I joined an Embellishment Swap ...

... the object of which was to make 5 'embellishments' for your partner ... here's what I made ...

Metal flower made by following Lin Brown's brilliant tutorial here ...

Buttons and card made using a Marianne Creatables die (this is my smallest item but it took the longest to make). The buttons are made from 4 layers of card cut and glued together with patterned paper on the top ... i have added a bit of text stamping - Paperartsy stamp - to each one and 'vintaged' the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. Glossy Accents is applied on the top for shine ...

This hanging embellishment is made up from layers of card coloured with Distress inks and stamped. The top 'tile' is UTEE'd and is about the size of a domino ...

These are my version of the Prima tiles that are everywhere at the moment and inspired by this talented lady ... they are 1" square wooden bases, painted, stamped (mainly with beautiful Paperartsy stamps) and coloured with distress inks. Glossy Accents finish them off ...

And finally a 'chunky' charm. I started making these after watching tutorials by Butterbee Scraps and while I can't manage her excellence in making properly round loops I do love making the charms.

I will make a video of these before they go off so if you are interested in a bit more detail check out my channel in a few days.

Thank you for reading and for all the lovely comments you leave.

Lin's Class

How the weeks fly by ...

I went to a class with lovely Lin Brown a few weeks ago ... as usual I didn't finish the project there but I have now completed it at home ... pictures below. Classes are great and the venue superb.

The book is made from 1 sheet of 12 x 12 card and uses Paperartsy Fresco paints and stamps (gorgeous sewing themed ones!) and coloured pencils ... I haven't done this type of stamping/colouring for ages and it was good to go back to it.

YPP swap

I've been working on this project most of the week ... it is a swap on Your Paper Pantry called Pocket for Your Thoughts ...

It is suggested that you construct a 5" x 7" 'pocket' from a manilla envelope and fill it with a minimum of four tags plus a small ($1) gift for the recipient ...

I didn't have any envelopes so made my pocket from kraft cardstock ... this is how it all turned out ...

My 'pocket' is stuffed with all of these ...

So in more detail ...

A size 8 tag using Oxford Impressions and Paperartsy stamps (links in sidebar) ...

An ATC with an envelope - Oxford Impressions stamps ...

Another envelope with a small tag - Oxford Impressions and Stampington stamps ...

... and the backs ...

A dress form tag - Oxford Impressions, Tim Holtz and Prima stamps ...

... the back - stamps are Tim Holtz (crown) and Character Constructions ...

A row house just because I like making these - Oxford Impressions and Paperartsy stamps ...

The back has been left pretty plain ...

An envelope - Above The Mark stamp ...

This is the other side ... and it contains ...

Three stamped pieces ... Finally I have wrapped my gift ... but what's in there is a secret ...

I made three of these - all similar - and really enjoyed it.

Paper Dresses

I've been making more paper dresses ... and finding them a bit addictive ...

Another wedding dress made mainly with doilies ... this measures about 9" top to bottom ...

And a sundress which is about 6" from top to bottom ... made with crepe paper, tissue paper and patterned paper ...

The inspiration and basic bodice template (adapted) is from Kell Belle Studio.

Workshop

Had a lovely day yesterday at The Bead Scene with Lin of Yours Artfully getting painty and inky ... we were making this ...

This is my version in progress ...

The book on the right with the pages on the left ... here are my pages in more detail ...

The stamps are fabulous and are all Paperartsy.

I think I am going to finish this up in a different way to the class example so will show it again finished at a later date (hopefully!).

Thanks Lin!