ATC Wednesday

I've only just found this challenge blog so thought I'd give it a go seeing as it's a Free theme this week.
Covered my card in a page from a book then covered it in acrylic paint. Then added the extras.

Fat Page

This is my first Fat Page for a while and as I had fun the other day doing the Bandana Technique, I thought I'd stick with that. All stamps on here are by PaperArtsy.

Do I Look Pretty?

I made this canvas which fits in with 2 Challenges this week.... Alter a Canvas on BAA and You've Been Framed on LotsToDo.
I finally managed to find some smallish canvasses after months of looking and off I went. I painted the backside of the canvas with acrylic paint and then added some meshy stuff that I had. Using a Adirondack inkpad I gave it some colour then in various places I added some distress crackle paint.
Finally I added my bits and bobs. Am really pleased with the way it turned out (much better than the rubbish photo that I've managed to take of it, lol)

Keys

This is the theme this week over at LotsToDo Challenges. I used a piece of skirting board that we had left over and sanded it a bit before adding some distress crackle paint. I then added my embellishments and picture.
Sorry about the bad picture.

Tags

These tags are for a swap that I'm taking part in where the theme is 'Faces'. I loved the technique that I used in my previous post so decided to go for that look.
Thanks for looking.

Peeled Paper

On 2cre8art, Peeled Paper is the technique to try. I decided to make a tag and then stamped and distress powder embossed the image. I stamped my image onto card and coloured her in using Distress inks and then covered her in PVA glue. Once dried I stuck her down and then added the circles using white acrylic paint.

Bookmarks

These are for a swap that I'm taking part in on LotsToDo. After seeing my friend Sams' Bandana Technique ones I thought I would do some myself.
Thanks for looking.

Green Newspaper!!

For my first blogging of 2009 I thought I would combine 2 challenges this week..... Sunday Stampers 'Green' and Lots To Do Challenges 'In The News'.
I used the Clear Tape Technique using some old newspaper and then coloured it with Alcohol Inks. To finish I stamped over it using a PaperArtsy stamp and added my ickle girl and the words.
Thanks for looking.

Christmas Tag

Made some of these tags a while ago using Distress Inks, Tim Holtz Masks, Crafty Individuals paics and some other ickle bits.
Hope fully this fits in to this weeks Sunday Stamper where this weeks theme is Red, Gold & Green (from Karma Chameleon...a song I used to love :) ).
Thanks for looking.

Christmas Card

Over on Sunday Stampers the theme this week is...Brown & Blue. As I was making my Christmas cards I thought that this would be a good colour combo to try so, voila.
Thanks for looking.

Ruth

I bought some old photos and cabinet cards a while ago. This photo has written on the back of it: Ruth aged 1 year. 1916.
There are a lot of kind people who put photos on their blogs for people to print off and use so I thought I would do the same.
Hope you like her. x

Wednesday Stamper...Angels

For my tag I used scattered straw/walnut stain/aged mahogany distress inks rubbed on my mat and spritzed with water. Dragged my tag through it then dried. Then I spritzed some distress re-nker and perfect pearls over it for the glimmery effect.
The little cherub stamp at the top and bottom was a stamp sent to me ages ago from the US that I forgot I had.
Thanks for looking.

Party

On Make A Moo Or Two this weekthe theme is...Party. I chose my favourite stamp as she fit perfectly. Thanks for looking.

My Time To Craft

Coffee & Cream is this weeks theme. I used various distress inks and stamps. Hope this fits in okay.

Bandana Technique

This is the theme on Saturday's Workout this week.
I used Dusty Concord, Scattered Straw and Faded Jeans Distress Ink to colour my skinny and then used various stamped images.

Beer Mat Box

I fancied the idea of making a Beer Mat Box for ages and then when a competition came up I decided to go for it.
I painted 2 different colour paints on my beer mats then sanded the second colour back to reveal the light colour underneath. Stamped my images with Distress Inks and the added some buttons. Finally I used some left over Xmas ribbon to fasten it all together. Voila!!

Butterfly

This is my first bit of crafting that I've really done in the past few weeks, as I've had a family problem to deal with.
Hopefully this will get me back on track.

Craftaway a Sunday's theme this week is Butterflies. Hope this skinny fits in okay with the theme.

In My Pocket

... There Is A Bottlecap. I've been meaning to make a Pocket for ages and finally managed to make one. Just remembered that I've forgotten to put my fastener on before I scanned it. Oops.
Thanks for looking. x

Un Chat

Dans Ma Maison this week there is a .... Cat! I love cats so I just had to take part in this one. I covered my house in a page from a French novel and distress inked it. The image is from Lisa's Altered Art.

Pretty In Pink

Nancy, very kindly let me host this week on Gothic Arches
I chose the theme 'Pretty In Pink' mainly as I have 2 daughters and as you can imagine, they have a lot of pink things :)
I created my arch using Once Upon A Time paper and then added my music paper and my image.
Finally I used some of my gorgeous pink flowers (that I love).

Check out the all new Gothic arches site. Looks fantastic!! x

Keep Gates Closed

This ATC combines 2 challenges this week.
Wednesday Stamper... Circles & Think Monday Think ATC... Architecture.

My crafting mojo has deserted me of late so hopefully this will put me back on the road to recovery :).

'Mary 2 Times'

On the LotsToDo Forum recently Sam very kindly offered to do us all a bit of rubber stamp shopping from her local craft shop.
Sue, from Paper Paradise very kindly gave us all some Art Doll kits to alter.

Mine I named 'Mary 2 Times' as my first doll had a little accident due to my youngest daughter, so this is actually the second attempt.
She is made usimg mountboard coloured with Perfect Pearls and the arms and legs are added along with the head and some shiny stones.

A Pair Of Glasses

This was the theme on the LotsToDo Challenge Blog.
I did intend to use an actual pair of glasses for this, but couldn't come uo with anything :(
So instead I inked over the glasses with distress ink to make the glasses shape. I then inked my PaperArtsy lady onto a piece of card and chalked her in.
Finally added the wording and the pair of glasses shape.

Bingo!!

I went to a craft class last week on Perfect Pearls and this is where I created the background using the Pearls and rubber stamps. Then the theme this week on Sunday Stampers is... Games, so thought this would be perfect.
So, I added a cute image and a couple of ickle dominoes.

Moving Home

As you will be able to tell, my blog hasn't been updated for weeks. The reason is that I've been moving house and all the hassles that go with it have prevented me from doing much crafting.
My mojo has deserted m etoo, so that hasn't helped :(
Hope to be back to normal soon.

Architecture

Is this weeks theme on 4 x 4 Friday. I covered my page with a map showing London and then added my image from an old book. I used Tim Holtz Crackle Paint around the edge then added a stamp. Finally I found the quote which I thought fitted in perfectly with the theme.

Tag Pocket

My Time To Crafts challenge this week is Pockets. I covered my tag in K & Co paper then made a little pocket and stapled it on. Added a mini tag made in the same way as the larger one, and added a quote and some buttons.
The picture makes it look so white, but the paper is actually white with green patterns on.

Kreativ Blogger Award

My friend and fellow crafter, AngC, kindly gave me this award. Thanks hun!! xx


I'd like to pass it on to 3 of my fellow SBS17 sisters:

Nic, Sally & Louise

Postage Art

This weeks InchByInch challenge is Postage Art. I've been busy making inchies the past few days for a couple of swaps so this gave me a bit of inspiration. Two of them are stamps with a postmark stamped image on a background of paper painted with acrylic paint. The other is a stamp and postmark that came off an envelope which I thought looked quite good.


There is also blog candy to be won from this challenge by Purple Faerie.
The link is: http://purplefaeriepc.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-candy.html

Green House

I created this house and thought I could incorporate 2 challenges with it.
On Dans Ma Maison this week it is... Le Couleur Verte (Green) and on Lots To Do the theme is Man's Best Friend. The background is various pieces of paper I had lying about and the image is by Crafty Individuals.