Crafting play session with friends
Tonight I had a few friends come and get inky with me. We played with the gelli plates and inks and brushos and generally had fun making a mess and lots of pretty bright and colourful papers. We didn’t...
View ArticleFinishing off cards from the gelli plate play session
So I’ve finished off the cards I made at the beginning of the month for the gelli plate play session. All of them I added shading using a big brush pen and Tim Holtz stickers for sentiments. Some I...
View ArticleLinda’s circle journal page… part two
Yesterday I shared the main spread I did for Linda but I also did some more pages for the fold in parts of her journal. The video explaining it better is here. I say better… but the sound has gone all...
View ArticleButton twinchies
Another swap… this time button twinchies… and I made this set of four. The theme was buttons so I used a Paperartsy Hot Picks stamp for the background over a piece of card I coated in Deco arts fluid...
View ArticleSewing ATCs
Carrying on with yesterday’s theme… today’s ATCs all have a sewing theme. I used the button stamp again over the fluid acrylics for this, along with some sewing zig zags. Then I layered the stamped...
View ArticleCollage card
Whilst I’ve been doing a massive clear out in the craft room I’ve come across a few random pieces that I decided to make into a card to break up the tidying task! This one was a piece of tissue wrap...
View ArticleCoin swap: Back to Black
This month the swap over at my UK swap group on Facebook the theme is “Back to Black”. I love the Amy Winehouse song and when I heard it on the radio I knew that it would be an interesting theme for...
View ArticleCalendar – April 2019
For Christmas I gave my parents and my auntie a calendar I had made with a postcard sized piece of art on each month… so today I am sharing their April artwork. I wanted something a little crazy for...
View ArticleCoins for the UK stampers forum swap
Another set of butterfly coins, this time for UK stampers forum.This time I chose papers from the Making Cards magazine scraps from the desk and added them to the wooden coins. Then I added washi tape...
View ArticleCircle Journal for Tricia
Another circle journal to share with you today, this time for Tricia. It is a lovely Kraft background to work on so I decided to go for a white gesso messy background. In addition to the gesso dry...
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Hazel’s circle journal
It’s the last of the circle journals for me to work in… the wonderful Hazel’s journal. I had two sides to decorate. So here is what I did for side 1. I went for a distress oxide background blended onto...
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Numbers postcard
Today I am sharing the numbers postcard I made recently for this month’s postcard art swap. It’s a numbers postcard because the challenge was to use numbers in the postcard somewhere. Well I might...
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Steampunk and Alice ATCs
Today I am sharing the ATCs I made for last month’s Artful ATC group swap. I actually made these twice as the first pair got lost in the post. These second versions however I prefer as they seemed to...
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I got your number AT Coins
Today I’ve got some fun coins I made for my Artist Trading Coins swap group where the challenge I set for this month is “I got your number”. I decided to create my AtCoins starting with a base of...
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DT: Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge
I’m joining the Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge for another six months and decided this time to do a one sheet wonder each month…. well that’s the plan anyway! This time I decided to use old...
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Mixed media Monday… another house project
Hi Once again I gave the post a themed type of title … not sure if it will become a routine thing or not… let’s see shall we? Well this particular Monday I am sharing a mixed media piece I made for...
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Mixed media Monday… Making a junk journal
My new obsession for this year has been junk journal making and watching junk journalling videos on YouTube. It all started because I joined in with a challenge at the Inchies and Twinchies Facebook...
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Mixed media Monday UK stampers forum tag swap
Today I am sharing a tag I made for this months UK stampers forum swap. I decided as I was about to start to do this as a video so if you want to see the process of this then check out my craft with...
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Testing out my new stamps
My friend Chris who is an amazing artist and has the biggest amount of amazing stash, did some clearing out so I bought some bargain stamps from her. I decided to make a card to thank her for the RAK...
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Face postcard for Pat
This month at Postcard art swap group the theme was FACE. I made this postcard using Art By Marlene die cut for the focal image. I decided to make my own background for the card using linen cardstock...
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