Friday 21 June 2013

Hello ...

Just a set of ATCs today - this set of nine is for a swap where the theme is 'Mixed Media' ... I started with a large sheet of paper and covered it using a variety of mediums, techniques and colour including; acrylic paint, gesso, spray inks, collage, stencils, doodling, stamping, oil pastel, distress ink, die cuts, metal and glitter glue ... there may be something I've forgotton ... a lot of layers anyway ...


Not much else to say ... but we're off to London this afternoon ... seeing Leonard Cohen at the O2 ... very excited!

And I did manage to finish my Fairy Rhymes mini album which you can see here if you are interested ...




Thank you for keep coming back to this, now rather intermittent, blog ... I really appreciate your comments.

Sunday 2 June 2013

June already ..

Hello

Well settling into my new job has been more time consuming than I expected and is ongoing ....

But I have been crafting in between times ... so I thought I would show you what I have been working on ...

Firstly, a mini-album using Prima's Fairy Rhymes paper pad ... I have made life difficult for myself by putting twelve pages into this album! That's twenty-four sides to decorate (sigh) ... I start enthusiastically but now ten pages in I am becoming bored with it and finishing will be an effort ... anyway here are a few pages of this work in progress ...





It's quite pretty and I have used lots of glossy accents and glitter ... hopefully in a week or so there will be a Youtube video.

I have also been a bit obsessed with making beaded charms ...


I did say obsessed ... a few close ups below ...





I may decide to video these ... it will be easier to see the detail ... I just love making these and will add to ATCs, tags and cards I expect or use several together to make chunkier charms.

I have also made a few cards - although these are completely unoriginal and more or less direct copies of  cards I have seen on Pinterest ...





The originals can be seen here ...

here ...
http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/justrite-week-day-three.html Amy Sheffer is my all time favourite cardmaker ...