Star Gazing.

This week over on Wednesday Stamper Tina says.....

You are all STARS for coming back week after week and participating. Let your star shine this week and add a bit of sparkle to your stamped creations.

This is my sparkly creation, a little 5"x2.5" tag, made using Distress Inks, Glimmer Mist, clear embossing and stamps from Art Journey and Cherry Pie - the ink splash in the back ground if your wondering lol. I added the words "Follow Your Star" using my Provo Rolling stamp. The little star charm reads "A wish".

Ive added this little picture to try and show to better effect how sparkly the tag really is.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Wednesday Stamper

This week over on Wednesday Stamper Hermine says......

This week I challenge you to come out from behind your book and make a bookmark. So that after having had a relaxing read you can put a gorgeous piece of artwork in there to enjoy it even more.

Here are mine, as you see I got a bit carried away and made two. I had a lot of fun making these.

I used Distress Inks, Glimmer Mist and various embellishments including German Scrap,fibres, beads and an old text page. Stamps are from The Queens Dresser Drawers and PaperBag Studio.
I'd just like to add a huge THANK YOU to everyone who visits my little corner of Blogland and takes time to leave a comment.

Make a moo or two

Nellie's theme this weeks theme over on Make a moo or two is Travel....
If you see my work more often you might know that I love travel as a theme. You can interpret this theme in so many ways, cities, countries, means of transport etc. Even on a little Moo you can travel around the world. So show us, what’s the destination of your journey this week?

Here are my two little moo's. I created a little collage on each using fragments of maps and text, and using images from Tim Holtz and HOTP. I used Distress Inks to add colour to the background. I'm afraid the photo's arent the best Ive ever taken, I really struggled with the light.

TMTA Insects.

This weeks challenge over on Think Monday Think ATC is Insects! Now creepy crawlies are not my favourite things in the world, but as I really fancied playing along this week I dug deep in my stash and found a Cigar label with a little ant on it - totally perfect for the job I thought!

I used Distress Inks and water to create the background, my new Tim Holtz background stamp and the PaperArtsy sailer boy for the main image.

A Perfect Day ** I met Tim Holtz!!**

Yesterday I had the most fabulous day!!! Firstly, I got to meet for the very first time my good friend Kaz, and together we went to the opening of Dawn Bibby's new Design Studio, where we attended a 3 hour demo by the one and only Tim Holtz!!!!!!!!!


The day was all I anticipated and more!!! Tim was a fabulous teacher, very witty and charming, but most of all, inspiring. He showed us fabulous techniques and how to get the best results from his products. And we were able to purchase stamps from his as yet unreleased new range - how cools that!!


Dawn and her team , including JJ and Leonie were all there too, and they are all lovely people, very friendly and truly charming. The atmosphere in the Studio was very informal and relaxed, they really made us feel welcome. I must give give a huge Thank You to Dawn, JJ, Leonie and of course Tim Holtz, for the most wonderful afternoon. And Kaz was great company, it felt like I was meeting up with an old friend who I'd known forever. It really was a most perfect day.




Tim made lots of sample's during the demo, and at the end I asked him to sign this one for me, which he very kindly did.
This is a little creation I gave to Tim. I was so nervous approaching him with it I was literally shaking! I needed a lot of encouragment from Kaz to hand it to him, I was a bit pathetic lol. But Tim seemed to like it. Or maybe he was just very kind rofl.

The wording on the egg reads "Springtime., natures greatest gift".

Happy Valentines Day !!

WooooHooooo!!!

It sure feels good to be back in blogland again! My last post was sooooo long ago I cant wait to go visit everyone and see what youve all been creating!

Recently my creations have taken a new direction as ive discovered ( i'm always the last to know lol ) a passion for felting! I have made a couple of pieces using needle felting, this one here is my first attempt at felted collage I made for Jo. I really enjoyed making this, I expect you'll be seeing a few more in this style in the coming months!

Another felted piece here, this one a slide mailer I made as a little "Happy New Home" gift for my pal Kaz.

And lastly a Valentine Card I made for a forum swap. Again a lot of felt but this time of the shop bought variety as I was so short on time when I started on it. I chose the stamps and the colours specially for the recipient as I know she likes those Tim Holts Birds and was ( I hope still is ) a fan of this colour scheme.

Hope you like it Kaz :)

Well this post has turned into one of those "waiting for a bus" moments! Nothing for an age then 4 arrive at once!

Thank you for stopping by. And if any of you bloggers who have stumbled upon my blog have also been bitten by the felting bug then Please leave me a comment with a link to your blog as I would love to see your felted creations :)