Crafty Daze

A silk mobius scarf, beautifully soft and squishy.



Necklaces, lots of colours and gorgeous beads.



An Easter hat and egg.







Halloween ATC's

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.

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.

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.

Some swirls and flourishes to make a natural hedgerow with Stonehenge in the distance. I have coloured an ATC and have then stuck another ATC onto the front to give an added dimension.

I enjoyed making the ATC's for last month's UK Stamper's swap that here I am again! This month the theme is watercolour, to be interpreted in any way we like. I have painted two peices of ATC sized card with my Twinkling H20's. Then I have stamped some images onto them, a pretty girl onto the blue card and some Technique Tuesday flowers on the purple coloured card. I punched a hole in the purple card so my pretty girl can peek through it before sticking the two pieces together. I have decorated the flowers with some stickles and have used a shiny new ATC stamp on the back. I loved the ATC's I received from last month's swap, they were absolutely gorgeous. If these are enjoyed half as much I will be very pleased.

I have made my first ATC! The theme which tempted me was in a swap on UK Stampers and required three ATC's each with an orange and yellow moo on the front. Here is what I made using Paper Artsy Stamps, ink and perfect pearls.

My children also had a go and made their first ATC's. I love their efforts, what do you think?