Odd Creatures....

There are plenty of odd little creatures in the world, and I love the idea of using them in a piece of artwork. Such a great theme from TMTA this week. I have a stamp with a row of odd little creatures on from Prima and just had to make two ATC's for this one. I collaged a background for one and stamped the other, then added colour using copic pens and distress inks.

Autumn Glory

It has definitely been more of a winter day today than an Autumn day - lots of wind and rain. I even had to put the heating on! So it was good to do a 6x4 postcard for SPA on Autumn. I chose to use a photo I took this time last year of the orange berries in my garden, added digital brushes and changed the opacity of the layers. Hope you like it.

Autumn...

is a great time of year, I love it when the trees turn golden and the berries turn red. Autumn is hitting early this year with colder weather than this time a year ago. Autumn is a great theme for making some art and is the theme over at TMTA this week.

I used a distress inks to colour the background, then added torn pages from a book and punched leaves and a fence to add to the ATC. I then cut out and added the Autumn wording and finished with hand drawn lines and some Viva gold, to add the shine of Autumn colours.

1950's Pin Up's

Is this weeks theme over at SPA this week. I have created a digital 6x4 postcard featuring a 50's Pin Up girl and some classic 1950's cars, layered it all together and added some filters and brushes to pull it all together. Hope you like it:

What A Week....

Well I am very glad it is finally Friday, but there are just not enough hours in the day at present to do everything I would like to do! But I have a card to share with you I made for a friends birthday. Anyone who knows me understands that I am not a cardmaker, I get a mental block with them and just seem to struggle to get the image to work, but I think this one turned out OK.

Bingo!

It has been a while since I have Blogged! Lots of other things have taken up my time, and inspiration had been a bit off. But here goes with some new work and things I have created over the last few months to follow.

So to start today is an ATC I have made for TMTA this week on the theme of Bingo!

I hope you are all having a good start to the week.

Snow Challenge...

Well, this snowy winter certainly has caused disruption this winter, we still have a lot of snow where I live and without the sunshine to melt it, it is lingering. Scrapbook Sisters set a challenge for this winter whiteout to create either a scrapbook layout or a card and incorporate the word SNOW. Below are my two entries, please visit their site to see all the other wonderful creations entered.

Newspaper....

is the theme over at TMTA this week. I created this ATC using strips of text on the background, adding chalk eye over the top. I then stamped the flower images onto the background and an extra one on a separate piece of text, this was cut out, chalked and applied to the background so the petals could be bent. I then added the hope ticket and butterflies punched out using a Martha Stewart punch.

Turquoise

The challenge this week at Gothic Arches is to use the colour of your birthstone as the basis of your design. My birthday is in December, so my birthstone is Turquoise, which happens to be one of my favourite colours too. I created my arch using a clear embossing powder on a stamp for the background, and rubbed turquoise distress ink over the top. I then stamped the tree branches and birds over the top using Azure Stazon. To finish I added gems to the centres of the clocks, and used the new Martha Stewart stamp and punch butterfly punch to add a 3D element.

Longing for warmth.......

Longing for summer warmth now, this icy chill and snow is seriously losing its' appeal! As much as I love the snow and enjoy the crisp white world it creates, a bit of warmth would now be great - so today I share some warmer days in these two layouts I finished using photos from last summer.