All Things Crafty Art Raffle

Over on the All Things Crafty Forum, we are holding a monthly art raffle, where we choose a theme & make anything we want.

I have made a postcard & a fridge magnet!

Hope the winner likes these!

Monochrome swaps

I'm hosting a monochrome swap over on All Things Crafty Forum & here are my entries.

Various cuttlebug embossing plates, different stamped images, black ribbon!
Thanks for looking!

Spring

After doing some gardening this morning, i have some little daf's out, so took that as my inspiration.

All coloured in with pro markers.

This is my card for the Quriky Crafts Challenge Blog

Free theme swap

Ang is hosting a swap on All things crafty, & it is a free choice. 3 postcards, 3 houses, 3 fat page & 3 atc's. Here is a selection of mine.

Atc swap

Over on All Things Crafty, Kathleen is hosting a swap & she has choosen the theme as "use any of the free craft stamper magazine stamps", so this is my choice! I love the dog from this months magazine & the bird one.

Distressed Note pad

From this


Front Cover

Back Cover


I have altered & Distressed this cheap black notepad for the lots to do challenge, which this week is distressed.

I used Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo inks, Gold dabber, Clear rock candy, Grunge paper & grunge elements.

Thought I might as well put his TSV to good use!
But I did drop the wet notebook on my lap, so I hope rock candy comes off in the wash!

Hoping

Hi folks.

Sorry for the lack of crafting pieces on here just late,I have made things, but keep forgetting to scan them in before they go into their envelopes!

I hope hoping to get into my craft this afternoon & play with Sir T's TSV & grunge paper!

Have a nice day folks!

Canvas

I have to confess, I had made this ages ago, but never done anything with it, it just sat in my craft room.

So this is my entry for this weeks challenge.

Thanks for looking!

Tag swap

Hilda is hosting a tag swap over on Lots to do forum. No theme this time other than use a stamped image. All started off with distress inks, spritzed with water, then I used a new foam stamp from QVC.

Feb/March recipe swap

These are my entries for the recipe swap, hosted by Ang. We had to use, floral, green, blue or yellow, or all three, sparkle & texture. I used all 3 colours, perfect pearls on the flower head, & stone gems for texture.

Postcard Swap

Now, don't get to excited folks! I have FINALLY been able to get upstairs in my craft room & actually achieve something worth showing!
Zoe over on Lots to do is hosting a postcard swap, which I have to say, I really did enjoy & got my teeth stuck into, so a very big Thank you to Zoe.
Having never done these before I do hope they fit the bill!

Family

Latest pictures of my kiddies!

Sorry no crafting items to blog, forgotten how to craft! ha ha!

New addition to our family!

Here is Jack! Born at home on Monday 16th November,9lb 6oz! He was minutes old in the picture with me in it! Don't look at my best, but hay ho!

Things to swap

I am up for offers on any of these items. Please leave a comment.

Many thanks

My girls

Just a quick add to my blog. I haven't made much in terms of crafting, what with one thing & another, mainly the girls & bump!!!

This was taken at the weekend when we had a day in the garden, clearing up the endless amounts of leaves & in order to get more in the wheelie bin, Dave put Sophie in it to get her to jump up & down & push the leaves down a bit more, so inevitably, Chloe wanted in on the action too!

Altered Mirror

Please excuse the naff photo!

I have seen a few altered mirrors on friends blogs, so thought I'd have a go myself.

This mirror we inherited when we moved in, so spent no pennies on it!
2 coats of black gesso, 1" stampbord, inked with various distress inks, then lots of different stamps used, then I used crackle glaze & glossy accents on all of them.

Thanks for looking.

Word Challenge

The challenge over on Lots to do Challenge blog is to use a word. Sorry the word is not very exciting! I used an old mint tin. I found some die cut chip board letters which I stuck onto the lid. Then covered the whole tin in self adhesive metal, which I have never used before, so it's a bit rough round the edges. I then used alcohol inks to decorate the tin, I finished using a gold leaf pen to highlight the letters better.

Thanks for looking.

Canvas

Nearly forgot how to do this again!

I have to thank Hilda for giving me the inspiration to do this with her altered canvas on her blog, so thank you Hilda.

Anyway, I altered a canvas yesterday. I started off by putting a thick layer of Windsor & newton Mineral texture gel all over,including sides. After it had dried, I then glued cut up pieces of newspaper. With the remaining mod podge, I added 1 drop of vintage photo distress reinker (waste not, want not!) to give an aged look. After that had dried, I then added my frames which also had the mineral gel & the lighter ones had sand texture gel on them, with CI images behind. (thought I had some larger frames, but can't find them!!) The final touch was stamped images on tissue paper & glued on.

The picture does not look great, but hay ho, I'm pleased with it, considering I have not crafted in an age!

Watch this space for am altered mirror I am working on!

Thanks for looking!

No craft

Hi all.

I can't believe we're in June already! I have not done any crafting for some time, but I hope to get my mojo back soon so I can blog something!


Hope life is treating you well!


Mags xxx

Art

The theme on Lots to Do challenge blog this week is "Art", so I made this canvas.
Background is various acrylic dabbers, then I used a swirl stamp round the edges.
I then used the tissue paper technique, which can be found on the technique zone blog. I seem to struggle with this, as I always seem to get creases when doing this, but on this occasion, I think it adds to the style of the theme!

Bandanna Atc's

Ang is hosting an atc swap over on Lots to do & we have to use the bandanna technique.
I seem to really struggle getting the colours crisp on these, but I hope they are OK!

My girls.

Taken today in the garden.
Going through a black & white photo stage at the mo!

Element atc swap

Andrea over on lots to do is hosting an atc swap in which you make 3 atc's, but the you have to take an element out of the first one to use on the 2nd, & again, an element from the 2nd for the 3rd!

It sounded easy enough, till I came to do it!

So, 1st atc is simply, the 2nd, I have taken the background flowers for this & the 3rd, I took the daisy chain from that.

I hope I have done it ok!

Gesso

Hope I'm not late for this weeks challenge over on the lots to do challenge blog!

The theme this week is to use GESSO in your work.

I made an atc, with various images stamped onto it, then glossy & crackle accents to finish it off.

Tag & bookmark swap

These are for a swap I am hosting on on LTD.

The theme is to use something new you have bought for your craft stash (even though we are in a credit crunch, I am sure we all find a few £'s to spend!!!)

My new stash is cuttlebug embossing folders, acrylic dabbers, & CI stamps.

March recipe swap

These are for another swap over on lots to do.

This months recipe is

Animal image
Ribbon
3 gems
Colour purple.

Canvas swap

Andrea on Lots to do forum, is hosting a canvas swap.

There is no theme this time.

I used the egg shell technique from the fab technique blog, link should be on here somewhere.

I used gold acrylic dabber paint, then sparkle mod podge to give it a bit of sparkle.

The inside is covered with gesso, and I added some fine crushed up egg shells, to give it a bit of texture, then I let that dry. The image was stamped onto tissue paper, cut very close. I then used mod podge again & placed the image inside, then another coat of glue.

I hope my swap partner likes it!

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I don't know........................................


Leave her playing for 5 minutes on her own to go & wash up, & look what happens, she falls asleep on the spot!

Just had to share these with you!

New craft room

These are pictures of my new craft room, all tidy for a change!

My lovely hubby made me some shelves for all my stuff & a new shelf today to keep all my wooden mounted stamps on. I do have a huge desk though, which is fab!
The wardrobe also hold's a huge amount of stuff, but the doors are little to be desired, so all art work, albeit, fat page, arch, etc is gratefully received to hide the hideous doors!!! Thanks!

Folded atc swap

Claire-Louise is hosting a folded/hinged atc swap, again, over on Lots to do Forum

I have never made an atc like this before, so I was unsure of what to do, but I hope this is OK!

Recipe Swap

Ang over on Lots to do Forum is hosting a recipe swap.

We have to make 1 atc, 1 skinny & 1 arch all containing

1 button
2 squares
1 image
and the colour green

Here is my effort!

In Stitches

This is my attempt at this weeks challenge over on Lots to do challenge blog.

I made a fat page.

The background is the shaving foam technique.


I then added stamped images of flowers & leaves & coloured in with H2O's.

I hope you like it!

Quick update!

Hi again.

Quick update for you, well, we are still unpacking boxes, but on the plus side, I have done a small amount of crafting, but I can't blog it, as it is a birthday present!!!

We are having double glazing fitted in the next week or so, so I best get organised for that to happen, so might get a bit of crafting in before that all kicks off.

Thanks for popping back & seeing my blog, albeit, very boring!

Take care of yourself!


Mags xx

Hello again!

Well, we moved in the end, 3 days before Christmas!

We are getting there, still lots to do mind you.

I have unpacked all my craft boxes into my new room, but still have to organise it though, which might take some time!

Hope you are well & thank you for dropping by today.

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.