Generation Redux

I seem to working in slow motion recently, thanks to suffering with Fibromyalgia...this flare up is making me extremely tired and it's driving me nuts...I just want to get on and do things, lol.
This afternoon I did make these arches for the challenge over at Artistic Outpost
I do enjoy entering their challenges...and even though I was the winner last month, it won't stop me from entering their challenges...
So here is my entry.....

I have used the Generation Redux set of stamps, I have had this set for quite a while now and they are just so versatile,as are all their stamps.

The arches were cut from grey board,using the arches die. I cut 2 sets so I could make them thicker and sandwich the washi tape.

I covered the fronts ,coloured them, then added the background images.

Then I stamped the main images,coloured and cut them and added them to the arches...added the crown just for fun, kind of suits her don't you think,lol.

So if you own any Artistic Outpost Stamps,why not enter their challenge...you can find it here...

Artistic Outpost

Book Page Tags

Just dropped in to share some Book Page Tags I've made for a swap...

A group I am in on Facebook had a Tag swap and I signed up for it.

The idea was to make 3 x 3 sets of different sized Tags,cover them with book page print,then add a stamped image...

I'm hoping my swap partner will like these...note, I have omitted the hole and the tie so my swap partner can adapt them for herself.

Haunting...

I rather enjoyed playing over at the new Dream in Darkness blog last month...I found out yesterday I came 2nd in the challenge too. Feeling quite pleased with  myself as I entered a digital creation, something I don't do very much.
So I thought I would enter this months challenge too, again with a image I created digitally.

This is a piece I created for an online magazine, which sadly closed down before getting published.

The image of this beautiful girl was a vintage freebie, but the photo of the Tomb was an actual photograph taken by my friend, who very kindly let me have free reign over several of his images.

The sentiment is one that I created....I wanted to get a "haunting" feel to my image and hopefully I have succeeded in doing that.

You'll either love it or hate it, or as a fellow crafter said to me the other day...it's eerie, but good,lol....

So this is my entry for the 2nd Challenge over at....

Dream in Darkness

Mixed Media Canvas

So today is officially the start of the Summer...what happened to the last 6 months, didn't seenm that long ago and it was Christmas,lol.
The June challenge over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit has launched...as always altered art only.

This is my design team piece, my mixed media canvas....the photo is actually my godmother getting married,circa approximately 1948-1950.

I am only showing you the one photo of my canvas for now...the reason why is that each design team member creates a mid month tutorial and this month it is my turn....

If you would like to see how I have created my canvas, do pop back here on the 15th June....as well as seeing it over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit

A Pretty Girl

It's the 1st June...which to me,signifies the first day of summer...and I can't quite believe how quickly the last 6 months have gone.
The challenge over at Altered Eclectics is now under way...and as I am part of the fabulous design team there, this is my project for my design team piece.

I stripped back some cardboard to the corrugation underneath and swiped that with white acrylic paint. Once dry I punched two holes and added the eyelets and hanging wire.

For the focal part I stamped this gorgeous stamp from Crafty Individuals on some board that I'd lightly coloured in pink and purple.

The top section was stamped using a part of a different stamp, the size was just perfect for this.

 I coloured that piece blue,then added some pink around the edges.

I found a piece of lovely lace in my stash that matched perfectly and added that to the base of the stamped image and then overlaid the lace with some clear plastic bead trim.

Finally adding a few flowers and a little sparkly heart.

If you like altered art and fancy a challenge, why not pop over to the blog here at Altered Eclectics

Road Trip....

I sorted out some old stamping blocks recently ( the type that have a rubber stamp on ) and since then I've recycled a few...and here is another. 

This one I especially made for the challenge over at Artistic Outpost and I have used their Road Trip set of stamps.

This wooden block measures 5"x 5" so a nice square to work with. 

I painted around the edges and the back of the block in Kaisercolour acrylic paint in Mango....also painted a spare piece of thick card for the sign, words and the dumpy cotton reels for the stand.

I stamped the images on to thick card that I had coloured using chalk...masking the images as I stamped.

The words were stamped on to the card I had painted previously and I  also stamped the Michelin Man on some blue chalked card.

Everything was then added to the block and the last piece to go on was that little Michelin Man...can you remember him,lol...

So if you have some Artistic Outpost stamps,why not pop over and enter their challenge...still a few days left until the end of the month...

You can find the challenge here....Artistic Outpost

Altered Clip Board

It seems to have been a  very long day today...but I have put it to good use.
This morning I did a few household chores that I've been putting off, nothing major, just a re-sort of the airing cupboard and sorting through my wardrobe.
At lunchtime I was ready to craft and I decided today that I would make my own clip boards.
I bought some on Amazon a while ago, made by Stampendous ( they were sent from the US ) There were 3 different sizes, so based on them I made mine using grey board and a clip.

This smaller clipboard that has been painted to seal the board.

Once I made the larger one I decided to alter it for the challenge over at ...
                                                 Artistic Outpost
You have to use their products for their challenges and I am proud to say I now own 27 sets of their stamps.

I have gone for a Shabby Chic style, well my version of it anyway,lol.

The stamps I have used are the Ephemera Set and the Generation Redux Set 

Once I had stamped the main image. I added some lace and the gorgeous ginger colour flower, that actually belonged to my mother, it was on a ribbon as a necklace.

So if you have any Artistic Outpost Stamps,why not pop over and enter their challenge here at...Artistic Outpost

I also want to enter my Shabby Chic Clip board in to the challenge over at 

That Craft Place

Chunky Atc....

It's been a while since I used one of these...so I thought I would get out out of the cupboard and use it to enter the challenge over at Crafty Individuals

This is my chunky artist trading block, the exact measurements 2.5" x 3.5" x 1.5" ( 6.4cms x 8.9cms x 3.81cms )...the same as an Artist Trading card, only thicker.

The theme for the challenge is "Music to my Ears"....and I knew somewhere in the depths of my craft room I had a Crafty Individuals stamp that had music script and would be perfect for the background ...well it took me 2 days to find it, not all day admittedly, but it seemed like it. The reason it took so long to find it was because I hadn't put it back in to the correct folder, so that will teach me to put things back properly when I finished using it.

I coloured some card and then stamped the image a few times...( I'm not sure if this stamp is still available, as I know I've had it for quite a long time )

I cut the stamped images to cover the whole of the atc....then using another set I stamped these 2 little girls and the sentiment from the "Childhood Friendship Memories"

I coloured the girls and adhered them to the Atc...then added the sentiment.

To finish I added a couple of parchment butterflies and a silver heart and because I want to use this piece as a gift for some one, I added the cotton reel for the stand and a wooden knob for the top, that I stained in Evergreen Bough Distress ink.

So if you fancy a challenge,why not pop over to Crafty Individuals ...be sure to check their challenge rules.