Crafty Daze

A couple of tags. One made using Tim's Bird in a Cage die mounted on crackle painted card. The bird is cut from red velvet and the card is pretty glittery patterned card. To make the green one I have used a Crafty Individuals image, a dragonfly punch, metallic rub ons and some card embellishments.

Some pretty bracelets I have enjoyed making.

I have quilted a gorgeous Laurel Burch Mermaid printed panel with gold metallic thread and have made it into an enormous soft cushion. I used fossil fern fabric for the back of the cushion and a concealed zip.

I love the easel cards that have been popping up all over the place recently. Here are some I made earlier :o)




I love Tim Holtz new dies and here are some beautiful butterflies I have made with them. Some of the cards have embossed card or metal on them and some layered flowers, they are not all showing in the pictures though.


The copper metal was embossed using my cuttlebug and coloured with paint. I found a nautical pebble hat went perfectly with it too.




Some floral cards for different occasions. I stuck card to metal and used cuttlebug dies to create the shapes and cuttle bug folders to do some lazy embossing. I layered the flower shapes and then stuck them together with glossy accents, then used some card candy for the centres and as a prop to ensure the cards stand up properly. I have left a space on some of them to add the right sentiment when the card is needed.



The new home card has layered houses and words, the butterflies have 'stickled' wings in an attempt to create some irridesence and the round card is waiting for a name or sentiment to sit in its centre.

All the card shapes were made using spellbinder nestabilities, card and pretty paper, some of which I decorated myself.

ATC's made using metal foil that has been stamped upon using various Staz-on inks. I have doodled on the metal to make patterns.

Some ATC's made using my cuttlebug embossing envelopes and lots of ink.

Here are the ATC's that I have made for the April UK Stampers swap. The theme was to use a new stamp and enclose a house. The flower and writing are new stamps by Wendy Vecchi, the house is an old favourite by Paper Artsy. I love yarn so the sheep snuck in to the house!

Here are some ATC's I have made for a song themed swap. The song that I choose was 'I am sailing'. I have used ink to create a sky and sea background. Little boats were stamped, coloured, cut and stuck in place with sticky pads. Though hard to see there are some wispy clouds and steam. I have finished each picture with a layered frame.

I made a little arch and decorated it with peg stamps, a different colour scheme on each side and a doorway through to the other side.

Two hats made from lots of card, die cuts and a bit of glitter. Wish the sky and my garden looked this colourful, 'tis still a bit glum and chilly round here.

Little egg creatures that I made using lots of glue, fluff and pipe cleaners.

Some torn ATC's which have gone missing in action (or are stuck somewhere in a post box!).
I have used torn paper, mucha images, mini beads and crackle accents to make these ATC's.

I have enjoyed making a cosy hat and mobius scarf to keep me snug and warm. I used Colinette Shimmer 5 to make them both.

The blog I fully intended to keep up to date and interesting has stagnated! Amongst the madness of moving home and the crazyness of big crafting (decorating the new house) I have let it lie neglected and unloved! While the decorating contiues (and probably will for the eon I am slowly getting a little time for crafting back. Here are the ATC's that I have made recently.

Some ATC's with a black and white theme and cloth tags for the UK Stampers January swap.

I stamped some flowers onto black and white card, cut it and wove it. The corners were cut with a corner chomper and the flowers were decorated with stickles as were the edges of the ATC's.

We were asked to include a tag with January's swap. I made some cloth tags with buttons sewed onto them and lots of yarn bows.

UK Stampers February swap was for ATC's with a 'Moody Blues' theme. I have created four different cards. Two with fairies, one with ballet dancers and one with a Paper Artsy message upon it. The backgrounds were made using an airgun with my copic ciao pens. I have used distress rock candy crackle paint over the front of three of them and some also some stickles for the flowers and wings. A twinchie is to be sent with the cards and I have made mine using airbrushed copic ciao pens, glittered flock and a vellum butterfly and dragonfly.