stories of knight slaying dragons, maidens in distress and magic in the woods .
I have taken my inspiration from the illuminated pages made by the monks the frame is made from a Crafty Individual boarder stamp as is the little flourish ( I used the flitter glue and metal flakes wow is it good and so easy to use )on a distress ink background and a TH flourish peeking out from behind my maiden

Now don't forget to check out Neet and Zoe's creations for more inspiration :)
Aren't you glad I take take you back any further to the prehistoric era lol

Colour wheel Tag

2012-01-25T10:03:00.001Z

The Craft Barn challenge is to use the colour wheel as inspiration for a tag. They did a whole week on colour and how to use a colour wheel to help you with some wonderful inspiration art from the team :)
I'm Still in Jennie mode and have used red pepper, stream and sunshine yellow alcohol ink to make a mono print for the background and the same 3 colours with a can of air, the flower stamp is from Crafty Individuals and the flourish Personal Impressions

Gingersnaps would like to see some ribbon

Workshop with Jennie

2012-01-23T09:49:00.001Z

I had a fab fun filled day with Jennie on her melt pot and alcohol ink day playing with all her wonderful stamps and moulds, such a great way to kick start the mojo after spend the last few week making 260Lb marmalade lol

We had lots of time to be creative and just play at the end

aand use up all the utee, the colours were wonderful from Crafty Notions as were the moulds

Thank you Jennie

Art Nouveau at Just for Fun

2012-01-19T00:10:00.003Z

I hope you are enjoying our little travel through time at Just For Fun :)

Going back just a little further this week at Just for Fun with Art Nouveau for me it's a very feminine style, rich in colours and texture and so organic

For my piece this week I have embossed a piece of foil with an image I printed off the Internet to use as my patten and distressed with black acrylic paint and mounted onto the front of a note book.I am please with it but just can't make up my mind whether to add ribbons and the such like to the spine

To find out more and see what Zoe and Neet have created please visit Just for Fun and I hope Bloger is being kind to everyone after the troubles of last week

It's also anything but a card at Simon Says

Art Deco at Just for Fun

2012-01-12T00:19:00.003Z

Well we certainly enjoyed your memories of the 60's & 70's at Just For Fun and I hope you will enjoy going just a bit further back the glamour of Art Deco probably not to memories of the period but maybe of things you saw in your grandparents homes.
Oh how I love the Erte ladies and the strong architectural shapes of the building's coming to the fore with Hollywood and all that glamour.Then there's our English ladies like Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and Charlotte Reed with their pottery designs

The stamp from non sequential is embossed in gold and coloured with a gold gel pen and promarker and distress ink matted on black and white, and of course Zoe and Neet have there take on it as well as our guest designer Chrissie who has made the most amazing mirror :)
This is a cigarette case which belonged to my late farther in law just love the way the straight and curved lines work together

Have you collected a piece you would like to share ?

Hope you all have fun with is challenge

On a final note I'd just like to apologise if anyone recieved a spam email from me as I was hacked, but it's all sorted now :)

Heads in a spin

2012-01-05T00:18:00.002Z

Happy New Year to you all and I have the pleasure of setting the theme first month of the year :) at Just For Fun
What a fantastic variety of creation we had for the anything goes last week seems you were all pleased not to have to think of Christmas
Yes we are going to be time travelling this month so please step aboard as we go back in time to the 60's and 70's flower power and free love Mods and Rocker, the opening of Habitat. For me the days of my youth and I expect the same for a lot of you an era of great changes in society especially for young the retro period. More great designer in fashion and furnishing can't say much about the architecture though lol

So get out those colour and make it bright and cheerful like Zandra Rhoads or black and white like Mary Quant

Hope you have lots of fun with us this month as we go back in time
For my card I have used the toy spin art love this it's great fun lol I did quite a few and cut then into smaller squares stuck them together to make a strip and stamp the Anita stamp groovy girl cut the love hearts on my silhouette , so come on get in the groove and join us at Just for Fun with Zoe and Neet

Wax Resist

2011-12-31T11:52:00.001Z

Gingersnaps Spicy supply challenge is to use Wax so have been mulling this over the the holiday and thought owww wax resist no mess no heat just a white wax crayon or you could use a candle .
If you stamp before doddling your image will be to the foreground and if you stamp after the doodle it will reciede. so I've had a little play and made a card and an ATC book cover

The card and book are done on regular card stock and distress inks, there are 3 signature so thats 12 atc's held in place by wrapping with fibers and a hair tidy to keep it all in place, the ATC is on glossy card I simply coloured the area were I didn't want the ink.

Off to play some more now lol

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

Anything goes at Just for Fun

2011-12-29T00:17:00.002Z

How are you all ? were you good and did Santa bring you some new toys to play with if so why not get creative and show them off here at Just for Fun as it's anything goes .
I have had a play with an old toy had to blow the dust off mind you lol

I've taken 2 files from my Silhouette library and joined them together, not sure if you can see but I have used green and pink chalks on the flourish and bird and distress ink for the edge this was then mounted on a background made with reinkers on tissue paper. Zoe and Neet have of course come up with fab ideas :)
Have a wonderful New Year all and I look forward to visiting you
XXX

My first Journal page

2011-12-27T22:36:00.000Z

Art Journaling is something I have admired for a while out there in blog land and watching on you tube and it seems that anything goes you just have to express yourself which I do find hard at times, you just have to let it take you there, so when Isa set a challenge at the Craft Barn for a journal page I thought oh ! but the theme is building and mt thought went to the difference between town and country have lived in both

I've used my A5 sketch pad a variety of crayons inks and pens I really didn't think I would end up with anything worth showing but the OH thought it turned out ok and that's a compliment from him lol
There are some wonderful inspiration on the Craft Barn blog
Oh you might notice a spelling mistake but those who know me would think it odd is there wasn't one somewhere spell checker is a godsend
TTFN and thanks for stopping by

Week 47 at Just for Fun

2011-12-22T00:15:00.001Z

A quiet week for Zoe's choice of seasons and summer at Just for Fun, but so lovely to see those of you taking a break from the Christmas cards :) now we are revisiting autumn on this the winter solstice so days can only get lighter and hopefully brighter from today .
For my creation this week I've used part of a stamp from Third coast a fairy among the brambles, my OH think she looks a bit scary. I've made a chip board frame by glueing layers together cut with a nestability, coloured some card with the autumn DI's love that seedless preserve just the right colour for all those autumn fruits, die cut some leaves and used candy cane stickles for the berries , so if you have time to play along with us this week Zoe Neet and myself will only be to happy to come and vist you :)

Two for one

2011-12-17T13:09:00.000Z

This card uses an old free stamp from the Craft Stamper back in January 2009 never used it at the time but this year it really spoke to me, Make My Monday want to see a red ribbon and Crafty Cardmakers would like you to use the same stamp in 3 different ways .
I've stamped direct onto the card then added a stamped masked and watercolour background stamped the flower again and coloured with promarker and decoupaged toped off with the Tim Holtz bird and a red ribbon

As you can see I did get a bit carried away lol the card atc and tag were for a swap and the last card that took ages to make is for my mum

Less is more and it's snowing

2011-12-15T13:30:00.000Z

No it's not really snowing here in Hampshire yet but LIM want to see one layer cards let it snow and looking at the enties which are all beautiful I see I'm not the only one who got these free stamps with a magazine so hope you like how I have used them :)

Sunny days at Just for Fun

2011-12-15T00:10:00.003Z

We're working up a sweat here, well we can live in hope can't we lol at Just for Fun with Zoe taking us into the summer.
We also have a guest this week Ann invited by Neet whom I'm sure will have come up with something pretty amazing being a tallented crafter
My little offering this week is a domino stamped and embossed with flowers and butterfly from Personal Impressions on an alcohol ink background and coloured with sukura pens and topped off with glossy accents

It's getting warmer at Just for Fun

2011-12-08T00:04:00.000Z

We're here with the second week of Zoe's choice at Just for Fun
After winter comes the spring, longer day and warming sun bringing forth new life and for me a favourite sight are the woods full of bluebells of which there are plenty of near to me :)

I hope I have captured that feeling of a bright day in the woods with an alcohol background and trees from Kanban and a suggestion of bluebells . Zoe and Neet of course have their own vision of spring which are just wonderful

Hope you are keeping nice and warm and dreaming of days to come

Make your own flowers for the Craft room Challange

2011-12-05T22:19:00.000Z

If you are a reader of my blog you will know how I love to make flowers :)

This card shows 3 different flowers a tiny rosette flower a canvas flower and a tiny paper flower. The base card has been embossed with Craft concept folder, a piece of glossy card stamped and embossed with a daisy background from the Stampman and then brayerd just love the way it's left a halo of white around the little flowers.
There is lots of lovely inspiration on the Craft room challenge blog :)

Baby it's cold outside

2011-12-01T00:16:00.001Z

It's the 1st of December and Zoe's choice at Just for Fun and she would like to see your interpretation of winter. Winter always bring to mind a poem we learnt at school. When the north wind doth blow we shall have snow and what will the robin do then, poor thing

I have used a shallow tray into which I have added a background of distress inks and Penny black trees a TH flourish to represent the cold wind part of a TH on the edge twigs and of course the TH bird.

Winter and Summer

2011-11-26T11:19:00.001Z

Now the prompt for the November Craft Barn calendar week 11 was a foggy day with grey yellow and bare trees , woke in the morning after making it in my sleep as we do sometimes lol but could I find the stamp I wanted to use not on your nelly :( so gave up looking for it after a day and had to rethink the whole thing
I've used the Crafty Individual trees and no inks this time but chalks instead .

The second which is week 3 green and flowers and I love how this turned out the background is done with Neocolors watersoluble crayons and stamp from Stampdous

Don't for to check out the blog their they have an amazing blog giveraway :)

Favourite shape at just for Fun

2011-11-24T00:35:00.000Z

We certainly saw some wonderful techniques this last week :) from all you wonderful crafters
This is the last week of Neet's favourites at Just for Fun
What's your favourite shape ? maybe a die cut or card shape like Zoe
Well mines the Paisley from spellbinders I've used the largest a number of times as a tag but thought for a change I'd use a smaller one on a card inked up some paper with the new seedless preserve chipped and stamped my image with chipped sapphire cut 2 out and had a happy accident 2 make a heart shape :) nothing was planned it all just sort of happen as I went along, I've used sequin waste for the dots with spun sugar on the base card

Looking forward to seeing what you can do with your favourite shape

Less is More

2011-11-20T09:58:00.000Z

Less is more challenge wants to see silhouettes so here I am with another Christmas card I've used 2 stamps and 2 distress stains so quick and easy

Techniques galore at Just for Fun

2011-11-17T00:09:00.001Z

Well I didn't think it could get any harder but Neet's choice this week is favourite techniques ! oh what to do I have all ready done a few this month bleaching , kiss resist, wrinkle free and letterpress with embossing folders ............. wow there are just so many out there
Ok so here we go with my first Christmas card of the season embossed with snowflake tinsel and water coloured with distress inks and perfect pearl not difficult but effective :) I use an acrylic block for my pallet and just touch the corner of my ink pad to it to lay down some ink then spritz with a little water, pick up a little PP with my paint brush and mix, a little goes along way . I used a new colour Biscotti which is a lovely compromise between the pearl and the gold :)

I hope you can see the subtle shimmer the PP has given.
Now it's time for you to have a play and share with us at Just for Fun
Oh and do check out Zoe's and Neets they are extra fabulous week :)

Autumn at the Craft Barn

2011-11-15T16:35:00.001Z

I wonder if I'll be able to catch on the calender's I've missed :) I'd bought the 12 little things when it was announced so need to use them and thought what a nice little gift it would make for some friends and family so if some are not my usual style it's because they are made for someone else
Week 10 is Autumn colour and leaves
Well after making such a rich colour background with my distress inks and gold spray I was going to die cut leaves out of it but changed my mind and stamped in black archival keeping it simple.

Week two is red, hearts and embossing
Yes I know this is a little on the cute side but I like the sentiment which says "three things in life that should never be broken Toys Promises and Hearts"
I stamped and embossed the image as I don't have a memento ink pan and coloured with promarkers, I then drew the patten on the bottom to match the stamp.the hearts are then stamped with the new Festive Berry DI

Yes it's another easel card lol

It's all about the background

2011-11-14T10:59:00.000Z

Last week I finally got my inky fingers on the distress inks doing the happy dance lol and I know everyone has there new favourite colours for me it's the seedless preserves and iced spruce.
The Artistic Stamper wants to see backgrounds and Let's Ink it Up want to see a favourite techniques .
I've used Iced spruce for the background then stamped with bleach then used the Spun Sugar distress stain another fav as half the bottles gone all ready some White D stain dabed on with my finger then stamped with the Seedless preserves.
I could have dressed it up more but I like it the way it is :)

Blog Candy at the Craft Barn

2011-11-13T10:27:00.001Z

Doesn't this look just amazing ! a super give away fingers crossed and good luck everyone .
Thank you Craft Barn

2 for one at the Craft Barn

2011-11-12T11:20:00.000Z

With the mojo having taken a sabbatical and now back hurray :) I'm trying to catch up with the calendar challenge at the Craft Barn there's a new one each week but all are still open so you can still take part in the past ones great idea Isa :)
Week 1 is blue and crackle. I've used Dreamweaver crackle paste and coloured it with chipped sapphire DI love this Papermaina stencil

Week 9 is back to school. I've used Tim's on the edge die to cut my backround from chipboard ( thanks Marie I've even gone out and bought a big shot ) made the back ground with some old pages from one of my sons school books and added some red pen nope it was not there but we all remember the dreaded red pen lol distressed with old paper DI made a page with a joureling stamp and that title why was it always what I did in the holidays for the first day back in september lol then you pen leaks and you try and clean it up and it smudges. I had great fun and lots of memories making this one

What's Yours at Just for Fun

2011-11-10T00:10:00.001Z

Vodka and lime please :) opps I mean favourite colour, gosh that's as hard as favourite stamp. Neet your a little stinker lol
Well black and denim are my favourite colours to wear the more faded the better but then again I do love bright colours and the colours of autumn and then there's colours that are in the background like grey which enrich other colours like the reds pinks and mauves boy was it hard to settle on one well you don't have to settle for one just make your favourite the main colour of your creation for this week at Just For Fun

A chipboard tag painted with dabbers in wild plum, chewing gum, bottle and pumice stone DI and the image coloured with le Plume pens

faded jeans and snow cap white distress stains for the background then stamped with faded jeans and broken china

Now don't forget to come and share favourite colour or combination with us at Just for Fun as we would love to visit your
Take care all xxx

A Month of Favourites at JFF

2011-11-03T07:36:00.005Z

Neets turn to set the scene for this month at JFF with Favourites and the first is a favourite stamp ! what a hard task that is with so many to choose from, but with it being Autumn I could only choose this wonderful lady from Third Coast with the wind and leaves blowing through her hair if only I looked that good haha

Lookng forward to seeing what is a favourite stamp of yours
I would also lke to enter this in Make My Monday Autumn leaves which I haven't joined in for a while sorry girls

Kiss Resist Technique

2011-10-31T00:05:00.002Z

Not as daunting as you might think you just need the right stamps :)

You will need
Glossy card
Dye ink
Versamark
1 patterned line stamp
1 mainly solid shadow type stamp

Ink up the detailed stamp with the coloured dye ink and the solid stamp with the versamark ink, now press the two together this will transfer the dye ink onto the solid stamp, next stamp the solid stamp onto the glossy card and allow to dry ( if doing this on regular card stock now is the time to emboss with clear embossing powder )

Now you can add ink to the background and wipe off the resist area

If you chooses to use a text stamp remember it will stamp out in reverse.

Also check out Neets Resist Techinques
Stamps used Tim Holtz and Anna Griffin Allnight media

Recycled bag

2011-10-30T15:03:00.000Z

Here's the finished bag I have been making from recycled carrier bags . I think I must have started cutting the strips narrower as it started going in at the top so instead of being a tote bag it's now a hand bag. I had one of those eureka moments while sleeping on how to make the handle lol I hope you will all carry on recycling and putting things that would other wise be dicarded to good use as we have seen some clever ideas this last month :)

It actually measures 10" at the base and 9/12 to the top of the handle just enough pace for a purse, phone, note book , pen and lippy

2011-10-27T00:47:00.000+01:00

Here we are at the last week of re/up cycling and it has been a challenging month and even though it's my choice I have found this one the hardest. So this week it's any found object, be it natural or man made .
No really much crafting here more an as semblance of objects flower made from a beer can painted with inca paint a broken pot from the garden some lichen and seed heads found on a walk with a stone with a hole from my pot of stones and some autumn foliage from the garden and all stuck with a hot glue gun

I left it on the windowsill as it looked quiet at home there :)
Zoe and Neet have both come up makes this week me up with some great creations

What's in your bedroom

2011-10-20T00:16:00.001+01:00

Well we are still recycling things from around the house at Just For Fun so what can you up-cycle from your boudoir :) or sewing box.Well I had lots of ideas dress up a perfume bottle decoupage an old handbag with some of the pages I cut out of the book, jazz up a pair canvas shoes but ..................... when your mojo goes on holiday with out you all these things seemed so daunting I would love to see if you can make them come to life for me :) so my creation for this week is very simple I coloured some air dry clay with wild plum AI and formed it to make a frame for a mirror I took out of an old eye make-up case and to hang it I've use those annoying bits of ribbon they put on the shoulder of garment, a great source of free narrow ribbon

You must check out what Zoe and Neet have made and Neets guest designer Hazel all stunning pieces
Thank you for stopping by and hope you will find time to join us this week

Stamping with bleach

2011-10-17T23:07:00.001+01:00

You know how it is your head is full of ideas yet you you pick up paper and ink you go dhuuuur where do I start and what ever you do just looks pants and I talking the navy blue school sort :(
So with the mojo on holiday I thought I'd share with you a tag I made for a swap a couple of weeks ago as it has now been received

I did a wrinkle free background with wild honey and spun sugar DI stains and then used a foam stamp with bleach, then stamped my main images with the wild honey DI's, punched a scollaped boarder and used the waste to create some extra detail

Hope you like this simple tag and thanks for stopping by :)

Recycling in the Kitchen Challenge at JFF

2011-10-13T00:16:00.001+01:00

Well it looks like I took you all by surprise last week but hope you agree we did see some imaginative recycling of different paper

This week it's all in the kitchen, all those free containers, tins and plastic, will you be brave enough to make your own stamp using vegetables or a cork or maybe a piece of polystyrene the possibilities are endless remember Neets bag from a milk carton. So with all these ideas why did I do a tag I hear you ask, well I have used a cereal box Shreddies nice and white on the inside :) and takes ink beautifully ( I often use cereal boxes for die cutting ) and then what I haven't tried before the inner sleeve that holds the cereal I used a nestabilities cut out 4 circles and inked with AI 's I was very pleased at how it held it's shape when crumpled :) The back ground is brayed through a piece of netting from some lemons just love how random it is and to finish off some onion skin and the handle of a carrier bag

Last but not least a bag I'm still working on made out carrier bags simply cut off the bottom and then into strips loop them together to form your yarn and crochet away :)

Zoe and Neet have both come up with something completely different :)
Have fun and thinking out of the box is a must for this one so put the little grey cells to work

Bewitching night

2011-10-11T14:21:00.003+01:00

Phew I have finally made time to create something for a challenge, there are so many great challenges I've missed doing and I've only caught the the Dragons dream by the skin of my teeth and it's anything but a card at Fashionable Stamping and forgettting Grudgy Monday is back with a Tim Holtz Halloween theme

I've used 2 stamps from Tim Holtz the Witch from Grunge Gallery art stamps and the bats unknown.

I made a spritz with weathered wood and blush PP, masked the moon and witch and sprayed the background with the mixture and Crafty Notions Poppy.Oh yes and there's some holographic embossing powder call Spellbinder on the dancing flames

I don't think this red sky means Shepard's delight lol

A new month at Just for Fun

2011-10-06T00:06:00.052+01:00

I did enjoy looking at all the creation for anything but a card, you did us proud at Just for Fun last week :)

This month it my turn to choose the theme I have chosen to recycle any and everything from around the home starting with paper no not the stroke able kind the stuff you would throw away books magazines brochures there's just so much you can do with it all. So this week I've done 2 pieces the first something I've been wanting to do for ages and that's turn a book into a box

I think this will make a perfect gift box, after cutting out the center I have lined it with some stamped paper, for the out side I have simply use the inka paints boy do they give great coverage :) I have left open space on the cover so I can add something not sure what yet as I haven't decided who will get this for Christmas .

Then at the weekend I saw this stunning image in the paper and thought that would look good on a tag so I used one of the pages stuck it to a tag and coloured with distress satins

I know some of you are going to really enjoy this challenge but if you want more ideas of what you can do then check out the serendipity turorial and what my partners in crime Zoe and Neet have come up with :)

Anything but a card at Just for Fun

2011-09-29T00:10:00.005+01:00

Hear we are at the last week of September and the weather has been so nice here in the south it actually feels more like summer than the summer we've had :)
We saw some inventive shaped creations last week from boxes and cards to wonderful hangings .
This week at Just For Fun you can create anything of your choice as long as it's NOT a CARD or overly cute we do like to see the messier side of crafting lol
For me this is the first time I have actually done something on a canvas, it's covered with some TH paper and inked with distress inks, I've inked through a stencil with more DI inks and embossed with clear embossing powder

Row 4 Other than paper and ink

2011-09-22T09:18:00.002+01:00

The final technique was stamping on tissue paper and adding it to canvas can't say I enjoyed this one even though it turned out well in the end

For this row we used other than ink pads and other surfaces so for my falling leaves I used Marvey le plume pens direct on the stamp and spritzed with water ,

I'm also entering this card in the I Break for Challenges

Who lives in a house like this

2011-09-22T00:30:00.004+01:00

We certainly saw some wonderful green entries in last weeks Just For Fun Challenge .
Now I wonder what you will make of Zoe's choice of more than four sides, lots of scope to create something wonderful .
I chose to make a house, I can't remember what on earth was going on in my head at the time lol
I drew and cut the pieces out of mount board, covered the roof and door with brown tissue paper and used acrylic dabber to paint the house and the sizzix cut leaves I've had in my stash for eons the stamps used are from Stampendous, Tim Holtz and Inkadinkado

Row 3 of online course

2011-09-20T17:30:00.001+01:00

Hello and welcome to some new followers ..........Thank you :) Back in my comfort zone with distress inks, revisiting many of my favourite techniques and I have chosen to make a card with the resist watercolour on watercolour paper I have done this before DI's but now with the distress stains it's even more fun

Did you guess I have a few birthdays coming up lol

Day 2 of class

2011-09-18T22:06:00.000+01:00

Yes I'm all behind most are now on day 7 but I have been busy in the kitchen and after a day of jamming I have made time to make a card using the embossing techniques of day 2 Ive used the paisley folder and chalk inks on glossy card, die cut the butterfly in card stock and acetate and used the swiss dots folder and joined the two together with wire

Embossing at the Craft Barn

2011-09-18T07:31:00.009+01:00

I had such a fabulous surprise last week when an email came from Isa saying they would like to give me their Inspirational Blog award and to make a card for the weeks theme embossing . I choose to use distress stains and distress embossing powders you can see all the info on the Craft Barn Blog

The DT team come up with some inspiring ideas for calenders this week, as there is a 12 week calender challenge which started last week , unfortunately the kitchen keeps calling me with all the jams jellies and chutneys that need to be made and I'm already behind with the online class but hope to catch up with the calenders soon :)

Green but not with envey Just for Fun Challenge

2011-09-15T00:10:00.005+01:00

The colour green is the theme at Just for Fun this week so whether it be paint, paper ,ink, fabric, fibers etcetera just so long as it's green :)
For my card I have embossed my image in verdigris and coloured with peeled paint, Forest moss and forever green perfect pearls and finished it off with variegated green gilding flakes

Well I never expected that !

2011-09-13T18:45:00.000+01:00

For a forum swap we had to make a tag with a shadowed image and for some reason I wanted to use white as the shadow after a few failed attempts I settled on glossy card and used brilliance white and then stamp with a dye ink and to my surprise the white came through the darker ink giving what I think is a pleasing effect

I am also doing an online course with Jennifer McGuire, for the first day we have done different resist techniques and this is the first card made using the basic resist with Veramark on glossy card and dye ink

On the base card I stamped with versamark and brushed with mandarin perfect pearls
Thank for stopping by :)

Vintage at Just for Fun week 32

2011-09-08T00:18:00.002+01:00

Well you all certainly had a lot to say last week what wonderful and varied word creations :)
Vintage is the theme as chosen by our Neet at Just for Fun and we have the lovely Sandra as the guest this month who has come up with some fab creation for the JFF challenges.
Me thinks the lady is playing hard to get lol

not quiet finished as I haven't decided whether to have it as a hanging or the cover for a book .
Now it's over to you to come up with the goods :)

Very distressed in red

2011-09-07T17:42:00.001+01:00

Try it on Tuesday and The Stampman are having a monochrome challenge this week and there are some great pieces for inspiration, monochrome means shades of the same colour, so there was no other choice for me than the Ranger Distress inks, I've used Barn Door, Fired Brick and Mahogany

Thanks for stopping by :)

Just for Fun Challenge

2011-09-01T07:46:00.000+01:00

We are having Words at Just for Fun no not the disagreeable kind lol
We are asking you to make the words the focus of your creation this week, when setting this challenge one song came jumped into my head and stayed there the whole day so now I shall inflict it on you tehe WORDS

Hope you have lots of fun with this challenge :)

It's the first of September and the abundance of Autumn fruits are waiting to be turned into jams jellies and chutneys so forgive me for not being as creative here but I'm in the kitchen with the pots and pan

Black White Silver and ????

2011-08-25T07:54:00.001+01:00

Well it's time to throw another colour into the mix over at Just for Fun but you get to choose :)
I chooses to use Lavender hope you can see it ok.

No distress inks this time but a lavender pigment ink to colour the flowers, some of the background and the ribbon

Have fun everyone and can't wait to see what you throw into the mix :)

Stampman Atc swap

2011-08-19T16:10:00.002+01:00

I'm so pleased I made time to join in The Stampman atc swap this month , the theme is the ocean and I've had so much fun creating them

Week 30 at Just for Fun

2011-08-18T00:17:00.013+01:00

The black and white cards we saw last week at Just for Fun were just amazing and this week Sam is adding another colour to the mix this Silver :)
Also it was my turn to choose a guest designer for this month and I have chosen Janet, she has produced not only stunning pieces each week but has also been happy to swap them in our monthly swap, so if you haven't stopped by her blog before then please do :) or if you would like to join in a swap could be just for one of the weeks or more if you like, then check the details HERE
For my piece this week I have made a door hanging which now adorns No 1 sons door and believe me you don't want to go there lol
I used very thick black card stamped with gesso and bubble wrap and Tim's skull embossed in white, the same with the text, for the silver I used sticky backed foil and cut with a spellbinder die and an old button with a ship on it.

To finish it off I cut another piece of card and stuck the two together for extra strength and edged with a silver pen
Hope you have as much fun as I've had and look forward to seeing yours

4 x 4 and Try it on Tuesday

2011-08-17T09:53:00.000+01:00

At Try in on Tuesday it's anything goes so thought I'd share the last 2 4 x4s I've made for a swapI made the frame with masking fluid and coloured with distress stains and rubbed a little amber green treasure gold in the middle and around the edge stamped the Non sequential image on tissue paper and went around her with a pink crayon

I first colour the card with shades of green and used a small foliage mask before spraying the whole thing with distress inks, picked up some of the over spray on to white paper drew and cut out the house and bird stamped a flourish with gesso and used a little blue Luna lights in the sky
Oh poo it's just started raining
Thanks for stopping by :)

Red Black and White

2011-08-14T22:34:00.000+01:00

Seem that colours are everywhere this month and the Come and Get it Challenge has choosen red black and white for theirs, just when I had finished some atc's for a forum swap :)

Fired brick and aged mahogany stamping in Archival and bleached out the face ( just love to use bleach )

Black soot and fired brick again stamped in Archival and bleached out the dragon, the details on the dragon was then coloured with a red promarker

Thanks for stopping by :)

Week 29 Just for Fun

2011-08-11T00:16:00.002+01:00

We certainly saw some amazing white on white last week, what a creative bunch for crafters you all are, not an easy one.
You are all going to find this week much easier at Just for Fun as Sam has choosen Black and White but how creative can you be :)
For mine I have made an atc on black card and my favourtie style of doodleing with a ruler ( I've been doing this since the 70's on and off ) to create a frame for the white embossed rose and then also embossed the edges

Don't forget to check out what the other team members have created and we look forward to seeing yours :)

A play day and new Challenge Blog

2011-08-07T20:28:00.001+01:00

After yesterday disastrous attempt, to attend the mini extravaganza at the Craft Barn ( seven hours stuck on the M25 ) I 've had a play. I wanted to see is you could make an aperture in corrugated card and it worked out really well, I cut the surface with a knife and just peeled back the top layer of paper revealing the corrugations underneath, there was no plan it just sort of evolved lol
I'm entering this 4x4 to a new challenge blog for all those of you who love stamping called Fashionable Stamping and their first challenge is anything goes, please check it out there are some wonderful talented creation on show

Candy winner is ....................

2011-08-04T17:43:00.000+01:00

Drawn at random from those posting a comment in the last week is The Kathyrn Wheel :-) Thank you for taking the time to post comments on my attempts at being creative it's very much appreciated

White on white week 27 at Just for fun

2011-08-04T08:16:00.005+01:00

Ever wake up in a panic knowing you have forgotten something well that was me today lol, it's dark and has been raining since the early hours, well at least we had 3 days of a nice hot summer :)
Right back to this months Challenge at Just for Fun set by Sam Add a Colour and for me the hardest month yet I'm so glad I have longer to create something than all you amazing follower who come up with something wonderful by the end of each week :)

For this white on white I have embossed white card stock and cut into squares a little white dreamweaver in the corner not sure why I did that lol the central square are thin strips of corrugated card painted white the bird cut with my Silhouette and painted with Viva mother of pearl topped off with punched and embossed leaves and a hand made paper rose

Have lots of fun and look forward to visiting you :)

I'm also entering this in the Crafts and me which is anything goes

Less is More

2011-07-31T18:30:00.001+01:00

Today I wanted to get messy but it just wasn't happening for me lol so decided to make a card for Less is More challenge and this week they are getting fruity :) and knew just the stamp I wanted to use ( inkadinkado )
Stamped in black Archival coloured with DI's and perfect pearls on the dragon flies wings then softly framed with coloured chalks .

Now how messy can you get making a simple card ? very lol I droped the chalks on the floor they landed upside down out of the tray and shattered .
It's also anything goes at Come and get it

Blog candy and a box

2011-07-28T09:01:00.000+01:00

I am so happy to have hit 50 follower this week, so thank you Marita for following me :) I thought I'd have a little giveaway and hope there is something here that will please all of you and one lucky person drawn at random next Thursday from all comments between now and then
Tuesday Taggers want you to alter a present and The Craft Barn are all about Tim Holtz , so I have painted a pencil box in my 3 favourite shades of distress stains Sugar spun, Dusty Concord and Weathered wood and stamped with a selection of Tim's Visual Artistry stamps.

Thank you all for popping by

Fabric and fibers at Just for Fun week 26

2011-07-28T00:18:00.009+01:00

Here we are at Just for Fun. the last month of the week and the last Of Zoe's material girls choice and how apt it's fabric or fibers :)
For this I made a sandwich with some organza and put in snippet of organza ,silks and fantasy film, then free embroidered with metalic thread , when I was happy that all was secure in the sandwhich I attacked it with the heat gun which distressed the organza on the outside and some of the fabric on the inside. I'm quiet happy with the result but I'm sure with practice it could be even better :) Mounted onto a beer mat painted with acrylic paints

Don't forget to check out the other amazing things the team have created to inspire you :)

Have fun

Ring bling and wire work

2011-07-24T22:07:00.001+01:00

Hi all yesterday ( Saturday ) I went to Art in Action at Waterperry Gardens and what a fantastic day it was with so much to see, more than we could do in a day I would have loved to show you all some photos of the day but being a bear of little brain I forgot to put the SD card back in my camera :(. How ever I did learn how to make a wire ring, was to late to sign up for the class but the tutor was very helpful and talked me through it, so had to do it as soon as I got home before I forgot :)

I've used a small piece of sea glass and a few beads

and this is a piece of shrink plastic decorated with UTEE and then wire wrapped. I really enjoyed making these and will certainly be doing some more in the future :)

Time to get Heavy week 25 at Just for Fun

2011-07-21T00:15:00.003+01:00

We sure saw some fabulous corrugated creations last week what a wonderful lot of crafters you are :)
Over at Just for Fun we are still on Zoe's theme of materials and we are asking you to get heavy with the metal and if any of you have seen Leandra of Paperartsy demo at shows you can see where I got my inspiration from . The metal I've used came from a heavy foil meat tin which has been embossed in a folder and painted with acrylic dabber and the flowers punched from a drinks can.

Don't forget to make the metal the main focus of your creation :)

Looking forward to seeing yours

Shrinks plastic charms

2011-07-18T18:09:00.000+01:00

Dangly things is what they are after at Happy Daze and it just so happened I have been playing with some shrink plastic. I coloured clear shrink plastic with AI inks and cut into long triangles punched a hole at the wide end before shrinking, while it was still warm twisted it to form the spiral and curled the tip to take a jump ring and the danglers

Thanks for taking the time to look

Lazy summers day Week 24 at Just for Fun

2011-07-14T00:18:00.003+01:00

Here we are at the second week of Zoe's choice of materials at Just for fun and one you will all be familiar with, it's corrugated card found in strong cardboard box's by tearing off the top layer you know the sort you can get from the super market or you can use the thinner craft corrugated card that comes in different colours . I choose to use both on my project.

After removing the top layer which came off very cleanly wish it hadn't lol I paint with household paint, the nice thing about the craft on is you can punch shapes out of it, I then highlighted the raised bits with a silver dabber, the face I made in a mould with air dry clay and painted with distress rock candy.

I thought I was only joking when I said I be getting wet last Thursday as it was a day of heavy showers and we were at Alnwick Garden admiring the water features lol by the way they have the most amazing loos

Hope you will have lots of fun with this weeks challenge and look forward to seeing you take on the theme .

I'm also entering this to Sir Stampalots anything goes

CAS for Gingersnap on the road

2011-07-12T14:59:00.000+01:00

Ginersnaps have an On the Road challenge which suits me very nicely, as I bought this darkroom door stamp just so I could make my OH a birthday card.
I didn't ink the whole of the stamp and simply coloured with pencils.

Just for Fun week 23

2011-07-07T00:15:00.004+01:00

Hopefully is Blogger is playing fair and I haven't made a boo boo this will be week 23 at Just For Fun and the theme for this month is all about Materials, starting off with Acrylic / plastics.
I have made a tag with acetate coloured on one side with alcohol inks , glossy accents and a sprinkling of glitter then stamped on the reverse side with stazon , then to finish off stuck it on to some pale blue card .
This is one of those cases where the photo doesn't show just how colourful this tag really is but someone will will recieve it in our monthly swap so check out the details HERE

Hope you are all having a good week today I will be somewhere between Dundee and York proberly getting wet lol

Acylics and distress inks

2011-06-30T17:02:00.000+01:00

I just wanted to make a post before I go off to Dundee for a week so if I get it right I shall be turning the word verification on sorry folk .
Can't think of any challenge to enter these into so it will have to be anything goes at Just for Fun lol

I so love painting flowers in Sheenas style and this time I embossed with silver sparkle over the the butterfly, the background is also done with the acrylic paints you can have such fun making them .
Then at craft club on Tuesday evening I picked up this cute stamp for just £1.
She's stamped in versafine grey on water colour paper and coloured with distress inks and used the stains for the background

Have a good week everyone

Anything Goes at Just for Fun

2011-06-30T00:36:00.004+01:00

I so enjoyed at seeing all your takes on the Steampunk theme what an inspiring bunch of crafters you are :)
As this is the 5th Thursday of the month it's anything goes well it is for you but we the DT thought we would challenge each other by sending a partner some random items to create with and my partner is Neet who send me all of this most of which I'd never crafted with before

there's a lovely games piece which I'm still stroking lol

I thought I would take the beads as my starting point and painted the corrugated card to match then I looked at the frames the one with the cellophane windows I believe are meant for coins and the retangular ones meant for film slides these had a coated surface so coloured them with AI inks worked beautifully.

I've used the corrugated card 3 of the frames some of the fibers in the clock, the brown envelops to stamp on, some raffia and the beads.

Looking forward to seeing your anything goes

Embossing paste

2011-06-25T12:32:00.002+01:00

Over at the Craft Barn the challenge is to use Dreamweavers embossing paste and the are some wonderful examples on show by the DT using the different types of pastes, not haveing any I had to wait for mine to arrive, I decided to go with the crackle paste which takes the distress inks beautifully.. LOVE it !
So for my go with it I've made a card and used an Anna Griffin stencil and stamp Wild honey and Peeled paint DI inks.......... er yes they were still on my desk from the last project but love them together and they worked well with the vintage style :)

Think I'm going to have a go on a box with it next .
Thank you for stopping by

Make My Monday

2011-06-23T08:41:00.001+01:00

Make my Monday challenge is still on a flower theme this time add them to a tag who could resist :)
I've used the large paisley die from spellbinder wild honey and peeled paint DI inks and a lovely set of stamps won from Jozart for guessing it was smooshies she'd written on her hand, thank you Jo :)
The shimmer you can see on main flower is perfect pearls

Steampunk week 21 Just for fun

2011-06-23T01:05:00.000+01:00

This week at Just for Fun it's the choice of our Neet who is steampunk mad lol. you may notice a lack of steampunk on my blog it's not that I don't like it more I feel I can't do it justice, so for my piece I have made a collage of images representing the idea of steampunk with an injection of wackiness .
What I would like to make is something in 3D but where do you start lol ...anyway thought I'd share a photo of sculpture I really like and says steampunk to me, a horse made from recycled motor part we saw on holiday a few years ago

Trees for the Stampman

2011-06-19T15:31:00.000+01:00

It's been a while since I've taken part in the stampmans atc swap and this months swap theme is Trees .
The fir tree one is done on water colour paper with distress stains no idea who made the tree stamp but the deer are from Stamp in the hand .
Single tree again stamp unknown and distress stains used again
Asian style one with a tree from Hobby Art and silhouette from Clarity, stamped in Grape Archival ink and coloured with DI inks. Now I finished these yesterday but just as I was writing this thought hummm a mountain so quickly added one :)

Try it on Tuesday

2011-06-17T16:22:00.002+01:00

Try it on Tuesday want to see tags with a butterfly and this tag and atc have been made for a combo swap to go with the card that you can see HERE
All so the Stampman wants to see butterflies and dragonflies could it be summer ?

Thank you for stopping by

Oodles of doodles at just for fun

2011-06-16T00:26:00.001+01:00

Wow didn't we see some fantastic T!mmy creations last week, so this week you can relax, sit back and doodle yep you don't need anything more exciting than pen and paper that is unless you have other ideas like the DT
It's Zoe's choice at Just for Fun so yes she can call it a zentangle and I'm sure she will let you know all about it :) Me I decided I'd do mine on metal hope you've Checked out what the rest of the team have done, all such different ideas

Acetate embossing

2011-06-14T08:50:00.003+01:00

Gosh think I must be ill, I've to today to post the frist being for the Craft barn Challenge where I had my wish granted and asked for ideas with acetate, so I have combined that with Gingersnaps Packaging .For the main part I have used the packaging and paper from a Tim Holtz product, embossed it and coloured with green stazon, the flower is also from acetate put the packaging this time coloured with AI's embossed with swiss dots then white stazon to highlight the dots (note to self make sure the rasied dots are not on the same side as the AI's. I now have a pinky tinge to my pad lol )and a base flower cut from a cereal box roughly painted with acyrlic paints then victorian velvet DI to cover the gaps

Think I shall use this as a note book cover :)

Now when I made this flower there was another challenge I had in mind but could'nt remember where but have found it now, it's Make My Monday which is another new challenge blog you might like to checkout

Second is for Less is More where they want you to put it in a frame .

This is a sweet frame I've not used in a while and thought it would fit the challenge nicely , so I've embossed it masked it and stamped my image and coloured with DI inks

Phew after all that think I need some breakfeast :)

Happy Birthday Pete

2011-06-13T13:26:00.000+01:00

A fun card for my friends husband who we have draged into the crafting world on our get together :) and I'm just in time for the Stampman Challenge of Boys and Men, boy what a lot of inspiring cards there are there too :)
I've used distress stains and water colour pencils, stamps from Penny Black, Craft Stamper and Papermania

Thanks for popping by

All things Tim at Just for fun

2011-06-09T00:15:00.012+01:00

Didn't we see some stricking eyes last week so thank you for playing along with us and this week the fun continues with Sam's choice at Just for Fun with all things Tim yes you know the guy lol
I just love useing the folders
Hope you enjoy the journey with us at Just for Fun.
This also fits in nicely with Linda's challenge at studio L3 of useing distress ink

Grungy Monday with a twist

2011-06-04T18:58:00.000+01:00

Linda at studio L3 has chosen a good one for us this week, shabby chic as demoed by Tim for his day 10 2007
I gave this a twist by useing the coloured dabbers on the base and the black on the top then stamped again and added more colour .
I used Cranberry Willow sandle and chewing gum on the base then added more cranberry sandle and chewing gumto pop the black

This is 5 x 5 and will eventually be used on the front of a card

Thanks for stopping by

Just for Fun Challenge

2011-06-02T00:14:00.003+01:00

Can you believe it we are in June and now half way through the year, where has the time gone !

There are 5 Wednesdays in June so we the DT team at Just for Fun are having a week each, I have this the first week and I have chosen a theme of I Spy With My Little Eye
There are some beautiful eye stamps and images and I'm sure we all have some in our collection gathering dust, well mine are lol so thought I should blow the cobwebs off and give one an airing and I think you'll agree with me that the team have done a fantastic job :)
I have made an atc the background is done with DI stains and the image stamped with archival with the eye bleached out and edged with Viva metal effect and Viva Croco .
I don't know about you but looks as if someone from the past, is looking into the futrue.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have some fun with this weeks challenge :)

magic in the air

2011-05-30T15:35:00.001+01:00

I wanted to do a brayerd tag for a swap and I think it just fits in with Sir Stampalot's challenge of a magical world.
Brayed with big and juicy and water stamped with a fern the stamp, the image I've used is from Creative Stamping you can't see it in the photo but there's a little perfect pearls on her and I have bleached out the flower all edged with a silver pen .
Thanks for stopping by :)

A quick edit as I see it's the Craft-rooms first challenge and it's anything goes.

Good luck to the new team :)

Come and get it Technique Challenge

2011-05-29T05:18:00.002+01:00

It's technique week at Come and Get It and the faux linen is Cindy's choice
Haveing never done it before I had to research it and found this tutorial at Splitcoaster Stampers

I did start with a black script stamp in the background but with all the sanding it all but disappeared, it does give an interestring effect so hope you will give it a try
humm hind sight is a wonderful thing wish I'd sanded the last stamping on the corners now

Black magic

2011-05-27T19:46:00.001+01:00

Over at Try it on Tuesday the theme is scraplings, I've fallen in love with this size since Neet choose it on JFF. and just by chance I had a black piece, then remembered a technique called black magic where you stamp with a solid image in white ink and colour over the top with watercolour pencils.

Size still matters at Just for fun

2011-05-26T00:32:00.000+01:00

We saw some superb postcards last week so well done to you all and I'd like to welcome Florence this week as a guest on the design team, she has created some amazing works from the first challenge and this week is no exception
Yes we are going smaller again this week with Neets choice of size matters and it's tea cards, remember the brooke bond tea cards little cards of art and information 2.5 x 1.25 well we would like you to give this size ago and to keep it authentic you need to keep the white border I did mine buy cutting the card then masking and then stamping and braying. Lots of ideas over on the Just For Fun challenge blog

Hope you will join us in the fun and maybe consider joining in the swap

Come and get it

2011-05-22T08:06:00.000+01:00

Come and get it is a new challenge blog over the pond ( hence the lateness in my posting got the times all wrong lol ) run by some friends of mine and although not my usual style do join in from time to time :) and this week and next they have asked me to be a guest designer . This week Shell has set a sketch Challenge so go and see what they have been upto .

Just for fun Challenge

2011-05-19T00:30:00.001+01:00

What a lovely variety of scraplings we saw last week and how creative you all were .
Still on Neets theme of size matters it's postcards 6" x 4" at Just for Fun and the challenge at Gingersnaps is create a scene

I've kept mine nice and simple this week with a brayed background and images stamped in black.

Hope you have fun with the larger size and look forward to visiting you :)

Just for Fun week 15

2011-05-15T00:10:00.000+01:00

Just reposting one that blogger forgot ............. lets hope there's not another glitch in the system
Here we are at the second week of Neets choice of size matter and it Scraplings you know the bits you get left over when cutting a square card , 11" x 2 1/2 .
I've turned mine into an easel card with an ATC for a topper. Simply score and fold across the middle and 3 1/2 from each end you should have something that looks like an M when folded but you all know how to mak an easle card don't you :)

Another Scrapling and bees wax

2011-05-14T11:39:00.000+01:00

With a bottle cap, bees wax and scraps of paper I've made a little birthday card .
Inspired by Isa at the Craft Barn :)
I used my craft iron as a hotplate for my bottle top and covered a disc of yellow paper and some punched flower with the bees wax shaved off a block I got from the local honeyman fortunately is was not no dark

Don't forget the Challenge at Just for Fun is to use scraplings

Welcome to the house of fun

2011-05-11T19:46:00.001+01:00

Grungy Monday 6 and Linda has choosen Tims tag from day 8, 2007.
I have used a Sandel dabber with fired brick DI then embossed it with the brick folder inked with black soot.

Wax Crayons

2011-05-10T21:06:00.002+01:00

I've used technique 1 for wax crayons on this months craft stamper where you heat the paper with an iron and then applied the wax crayons.
It's birthday cards at the come and get it challenge so Happy Birthday Cindy

Main image stamps from Paper Artsy

Tip If you want to change the first letter of a word mask with stickytape while inking and then remove before stamping, I did this with the H of happy and used a much bigger one :)

poppies

2011-05-09T14:06:00.000+01:00

The Stampman are having a poppy Challenge and the opportunity so get ready to support a good cause so go and check it out :)

This is for the Red and White at My Time to Craft

and an ATC for a flower swap I'm in

All coloured with watercolour pencils

Paint Fusion Daisy's

2011-05-05T08:38:00.000+01:00

Yesterday some friends and I got together for a paint fusion play and Sue bless her gave us each a frame she had crackle painted for us which turned out to be the perfect frame for my finished picture. for the background I used distress stains in fired brick and sugar spun direct to paper and a scribble of broken china I picked up from the craft mat .

Not sure if you can see it but I used a gold paint in with the green for the leaves on this atc

Week 14 at Just for Fun

2011-05-05T00:10:00.006+01:00

A new month and a new theme at Just for Fun. Size matter as chosen by Neet and kicking us off are inches, little squares of art :)

I used watercolour paper distress ink and stamps from inkadinkdo and a little bit of bandana work with a white pen to make a topper 2"x3" cut it into inches and added onto an atc .
Have fun and look forward to seeing what you do with yours :) and don't forget if you fancy swapping what you make the check out the details HERE

All that jazz

2011-05-03T09:09:00.000+01:00

There's still time if you would like to join in the last week of shapes challenge of triangles, at Just for fun
I used some plastic packaging and cut out a tirangle and inked through with cut n dry with distress inks and did the same with some sequin waste.

Grungy Monday Challenge 5

2011-05-02T17:49:00.002+01:00

Just as well we had to week for this challenge. Again Linda has set to get you thinking and it's all todo with dimention with a link to Tims challenge of May 2008 Well I'm not really a scrapper but thought I'd make a little something for the other half using some of his TT badges, it's all made with a corrigated card, distress stains and acrylic dabbers .

Looking forward to the next one now :)

Bit of Bandana

2011-05-01T16:12:00.000+01:00

Some Friends over the pond recently started a challenge blog Come and Get It and this week it's a technique challenge "Bandana " the team have some wonderful works to inspire you .
I'm quite pleased with the finished card, but think the corners a bit over the top lol

Red and Gold

2011-04-30T11:38:00.000+01:00

Red and Gold is the theme at Gingersnaps and the over all theme for the month is the Far East.
I have paper pieced the kimono and the fan with pearlecent paper from recycled envelopes, used a fiskars punch for the border and barn door DI's

Wedding card

2011-04-30T11:12:00.000+01:00

Yes Zoe has bend my arm too lol but then it's always good to have one as a stand by so am entering this into the Tanda Stamp Challenge which is wedding cards, it's not a Tanda stamp but then you can use any stamps od media you choose

Friendly plastic

2011-04-29T14:53:00.000+01:00

In case you've missed it Sam did a wonderful tutorial on the Just For Fun challenge blog and also there have been more super ones on the Craft Barn, boo hoo to late for their challenge but hey ho never mind .
Everyone makes it look so easy lol, they say put oil on your finger so's not to leave finger prints I'd say rub it all over both hands but them I do get in a right old mess lol

I've used Sam's instruction for making a checkered patten note how neat and tidy hers is compared to mine yes touched it with the wrong finger, no roller so cover a tube with foil and wetted that opps a bit stuck anyway is made for an interesting patten . A brooche pin has been added to the back

Pocket full of sunshine

2011-04-29T14:17:00.002+01:00

Over at Dragons Dream TIO it's something with a pocket and there is some lovely inspiration from the DT.
I want to play with the new D stains boy are they good for making stripes I used faded jeans and broken china and embossed with a CB folder and used a jeans pocket stamp from woodware, cut my suns on the silhouette and inkied with spice marmalade the face is from inakinado and the verse which says live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering is one of TH