Be Yourself

The theme on Saturday's Workout is... Distressed. I made this ATC a while ago using Inkabilities for the background. I love the effects that they create.

C.I. Fat Pages

The theme for May's Fat Book Swap on LotsToDo is... Crafty Individuals.
These are my first ones. Only 16 to go!! xx

Birthday Blog Candy

PinkAngel (one of my blogging siters) is celebrating her upcoming birthday by offering some great blog candy.
Here addy is: http://pinkangel-traciejane.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-birthday-blog-candy.html
Great blog too. xx

Faces

The theme this week on Sunday Stampers is... Faces. My fave stamp is Mona so I just had to use her for this birthday card.

Oriental Tags

These are the other tags for the Oriental Tag Swap. I rubbed Aged Mahogany and Dusty Concord Distress Inks on my mat and the spritzed with water. Swirled my tag around in it and voila!!
I added a fan design stamp onto the background. Added a few bits to finish them off.

Dragon

On the LotsToDo Challenge Blog the theme this week is... Dragons. I made this tag yesterday for another swap I'm taking part in so thought I could kill two birds with one stone (as it were!!).

Help!! I've Been Tagged !!

My fellow crafter, Nicky (the Slinkyminx) has tagged me and I have to tell you 7 facts about me that you may (or maynot know). Here goes:

1. I have a huge scar running down my tummy.

2. I am married to a plumber.

3. I fulfilled one of my life's ambitions and have visited Australia.

4. I adore cats.

5. I have '2' belly buttons (long story and a bit of a running joke with OH).

6. My middle name is Margaret (after ny nan).

7. I am an Aquarian.

Thanks for reading even though it wasn't all that interesting!!! :)

I now have to nominate 5 other people to be 'tagged'.
The lucky ones are:

Chris
Hilda
Sam
Mags
Caz

xxx

Vintage Tags

These tags are for a swap that I'm taking part in. I spritzed the tags with water and then coloured with distressinks. The main images are by Crafty Individuals and Paperartsy.

Gothic Arches

I'm hosting a Gothic Arch swap on LotsToDo and the theme is Things With Wings. It's been so fun to do and everyones Arches have been stunning.

I am the last one to get theirs done :(

Sisterhood Of The Blogging Stampers 17

I joined the Sisterhood today and hope to make some more crafting friends.

I started crafting a couple of years ago when I decided to take up scrapbooking. I had tons of photos of my twp daughters and wanted to make good use of them.

Now I love making Fat Books, ATC's , Altered Art, basically anything that I can.
Look forward to looking through my 'sisters' blogs.

So proud!!!

My friend and fellow crafter, Chris, kindly gave me this award. Thank you so much as it's nice to be praised by other people.

The rules are as follows:


1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.


2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his/her blog to be visited by everyone.


3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her/him the award itself.


4. The Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte Y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.


5. To show these conditions.http://arteypico.blogspot.com/


Here are my five choices: Hilda, Ann, Hels, Sam, Angie

Your works inspire me .

Tag It!!

This weeks challenge on LotsToDo Challenges is.... Tag It!!. I love making tags so this was a real pleasure to do. I used Adirondack and Tim Holtz Distress Inks for the tag itself and then stamped on one of my favourite images. The small tag (and ribbon) came off a pair of shorts that I bought for my holiday and decided to combine the two.

Paris

The theme this week on Gothic Arches is... We'll Always Have Paris. This is my first make since my hols and really enjoyed doing it. I found a French novel this morning in a charity shop for 10p so that was perfect for the background. The inks and stamped images are all Tim Holtz.

Been away!!

My blog has been a bit neglected as of late as I've been away on holiday. I went to Tenerife for 2 weeks and had a fantastic time.
I got back 2 days ago and am ready to get crafting again.

Chocolate!!

The theme on Arty Girlz this week is... chocolate!! I covered a beer mat in paper covered in Moonshadow Inks and then distress inked a page from a book. The images are Paperartsy and finallI added some brown ribbon.

Bookmark

On Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog this week, the theme was bookmarks. I made mine using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Dusty Concord and Black Soot. The bird is one of my favourite stamps, so I just had to use it for this :)

Gothic Arch

This is for a challenge on the Gothic Arches site. This week the theme is Heritage.
I used an old cabinet photo and distressed it then stamped various images. Finally a couple of buttons were added.

Party Hat Tag

The theme this week on Sunday Stampers is: Party Party Party..In Your Hat. I spritzed inkabilites with some water and covered the tag in it. I distress inked the image and gave her a party hat made out of a book page. Then added a sticker and some fibres.

4 x 4 Friday

This was for the challenge of DaVinci Ladies on 4x4 Friday.
As you're not allowed to use Mona, I opted for Leda from my Joanna Sheen paper. I distress inked the background and stamped some images. Then added my pic and a K & Co sticker for the finishing touch.

Mail Slider

Was sorting through my stuff this morning and came across this mail slider that I bought months ago. Thought I'd try and alter it.
I alcohol inked the glass on one side and then stamped Tim Holtz 'Be Yourself' stamp on the other side of it using black stazon.
The cardboard is distress inked using various brown colours and then the clock image and other images stamped. To add a bit of interest I decided to use a frame over the clock.
Lastly I painted some Moonshadow Gold Dubloons Ink over the wings, clock and around the edge of the slider.

I'm A Laydeeee-Tag

My inspiration seems to have left me so I decided to take part in a challenge on Sunday Stampers blog to help me. The challenge this week was 'I'm A Laydeeee' and as I love tags I decided to combine the two.
I distress inked the tag using Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy, then spritzed with some water. I inked a stamped image given to me by a friend and chalked it to give a bit of colour.
Finally I added some ribbons.

Mountboard Squares

This is for a swap on LotsToDo. The criteria was to do 9 2"x2" squares using spring colours. I used distress inks and then stamped various images onto them.

Fat Page, Tag & ATC

I madethese for a swap on LotsToDo. The theme was a Saying/Proverb. I distress inked them all and then stamped the images with Stazon. The proverbs are a Chinese one.

Distressed Fat Pages

These are a few of the pages that I've done for a swap on the LotsToDo forum. Hope the recipients like them :)

Make My Day Award

Mags, Ang, Andrea and Hilda kindly nominated me for this award. Thanks guys :)
I have to nominate 10 people who deserve it too.
They are:

Hilda
Ann R
Karen
Chris
She
Shaz
Hels
Andrea
Angie
Jennie

Floral tags

I just finished these tags for a swap. The theme was 'Flowers' and I hope I captured this okay. I coloured the tags with Adirondack ink pads and then stamped my images using various stamps. They are finished off with some ribbon that has been stapled on.

Bookmarks

Made these for a swap on LotsToDo. They were all distressed using Moonshadow Inks then stamped with various images.

My Mothers Day Card

My daughter made me this card at school for Mothers Day and she's so proud of it. I told her I'd blog it for all to see. Bless her!! xx

Time....

I made these as entries in a craft forum competition. Coloured the background using moonshadoww inks (that I just bought) then on both used an image of my youngest daughters foot & hand. In both I had to incorporate the pocket watch stamp.