Celestial Light

For the theme of Celestial set by The Small World of Inchies & Twinchies, I chose to use a Penny Black stamp. This is one of her new range stamps out in the Christmas range.

I used inch square Stampbord and chalked it up in varying shades of blue and purple Chalk Eye. I then stamped the stars in Midnight Blue Stazon and then scratched out the highlights.

A Stitch in Time...

I love adding a bit of sewing to my work, as textiles is one of my favourite media to work in, so any chance to get it into paper based crafts is great. Needle and Thread was the challenge for Tag, You're It.

I chose to use cream as my background, tore a piece of old text and added chalk eye to the edges, I sewed this to the background with two lines of machine stitch. I then took a patterned paper with flowers and butterflies and cut a section out around the edges of the shapes. This was sewn to the background with a zig zag stitch down the right side and across the bottom.

I cut out a butterfly separately and attached this to the background with zig zag stitch.

Chat Noir

I have the most adorable, handsome all black cat - he is a real character, never a dull moment! The Black is Back challenge by This Thurs its all about...... was a good opportunity to do a layout using him as the focus.

I printed the photo first and mounted it up on a red patterend paper. This then allowed me to see what space I had left for the rest of the layout. I decised to use Black UTEE and wiped my Versamark pad over a sction of the black cardstock over on the left-hand side. I put four layers of UTEE on and then while hot pushed my Chat Noir stamp from Cherry Pie Arts into it. I then used a paw stamp from Stamps Away and embossed them using black emobssing powder. I like using the same colour EP as the background, it makes it look 'wet' as if the cat has just walked in from outside and is leaving messy prints in its wake! You could also use clear EP to get a similar effect. I stuck the photo back on last of all, just to make sure I did not warp it while using the heat gun - I've learnt my lesson doing that before!

Transparent Art

This is a book I made at a class hosted by Julie of Scrapbook Sisters, and it just so happens to meet the theme set by Wednesday Stamper. The book is made up of mainly images on transparencies, those images being created in many ways including stamping, printing onto acetate, and drawing.

I have uploaded just a few of the pages, there were too many to post all at one time! The front cover comprises two different stamps and some hand drawing:

The flowers were stamped onto a second page, with dragonflies stamped separately on acetate, cut out, coloured and applied:
The circle frame was cut out of cardstock and the acetate stamped with a gorgeous background stamp in Buttercream Stazon:
The page to the right of this image shows the one behind it, creating a layered look:
This is the same page without the next one behind it, It is stamped with a rufled flower and stickles added to give dimension:

Printed onto acetate:

The page to the right is made up of small images stamped and printed and then stuck together using glossy accents:

This is the same page without the next one behind it:

I hope you like it!

All that Glitters...

Is GOLD.....

Who doesn't love a little bit of gold in their lives now and then? Great theme from OPH. I created this tag using a K&Co paper as a background and then stamping some great stamps from The Queen's Dresser Drawers on in Versamark and embossing them in gold. The stamps on the background paper are all differnt pens. I then stamped the ink bottles onto a torn page of text, and agian embossed them.

Close up details, a little hard to photograph late in the evening but the flash shows off the gold!

Right, time to pack up and get some rest, ready for the next hectic day, how many days left until the weekend??

Altered in Pink and Brown

I managed to kill two birds with one stone this week by filling the alter it challenge by Arty Girlz, and the pink and brown set by Created by Hand. I took an empty matchbox and turned it into a decorated mini drawer, which could be used as gift wrapping, or a place to hide those small treasures.

I covered the outside of the matchbox in pink polka dot paper, embellished with ribbon and punched flowers....

Then I took the inside and covered that in brown on the outside and more of the polka dot on the inside....
I also added punched flowers to a corner inside.....

And finally added pink stickles to give it some bling.....
I have a few ideas as to what I will use it for now. Looking forward to the next set of challenges!

Pumpkins

Well school has only just started and already people are thinking of the next 'holiday' to celebrate. Halloween. Having rummaged through all my art and craft materials and media, I have come to the conclusion that I need to invest in more halloween themed things - papers, stamps, etc. So for this weeks Make a Moo or Two I resorted to producing some hand made Moo's.

I drew the images freehand in black pen and then added colour using Twinkling H2O's. I finished the edges with a copper leaf Krylon pen. I had some difficulty photographing them due to the use of the Twinkling H2O's, when the flash went off the images got lost in all the sparkle!!! This is the best result I got. Hope you like them.

I would also like to say a big Thank You to the team of Inspirational, who have showcased some of my work on their site. Take a look, there are some beautiful pieces of work from many people highlighted there. Thank You Inspirational!

Architecture

This is the basis for these ATC's for TMTA this week. I used stamps from Cherry Pie Arts and The Queen's Dresser Drawers. Both manufacturers have some stunning collections.

For this first ATC I chalked the background iwth smoky blue and creamy brown chalk eyes in roughly the right places and then stamped a London skyline. To bring out the buildings I added Crackle accents to emphasise their age.

This second ATC was made by again chlaking the background with chalk eye, but this time I stamped the London Residence on a separate piece of paper, cut it out, chalked the edges and then applied it using mounting pads so it is slightly raised off the surface. I then hand wrote the title on card, cut it out and glued it onto the ATC and then added crackle accents.

Hope you like them. Well it is a very wet Sunday mornign here, so its off to finish the housework, get my school work done ready for tomorrow, and maybe find a little bit of time to craft, it is supposed to be the day of rest after all!!

What a Hoot

I love these different owl stamps I have collected over time and thought that they would work well for the MMM challenge of Nature. To create this I first stamped the moon on the background and then added several differnt chalk eye colours until I had something approaching a smoky moody atmosphere. I drew the branches and cut them out layering them on top. The butterflies and owls were then stamped, they are different stamps from both Stamps Away and Basic Grey - Grow Your Own Garden.

I added punched leaves to add a bit of texture and form to the piece.
Glossy accents were added to the nest,owls eyes and butterflies to add a touch of sparkle!
I hope you like it.

What Every Little Girl Dreams Of......

to be the fairy Princess with her own set of wings and jewelled crown. Wings and Crowns was the theme for Sunday Postcard Art and this is my interpretation of the theme.

I cobbled this together by using a mixture of a hand painted strip, stamping, stamped acetate butterflies, punched hearts and hints of bling with stickles.

It has been good to be able to sit down and create after a hectic week back at work. The alarm going off so early was definitely a shock to the system!Still two days ahead to get in a bit of art and being able to play, as well as completing school work!