Orange & Blue?

Doesn’t sound like a very natural colour combo to me… but in the spirit of adventure, orange trees and blue skies, I made a good friend a birthday card this evening. Apparently it’s her birthday on Friday so I am trying to be organised! Here’s my entry to this week’s Artygirlz challenge:

Lots of blues/oranges here [...]

Altered Bags

Today I played around with fabric I have been given by my friend Pat (The Vinegar Lady!) She had some lovely black chenille with bold gold panels on it that I felt sure would make a decent tote, much in the style of a ‘carpet-bag’. I must be in Victorian mode or something… So I [...]

aRtbUzz #8

I’ve used the Bandanna technique before, but have been practising this week for a Tag Swap on one of the Groups I belong to… it’s no hardship, believe me! I do enjoy making backgrounds – okay, so I’m an addict! I’ve been experimenting with different colored inks lately, as I acquired a set of 30 [...]

Saturday’s Workout!

Well, it’s already been quite a workout for me – at work this morning… then coming home to relax for a while and have a play. Luckily, I’d left my sewing machine out and used it on this pair of ATCs for Saturday’s Workout challenge… “Grungy”. Not hard for someone who’s naturally a messy creator [...]

Let’s have Tea!

That’s this week’s Mixed Media Monday challenge. I started out sewing a pocket for a tea bag… to put on a card, but I liked the card background so much that I couldn’t cover it all up! So I ended up making a fabric and stuff collage diptych with stamping on the other side!! I [...]

“Monochromatic”

That’s this week’s challenge for Mixed Media Monday. I had a lot of fun with this one – and there are hidden undertones if you look for them! The base is a wooden cut out leaf, given to me by my friend Jan (Auntys Forum):

The tag is actually black with white writing on it, the [...]