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Playthings…

We have now finished the wedding saying!! Hah! So, a new challenge begins at MMM this week and we are to show “playthings” in our artwork… Here’s an ATC I created featuring a dolly, some string and staple – a few of my favourite things, although I would have to admit that I never have liked dolls very much and even cut my Tressy doll’s ponytail off one day! Ooops!

"Baby Doll" (yuck!)

The background is brayered distress ink on an old book page, stamped with Home Impressions stamps, which I love! Sadly, Ria has sold her line of stamps but they are still available to buy from the new owner in the Netherlands… The ATC blank is a matt board one from Habs and Nabs – Ebay shop!

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by Rosie on July 18, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Rosie on July 18, 2010

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Something blue and ravens…

I created a couple of ATCs earlier this afternoon with the above themes in mind. I was altering a summer smock top, also blue, and decided to “make hay while the sun shines”… Mixed Media Monday’s  Diane has finished the wedding sayings with “Something blue…” and TMTA have chosen “the Raven” for their ATC subject this week, so  here they are:

Leo's "blue" ladies

On a handpainted blue-toned background, stamped onto thick clear plastic, stitched onto the card and trimmed.

The singing raven...

Scraps stitched onto the same background as before and the raven stamped onto recycled sheet music paper.

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by Rosie on July 12, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Rosie on July 12, 2010

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“Something borrowed…”

Continuing with her wedding saying theme, Diane’s challenge this Monday at MMM is to create using “something borrowed“. I wanted to join in the Swap ’til you drop ATC challenge last month but time got away from me, so I am borrowing the ‘pocket’ that was used for the tiny dresses for my ATC… courtesy of Alice & Camilla’s blog.

"Awesome!"

Here are the separate components…

ATC-sized folded pocket

This was stitched onto vilene and then decorated.

A fishy tag for the pocket...

The threads are what I have been cutting off when finishing seams, etc. Never waste anything!! 😉

I have a stinker of a summer cold, with glands the size of baseballs filling my sore throat and I reckon I caught it from DD… grrrr! Only 3 more weeks of college to go and I deliver my 30 minute Micro-Teach this coming Wednesday (on basic conversational Spanish!), so my stress levels should be drastically reduced by Thursday!!

Have a good week all….  =D

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by Rosie on July 4, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Rosie on July 4, 2010

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MMM- Something New!

Diane is in “wedding saying” mode this month!! Her challenge at Mixed Media Monday this week is something new, so here’s a new ATC from me.

"Ann of Sandwich"

Ann is practically the last remaining piece of the mixed media sandwich-style quiltie I made earlier this year, some of which have been seen in publications like Craft Stamper, for instance! She is mounted onto a chipboard ATC – I won a goody bag of chipboard shapes in Chrissy’s ATC Swaps draw in May, which are fab! – painted and stamped first. I used rust-coloured wool from the Scrapstore to ‘bind’ it. I think the image is from one of Kelly’s Collage Visions Sheets…

I did get a bit distracted looking up the “Earl of Sandwich” on Wiki… because I remembered the orogins of the word as being quite amusing, so if you’d like to know more, click HERE!! for info on the humble sandwich’s beginnings!

I haven’t blogged much as I’m still working and trying to get my coursework completed in my spare time. I did manage to pass all 5 of the recent assignments (essays) I submitted so I’m really pleased. However, I have a 30 minute Micro-Teach to plan and prepare for next week, so it’s head down till I have completed that! =D

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by Rosie on June 28, 2010  •  Permalink
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Sea Voyages…

They remind me of Captain Ahab, Moby Dick and are as rare as rockinghorse “doodies” in my house! My postcard depicts a sailor’s voyage, seeking  the rare and wonderful puffy-fossil-fish, whilst pining for his sweetheart, whom he has left behind in Osaka…

Well, it’s just a bit of relaxation and romanticising the collection of scraps I sewed together to make this postcard for SPA – where Sandy is the Guest Host this week…

From the Bay of Bengal...

Now for the technicalities! The fossil-fish stamp is from Home Impressions – gorgeous detail, and I must thank Ria, because I asked for the 2 individual fish stamps specially… so thanks, Ria! The image is from Ten Two Studios – one of my duct-tape image transfers. The rest is clutter and stuff from my desk-top!

Yesterday I spent a lovely day in the gardens of the Winsford Trust in Halwill Junction, North Devon, at the Family Arts & Crafts Day, showing people how to make the scruffy ruffle flower pins. These were very poshly described as “Rag Rose Corsages” and raised a few eyebrows. I met a couple of delightful, arty-farty, outside the box teenagers and hope I inspired them to follow their respective passions! I was certainly able to furnish them with a few websites that will help!

I was also invited to Hatherleigh Festival to show and demo what I do/create, but I’m already committed to the Pirate FM Charity Garden Party on July 24th, where Nick and I had such an enjoyable, awareness-raising day out last year, so Reels on Wheels got me first… Nice to be popular though!!

Today is Father’s Day in the UK so I took my man out for a big breakfast locally and we had what used to be called a “comfortable cose”, all to ourselves, just the two of us, spending some brief, quality time together.

I must wish Diane a very Happy Birthday (Mixed Media Monday), and as she’s chosen “Something Old!” as her birthday theme, I think I’ll enter the Fossil-Fish postcard!! Love you, Diane – Happy Birthday!! xoxoxo 😉

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by Rosie on June 20, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Rosie on June 20, 2010

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Vintage ads/labels

I am Guest Hosting again for Diane at Mixed Media Monday – and very grateful that it keeps me blogging whilst working my way through an exceptionally busy summer this year!!

These make great springboards for collages, big or small. I fell in love with little images when I was designing for Ten Two Studios – I used a lot of small images on altered cutlery, for example. Here are a couple more examples of altered/wearable art, using vintage ads and labels.

Mixing vintage and contemporary.

I painted the entire bamboo tile silver, added the image and mounted the piece on a ball chain with the addition of turquoise and pink wooden beads!

It's the little things...

I always decorate both sides of these, then you can wear them either way round!! It’ll be fun to see more takes on this challenge – and thank you to everyone who joined in with last week’s “Floral Tributes!” challenge! One of my arty flower pins is published in the Ideas Gallery of July’s Craft Stamper magazine…

"Fleur" de Lys mixed media pin

I used the fleur de lys stamp from Home Impressions Marie Antoinette plate. Such versatile images… 🙂

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by Rosie on June 13, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Rosie on June 13, 2010

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Floral tributes…

I chose this theme as it’s pretty much all-encompassing and any type of media will be fine! I’m guest hosting again at Mixed Media Monday, which is just as well because if I hadn’t got this prepared, I’d be in the blogging doldrums. There just aren’t enough hours in the day for me currently – the college course is really taking its toll, but I have caught up a bit thanks to half-term, so I’m not in such a state of panic…

Shabby-Ruffled Flower pin!

I fell in love with ruffled flowers when I saw a couple of tutorials online. My flower-pins are very shabby and I use torn strips of thin/lightweight fabrics to achieve the scruffy ruffled effect. I then add beads, buttons or recycled jewellery parts to embellish them (read “tart them up”!!).

Here are a few more examples, which I am taking to the Family Arts & Crafts Day on June 19th. I shall be demonstrating how to make them and selling the kits!

Architectural design!

Netted and beaded!

Here, Kitty, Kitty!!

These are so easy to make, I finished my 6 different examples in one sitting. Fun and unique, you could really make one for every outfit or occasion, couldn’t you?!

See you again when I can… and I hope you enjoy the challenge this week! 🙂

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by Rosie on June 6, 2010  •  Permalink
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Personal symbols…

Beth has chosen this theme at Mixed Media Monday today. I choose to use oranges and greens a lot in my art. These are colours I have found myself combining for a couple of years now, subconsciously. I understand green as symbolising growth and renewal, but orange? Nah… I used to be a blonde before I turned grey, so orange was a colour I avoided religiously!

However, I was intrigued to read that ‘orange is the colour of creativity’ a few weeks ago… so here are a couple of examples of recent creations with these personal growth colours – in my rather shabby, grungey style!!

Words and flowers... handmade arty-pin

I have a fondness for French text too! I love language – I used to speak 5 fluently. I hear (or heard) languages the way some people hear music, which is truly a gift, and I’d only have to spend about 3 months in a foreign country to pick up the language well enough to speak with a good degree of fluency!

A cuff without a clasp... WIP

Just needs finishing off… Well I shall be AWOL at the end of this week as we head off to Wales for the 3rd annual Reels on Wheels Fishing Festival. It’ll be the first time I’ve attended and I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to it! 3 days away with my DH, friends and fishing. I just hope the weather’s kind!! 🙂

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by Rosie on May 31, 2010  •  Permalink
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Marie Antoinette Mailer…

I’m Guesting at Mixed Media Monday today, Marie Antoinette is the theme and I went through a phase last year, of making microscope slide mailers. It was also at that time that I discovered how much fun you can have making soldered pendants!! Now, you can wear the pendants, but what do you do with the mailers? 😉

... "charmed, I'm sure!"

An ornate heart charm, a little recycled broken jewellery and some fancy ‘ribbon’…

"Let them eat cake"

 

 I painted the mailer with several layers of burnt siennna acrylic paint, plus some glazing liquid. I used a foam stamp for the patterns as the glaze was still wet. My foam stamp was the bit I popped out of a foam kneeling mat for gardening – I liked the pattern and you know me, I can’t throw anything away!

Just a few random ‘mots’ from some French text, cut out and applied before the final glazing… So that’s my mailer. I can’t wait to see what everyone makes of this theme.

I used images from the Marie Antoinette Mailer sheet at Ten Two Studios. Lisa sells the mailers too and there are some lovely examples of how-tos in the projects section.

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by Rosie on May 23, 2010  •  Permalink
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Fishy fun!

One of the ladies I work with celebrated her birthday this week and as she’s a world-class angler, something fun and fishy was entirely appropriate! I created this very simple, primitive fabric keyfob for her and it’s my entry for this week’s Mixed Media Monday – “Child’s Play“!

Best fishes...!!

I drew the fish shape very simply on what remains of my patched paper/fabric quilt, cut it out, stitched round the edges, attaching the green netting as I went. I added the eyelet and the keychain, et voila! She was really pleased with it  – result!

My favourite book when I was small was by Dr. Seuss – One fish, two fish… and remember songs like “When the Boat Comes in”? Fun to remember all those fishy, childhood things that I experienced when I was small and when I had my little girl… now a teenager! 😉

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by Rosie on May 17, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Rosie on May 17, 2010

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