This ones MINE

Thought you might like to see some of what I have been upto of late :)
I've got hooked on chain maille and even sawing my own jump rings after a few false starts and broken blades .

 

If you want to see more then please take a look at Smudge Designs

 

I have also been playing with polymer clay and made my version of a green man

 

 

I've use an embossing folder for the textured background, the leaves from a mould I made from a junk shop find and the face from a push mould then painted and distressed

 

Hope you like and thanks for popping by

 

Precious things come in little boxes

I have decorated a matchbox with paper coloured with Dylusion inks and an image coloured with distress ink for OOTH now what to put inside ! uhu I know a perfect place to put some pearl earring I have made, much nicer than the box they came out of :)

 

A little heart

Brrrr it was  frosty this morning so much so that the drivers side door was frozen, so had to  go in through the passenger side and give it a good shove lol and scrap the ice off the inside :( can do with out to many morning like that.
Anyway getting back on track Simon Says  stamp and show want to see some hearts though I'm not sure if these polymer heart earring qualify but I have been having a playing after watching a demo at the NEC

 

Have a great weekend all and keep nice warm and dry

 

Black it is

Over at the Anything but a Card challenge they want to see black so I'm limboing under the dead line with a hair comb made with beads that have been wired together, then wired onto the comb.

 

Oh and I forgot to say the necklace was posted to Chrissie as she was brave enough to say she wanted it.Off to the NEC tomorrow and hoping to find some inky inspiration
Have a good weekend and thank you for popping by

Bah humbug for out of the hat

Yep I'm bah humbug but as it's Christmas  in October  at Out of the Hat so thought I had better get my act together and make a decoration or two. There are some lovely examples from the team so do have a look :)
Very simple to make with craft wire, wind around a knitting keeping the coils close together like a spring then slip off, make a little loop at one end for a hook to hang it by. then all you have to do is wind it around your finger with the base of the tree being at the thickest part of the finger then it's just a matter of manipulating the wire until you are happy with the shape .Finished off with some dollops of stickels, they would make fun earing too ha ha

 

And now something with a little more finesse some wire earrings. I have some commisions for these in all sorts of colours

 

Challenge 13 at Artful Times

Thank you all for sharing your inchies with us over the last fortnight we certainly saw a lot of inspiring ideas :)
It's my turn to choose the theme for the next fortnight At Artful Times and I would like you to make a tree your main feature be it card tag or altered art but as you can see I still have metal and wire on the brain but I think I have got it out of my system for now :) back to inky mess now I think
The tree of life is quiet easy to make and I followed a tutorial on You Tube



Check out what Sam and Neet have made both very different
 Come and join us and we will be only to pleased to visit you and if you have followed the rules one of which is to give some idea as to how you made your entrie, you could be in with a chance to win a £10 voucher from Oyster Stamps

Packaging for Out of the Hat

Not so much the packaging as  I use that a lot, a lot of the time but what holds the packaging together, I mean the staples in big boxes you know the ones made out of the corrugated cards friends think 'm batty hording trash but I do get round to finding a use for it eventually :

I can't remember where that spring came from but it came in handy for making the links .

Now pop on over to Out of the Hat as see what the lovely ladies have made over there :)

Vintaj Bracelet and a new challenge in blogland

The first Tuesday of the month at Pickwell Farm is Jewellery making and last night we made bracelets using the Vintaj collection from Ranger pretty cool stuff ! so if your in the Southampton area pop by it's an aladdin's cave of crafting goodies

 is the challenge blog where I'm entering my bracelet A fab DT with lots of inspiration

All buttoned up

The fab girls over at Out of the Hat Creations are asking that we use buttons and I have had so much going on in my life that this is the first time I have join them.
I really enjoy making these bracletes and made a few with beads but them though I wonder if buttons would work well it did and these are vintage glass ones with shanks I've had for years I have a real thing for buttons and have more than I could use in a life time

If anyone would like this one I'm open to offers :) just email me

So where have I been and what have I been upto :) I went to my favourite local craft shop where there's a craft club and we were shown how to make these fab little bracelets so I have been raiding my bead stash for the right size and made these :)

Out of the hat creations challenge would like you to use something from your stash, they are a group of friends who met on Just for fun

Darn it the link won't work http://outofahatcreations.blogspot.co.uk/ 

I have made a few more since they are very addictive lol

Also a big HELLO and welcome to my new follower.

Thank you :)

Ring bling and wire work

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 :)

Just for fun's First Challenge

Here we go with the first post for a new Challenge Blog Just For Fun . I'm very happy to be part of a new blog that we hope will challenge you to think out side the box for the themes set each week, ok so I'm not that messy this week but it's a popular theme hearts with wings so hope you like how I have interpreted it and do pop over and see what Zoe and Sam have made.
 I look forward to seeing what you do.

The wings are done with  shrink plastic stamps from Hot off the press and I have used beading wire which I have twisted threaded on the buttons and used seed beads. This would make a lovely pendant for a delicate necklace

This also fits in nicely with the Artistic Stampers Challenge Love is in the air

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

Got the knitting needle out

I have always knitted ever since I was a child from Arran and fairisle to lace but I've never done it with wire before or made much in the way of jewellery, but had this urge anything to avoid making Christmas cards and once I'd started I couldn't stop lol.

I managed to sell a few to cover the cost and gave some as presents .