My Buzz-y Life - Altered Diary cover

Well better late than never - at least there's still 11 and 1/2 months left of 2017  :)    :) 

I have no photos of the process sorry. I began with a Brushos background in Purple, attached to the front of the diary and sealed with DecoArt Matt Medium. Crafters Workshop stencil - mini Busy Bees was used for the hive and background bees and trails. I drew around the hive with a pencil and whitened the area before painting with DecoArt paints.

The stencil was positioned over the hive and DecoArt black gesso stencilled  onto the cover.

The Title and year were computer generated and image transferred onto cover.

The textured edges are DecoArt Texture paste. Painted black, silver and the dabs of purple are Luminarte Twinkling H2O's.

Lots of layers of matte medium through and over the top once the Fussy cut Stampotique Bees (Jo Capper Sandon), were stamped, coloured with alcohol inks, glamour dust applied via cocktail stick to wings fussy cut and positioned onto the diary.

Whew - thank you for looking - would love to hear from you :) 

I am entering this Diary into the following Challenges

The Craft Stamper - Take It Make It  -           Anything Goes (February) Challenge

Rhedd's Creative Spirit  -                                Anything Goes (February) Challenge

Stampotique Designers Challenge  -                          Love Bugs #SDC 266                                   

The Mixed Media Monthly  -                              Sweet Inspirations (February) Challenge

(There is nothing Sweeter than Honey I believe  :)  )

Christmas Tag for GDT Always Use Rubber

Thrilled to be asked as GDT Always Use Rubber  for whose theme for this fortnight is  Festival.  I had researched some pretty cool UK festivals see this LINK  - but imagination failed me :(  so here we are with a Christmas Themed tag.

The gorgeous stamp is a second hand one I brought from local charity shop by Tin Can Mail by Inkadinkado.I managed to miss an edge so used an Andy Skinner background stamp to infill - oops

Background DI - Peacock Feathers, Wild Honey and Milled Lavender.

Face painted with DecoArt nude acrylic, headdress coloured with TH pen, heart Derwent watercolour pencil edged with pumicestone DI and then 2 laces and string applied to finish the tag off.

I would also like to enter this tag into the following challenges
Dragon's Lair - whose December theme is Christmas Wishes - Heavenly Peace
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Theme is Winter Holiday (2 types lace used)
Morgan's ArtWorld  - Theme is Tag - It
Aloha Friday - Theme is Christmas
Creative Corner - Theme is Vintage/Retro Christmas
The Artistic Stamper Theme is Christmas
Country View  - Theme is Christmas

Thank you for looking :) 

Non - Traditional Angel ......

But who says angels have to be delicate, pretty and don't have hand wings??

Background created Pumice Stone DI and water direct to tag. Previously painted sheet of card used for Lost Coast Doodle Dolls - my angel image and Dylusion - Dyan Reavley's - Further Round The Edges, border stamp both stamps inked using Versafine Onyx Black.

Tim Holtz "Fly" chitchat sticker and string for added interest

Thank you for visiting I would like to enter my non traditional Angel into the following challenges

That's Crafty - There Must Be An Angel

Always Use Rubber - Thing's With Wings

Take It Make It  - Anything Goes

Skull

I had a blast decorating another larger MDF block .

The Skull is Andy Skinner stencil, Bat Stencil from That's Crafty  - so useful and a plastic spider. Deco Art crackle paste, gesso, antiquing creams and  Deco Art  acrylic paints.

FAB messy play x

I am entering this project into

That's Crafty - Friday 13TH Part 2
Ike'sworld Challenges - Spooky Love
Dark 'n' Daring  - Anything Goes
Left Of Centre - Halloween

Thank you for stopping by xx

Spooky play

It has been so long since I blogged but I have been happily playing - just not blogging :)

I have decorated a chunky MDF block with DecoArt products and Tim Holtz, Andy Skinner, and Hapton Art Stamps.

TH Rub- on and some dotty doodles

Thank you for dropping by

I am entering this project into the following challenges

 A Vintage Journey - Make It Spooky

That's Crafty - Friday 13TH Part 2

Moo Mania - Halloween Party

Country View Challenges - All Things Spooky

My Take on Tim Holtz Tag - August

Wow ;pong time since posting .......  life has been busy :)

I have an nice accident on my background - hated my first and second attempt so white acrylic has given me  a nice lightly crackled background.

I recycled a blue cardboard box and managed to capture some bar code and wording - love to say it was planned but was just a happy coincidence :) - love the textures here :)

Other ingredients

Thank you for looking :) xx

Viva Las Vegas - Tag ( Also For Simon Says, Stamplorations and The Artistic Stamper Challenges)

Long time without a post....

VLV have a great theme for April - Coffee Fiends

As it's a Bank Holiday weekend  I decided to play with some LOVELY LVL rubber and TH Distress Crayons.

I used Sizzix Red Tag die and cut a base card and another corrugated card and glued them to give a thicker tag base. Initially I applied some DI - Walnut Stain and Old Paper - flicked some water but was not too happy with the result, so decided to play with TH Crayons - love them they smudge and blend so easily give great coverage and quick too! Vintage Photo and Rusty Hinge were blended and then Black Soot smudged onto the tag edges.

I stamped my Mary Vogel Lozinak Bee Hung Up  stamp, colourd with copics cut leaving a white border to help "pop" the image. I then created my saying on PC and assembled   :)
 I am also entering my tag into
Simon Says : Anything Goes   (Weds. challenge)
The Artistic Stamper - All Things Distress
and Stamplorations - Mixed Media

Thank you for looking and have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend x

Happy New Year

Oh it's been months since I blogged ...

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and I wish you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

The bulk of my crafting goodies are all stored away so I was lucky that family and friends treares d me to some new toys - my eldest son brought me some Derwent Inktense Pencils which I used to colour Rick St Dennis Hippocampus Image.

This has not yet had any water added to the pencil ink -  not sure I really want to.
The pencils are fantastic to blend and work with - really had fun :)

Awakeninig Zombie Keyring 31 Days DominoArt Scarefest 2015 and 31DOH Smeared Ink Blog Hop

Here is my second project a domino key ring.

I had to  alter the lady on the Left, (see below) - stamped directly onto the domino - I thought she was a great zombie type so doodled scars, added blood and doodled the bottom part of the domino then coloured the background and sides.

I then added a large bead and then attached to the key ring.

Supplies used
Domino
Gesso
Versafine Onyx Ink
Stampington & co. Clearly Impresses (J6220 Paris 1900) Stamp - altered image free hand
HOTP border stamp
Clear Embossing Powder
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pens - Festive berry, Black, Mowed Lawn and Pine
Key ring, bead, and jump ring.

I would like to join the following challenges
Try It On Tuesday - It's Frightening/ Halloween
Art With Heart - Hauntings and Holidays
Forever Dark - Anything Dark Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Halloween - Anything Goes
 The Corrosive Challenge - The Dark Side
 Creative Corner - Halloween
Quoth The Raven - Colour Challenge
Thank you for looking x

31 DOH - DominoART's - The Rose

 

Thrilled to be a Halloween Player for the DominoART Halloween Scarefest and Blog hop sponsored by Smeared Ink.

This is my first project -

 

MATERIALS: Domino, Digi from http://www.andyskinnercrafts.com/ Copic marker R46, DecoArt Media paints Quinacridrone Gold and Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, Gesso, Texture Paste, Decou- page, No More Nails,  Waxed Cotton Necklace and Spacer Bead.
I am also entering the following challenges
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Macarbe Monday's - Halloween
Love To Create - Mixed Media Anything Goes
Crafty Calender Challenge - Halloween
Creative Corner Challenge - BOO
Get Creative Challenge - Halloween
Thank you for stopping by - hope you are enjoying the 2015 Scarefest and 31 Days Of Horror Hop x

Tag

Oops bad blogger!!

It's been a while, and I always find crafting time a challenge with the long school holidays.

Here's my take on Tim Holtz's Augusta Tag  - details here

I used TH Cargo stencil for the background and used a Runway stamped image rather than photo. Not much space for epherema so I was happy as it is.

 

Ingredients
Stamps - Tim Holtz Hash Tags, Runway, several from Bitty Grunge Sets
Stecil TH Cargo letters
Textured sand paste various inks, paint. copics pens and embossing powder

 I would also like to enter The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge -  "Get Texty" - I love how TH  # Tag stamps look like type phrases.

Thank you for looking :)

 

PapererArtsy #12 Stencils

 I enjoyed watching the great video introducing stencils I was heavily influenced by Leandra using grey on a tag and so here's my version. Not having the lovely Lin Brown's stencils and stamps I have Jo's lovely stencil (007) and some stamps (JOYF 10).

My stencilling is not as neat as Leandra's - but I am pleased with the finished tag and the London  Night and Stone painted background help make the flowers pop!

I outlined with a black copic pen - all other ingredients are shown below.

Off to enjoy this lovely weather.
Still lots of time to enter the PaperArtsy Stencil Challenge - just click this link
Thank you for dropping by :) 

 

Craft Stamper free Visual Image stamp meets Finnabair Stamps!

 

Despite my lack of voice and snuffles I managed a lovely play session in my journal. Dylusionn sprays, water and then designing the page!

I loved how both these stamps work so well together - the Visual Image stamp is great as a border - love the swirls. However I had my Finnibair Image floating  - the VI stamp has a line of dots so I soon had her grounded again!

 Here's a more detailed photo of the "grounding"!

 

I would like to enter this page into the following

Take It Make It April Challenge - Colour  Challenge 

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

A Sprinkle Of Imagination Anything Goes -  fab selection of not only Finnabair stamps  ( I used the Don't Forget to Fly" stamps),  but stencils, craft basics and papers in the range

 

Thank you for dropping by - have a lovely weekend   :)

Earrings

Over at PaperArtsy Blog the challenge theme has been miniature and Emma Godfrey made a lovely card using shrink plastic, and Leandra had included some shrink art pieces in  her introduction for miniature art.

After spending an age looking for my stash of Shrink plastic I brought a new supply but clear- EEEK!! Definitely not as forgiving as the white backed stuff I had originally; and I suppose reading the instructions first would have helped!!
For a first attempt on clear and without priming the sheet first they are better in real life than the photo although I did nearly decapitate one bird man!! Definitely more practice needed!!

 

So hard to photograph !!

 

Ingredients

 

Paper Artsy Stamp  -  HP1107EZ

Shrink Plastic

Copper Stazon Ink

Fresco Finish Paints - Chalk, DollyMix, Amethyst, Mushroom, Bora Bora and Mermaid.

DecoArt Matte Varnish

Jewlery findings from stash.

 

I am entering into the following Challenges

PaperArtsy Miniture Art

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - March Anything Goes 

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Birds of A Feather 

Thank you for looking :)

 

 

 

The Key - Altered Metal Jar Lid

 

 

For ages I've wanted to alter a jar lid - no idea why but with half term and kids with colds I decided in between feeding/ nursing / tissue handing I would have a play.

 

Background paper from stash cut to size, TH image stamped so I knew where to work around.

TH dots stencil and gesso brushed over, then once dry stencil offset and DecoArt Raw sienna acrylic paint  brushed over. TH grunge stamp inked in Barn Door DI and stamped to ground fairy.

Tiny key placed into fairy hand and the lid edge had a coat of texture paste which when dry was painted with DecArt Raw Sienna Acrylic paint.

TH fairy stamped and  embossed onto card stock copics colours for skin and fussy cut, later cut edges coloured with copics pen. Onto tissue paper I stamped the key using Dovecraft mini alphabet peg stamps, which were then placed and stuck with gel.

 

Whole thing glazed. Cropodile hole and eyelet added, 4mm beads onto clear thread to create a hanger lace applied to tin edge - all done!

I would like to enter this into

Craft Stamper Take It make It - February Challenge  Use Stencils

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Altered Goes

Thank you for looking

Have a lovely day :)    xx

Hearts ATC

Today is Valentines so appropriate I share my ATC for the 2016 Calendar at The Craft Barn  I'm sorry I couldn't find the linky tool so added it to the comments  :)

5 red coloured Colourbox inks, small heart and quote stamps Die cutting and embossing Triple embossed silver arrow black brad and of course Feb2016 calendar.

 

Thank you for looking I am also entering this into

Lunargirl  Challenge - Theme Vintage Red 

Artist Trading Post  Current challenge is Love Is In The Air

The Artistic Stamper Whose theme this month is Love

That's Crafty  current challenge is Be My Valentine

Have  a lovely Valentine's weekend x