Happy Christmas

I would just like to wish you all a very merry Christmas & a happy new year.

We are hopefully moving house this coming Monday (22nd) so therefore I shall be off line for sometime, probably till the the new year.

Thank you to all who have left comments on my blog this year. Lets hope 2009 will be a better year for all of us.

Christmas

It is Andreas turn this week to set the challenge on the lots to do blog. I made a canvas, which was covered in red acrylic paint, then snowflake peel offs added & finally a FF image 3d onto it.

Canvas

It is Ang's choice this week & she has chosen Canvas.

Here is mine!
Red acrylic paint for the background & then various stamps. I had done this a while back, even before we had all chosen our themes.

Quoations

It is Hilda's choice of theme this week over on the lots to do blog challenge, & her theme is "quotations". I chose to do an arch, & used one of my Tim Holtz stamps.
The first one I had made, I done some more stamping around it, but it took away the main focus, so I threw that in the bin & just focused on the main image.
As they say, "less is more" & it applied in this case.

Envelope art

I'm so sorry I'm late doing this, it's just been so mad in my life.
Anyhow, this is my envelope for Andrea's choice for the blog last week!

Remembrance day challenge

This is my canvas for this challenge, set by Ang. I painted the canvas red, then added some gold & then added my image, then used mod podge afterwards.

Black & white

Alison has chosen this weeks challenge over on the lots to do challenge blog & her theme is black & white.
I made a fat page, which I used the opaque white staz on with various stamps.

Girls Halloween outfits!

My very own pussy cat dolls tonight!

Nature Challenge

OK, confession time. I was on the phone to Andrea, & I had to come up with with my choice of themes on the spot, as I had forgotten all about it! So, there I was, looking round my office for inspiration & I glanced over to my canvas & chose the nature theme for this weeks challenge over on Lots to do challenge blog.
So, here you have it!
Hope you like it & can join in this week!

Sophie's 1st school photo!

Bless her! Her first ever school photo!

Forever Friends Cards

This is few cards I have made over the last few days with my new ff stamps, nothing very exciting I might add, just needed to take my mind off "life" issues at the mo!

Stone

This is my effort for the stone challenge theme on lots to do this week.
I covered the arch in stone coloured inks then used my 4 stone stamps, again, in stone like colours, I then used embossing powder to create texture to them.

friends atc's

These atc's are for a swap on another forum I belong to. This is my first swap with this group so I hope the are up to scracth for them!

Beer mats

I have made these for a bland door of Bridies shop, I hope she likes them!

v w x y z skinnys

These are the final skinnys for an on going swap on Lots to do.

Winter Twinchies

These are my twinchies for a swap I am hosting over on Lots to Do. All have various blue inks, then all have been stamped with a Christmas images, then either embossed snowflakes, & stickles added for sparkle!

No stamping Challenge

Over on the lots to do challenge blog, the challenge is "no stamping"! I bought the large decoupage kit form QVC this week & so far I have made 10+ cards with it, & so I thought I would use this as my entry!

Vintage challenge

Over on the Lots to do challenge blog, the theme this week is "vintage". I made a fat page with the background of shaving foam, then used stamps over that. I found some vintage looking images from CI & mat & layered onto gold mirri card then 3d them. Finally, I used my gold pen round the edges.

Baby Girl Card

Shock horror, I have made a card!
I used my new forever friends stamps, watercoloured in the linen line & coloured in the teddies. I added a bit of bling to the flowers & used "it's a girl" ribbon on the top. Hope my friend likes it!

Bandanna technique

Again, another technique from the blog!

resist stamping

Over on the technique zone, Sam has done resist stamping & here are my first attempts, just waiting on a rainbow ink pad to arrive before I give it another go!

9x9

This is 9x9 swap being hosted by Claireabelle on Lots to do.
The theme is "autumn". I used various inks for my background & an aray of tree & leave stamps.

Trinchies swap

Sam is hosting a trinchies swap over on Lots to do & here are mine.
I used all sorts on these, too much to mention!

Red & white

The scan is awfull on this, so it's not showing how it really looks:(
This is my entry for this weels challenge, red & white.
I used red ink for the heart stamp & then highlighted with a white pen.

S T U

My s t u skinnys for the onging swap on lots to do

Ladies Swap

Andrea is hosting an arch swap on Lots to do & these are mine. Backgrounds are all dabbers & inks with the swirl stamp in co ordinating colours with CI images 3d onto them.

Autumn Swap

These are my atc's for a swap that Sam is hosting on Lots to do
I used various orange inks for the back ground & used various leaf stamps.

Week 26 Challenge piece

This week it's Hilda's turn to choose the challenge & it is numbers.
I have made a skinny with dabbers background & Tim's number stamp, as I hadn't used it!

Chloe

I just to share these pictures with you guys!
Talk about a mass of mess to clean up afterwards, but hay ho, she had fun! :) :) :)

Tag Swap

Tammi over on Lots to do is hosting a tag swap & these are mine.
I can't find my fibres though to finish them off which is very annoying!

Bandana Technique

Over on Sam & Hilda's technique blog, they have shown a new one, & this is my effort!
Must get some brighter inks though!

Pink Gothic Arch

Sue is the guest designer over on the Gothic arch challenge blog & her theme is "pretty in pink"
Now, the scan shoes my arch as purple, not the link that it is in real life, but it is pink!
The background has been created with the shaving foam technique & I used Tim's fragments over the stamped flower & used a flourish stamp in the corner. The main image is another of Tim's.
Hope it fits in with this week theme!

Week 25 Challenge piece

This weeks challenge has been set by Ang & she choose to do a "recipe" & I really enjoyed doing this one!
Hope you can join in with us!

Distress inks swap

Monalisa (Sue) is hosting another swap, this time, you have to use either Distress inks or the reinkers, so all have had distress ink pads used on them & various stamped images.

Men theme Atc swap

Monalisa (Sue) is hosting an atc swap over on Lots to do, the theme being "men" & these are my entries.

Orange Skinnies

Andrea is hosting another colour skinny swap on Lots to do & these are mine!

September Lottery Atc's

These are my entries for this months lottery draw, being held over on Lots to do.

Week 24 Challenge piece

Over on the Lots to do challenge blog, Steph has chosen this weeks theme as "your name". I made it so long ago, that I have forgotten what I did! I know it's a tag, with a meaning of my name, which is officially Margaret, which I hate by the way, but I couldn't find the meaning of Mags! I think I used acrylic dabbers for the background!

Memory Glass

Over on Sam & Hilda's technique blog, which I might add is absolutely fabulous, Sam gave us a demo on memory glass.
The one to left is my fist attempt & the one on the right is my 2nd attempt.
I'm pleased with both of them.

Week 23 Challenge

This weeks theme on the Lots to do challenge blog was chosen by yours truly & I decided to do Iris folding.Now I know it's not most peoples cup of tea as it's a bit fiddly & not messy, but sometimes it nice to try something different for a change! And it's a great way to use up scraps of paper you might have in your craft box!I hope you will give it a go!