Lap work

For the past week and a bit I have been stuck on the settee with my foot up after an op on my ankle. Of course I had to have some art to do and ATCs, Moos and my altered book fitted the bill perfectly. So here are a couple of ATC I have done to fit the "Think Monday think ATC " website challenges, the first was a ticket challenge and the second a stone one. A bit limited as to what I could use being away from my craft room but it is keeping me sane !!

H for Hollywood

For our H page in my A-Z journal the challenge was to use a hidden element and as my H was for Hollywood I just had to build a theater ! Only a flat one this time although I now want to build a 3d one, and of course as the curtain is pulled up my favourite MGM musical "Singing in the Rain" is on ! Where would we be without Hollywood !!

Dad's birthday card

This is another card from our card challenge on alternative, this time for Dad's birthday at the end of the month. Papers and images are from my Joanna Sheen " Tales of the Orient " CD rom.

Just B

The ATC theme last week with altered design was Just B. I am still having fun getting to know my water soluble wax crayons so I used them for the background, over stamped and then collaged !

Triangle ATC swap

I have taken part in the triangle ATC swap on alternative, there was no theme and we just took a regular ATC and made a triangle out of it. They reminded me of the medieval banners they had so I decided on a medieval theme for one of my sets of 3 and for the other my good friend Boo had done me some embossed script pieces on her die cut machine and so I was just itching to do something with them, so I used my chalks on one and my paper stains on the others and made a set of postage style ATCs. Well here they are !

G for Grand Tour

We have got to G in our A-Z journal and for me that was the Grand Tour ! The challenge set for this letter was Grandiose, so her she is enjoying her Grand Tour, sat on her suitcase in a grandiose way !! Just loved doing this collaged page using papers, stickers and stamps

Hot Summer Nights ATC

The next ATC mingle with my Altered designs group was "Hot summer nights " So here is what I came up with

Fathers day Card

Of course couldn't leave Dad out , so I made his Fathers day card using the same sketch and CD rom

Card Challenge

On Alternative we have started a card challenge each month to put some sparks into our cards So here is a card I made from the sketch for Mum for her birthday today, all using images and paper from Joanna Sheen Fashion Boutique CDrom. Happy Birthday Mum !!

F is for Fire

My fire page, the challenge was to use felt, friendly plastic or feathers. Had problems with this one and was going to scrap it and start again but it grew on me and I decided to stay with it , even if its not my best ever work. Never mind ! The image was from Google images and I used Fantasy film to make the flames and added feathers to fit the challenge and give the fire some heat. The rub-ons are Scenic route and yes I have used an r and not a v although I had to look twice !!

USA atc

I have just joined a new Google group called Alterdesignes which I am very excited about. Each week they do a Friday ATC mingle with a different theme each time and on a Monday they give you an image to do something arty with. So, here is my first Mingle ATC the theme was the American flag and I had just the image I wanted to put with it. Hope it is up to their high standard !

E for Explorers

The challenge for our E page was experiment. I had been meaning to play with melting nappy liners as Claudia had shown us on AN for ages so as I wanted a snowy feel I had a go. I was so pleased how it came out like a frosted window, it took some practice to get it like it but it was fun , if not fumy trying. To get the background I slopped on thick gesso and drew snowflakes into the wet gesso and added some texture with a stipple brush, then sprayed the wet gesso with Perfect Pearls. The pictures are of Shackleton and his boat. The E is a clear plastic letter coloured with alcohol inks and the little snowflake is a sizzlet snowflake cut from shrink plastic and shrunk

Book for Lucy

My neighbour Lucy is off today for a holiday in Japan ! So I just had to use my "Tales of the orient" CDrom to make her a book with the good old Bind it all !

Art Quilt swap

I always said I would never allow myself to do fabric work as I know I love the quilting fabrics as much as I do paint and paper and that can only spell disaster for the bank balance but my finger just slipped and I was taking part in the art quilt swap on AN. I had great fun with these, first I painted the background calico with paint and ink, which I wasn't sure would work but I was very pleased with the results. Next the nightmare for me , draw a design ! I chose a house and hill as I knew I could cope with that, and after cutting the pattern and pieces stitched them onto the backing , added buttons and printed the words onto printable fabric and they were done ! I am so looking forward to receiving the other pieces of the quilt, I will make them up into a hanging for my craft room and of course will post the finished piece on my blog

Decopatch

This is my new favourite thing ! Its highly coloured tissue paper that you just tear into bits and stick on with their special glue. My hubby gave me a box blank for Christmas to use as a jewellery box, it has taken me all this time to decide what to do with it as I wanted it just right, well I am so pleased with it and now if it stands still for more than a few minutes in the house it gets Decopatched !!!

D is for dictionary

The D page for my A-Z journal , the challenge was to use distressing so I ripped up the d section of an old dictionary and built up layers with glazes and paint then added crackle medium and more paint. Found an image of a dictionary on the net and added the definition of dictionary from the dictionary and finished it off with the letter

Joanna Scheen CDrom card

I have just bought my first Joanna Scheen CDrom to give my card making a different edge, now I am hooked ! They make great cards and lots of other things I am sure once I get going, there is a huge list in my mind as I type ! Here is just one of them I have made in the past weeks

Scrapbook party Layout

My Friend Sue has just started doing Scrapbook party's and so I had a couple of neighbours and my sister round this weekend to have some afternoon tea and scrapbook. None of them had done any scrapbooking before so they were a bit nervous at first but Sue soon put them at ease and we had a great time with lots of laughs and stories and in the end all finished a beautiful 12x12 layout, well except me who had to sit down after and stick it all down ! But I blame that on hostess duties ! I am really pleased with my layout, great afternoon Sue , Thank you.

Skulduggery book mark

My Nephew lent me the copy of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy we gave him for Christmas the other day and I noticed as I read it, great book by the way, he turned the corners of the pages down !!!!! So of course I had to make him a bookmark, to thank him but also to remind him gently NOT TO DO THAT !! Skulduggery made such a great subject, being such a good looking chap. If you have read this you would also agree he knows that all too well !

April ATCs

Had great fun with these ! I found a suitable image and then painted out there hair and replaced it with mad hair !! Stamped a crazy background and there you have it , Mad Hair !!! Must do some men too !