Fairy Magic Pendant

Created by Hand this week is all about “Faeries”… so I happily got to play with the Toadstools stamps from Home Impressions to create this altered puzzle piece pendant for Ria!

I started with a little collaged music and text and then brayered over them with a rainbow ink pad, which has seen better days! I [...]

Quelle surprise!

Created by Hand’s theme this week is ‘French’! Funnily enough, my Graduation Piece for Layer Love has a french flavour… so here’s the last “official” painting – or Lesson #9, as we know it! Images from Ten Two Studios Little Blue Things, french text too.

Here’s a close-up of the central part, with the framed “belle [...]

More puzzling!!

This is a triple-header puzzle piece from me this evening. I painted the background whilst I was waiting for my Layer Love#6 painting’s layers to dry!! I used a piece of corrugated cardboard for the hatchmarks with black archival ink, images from Ten Two Studios Little Men/Children Sheets, a pewter charm from my stash and [...]

Insects!

Created by Hand theme for this week! I made a large sheet of backgrounds a while ago, using instructions from Lisa Vollrath’s Go Make Something, called Serendipity… you use up scraps of paper, ink and stamp backgrounds and they make interesting ATCs, etc. This one features a dragonfly stamp that I love.

I love random speckles [...]

Lots done!

I’ve been getting back into creating and have got lots done this afternoon/evening… Created by Hand this week (Pink & Green) and Lots to Do (Wonderful Wood) – I have completed the first side of this wooden block for Ria, which is still a WIP, but prompted by the pink and green theme, I tried [...]

Created by (my) Hand!

CBH has Mother’s Day as its theme this week. Check out my altered spoons on Ten Two studios and if you leave me a comment, you’ll be entered into the Daily Eye Candy Draw to win a 6-month subscription to the Monthly Muse – full of tips, images and how-tos. This Daily Giveaway is running [...]

Spring is in the air…

CBH – “Spring”. Here’s a collaged canvas I finished this morning. I have come to the conclusion that the sooner I sort and pack my art supplies and leave myself just a few things to create with, the better! I’m feeling super-stressed and thoroughly fed up for lots of reasons. I have mountains of packing [...]

Bookmarks…

Rosie & Linda (Awfully Big Art Adventure) had bookmarks as their challenge this week and their examples are gorgeous. Created by Hand asked for blue and green combos and Artygirlz wanted us to “Smile”, so I’ve combined these three into a bookmark with an Italian flavour!

I used Italian text pages and images from The Little [...]

Old Postage Stamps…

They’re so useful in backgrounds, aren’t they? I’ve covered several themes in this collage (which came together unbelievably quickly!) – Make It Mondays – Postage Stamps; Created by Hand – Stripes; and Artygirlz – Butterflies.

The original cardstock is maroon, although you wouldn’t know it now! I used torn text pages for the base, then postage [...]

Red and/or pink?

Created by Hand this week asks for red and/or pink in our artwork and I am showing this mini-domino bracelet which I made a couple of nights ago. I am not gifted at jewellery-making. Show me a jump ring and some pliers, tiny beads and fiddly fastenings and I start to shake! I have big [...]