Week 30 The scenic route

I used the Alcohol Ink Resist Technique to create my background. I then stamped my main image on seperate card and distressed it. My quote is stamped on to mountboard and inked before attaching. My hanger was created with ribbon and eyelets

Bottle vase

I cut the top off a large lemonade bottle and a smaller water bottle and stuck one inside the other. I then filled the sides with fibres, glitter and beads and then topped off with some glue. It is completely water tight so I filled the inner container with water and cut some flowers and branches from my garden. A great little flower container for my craft room.

I saw this done on someone elses blog but now can't find it. I would love to give credit where due so if you do know who's it is please let me know.

Peg Doll

Zoe kindly sent me 3 pegs to make into dolls - this is my first one - I really enjoyed playing around with it. I used 4 different materials for her clothes, her arms are pipe cleaners and her hair is done with distress stickles

Compendium of Curiosities week 7

I followed the instructions on page 55 Tinted Vision to complete my tag

Tuesday Taggers - Christmas in July

Its about time I made a start - I always end up on the last minute but this year its going to be different lol - Just a simple mat and layered card quite like it and think the little red finishes it off

Lotstodorevisited Swap - Charms

Zoe is hosting a swap on the Lotstodorevisited forum - charms - I made these in my melt pot - stamped into them and then added either perfect pearls or mica flakes before adding jump rings

Stamp Man ATC swap - Wings

These are my swaps for the ATC swap being run on THE STAMP MAN blog. My background was created with squares of foam and ink. I then stamped my images on to seperate card - Cut my wings on my Big Shot using a Tim die. I inked everything and then attached them to the backing card with foam squares

Lotstodorevisited Swap Postcards

Andrea is hosting an Alphabet Postcard swap on the Lotstodo forum. This is my F for flowers, friends and frames.

Compendium of Curiosities week 6

I followed the tutorial on page 66 of the Compendium of Curiosities to complete my tag. The background paper is another one I received from my neice Ann

Tuesday Taggers - Canvas

I inked my canvas using distress inks - added some paper down the left hand side that my neice Ann gave to me. I then stamped my image inkadinkado with one of my favourite distress inks - Pine Needles on to seperate card - cut it out and inked the edges before adding it. I then added some Distress crackle paint and some buttons - my sister Lynne let me loose in her button box - I picked out some fab ones !!!

This weekschallenge at Tuesday Taggers is being sponsored by Art From the Heart - I would love to try their new sprays so am keeping my fingers crossed

Lotstodo Challenge Shapes

I used cardboard for my background - I dampened and peeled away some of the top paper and put on a coat of White Gesso. I then added some Burnt Umber Acrylic and some Pool Acrylic Dabber. I added various pieces cut with dies through the Big Shot. I did some stamping on to card inked them and then added them. The embellishment on the RH side was made with Black UTEE in my melt pot stamped and then added gold and blue perfect pearls. My hanger is from a pack of socks I got at Asda lol!!!

Week 28 In Stitches

My background was created out of cardboard - I cut the circle around a plate, tore off some of the paper and then used Acrylic Dabbers for color. The next circle is the piece that you tear off when you open one of those big tins of coffee !! I run it through my big shot using one of Tims new Embossing Folders I then coloured it with Alcohol Inks. My image was from a magazine I used Brasso to take away the surrounding picture and writing - this works really well - give it a go !!! I attached my image with my sewing machine to a black piece of cardstock which I had also run through Big Shot in an embossing folder and then inked. I mounted all my pieces together and then added my little hanger

Toby's Canvas

I've made this canvas to go in the bedroom of Toby - my neice Ann's little boy. I've not seen him since his christening but am going up north this weekend to stay with my sister Lynne for a few days - I've not seen Lynne since November so am looking forward too seeing them all

Compendium of Curiosities week 5

I created my background with dabbers then followed the technique on page 43 of the Compendium of Curiosities for my main image I then added my letter - distressed with Old Paper Distress Embossing powder and my flower stamped on to moubtboard cut out and inked - the centres have Antique Linen distress stickles in them,I finished off by distressing the edges with Peeled Paint distress ink and adding my little corner piece cut with one of my dies on the Bogshot This is also my Letter D for the postcard swap being hosted by Andrea

Encaustic art

Had a play with my encaustic art when Barbara was here the other day - I've only one to show - Barbara took the rest with her!!! lol

Week 27 people and places

My background is from Dezinaworld I stamped my main image - Tim Holtz Collection on to card with stazon and then added some Old Paper Distress ink I then added my ticket. To finish off I distressed and added ink to the edges

Another altered frame

My friend came to play yesterday this is what we got up too. I painted my frame with black Gesso and then using texture paste I created my corners which I stamped into with a scroll stamp













When the paste was dry I put on another coat of black Gesso










When that was dry I covered the raised areas with Decopatch glue and dipped it into my box of gold leaf flakes












When it was dry I used a nylon pan scrub to brush off the excess. I fiinshed off with a touch of gold rubnbuff.

We both did a frame each and had a whale of a time.

Altered frame

For this frame I first put on a coat of Gesso after sanding it down. I then put on a coat of gold acrylic and before it was dry put on my coat of red crackle paint. It certainly has made a great crackled finish

TMTA - Mona

I stamped my image using the Water Colour stamping technique - I then masked it and stamped my scroll stamp - I finished off by adding the crown and inking the edges

Shabby Chic

I followed the tutorial on page 49 of Time Compendium of Curiosities to produce my post card.I'm also using the postcard for one of my aplhabet set for the swap on Lotstodorevisited being hosted by Andrea

Week 26 Hats and or Crowns

I created my background with distress inks. I then stamped my image on to seperate card and coloured it again using distress inks. I then added my crown and quote and finished off with some fibre

Forum Swap

These are my postcards for a swap being hosted by Andrea on the Lotstodorevisited Forum :-

A is for Art and Absract and Arrow - I inked my card with Distress inks then added some texture by adding water and then dabbing with scrunched up cling film. The piece to the left hand side was made in my melt pot and coloured with Perfect Pearls. Th iage was covered with memory glass and soldered. I then added the arroe the letter and a stamped quote

B is for Background. Butterfly and Beauty - I created my background with my ne Stardust Stains I then coverd my main image with memory glass using glossy accents. I stamped my quote and distressed and heat embossed my hinge and added that with brads - I then added my letter and butterfly before inking around the edges.

C is for Colour, Collage and Clock - I created my background by first adding some kitchen roll then some dress pattern - I added lots of colour using distress inks and cutndry. The little heart has been heat embossed. and the clock covered with glossy accents. I added the swirl and an image The letter C was inked with black soot distress ink and then I added some of my new white enamel accents. To finish off I added some Crackle Paint here and there and inked the edges

The intention is to go right through the alphabet - postcard size and then make a book