Seasonal Atcs

We are still in the month of November,but in the crafting world we start our christmas crafting early. Not that I am making any christmas cards,I've not done that for a few years now....but the Atc swap I run over in the Craftymess Group on Facebook is all about Christmas this month. So these are my 3 swaps. 

I deliberately chose to use these stamps as I wanted to be able to colour them in,although I'm not a lover of colouring,I don't mind painting,which is what I did.

After ageing the atc with old paper distress ink, I stamped the image,then highlighted areas using a damp brush and picking up ink directly off of the distress ink pads. Finally I aged the atc around the edges in tea stain distress ink....I'm quite pleased with them, so much so I'm making another 3 of each design for a new swap group that I have just joined.

I want to Thank all of you that pop in to my blog and leave me such lovely comments...I appreciate your visit and love all your comments....xx

Sweet Little Twinchie

This is my 3rd entry in to the challenge over at....http://twinchie-twinchiehotmaillive.blogspot.co.uk/....I have used a stamp that I bought at the Range,it was a cheapie and must have been part of a design set,or kit. However it was sitting all on it's own with a price on it, so I couldn't just leave it there could I ?

I have only used part of the stamp for the image, I used distress ink to colour the twinchie,then with a damp paint brush that I swiped over the same ink pad,I highlighted some parts of the image. I'm pleased with the way it turned out,especially the actual image,for such a cheap stamp too,lol.

Below is a pic of the ink I used...I apologise for such a bad photo,one minute the sky is bright,the next it's gone so dark,I have to put the lights on, it really plays havoc with indoor photos,even with the flash facility!

Atc with Inchies

I have found a lovely challenge blog, the challenge, their 5th, is to use Inchies. Well how could I resist..The smaller the piece the more I like it. So I made an atc using my new Lynne Perrella stamps, then I made 2 Inchies from the same set of stamps and added them to the atc, I also highlighted a few areas with a damp paint brush and distress ink pads.

You can find the challenge here http://happycamperscc.blogspot.co.uk/

(Waving to you Jenny...x)

Craftymess Challenge Blog

We still have a week for you to enter our challenge blog...myself and my teamies would love to see you enter.You can find us here    http://craftymesschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

The theme is "Choose a Country" so plenty of scope there....do  pop a long, a great prize is up for grabs for the winner.

Vintage Twinchie

I'm so pleased with this little stamp as it's the perfect size for Twinchies and for Christmas Gift Tags...again its a new stamp and this is the first time I've used it.I used distress ink for the colour and black for the image, my 2 colours for the Twinchie Challenge over at   http://twinchie-twinchiehotmaillive.blogspot.co.uk/  I've lifted the image a bit by stamping the main image again and slightly curling the wings.

My Altered "Vintage" Peg

I just couldn't resist making another altered peg, they are fun to do. For this one I used my treasured Graphic45 papers, they are just so gorgeous.
I have added a couple of roses,a couple fronds of little pearls and a stickpin, just a little bit of ribbon too.
I am entering this in to Lindsays "Alter it" challenge....http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

"Faces" Atc

My little corner of the world is taking a battering with the weather,so much damage caused by high winds and rain,to make it worse I've just heard the weather forecast and it's going to get worse throughout the day....I feel so sad for the people that have had their homes flooded.
On to my post, this my entry for the challenge over at  http://funwithatcs.blogspot.co.uk/  The theme is faces and I had just the stamp for that, the same one I was playing with yesterday.
These stamps are not what I am used to using, but I have seen some great examples by other crafters using them and wanted to have a go myself...so I'm still at the experimental stage, never to old to learn,lol.

A Twinchie and an Atc

Well,unusually for me this is a double post...I have been having a play with some new little stamps...I fell in love with this one as soon as I saw it. It is slightly bigger than the size of a Twinchie, but still looks okay.I have coloured her beret to make it stand out a bit more....

I would like to enter this Twinchie in to the challenge over at.....http://twinchie-twinchiehotmaillive.blogspot.co.uk/

So on to the 2nd post...

I know this stamp may not appeal to everyone, but I love it.

Its from a set by Lynne Perrella at Paperartsy. These style of stamps always hold a fascination for me, it's amazing what little images you can see within them.

This atc I made for the crafting group I am in...I won the daily challenge there last night, so today I get to judge as well as set the theme for today's challenge...which is "Wings & Things" of course I can't enter my own challenge,but made the atc to show how wings can be used in a different way.

I must say a big Thank You to all that take the time to visit my blog and leave me such lovely comments...my poor little blog has felt very unloved....