Daring Cardmakers Challenge - 'The Hat Boutique'

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On my... thought I would join another challenge that I saw on Gez's blog...think I'm going a bit crazy challenge this week! lol The challenge was to create something with a hat, here is what they said:- 

"This week is Zuzana here. With the more warm and sunshine weather I came up with idea to open 'The Hat Boutique'. 

I would like to see a hat on your cards : straw, cowboy, top, vintage, wedding, winter, baseball cap ...
It's completely up to you what colour and kind you prefer :0)" 

It  says "spread your wings and fly" sorry it came out a bit blurry or is it my beer goggles!!

I used the Octopode stamp - Alice in wonderland and drew a crown on her using a book page, the Dylusion inks where used for the colours....need to get some more ..don't tell Gareth ;0) the new range looks fabuloos! she does look a bit flushed in the face (pink), but she doesn't look like that...I promise x

Thanks for looking
Take care
Elx

Stampotique Designers Challenge-oodles of doodles!

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The Stampotique Designers Challenge this week is called Oodles of doodles by Kaz. I've always thought about doing one but never got round to it somehow.  I've never done one before and  never really entered anything like this, so I thought I would give it a whirl :-s. So here you go :-

One of my favourite Stampotique stamps 

Doodle around the edges

I've used dylusion ink sprays and doodle round the edges and added small groups of dots of 3 (which you can't really see!) Well I now need to link this up with Stampotique and Facebook....which is a challenge in it self!!;0) Haha

Thanks for looking, take care 

Elx

Letterpress

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Just thought I would show you my new little toys! I've just done the Tim Holtz online class, which by the way was fabuloos!  and he was saying about to surround yourself with things to inspire you and he showed some of his letterpress's. So I've been on the hunt and have found a couple, these are old adverts that I thought were kinda funky and I thought I might be able to use them somewhere along the lines!

The large one I had to nail onto a piece of wood as these are heavy metal. I then stamped the images, I used some distress stains and inks to make them look old and glued the images onto the wood.. The large one, Gor-Ray skirts was published on the 1 Oct 1985, unfortunately I don't know when the others were used, but the harpic one has old money written on it, so I'm guessing it was the sixties?

I've got one or two more bits and bobs, much to Gareth's delight! he keeps wondering what the house is going to start to look like haha....

Thanks for looking, take care
Elx

Configuration Xmas box

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 I'd thought I would show a configuration box I've made for Xmas that lights up. I did kinda of get the idea of Sir Tim last year, I remembered seeing a picture of a configuration box that he made in a class, but when I looked for it I couldn't find it. I kept thinking about it all last year. So I got my bits and bobs together mainly from my Mum, who is an egg crafter at heart and I found the things she found too big for her eggs are just the right size for a configuration box, I actually bought the box from Lindsay Mason last year and it had been sat in my craft room looking at me....saying when are you going to use me ;0) or is that my mind going more loopy.....
The big Christmas tree I bought in a pound shop near Christmas and I thought it would look great in my box and especially as is lights up....how cool would this be!!
I did make a sacrifice....I did cut up some of the Tim Holtz paper, but I did console myself into thinking it's for me so I get to see it all the time lol!!

Christmas configuration box

the large Christmas tree lights up :0)

the sacrilege made, but well worth it ;0)

The other day I was nosing on Twitter and looking at Mario's Rossi BTS (behind the scene) and I notice that he had taken some pictures of the staff bleaching Chirstmas trees....I thought great minds think alike...I wish! but they did look very similar to mine but I'm sure they look better. I used some snow paste to anchor my tree in as it had a horrible plastic base....it twinkles with the light on:)

Thanks for looking and I hope you have liked what you have seen
Take care
Elx

 

Tweet tweet

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I just thought I would post some pictures of what I've been upto lately, which to be honest not a lot! I've been recovering from surgery so I've gone and done bits when I can. Lately I've been trying something different this is the bird box I've been working on

I stamped over 100 wings and cut out each and everyone of them....yes I did have cramp in my hands at the end of it!
I've used Dyan's Dylusion stamps, all the flowers and birds have been cut out and I have painted them using comic shimmers paints, unfortunately you cannot see the shimmer on the box.:(

I hope you have enjoyed looking
take care
Elx

You should never try to milk a dog!!

Hello again :0)

Well I've had a fiddle and after watching 

Kate's dvd again I've made this page in my Journal, which I discovered I had a small moleskin hidden in my draw......so this gives you an idea on how I'm not organized ;) This is what I should off taken with me  when I did a class with Kate. I had taken a different Journal book by 7 Gypsies and I wasn't that impressed with the paper, it did seem a bit thin therefore after I gesso it, it all crumpled and gave me a texture look! 

Anyway this is what I managed to create this afternoon using some of my downloads from Dyan's and Itkupilli. I used my acrylic paints and tried finger painting, but I find I get a better result with a brush......any idea's why? I've used bottle tops to create the circles and old credit card to create the lines. I've stamped using gold paint put it doesn't show very well in this picy and sprayed some hot pink dylusions spray ink and let it run down the page... I have a lovely pink thumb now hehe, oh yeah I also use a circle stencil in the background too :)  

I hope you like what you see as I've had a happy time playing :))
El x

It's been a while but.......

Hello there!

Had a fantastic day over at AFTH on Saturday. The Birthday girl She came along with us and I had bought her a birthday girl badge that she had to wear all day much to She delight! Her friend Gez came along too as well as my Mum. Gez had bought her a balloon which we tied to her chair and had bought her a cake  too :)

Here's She with her birthday cake unfortunately I didn't get the balloon in - Doh!

She's birthday card that I made her

A few months ago now I went over to AFTH on a  tastier day and we were taught by three different people for one hour, this is when I discovered Kate Crane and her Journalling and I fell in love with. We made a tag that day and afterwards I wanted to make She a card with Kate's style, and of course it had too be orange which is She's Favorite  colour. I had a lovely day yesterday enough though my art Journalling didn't quite go to plan. I need to practice using acrylic paints as this is something I never used to create backgrounds, but I will show one page which is still a work in progress, as they say!  

Work in progress as they say! but it is growing on me :0)

Thanks for a lovely day out and getting nice and messy :0)

Here I've made a card for Jane who has finished working in the shop over at Dawn's so I made it for her and her daughter Caity

The picture is a bit dark and I did shadow stamp over the words in silver so you could see the words betters. I love these Octopede stamps I think they are cool and I found out the lady who designs these is only 18! sorry I can't remember her name but I wish I had her Job at that age lol!
I've used the Dylusion ink spray to create the background and then blew the puddles of ink around the page with a straw I haven't done that in years....since I was a kid funny how techniques come back round lol! I used one of Dyan's stamps for the wings it's a bit more consistent than me trying to draw them although I did draw the wings on she's card.
Here is an ATC that I got from Gez who I think is a very talented lady, thank you Gez

My ATC from Gez lovely isn't it?

Hope you are all well and thanks for looking ;0)
take care
Elx