Second Spool...

I am back tonight with the second part of my Spool Garland over at PaperArtsy

I use some lovely sentiment stamps by E Lin Brown to finish of my project.

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Spools on Sunday!

Hoping you will hop over to see the first part of my latest project for PaperArtsy.

 I alter some of my favourite cotton spools.

Use some of the brand new stamps by Ellen Vargo.

Plus get to play with some fab Prima flowers. 

PaperArtsy Mother

 

Made this card for Mothers Day (UK) on Sunday using a PaperArtsy stamp plate which was newly inked.

I take NO

credit for the zentangle on this weeks The Documented Life project. As the theme was to get someone else to draw on your page and then finished it off. Well, as I couldn't persuade the dog to oblige me, I was feeling a bit stumped and then thought? My craft pal Louise had sent me some zentangle she had done I could use those! So there wasn't much I needed to add but went with all the red colouring.

Take a leap...

of faith. Yesterday decided to paint one of my girls straight onto a canvas after making my background. Not a bad first attempt, but room for progress for sure!

A Potpourri...

 

box. It started as a plain papier-mâché blank that was a Hobbycraft bargain 75p in the sale after Christmas. Thought it was about time I altered something in my ever growing pile of things to alter !
A perfect Mothers Day gift and I filled it with home grown lavender which I dried last year. All the paints and stamps used are by PaperArtsy. If you haven't tried the Fresco paints, the chalk finish makes them great for layering and they dry super quick too!

 

 

I am going to enter my project into the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons: No Designer Papers

Papertake Weekly: For Mum

That Craft Place: Mum and/or Flowers

 

 

Week 12...

 

of the documented life project. This week the theme is cut up a magazine. So here is my journal page I decided to stamp and collage up my magazine pages. I even used a magazine page to journal this week's diary page.

My Favourite Things

 

Here is an ATC I made for a swap over the Unruly PaperArts Facebook group. We had the theme 'my favourite things'. What to choose? I chose to make my own stamp using one of my sketches from the 29Faces challenge and then some nice bright colours (intense blocks), there had to be more stamping (in black of course), some stitching (my latest favourite) and a quote!

 

Stamp made using Teressa Collins Stampmaker.

I am entering my project into the ABC challenge 'hair' .

Two Little Words

This month One Little Word has become Two Little Words as we relaunched the challenges after a little break. Our words are CALM and DREAM, we have lots of  prizes to win this month for participating so I do hope you will join in. Any craft form is welcome as long as the word 'dream or calm' are added somewhere.

Cheer up!

With the sun shining over the weekend it made me feel better and so here is an equally as cheerful page for week 11 of The Documented Life project. The theme is to add a bird, I chose to stamp and collage mine onto my page. The background was created using a stencil, gesso, big brush pit pens and Gelatos. I also used a couple of PaperArtsy stamps. The bird is by Dylusions.

 

I am going to enter my journal page into the Artistic Stamper challenge with the theme 'letters, words and numbers'

Missing my...

29 Faces challenge and so here is a new one. Painted straight onto a journal tag using acrylic paints and some watercolour pencils.

 

I am going to share my page at  Paper Saturday.

 

Week 9/10 of...

the documented life project and I am pleased to say I am still keeping up with it! Here are the last two week's journal inserts:

Here is my documented life diary/journal so far:

I am going to enter my journal page into That Craft Place Challenge 'Anything Goes'.

The last PaperArtsy for March!

Over at PaperArtsy tonight I share my last JOFY inspired project for March and it celebrates my love of all things little!

I use lots of the fabulous Fresco Paints to create a background paper.

I do hope you will join this weeks challenge!!

I am going to enter my project into the current Allsorts challenge of Spring is Coming!

PaperArtsy Part 2

The final part of my altered art project is over at PaperArtsy this evening!

I used a couple of sets of JOFY stamps to complete my pencil case frame and show you have to make your own clear crackle glaze. Don't forget to enter the challenge too!

I am going to enter my project into the current PanPastelUK challenge of Frame IT!

March PaperArtsy Part 1

Hope you will hop over to the PaperArtsy blog to see my JOFY inspired projects and I use the lush Royal Amethyst Treasure Gold.

See Leandra's video tutorial below if you haven't seen the Treasure Gold before.

The first project is a 2 parter and don't forget there is a challenge (with prizes to be won!).

I am going to enter my project into the Shopping my Stash 'Heavy Metal' challenge.

A Sense of Irony!

Ok, so here is the story. Piarom launched the new Mix it Up monthly challenge of 'Abstract' plus a colour scheme and as I missed last month's was determined to try it. All seemed to be going well, I was pleased with my Dylusions Ink background all in blues and then tried to add the next colour orange using some acrylic paint. What did I end up with sludgy colours...yuck!! But tried not to be defeated and added some Gelato, doodles and stamps. Did I like it any better now? Hell NO!!

disaster revealed!!

I was just about to give up for the day and put it down to experience plus a dodgy mojo when I glanced at the old photocopy sheets I had underneath my work, which has splashes of ink, scrapped acrylic paint, blotted stamps and scribbles of pen where I had hastily cleared my blocked black ink pen. I wonder if?

do I stop there?

ok so couldn't stop myself added some more stamping! Well when you have some newly launched PaperArtsy stamps you just HAVE to use them. 

Now that is truly abstract...RESULT! Well, I liked it lots better than attempt 1. There is only one downside to this, my work in on a flimsy piece of photocopy paper...I had another idea...wonder how that will turn out? TO BE CONTINUED!

I am going to enter my page into the current Artful Times challenge with its Anything Goes theme and the Our Creative Corner challenge of Lets get scrappy!