When I saw that Nancy’s theme this week at Gothic Arches was to be “Risque”, I remembered the Faux Postage Nudes sheet I had from Ten Two Studios and thought they’d make a cute little Gothic Arches booklet. It did prove a bit tricky as I am full of a cold virus at the moment. It just [...]
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I have so much to share… Okay, so it’s been a phenomenally busy week – you can tell because I haven’t blogged since Wednesday! I felt a great deal of pressure earlier this week because I’ve taken the huge step of opening my own “Studio” on ArtFire.com… yep, I have art for sale! If there’s [...]
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What does that even mean? Is it a word or did I make it up? (You decide!!) I missed joining in with The Three Muses last week – my ‘pockets’ were empty of energy and I was starting a head cold…. bleh!
This week, Taluula challenged us to use “windows” in our artwork, so I altered [...]
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I’ve been playing with (one of) the new Marie Antoinette sheets of stamps from Home Impressions. I was originally going to make this a little fabric book, but I changed my mind and created a wall-hanging or stamped fabric collage to send to Ria for her shop in The Netherlands. I really liked this sheet and chose [...]
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I’m at market today and the forecast is for rain (again…) so I wouldn’t really be in the mood for a challenge of any kind, having dealt with them all day long!! I have made these 2 ATCs for the “Charlie Chaplin” challenge set by The Three Muses this week. I used 2 of my old favourite [...]
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TGIF – Make a banner… so I did, using a watercolour+salt background, some recycled bits n bobs and the lovely “Fairy Houses” stamps from Home Impressions – funky and doodly!!
The mesh is plastic (from the Scrapstore); the fairy charm is one of a job lot I bought from Kathy on Etsy; the paisley is Fiskars [...]
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The Three Muses: Ann’s turn this week to provide the theme and corresponding fab digital eyecandy! She chose “Hats“, cleverly using the quote: ‘If you want to get ahead, get a hat!’… Nice!!
I have a friend whose nickname is Budgie. I have a stamp of a budgie in a top hat, tails and pantaloons… perfect! [...]
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I’m Guest Hosting at Mixed Media Monday again! Diane is so great having me back and I do so enjoy picking a theme and seeing you all interpret it. I chose to paint an IKEA cheapie mirror a la Layer Love, using a new colour green I couldn’t resist – Viridian Hue – a gorgeous [...]
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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 [...]
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Gothic Arches this week – “Roses”. I’ve combined a lovely soft Romance Tag from Ten Two Studios with a grungy background and a gothic rose stamp from Home Impressions with a little piece of a broken earring from my collection of junk jewellery. The fabric rose is on a wire stem which I threaded through [...]
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