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Over at All Things Crafty I am hosting an ATC swap with a slight difference.
I have asked for people to make 4 ATCs which all MUST be in the landscape position. They then had to make
one Spring
one Summer
one Autumn
one Winter


In return I will swap them all and make them into a calendar to send back out to everyone who has joined in the swap.

Tessmatt is hosting a Christmas Tag Swap over at All Things Crafty.

I have used a freebie stamp from DoCrafts and coloured it with pro markers. I added some glitter, gems and glossy accents.

OMG it is almost a month since I last blogged!

Here is my piece for the All Things Crafty Art Raffle for September. Tessmatt chose the theme of "Autumn".

I have made a beermat wall hanging. I used some autumnul coloured paper for the backing and then coloured some metal with reds, browns, oranges, yellows and green and then used my spellbinders dies of leaves. I sanded back the metal and then found a poem about Autumn and printed it out. Hope the winner likes it!

Claire chose this months theme for the Art Raffle over at All Things Crafty. She asked us to use beads either as an embellishment or as the main focus of our piece.
I have used my T!m die of the bird and cage and embellished it with beads.

The theme for this months variety swap is to make an ATC holder.
I have made up my own pattern for a holder. I used DIs to colour it and a T!m flourish stamp. The ATC envelopes are made from paper from the papermania range.
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I can't believe its been almost a month since I last blogged anything!

My excuse is that I have been ill with one of those stomach bug things which took me well over a week to get over! And I have just come back from a wonderful holiday in Prague.

So back to blogging........


Ju has challenged us at All Things Crafty to alter or embellish a gift bag.
I have made my own gift bag and used a CB embossing folder which has been coloured with DIs and Glimmermists. I added gemstone embellishments to the circles and kept to the gold and red theme with some sticky ribbon at the bottom of the bag and added some ribbon for handles.

This months theme has been chosen by Ju. A real toughie for me.

I decided to do a small canvas as I had a stamp of a bucket and spade and thought it was ideal for the theme. I coloured my canvas using paint dabbers and even added some sand. I used mod podge to stick the stamp down.



I'm really not too sure if the canvas has worked or not IYKWIM.

So I decided to make something else!
I have been busy making bracelets and thought I would make one in shades of blue and add some seaside themed charms - I have used an anchor, a fish, a boat, a dolphin and a starfish.


I am really pleased with the bracelet - hope the winner is too!

This weeks theme over at Sunday Stampers is either Believe or Journey.

I have made a beermat wall hanging using T!m stamps and DIs

Andrea is hosting a jigsaw piece swap over at All Things Crafty.

Its a free theme so here are my offerings.

The first one is a balsa wood piece using T!m stamps and my burny tool.
Number Two is a jigsaw piece covered in embossed metal which is one of T!ms embossing folders (my fave) and a bird covered with crackle accents.
Number Three was done a while ago using T!m stamps and finishing off with a canvas rose.

This months challenge over at All Things Crafty is "Wear it". Ju has set this challenge and its proved to be a real toughie!

I have decided to make a bracelet - my first one ever!

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I am hosting a recipe swap over at All Things Crafty

You have to make
1 ATC
1 Tag
1 Twinchie

You must use
A flower
A Brad
Ribbon
Yellow

Kathleen is hosting a twinchie swap over at All Things Crafty

Three twinchies all with a different theme, they are Vintage, Birds and Paris.

This weeks Sunday Stamper has the theme of "Metal".
I have used TSS aluminium and run it through the CB with an embossing folder. I then coloured the metal with alcohol inks in browns, yellows, reds and greens. I covered my canvas with it and then added the stamping which is a T!m stamp using brushed corduroy DI. I then added some prima flowers and a gem to each.

This months Art Raffle theme at All Things Crafty has been chosen by Alison and its Vintage.

I have made a tag book using vintage images - the tag book is made from vellum which I thought had a vintage look to it.

We are having an ATC colour swap over at All Things Crafty hosted by Mags. The colours are Black and White, Red and Gold, Brown and Cream.

I have used my new T!m embossing folder for these. I embossed the red, white and cream card and then lightly went over the embossing with gold, black and brown inks. I stuck them onto gold, black and brown card.

Look at me!!!!! I don't blog anything for absolute ages and then I go and blog 4 things in one day!

Mags has challenged us over at All Things Crafty to alter something wooden.

I have used a small wooden tray from Crafty Individuals and coloured it with glimmer mists. I then put something different in every compartment. A paper rose in one, an altered bottle top in another, some TSS metal which has gone through one of my new Tim embossing folders and I have added an old key and finally a stamped inchie! I made it into a wall hanging by using the ring pull off a tin of soup!

Hope my swap partner likes it.

Ju has set us another challenge this month over at All Things Crafty. She has challenged us to use fabric in our piece. This was a real challenge for me!
My fabric comes from a pair of jeans. I have die cut them with my tattered florals die and used them as flower embellishments on my balsa wood ATC.

This is also an entry for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge where the theme this week is to include a quote.

This months variety swap theme is "moving parts". I had to really scratch my head to come up with an idea for this one!

I have stamped my image onto thin card twice and then stuck it to my balsa wood with mod podge. Once it was dry I coloured it with sharpies. I then carefully cut the main body and then the trickier arms, legs and head.

I then used brads to attach the arms and legs and stuck the head on with 3D foam.

I then stuck the whole thing onto mountboard which I had lightly coloured with distress inks and added eyelets to make it into a wall hanging. Hope my swap partner likes it!

Oh my goodness its been such a long time since I blogged anything and here I am on the last minute with my entry for this weeks Sunday Stampers challenge which is "Letters". Believe it or not but I did make this last Sunday but never got around to scanning or blogging.

This is a balsa wood ATC and it is stamped and then coloured using distress inks.

Its my nephews birthday next week and he is mad on football - hope he likes it!

This card covers 3 challenges this week.
Sunday Stampers - Rip it up
Quirky Crafts - Chocolate and Cream
Card Patterns Sketch

I am hosting some swaps over at All Things Crafty.
The themes are:
Something Old (you have to use some of the oldest things in your stash)
Something New (You have to use some of the newest things in your stash)
Something Borrowed (you must use things that you have borrowed or been given)
Something Blue (self explanatory really)

You must make:
1 ATC
1 Tag
1 Fat Page



These are the ATCs I have made.

Its my friends birthday today and seeing as she now has this card I thought I would blog it!!!!

Over at All Things Crafty - Ju has challenged us to make something using a 3D butterfly.

I have altered a beermat and made it into a wall hanging.
I covered the mat with sticky backed canvas and coloured it with acrylic paints. I made a rose and my butterfly was made with metal in my CB. The sentiment is from butterfly kisses and finally added my wire. Hope my swap partner likes it.

This fortnights challenge over at Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog is to go Postal!

I have used some Balsa wood and stamped a postcard onto it. I then got my burny tool and etched away the stamping. I lightly coloured the wood with some distress inks to age the wood. This piece is ATC sized.

Kathleen has chosen this months theme for the art raffle over at All Things Crafty which is Oriental.

I have made a canvas - coloured it red and added some oriental script and then stamped the lady which is a craft stamper freebie. I then added some oriental coins.

The theme this month is to make a collage on a canvas.
This is my take on it. I used acrylic dabbers for the background and then stamped my sentiment on some tissue paper and used mod podge to stick it to the canvas. I then cut out my butterflies from Crafty Individuals and stuck them all around the canvas. I finally added a metal butterfly with glossy accents.

This months theme for the ATC swap over at Quirky Crafts is "COLOURS".

I chose Blue and Pink.

The challenge on Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog is "Trains,Planes and Automobiles".

I have made a card using the only stamp I have in my stash that would fit in with this challenge!

I have used a page from an old atlas as my backing paper and then stamped onto cream card the car and the messages. The car and the enjoy the journey are T!m stamps and the Happy Birthday is one from Butterfly Kisses.

There was a challenge this week over at Quirky Crafts Forum for you to use your scraps on a card.

Thats exactly what I have done. The backing paper is a piece of scrap from my pile and the flower petals are scraps of paper too. The flower petals are the new T!m sizzix die tattered flowers. The flower stem is made by using another of T!ms new dies the Elegant Flourishes and this paper has been in my stash for such a long time. I was dabbling with Alcohol Inks a while ago. The button is a spare one from a blouse and the ribbon was from an old card.

My son is off out tonight for a friends birthday. They are all dressing up with the theme of "Army".

Ryan asked me to make him a dog tag!


This is how it started out - originally it came from build a bear workshop.




This is the finished results using my TSS metal and my trusted sharpies to age the metal.

The theme for this months variety swap is "Wood".

I have done some wood burning for my project. I stamped an image onto some balsa wood and then got my wood burny tool out and burned along the lines. I then added colour with my pro markers. I put it into a frame and there was a slight gap at either side so I cut some kebab sticks and placed them in the frame.

The challenge this week at allsorts is to use stitching in your work. I have used faux stitching all around the edge of my card.

The card is based on a sketch from crazy4challenges

The butterfly can be used in the Our Creative Corner challenge which is butterflies.

This can also be used for Sunday Stampers challenge this week as its a free choice week to celebrate 100 challenges.

Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog has a sketch challenge.

Here is my take on it.



This card can also be used for the allsorts challenge this week which is petals and pearls.

I was inspired by the grungepaper piece made by Linda Elbourne in May's Craft Stamper mag.

I have had a go at my own. I used broken china and faded jeans. Dried marigold and spiced marmalade.Shabby shutters and peeled paint distress inks for the background colours.
Worn lipstick and fired brick for the butterfly and dusty concord for the flower.
Metal bug embellies added and chipboard letters spelling the word "fly".

This also works in perfectly with Tuesday Taggers challenge this week - the theme is insects. They have a fab prize this week sponsored by The Craft Barn

The theme this week at Sunday Stampers is Birds.

I have done a jigsaw piece. Coloured with Tea dye and Spiced marigold distress inks and stamped with black staz-on (stamps are Tim Holtz)

I added the letters f,l,y and added a bit of glitter glue to them. I thought it needed a little something else so I added a canvas rose which was coloured with distress inks in spiced marigold and fired brick.
Gold pen added to the edges.

This weeks challenge over at Allsorts is to alter or recycle something.

We have just finished with a pringles tube so I had a go at altering it.

First I cut it down to about half its size and then cut out strips of TSS metal. I coloured the metal with sharpies and then used six different CB embossing folders and ran the metal through the bug. I then lightly sanded down the pieces and stuck them to the tube. I found some letters to spell out the word "Bitz" and stuck them onto one of the panels.


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All Things Crafty are holding an Art Raffle.

The theme is flowers.

You can make anything!

I have altered a jigsaw piece and used my TSS metal.

Its my mum and dads wedding anniversary next week and here is the card they are going to get from us. A simple card. The image and words have been printed onto safmat and then matted and layered onto the card which has a flower border in silver and they have small gems in the centres of each flower.

I have been altering mechanical pencils again!

I had so much fun altering these - TSS aluminium coloured with sharpies (permanent markers) and then I used CB embossing folders.

The top one is how they started out.

I have had to get my thinking cap on to come up with a card for my sons birthday this Wednesday. He will be 22 and I hadn't got a clue as to what to make for him. I have come up with two ideas.
First is a tattoo and second is a car.

Yep I'm pretty safe with the car idea. The tattoo card comes from the fact that he is wanting another tattoo and he is looking at some kind of skull or snake.

I think I will let his dad decide even though I have a pretty good idea as to which he will choose.

Unfortunately they haven't scanned too well - the car is decoupaged and there is some mirri card too.

I am hosting a free theme postcard swap on All Things Crafty

Alison is hosting an Altered CD swap on All Things Crafty

Its a free theme so I chose to use metal and my CB embossing folders as well as some of my new T!m stamps. One has been made into a wall hanging and the other has been made into a frame.