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.

One for the Birds

 Birds is the theme for this fortnights challenge over at Tag Tuesday.

The theme was chosen by Valerie.

I don't use birds that often in my art, yet I have several stamps and saved images.

I have used this set of stamps from Crafty Individuals on a tag that I coloured with distress ink.

I just highlighted the cage and birds with water colour pencils.

Do pop over and join us if you can, any sized tag and can be any format, just so long as it is a tag.

Tag Tuesday is HERE

Another Atc Challenge

 Time again for our Atc Challenge over at Atcs with a Heart.

The theme this time is "Anything/Everything Goes/ All is Good"

For my Atc, I decided to stick with a floral theme because I wanted to use this lovely quote.

Hope you like it.

Please do join in with our challenge over at Atcs with a Heart

Spring

 It's the 1st of the month, time for another fun challenge over at Atcs with a Heart.

The theme this month is Spring.

Already a lot of spring flowers are opening up after their winters rest, some trees too are in bloom, such a pretty time of the year. All we need now is for the weather to warm up.

Here is my Spring Atc...

I chose a Hyacinth Flower with a Spring  verse for my Atc, I actually do have a couple in pots in my kitchen, the buds are just coming through.

Do pop over and join us if you can.

We are here at Atcs with a Heart

My Garden Faerie

 Just popped in to share my Garden Faerie Tag.

I decided to go with a circle Tag for Michele's theme over at Tag Tuesday.

I created my tag using a selection of stamps and pens and distress ink.

Hope you can pop over and join in with the challenge, there is still time. xx

Love/Hearts Tag

 Hi Everyone, Tag Tuesday have started a new challenge today.

The theme has been chosen by teamie Pinky and she has made two fabulous tags for your inspiration, do pop over for a look and join in if you can.

Here is my Tag, I've used one of my Gibson Girls stamps for my tag, along with some hearts that I stamped and cut out. I also did the same with the postage stamps.

You can find Tag Tuesday HERE

Hearts

 Time for another Atc challenge over at Atcs with a Heart

The theme for Febraury is Hearts

For my Atc, I decided to use several hearts in different colours that I stamped.

I cut and added them to my Atc that I had stamped with quite an old wooden rubber stamp.

Hope you can drop by and join in with our challenge.

You can find us here at Atc's with a Heart

Blue & Green ?

 Who said Blue and Green should never be seen?..well, I think, along with many others, that they look good together,lol.

Here is my Tag for Wendy's theme over at Tag Tuesday

Sorry the white tag looks gray, not the best lighting when I took the photo.

The stamps are by Indigoblu, came with a boxed magazine I bought some time ago. I love these stamps.

You can find the challenge here at Tag Tuesday

Cats Atc

 It's been a while since I last posted, I suffering with awful back pain at the moment. It's not something, it's something I have had on and off for years, however just recently it's got more painful, so difficult to sit, stand and even concentrate on very much at the moment.

Over at Atcs Around the World they have just started their challenge for February. 

The theme is Cats.

You can find us here at 

ATCS AROUND THE WORLD.

Just the Ticket

Time to share my Postcard for Sunday Postcard Art.

I was invited to host this sunday and I chose the theme Tickets

I do hope you can pop along and join us.

Your postcard must measure 4"x 6" but you can use any medium.

Yo can find us here at

Sunday Postcard Art

Things with Wings

 Hello, I'm back, this time with my Tags for Tag Tuesday

I am hosting their challenge starting today, for the next 2 weeks.

My theme is Things with Wings, so plenty of scope, so many things have wings,lol.

My first tag I made by covering the base tag with some paper that I boiled with some leaves. I love the design that the leaves left, some areas are better than others, but I thought for the butterflies it would make a good background.

I stamped the images and also stamped the butterflies separately so I could layer them up.

I coloured them using my trusty old whisper pens!

My 2nd Tag I went with an oval shape, which suited the image of the birds better.

For this tag I coloured the image using distress inks and a bit of water on a saucer.

I was pleased with the results.

Do pop over to Tag Tuesday and join in with our challenge, would love to see you there.

You can find us here at TAG TUESDAY.

Rainbow/Rainbow Colours

 Good Morning Every, I hope you are all keeping well, wherever you are in the world.

Christmas and the New Year are always special times of the year, but I do like to get back to normality pretty quickly,lol.

Today sees the start of the challenges at Atcs with a Heart for 2023.

So for January the theme is Rainbow/ Rainbow Colours.

Here is my Atc ( Artist Trading Card )

For my Atc, I used distress inks to colour the background using Rainbow Colours.

Then I stamped over with a grungy nautical stamp.

I hope  you like it and it inspires you to join us in our challenge this month.

You can find us here at Atcs with a Heart

Anything Goes/All is Good.

 Hello Everyone, I hope you have all had a lovely christmas.

Today, New Years Day, we have the start of our monthly Atc challenge over at Atcs Around the World

Here is my Atc, I have gone with a floral stamp.

I chose this stamp because it reminds me how quickly we will reach Spring, when all the flowers and trees come in to bloom.

No matter what the weather is, nature takes it's own course, showing us how life goes on...everything is good.

Do pop over and join us if you can.

Happy New Year to you All