Wednesday Stamper - Charms

Charms are this week's challenge at Wednesday Stamper - lovely challenge. My photography is very off these days but I'm blaming the lack of daylight and my camera, nothing to do with my shaky hand. This is a piece of chipboard covered with glossy paper which has been distressed and some shimmering mists added and finally, Stamp Francisco face stamp. It is then covered with a piece of metal (wine bottle collar :0) ) I scrunched up the metal then covered it in alcohol ink, black stazon and then gold rub on paint, I then tore the centre to reveal the face. Charms were added as a finishing touch.

New Home Cards

There seems to be a lot of people on the move at the minute and I had sent these cards out on Monday for some of them. House is the theme too on Mixed Media Monday so these should be suitable for my first entry there.

The piccie was taken at night so the colours look quite dull compared to irl.

Handmade Felt

This is a little hanging I made for my sister who has just made a huge life changing decision in her life and I'm really proud of her. The quote reads 'In her heart she knew she was ready to fly'. This is also one of the first pieces of handmade felt I had made recently with some silk through it, I also stitched some beads around the edges. The centre panel is painted tyvek which I then stamped and stitched to the felt and added a little handmade cage over the heart and wings. TFL. I have some more pieces to add this week for some friends but will add after they receive them :-)

Wednesday Stamper - Keys

Wednesday Stamper Keys Challenge

Wednesday Stamper - Gothic Arch

The challenge this week at Wednesday Stamper is a Gothic Arch. I made this background by firstly staining a glossy card with coffee. I then distressed with inks and water and added acrylic paints to the edges.

I found this quote today on a calendar and I love it and wanted to use it.

You see things and say Why? I dream things and say Why not?

George Bernard Shaw

Wednesday Stamper - Open Theme

I have been trying to motivate myself to be creative but its so hard after eating so much and lazing about for the few days. I hope everyone had a lovely Chirstmas.

The Wednesday Stamper theme this week is an Open Theme so I thought I would play with some of my new stamps. The frame is the reverse soot technique which is great fun and I will do plenty more of these. TFL.

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish all my fellow bloggers and visitors to my site a Very Merry Christmas. Thanks to you all for dropping by and leaving some wonderful comments which I find very encouraging.

This is my Wednesday Stamper 'Light' and My Scrapwest 'Christmas' card as well as my christmas card to YOU.

Thanks for dropping by. xx

Paper Whimsey Banner Swap

My swap for the Paper Whimsey Swap was A for Art in Earth Tones. These are finally complete and ready for posting.

Wednesday Stamper - Umbrella

Wednesday Stamper's challenge this week is Umbrella. This is my view on it =0). TFL.

Scrapwest Challenge - My World

Well, what have we got here - a Layout LOL. This week's challenge WAS a challenge for me and as its coming up to my first wedding anniversary, I thought I might do another LO using one of my wedding piccies. Hope you like it. I'll never be a scrapper that's for sure.

The Stampers Sampler

Didn't I tell you my exciting news?? I was very pleased to get a note to say that I had made the latest Stamper's Sampler. It was my first time submitting cards and I am delighted that they were chosen to feature in the magazine. I sent 3 cards, 2 were featured on page 54.

This is the card that didn't make it, I love this one but its probably the image I used that I love most.

Saturday Stamper - oh so late

I have had a very busy few weeks and I'm still not getting much done but I did manage to get last weeks Saturday Stamper challenge done during the week but didn't get a chance to post it. So, here it is, very late. The challenge was to make something christmassy without using anything that is Christmas specific.

Wednesday Stamper / Saturday Stamper

Wednesday Stamper's challenge is to use diamonds in your work, Saturday Stamper have a combined challenge using the themes of various challenges, I loved trying to combine all of them. I have used various stamps and background papers, most of which have diamonds in some shape or form but they dont come out too clearly on the picce. TFL.

Booklace

The challenge for Scrapwest this week was Books. I didn't get to send mine in last week as I was away over the weekend, however, I made a Booklace. I would like to try some more of these, they are great fun and can be any shape or size you like. This one has the title of Journey and could do with some more work to it too. The covers are made with metal foil and coloured with alcohol ink, the inner pages are made up of mica, chipboard, fabric and other bits of paper decorated and embossed.

Felt & ribbon flower

This is a little flower brooch which I made at a class at this year's Knit & Stitch show. I keep meaning to finish it,maybe soon. =0)

Scrapwest Challenge - Just the Two of us

This piece is unfinished but I took the piccie as there is good light at the moment. The poem reads : A MOTHER is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. I have mounted this onto an oatmeal coloured canvas, the background is Abaca paper adn handmade felt with some lovely linen, an image transfer decorated with beads and some metal mesh and buttons. TFL.

ps. I think a tripod will be on my Santa list - I have such a shaky hand and I took several piccies of this - it was the best LOL

Saturday Stamper - Tone on Tone

This week the challenge is Tone on Tone at Saturday Stamper. This is my contribution - not sure where I am going with this but I may add to it later =0)

Scrapwest Challenge - Changing Colours

My contribution to the Scrapwest Challenge of Changing Colours was this little house card made with blues and greens - colours I feel I dont use enough off and will use more in the future. I love how this turned out. The back of the card is metal foil which was placed in a cuttlebug embossing plate and it was then coloured with alcohol inks.

Saturday Stamper - Tags

The Saturday Stamper challenge this week is to use a tag in your work. I was delighted to be asked to have my ATC featured and sorry to hear that Kaz in unwell. I hope you're feeling much better soon. xx

I hope you will also join in and have fun making this week's challenge. Here is the ATC which was used.

Saturday Stamper - Collage

This was the brief:

A collage (From the French: coller, to stick) is a work of art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. Use of this technique made its dramatic appearance among oil paintings in the early 20th century as an art form of groundbreaking novelty.
An artistic collage work may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork, photographs, and such, glued to a piece of paper or canvas.

This is a celtic themed piece, and probably the largest image transfer I have ever done as its almost A4. Lots of celtic stamps in the backgrounds and a little celtic warrior stamped and embossed on vellum in the centre. The metal foil was stamped from behind and embossed, I distressed it with black ink. TFL.