Bookmark

Krista Smith draws the most amazing beautiful girl images and I'm not even going to count how many I have stashed on my computer!!  And..... I added 2 more Friday afternoon, Rapunzel and Butterflies :O).  So had a little practise session Friday afternoon whilst sat in the conservatory keeping a very watchful eye on the chickens - newly turfed lawn and chickens dont go well together. 

The challenge over at Saturated Canary is Bookmarks, so after colouring up my image Butterflies, I cut a 5" envelope diagonally (making a 4.5" triangle which would then slot over a corner of a page) , added a piece of Webster DP, diecut a scalloped circle, some ribbon and 3 pearls and here it is....  a very simple bookmark.

Thanks for looking

Polly x

Flowery Tag

Got a couple of small ;o) deliveries in the post just recently including the new Distress Inks and I just lurve Squeezed Lemonade - beautiful vibrant yellow - fabulous!!  So as usual had to have a play IMMEDIATELY lol.

I cut a tag from TH Tag die and inked it up with Squeezed Lemonade and Dusty Concorde.  I then stamped the large script stamp from Tim Holtz Papillion stamp set over it.  I made a large and small flower using the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die and popped a button in the middle of the smaller one.  Added some leaves and butterflies, a Tim Holtz tickets and here it is....

I am joining in AGAIN (yeayyy) with

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Summer

and joining in for the first time (and certainly not the last) with

Dragons Dream Tag it On - A Symphony of Flowers (and Recipe)

Thanks for looking

Polly x

Ten Second Studio

Hubby bought me quite a few Ten Second Studio tools quite a few years back and although I've dabbled every now and again,  I've never actually made anything.... til now!!!

 The challenge over at Simon Says Stamp & Show is...  Anything Goes - perfect for a metal play :O)

So armed with a piece of A3 hardboard (just love this stuff) , I cut this down to a rectangle measuring 11 x 8.5", diecut 2 Sizzix wings (fave die at the mo), some hardboard alphabets and stuck these down onto it.  The metal tape was cut into varying sizes and stuck randomly all over the letters, wings and background making sure they overlapped each other. Then I added some thin strips of copper tape.  I used some TSS tools to engrave into the lettering and to define the shapes.  I then brushed black acrylic paint all over, let it dry and then wiped the majority of it off with a baby wipe leaving behind black paint in all the grooves and little crevices.  I then added some alcohol inked metal butterflies, alpha lettering covered in Glossy Accents and here it is.... ARTFUL wings - my blog name :O)

Think I will hang this on my craft room door :O)

Thanks for looking

Polly

Little Wall Plaque

Gosh - Can't believe its nearly a whole month since I blogged!!  So to get back into the swing of things I am joining in with the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show - use your favourite stamp.  Well that is so easy - I just love the first stamp I ever bought from Sue at Paper Paradise -
To hear the angels whisper you must listen with your heart.   It was the first stamp I used on my blog too!!!

My idea was to make a little wall plaque so I used my favourite stamp and my favourite diecut - Angel Wings.  I used Kraft paper for the wings which I embossed through the Big Shot and inked with Walnut Stain.  My new purchase from Grimsby Crafts - TH Ornamental die was used, inked with various distress inks and then stamped with TH Papillion script.  I then used the wings from the TH Heart die with Kraft paper, embossed and inked, added a TH charm on the smaller plaque and here it is....

I would also like to join in with the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar - Things with Wings

CES Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Polly x

Once upon a sketch - HOME

Yeayyyy - on holiday this week so had time for some much needed scrapbooking with Once Upon A Sketch - so love their fab sketches that they keep coming up with.  Their theme this month is HOME and what it means to you - the photo of my GDs was taken in their garden - they live in the grounds of Hubbards Hills where reindeers roam around all year round and this was a day when we were out looking for them.  They wanted to show us the little ones that didnt have big antlers!!!!!!

I know I have scrapped this photo of the GD's sooooo many times but I love this one of all 3 of them - very rare you can catch them all together now to be honest.

I started off by using a round-the-edge punch on white cardstock.  I gutted the white cardstock so I could use it to frame the photo and also use as edging on some of the papers.  All papers used are from the Chanteuse collection by Kaisercraft and .  All edeges were inked with Ranger Vintage Photo.  I added a die cut Doily diecut which was a bit fiddly but worth it in the end, made a large flower using the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die which once made up was sprinkled with Fairy Dust, added a couple of rhinestone flourishes, precut butterflies and here it is....

Thanks for looking

Polly xx

WOYWW - 149

This is something that I've been meaning to join in for quite some time now and today is the day to show off what I have on my workdesk  for WOYWW- I've cheated a litte - I've actually just wiped off the black ink off the desk :o).  Working on a few tags and canvases with Dylusions stamps and inks and really loving it.

Well off to sunny Scarborough now for some camera practice

Thanks for looking

Polly xx

Playing around with Inks

Been a funny old week - even though we are on a weeks break its been a little manic and all our well-laid plans have gone out the window due to me and my new 2 week old FIAT 500 just not getting on (fraid me and twin air engines just dont get on well at all).  

Armed with a old pizza box I set to work using all different colours of inks, dylusions stamps and then the best bit, colouring and making them all up to look nice.  And this is what I came up with...

It needs some ribbon or wire so it hangs but I pretty much love it - even at its ugly stage I still liked it but then that was probably down to knowing exactly what I wanted to do with it and how I wanted it to look.

It even meets the following challenges

Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Creative Monday - Anything Goes
Crafting when we can - Things with wings

I have a few more tags to show you but they can wait til tomorrow :O)

Thanks for looking

Polly xx