Tags

Quotations is the theme for these tags. The swap is over on LTD.

Twinchies

These little twinchies are for a swap hosted by Kathleen on ATC, 1 birds, 1 Paris & 1 vintage.

Atc swap

This atc swap is on LTD, the theme being "art" or "arty" - the bird one is maybe a little tenuous !!

Atc swap

This atc swap is hosted by Mags on All Things Crafty. 1 black & white, 1 cream & brown , 1 red & gold. I got the melt pot out for these!The backgrounds are all done with utee then I have stamped into it.

Stitches

Hilda is hosting a skinny swap on LTD the theme is stitches. Stitching not being my thing, I decided to use some lovely stitched fabric and paper.

Home Swap

Lot to Do forum has moved to a new home so Zoe is hosting a swap with a home theme.My first piece is along the lines of a "sampler" but has no real stitching! The background paper (Brenda Pinnick I think) was glued to some mountboard with the lace sandwiched in the middle, added some faux stitching, chpboard letters, flower, ribbon & a butterfly then run ons for the "sweet home" sentiment.

The second is a very simple keyring with chipboard letters and the last a fridge magnet made from mountboard painted with green red & yellow acrylic paint then "squidged" (technical term there!) to create the background. I used gold embossing powder round the edges & gold rub on wax after stamping the script.Stamped the lion doorknocker (Crafty Individuals) and cut out, coloured & embossed .

All Things Crafty Art Raffle

Not the best picture in the world - sorry! Anyway, the theme this month is "vintage" - I have made this faux book for my entry.The cover is made from board covered with canvas which has been printed. I then added some decoration and a piece of antique lace with a leather buckle & a little hanging heart. The inside has a little secret within - so cant tell you can I?!!lol

All the images were printed from a Crafters Companion cd called Vintage Times.

Backgrounds

These background were inspired by an article in this months CS mag by Liesbeth Fidder - once again I didn't have the same stuff she used in the article so had to improvise. Really enjoyed doing them and discovering old stamps that i had forgotten about! I have used inks and cosmic shimmer paints too.

Arch

The arch is for a 1-2-1 swap. It was inspired by the very talented Barbara from Clarity Stamps, as was the square above it. As usual I dont have the things that were used so I made it up as I went along!!The backgrounds are done with promarkers then overstamped with various stamps.

All Things Crafty Swap Challenge

This months swap challenge is to make something using fabric. I chose to make this little hanging. I covered some mountboard with cream cotton which has a white floral pattern, then cut a shape from the red checked fabric with a Sizzix die - I stuck the fabric to some paper with double sided tape before cutting - added this with the little wooden bird which is also covered in fabric & a beaded fringe with velvet ribbon & fabric flower. Finally I used a rub on for the word & a little glitter glue.

June Variety Swap

June Variety Swap on Crafting Corner - this month the theme is "move it!" Make something that moves so fo my piece I made a card with a circle on the front & an aperture that reveals 3 different pics when turned. The papers were free with Simply Cards Mag. The middle circle has glitter glue on it but it doesn't show much on here - it has buckled the paper very slightly -oops!

All things crafty - art raffle

This months art raffle theme is "Oriental" so i have made this little notebook - the covers are made from 2 beer mats which have been painted quite thickly with black acrylic then stamped with a fabric effect stamp & clear embossed - it gives it a sort of old leather look and feel. I then added a strip of red paper with the oriental writing, a piece of ribbon and the main image. Stamped and embossed a little gold pattern in the corner and made a "seal" from coloured wax.

Finally I edged the beer mats with some round leather effect laces.

Crafting Corner Variety Swap

This months theme is "Collage on Canvas" so here is mine! I painted the canvas with H2O, the image is from a free download (I think from Art-e-zine) which was covered with pva to seal it , then added lace , ribbon buttons and beads from my craft stash and the metal flower centre is from Making Memories.

All Things Crafty - monthly swap challenge

I am hosting a monthly swap on All Things Crafty. The challenge this month is to make a 3D butterfly. This is mine. The base is a piece of balsa wood and the flower and butterfly are made from soft leather which has been stamped then cut out and embellished. The butterfly is supported underneath with some acetate attached to the spiral of wire. The stamps used are :
Butterfly - Personal Impressions
Flower - Build a rose - Papermania
Centre brad - K&co

Art Raffle

This little wall hanging was made for an art raffle on All Things Crafty, the theme being "flowers"