Puzzle Piece Inchies.

Just having a coffee break in between crafting and thought I would share my "Inchies" with you all.

I am in a Dutch group for Inchie swaps on Facebbok and the theme this time around was to use actual puzzle pieces on our Inchies,each one must be decorated.

So I set to and found an old puzzle in my garage and selected a few pieces that wouldn't protrude too much over the actual inchie.

To decorate I used some scraps of card that I'd used to play with my glimmers mists and covered the front and backs of the inchie.

The puzzle pieces were gessoed several times to cover their original image and then once dry I rubbed them over in distress ink.

Using sections of stamps,I then added images to the puzzle pieces,some of which I then coloured in. 

Once completely I decided to add glossy accents and crackle glossy accents to the puzzle pieces for a nicer effect, finally adding one or two pearls and gems.

Cheap & Cheerful Mixed Media Plaque

Well the lovely lady Lou from Fernli Designs has set a challenge in the UK&Ireland Craft Swap group...to make a cheap and cheerful Mixed Media Plaque....using a piece of corrugated cardboard measuring 8"x 8". It has to contain a verse/quote or photo. So, this is my mixed media plaque, made so I can hang it rather than have it on a stand....not sure how long I will get to keep it as my daughter has seen it already,lol.

I really had so much fun making this, played around a bit with the colour palette,unfortunately the photo dosen't do this piece justice as you can't see the beautiful shimmer.

Lots of odds and ends from my stash, the wooden pieces,which were gessoed several times before spraying are from Fernli Designs.

I just could not resist adding this gorgeous vintage photo of the little girl, she is just adorable.

I am entering this in to the challenge over at Altered Eclectics

Buttons & Bows Altered Peg

This is my Buttons & Bows Altered Peg, its my design team piece for CraftyHands. They have just launched their new challenge for the next fortnight. There's a fabby paper pad and a ribbon pack on offer for the winner too, well worth popping over for a look, maybe enter the challenge, anything goes, so long as it is within theme.
You can find the challenge ....HERE

An Old Tag

Well, it's that time again...another new challenge has been set over at Rhedd & Rosies and I really enjoyed creating my design team piece.

The theme is Aged & Distress, so I set to and made this tag with some French labels. I used the Tim Holtz distress tool for the edges of the labels, but used some fine sandpaper for the main Tag and the creases and folds on the labels, to age them further I added some distress ink. I found a really old strip of leather which was perfect for tying everything together.
You can find this challenge here...http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/.....you will also find there the Winner of the Blogversary Candy.

Configuration House Design Team Creation.

Well, that's February gone for this year, I know we were a few days short compared to other months,but it still went by so quickly...and now here we are in to March, hopefully creeping closer to Spring and some drier weather.
The March Challenge over on my Altered Art Blog is now under way and for my design team piece I altered a configuration house....

I had so much fun with this piece and I have used so many "little bits" that belonged to my mother,so it's really quite special. I had a go at using some crackle glaze to give the house a weathered look.

There is a fabulous prize for the winner of the March Challenge, well worth entering the challenge for...this Bird House Style Money Box  measures 23cms x 14cms  ( 9" x 5.5" ) so a lovely size to work with and it comes ready to decorate.

You can find the challenge here... Rhedd's Creative Spirit....hope to see you there.

I am entering this piece in to the challenge Altered Eclectic

Altered Gift Bag

A fabulous challenge going on over at CraftyHands and the theme is "MUSIC"

As I'm in the design team, this is what I made for the blog...an altered gift bag. I really enjoy making this too, I so love the pretty music paper...
Why not pop over HERE and maybe enter the challenge....hope to see you there...x

Let's Face It....

Just thought I'd share a set of  "Face" Inchies I made for a swap group on Facebook...I do so love making these little pieces. All the faces are either from free images or ones that I have rubber stamped...hope you like them...The host of the challenge seemed to like them...that's a relief, lol.

Anything but a Card

Time for another fabby challenge over at Rhedd and Rosies.....a great theme,chosen by me, "Anything but a Card"

This is my design team piece, my hand stitched Vintage Bag. Ideally I wanted to make it using Burlap, but couldn't source it locally, so had to go with what I had in my stash, which was hessian. First I hand stitched all the lace,then added the muslin lining before making it in to a bag. The image on the front I printed on to image transfer paper, then ironed that on to some very soft cotton cloth, using a thin piece of wadding to pad the image slightly, I then added another layer of cotton cloth. The lace I dipped in cold coffee to get the right colour,as well as dipping the tape.Finally I added the bead trim and buttons and added that piece as a front pocket,I also teased some threads from the muslin to make the whole piece look slightly shabby.
All the photos were printed on photographic paper and were all free images that I have saved in my library over the last couple of years...the pretty piece of paper with Bencross on it was a freebie from Astrid McClean....she has some gorgeous images that she offers as freebies, she is also an amazing crafter too.

You can find this challenge HERE