Button Tag

This project is for a swap - to make/alter 3 or 4 buttons and present on a tag. Mine has 'grown' a bit ... I really enjoyed making this ...

... it's based on these gift card tags I made a while ago. The main tag is a 6" x 4" chipboard piece covered in K & Co patterned paper with a pocket at the bottom. The tag in the pocket is 5" x 3". The buttons are layers of cardstock punched out with a 1" punch and glued together (6 layers I think), topped with script paper, holes punched, edged with Black Soot Distress and glossy accents on the top. The flowers are Tattered Florals die, the leaves a Sissix die and the butterflies are Martha Stewart punches. I made the charm which is clipped onto the side mainly from old jewelry.

The back has a place for a gift card (I have substituted an ATC for the swap) and I have used a Stampington stamp to decorate the back of the button card.

Chunky 4" x 4" book

Some time ago I showed the first three pages of a ten page chunky book I was making for a swap ... well I have finally finished all ten pages - hurrah!  (well to be honest there are a few charms still to add but they are 'in the post' and haven't arrived yet) ... I like most of the pages but one or two are not so good - I have remade several of the these pages several times but still not great so this is it ... photos below include the first 3 pages again and both fronts and backs are decorated ...

Fronts of pages 1 and 2 - titled Lovers in Paris and French Flower Girl ...

Backs of pages 1 and 2 ...

Fronts of pages 3 and 4 - titles Marie Antoinette and Mucha Lady ...

Backs of pages 3 and 4 ...

Fronts of pages 5 and 6 - titled Moulin Rouge and French Boudoir ...

Backs of pages 5 and 6 ...

Fronts of pages 7 and 8 - titled St Tropez and French Kitchen ...

Backs of pages 7 and 8 ...

Fronts of pages 9 and 10 - titled Monet and Paris Nights ...

Backs of pages 9 and 10 ...

Thank you for looking.

Jacqui

Mojo and Moll

My mojo is a missing at the moment - don't know why but everything heads for the bin - never mind - it usually returns of its own accord eventually...

In the meantime here are some update photos of THE PUPPY ... in the first she is about 24 weeks and the next two 6 months old (these taken very recently) ... her name is now usually abbreviated to Moll - she is much more of a Moll than a Molly ...

Paper dresses

I made this a little while ago and liked how it turned out ... no stamping this time but a pretty 'wedding dress' that i may enter into a swap (there are 11 other dresses to make so we will see) ... but I really liked doing this.

The bodice is card covered with patterned paper and the skirt is 2 layers of crepe paper which I've gathered and glued at the waist with a 'lace' paper over skirt. The inspiration, bodice template and directions are here ... Kellie Reynolds is one very talented lady. I've tried to do a photograph of the bodice in more detail but it's not great ... a bit foreshortened .. the dress measures 9" from shoulder to hem.

Black and White ATCs with ...

... a touch of red ...

... I am showing these because they were on my desk yesterday and I did finish them ... however they are far from my best work. I have been felled by the 'Migraine Monster' for 4 of the last 6 days and to be honest it's been grim. If anyone out there has had any success in reducing (curing???) or at least managing their migraines please get in touch - I'm getting desperate ... jacqueline@jchimes.orangehome.co.uk

WOYWW156

Well here's this weeks desk - and congrats to Julia at the Stamping Ground for her 3 year anniversary. I haven't been entering for the whole 3 years and to be honest I'm a bit flaky now - Wednesdays come around too quickly for me!

There's the ubiquitous mug, 3 black and white ATCs and a little pile of new stash - oh and some rubbish - must bin as I go! Hope you are all having a good Wednesday.

PS if anyone is interested in the 'dimensional circlies' mentioned 2 weeks ago they are in the post before this one - they turned out good - not like the ATCs on my desk today - oh well.

Dimensional Circlies

These are the finished 'Circlies' mentioned in the previous post. I know they are not ATCs in the true sense but they are a type of art trading card just circles instead of 2.5" x 3.5" so the ATC description is just how I think of them.

They turned out nicely I think and I really enjoyed making them. I have made a video of these so if you want more details and a closer look I have put the Utube link at the bottom of this post.

The swap specified complimentary colours , dimension, all different and at least 2 layers. This is what I came up with ...