Just a quickie for B

Beads. A simple ATC accented with beads, Glossy Accents makes a wonderful glue

next installment of the alpha atcs

Gone a bit cute lol . The fish one is one the cheats alcohol background I made earlier, you can see the difference with the groovy girl which is on an alcohol background.

C is for Collage

I know I haven't done B yet for my personal challenge but there was yet another travel challenge on a group I'm in, seems to be a popular choice and I did find it hard coming up with something different ( hope I don't have to do it again for a while ) so this time I did a collage not something I do very often but am very pleased with the result.

I will be making a start on B soon I feel a bleaching sesson coming on lol

Hi All

I didn't say why I was so long in updating my blog, well I was busy making marmalde I did 90 jars in all but think I'll do another 10 to make it a round 100 :) .



Also I had a metal atc swap to do, I did 2 before I went on a work shop so the 3rd one was done properly lol with all the right tools but I had a good idea how to do it as I had seen the tools used on create and craft a while back, but it's amazing how you can make do with what you've got.

The green one I did at the class and it's on green foil and sanded. the middle one I used a stencil and a fiskars embossing plate coloured it with sharpies' and stuck punched foil butterflies on, and last but not least I painted the foil with acrylic dabber put it through the wizard in an embossing folder then sanded it the frame for the clock is also done on the wizard with a peel off butterfly stuck onto acitate coloured and cut out. I've got the bug now and did another which I'm really pleased with I decided not to add any colour .
Hope you like :)

Oh gosh

Look what I've been given a few awards and now I'm scared lol as I'm new to blogging. Thanks Cindy I really appreciate it :) always a pleasure to share ideas with you.

This is what I have to do list 5 things I can't live with out and as this is a crafting blog I shall stay on a craft theme or I might get censored tehe.

1/ Distress inks from the first time I saw them used I was hooked and now have all the colours

2/ My heat sheet can't get good and messy with out it lol

3/ Rubber stamps well were would be with out them

4/ My Bayer's I have 3 different sizes and a softball one fab

5/ Ok my bowl of sweets mostly chocolates on my work top :)

So now I have to nominate fellow bloggers not easy not easy as I don't know many of the bloggers of the blogs I follow, if that makes sense. First up is Becky who I met through a local craft group she makes lovely cards and atc's but take a lousy photo lol but is a great friend Chrissie has a web site and has been an online friend for a number of years full of ideas and well to give anything ago and finally Sam who I don't know really well but ( she organised the metal swap ) who I received an atc from a couple of years ago that really inspired me and sent me down my present path of creating .

Late updating my blog

Hi I'm back and had a wonderful time with Judi and made a new friend Linda. We did absolutely everything to do with inks and embossing and came away having done nearly 80 samples which we bound with the bind it all never used one before and my pages are back to front upside down every way but the right way lol but never mind it's still a great reference book. We ended making a project and answering questions on techniques and the products.



Thease are the lovely goodies I came away with






I was very impressed with the colour wash I'd never used that before, the colours are so vibriant










This one was fun with distress embossing powder also new to me.
Crumple the paper when rub over embossing ink dust with the powder and heat, then wipe over with inks and spritz with water and allow the inks to blend

now this was stamped with Adirondack new pigment inks onto glossy card !!!! I think next to the distressing ink and alcohol inks these have to be my new favourites so versitile :)

and here my finale project an altered tin tehe A for altered Art . Alcohol inks of coures lol grunge board crackle paint, distress ink,acrylic daubers and a memory frame Wish you could all have been with me :)

just a couple more pictures I couldn't resist showing you