DANS MA MAISON IL Y A...DU VINTAGE

The theme is VINTAGE on DANS MA MAISON IL Y A.. this week

I have made a collage themed house using scraps of papers and embossing it..then adding my vintage images and embellishing with a few brads and peel offs, using a black pen for the outline

THEME THURSDAY CHALLENGE

AUTUMN/HALLOWEEN is the subject this week on

THEME THURSDAY

I chose to display my work on an atc

MAKE A MOO OR TWO

The theme is PUMPKINS on MAKE A MOO OR TWO

this week, I used acrylic paint for the background colour

and stars, and collage images for the main part

DANS MA MAISON IL Y A...un lutin

This week on DANS MA MAISON there is an elf in the house~

or several flying about around my house!

I have used distress inks and acrylic paints for my background

and a gold embossed flower flourish~and ofcourse the elves are printed images

6 bird themed atc's

these are for a swap on ATC_WORLD(yahoo group)

It took me all afternoon to do them, wont be looking

at birds for awhile lol

~SOME BLOG CANDY~

Grab yourself some fab clear stamps in a blog candy give away...
you can find it here
if your not in, you won't win!!!

THINK MONDAY THINK ATC

This week on THINK MONDAY THINK ATC

the theme is 'tick tock- fascinating watches'

MAKE A MOO OR TWO

Flowers is the theme this week on MAKE A MOO OR TWO
The background of this is acrylic, the image is a stamp from
crafty individuals which I painted with acrylic paints. I added
a layer of glossy accents on the flower head as an afterthought

DANS MA MAISON IL YA...du orange

This week the theme on DANS MA MAISON IL Y A..is ORANGE

THINK MONDAY THINK ATC

This week the theme om THINK MONDAY THINK ATC is 'RENDEZVOUS WITH...'

Someone we would like to have a rendezvous with or a blind date?

Its been a long time since I thought of this lol

but Gary Oldman has always done it for me..(remember him in LEON as the bent cop? Or in SID AND NANCY portraying sid vicious?

Anyway, heres my dream date....and atc!!

LOTSTODO SKINNY SWAP

The theme is HUMOUR on LOTSTODO skinny swap

THINK MONDAY THINK ATC

This weeks theme on THINK MONDAY THINK ATC

is 'dog days', at first I thought of doggie images,but decided to use a lady dancing in the open fields!

This lady is celebrating the summer by dancing among the flowers on this

lovley long hot sunny summers day

SHAVING FOAM TECHNIQUE

my 2nd attempt at the shaving foam
and ink technique, I used alcohol
inks for mine, at first I didnt mix them well enough

and got too much solid colour, but these have come out better!
you can find this technique on
http://techniquezone.blogspot.com/

SUNDAY POSTCARD ART

This week the theme on SUNDAY POSTCARD ART is DOORS

chosen by Sandy!!

I was very undecided about blogging this compared to some

of the wonderful entries this week, but here goes..my door is

opening onto a busy street....but you better not go through!!

LOTSTODO CHALLENGE

The theme is ORIENTAL on LOTSTODO this week

I have done a skinny for my entry

FIRST TRY AT THIS TECHNIQUE

This technique involves rolling kitchen paper

up and making a stamp with it-I quite think they look

like pink roses..not the best- but Im sure it will get better.

I havent added anything, as it (and another 2) are away for a jam swap.

Im sure the recipients will be pleased, they wont know what the hell it is!!

TGIF CHALLENGE

This week on THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY the theme is 'earth colours'

I have made 2, an atc and a tag

THANKS KATHLEEN

KATHLEEN gave me this award
thanks kathleen for thinking of me!

The Rules of this award are:

1. Only 5 people allowed.

2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog

3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award.

I nominate

dawne

sam

hilda

andrea

faye

THEME THURSDAY CHALLENGE

This week the challenge on THEME THURSDAY is

STONE AND STATUARY

I have made an atc in collage for the challenge -

my statue is an angel..in stone!

LOTSTODO ATC LOTTERY

These are the 3 atc's I made

for augusts lottery on LOTSTODO forum

SUNDAY POSTCARD ART

On SUNDAY POSTCARD ART the theme is 'on yer bike'

This is my first attempt at this challenge..

I hope you like it

The background is alcohol inked on foil

HOUSES MADE FOR SWAPS ON LOTSTODO

THEME THURSDAY CHALLENGE

This weeks challenge on THEME THURSDAY is to create a tag

enjoyed making this as its one of the few I have made!

thanks for looking

A FEW ATC FOR SWAPS

These were made for a hosted swap
on splitcoaststampers, a USA forum
any comments good or bad welcome
or any tips?

4x4 FRIDAY

The theme this week on 4x4 FRIDAY

is 'THE BEACH'

DANS MA MAISON IL YA...UN ANGE

This week in DANS MA MAISON IL Y A

there is an angel ...
I embossed the whole image and again
used the cracked glass technique

THEME THURSDAY CHALLENGE

This weeks challenge on THEME THURSDAY is

'FLOWERS', I used an atc to show my entry-

this is also the first time I used the 'cracked glass'

technique.

3 celebration atcs

for a swap

any comments good or bad welcome,

not sure about the 3rd one as it doesnt

stand out much

cat cross stitch

this took me nearly a year to do, as I kept

making mistakes on it - another unframed piece!!

jazz age cross stitch

have another one of these but
its went awol! Still have to frame them

THEME THURSDAY CHALLENGE

This week THEME THURSDAY'S challenge is to produce a peice of work

with the theme HEARTS

I chose an ATC for mine

skinny saturdays

This week on SKINNY SATURDAYS

the theme is 'hats'

here is mine

OOPS

Made a bird atc for a challenge

but made a mistake, it was suppoesed to be a moo!!

anyway, not re-doing it so Ill put it here anyway

I love birds!!!

RAINBOW LADYS CHALLENGE BLOG

This week the challenge on rainblow ladys challenge blog is 'oriental'

Heres mine, mostly made from oriental papers

SOME SWAPS RECEIVED

These are some swaps I have received

these ones are from kathleen

These swaps are from Hilda

Arent they all great?

LOTSTODO CHALLENGE

This week the theme is 'SILHOUETTE'

I chose a cat for mine, I did something

similar awhile ago on a moo , but changed

this slightly - the background is inked with alcohol inks,

the ferns are stamped, and the cat is handmade, the

dragonflys are stamped and cut out

MY STREET

Houses from lotstodo swap, received today

left to right..

angC, mommabear, hilmof, dawne,goldylocks

carian,sam21ski and mags

arent they fab!

THINK MONDAY THINK ATC

This weeks challenge on THINK MONDAY THINK ATC

is bright colours - I have coloured some newspaper with chalks

for my bright background, used some chalked paper for punched

out flowers and added coloured gems!

ATC HOUSES FOR ATC_WORLD SWAP

The bird on the nest is my favourite, I

dont want to part with it!!

WEDNESDAY STAMPER CHALLENGE

This week on Wednesday Stamper our work has to involve using newspaper-

and at least one stamp

I have made a butterfly from a piece of newspaper,

stamped the background and used a few flowers to embellish

THEME THURSDAY CHALLENGE

This week on THEME THURSDAY
the topic is 'winged people'

my background is rubber stamped, stamp is
from craftyindividuals. I have added some dried
grass to the edges along with some backing
paper as a border

THANKS KATHLEEN

Today I have been given this award from Kathleen
Thank you so much Kathleen its a lovely surprise!!:)

Lotstodo challenge

This week the theme is 'butterflies'

here is mine!!

The background is embossed in gold and eggplant, a little backing paper was added, and some dried flowers given to me by a crafting buddy

The butterfly is from craftyindividuals themed book of images

DANS MA MAISON IL YA...UN GARCON

DANS MA MAISON IL Y A...UN GARCON

IN THIS WEEKS HOUSE THERE IS... A BOY

I wasnt sure about this one, not much crafting involved

but enjoyed putting it together!!!

INCHBYINCH CHALLENGE

This week the theme is BLACK AND WHITE

I chose to use an image of a dancer for my theme

background is stamped in black stayzon ink!

Lotstodo challenge

This week the theme is 'children'

I chose to use an atc for the challenge

DANS MA MAISON IL YA..de la musique

This week the theme is MUSIC

My house is mozarts house!!

MAKE A MOO OR TWO CHALLENGE

This week the theme is 'summer'

here are mine

The background is created from chalks,

and the images are from a serviette!!

ATCs for a swap(theme-mesh)

these are what I made for the swap