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!

Canvas NU 2!

This is my canvas for a swap happening on lots to doThis is for Claire so I hope she likes it!

Week 22 Challenge

This weeks challenge has been set by Andrea & she has chosen to Recycle it!I used an old butter tub for this. I painted it with acrylic paints, then I had planned to stamp onto it, but this didn't work, so I had to rethink, so I thought she could use it as a penny saving jar for craft goodies, so added peel offs onto it. It does look abit dull & boring, for which I am sorry, but the master plan went wrong.

4x4 & 1x1 swap

Sam over on Lots to do is hosting a fat page swap, but we have to include an inchies on them.So I used acrylic dabbers for my background, then stamped the flowers in black, then painted them in with some new paints I have, & then added the inchie.

Technique swap

Andrea over on Lots to do is hosting a technique swap.I choose to do 3 the same as I was playing with shaving foam!

Memory glass

I had a play about with memory glass this evening & came up with these. The square one is finished with ranger tape & the other is with a frame.Need to play about with it a bit more as I'm sure there is more to these.

Thrinchie Swap

These are my entries for a thrinchie swap over on lots to do forum. I made the backgrounds with the shaving foam technique & then mounted my ci images onto gold mirri card & then 3d them.

Week 21 Challenge

This is my piece for this weeks challenge (sorry I'm late). I chose to do an arch with some oriental backing papers & I used a black kimono peel off again onto some backing paper & 3d on.
I then popped some oriental epoxy stickers on to embellish it. I don't have a huge amount of oriental stock, so I was a bit limited to what I could make.

Week 20 Challenge piece

This is my piece for this weeks challenge, which has been set by our guest designer Sam, this got the brain working overtime!

I know Sam's favorite colour is green, so I used 2 different colours of acrylic dabbers for the background
I then found the eye image, used 2 black square frames which were stuck onto acetate, then mounted over the top of them,
I finally added some gold thread to create the effect of a pair of glasses.

BUT, can you spot the stupid mistake I have made??
I did correct it though before sending to Sam, but forgot to scan it in again!

JKL skinnys

These were done in a rush today as, surprise surprise I am last again! The jack in the box I have placed some folded up paper behind him so he does spring out from the paper! The rest were images just mounted onto the skinnys.
I shall do better for the next lot I promise!

Lottery atc's

These are my atc's for the entry into Augusts atc lottery over on lots to do forum.
The backgrounds is left over acrylic paint then various images stamped onto them & all have some form of embossing on them.

Secret gift swap

This was my gift for Angie for the secret swap on lots to do.
It is a decoupaged Beatrix Potter image mounted onto stampbord with acrylic paints background.

Name Swap

This is my present for the name swap happening on lots to do forum.
I have made Angie a fat book note book. I was going to BIA at first, then decided against it, so she can add new pages if she would like to.
I hope Angie will like it & use it.

Green Skinny

These are for the green swap on lots to do forum
For the background I have used 2 different colours of acrylic dabbers then the image stamped & a small piece if ribbon to the corner.

GHI skinnys

These are my GHI skinnys for the ongoing swap on lots to do

Week 19 Challenge

These are my desings for this weeks challenge on lots to do, the theme is freinds.
I choose to do a skinny & atc.

Paper Doll

Sue from www.paperparadise.co.uk very kindly donated some dolls via Sam for us to alter, so here is mine.I used various handmade papers to decorate the dress, then layered them on top of each other, then used gold ribbon & star jems to decorate. On the neck I used acrylic dabbers. I then used an old bottle top with an image in it, then used glossy accents & finally a crown from grungebord with gold acrylic paint.I hope I have done my doll proud!

Paper Artsy Skinny Swap

These are my skinnys for a swap on Lots to do.

ABC Challenge- Decoupage

This is my entry for this weeks challenge on the ABC challenge blog.
I made this along time ago to give to my friend.
I used acrylic dabber paints as the background, then mounted my decoupaged image onto stampbord & attached a magnet on the back.

Week 18 challenge piece

B ia for Baby

This is my entry for the Abc challenge, as B is for Baby.
I choose to do some Iris folding, & added 2 little blue shoes & peel offs.
I think it needs something else to "jazz" it up a bit, but still working on it.

Week 17 challenge

This is my work for this weeks challenge.
I used acrylic paint as my background onto oval stampbord, then added my male & female images.