FINISHED PROJECTS...

 At last a couple of finished projects from my studio...Love the canvas...started by covering with vintage music pages then used an old credit card to spread the blue paint and then added some white to the mix but I decided it was a little dark so added a paler blue...

I then punched (Stampin Up punch) some paper scraps to make bunting and used some words I cut from magazines and some more words stamped on the same scrap I used for the bunting...

  

The LOVE and the wee birdie are Tim Holtz and stamped on tissue paper then mod podged down...so much easier than stamping straight onto the canvas as you always end up losing some of the image....and that's it finished...

 



Invitations are finished ready for the girls to take back to school...the dancer is by Lyndsay Mason Design and perfect for the girls...I have tried some masking and ghosting using Dylusion Inks and That Special Touch Of masks with mixed results but I like how they have turned out...

 

The paper mache torso has some trim and wings added to it but is not finished just yet...

WORKS IN PROGRESS...

Since moving into this lovely new 'studio' I have had a bit more room and time to craft for myself...I now have two tables - one for me and one for orders...makes life so much simpler...

 Birthday invitations for my middle daughter Libby and her friend Isabelle who are having a joint skating party next month(they both go to dance lessons, hence the ballerina!)...have loads of these drying at the minute and have very messy hands...and I have also just mastered ghosting...yayyy...

 

 This has been sitting on my shelf for eons and I seen one as I was zipping thru cyberspace the other day so set to work adding dictionary pages to it and I have some wings drying and will add lace, embellishments, etc and I bought some super grungy looking wooden cotton reels from Simply Create today (50% off everything instore) that I will sit it on..

and last but not least a canvas that I have had covered with music sheet for ages and I have painted with a couple of different blues and some white, added some bunting and used the fab Sew Stamper roller ink to get the curvy lines...these are brilliant and I NEED to get some more of them...it came in one of my Scarlet Lime kits...

 

That's me for today...Thanks for looking

xxx

12 TAGS OF 2012...

Last week I managed not one but two tags for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2012 for swapping with Sonja...

 This first one is the September one using metal...this is sheetmetal I found while transferring rooms..not sure it worked as well as the stuff he used but hey it was free...

This is how it turned out with the application of alcohol inks... After this step Tim buffed with steel wool but not having any I just left it as it was and I have to say I really like how it turned out...

 The typewriter stamp is from Unity borrowed from Sonja and also not having many metal embellishments I have had to improvise but that's what it's all about right? The numbers came from my Scarlet Lime mixed media kit and the letters and other bits and pieces from my stash...

This is the second one I did and this is July 2012...The principles used are the same but different stamps and embellishments(forgot to take progress pics fro this one...oops! Will try harder next time!!)

 

So that's me for now...I will be working on some birthday invitations for Libby and her friend Isabelle's skating party next month and I have an order for 5 skull and crossbones name plaques and I am also working on a mixed media canvas...

 

Take care and have a great October hols(that's our last day of school for two weeks now)

FINISHED...

Finally got my stuff moved through...it's only taken me three days...

 Look how much floor space there is for some new projects I have up my sleeve;0)

 

 Believe it or not there is still loads of stuff in the other room(most of which is not craft related so looking for somewhere else for it)...please don't look at all my scabby furniture...couldn't justify kitting the whole room out in 'nice' furniture so am making do and there will be some refurbishing going on as I go along...

 

I have two and a half bin liners for the skip and a couple of bags stuffed with some stuff for the school art cupboard...

 

I am thinking that I can finally get on with some real work now as well as doing some of my own art projects which have been sorely missing in the last year.

 

It's a bit of a treat having it finished finally as we have had the most horrible year since last October and more devastating news last week which has totally thrown me again.

 

Anyway hope all is well wherever you are and give your loved ones a hug tonight even if they don't deserve it cos you never know what is round the corner..take care...xx