February Is Upon Us!

Hay peeps..
Feb 1st can only mean 1 thing.. It's time to share this months 366 calendar page.
But first here is my finished January page

I must admit there were a couple of missed days...but all in all I am pretty chuffed with myself for finishing the whole month..  Here's hoping I make it through Feb just as well.

Here is the page I have to start with.

I know it's pretty cliché to go with hearts but it is the month of love what with Valentines day and it's my 7th anniversary {not married, just happily living in sin as they say lol} So I figured ah why not. 

And another good reason is the artistic stamper challenge has a 'hearts' theme this month.

 I was a good UIU girl for this page.. I dug out my unloved Slice Elite machine to cut all the hearts.
It's funny how you forget how useful something can be till you get it out to play again.

 I put a wash of red as my base, and over stamped with a couple of Redlead statement stamps, then I stuck all my hearts in an organised random fashion
{meaning they look random but actually took me ages to get the right placement lol}

Then I just finished up with some doodling around each heart, the letters and the edge.

I may add to this page some more but for now I am pretty chuffed how it turned out.
I look forward to seeing everyone else's Feb pages.
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Quick UIU Card.

Hay peeps, just a quickie today, I was going to share the other tags I had made but i've not photographed them yet. So instead i'm sharing this little UIU card.

It was made using free papers and embellishments out of a card making mag

That's your lot today, see told you it was a quickie.
But i'll be back soon with the tags..promise x
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

2's Company!

 Hiya Friends
Scrapbooking has always been one of those things that I admired from afar, but was never really brave enough to try myself, {something to do with working on a big size sheet I think} Well that was until just lately, when I decided to just jump on in and give it a try, And i'm finding the more I do them the less scary they become. I've been watching lots of UTube vids, in particular: KatarinaKrumeluran to get inspired.
And challenges help too.
Over on the Pan Pastel UK challenge this week their theme is to use 2 of something..
So with that in mind I set to making this:

 I started with a gesso base, then I picked 2 panpastel colours, ultramarine blue and phthalo green {the only blue and green I have} I laid the colour down with the angle slice-flat soft tool starting at the corners and working my way into the centre till the colours met.

 I stencilled some gesso through a mask, {pic1}  and sprayed some tibetan poppy teal lindy's spray through another mask {pic2}  the Lindy's has a lovely mica in giving the page a pretty shimmer.

Then I got to adding more set's of 2's.. eg: swirls, dotty papers, tickets, rosettes. As you can see all that's missing is a photo which is sat on the computer waiting for my butt to get ink in the printer.
Everything on this page I pulled out of my scraps draw {with exception of the word paper, that was from my DCWV Timeless pad} just trying to keep up my UIUing like a good girl.
And that's it from me today.
Till next time...
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Using It Up...

I've not had alot of time this week what with DT projects for Snazzy's {which BTW there is another project up today HERE} But I have been a good girl and have been using it up..mainly on cards.

I got the sizzix heart die b4 xmas and cut a whole bunch of hearts out straight away..  as I usually get a die and then it sits there for ages before I use it.. {But i'm trying my best to get out of that habit},  anyways I picked a couple of those and painted one in gold and the other was stamped and embossed with a powder I had not tried before..  It's available @ Snazzy's & it's called WOW and the colour I used is Vanilla White..   which I have to say is LUSH..  it comes out a lovely ivory colour...which i've not come across in an embossing powder before. Anywho I digress..   I inked over the whole thing with blue, then the sides with my faithful 'vintage photo' DI and slapped um both down on a base of masked off paint and scrap hessian, the saying was another of the freebie ones from an old mag.

It's pretty simples but I like it.

This is it before 

I have also been Using It Up in other ways.. I brought a couple of wooden box pieces a long time ago.. I thought they would make good configuration boxes but when they arrived they were WAY too big so they just sat in my room gathering dust.. Well the other day I whipped um out and changed um up a bit and now I have a new storage for my ink pads!

And this is it now.. It needs a bit more altering to make it look pretty!

Right I must get on.. things to do.. blogs to visit.. art to make.
Till next time..   Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Using It Up!

Well so much for a weekend post, not quite sure what happened there, guess time flies when you having fun!!
So if you didn't already know I have taken the pledge to use up the stash I already have.
And while rooting around in my stash I came across a couple of old mags that where heading for the recycling, I decided to have a quick flick through to see if there was anything worth saving, and low and behold there was a set of love/spring papers and some cut out words.
I put myself straight to work and made a few cards...

The hearts are made from Hearty clay {quite an apt name} It had started to dry up.

So that's another thing for the UIU!

The bling got the UIU treatment as those sit around unloved for ages.

And i'm using my Dies too, no point having then if your not gonna put them to good use is there! 

And lastly I UIU'd these mini metal roses i've had for way over a year!!

These are all available via my newly opened Etsy store.
See I got one of the things on my new goals journal page done, and i'm being a good little UIU'er too.
Right I best crack on, things to do you know..
Catch ya soon x
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

2012!!

Wishing a very

To each and every one of my lovely visitors.
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So with a new year brings new resolutions
which leads me to my pledge

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The ever so lovely Lady of Lost Times Fran thought up a brilliant idea to get us using up the crafty supplies we already have in our collections this year. Money is tight for a lot of us at the moment and we all have a ton of stash that just sits there.. looking at us longingly, waiting for that day when it gets used and forefills it's purpose!
You know the stuff..the papers you buy and then only stroke, the must have dies that you use once, that tin of pencils you bought ages ago and forgot you had! etc etc etc..
So if this sounds like something you'd like to partake in, hop on over to Frans blog, She has set out some handy guidelines to help in your UIU quest.
She's also made this nifty blinky which you can get from her blog too.

So what do you say.. Are you up for being a UIU member!
The more that join, the better chance of success we have, Plus we can support each other and do stash swaps with each other when we need a new item fix!
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I also pledge to try and get healthy in 2012 and start using my Wii Fit at least once a week!
In other news I shall be revealing which DT I have joined later in the week and hopefully get my ETSY store up and running too {well some time this month!!}
 I wish you all a very Happy and Crafty New Year once more
xx Lots-a-Love xx
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥