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A Card - Pinterest inspired here, some homemade Embellishments also Pinterest inspired ... and a new obsession -'Pocket letters' ...

Pocket Letters are a fun way to swap 'happy mail' - the idea comes from Janette Lane - I joined PocketLetterUK

Three months!!!

Ok - no apologies just some photos of 'art' completed in the last 3 months

Journal pages ...

Card Candy for a swap ...

Junk journals also to swap ...

and some Christmas bits

Rosette Flowers and Bead Dangles

I made these for swaps over on Facebook group UK and Ireland Craft swaps ...

Pretty Rosette flowers ...

... in a presentation box ...

... with dangles.

More dangles for another swap.

Art Tiles

I have been having a lovely time making some mixed media art tiles. I pretty much followed a tutorial by Linda who's Youtube channel is called liveartnow - if you get the chance check out her other videos - she is a fabulous mixed media artist.

The square ones are 1" x 1" and are on wooden tiles and the round ones are a little bigger and are on chipboard. It's hard to see in the photo but they have a number of layers including gesso, torn paper and stamping. The colour is added with Distress Inks and each one has a layer of Glossy Accents on top to give a lovely finish. 

These really are fun to make, cost pennies (compared to the ones you can find in the shops) and are great embellishments.

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.