My friends work.

I have finally got round to putting up a big notice board in my office to display all the lovley work I have received in swaps & rak's from all my forum buddies.

I hope you can see your piece of art on my board.

9x9 Swap

This is for a swap hosted on Lots to Do Forum, the theme being Tim Holtz stlye.
I really had no idea where & how to start, so I printed off a load of images, travel being the main ones. I then inked up the card, then stamped lots of postage images, by CI, then cut out all the postcard images, distressed them using inks & Tim's paper distresser, then mounted them all onto the card. I then cut out loads of stamp images & mounted them on there too. This is the picture uncut into atc sizes.

And this is the cut version. Once I had cut them all out, I then used the paper distresser again & inked all the edges & it looks compleatly different cut up. I'm really pleased with the way it has turned out!

Week 2 Lots to do Challenge

This is my gothic arch for this weeks challenge, set by Ang, "A matter of Time" theme.
I used distress inks on the arch, then an acetate CI image at the top & the man image & the clock image is one by Tim Holtz , then added "time waits for no man"

This is a very simple thing really, an altered cd, again, with a Tim Hiltz image, thus being "time flys"

Chloe latest Picture

This is the latest picture I took of Chloe, she has a nasty tummy bug at the mo, but she's still happy!

Things with wings

On this arch, I used peel offs, then used various chalks over them & removed the peel offs to leave the stencil outline. Finally I spritzed with walnut gold glimmer mist.

On this, I used the same stamp with holographic embossing powder, then cut out the butterflys from CI papers, curled the wings & 3d foamed them.

With this arch, I used versamark ink pad & used various chalks to highlight the images & chalked around the sides.

Lots to Do Challenge

These are my designs for the Lots To Do challange.

The top one is a atc. I used Pine needles, shabby shutters & peeled paint distress inks to create the background colour.

I then found some papers which had some tress & acorns in a postage stamp style on, & used 3d foam to raise them up a bit. I then printed out the saying & used the same inks again.

The next one is the gothic arch. Again, using the same inks for the background, I used a CI stamp & pine needles ink, stamped & cut out. I then used walnut gold glimmer mist on top. The leaves I hand drew, used the same inks to colour wash them & hand drew the veins in brown ink.

2x2 Mountboard Swap

These 2x2 mountboards are for a swap hosted on Lots To Do Forum.
I used CI baking papers to cover them all, then various CI images & plastic flowers, which are held together by a brad, which then can be moved about to create a 3d effect.
But they look better in the flesh.

Atc, tag & fat page

These are for my swap that I am hosting on lots to do forum. The theme is saying/proverb & I naturally had to have Carpe Diem, all who know me will know why!!

I sturggled to find a image that would suit this saying, as there really is no image for it, so I kept it very simple.

I choose my favorite distress inks, & inked all 3 up, then used 2 hampton art stone stamps, Love & Dream with vintage photo ink.

I intend to send the receipent's of these, the full poem of Carpe Diem, so they will have that to look back on.

Make my day

Andrea & Claire have both given me this award.
I in turn then have to give it to 10 other people who have made my day.

So the award goes to.........................................................................

Andrea
Chirs
Hilda
Ang C
Claire
Sam
Caz
Sue
Dawne
Ann R

Fat page book covers

Front cover

Inside front cover

Back cover outside

Back cover inside

Distressed fat pages

These are my fat pages for a swap on Lots to do forum

I really enjoyed doing this swap, & using all my new stash!

Things with wings

These are for the mothly "fat page lottery" hosted on lots to do forum.

They are all started off with distress inks, then all CI stamps.

The images have been stamped using various staz on inks, then I have used a clear embossing pen to highlight the wings of the images & holographic embossing powder.

This theme was chossen by the last winner of the lottery, Hilmof (Hilda).

Lottery atc's

These are for the monthly "atc lottery" on lots to do forum.

They are all started off with distress inks.

The one on left has a stamped image with black staz on then heat embossed with clear powder.

The middle one, the top image is stamped using distress ink. Next is another image stamped on, then stamped again & on 3d foam. The dream image has again been embossed with clear powder.

The one on the right I used black staz on, and again, used clear embossing powder.

Book mark swap

This a book mark for a swap hosted on lots to do forum.

I used distress inks then stamped an image with staz on, then used clear embossing powder. I added the faith & believe embellishment's with 3d foam, then lightly sanded them down to give a distressed look. And finally added fibres.

Mothers Day Card

I used distress inks on the card, then stamped image in black staz on, then the same with the tag & mounted on 3d foam.

Both mum's have the same card, so hope they both like it!