groovy baby!

I have made this ATC for TMTA's Flower Power theme, Wednesday stamper's Paisley theme and for the stampsmith blog.
The paisley stamps are from a stamps away set, that I have had for ages

TMTA friendship

I made this for the TMTA theme using an image from the Stampsmith

winter wonderland

The theme that the winter wonderland challange, is winter wonderland!!
I made this using a stampsmith image, the music image is by river city rubber works and the words are by Paperartsy.
I have coloured the image with coloursoft pencils and blended with sansodor

saturday's workout and secret crafter

The Saturday's Workout challenge is peeled paint backgrounds. Which I have done using two shades of green acrylic paint. I have made this ATC using the sketch from The secret Crafter challenge. The main image is from the stampsmith's "Isn't she Lovely" plate. so I am featuring it on the stampsmith blog.

TMTA and wednesday stamper

The Wednesday stamper theme is dream and the TMTA theme is the moon, so I have combined them to make this ATC with a stampsmith Image, which I have also featured on the stampsmith blog

I am also sneaking this onto the created by hand, stars and moon theme

Happy 21st birthday Forever Friends (and a mild case of beanie addiction)

This week at the Forever Friends Challenge we are celebrating the 21st anniversary of forever friends, with a celebration theme. We also have a little giveaway.

And on an unrelated issue




I can't stop knitting beanie hats now. I love the fact that I can just pick up a 50g ball of wool that I just like the look of and there will be enough to make a hat. The first hat is from Sirdars crofter DK which magically knits up like fair isle, and feels beautiful. The second is from knit picks and was sent to me by the gorgeous Marie Greene. I am also making the same hat in the opposite colourway, with what I have left over.

TMTA look into a face

Three posts in one day, well that should see me good for a few days!
I couldn't resist TMTA's theme of "look into a face". I had to use one of these adorable babies from the ooh baby plate from the stampsmith.
(I am also putting this on the stampsmith blog)

pet twinchie

The theme at small world of inchies an twinchies is me and my pet, and I had the perfect stamp from the stampsmith.
I am also featuring this on the stampsmith blog.

serene tag

I've made this tag for a couple of challenges, Louise's tag tueday challenge, where the theme is masking (I use a tim holtz mask for the background) and Tag it on where the theme is simplicity and serenity. I thought this girl from The stampsmith has such a serene look I had to use it, and I kept the tag as simple as I could.......

As I have used a stampsmith image I have featured this on the stampsmith blog

a rainbow of beanies and the forever friend challenge

My son's teacher asked me last week if it was possible for me to create 7 beanies for the eco-warrior 7 dwarves, in their alternative version of snow white and the 7 dwarves. So here we are: 7 beanies in 9 days. Just please don't anybody ask me to make them a beanie for a couple of weeks, I am sick of the sight of them.


Also this weeks challenge at the forever friends blog is a sketch challenge. Mine didn't actually end up looking much like the sketch, but the essence of it its there!!

Seriously, What are the chances?

Can you believe I posted a wizard of oz piece yesterday and the challenge at sunday postcard art today, is "somewhere over the rainbow"
Well I just had to get my new wizard of oz plate from the stampsmith out again!!
I made the background by rubbing distress inks onto a non-stick sheet, then spritzing with water abd putting the card onto it. it came out much more vibrant than I expected!
I have also put this on the stampsmith blog

black and white with a touch of red

The theme at small world of inchie and twinchies is black and white with a touch of red. This immediatly made me think of the film, the wizard of oz, because I love how the film starts in black and white, and then the colours become such an important part of the story: the yellow brick road, the emerald city, but most importantly the red shoes.

oh the red shoes! I love those red shoes, and have forever had a thing for red shoes since seeing the film as a child. I currently own 4 pairs of red shoes, and I love them all, but none of them are sparkly. One day I will own a pair of shoes just like Dorothy's.

All the stamps on this twinchie are from the stampsmith's wizard of oz plate, and so I am also featuring this on the stampsmith blog

mesh background

I'm really pleased with how the mesh background on this piece turned out. I keep a dry 100% cotton waffle facecloth on my craft desk which I use for quick stamp clean ups. I suddenly thought today that the pattern would make a nice background, so I flattened it out, inked it up with distress ink and pressed my card onto it. brilliant.
I stamped over this with the paperartsy sewing pattern background, added an Inka collage image, some lace and a button, and a word from Paperartsy.
I have made this ATC for the Theme thursday's "people with Hats" theme and mixed media monday's "lace" theme

forever friends citrus challenge

This week on the forever friends challenge we challenge you to use citrus colours. You can make whatever you like as long as it uses a forever friends product. This week we have introduced a new feature: FF Faves. The challenger will pick there favourite submission of the week and post it to the FF challenge blog.
I chose to make a tag this week (because it was quick!!) I used oranges and yellows on the flowers and the background. The stamped circles are a PaperArtsy stamp

make a moo and wednesday stamper

I decided to combine this weeks moo theme of alphabets with wednesday stampers' theme of fairies to make this moo.
All of the stamps are by PaperArtsy. The girl does actually come with butterfly wings, but I love mixing up the "old style" PaperArtsy stamps with the newer "squiggly ink range". I did this to give her fab new wings. The alphabet background is a PaperArtsy Mini, and the stencil alphabet is from a border set

2 challenges

Did you miss me? I've been on holiday for a week and I've missed my craft room so much, although I did knit a new pair of socks. I thought I better try and catch up on a couple of challenges, so this is for make a moo or two, where the theme is musical instruments and wednesday stamper, purple and green.
The image is from Designs Ink'd.

make a moo or two happy

The theme at make a moo or two is "happy" so I have used this happy image from the stampsmith, which you can also see on the stampsmith blog . At first I didn't think I had a stamp that said happy, then I realised I had loads, happy anniversary, happy birthday etc etc, this was taken from a stamp that said "wishing you a happy day"

Alice Postcard

I couldn't let the Alice theme at sunday postcard art go by without something.My first thought was to do a really simple piece with Alice on an Alice in wonderland book page, but I just kept adding to it. Most of the bits on this piece are things I found in the pile of rubbish on my desk

forever friends sketch challenge

This week at the forever friends challenge we have a sketch challenge for you

I turned the sketch on it's side for my card

tag it on!

Well here's a challenge site I haven't tried before, Tag it on.. The theme is Fairies at the bottom of the garden.
I used a fairy from the rose flower fairy set from crafters companion. wildflowers from crafty individuals, the music stamp on the artificial flower is from Paperartsy.

As I have used a music stamp and some music paper, I will also enter this for Theme Thursday's music or dance theme
and crazy amigos "fly with me" theme. I am also going to sneak this onto Secret Crafter's Brads or eyelets theme as I have used one of the extra large We R Memorykeepers Eyelets on the flower.