New Home Card

I finally got round to making my freaky deaky friends new home card. I decided that i wouldn't put new home on the front so that she can keep it up as long as she wanted to and i could write a personal message about her new home inside.

I created hte card by using the emboss resist technique using a light green and a teal colour as my base colours. Allowed them to dry and then using versa mark stamped my friend stamp and clear embossed it. hen using gold acrylic paint i went over the base colours and stamped image. Once this was dry i place a piece of scrap paper over the top and ironed over it to remove some of the base colour around the stamped image.

I was pleased with how the colours worked on this so will defo use that combo again

Then i placed the resist embossed image onto gold foil and created texture on the foil edging and then mounted this onto the card over a crafty individual background paper and added some butterflies and some flower gems.

Hey presto card made!

My Uber talented Niece

My Uber talented niece desperately wanted to make my freaky deaky friend an atc for her new home. She has never before created an atc so this was her first! She created it totally on her own and even used my melt pot to use wax to add the stamped image that she had brayered with a multi coloured ink pad. She then stamped corners (she know my freaky deaky friend is into corners!) and used my dymo to create the extra wording she wanted from that on the stamp as she wanted to say "Go Girl in your new home"

I was very impressed with what she had created and the different techniques she used to create this atc which will be treasured by my freaky deaky friend.

Girls girls girls!!!!!

Well the theme of girly swaps came up in the group i co-own with my freaky deaky fwendie and i was like oh heck what do i use for this! I was trying to find girly things in my crafty stash and i couldn't believe that i am really lacking for girly stuff! Stamps and altered art stuff etc i have and i am fine with but girly stuff was so difficult. Finally i did manage to create my 3. ?They are more basic than some i have done but they are at least done! Here they are:

One of my girly swaps which i stamped the background and then stamped the bag out and cut it out and added a charma dn gems and used my dymo to add words.

The second of the three has a stamped background and then pink vellum over the top. Then i layed some friendly plastic out and heated it and stamped into it. I then added embellishments and another charm.

My third one i inked and stamped my background and then cut a piece of acetate with swirls on and attached it to the base. Then stamped and colourised shoes and added a strip of measuring tape to use the words if the shoe fits.. Added a pink heart gem and a couple of charms to finish it off.

scrap Heap Challenge

This one has a mix of scrap pieces of paper and embossing powders over silicone, the red tapebacking heated, scrap canvas a crafty individual image and words stamped onto scrap bits of thick card

This one has again got scraps of paper, tissue paper, canvas, can ring pull embossed with pearl utee and a stamped image onto tissue paper and wax over the image. Also 2 different types of brads to embellish

Finally this one has a background created from paper that i have worked on top of when making other projects and have stampe or smoohed ink. A CI image has then been used with a metal flower embellishment that has been alcohol inked, words cut to fit and 3 star embellishments and marvy metallic round the edge

Waterfall ATC's

This waterfall has a CI background paper and black/purple card and purple angel hair and then i printed some images and put it all together. Think this is my favourite.

This one has a green base and a white handmade paper with an embossed pattern on it. The flower images were sent to me from a friend

This one has a darker blue base and a pale blue layered on top that has been stamped onto with a music background stamp using versa mark ink pad and perfect pearls brused over.

Saturday 26th July

Well it has definitly been one of those days today!!! So much to get done but so hung up and stuck on one thing taking time away from the other things. I spent about 3hrs if not more trying to get 3 atc's together and it was like pulling teeth! LOL

Then sat back at my craft desk after having a break and knowing the swaps i was mega brain dead with were done i whizzed through some of my others. Managed to get 5 atc's done in just over 2 hrs. So that leaves me with 2 left todo tomorrow and i might even get the chance to make a start on next months swaps :)

Hope you are all enjoying the lovely warm weather while we have it. I have been stuck inside missing it but it's nice to have the windows open to let some air through my flat.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring? x

Coaster Swap

Here are my 4 coasters completed for a swap with advanced atc's. I used acrylic paints for the backgrounds and then used wax melted in melt pot and applied it with a paint brush. You have to work quite quickly for this as the wax dries really quickly. Then either stamped into it or used perfect pearls over and other embellishments and this what i created.

Summer match box

summer match box and contents. Watch this space for the Autumn match box

spring match box

match box and the atc's included in it.

Pressie for bestest freaky deaky frendie

My bestest freaky deaky friendy has moved into her penthouse suite and i wanted to give her something very special. I decided on a canvas so she could have some art on her wall because i didn't think it was something she would have time to do herself.

I also used my melt pot for the very first time on this project. Saved it for something special and what better occasion.

Canvas Backgrounds

Had a play with bmuse embossing powder and acrylic paints on canvas. Now i want to do more :)

Bottle top swap

Just recently finished doing a bottle top swap. The bottle tops could be left as they were or flattened. I got my trusted frind out gandelf and squished all of mine to create the look i was looking for

Jam Backgrounds

For UKATC we are doin a jam and these are the backgrounds i created and sent onto the next person

Art received from my Fwendie Wendies

Gorgeous pieces of art i have received and treasure. Very talented ladies.

an ickle pressie for my freaky deaky fwendie

Made this especially for my freaky deaky fwendie. It was the 1st time i had used the stamp. She is jelous because she would really like the stamp but doesn't have it, but she does have a very special birthday in a few weeks time so.......

match box swap on atc_addicts_R_us

Mumsywumsy birthdy

Although i had already brought my mum her birthday pressie i really wanted to make something. I decided to go with a french theme because that is where she would like to retire too. Although Paris is featured it's the south of france they will retire too but i have no ides to which part so just went french! She absolutely loves it x

some atc's made using backgrounds

some creations using the backgrounds i created

playing with backgrounds

I decided i needed to do something other than creating a piece of art work from start to finish and decided to give some different backgrounds a go. The 1st one is faux washi paper that i created using white tissue paper and food colours, the 2nd is pva glue with stippled perfect pearls and the 3rd is pva and stippled perfect pearls heated with a heat gun.

The backgrounds have been used on various atc's and have been great for experimenting with for different looks to my art work.

Mona Smile

This is from a goody bag swap on goody bag girls. It was great to have so many lush colours to work with. I really enjoyed creating this and was pleased with what i created. My fwendie was pleased with it too and that was obviously great.

A little something for someone special!

Well a fwendie of mine moved to Scotland 6 months ago and i haven't seen her since :(

I am hoping to get to see her real soon but i don't drive and can't travel on my own and she hasn't been back to visit yet. I wanted to make something special so that she would know how much i miss her and think of her. The phone is great but being with her would be better. Making this canvas made me feel closer to her.

She loved it and has put it on her mantle piece so that it is on display. At least everytime she see's it she will know i am thinking of her and that i miss her.

Something Special!

I had a special project i wanted to do for someone. I t was a very personal piece of work that represented a lot to the the recipient. It took me a while to find an image i felt worked but once i had that image i was able to get stuck in.

I was impotant to me to get this piece done and i gave it to the recipient today and she was thrilled to bits and kept just saying WOW! Just the response i was hoping for.

She asked me to explain the elements and i had written a personal message on the back. Said to read the back 1st as that would explain some elements and then i was able to tell her how i created certain elements.

I am really pleased with this piece

HATS HATS HATS!!!

Well i finally got these swaps for mixedmediaatc's done after weeks of saying i was gonna get them done. My freaky deaky fwendie must have heard me say i was gonna get them done for weeks and it just didn't happen!

I sat down a couple of days ago desperate to get some crafting done and as if by magic my hat atc's suddenly became a reality :)

I was sooooo pleased to have them done and off in the post and obviously i needed to let my freaky deakie fwendie know. I think she was just pleased to not hear me say i still needed to do them and to see me stop getting cross with myself for not having them done.

Now i just have to wait and see if the recipients are as happy as i am :)

Treasure Box

After much deliberation i finally had an idea for my treasure box. This was a swap on advancedatcs. I decided to really go to town and add plenty of eye candy and treasures both on the inside and the outside. The result were very pleasing and i have had some great feedback so i must have done something right!

Welcome to My world!!!

I have been wanting/meaning to start a blog for like forever so here i am!!!

I have been seeing changes in the style of my work and i hope to show this over time through my blog and keep you all informed with what is happening, what i am making and new ventures.

Please do take ideas from my blogland, but please also respect that work showed on here is mine unless otherwise stated and respect that by not copying my work.

Enjoy!