Jubilee table ideas

I have been working with the wonderful Ruby Rocket Vintedge papers from the Fruit Pixie as a member of the design team. Here are my ideas for table decorations for your Jubilee weekend. If you would like more information with instructions visit either the Fruit Pixie Facebook page or their blog.  What ever you are doing to join in the celebrations this weekend, have a great time! 

Why not make some cup cake decorations?

Or some cute napkin rings

Or even this envelope to hold the cutlery? All instructions on the Fruit Pixie blog and Facebook page. Everything I have used is available at the Fruit Pixie, why not take a look?

Cards for Operation Write Home blog hop

Altered Pages are taking part in the Operation Write Home Blog hop this year and as part of their design team I have contributed 2 cards using Altered pages collage sheets.

 
 For the dream card I used the sketch #58 and the following Altered Pages collage sheets -
                                                      Collage background 2 - 1724
                                                      Collage background 6 - 1724
                                                      Mixture of images - 2135

 For the Bingo card I used sketch #115 and used the following Altered Pages collage sheets-
                                                      Brown collage - 1714
                                                      Collage background 3 - 1724
                                                      Collage background 1 - 1724
                                                      French postage - 1636

  Altered Pages has hundreds of wonderful collage sheets and as you can have them sent digitally there is no  postage, which is great for all of us across the pond here in the UK!!

New home card

A friend of mine has just moved into a new home and so I made her this card. Images are from Polka Doodles.

Dream of travel collage

Altered  Pages are holding a mixed media collage competition at the moment, closing date is the 15th may. It had to be collage, ink and metal. So here is my entry . I used several different Altered Pages collage sheets for the collage and main image. the canvas itself is coloured and the images ages with ink and the world and aircraft are metal.

Vintage Lady ATC

It was my turn again to do the blog post for the design team for Altered Pages so I came up with this Vintage lady ATC. The main lady image, butterfly and black boarder, which is the top part of the gate, are all from the white collage sheet. Altered Pages have a big collection of coloured themed collage sheets which makes designing a breeze, so why not take a look. One tip though, get yourself a nice cup of tea first, there are loads to look through and enjoy.

Button bracelet

I have been playing with the large bag of buttons you get from The Fruit Pixie Button Assortment Britannia for just £1! Along with some of the Creative Expressions Bakers Twine Black & White I created this cute button bracelet. If you would to make one too you can visit the Fruit Pixie on Face Book for instructions and the Fruit Pixie shop for your bargain buttons! They come in other colour combinations too.

As we have just had the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic there are images everywhere. I have used the Altered pages Titanic collage sheet 297 to make this tag as my tribute to that great ship and all who lost their lives that night.

When I was 5 journal page

The prompt I chose this week for the AJC was what did you want to be age 5? That was an easy question for me I wanted to be an Air Hostess! The photo is of me in my school uniform, St Anthony's Convent school in Sherborne Dorset. This was our summer uniform, complete with straw boater! I am stood outside our little house built for me and my sister by our Pop and Uncle Ken in our garden, complete with opening windows and furniture.

My " My life" journal page has been featured on Tangie Baxter's blog! Tangie is the tour guild of the Art Journal Caravan and a Queen of the Art Journal. What an honour!

 http://tangiebaxter.com/news/2012/04/25/art-journaling-102-focus-on-hybrid/

Queen for the day canvas

I just love these Vintedge papers from  Rudy Rock it from the Fruit Pixie. I have the Collection pack and it is going such a long way. One of the things I have done with it is this Queen for the day 8x8 canvas. I used one of my many images I love to use be it could so easily be a family photo and made into a scrapbook page. If you would like to see how it was made then visit The Fruit Pixie Face book page

My life journal page

After all the colour of my previous Art journal Caravan pages I wanted to do a simple page without using too much colour. The challenge I chose was your life in 3 sentences. I think so far this is one of my favourite pages.

Jubilee banner

I have been busy making a banner for all the celebrations we will be busy with this summer here in the UK. The fruit Pixie has loads of great red white and blue papers and embellishments over at The fruit Pixie. The instructions and product list for my project are over on the Fruit Pixie face book page.

Coffee cup Holder book

I actually bought a take away coffee the other day and kept the corrugated holder for thinking Iam sure I could do something with that. Well I came up with this little book. I used the lovely Muca collage sheet from Altered Pages to decorate the front.

Kismet journal page

I have been busy with other crafting things and so it was nice to be back with my journal and on the caravan again. Here is my Kismet page. It is our 25th wedding anniversary this September and this is a page that celebrates the fact. Even if Andrew did say we look like we are arm wrestling!!

London Bus card

I have been playing with the new Paper Artsy Hot Pick 1208 from the Fruit Pixie. they have the most fantastic London images on them. I started with this London bus card, although it could be what ever the colours of the old buses in your city were. In Bristol they were green. All the things you need for this cad are available from the Fruit Pixie and instructions can be found on the Fruit Pixie Face book page.

Sewing themed card

I have been playing with Fruit Pixie goodies and have made this sewing themed card. If you would like to make it pop over to the Fruit Pixie face book page where you will find all the instructions and list of things you need, all available from the Fruit Pixie.

Birthday cards for the men

I am very busy over the Easter time for birthday cards, all of them mens cards. Here are 2 I made, one for my brother -in - law and the other for a friend.

TV Birthday card

I made this cute TV birthday card for my nephews birthday from the Looney Tunes CDrom. There are loads to choose from and and great fun to make. They do take a bit of adjustment to get them to work how they should but got there in the end. They fold flat to post too.

Animal ATCS

I haven't made many ATCs lately. So for my Altered Pages blog post this month I decide to play with the cute animal images and make a couple of ATCs. All the images are available, as many 100's of others from Altered Pages.

Beaded heart

I made this little heart for Mum for Mothers Day. Make a heart out of a sturdy wire and then attach a length of thinner wire to the join in the heart and wire it close. Add beards to the length of wire and wrap them around the heart. Go around twice and tie it off to finish. A simple gift but looks good.