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Just Playing
I've not done very much crafting recently - just a few birthday cards that I can't post yet. So, today I thought I'd have a play with my Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamps and watercolours whilst my hubby...
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A Beautiful Heart
I don't think I have ever made a '12 tags of...' that Tim Holtz posts on his blog each month but the May tag really appealed to me - yes, I know it's now June :).I had most of the elements in my stash...
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Merry Monday #163
The theme this week at Merry Monday is red and whiteI used the Sizzix Bigz Noel die and added punched snowflakes. The white background has been stamped with a Hero Arts snowflake stamp and embossed...
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Try It On Tuesday
The current challenge at TioT is watches and clocks.I've made a tag using Pion Design papers, butterflies and image. The clock is a Marianne Design die that I've had for ages and never used before. The...
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Try It On Tuesday
I hadn't realised just how long it had been since I last blogged! My old mojo has done a runner so I thought I'd try a challenge to see if I could get it going again.The current theme at TioT is...
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Try It On Tuesday part 2
Well, everything was still out on my craft table so I thought I'd make a small card for the TioT challenge using up some left over die cuts - there are plenty more still in the box!!!This started out...
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Two Hearts
It's been a long time since I just played in my craft room with no agenda. This plaque started out as a piece of greyboard which I stencilled with texture paste then painted with layers and layers of...
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A Card
I decided to have a play with my Brushos yesterday. I spritzed a piece of watercolour card with water then sprinkled the yellow, turquoise and ost. blue powders. Once dry I then stamped the paper using...
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A Couple of Cards
I thought it was maybe time to make some more Christmas cards as it's only a few weeks now until Santa comes. I bought this Crafty Individuals stamp (CI-448) when I went to Port Sunny a couple of weeks...
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A Winter Wonderland
This is a card I made using the beautiful stamp I chose from Crafty Individuals after coming in the top 5 of their blog challenge. It's called Winter Wonderland (CI399) and has been stamped with...
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Using Scraps
Well, hello! It's been a while :)Life has been pretty hectic recently.Our daughter, Keri will be getting married in 4 weeks so I've been kept busy with the invitations, table settings, table plan plus...
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Altenew Academy
I have a few sets of the beautiful Altenew floral stamps and thought I would sign up for an on-line course with the Altenew Academy. The tutor is Therese Calvird. It runs over 6 days, although the...
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Birthdays
Yesterday was my daughter's birthday - the last one as a single young lady as she will be married in a couple of weeks. She was born on my great-aunty Ev's birthday so I made cards for the two of...
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Our Daughter's Wedding
I don't usually post personal stuff on my blog but thought I would share a few photos of Keri and Ollie's wedding that took place on Saturday, 6th August. We haven't seen the official photos yet so...
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Wedding Card
I forgot to post a photo of the wedding card and box that I made for the happy couple.
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Butterflies
The theme over at the Try it on Tuesday challenge blog this week is to use book pages on your artwork. We have recently redecorated several rooms at home and one of the walls needed a little something...
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Children
is the current theme over at Try it on TuesdayI stamped the background with various stamps from the Tim Holtz range then did a little watercolouring with Prima watercolour confections. The next layer...
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Coffee and Cream
is the current theme over at TIOT but before I go any further I would like to thank the team for choosing my 'Children' entry for one of the top 5 entries :)I made a 7" x 3.5" hanging using a piece of...
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Moon, Stars but no Sun
At least there's no sun on my card for the Sun Moon and Stars challenge over at Try it on Tuesday! Outside though the sun is out for a change.The stamps are from Stampotique, the stars have been die...
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