7 of...

Hearts. Gessoed my seventh Tim Holtz alpha card and then stamped with another of my hand carved stamps to build up this tile effect. Over stamped with a little love sentiment.

6 of...

Hearts. Another in my half term holiday series of altered Tim Holtz alpha cards. I stamped using some hand carved stamps and also sketched through a circle stencil

Mini...

journal page and my second post of the day. This time using my small eye stamp and then sketched on my image. All coloured with watercolour pencils. Inked and stamped the background after masking off the image.

5 of...

 

Hearts. Another of my altered Sir Tim alpha cards using a brand new Stampotique image I purchased.

4 of...

 

Hearts. Here is my fourth altered Sir Tim alpha card:

 

I am going to enter my altered alpha card into the current 'mini' challenge over at Anything but a Card.

3 of...

 

Hearts. Here is my third altered Tim Holtz alpha card. I did some freestyle wire weaving to make the heart and decided to attach it simply using a stapled kiss.

2 of...

 

 
 
Hearts. The second in my series of altered alpha cards by Tim Holtz. Used gesso, Gelatos, Dylusions stamps and another paper clay heart which was coated in Rock Candy Distress paint.

1 of...

 

Hearts. My first altered Sir Tim alpha card for my half term craft project.

 

Stamps by Dylusions and alphabet stamps by Personal Impressions. Paper clay heart coloured with red pan pastel and then 2 coats of Comic shimmer embossing powder.

The Last Pink Friday

 

Here is my last project from Pink Friday. I stamped a large and small hand carved eye stamp and then added my drawing, a bit of cubist style) The image was coloured with Promarkers and pencil crayons. The background was stamped and inked using more of my favourite hot pink.

 

I am going to enter my page into Art Journal Journey 'SheArt' challenge and share my page over at Art Journal Every day.

 

 

10 of...

Hearts. A crafting pals was talking about altered playing cards and I thought what a cool idea! So asked if I could join her, I don't have playing cards but I do have Sir Tim alpha cards so going to use them. The half term holidays start tomorrow and so my self challenge is called '10 of Hearts'. I am going to make 10 altered alpha cards over the holiday. As my creative juices were flowing after this conversation, over the weekend I decided to make the covers ready and also punched the holes for the book binding ring.

 

back cover                         front cover

 

 

I am collecting...

tags and labels off clothes, etc that I have bought.

With thoughts of my 2014 self-challenge!

Why not collect some too and join me?

Mixed Media...

card for a bloke. Used the colour palette from the current A Mixed Media Colour Challenge .
Here is the stash I used:



Revisiting...

an old techniques. This was the only way I was going to get some productive crafting done. Nothing worse than a missing mojo and when you set aside a day to craft, well you WANT to craft. So this has kick started something I hope, I used some new alcohol ink colours I bought a few weeks ago.

 

 

Pink Friday # Week 3

Rummaged through my stamping stash to make this card. A bit of humour and a positive frame of mind can help a lot in the fight against Breast Cancer. What better than some pink shoes! 

Don't forget it is breast cancer awareness month. Why not donated some money to such a worthy cause HERE.

The legs/shoes stamped on the right/left are by Dylusions and the middle by Lindsay Mason (Personal Impressions) The background stamp is by Sir Tim. Shoes coloured with Promarkers and I used Fuchsia Staz on ink for the background stamp.

I am going to enter my card into the The Craft Place: Think Pink challenge and Pile it On challenge 'humour'.

One Little Word # Colour

This month our word is 'Colour' over at One Little Word. Don't forget any art/craft form is welcome as long as the word 'colour' is somewhere. I do hope you will join us! Here is a little peak of my project:

The plaque was made with paper clay and then I blended over some Gelatos.

Getting a Handle on...

the new scavenger hunt over at Artists in Blogland.

1. Take a photo that fits the theme
From Pinterest:

 

2. Make a new artwork

 

 

 

3. Blog Post I found that I liked:

 

4. How I made my project:

 

Die cut arches layered washi tape on one side and book pages on the other.

Paint thin layer of Gesso onto book page and then another thicker layer through a stencil.

 

Colour both sides with Gelatos and blend with your finger.

 

 



Thin layer of Malted Milk acrylic paint through stencil and wipe back a bit.

 

Stamping on washi tape with ink and black gesso.

 

Stamped the inside with Stampotique image and added black liquid pearls.

 

 

Metals Handles and hinges added. Plus made some Artemio labels for the quote.

 

 



I am entering this Gothic Arch Door into the following challenges:
Artists in Blogland: Scavenger Hunt 'Doors and Windows'.
Stampin for the Weekend: Anything Goes!
Stampotique: Handles and Hinges

Pink Friday # Week 2

Here is my pink project for Pink Friday which is a special event to raise awareness of Breast Cancer throughout October.

 

The Orchid image is by Imagination Crafts.

 

Did you make a PINK project this week? If so leave me a comment and I will hop over to see what you created.

I am entering my page into Pile it On challenge of favourite colour PINK!

Inky ATC

Over the weekend I made this ATC for the Stampotique Designer challenge. I created the background using Dylusions ink sprays and used a technique from Dina Wakley's books called Art Journal Freedom.

Autumn

 

Here is a mini books I have made using autumnal colours and also add a quote about the season:

 

I have designed this project with the Allsorts challenge in mind.