2nd set of altered drawers!

While the kids had a nap this afternoon, I ran upstairs into my craft room & came up with this. It's amazing what you can come up with just like that, no planning at all with this & I have to say, I do rather like these!

Challenge Card

This card is for Quirky Crafts challenge blog
All the backing papers are Crafty Individuals & the image is too. Hope it fits in ok!

Altered Drawers

These are my little drawers that I have altered. I only have 3 more sets to do! :) :)

Latest of my kiddie winks!

These are the latest pictures of my kids. The one of JJ was his first taste of "food" the other night, bless him!

What's on your workdesk wednesday?

Oh the shame of it!

Few bits & bobs going on on my work desk,boxes ready to alter at craft group on sat!

See other work desks here

Altered wooden boxes

Been messing about in my craft room these last few nights & have altered these boxes, given to me by my good friend Connie
The big one, I gave it a coat of Gesso, then stamped my images, used various DI, then Rock candy. The hinges had rust AI added to them.
The smaller one didn't have gesso, but again, stamped images, DI, rock candy & AI.

Altered Pen Pot

This is my take of a tutorial by Deanne, but I'm really not sure about it! I think I might be having another go soon!
You can find it here

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!