TWINCHIES!

Hi to my lovely blogging friends!  I have been making twinchies for a swap again.  I like twinchies, they are a good size to work with I think.  The theme was black & white. I wanted to use some stamping so had a rummage & found a lovely stamp of some Fresian cows by Hobby Art!  I just adore cows!!!  When I was little & lonely the big fresian cows in the field were my friends & I knew each one by name.  You hear horrific tales about people being trampled but they never hurt me & would nuzzle me instead.  Oh yes....I was always sticky down the front hahahahaha!!!  There was a rhyme that was told to me at that time ( it took me ages to work it out)so I have included that on the twinchies!  Couldn't resist pink udders hahaha!

I have also been trying to make one extra so that I can make up a card so build up my supplies!  I guess this would be good for anyone who likes the countryside...

For this diddy card I added utee to the twinchie & stamped the background using a PaperArtsy stamp.

Thank you for taking the time to come and look, stay warm & HUGS for you too xxx

Artists Trading Club!!!

Hi there!!!  Today I would like to show you some ATC's that I have done for the fabulous ARTIST TRADING CLUB!  If you would love to join in do pop over to see what its all about :D

The 1st one is actually one I made for the March swap...the theme being 'Garden Fairies'.  The flowers are stamped & watercoloured whilst the fairies are stamped & embossed with black glittery embossing powder.  I added the grass to give it a more 3D look.

This 2nd batch are my entries for this month with the theme being 'Vintage'.  The backgrounds are all done by smooching with DI's.  I used a mixture of stamps whish I watercoloured and then added lace & old buttons.  Of course there is a rubbing of stickles on all of these hahaha!

Thank you so much for taking the time out to have a looksee.  Love & HUGS XXX

DOODLING YOUR COOKIES ATC'S

Helloooo, these are something different for me...mmm...think I might have gone a bit overboard but it was fun and thats what crafting is about...right???

This month theme for the ATC swap over at THE ARTISTS TRADING CLUB is called Cookies.  We have been asked to doodle!  So I took my black A4 card upstairs & played while watching telly.  I then scanned it in & used elements of it for the backgrounds of my ATC's.  With a few of them I just shrank he A4 down to fit.  I had to go over some of the colours tho as they didn't scan well.

Thank for looking, HUGS & DOODLES! XXX

THANK YOU CHRIS!!!

Last week my super-talented friend Chris put up a few of her ingenious ATC's for  swaps on a first come first served basis.  I was sooo lucky to get one of these!!!  Its called 'Boing Boing' and reminds me a little of Aboriginal art.  Its a mix of collage & doodling and I just love it, thank you Chris XXXX  The colours are a lot deeper irl tho .

In return I sent her one which I hope was all bright & sunny...

...and along the way I thought I would have a go at a doodled one myself, though it looks like a 10yr old did it hahaha.  Hope it made her laugh anyway haha

Chris has some stunning work on her blog, please pop over for a visit!!!  Thank you for looking today, HUGS XXX

A COUPLE OF SWAPS!!

Imagine how chuffed I was when Chriss from The Artist Trading Club asked if I would like to do ATC swaps!!!!  This is my 2nd now & its really great to get back some wonderful ATC's from such talented people, thank you Chriss XXX

The theme for November was 'keys'.  The ATC is actually a lot brighter irl but thats winter light for you.

The background is a blend of distress inks sprayed with gold glimmer mist.  My castle stamp is from Paper Artsy, which I watercoloured.  The chippie key has been dabbed with 2 colours of versamark & then glassy accented.

The 2nd swap I have done is for the BubblyFunk Forum and is a twinchie.  The theme is Christmas.

The background is distress ink which has been overstamped.  The Father Christmas is part of a larger stamped image which I painted & cut out.  I used my quickie glue pen to add glitter inplaces on his beard and there are stickles for berries on his hood!  Have I been good???? NAH.....thats boring hahahahaha!

Thank you for looking, have a great weekend & keep your feet dry & warm, HUGS XXX

DCM - GET SOMEONE TO MAKE IT!

Jo got us all in a dither with this brilliant dar - get someone to make it for you!!!

I called on my lovely craft friend Gez and asked her is we could do each others!!! She rose to the challenge and after a bit of PM'ing and e-mailing we decided to have a colour theme of green with a touch of purple and the card was to be for a friend. We then decided to use one of Kathy Blacks Sketches to work by. Please pop over there as she has some really lovely sketches you can work with!

The first card is mine and I have used some green patterned paper(no name on the back) that came from a kit. I stamped the words using a lovely stamp by Hero Arts and lightly chalked the main words in purple.

Here is Gezzy's card, isn't it lovely??? I am amazed at how alike our cards have turned out, just goes to show how similar our tastes are!!! For more of her crafty goodies check out her blog here. You will be delighted by her other crafting skills!!!

Thank you so much for taking a look at our work. XXX

Christmas Matchbox Swap!!!!

ooooooo .....this was a load of fun!!! Over on BubblyFunk some of us did a Matchbook Swap. We had to decorate a large matchbox (anyone want any matches????? lol) and then fill it with Christmas embellies etc.

I recieved a very pretty box from Paddy very stuffed with goodies!!! In fact I tipped them all out into a bowl and couldn't get them back in there was so much. So a huge THANK YOU to Paddy XXXXXXX

See what I mean???? There is loads!!!! Here is the one that I sent off, not sure who has it now mind. I went a bit mad and decided to alter it instead of just covering it. Probably not what was required but hey-ho!

Have to admit that I was pleased with it and my Christmas mad daughter went gaga so I now have to make her one.

Thanks so much for looking X

Bookmark Swap!

Hellooooo!!! Over on the Bubbly Funk Forum the lovely Beth arranged for us to have a Bookmark Swap. After much debate, and the final word down to Beth's Martyn, it was decided that we would have a theme of yellow. I have to admit that it is not a colour that I work with often. As an accent yes but certainly not as the main colour. But......its amazing what you can find when you are looking for ideas!!! I just didn't realise that I had any yellow paper & card......lol.....and no I don't have that much stash!!!!! It was tucked in the back!!!!

First up is the lovely bookmark that I recieved from Sam this morning. I think its gorgeous! Its all summery, with lots of flowers and a lovely little dragonfly brad to finish it off. The little beads are fab Sam . BIG thanks you X



This is the one that I made to send to Sam. Unlike Sam I left the back plain. I honestly never thought to do that side as well...sorry Sam X

For the card base - Bazill, layered up with pale yellow paper.
Pattern made using - Tapestry Stamps - Dainty Floral
Chipboard letter - Heidi Swapp
Ribbon - Ribbon Oasis

everything else from my stash.

Thanks for taking a look X