Sunday 30 May 2010

Finally finished three Cards...

I had stamped and coloured in all three of these images ready to make card some time back so today I finally got round to making them into cards I like to have a stock of cards ready for peoples birthdays. Look no green...


Saturday 29 May 2010

Altered Ikea Mirror

I love altering Ikea mirrors this one has taken a long time to do First I sponge painted the frame in orange. Then I modge podged the frame with matt modge podge then I set about altering 16 children's wooden dominoes, this took quite some time I used a uni paint marker pen in gold to do all the edges of the dominoes I then altered them all in toning colours, adding gems, feathers, ribbons, buttons, butterflies and flowers. I must admit I am pleased with the finished effect.

Please excuse the dirty mirror section I have only just stuck the dominoes on the frame and wanted to get it on my blog ASAP .

Saturday 22 May 2010

Romantic gesture from my husband

My husband know how much I love green, well most of you know by now, so while we were out the other day at an outlet centre, we went in "the pier" My other purchased these wonderful items of jewellery for me
I adore that wonderful green.

Matchbook swop

Suzieboo organised a wonderful matchbox swop on the docraft forum in the scrapbook section The matchbox we used was a cooks matchbox My swop partner was Margaret who sent me a wonderfully decorate box full of very yummy stash

                                                                                      I am at present working on altering the big domino you can see in the photo So many wonderful new goodies to play with and lots of green ...happy days!

Friendship Tag from Carole 

I also received yesterday this wonderful friendship tag off my lovely friend Carole, I adore it I am going to hang it from my craft bag.  Thank you so much Carole your a star:) 
                 

Tuesday 18 May 2010

I made this birthday Card some time back for Carole


But could not show it sooner, as I did not want to spoil the surprise, then I lost the photo I took of it,
thats so me I lose all kinds









Also Carole and I have just done a tag swop, well I send mine early not to put any pressure on Carole you understand, just to let her see how fast I can be...sometimes...not often, but sometime lol I can now sit back at my and await my tag from Carole :) Now when making my tag for Carole I wanted her to think of me when she looked at it so, well can you guess what colour I made it?

Monday 17 May 2010

A few more flowers

I wanted to try the heart shaped flowers in different colours. I wondered how brown and teal would work











My new earrings I love the little anchors and rope knots how cute are they:) Look Carole they are not green lol












                                                                                  LOL but my other new earrings are green. Not the best photo but I love both of them I love jewellery Costume jewellery is so much fun :)                             

Wonderful blog candy to be won on crafty goings on

http://charmedcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/04/sweet-may-candy.html

good luck everyone :) what a fab blog name :)

Sunday 16 May 2010

Altered childrens Dominoes


I found a box of wooden children dominoes in a charity shop, well you know how it is I thought they were just right to alter, well I had them quite some time and done nothing at all with them so decided to have a little play.
The picture on the right shows the front of the dominoes before altering









The backs of the dominoes before altering







                                                                             I painted the dominoes with acrylic paints ((yellow ochre)I then stamped script in black archival ink over the top of paint both back and front. I then added embellishments. I have yet to add the ribbons I will use them to hang from my craft bag but they could be necklaces, brooches, key rings, bag bling, mobiles and many more things      
I also had a go altering some dressmakers pins I have altered and used these before, they are fab additions to cards and scrapbook layouts        


                                                                                              


                                                                                                         

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Been having a play with my new Clarity stamp

I fell in love with this romantic clarity stamp while in a craft shop I love the idear of a couple enjoying some quite time on a lake, while the sun sets...bliss 

Altered Ikea frames