blog candy and fun

This is fun for the candy over at Sue's HERE
Fun to fill in and a chance to win. thanks Sue


FOR MY FRIENDS AT CREATIONSBYJJ FORUM (please read post below this one )

Here are my answers to the list of q's. i copy pasted but changed the colour fonts but for some reason the black stayed green ... anyhow my yes answers are in red


1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world/Disneyland Paris

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo - just kareoke style

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris - yes twice

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables - just this year mostly peppers

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Made a Snow Angle

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Stood in the rim of the Grand Canyon

32. Been on a cruise - mini cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an erupting volcano in person.

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theatre

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business - jointly years ago

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Cookies for charity

62. Gone whale watching

63. Been given flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favourite childhood toy

70. Visited Buckinham Palace

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt or blanket

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Been to the top of the Empier State Building

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous - yes a few minor celebs

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby - two

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee


OH DEAR ... i havent lived have i ? only a few of these

Creations forum down

This is just a note for all my friends at creationsbyjj forum.
The host for the forum has suspended for the moment but Al our Tech guy is trying to get it sorted out and it should be back up as soon as he can get it sorted out. I am so sorry for all the inconvenience. I have my grandaughter sick in hospital at the moment so didnt know until today. Please could you also let everyone know who you have contact with as i dont have contact with everyone via email etc.
Thanks June

Alice

An atc i made using an alice in wonderland image. text stamp. Butterfly and bottle by www.dezinaworld.com which is about to launch so please bookmark the site for some startling and NEW unseen collage images that will be available in a week or two

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.

Charity

Charity is another of my book fairies.
Here are her details :

(c) J. Macfarlane 2009
Name - Charity
Birthday - June 29th
Role - Meadow fairy
Flower - Daisy

When its just not right

It was bugging me for days .. something i wasnt happy about on the slidemailer i made. Then i realized apart from the photographs being not great, also i think the threads i used were just a little too much for the small size of the mailer so i changed it today took photo's and i am much happier with it. Sooo i am afraid you have to suffer me posting it again as i want to share hehe
hope you agree its better

in order : front,middle,back

Atc's and a glimpse of me

I made a couple of atc's for a swap at my own crafting forum but for some reason i cant use or uploat the picture so i have the link here as i wanted to share.
The theme was screen stars.
NEW ATC SWAP FOR JUNE

My craft forum is for any crafts, cards, atc's, altered art,fabric crafts,knitting and well anything you like so please feel free to join if you want to.The site main page is HERE click on the side bar join the forum link.

In the meantime i can't not add a pic to my blog so here are two from my 50th birthday bash hehe. It went on all day and night so you can see the early bbq ( me in nana role ) and the later one, bottle in hand and friends one.

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

The Magic of wings

A card made especially for The challenge over at Charisma Cardz
Its a celebration of winged things really with a little magic of bubbles and stardust. I hope you like it, i had fun making it.
Inks, embossing,stamps and papers