Christmas in July

Well that was the theme of a swap I signed up for....lol. Although when you think about it,most cardmakers are all ready creating their christmas cards, I no longer make cards...and I send out a lot less now as postage is rising all the time.
Anyway on to my Tag...as I said this one was made for a swap....

The remit was "to make a Tag, add fibres and embellishment" 

Most of my christmas stamps and papers are packed away, but I did manage to find some odd bits in scrap boxes, you know the box you keep on your desk/work bench to put stuff in to that's too good to throw away...I have many of these boxes as I am loathe to throw anything away,lol...

The batterries had died in my camera so I used my phone to take the pictures...quite good, but I just couldn't capture the glossy accents on the angel's hair and wings, nor the glitter dots that I also added to her gown. Although the glitter I added to the star looks fine.

Lets hope my swap partner likes it....

In the Darkness...

So, here I am in the early hours,writing up a post for my blog after being awake all night....Fibromyalgia really does mess about with my sleeping.
To keep myself occupied I designed a "Dark" digital creation...for the challenge over at Dream in Darkness

I do like creating "Haunting" images, well I think it's haunting...I'd like to think that when some one is looking at this they are thinking of a story behind the image....as a fellow crafter told me recently my images are thought provoking...do you think they are?

So if you fancy a "Dark Challenge, do pop over to the blog and have a look...you never know,you might want to stay there awhile and join in the fun....you can find it here...

Dream in Darkness

My Alphabet Tag

I do like joining in with the challenges over at Tagalong . Each week they have a different theme, that's a task in itself...it is amazing the themes they come up with too....
So this week the theme is Alphabet, a great theme so I went off and rummaged around for some stamps that would suit and  then made my Tag this evening.

I cut my Tag from some card that I had been using while playing with some acrylic paints a while ago...they sort of muddied but the colour was good,so let it dry and put on the shelf  to save for another day.

After cutting the tag,I used an alphabet stencil and pounced some colour through it...then to one side I stamped the alphabet over the stencilling.

I stamped the little girl and the clock separately, coloured them, then added them to the Tag...

So if you enjoy making Tags and you fancy a challenge, why not pop over and join in the fun.You can find the challenge here...

Tagalong Challenge

Nautical Domino Book

I have always loved the beautiful Altered Dominoes that I see over on Pinterest, so I went and bought some and some alcohol inks and created my very first Domino Book for my design team project over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit

I coloured the dominoes with the alcohol inks, then stamped sections of my nautical stamp, also stamping along the edges.

I used spray and shine over both dominoes, which bought the colour of the inks up beautifully.

Using black card I folded ( concertina style) the card enough to hold all the images I wanted to use.

I then added all the images to both sides of the book pages

To finish the book I adhered the book to the dominoes, ensuring that there was enough ribbon for the ties.

I'm really happy at how my first Domino Book looked when it was finished....so I am eager to create more, maybe a bit more lavish,lol...the possibilities are endless.

So if you like altered art and fancy a challenge you can find July's challenge here at...

Rhedd's Creative Spirit 

Pretty Chest of Drawers

The July challenge has just started over at Altered Eclectics...such a delight to be on the design team over there, such a talented bunch of teamies, so do pop over for a lookie..

My Dt project this month is this little chest of drawers....made from mdf, just perfect to alter.

After sealing the mdf with gesso,I then painted it twice in cream acrylic paint, leaving it to dry overnight.

I sorted through my scrap paper box for some matching papers and I found enough to cover the chest completely, I love these, they are so pretty.

I glued the knobs back on to the drawers.

To decorate I used a small picture frame and added some mirri card to make a mirror.

Then I sorted through some beads so I could make the perfume bottles....I found a lovely pearly glass barrel bead that was perfect to make a vase for the rose.

Added some string pearls,some silver chain and a key...and that fab blingy letter "B"

Hope you pop on over and join in with our challenge this month, you can find it here at....

Altered Eclectics

Mixed Media Tutorial

My Mixed Media Tutorial that is my design team project for the June Challenge over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit can be found......HERE

Picture Star!

Just a couple of Atcs I have made..using Artistic Outpost Stamps...

Using the"Picture Star" set I made 2 different Atcs...the stamps are to versatile and for anyone that know me, they will know I love Artistic Outpost Stamps.

So these are just right to enter in to the challenge over at 

Artistic Outpost Challenge

If you have any of their fab stamps, why not pop over and enter their challenge.

"Sound of the Sea" Altered Domino

This is a new altered art form for me...altered Dominoes.
I've envied some beautiful altered Dominoes for quite some time now and decided recently to have a "go" at altering them for myself.
I scoured Amazon and Ebay for some genuine dominoes, well, the ones that resemble the genuine ones that is and I did find some crystalline ones which are perfect..I did try with MDF and some plastic ones,but they really don't look as good as I didn't like the squared edges or the thinness of them.
I also found the alcohol inks work a treat on the crystalline dominoes.
This is my 2nd project using them, the first I am unable to show until the 1st July as it is a design team piece for the challenge over at Rhedds Altered Spirit.
My stamp for this project is by Artistic Outpost Stamps...this and one other stamp I was very fortunate to win from their May Challenge.

So I am entering this piece in to both challenges...one because it's a game piece and the other is because I love Artistic Outpost Stamps...

               So here is my entry for the challenges over at
           Domino Art Challenge and Artistic Outpost

I used Ginger and Mermaid alcohol inks for the background, although the ginger colour was used very sparingly as I just needed a hint, as it turned out the photo really dosen't pick that colour up very well.

My new stamp,"Sound of the Sea" which I recently won from Artistic Outpost, was used for the image, I just used a section of the stamp, then again using other sections of the stamp I decorated all the sides of the domino in the shell pattern.

To finish I brushed with gloss modge podge, left it to dry overnight,then added the bale and ribbons.
So if you fancy altering a Domino or any other game piece, you can find this fab challenge here at......Dominoart
If you own any Artistic Outpost Stamps...then pop over to their fab challenge here at....Artistic Outpost