Lime Tart Sketch

Have I ever told you that I love a good sketch? Check this one out on Lime Tart's blog. These are a couple of examples I whipped up in no time using justjohanna stamps. E-E-Easy!

I knew it would happen one day.......

........and it finally did. I accidentally stayed up all night in my craft room. At one stage, I could hear the birds start to chirp, and I thought "ooh, I should go to bed soon". Then I hear a gasp and "Teresaaaaaaa - have you been up all night?" from my husband who was off to work. He made me feel like a naughty teenager, but not in an exciting way.

Anyway I guess you'll be wanting to see what I was up to. I was actually, among other things, putting together samples for some classes I'll be teaching at Little Bits next term.

This photo is of a little round album made from chipboard coasters. I used my little niece Isabel as the subject and some Paper Salon double-sided papers in soft pink and yellow. It's got photos, some journalling and of course heaps of ribbon and some other embellishments.



The next two photos are of a canvas and card class, where we'll make a canvas and then a matching card using canvas paper. I've used acrylic paints (you could just as easily use Twinkling H2Os), some rusted wire and bells, and one of the new chipboard birds by Collections.

I did get up to more, but nothing I can show yet. Stay tuned though!

Collections ATC

This is an ATC I've made for a swap. We had to use Collections products (a stamped image and a chipboard shape), and stick to a sepia, cream and red palette. I added a bronze embellishment, and some bronze brads. I love this stamp - a big group of young friends.

More housework!

This time the houses are the big ones in a kit put out by Collections. Again, for a swap. There are four house shapes in the kit, but I've only used three (how else can you make a triptych?). Inside the middle panel is a little concertina book with pictures of book covers. I've joined the panels with tea-stained gauze, and because of the weight of the key on the last panel, it's a bit tricky standing the whole thing up without leaning it on something. I might need some little stands at the back. Click on the image if you'd like a closer look - thanks for your interest!

Birds - they're everywhere

This is an ATC I've made for another swap. The theme is birds (how topical)!

I've used Twinkling H2Os for the background on canvas paper. I then stamped a harlequin BG (Stamp It) using red StazOn. Then I stamped the bird in the heart (Christine Adolph), my favourite stamp at the moment - Michelle's scroll (justjohanna), and the word "Sing" (PurpleOnion alpha) with black Versafine ink. I finished it off with some doodling - stitching around the sides and dots around the scroll. I then mounted it onto some red cardstock and voila! Complete.

Little Houses (nowhere near a prairie)

How I loved that show when I was little! I wanted to be Laura Ingles, long dress, boots, odd lisp and all. About the only similarity between Laura and me would be two X chromosomes.

Anyhow, these are some little chipboard house shapes that have recently been released by Collections. They are only a couple of inches tall, and are so much fun to decorate. I did these for a swap, and I plan to put a row of them on top of the noticeboard I'll be getting soon in my studio. Can't wait to get my swaps back - I've seen some of the other girl's work. Top stuff as always.

Oooops - look at the time!

I got home from work at 10:30 last night, and said "I'll just to a bit of planning for Amy's altered book". The next time I looked up it was 3am! Ooops I did it again. I'm not too upset tho - I'm meeting up with the girls to swap books today, so now I'll have two to swap over. I feel a bit clever!

Amy's theme for her book is vintage travel, and we can't do the same city/country as anyone before us in the book. Naturally the first to go was Paris, then New York, then London (all the cities I have supplies for grrr!). So I popped in to Christina's for some more supplies.

Double click on the photo for a closer look. I used a couple of photos lifted off the net, a transparency (also lifted that photo off the net) and some handwriting (is this called journalling? Not really, sounds a bit scrapbooky to me!) That column is made with Delight modelling compound using a mould by Krafty Lady. I painted it with some cream acrylic paint and my ink-stained fingers.

The word ROME is stamped using a PurpleOnion alpha. There are also little pieces of map - I printed these with my trusty inkjet on some canvas paper that had been painted with cream acrylic paint.

There it is!

Can't get enough birds

Here's another birdy card (stamps by justjohanna). Love birds and love that scroll. If it's possible to wear out a stamp, then I think I'll come close!

Aqua and paprika

Some little cards I made with justjohanna stamps. I bought some new paper and used it all up. I thought the aqua and paprika went strikingly well together - who would have thought?

(The colour is actually aqua IRL, not green as it appears in the first card)

Up late again

I think it's pretty safe to assume that when I have something to share in my blog, it means I've been up pretty late (4am), and I'm really really tired and irritable. If I don't skip some sleep, I'd never get to indulge in my favourite passtime.

Anyway, this is a mini canvas I've done using justjohanna stamps. I smeared a thin layer of impasto onto the canvas, and stamped into it (love that scroll!). When that dried, I used twinklings to bring out the texture, and then cut out the fancy cage and bird. It still need a little something, so I swiped the edges of the canvas with Versamark ink and sprinkled them with some gold embossing powder. Voila! (Apologies for the poor photo quality - the shimmer and shine makes it really hard to capture.)