First Christmas card of 2011

This is the first christmas card I have made this year, I think i'd better get a move on in making some more. I made this for the show and tell at my stamp club. The theme was chrismas in black and white and there was some stunning cards that people had made.
I have glittered his beard but the photo doesn't show it very well.

Oh! the snowflake is one of the Marianne design sets of dies layered on top of each other and the joy is cut with the slice elite.

ATC Challenge blog, Challenge no.14 Mermaids

It that time again folks, challenge no.14 over on the ATC challenge blog, the theme is Mermaids or anything goes if you have no mermaids. Here is mine

I have had this mermaid for ages but I cant remember where I got her from, great image thought. I decoupaged her and added a background from my craft studio. please come over and join in everyone welcome :0) xx

ATC challenge no.13 Vintage or anything goes

Its time for chellenge no 13 over on the ATC challenge blog come on over and join in for the chance of winning a packet of frames. Here is mine

I have used Joanna sheen's ATC assistant cd rom for the image and some K and co papers and of course some peel offs.

ATC Challenge blog, Challenge no.10 anything goes or all about ME

Hi all, its time for challenge no.10 over on the ATC Challenge blog and the theme this time is anything goes or all about ME, something that represents you. Here is mine

I just love the whole goth thing, music, vampires and colours. If I had dark or black hair I would of loved to have it like this.

I also did the one below, I love this picture and just had to make an ATC with it.

 

ATC Challenge blog challenge no. 9 Owls or anything goes

Its time again for challenge no.9 over on the ATC Challenge blog the theme this week is Owls or anything goes if you have no owls. here is mine

For this atc I made a mini easel. I used images from my craft studio and I brayered the purple background and added some purple gems.
Please come on over and have a go there is a flower stamp up for grabs for the winner.

ATC challenge blog, challenge no.8

Hiya, it's now time for challenge no.8 over on the ATC Challenge blog and the theme this week is wings or you could choose anything goes, but sticking with the theme gives you an extra chance or winning. Here is my ATC.

For this ATC I used manga fairy stamp and coloured her in with promarkers, glittereed her up and used papermania paper to sit her on. I am still trying to get used to colouring hair with my promarkers.
I hope you can come over and join in as I'd love to see what you all can do :0)

ATC challenge blog, challenge no.7

All things summer is the theme for challenge no.7 over on the ATC Challenge blog.

This is mine

I have used a digi stamp from Bee Crafty and coloured her in with copics, I have brayered the background and used a yellow button for the sun and blue paper for the sea.

Come on over and join in, all welcome :0)

ATC Challenge blog challenge no.6

Come on and join us over on the ATC challenge blog for challenge no.6 Anything goes or you can use the theme windows and doors.

I was running a little late with this one as I have been making my guinea pigs a new home, as I was running late I decided to make a digi atc with serif craft artist, it was a task to find a door or window but there is one in the bird house.

ATC Challenge blog, challenge 5

Hi its challenge no.5 over on the atc challenge blog, we are keeping the theme open for a while so an atc with anything on it, come on over and show us what you can do and how talented we all are :0)

This is my effort for challenge no.5

For this I have used a stamp set from My Minds Eye called Madison avenue pretty stamps, I stamped with distress inks milled lavender and dusty concord.

My first tag

Hiya I was chuffed with my first attempt at a tag for the crazicards tag swap on facebook. I used a inkadinkado stamp set and  see d's morsals for the background and to colour it it I used distress inks

The tags entered into the swap were gorgeous, I will definitely be joining in on the next swap, bring it on :0)

ATC Challenge blog, Austin powers theme

Come and join us over on the ATC Challenge blog for the Austin Powers theme, this is the one I made, I love the psychedelic colours and the way it looks like its moving, I found this image in the web and I cut the word groovy with my cricut.

I had to make some more with some other fab backgrounds I found, I love the colours :0)

I dont know what I am going to do with them all, lol.

D for... atc swap on Facebook

I love dragons so I thought I would use them for the Facebook uk atc swap, the theme is D for...

I used backing paper from a my craft studio cd rom and stuck on some matching gems

Tegans cupcake atc's

Tegan has made some atc's for the kids swap over on craftymess, I think her cutting out is better than mine :0)

Wild west card

Here is a card I have made for the Fee J designs RAK club, I couldn't think of what to do for a wild west theme at first then I thought I would google wild west images and found these. I used walnut stain distress ink on the edges then distressed it with my new distrezz it all tool :0)

Australian atc swap, Care bears.

Hiya, I have joined the facebook Australian atc swap again (wish I was there lol). The theme this month is Care bears. There isn't much about care bears here in the UK anymore, I still have two teddies from when I was younger, my 2 yr old daughter plays with them now :0). I googled care bear images and I got the bears to make these.

I made the care bear backgrounds with my master card builder and glittered round the edges.

7 of these are for the swap and 2 are spare, I couldn't decide which 7 to send so I got my mum to pick 2 numbers between 1 and 9 and I kept those lol.

My other daughter will be gutter cos she wanted the pink one and thats gone.

ATC Challenge blog, Challenge 2

Hi come on over to the ATC Challenge blog for our 2nd challenge

The theme this time is beach/seaside with embellishments, 3d, decoupage as long as its not flat

Here is the one I have made

I brayered the background and stamped using inkadinkado stamps, added a beach and some small shells.

I can't wait to see all your lovely works of art :0)

Some cards

I made this get well card for a friend and I was quite pleased with it

So I made some more

I used the images from aroma notes cd rom by card creations plus

Australian atc swap

Here are the atc's I made for the Australian atc swap on facebook, well seven of them are for the swap. The theme was rainbows, I got the background from my craft studio and I used Oscar a digi stamp from the digi stamp boutique, you can find him here and coloured him with promarkers, I also used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

ATC Challenge blog

ATC Challenge blog is now up and running with the first challenge being ANYTHING GOES, it will stay open for 3 weeks so head over to the ATC Challenge blog to join in the fun.

Here is my anything goes ATC

I brayered the background with a big n juicy ink pad and decoupaged some easter eggs, stuck on some puffy stickers and a bit of ribbon.

ATC Challenge blog

WOW! I am so pleased to have been picked to be a DT member for the new ATC Challenge blog.
The first challenge starts on the 1st May for one week then fortnightly after that. The prize for this challenge is a super DCWV paper stack. I cant wait to get started so please come and join in the fun xxx

Altered pegs

I attend a stamp club every month and we have a show and tell project that we do, this month it was to alter pegs and this is my attempt, I am pleased with them really, I am going to put a magnet on the back and stick them to the fridge when I have shown them on Thursday.

Fairy card

On this card I used Blushing Rose Fairy from sweet pea stamps and used watercolour pencils to colour her in. This card then went to Leah for the craftymess fairy card swap.

Craftymess atc swap Blue theme



This atc is the one I used for the craftymess atc challenge

I loved doing these atc's, I wanted to keep them all, lol. I used Distress inks and stamped on top I also used gems and brads.

Fairy swap atc's

Here are the 3 atc's I made for the craftymess fairy swap

ATC's I have made

I have got the atc bug again so I thought I would put the pictures of the atc's I have made that I have taken pics of on my blog. Some are from swaps I have done on the do crafts forum some from the facebook atc swap page and some RAK's

This atc is for the facebook atc swap, theme is C, I cut this cake with my cricut and made a brad with my I-top tool, baking paper from my craft studio

This atc is for the facebook atc swap, theme is C, I cut the catarpiller with my cricut and used some skeleton leaves

This atc is for the facebook atc swap, theme is C, I again used ,y cricut to cut the cow and the word moo, inked up the backing and used a leaf punch for the grass

these atc's were RAK's

These were for a button swap on the do crafts forum



These atc's were a pinbroli swap on the do crafts forum (pink, brown & lime)



Mold stampers show and tell card

This was my January card for the show and tell at my local stamping club

We had to use two strips of card that Gloria gave us and I thought I would use them as tags.

I also used the free born to shop stamp that came with the do crafts creativity magazine.

March ATC swap on craftymess

I loved making these atc's for Kim on the Craftymess forum, the theme was ribbon, for the backing paper I used my craft studio and shrunk the backgrounds to 3.5 x 2.5 to fit an atc.

Winning card

Here is a card that I made for the fee j designs RAK club and I won one of Fee's cd roms, I was so pleased and surprised as I don't win much. I haven't really used much brown on cards but I think it looks really nice. The stamp is by Wild rose studio and coloured with promarkers.

ATC's for Craftymess swap

I joined the atc swap on Craftymess forum. My swap partner was Judie. I loved doing these so fun and colourful.

Feb RAK card for Fee J Designs

Here is the card I have made for Sharon for the monthly RAK club on Fee J Designs forum the theme was lace and hearts.