Week 3 at Artful times

Here we are with our 3rd challenge at Artful Times and boy did you do us proud with your green creations  :)
Neet thought she had more TIME to get her post  for this week done, but has pulled it all together at the last minute

I'm making time for tea with this easel card and I've used Tim's clock cut out of card covered with crafty notions gilding flakes, then stuck onto another piece of card covered with a patterned paper aged with distress inks , to mount the clock I stamped some roses and then cut following the out line and slipped the clock in place all finished off with a spellbinder teapot  and rose bow
oh did I say the clock face from a Kanban set is a perfect match for the clock :)
Hope you will find TIME for this challenge and Join us at Artful Times were you will find Sam and Neets inspiration

Artful Times and mainly green

What an amazing first challenge we have had at Artful Times with 38 enties and 68 wonderful followers :)

Sam's choice this fortnight and she would like to see a mainly GREEN background so off I went and had a messy play time with some inks made the similar way as Netty's on  Happy Daze but no matter how I tried ! it would photograph well, but has happens when you have a play you then can't decide what to do with it so it sits and waits inspiration .

Ok let's try again. Honest there is no white on the background :( I stamped an embossed in clear on a light green wrinkle free background then inked over with the darker green and splashed with water and iron the clear embossing powder to melt it away ready for ...... opps inspiration walked out the door so they also sit wating to be finished off

I really don't think my camera likes green as this is an alcohol ink back ground on glossy card stamped with a Crafty Individual stamp in black Archival and again onto some inked paper and cut out the butterfly and flower so it's a simple atc from me this week

You will find lots more inspiration from Sam and Neet at Artful Times and hope you will all join us again :)

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 :)

The cock crows for a New Challenge Blog

Hello everyone and it's the first day of our new Challenge and Artful Times
You may think this is an odd time of day to go live but there is method in our madness as the weekend starts at 6 pm works done and it's time to play or atleast think and plan for the weekend  although you do have two weeks to make your creation :) and  to kick you off we have an anything goes on a tag  Sam and Neet have both come up with some wonderful samples to inspire you and here's mine

A background of distress inks with the sun stamped with a yellow dabber so it shines out, the cockeral stamped in archival and water coloured with DI inks and then to give it that warn look a white dabber around the edge and bottom before stamping the sentiment, and guess what Simon says also wants to see a tag :)

Hope you will come and play along with us

New Challenge coming your way

I have great pleasure in welcome you all to a new challenge set up after the suden demise of JFF so sadly missed, we have put a lot of thought and work into bring you this new challenge "Artful Times"

So please come and check us out and see what it's all about

Looking forward to seeing you all there

Creative Chemistry 101

How about this weather we are having this weekend isn't it fab :)
Yes I too am doing the class with Tim and we have the weekend off just as well really as I still have tags to do but I done day 3, which is all about archival inks and being a bit of a technique freak I enjoyed doing the the one with the dress form as I hadn't done that before and think it looks pretty effective

Thanks for popping by :)