Red and Black

I have only made one piece today and that was for the red and black theme at Theme thursday
I have had a colourful week hehe

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

Torn Recycled Paper Rose ATC

Here I go again, had this idea and it had to be tried so this is the result of my idea to make a torn paper rose in antique pink.

The rose is just layers of torn magazine paper which i have played with, rolled,painted and then glossed with a little deep mica pigment for accent

The background is acrylic layers and crackle glaze in pale dirtied pink and pale dirtied blue
I then distressed more by pulling away bits around the edge

The image is one of my own collection and the butterfly is a tiny enamel pale pink one from a broken necklace i recycled

The whole thing including the base card is recycled products ( cept the image which i had printed ages ago )

Owl Inspired

I was inspired by Penny Duncans use of an owl in a recent make. Penny has some gorgeous work and i always fall in love with her creations. So i dug out my old owl stamp and began to work on an idea.
Firstly i wanted a textured beautiful coloured and unusual background. So using a great deal of mixed media i structured the background in stages as some of it needed plenty of drying time.
The flower branches are drawn free hand from somewhere in the jumble i call my imagination and then coloured with sakura pens.

I then wanted a brown and gold owl which was simply stamped owls and top layer being embossed and painted and coloured. The owl shadow was the same stamp but blanked out with deep brown ink.
The moon was a circle i cut out and covered in textured marks using a palette knife with embossing paste. When it was dry i added some mica and coloured ink for definition.

I enjoyed the time and the playfulness of making this piece :)

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

Altered Frame

This is my altered frame which i finished yesterday. It includes acrylic and crackled painted surface and has all kinds of embellishments all recycled including old jewellery and watch part, Some gorgeous glass flat mottled stones and handmade paper beads from some scraps of paper I had lying around.

Plus i added some images i had printed using transfer technique of angels and a mermaid creature. The swirls and colours are just hand painted free style as suited my mood.
I had a lot of fun making this one

Flutterby & Lighthouse

An atc that i made usinggolds, greens and copper paints on textured card for the background and vintage butterfly stamps and inks and pens for butterfly and a little foam to lift the wings slightly














The second one is a stencilled Lighthouse that i have made using polyfiller ( yep thats right ) Me and my whacky experiments hehehe. I used the polyfiller with paints and inks and then sealed to stop it from crumbling. I liked the 3d effect it gave

Someone to watch over me

Some days i have nothing in mind and just pick up bits and bobs and then something begins to create itself. Today I picked up my watercolours and it was one of those days and I ended up with this gothic arch
hope you like it


























This one is for the challenge at artarazzi for digital image

Medusa - Mixed media atc

I always loved the medusa myth and the fabulous and intriguing imagery it always produced in my head.Here is my version of 'Medusa' The image was sketched in pencils and then torn from my sketchbook and then mounted on a stamped background which i had coloured. I then drew the snakelike hair across the whole area and painted with a mixture of watercolour,acrylic and pens.