Sew yummy!

Hello Blog land, and my new followers, I never fail to get excited when more people decide to follow me, I am very happy that you want to come back and look around. I missed my bloggy buddies and all your yummy work I have managed to pop to some and leave comments I know how much they mean. I am still trying to gather my energy back from having James since Friday! Bless him he was so good. We  took him to Dunham Massy on Sunday and we got so close to some real wild dear, about three feet away! (I have it on video made our day to get so close to wild life?) I also took some photos of things in the house which you may like to keep to use as you like for an altered/mix media. I will get round to putting them up hopefully sometime this week. I do hope you all had a good week end and managed to get out in the good weather.

More Beautiful Stamps for me to show today though. This is the front of what may become something on my wall, or it could end up on a card ;0) not sure yet I just wanted to have a play and didn't think about measurements.

The sentiment isn't very clear, the glossy accents is still wet! I have used some lovely  DP and just stamped on to it directly! can you spot some of my handmade paper? and I distressed these flowers with a wee bit of ink on the edges and put a scrummy brad in the centre.

I just love these sissors, I would love a real pair! I love sewing as an art form in it's self but I am not very good I have made the odd item of clothing etc I do enjoy material I should use it more in my crafting. I have seen a lot of references in the crafty world of on-line shops. I managed to get some old sewing patterens and vintage buttons, (from charity shops and rummaging in my varied stash) I think with these stamps and a wee bit of imagination I can make something quite scrummy so this is just a bit of a trial run! I used some lace and added so more ink to age it slightly, Loving these new colours of Tim's they are fantastic shades for anything vintage. Please leave a comment I can then pop to your blog too especially if your new to my blog, just say hi ;0) Love Dawn xx

Items Used:- DPs, Basic grey. Inks, TH Distress Inks & SU. Lace and brad Making Memories. Flowers, Papermania. Hand made Paper. Stamps, Crafty Secrets. Glossy Accents.

A card and I have reached 100 followers wow! (More candy added)

Hello every one, 100 FOLLOWERS WOO HOO! thank you to all that follow old & new. I have added extra yummy things to my candy, it's even more special as I didn't make becoming a follower a requirement of the candy so your following because you like my blog. Thank you thank you, your all most welcome.

It's been a wee while since a made a card so here we are, I have gone for the old size too no big 5x5 today. It's for a few challenges today too! Mojo Monday for the sketch, isn't it lovely? Basic Grey is Tutti Fruitti, I thought the colours I have used covered that, and the papers are lovely with the hearts on it. Alphabet Challenge U for Umbrella this week! the Play Date Cafe for the lovely colour combo. And finally a new blog challenge has arrived The Shabby Tea Room is also a colour combo. So pop along and go have a nosey at all the DT from these challenges as they are all pretty wonderful & Talented too!

I made my own paper for this little umbrella (litterally ;0) I bought a pot of paper perfect. I spread it out on some accitate added some fibers and let it dry over night, I really like it I made some green too! so watch out for that appearing lol. I thought of this sentiment while trying to connect the umbrella to the image, I don't think I have heard it any where else (who knows) but as I thought about friendship and combining this umbrella in to the card this little sentiment came to me and I really like it, it says " Friendship is the umbrella that protects us from the storms of life" I am really pleased with that one lol. Any way better get on with the weekend you all have a fabby time enjoy and be safe. Love Dawn xx

Items Used:- Nestabilites Label, Marther stewart Punch. Basic Grey DP Sugared, eva & porcelaine. SU card stock & felt flower.Crafty Individuals Photo. Paper Perfect, Deco Art. Orchard Crafts. Cuttlebug EFs. Stamp Papermainia. Ribbon stash. Tim Holts DI Ranger.

A day with Tim!

 

Morning I am shedualing this post, as grandson will be coming and I don't know if I will get to play much on Tues & Wed. So here I am on Mon. am with fingers crossed. A day with Tim, (not him self) but sure felt like it going through loads of techniques all day and then putting some of those practiced techniques in to a piece of work and this is it!

I thought it would be a shame not to enter this into a challenge so I thought of Tuesday Taggers  as there theme is swirls and curls and I have used a swirly stamp and they are being sponsored this week by one of my fave online shops (I know I have a few lol) but Crafty Individuals have some great stamps and the company is very generous I have recommended them before because of their great service. Now it just so happens I won last weeks prize, how cool is that? so the chances of me winning again are pretty slim lol but one can try and it's always fun to enter isn't it lol

I have done the flower before, but here it is again, and if you look at all the butterflys you will notice that they have been punched from crackled DP, I love the effect and of course some DI smudged (Dawn's techniqcal term) in to show the crackle effect.

I have taken a grunge key and stamped it with clear EP  and heated re-inked to get this rusty effect with a darker DI. I also put some alcohol ink on the jump ring to age it too.

Another close up of the Butterflys all crackled, just thought, I should of turned the last to photos round lol. I have had a ball with Tim's book it does feel like kinda havin' him there guiding you through every step, very good instructions and accompany photos.

The final photo bet you thought we wouldn't get there lol. You may notice the clear EP frame which had been done when there was only a very light back ground  of DI I have added more and more on top then whiped the excess off the top of the EP and so the frame still looks like the origional light colour, I know most of us have done a lot of these techniques before but just in case you haven't I am letting you know ;0)  Well that was the last photo, better get some things done in prep for the cutie (James) to arrive. may with a bit of luck get some more crafting done today so I can get another post shedualed. Thank you for stopping by and any comment you may leave thank you. Love Dawn xx

Items Used: - too many! Tim Holts, DI, alcohol inks, Idiology distress stickles, distress crackle, Grunge, & stamp. Nestabilites, Marthar Stewart, Making Memories DP & Ribbon. Anna Gryffin Stamps. Think thats it!

My first ATCs

Hi ya, well me making ATCs what do you think? I had to have a go I was over at SCD And saw the ATCs they made with the title 'wings' I love the DT efforts and the week before it was 'mad as a hatter' and I just loved all the stuff they came up with so clever. o I thought to my self, I am going to have a go, so I did one with wings, but this is finished now and the NEW theme is 'KEYS' I just thought of 21 Key of the door! so that is my ATC.

So first I did a beautiful back ground with my new GM & DI then I made a door and still more GM then the grunge board came out and I covered these in GM too!

This is the 'WINGS' one I love how this turned out and this is truly my 1st ATC I have stuck to the measurements, however it's only card stock. I think its surposed to be something more substancial like board. Any way I got some GM and stamps out and some stuff that has been in my stash forever! and was really happy with this end result.

I did the butterfly twice, stuck the second one by the body to the first and added rock candy all over both layers. inked up the leter B and stamped that with a butterfly too. as well as all the background in different colours and with different stamps, and I had lots of fun, and that's the most important thing that we have fun when we craft. My hubby still says although he didn't think the card he made for me was great he really enjoyed him self and will never buy me a card again. (so looks like I will have to share my goodies with him now and again ;0)Thank you for looking& any comments you leave. Love Dawn xx

Itemes Used:- Gosh I didn't keep track but will list all I can remember. SU Cardstock., Tattered angels, Glimmer Mist. Tim Holtz , Distress Ink.Stampes, Crafty Individuals. Nubers & Key Tim Holtz grunge board mixes minis. Letter B, We are Memory keepers. Flower, Papermania. Button Stash. Letters, Making Memories tiny alphas. Distress Stickels, Rock Candy.

Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas (tag 12)

I have really enjoyued doing these tags and I love these flowers I used my nestabilitys to get the flower (blossom) I have seen these before but never done them I use some glimmer mist and folowed Tim's easy instructions Here So pop and have a look if you haven't already. Just think how versitile these flowers will be on cards scrap book gift boxes etc they look much better IRL as they sparkle so much. For the red one I just used TH distress inks (red brick) the sprayed some iridecent gold GM it gives it such a sparkle.

I used the glossy accents to make dew drops on the roses do you like that idea? I thought it was a nice little touch. I have tag 9 & 11 to do then I will have done all of them and those that have done all 12 can enter a draw for lots of Tim's lovely stuff so pop along there is a link in the side bar if you would like some more info. Thank you for looking. Love Dawn xx

Items Used:- Glimer Mist, Nestabilites (Blossom) SU card stock Making Memories DP. leaves made and ribon from stash. Tim Holtz Distress inks. Stamps, Crafty Indiviual (swirl), SU (frnch writing) and Dove Craft (sentiment) Gold EP & Versamark

Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas

Second post of the day I know only just 10am! so please have a look below this post. This is Tag (10) I have used this technique before so I had the foil in (thats unusual lol)However I think My tags are smaller than Tim's as I had trouble fitting things on! so a little alteration lol

It's been really fun Doing these, this is tag (8) yes I have missed tag 9 out just couldn't think at all, I'll get it done I am sure. I really hope your not expecting a list of items. I used so much stuff, I swapped the music notes for script (as I don't have music) but thought with the post box it would be more approprate any how lol

This is the lovely tag (7)For once the light has caught well her on the gold sentiment & glitter I would dearly love to go on a photography course but I have seen the price of a decent camera and let's just say my little £80 Samsung will do just fine lol

Oh I really enjoyed this tag (6) I found some great journey clear stamps, wouldn't mind I bought a set of male stamps with card, trains etc as I forgot i had this turns out this was the best for the job (you know the one I already had) lol good job the set I bought was only cheep £5 and it will defo come in handy (don't all stamps?) I used a page from a second hand french book I bought for just such occasions lol the tree has stickles on & very glittery but not seen here please feel free to click on the photos to enlarge.

Now you know when you have bought something and cannot find it for love or money this is what happend to me for tag (5), yes ladies I bought (quite some time ago) some of the clear epoxy things which would have been perfect but are no where to be seen (any where). I have to say spent about an hour looking for them and even longer looking for the foil on tag 10 but at least I found that! So I stamped some winter senes up and coloured with copic's to get and graduated look then covered them in Glossy accents and Bob's your uncle (baubles). It was fun though going through all the draws finding other stuff I forgot I had, which I will no doubt be unable to find when I need it lol. Thank you for looking & any comments. Love Dawn xx

Tags

I got some paint out and made a couple of these tags they take as long as you have and I love the end result although whether I would use them as tags I don't know.

I got some glimmer mist out and some masks that Barbra made for me and went to work (finally used one lol) A crown if you can see it! I used some UTEE and added some gold EP to it and put my stamp in to give a pattern to it, I also put some black paint on then whiped it off again so it would stay in the resesses and make it look more vintage.

I used the reverse on the other smaller tag too! I love the swirl such a good buy (I though a little expensive at the time but not when you thing how versatile it is) it's from Crafty Individuals, I also used lots of bits & bobs from my draw I though I wouldn't really use on cards as this is from stash I bought when I first started like the cat, butterflies and metal but any how here it is please stay and have a nosey around if you have the time. Thank you for looking and any comment you may have left. Love Dawn xx



Items Used:- Metal embelishments MIC. Cat sticker, Paper Cella. Chipboard, UTEE Gold EP, Ribbon Craty time. Glimmer Mist, Tattered Angels. Distressinks, Tim Holtz. Swirl stamp, Crafty Individuals. black paint, Ardonick dabber.