Fat pages

Over on UKS I had joined in another swap, this time to make 'fat pages' in other words a page that is not flat. The pages could be anything we wanted but they had to be 4x4. I went with a fabric theme, I used an old pair of jeans as my background which I stitched onto some card, then I added a script stamp, I stamped an image onto some muslin cloth and frayed the edges a little, put a tiny bit of wading behind to make it 'fat' before stitching onto the denim, added a little lace as I thought it made it nicer. I made a flower out of some ribbon and stitched on a button. I was pleased with how they turned out but I realize how bad my eye sight has gotten when I was tidying up the threads and stitching the ribbon flower I could hardly see the needle to get it threaded, oh the joys of getting older!

You're having a laugh

This time I'm making a page for Jo in the you're having a laugh cj, the theme is How do you feel today? I finished it last night and have it all parceled up ready to post. As July has been such an unusually hot month I've been feeling hot, hot, hot, really not used to having such good weather here. My background has been sprayed with Dylusions inks, I used a Tim Holtz stamp for the circles and added an octopode girl and sun, I was really pleased with how it turned out. Jo I hope you like it too :)

Chunky 8 for a mate

Over on uks I joined in the chunky swap because I had so much fun with the last one, this one was an open theme which I was more than a little nervous about as I hadn't a clue what to do! so with the help of the swap fairy I found out that my swappee Gill like the colour lime green and she also like funky images. As we had been having really hot summer weather I thought I would go with a summer theme, I downloaded some octopode images on etsy, I really like these images and the good thing about digi images you can make them any size you want :) I painted my wood a nice lemon colour and stuck on some lime green paper, the waves and sun are part of the octopode digi stamp as well, added some beads as feet. I stuck on the clouds and sun on acetate to give the illusion of floating in the air and added the phrase you are my sunshine on the back. I really wasn't sure what to add on the sides, and after a lot of thinking I put the word fun and added a heart and shell on the other. Gill has received and likes it :)

Messy art journal CJ

This month for the 'Let's Get Messy art journal CJ' was a page for Gill, Wisher, she has a beautiful little book that she altered called 'Up the Rainbow Stairs' by Sheila E Braine and her topic is,have you guessed??? yes Rainbows :) when you hear the word rainbow what does it make you think of? For me it is the old children's TV program Rainbow which I used to watch when I was a little girl, the theme tune really brings back happy memories for me. I used some water colour crayons for the background, hand drew some houses (a la Kate Crane style) added the rainbow, added a little doodle border and printed out the theme tune and stuck it on. Gill I hope you are of an age to remember the theme tune and you can sing along, hope you like it :)

Make me Laugh CJ

Art journal cj, my page for Sharon's whose theme is TV or Film quotes, as I love the Shrek movies, I think they are very funny and great for all the family to watch. I went with an image of Shrek, my background in Dylusions inks and some inked and gessoed circles, there were so many quotes to pick from but I eventually went with 'you know Donkey, sometimes things are more than they appear'. Hope you like it Sharon :)

Scrap Room Mess

My scrap room is a real mess at the moment, in serious need of a MEGA tidy up, at the moment I have hardly any space to craft on my desk and I can't find anything even when I just set it down!! So my first task this summer holidays is too have a really good tidy up and clear out, I'm hoping by posting these photos it will inspire/embarrass me into tidying up. Do I have too much stuff in my room?? no I don't think so, I probably don't need to buy anything more for the next 10 years but that doesn't stop me from wanting lol :D

Inchie/Twinchie swap

Over on UKS I'm taking part in another inchie/twinchie swap hosted by the swap queen Karen :) I choose to take part in the 'anything goes' part, my only problem was my mojo had up and gone, I tried several different ideas before I finally settled for these.

These are my inchies which I sprayed with Dylusions inks and added a little flower which I had stamped onto some printed paper, coloured in with my pro marker and stuck on.

These are my twinchies which I again sprayed with Dylusions inks and then I just added a stamped image which says 'trying to be good', simples!