Twinchie Swap

Kathleen is hosting a twinchie swap over at All Things Crafty

Three twinchies all with a different theme, they are Vintage, Birds and Paris.

Sunday Stampers - Metal

This weeks Sunday Stamper has the theme of "Metal".
I have used TSS aluminium and run it through the CB with an embossing folder. I then coloured the metal with alcohol inks in browns, yellows, reds and greens. I covered my canvas with it and then added the stamping which is a T!m stamp using brushed corduroy DI. I then added some prima flowers and a gem to each.

All Things Crafty Art Raffle - June - Vintage

This months Art Raffle theme at All Things Crafty has been chosen by Alison and its Vintage.

I have made a tag book using vintage images - the tag book is made from vellum which I thought had a vintage look to it.

All Things Crafty Colour Swap!

We are having an ATC colour swap over at All Things Crafty hosted by Mags. The colours are Black and White, Red and Gold, Brown and Cream.

I have used my new T!m embossing folder for these. I embossed the red, white and cream card and then lightly went over the embossing with gold, black and brown inks. I stuck them onto gold, black and brown card.

Alter Something Wooden!

Look at me!!!!! I don't blog anything for absolute ages and then I go and blog 4 things in one day!

Mags has challenged us over at All Things Crafty to alter something wooden.

I have used a small wooden tray from Crafty Individuals and coloured it with glimmer mists. I then put something different in every compartment. A paper rose in one, an altered bottle top in another, some TSS metal which has gone through one of my new Tim embossing folders and I have added an old key and finally a stamped inchie! I made it into a wall hanging by using the ring pull off a tin of soup!

Hope my swap partner likes it.

All Things Crafty Monthly Challenge

Ju has set us another challenge this month over at All Things Crafty. She has challenged us to use fabric in our piece. This was a real challenge for me!
My fabric comes from a pair of jeans. I have die cut them with my tattered florals die and used them as flower embellishments on my balsa wood ATC.

This is also an entry for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge where the theme this week is to include a quote.

Crafting Corner Variety Swap - June

This months variety swap theme is "moving parts". I had to really scratch my head to come up with an idea for this one!

I have stamped my image onto thin card twice and then stuck it to my balsa wood with mod podge. Once it was dry I coloured it with sharpies. I then carefully cut the main body and then the trickier arms, legs and head.

I then used brads to attach the arms and legs and stuck the head on with 3D foam.

I then stuck the whole thing onto mountboard which I had lightly coloured with distress inks and added eyelets to make it into a wall hanging. Hope my swap partner likes it!

Sunday Stampers - The Letter

Oh my goodness its been such a long time since I blogged anything and here I am on the last minute with my entry for this weeks Sunday Stampers challenge which is "Letters". Believe it or not but I did make this last Sunday but never got around to scanning or blogging.

This is a balsa wood ATC and it is stamped and then coloured using distress inks.

Nephew's Birthday

Its my nephews birthday next week and he is mad on football - hope he likes it!

3 Challenges in One!!!!

This card covers 3 challenges this week.
Sunday Stampers - Rip it up
Quirky Crafts - Chocolate and Cream
Card Patterns Sketch

All Things Crafty - Something old......

I am hosting some swaps over at All Things Crafty.
The themes are:
Something Old (you have to use some of the oldest things in your stash)
Something New (You have to use some of the newest things in your stash)
Something Borrowed (you must use things that you have borrowed or been given)
Something Blue (self explanatory really)

You must make:
1 ATC
1 Tag
1 Fat Page



These are the ATCs I have made.

Happy Birthday Hazel!!!

Its my friends birthday today and seeing as she now has this card I thought I would blog it!!!!

All Things Crafty Monthly Challenge

Over at All Things Crafty - Ju has challenged us to make something using a 3D butterfly.

I have altered a beermat and made it into a wall hanging.
I covered the mat with sticky backed canvas and coloured it with acrylic paints. I made a rose and my butterfly was made with metal in my CB. The sentiment is from butterfly kisses and finally added my wire. Hope my swap partner likes it.

Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog - Go Postal

This fortnights challenge over at Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog is to go Postal!

I have used some Balsa wood and stamped a postcard onto it. I then got my burny tool and etched away the stamping. I lightly coloured the wood with some distress inks to age the wood. This piece is ATC sized.

All Things Crafty Art Raffle - May

Kathleen has chosen this months theme for the art raffle over at All Things Crafty which is Oriental.

I have made a canvas - coloured it red and added some oriental script and then stamped the lady which is a craft stamper freebie. I then added some oriental coins.

Crafting Corner Variety Swap - Collaged Canvas

The theme this month is to make a collage on a canvas.
This is my take on it. I used acrylic dabbers for the background and then stamped my sentiment on some tissue paper and used mod podge to stick it to the canvas. I then cut out my butterflies from Crafty Individuals and stuck them all around the canvas. I finally added a metal butterfly with glossy accents.

Quirky Crafts ATC swap - May - Colours

This months theme for the ATC swap over at Quirky Crafts is "COLOURS".

I chose Blue and Pink.

Quirky Crafts Challenge - Trains, Planes and Automobiles

The challenge on Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog is "Trains,Planes and Automobiles".

I have made a card using the only stamp I have in my stash that would fit in with this challenge!

I have used a page from an old atlas as my backing paper and then stamped onto cream card the car and the messages. The car and the enjoy the journey are T!m stamps and the Happy Birthday is one from Butterfly Kisses.

Scraps!!!

There was a challenge this week over at Quirky Crafts Forum for you to use your scraps on a card.

Thats exactly what I have done. The backing paper is a piece of scrap from my pile and the flower petals are scraps of paper too. The flower petals are the new T!m sizzix die tattered flowers. The flower stem is made by using another of T!ms new dies the Elegant Flourishes and this paper has been in my stash for such a long time. I was dabbling with Alcohol Inks a while ago. The button is a spare one from a blouse and the ribbon was from an old card.

Dog Tag!!!

My son is off out tonight for a friends birthday. They are all dressing up with the theme of "Army".

Ryan asked me to make him a dog tag!


This is how it started out - originally it came from build a bear workshop.




This is the finished results using my TSS metal and my trusted sharpies to age the metal.

Crafting Corner Variety Swap - Wood

The theme for this months variety swap is "Wood".

I have done some wood burning for my project. I stamped an image onto some balsa wood and then got my wood burny tool out and burned along the lines. I then added colour with my pro markers. I put it into a frame and there was a slight gap at either side so I cut some kebab sticks and placed them in the frame.

Allsorts challenge - stitching

The challenge this week at allsorts is to use stitching in your work. I have used faux stitching all around the edge of my card.

The card is based on a sketch from crazy4challenges

The butterfly can be used in the Our Creative Corner challenge which is butterflies.

This can also be used for Sunday Stampers challenge this week as its a free choice week to celebrate 100 challenges.

Quirky Crafts Challenge - sketch

Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog has a sketch challenge.

Here is my take on it.



This card can also be used for the allsorts challenge this week which is petals and pearls.

Inspired by Craft Stamper Mag - Tuesday Taggers - Bugs!

I was inspired by the grungepaper piece made by Linda Elbourne in May's Craft Stamper mag.

I have had a go at my own. I used broken china and faded jeans. Dried marigold and spiced marmalade.Shabby shutters and peeled paint distress inks for the background colours.
Worn lipstick and fired brick for the butterfly and dusty concord for the flower.
Metal bug embellies added and chipboard letters spelling the word "fly".

This also works in perfectly with Tuesday Taggers challenge this week - the theme is insects. They have a fab prize this week sponsored by The Craft Barn

Sunday Stampers - Birds

The theme this week at Sunday Stampers is Birds.

I have done a jigsaw piece. Coloured with Tea dye and Spiced marigold distress inks and stamped with black staz-on (stamps are Tim Holtz)

I added the letters f,l,y and added a bit of glitter glue to them. I thought it needed a little something else so I added a canvas rose which was coloured with distress inks in spiced marigold and fired brick.
Gold pen added to the edges.

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Recycle or alter something

This weeks challenge over at Allsorts is to alter or recycle something.

We have just finished with a pringles tube so I had a go at altering it.

First I cut it down to about half its size and then cut out strips of TSS metal. I coloured the metal with sharpies and then used six different CB embossing folders and ran the metal through the bug. I then lightly sanded down the pieces and stuck them to the tube. I found some letters to spell out the word "Bitz" and stuck them onto one of the panels.


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All Things Crafty Art Raffle

All Things Crafty are holding an Art Raffle.

The theme is flowers.

You can make anything!

I have altered a jigsaw piece and used my TSS metal.

Mum and Dads Wedding Anniversary

Its my mum and dads wedding anniversary next week and here is the card they are going to get from us. A simple card. The image and words have been printed onto safmat and then matted and layered onto the card which has a flower border in silver and they have small gems in the centres of each flower.

Pencils!

I have been altering mechanical pencils again!

I had so much fun altering these - TSS aluminium coloured with sharpies (permanent markers) and then I used CB embossing folders.

The top one is how they started out.

Birthday Cards

I have had to get my thinking cap on to come up with a card for my sons birthday this Wednesday. He will be 22 and I hadn't got a clue as to what to make for him. I have come up with two ideas.
First is a tattoo and second is a car.

Yep I'm pretty safe with the car idea. The tattoo card comes from the fact that he is wanting another tattoo and he is looking at some kind of skull or snake.

I think I will let his dad decide even though I have a pretty good idea as to which he will choose.

Unfortunately they haven't scanned too well - the car is decoupaged and there is some mirri card too.

Postcard Swap - All Things Crafty

I am hosting a free theme postcard swap on All Things Crafty

Altered CD swap - All Things Crafty

Alison is hosting an Altered CD swap on All Things Crafty

Its a free theme so I chose to use metal and my CB embossing folders as well as some of my new T!m stamps. One has been made into a wall hanging and the other has been made into a frame.

Monochrome swap - All Things Crafty

Mags is hosting a monochrome swap on All Things Crafty

You have to make

1 Gothic Arch
1 Postcard
1 Tag
1 ATC

Craft Stamper Stamps swap - All Things Crafty

Kathleen is hosting a swap on All Things Crafty. The theme is Craft Stamper Mag freebie stamps.

Mothers Day cards

These are the cards I have made for Mothers Day this year. I am on the last minute again so they are quite simple. I just hope they like them. The one on the left is for Mum. The one on the right is for Nanna.

Lots to do Challenge - Distressed - Tim Holtz Style

This is my piece for this weeks challenge.

Hope its distressed enough!

Crafting Corner Variety Swap - March - Pencils

Over at Crafting Corner the Variety swap this month is to alter pencils.
I have used an ordinary lead pencil and a mechanical pencil.

The lead pencil was covered in sticky ribbon and a mobile phone charm added which I made from shrink plastic and added some tiny bells.

The mechanical pencil was covered in TSS metal which has been embossed in the cuttlebug and coloured with alcohol inks.

I don't know who the recipient will be yet but hope that they like them!




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Secret Crafter - Stitching

This is a new challenge for me.

I have made a 4x4 Fat Book Page. This is for my friend Caz, she has come up with the idea of using FBPs as a border in her kitchen.

I used 3cm squares and made a patchwork and then drew the stitching on and finally added the image.

Inspiration courtesy of Craft Stamper

Whilst looking through March Craft Stamper mag I came across a piece made by Louise Kolker (Art Journey)using this months free stamp.

I took some TSS aluminium and covered it with Alcohol inks in yellows browns and greem and then used my cuttlebug embossing folder. Then it was slightly sanded and covered on the back of a small square canvas. I stamped the image onto card and used the excess of alcohol inks to colour it and then added some perfect pearls.

So thankyou Louise and Craft Stamper for the inspiration.

Lots to do challenge - Canvas

The challenge this week at Lots to do is "Canvas".
I have used some sticky backed canvas and made a flower to use on a beermat wall hanging.

Lots to do - Machines

Over at Lots to do this week - Hilda has set the challenge of "Machines". You have to have used some kind of machine in your work.

I have used a crop-o-dile and a heat gun.

These charms have been made for a swap on UKStampers. Shrink plastic was used to make the charm and a gem and tiny bell added.

Lots to do Recipe Swap Feb/March

After a short break the recipe swap is back over at lots to do.
This months and next months is combined

You have to make
a postcard
a tag
an ATC

All must include
Blue, yellow, green - any combination
something floral
some texture
some sparkle


These are my offerings