Tagging an Arch...

I love the colour purple and the theme of 'Tag your Arch' for Gothic Arches combined so well with the theme of 'Purple' over at TYI that I combined both to create this piece. The background is created on purple card with a range of images stamped in purple and cherry Stazon. Then the stamped tag and wording was layered on top with mount pads to raise them off the surface.

I made sure I was all tucked up and cosy this evening to create this piece - the weather has turned arctic again, with the snow front from Russia finally hitting us!! There is an even layer of snow all around, and I am hoping that it either stops so that I can get to work tomorrow safely, or that it keeps snowing hard, lays thick and I get a snow day!!! Here's looking forward to a winter wonderland at 6.30am tomorrow morning....

Mixed Media Drawing

I got the chance to sit down and have a play today. First I completed a great class held by Scrapbook Sisters, where I made a great altered mirror; then this evening I had a play with mixed media to create this portrait. I collaged pages form a book for the background and added Gesso on top. Once dry I marked the image out in pencil then added colour with watercolour pencils, a black waterproof fineline pen and then coloured markers. I am fairly happy with the end result, but think I need to leave it and come back at a later date.

Vintage Love

I am so glad that it is Friday, what a busy week it has been, or rather a busy month! Definitely hit 2009 with a bang, and next week looks to be just as busy, if not more so....

Still I have a good weekend to look forward to, well on the most part anyway. Tomorrow I get to spend creating at a class held by Scrapbook Sisters, then hopefully will get some time in the evening to complete some of my projects. I will need to get some school work done on the Sunday though.

But for now I have managed to create these Moo's for Make A Moo this week by using pages from a book for the background and then added colour with chalk eyes. I then collaged the vintage images on top and punched the hearts, chalked the edges and added them to the background. I then finished them by adding Glossy Accents to the hearts.

Ice Blue

This is the challenge over at TMTA this week. I decided to use some Paper Artsy stamps onto a background I created using differing shades of icy blue chalk eyes. The images are stamped in Stazon and I completed by adding ice blue stickles down the left-hand side.

Alley Cat

I do love felines of all kinds, and am paticularly biased towards my own black shadow!! So I loved this weeks theme over at SPA of cats. This is my postcard, made by hand painting the copper background then stamping the paws and alley cat directly on top. The black cats are stamped separately and mounted using foam pads to raise them off the surface. It is finished with a hand doodled border and chalked edges.

It's All In The Numbers

Numbers is the theme over at TYI this week and I created this tag using a stamp from Paper Artsy, Prima Flowers and some odds and ends of papers I had.

Books.....

I love to buy them, read them, draw in them, alter them, and make them........

For TGIF this week I have chosen to share this book I made for my sister for Christmas. It is a desktop book I learnt how to make at a class held by Karen of Scrapbook Sisters, and this is another version of it. Hope you like the end result.

I dream.....

of so many things.......

The image provided by ACF this week leant itself to a composition on dreaming. The image of the little girl has such a thoughtful look on her face that dreaming just sprung to mind. This is a digital piece using a variety of techniques.

Buildings...

are the theme over at Make A Moo this week. I chose to hand draw mine on top of a background made with crackle paints. I then added some silver and red metallic pens to complete.

Blog Award

I have to thank Wendy for awarding me with this blog award, it is much appreciated, and great to know that there are people out there who like what I do!! I have come across some great blogs since I started to blog myself, and I have to pass this on to five other people. So some of the talented ladies out there whose sites I frequently visit for inspiration are:

1. Rosie

2. Scrapbook Sisters

3. Jeannie

4. Leona

5. Irene

Please keep visiting.....