Saturday workout - Shadowbox

Created for Saturday workout theme shadowboxes/shrines
This one is based on a theme of those hazy summer days when you go off with your partner for a country break
'Weekend Retreat'
The small part at the forefront is a miniature painting i did on a piece of stampbord.
The mini wooden sign post i have hung on to, knowing one day it would be used.
Hope you like it

NOTE You can win some stampbord pieces and lots more in my blog candy in post below

Oriental Encaustic

This is one i made on encaustic background. It was as often mine are, an experiment and an adventure. Could i combine the wax and alcohol inks on a background ? Could i use stazon ink on the wax and would it work ? How would i make an image stick to wax ?

Well .... I worked the pattern in wax then scraped my pattern. I then dabbed with alcohol ink and wiped which gave the lilac colour. Then i scraped more to give the white.
I then stamped the curly leaves in purple stazon. It dried and stayed.
Lastly how to stick my lovely oriental lady? ... Simple. I just heated the wax again with a heat gun and immediately pressed the image down into it and left to dry.

Hope you like my oriental experiment with wax
It is created for the Lots to Do challenge which was including a stamped image on your work.

Purple love story slide

I got lost in crafting and wanted to do something for Pink Elephant challenge fave colour combo
Mine is purple and white. I hope you like my slide ( I hope its acceptable for this challenge )

Here is my slide with a special thanks to the lovely Liz for the slides she sent for my birthday and to the equally lovely Cheryl for the gorgeous heart charm you see here and not forgetting the wonderful friend of mine that sent me this amazing grandfather clock stamp ...Susan ! Thanks Ladies, you are all the best !

This is a love story set in the world of fame and fortune. Memories of a screen love that turned real ... in my imagination anyway :)
Acrylic white - stamps - stazon -images - threads - charm

People in hats

The theme over at Theme Thursday is people in hats. I had a little time to myself this evening so i altered a domino for this one.
Here he is :)

Torn Paper collage

This was todays make. A wonderful blogging friend of mine Sally introduced me to art trader which has an article on whimsical art. I am hoping that this fits in that category. If not i at least enjoyed my little torn paper collage and had fun with the rainbow and the sky especially.

Base is Altered book page using acrylic in sky blue & white plus my sakura pens for hearts and rainbow
The rest is built on torn scrapes of card and paper taken from my stock.

Shell

Today i have had my grandson all day so the only craft i got to do was the art of keeping a three year old out of mischief ... hard work it is lol. I am getting too old for this methinks
Anyhow i hope to get a little crafting done tomorrow but you never know, my days never work out as planned.
I did take a pic of this beautiful carved shell that my mother gave me. I do treasure it as i think its so clever and beautiful. What do you think ?

French Marmalade

Well he looks like marmalade and definitely french, hence the title. He is for the challenge over at Lots to do ... which is for stripes. I do hope you think he is fun !! He made me smile today.
The image is from my own collection which i have featured as a freebie on my other art freebies blog

STAMPBORD
DARK BLUE STAZON
STRIPE BACKGROUND STAMP
EMBOSSING POWDER NAVY
ALCOHOL INKS
STAMP QUOTE
IMAGE ART FREEBIES

Lots to Do challenge & thanks

A huge thanks to a special friend Max who has an amaxing blog so go check her out when you get time. Max thanks for the lovely prize and .. well thanks you are lovely.
My other wonderful friend Hilda does the Lots to Do challenge with the lovely Sam. Do pay them a visit and see the fab challenges they set us each week.

This weeks challenge is black and white - Here is my entry i stitched the butterfly because i wanted it to look a bit different .. thanks Hilda and Sam, I had fun with this one

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MORE BEAUTIFUL AWARDS ..
Look at this little beauty from my lovely friend Maxine Thanks so much Maxine i will treasure this one and pass it on later when i get some more me time
The same applies to the wonderful awards that i have been given by Jude - Thanks my friend i love them and will wear em with pride .. that housework one is fabby !! so me lol.

love you both !!!!!

Altered Organiser

Today was lovely I met Jude for the first time after chatting on Trimcraft and on Blogs. Jude is such a lovely lady and she brought her gorgeous girls and her hubby with her it was lovely to meet them all. Jude used to live here in town and was visiting her family so we got chance to have a cuppa and a good old chat and look what she brought me ... Thanks Jude xxxxxxxx


















I just couldn't resist this little organiser in the charity shop. It was begging to be collaged so i bought it and have had a play. The theme is a celebration of we females - 'SHE' Girlhood to womanhood. I haven't finished quite as i would like to seal it all and also to decorate the inside covers on the little books. I think it will make a great gift so I shall do that when it is finished.
Here it is so far .. might need the sunglasses again hehe