Wings...

Merry Christmas Everyone, hope it's a good one for us all...xx

A new challenge over at Tag Tuesday started today and this time it's my turn to chose the theme.

I have chosen Wings

Plenty of scope there, from fairies, angels, planes,insect and more.

Here are my 2 tags that I hope will inspire you to play along over the next 2 weeks.

I do hope you can manage to join us over the next 2 weeks, you can find us here at 

TAG TUESDAY

Snowy Woods

 Sorry, I am late again posting my Tag for Tag Tuesday. I haven't been well and to be honest and it seems like it's going to take forever to feel normal ( whatever normal is for me ) again.

The theme was chosen by Valerie and she wants to see lots of snow!

Anyway on to my Tag, the funny little gnome like creature is from a download from Lemon Creations, kind of cute, but dressed for winter I thought he looks kind of cute against the backdrop of fir trees.

The photo doesn't do the Tag justice, difficult taking a photo of white on white.

Ive cropped the photo down, so you can see the glitter in the snow etc.

There is still a few days until this challenge ends, so time enough to join in if you want to.

TAG TUESDAY

Farm Animals

 Just dropping in to quickly post my Farm Animal Tag that I had made for Micheles theme. Unfortunately I forgot to post it until now, and only because Tag Tuesday are running a day behind, so I got reminded thankfully.

I am laid low myself at the moment, not feeling great, I think life is catching up with me and I have to listen to what my body is telling me.

Anyway, here is my Farm Tag.

Words/Sentiments

 Crikey, how time flies. I've not blogged for weeks. Seriously it doesn't seem that long, but life gets in the way sometimes and time just disappears.

I wanted to add a tag for Pinky's theme over at Tag Tuesday which is Words or Sentiments.

I have many stamps that would cover the theme, but this stamp and it's sentiment is one of my favourites.

You can find the challenge over at TAG TUESDAY

A form of Transport

 Hello Everyone, well, it's my turn to choose the theme for the next 2 weeks over at Tag Tuesday

My theme is "A form of Transport "  it can be modern or vintage, land, air or sea.

My Tags I've kept in mono with one other colour.

                                                   The Red Truck.

The Red Bus

Unfortunately the lighting wasn't great the day I took the phots, also it is difficult photographing white against white, I resorted to using a cream background and even that didn't look great,lol.

Do pop over and join in with our challenge, it's here at TAG TUESDAY

Autumn Colours

 Well, the colours of the trees and hedges are all changing colour now, despite it still being incredibly warm, nature keeps to it's seasons.

Valerie, our lovely "Boss Lady" chose Colours of Autumn as her theme over at Tag Tuesday

Here is my Tag, I've used a new Mushroom stamp from Lemon Creation. I ordered a couple of sets of stamps from there and haven't been disappointed. Had some wonderful free images too, lucky me.

( the into the wild stamp is from my stash )

There's still time to enter this fun challenge, you can find it here at TAG TUESDAY

Circles

 It's Sunday and time for another  challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art

The theme this time around is Circles and was chosen by Marion

So here is my postcard, a messy one, with Circles!

My postcard was created using water colour card ( 6"x 4" ) 

Docraft shimmer inks sprays, Lemon Creation spinal stamps. A Dina Wakely stamp and a lot of circles using a couple of different lids from different ink sprays.

The script is also from Lemon Creation.

Do pop over and join us this week if you can, be lovely to see you there.

You can find us HERE

My Apothecary Postcard

 Over at Sunday Postcard Art I was delighted to be asked to host this weeks challenge and for my theme I have chosen Apothecary.

For my postcard I have used card that I had boiled with some leaves and set aside to dry several months ago, the colour and pattern of some of the leaves were perfect for this theme.

I used a set of my favourite stamps by Artistic Outpost called The Apothecary.

The row of bottles at the bottom of the postcard is a different stamp, I am pretty sure it's a Paperartsy mini stamp.

Do pop over and join in with this fun challenge if you can, you can use any medium, but your postcard must be 4"x 6"

You can find it here at Sunday Postcard Art

Sunday Postcard Art, but on a thursday!

 I am late uploading my postcard for Rein's theme over at Sunday Postcard Art.

The theme is Fabric and Yarn.

I had, in my head, planned to get my postcard done earlier, but things didn't quite go the way I wanted, lol.

As usual, lots of stamping, colouring and a couple of pieces of fabric with yarn and a bow.

I hope Rein likes it.

Another Silhouette Tag.

 Hi Everyone, carrying on with the Silhouette theme over at Tag Tuesday, I have made another Tag.

The tag was cut from some old card that I had left over from another project and it's got lovely bright colours from Oxide inks.

I thought it would be the ideal for the butterfly stamp, so I am happy with the result.

There is still time to join in with this fun challenge, it ends next monday.

You can find it here at TAG TUESDAY

Postcard...Voyages

 Over at Sunday Postcard Art, Audrey has chosen the theme of Voyages.

I'm a little late posting my postcard, life gets in the way sometimes, lol.

Here is my postcard for the challenge, hope you like it.

You can find the challenge here at Sunday Postcard Art

Silhouette Tag

 Time again for another great challenge over at Tag Tuesday.

The theme is Silhouettes and was chosen by Michele. Well bless her, she has gone off full of excitement for her holiday and completely forgot about her Tag,lol.

So as I had mine ready, I stepped in to cover her theme, hope you like it.

Would love you to come and join us for the next 2wks and share your Tag with us.

It can be any medium, but must be a Tag.

You can find us here at TAG TUESDAY

Little Dogs Tag

 Hi Everyone, finally got around to posting my Tag for Pinky's theme over at Tag Tuesday.

For my tag I chose Dogs, the stamps were actually given to me by a friend, I am pretty sure she got them with a magazine, they were perfect for my tag and even includes a rope toy.

The pennants were from a different stamp set.

There is still a week left in our challenge, so plenty of time for you to play along.

You can find us here at Tag Tuesday.

Measuring Tape Postcard

 Oh my goodness, where has the time gone, can't believe I've not blogged since 22nd August!

This is my Postcard for the challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art where Ann.W has chosen the theme of Measuring Tape /Rulers

Do pop over and join in if you can, just make sure your postcard measures 4"x6"

Owl Tag

 Morning Everyone, time for me  to share my Tag for Tag Tuesday with you.

This time is was teamie Wendy's turn to choose her theme and she has picked Owls.

Unfortunately Wendy hasn't yet been able to upload her tags to the challenge blog, so I have stepped in and posted mine for inspiration until Wendy gets hers posted.

I love Owls, just something so special about them.

Here is my Tag..a Snowy Owl

You can find our challenge over at Tag Tuesday

Polkadots

 Just dropping in to share my postcard with you.

It's for the challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art  where Cindy has chosen the theme of "Polkadots"

So if you fancy a challenge, why not pop over and join in. Postcards must be 6"x4", but can be any medium.

You cab find the challenge here Sunday Postcard Art

Sewing, Stitching or Dressmaking

 Time for another challenge over at Tag Tuesday and this time I have chosen the theme.

Hopefully you will all like it, I did try to pick a theme that we don't use often, but has plenty of elements to chose from.

For this tag I used one of the extra large tags from Tim Holtz. I folded it in to 3 to from a pocket.

I stamped sewing related images over the tag, then glued the sides together.

I stamped lots of sewing elements and added to the pocket, along with buttons and an image of the lady from an original sewing pattern.

I do hope you will join in with our challenge, we are here at Tag Tuesday

In the Meadow

 In the Meadow is the theme over at Sunday Postcard Art 

What a super theme, the first thing that springs to mind for me is Wild Flowers and Insects, walking through the meadow you will see a hive of activity.

So many meadows have been created for wildlife and insects now by letting the fauna and flora grow freely. So pretty too.

This is my Meadow.

You can find the challenge here at Sunday Postcard Art

Another Tag

 Well, it's a dark and wet morning at the moment, not sure if the weather will brighten up, to be honest it looks more like Autumn than Summer at the moment.

I am blogging today to share with you a second Tag I have made for Valerie's theme ( Books/ Anything to do with books) over at Tag Tuesday.

I created this tag from some water colour card that I had spare from a previous project, I added part of a book page, some stencilling, rubber stamping, then added the Butterfly Girl.

There is still a week left to play along and you can find us here at Tag Tuesday

Anything to do with Books!

 Hello Everyone, just dropped in to post my Tag for Valerie's theme over at Tag Tuesday

Her theme is Books, so anything related to books is acceptable for her challenge, must be a Tag though.

Here is my Tag.....

Do pop along and join in with our challenge if you can.

We are here at Tag Tuesday.

Shells....

 It's Sunday, time for another postcard challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art.

Anne has chosen the theme this time and it's "Shells"

This is my postcard...

Do pop over and join in with the challenge, just make sure your postcard is 4"x 6"

You can use any medium.

The challenge is here at Sunday Postcard Art

Wild Animals

 Having missed the last couple of themes over at Sunday Postcard Art, I wanted to make sure I had time for current challenge. The theme was chosen by Rein and it's Wild Animals.

I knew somewhere in my stash I had a wild animal stamp, so had a look for it and found it!

Here is my postcard for Rein's theme.

You can find the challenge here, Sunday Postcard Art if you would like to join in, any medium is allowed, but your postcard must be 6"x4"

Mermaids or Merpeople

 Hello Everyone, there's still another week left over at Tag Tuesday to join in with our Tag challenge.

It's Michele's theme this time around and she has chosen Mermaids or Merpeople, any medium, but it must be a Tag.

This is my Tag...Please click on the photo to enlarge it.

I totally forgot I had this stamp, given to me by a friend who was downsizing her craft stash. It reminds me of pictures in a vintage story book for children. 

I didn't want to go too heavy with the colouring, so used water colour pencils to colour it.

The tag base was coloured using distress ink.

Do pop over and join us if you can, we are here at TAG TUESDAY.

Greyscale Postcard

 Over at Sunday Postcard Art there is a new theme, Greyscale.

You would think that Greyscale was an easy theme to master, in fact I didn't think it was. I used mainly stamping so having no grey inks, I had to lighten off the black ink by dabbing my stamps on tissue before stamping on my postcard. Took me a couple of attempts to get the different levels of grey.

The blank postcard was coloured by using black distress ink and blending brushes, again taking care not to go too dark, as I needed it a lighter shade so the stamping would show up.

The 4 ladies are from Tim Holtz paper dolls, love them.

Postcards can be any medium, but must be 4"x6".

You can find the challenge here at 

Sunday Postcard Art

Hot Colours...

 Hello Everyone, time again for another challenge over at Tag Tuesday and the theme this time around was chosen by teamie Pinky.

So think reds, oranges, yellows and in my case Hot Pink!

My tag is made from water colour paper, very thick. I used distress inks for the background and a bubble stamp, then I added red dots in some of the bubbles. I also added some glossy accents to some of the  bubbles, but the photo hasn't picked them all up, just a few near the top right are showing.

I've added an extra hot colour, hot pink for the sentiment.

Do pop over and join in with the challenge, remember your tag can be any medium, but must be in the form of a tag.

You can find us here at Tag Tuesday.

Bridal Bouquet...I tried!!!!

 Morning All, well what a job I had, over at Sunday Postcard Art, Peggy chose the theme of Bridal Bouquets. Now I have never created anything related to weddings before, so this was a real challenge.lol.

Thanks to some backing papers that I stamped over, and a Tim Holtz paper dolls image of a bride & groom I managed well up until the "Bouquet "

This wasn't what I had in my minds eye for the bridal bouquet, pretty flowers trimmed to more or less fit, it just doesn't look right, even dotting around the flowers with some glossy accents didn't exactly make the bouquet "pop"

Sorry Peggy, my postcard is no match for your fabulous postcard, I did my best,lol.

The challenge is here at Sunday Postcard Art.

Circles

 Good Morning Everyone, hope you are all keeping cool in this heatwave!

Just popped in the share my tag with you, that I created for Wendy's theme over at Tag Tuesday

The theme is Circles and I created my tag using watercolour card,acrylic paints and stamps.

A slightly different grungy style for me, I love the effects on the background.

There is still a week left for this fun challenge, do drop by and play along if you can.

You can find us here at Tag Tuesday

Bathing Beauties Postcard

 Hi Everyone, I am late blogging my postcard for Sunday Postcard Art due to having heat stroke at the weekend, knocked me for six to be honest. The worst part is that I wasn't even in the sun as such, just the overwhelming heat, I had cool clothing on and was drinking plenty of water, I just can't tolerate it and it makes me feel quite ill for a day or so.

Anyway I am now on my way to adding my postcard to Sue's challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art.

Love this theme...here's my postcard.

You can find this challenge here at Sunday Postcard Art.

Another Nautical Tag

I thought I would drop by mid challenge with another Nautical Tag for Tag Tuesday

The stamps are Artistic Outpost, Huckleberry Finn.

I am hosting, so I chose the theme, anything to do with the sea counts, so long as it's a Tag, any size, any medium.

The challenge still has another week to run, you can find us here at Tag Tuesday

Owl Postcard

 Happy Sunday Everyone, it's such a lovely day here today, sunny and set to get warmer, but for now being slightly cooler this early in the day suits me well.

So on to my Postcard for the challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art  The theme has been chosen by Mandy and it's Owls.

I love Owls and I am lucky to be able to hear them from across the farmland nearby, more so at night when the rest of the world is sleeping, crystal clear sounds.

Here is my postcard...a Tawny Owl.

An interesting fact....something I didn't know.

The 'too-wit too-woo' call often referred to as being the song of the generic owl, is that of the tawny owl. But it isn't the call of a single bird, but instead made by a male and female calling to each other. The female makes a 'too-wit' sound and the male answers with 'too-woo'!

You can find the postcard challenge here at Sunday Postcard Art 

( postcards must be 4"x 6" but can be any medium )

Nautical Theme...

 Time for another challenge over at Tag Tuesday and this time around it is my theme of Nautical.

I chose this theme because I think there is a wide variety of interpretations of it, from Boats/Ships, Sea, Lighthouses, Sea Creatures, Pirates, the list is endless. You can have Modern or Vintage images, just so long as they are within the Nautical theme.

Here are my Tags...

 For this tag, I went with a traditional image of yachts being viewed from some rocks.

This tag was created using a Rick St Dennis image of a cute Mermaid on her Seahorse.

I did highlight a few areas with glitter as you can see below.

There is a 3rd Tag, which I shall add here mid challenge.

I do hope this inspires you to pop along and join us at TAG TUESDAY

Steampunk-ish?

 I was delighted to be asked to host this sunday's challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art

I have chosen the theme Steampunk-ish, simply anything that relates to Steampunk, there are so many options so I am really looking forward to checking out all the entries.

Do pop over and join in if you can, the only rule is you must make sure your post card measures 4"x6"

You can find us here at SUNDAY POSTCARD ART

Fishy Postcard...

 Happy Sunday Everyone.

Just sharing with you my postcard for Sunday Postcard Art 

The theme " Fish " this week has been chosen by Sabine, do pop over and check out her postcard.

Here is my Fishy Postcard.

I inked up the outer edges of my postcard and then added all the stamped images.

Do pop over and join in if you can, you can find the challenge here at Sunday Postcard Art

On her Travels....

 Over at Tag Tuesday  they have a Travel theme going on, chosen by our lovely Valerie.

Tags only, but any style and medium, just pop in and join us all.

Here is my Travel Tag...

I created my tag by inking up the background and  used a map stamp, then over that the Voyage stamp.

I then added some tickets and the lovely lady.

Hope you can find time to join us here at Tag Tuesday

Comic Book

 It's been a while since I played at Sunday Postcard Art, so I thought it was about time I joined in with them again.

The theme there this sunday is Comic Book, chosen by Amy.

Here is my Comic Book Postcard...

I used a page from an very old comic to cover my postcard, then swiped white and blue paint over it, wiped back some areas with a wet wipe.

Once dry I added some dark spots through a stencil and then added the main images, also from the comic book.

Do pop over and join in, you can find the challenge here at Sunday Postcard Art

Where did you get that Hat?

 Over at Tag Tuesday Michele has chosen "Hats" as the theme for our current challenge.

We hope to see lots of entries, still another week left to enter our fun challenge.

Here is my "Hats" Tag, gone with a vintage theme.

Do pop along and join in if you can.

You can find us here at Tag Tuesday

Oriental Tag

 Hello Everyone, well, I am leaving it a little late posting my Tag for Pinky's theme over at Tag Tuesday

I did make it a few days ago, but didn't blog it, time just seems to fly recently.

I've gone for an Oriental look for my tag, never been good at oriental makes before.

My friend had given me a bag of freebie stamps, mainly acrylic that she had got from craft magazines and an Oriental set was among them, so a shame not to try and use it. Some I shall never use so they will go to the charity shop, as my friend said, what you can't use, pass on to charity or some else I know will make use of them.

So here is my Tag......

You can find the challenge over at TAG TUESDAY.

Another Tag for Wendy's theme.

 Hello Everyone, I am just popping in quickly to post another Tag I have made for Wendy's theme over at Tag Tuesday.

I've called this one The Dressmakers Tag, still within the theme of Yellow and Green.

Do pop over and join in with our challenge.

You can find it here at Tag Tuesday.

P.S...just realised  I had blogged this tag yesterday and forgot to upload it to Tag Tuesday,lol.

All done now.

Yellow and Green, Spring colours

 Just sharing with you my tag for Wendy's theme over at Tag Tuesday.

Wendy has chosen her favourite Spring Colours of Yellow and Green, I have to admit I do like the combination, however I find yellow a hard colour to work with, so it's good to be pushed,lol.

For my Tag,I decided to use one of my older stamps that I think I've only used once or twice.

I have used bright yellow and picked up the green for the little girls jacket.

You can find the challenge here at TAG TUESDAY

Poultry themed Atc

 Hello Everyone, silly me forgot to write up the blog post for todays new challenge over at Atcs Around the World  I thought I had already done it and scheduled it for today!

Connie's themes as always are good fun and she has chosen Poultry for Aprils challenge.

For my Atc I have used 2 free stamps that I had from a stamper magazine, sadly discontinued now.

You can find the challenge here at Atcs Around the World.

What's your Favourite Theme?

 Hello Everyone, time again for another challenge over at Tag Tuesday and it is my turn to host.

I have chosen the theme and my favourite is Vintage.

I know we all have different favourites, but I think I have always had a leaning towards the Vintage Style.

So I have created 3 different Vintage Tags in the hope you will join us at Tag Tuesday.

I am sure a lot of us will remember this movie "Casablanca" starring Humphry Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. I remember watching it with my parents, many moons ago!

The stamps are by Oxford Impressions.

My 2nd Tag features a Gibson Girl, she is one of my favourite stamps to use.

( The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States.^[1] The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of "thousands of American girls".)

This stamp was created using a set of Artistic Outpost Stamps.

Do pop over to Tag Tuesday and join us if you can.