We can all Twinkle!

October 31st 2011

Well here in Australia it's been Halloween and no one knocked on my door for a Halloween "treat" and I had even bought a packet of Halloween lollies just in case!!!!! Oh well - it's really not the "thing" here!!

Anyway I sat down tonight and made a Halloween Tag and ATC using a great image from Gecko Galz.

This tag has been made for a challenge at a relatively new challenge blog - Friendships Garden - where you can use collage images but not stamped images as the main "focus" although stamped sentiments are okay and as you can see I've used a small digital sentiment from CS Designs along with the Gecko Galz witchy woman. There was a "recipe" required for this tag challenge of 1 image, 2 rick rack & 3 bling!

My ATC was made for the Oh La La Group at the Bella Creations Community using the Woman image which is kindly provided each month by Gecko Galz - we always look forward to seeing what the new image will be!! I've used the same style as the tag and the same embossed star background and addition of muslin behind the image.

Dress Form ATC's

September 28th 2011

I made these 3 ATC's using 3 Dress Form images from Gecko Galz for the Oh La La Group at Bella Creations. I don't make a lot of ATC's any more but I really enjoyed these - I do love the Dress Form images!

I've used some rubber stamps from a Paper Artsy set I've had for quite a while - I've really been getting into my rubber stamps lately - which is a good thing as I have had some for quite some time and they have never been used!!!!!! Anyone else out there the same as me??????

I've used my Distress Inks to stamp the images and backgrounds and added some muslin to the "skirts" of the Dress Forms as well as some sewing "elements".

Bathing Beauty

August 28th 2011
The new "inspirational" picture at the Soartful Blog this week is of a "Bathing Beauty".

I had made this all fabric tag/bookmark using a Gecko Galz image for the Oh La La Group at the Bella Creations Community and thought it was just perfect for the new Soartful Challenge.

I bought the great "sparkly" aqua fabric especially for this bookmark as I thought it had an aquatic feel and was a great colour. The beach babe image is on calico and has been adhered to the tag which was sewn together on my sewing machine. I also added some blue braid to the top and bottom and made the little "Beach Babe" wording myself. I added some blue coloured fibres to the top and some sea coloured embellisments as well as a seahorse charm.

Reach for the Stars!

June 6th 2011

The new challenge at the Take a Word Blog is "Stars"! I couldn't resist using this gorgeous image I had coloured from the Octopode Factory range of digis - I thought this Steampunk Mabel looked like a pilot with her "headgear" LOL! So I decided to have her "pretend" to be Amelia Earhart about to make a great flight to the "Stars" in her winged car! This car image from Gecko Galz is the new image also for a challenge at the Bella Creations Community so today I have combined two challenges into one! The wings and little satchel are from one of June's collage sheets at Dezinaworld.

Here Comes the Bride!

June 3rd 2011
This is my entry for the new challenge at Vicki's The Cheerful Stamp Pad Blog this week "A Special Reason".

I made this gorgeous Bridal themed creation for a challenge at the Bella Creations Community and thought it would be perfect for this new challenge!

The images are from June at Dezinaworld. And I have used some lace to edge the oval shape, some textured papers, a ribbon rose and a little charm to finish it off!

I love to make wedding/bridal creations especially in the vintage style.

Can You Do The Bird Dance?

May 21st 2011
Well can you do the Bird Dance??????

I've made this tag for a few challenges (Bella Creations and the Three Muses)!

I've also entered this tag in the Gingersnap Creations GC102: Spicy Supply Challenge - Twine. The "theme" for May was Wild West and I think this dancing girl looks like she could have been on stage in a Wild West Saloon doing her stuff!! (I've incorporated "twine" to make the nest look more twiggy as you will see below).

The tag has been made as well for a challenge at the "Oh La La" Group at Bella Creations. We had to use the 'dancing lady' image from Gecko Galz on a tag or bookmark and as I had just finished cutting out some "bird" images from one of June's Collage sheets at Dezinaworld I came up with the idea of adding feathers to the woman and have her dancing on "eggshells" doing the bird dance!

The wording has been made with my DYMO Label Maker - nice and quick to print out and I like the effect of it. I used some household string and feathered it out to put behind the nest to give it a more 'twiggy' look.

The Three Muses new challenge is "Eggs" which is also why I wanted to incorporate the bird theme and use the nest and eggs from the collage sheet! Overall I'm really happy with this tag - I like the colours and it's a bit of fun!

'Take a Word' New Challenge "ORIENTAL"

May 16th 2011
Make sure you visit the Take a Word Blog to enter the new challenge "Oriental" great word for this week! I love Oriental style anything !
Here's my creation as a "volunteer" designer this week for Take a Word - a little Asian Style Shrine:

I've made my little shrine using instructions from the Bella Creations Oh La La Group ATC Shrine Tutorial. The front of the shrine was made using a laminate sample to drag various coloured paint across a piece of card. Then I stamped the card (once it was dry!!) with an Asian Text stamp and cut out the required shape. I've also added a little Asian hanging embellisment to the bottom of the shrine.

The "inside" of the shrine which is a matchbox has been covered with a Asian style napkin and 3 gold coins tied with red ribbon (for luck!) have been glued inside. I've attached little paper flowers (which I thought looked a bit like cherry blossom) with brads.

This gorgeous Geisha image is from CS Designs and has been coloured with copics, cut out from it's 'frame' and then I have put a layer of Dimensional magic over the image to give it a glossy look.

I'm really happy with how my shrine has come up!

Bella Creations Collaborative Craft Pennant Alphabet

May 4th 2011
The following pictures are of my pennants made for a Bella Creations collaborative art project. I was allocated the letters "M" & "N". The theme of the pennants is "craft related".

My "M" Pennant is "Monotone" and I have used various shades of pink papers of different textures, a pink themed image from Dezinaworld & various pink coloured embellishments! I love pink and I'm really happy with the result.

My "N" Pennant is "Nature" and for this creation I have used some brown toned 'batik' look card, Dezinaworld images, and scraps of earthy coloured papers, scrabble letters, skeleton leaf and a sticker to divide the wording. I love the earthy colourings of this pennant.

There are some fantastic creations for this alphabet!

Tag De L'Amour!

April 25th 2011
I've made this "love" tag using the avatar from the Bella Creations "Oh La La" Group. I cut a tag from marble look pink card and layered the little inchies over some torn pale lemon textured paper then added the couples image as well as the sentiment cut with a scallop edged die cut and added a little heart charm with a brad plus some fibres at the top. This would make a great bookmark!

The little "inchie" love images are from Lisa's Altered Art, the couples image is from the Bella Creations Group and the wonderful sentiment is from CS Designs!

Some Non Traditional Xmas Cards

April 15th 2011
I made these 3 cards for a card challenge last month at the Bella Creations Site which stipulated that no green or red was to be used! I really enjoy making non traditional Xmas Cards so this was no trouble for me! The images on these cards are all from Lisa's Altered Art - aren't they great? They are not xmas images but I have adapted them for these cards! LOL I've also used non traditional sentiments on two of the cards!

All cards have been made with metallic crush paper, embossed card, batik paper, Lisa's Altered Art images and various embellishments.

The Alphabet Challenge Blog have a "X" Xmas Theme this week so I've entered my cards there!

Bella Creations Tags

April 3rd 2011
Today I made these "tags" for a new challenge at the Bella Creations Community. We had to use the image provided (from Gecko Galz) and decorate her "bonnet".

Well I couldn't resist - I went for something a bit different!

Here are my tags (the main tag has the image of the woman wearing her bonnet which we had to 'decorate" and the accompanying tag has a little phrase I made to put with it!):

The bird images and nest of children are from a collage sheet from Lisa's Altered Art - which I just LOVE! I added some fluffy wool behind the nest and as tassels on the tops of the tags and a sheer ribbon bow attached with a brad.

Jewel Colour Slide Mailer

March 18th 2011
I have made this little slide mailer for a couple of challenges. One is the Jewel Colour plus Gold Challenge at Gingersnap Creations. The other is for the Altered Art March Challenge at the Bella Creations community site which required the use of paint, metal and a 3D element. I really enjoy decorating & making these little slide mailers.

I have used a gorgeous metallic topaz paint to cover the slide mailer and sponged the whole thing with Gold Lumiere paint. I have used images from one of the slide mailer sheets from Lisa's Altered Art to mount behind the slides and have finished them by edging them with foil. I have also added lace, pearls and a couple of gold charms.

Here is the front cover:

This is a close up of the little slides I have mounted inside:

And a picture just to show the slide mailer open to get the 3D effect:

Hope you like it! I would love you to leave me a comment!