TMTA Metal

Metal Art involves metal foils or embossed folis, sheet metal and metals of all kinds. This means there should be something metalloid somewhere on your ATC this week. It doesn’t matter if it’s used as a highlight only or if your whole ATC is made of metal. We are curious, and look forward to see your ideas!

I decided to take the TMTA challenge this week. I made this Atc using Eggplant alcohol ink applied to foil tape, a water colour background using Eggplant Adirondack ink and a stamped image coloured using water colour pencils. The stamp is by Zettiology.

Paris Atc's

I have made this set of Paris themed Atc's for a forum swap. I have struggled to find time for crafting recently, and tonite was no exception, but I was determined to find a 30 minute window of opportunity - and so here they are lol. I used Adirondack inks to create a colour washed background with a variety of stamps from Crafty Individuals, All Night Media and and unknown source. ( i'm forgetful lol ) The images are from a collage sheet.
This Atc is for the swap host Mandy.

Memories Tag

I have made this Tag for a swap hosted by Gillian.
I used Moon Shadow Mist to create the background, this is one of my favourite recent purchases, I just love the olde worlde walnut stain. The immage is taken from a collage sheet.

Asia Inchies

I have made these inchies for a swap on a forum. I used Adirondack colorwash, colorbox inks and red perfect pearls. The main image stamp is from CherryPie stamps.

Green Pepper Press #11

Green Pepper Press Street Team crusade #11 is........


Time to make some noise and play some music on your site! You can be all fancy and embed an auto play video, or a click-and-play video, or just offer links to videos/music you like. It's a great way to express yourself and for us to get to know you better.


OK. I'm a complete technophobe, so no fancy video's from me - just links to some of my most favourite tunes.
Its only right I start with Greenday as they are my all time favourite band, and the only band ive ever seen live - and they rock!!! This song Basket case is the first greenday song i heard when i was 17 - and Ive been a fan ever since.This song is called Time of your life and I just love it. This is Minority and it so reminds me of being a teenager lol. A couple more great songs of theirs are Jesus of suburbia and this is Holiday ( contains swearing) sung live at Milton Keynes which is great to see as my husband took my eldest son Michael to the gig and they got right up to the front - however it should have been me! I got the tickets as a gift, but I found out soon after that I was expecting twins so my plans were thwarted lol....there'll be a next time I'm sure.

More favourite songs....well were shall I start, I have eclectic taste in music and it all depends on my mood....I think I'll go with the Dandy Warhols "Get off" as I just love this song! This is another all time favourite, Patience by Guns n Roses , I was so into GnR when I was at High School, had a huge poster of Axl on my wall......them were the days lol....I soon progressed into other rock music and Metallica were a favourite. The Levellers are another cool band I still listen to, as are The Stone Roses . This song by Hoobastank is one I just have to play LOUD!!!! I love it! This is what i'm listening to in the car right now, heres another great one from MCR .
When I was a kid my mum used to let me play her records - so I totally love golden oldies - especialy Neil Diamond , T Rex...... more T Rex.... Queen and BoneyM .

OK, I think thats enough for now lol, but I think I may throw in the odd tune now and again in future - its been fun lol :)

Rustic Angel

Ive been playing with air-drying clay this week, seeing how it compares to polymer clay - and its a whole new kettle of fish! You need patience to work with this medium as it takes several days for even a small piece like this to dry out, but I thought it was worthwhile as I love the rustic finish to this little Angel. I have tried to make a piece to attatch her to - but so far have failed miserably! So here she is - an Angel waiting for a Home.

The face, wings and tiles I made using moulds, the body and heart are hand made.

Book Mark

I have made this bookmark for a swap with a theme of "citrus collage". I really struggled with this brief as these colours are way out of my comfort zone. The papers are Tim Coffee Birthday from K&Co, the stamp is from Queens Dresser Drawers.

Art Doll

I have made this Art Doll - my first of many! - for a forum challenge - we were to make an item that could be hung, and theme was Inspiration. I hope this Art Doll conveys love and contentment when she reaches her new home :)

TMTA Asia

This weeks theme on Think Monday Think Atc is Asia. I have made this Atc using Adirondak colorwash sprays to create the background - this is my first time of using them and i just love them! I used colorbox ink chesnut for the stamped image, the stamp is by PSX, the image is from an Oriental Atc images pad.

Buttons Atc.

This weeks theme on Wednesday stamper is Buttons, which happens to coincide with this weeks Daring CardMakers theme of Haberdashery, so I have made this Atc as an entry to both. I decided to try something different and use very delicate colours which was a challenge I really enjoyed, I will definetly use them more often. I added buttons and cream coloured lace to finish it off. The stamps are PaperArtsy and Crafty Individuals, the inks are versamagic.

Gillian's card.

Ive made this card for my friend Gilian's Birthday. I used stamps from Crafty Individuals and coloured the main image with water colour pencils.

Daring Card Makers

This weeks challenge over on Daring Card Makers is "to somehow incorporate text into your cards, not just one word, but a portion of text".

Rain rain go away, come back another day! My kids have been singing this quite a lot recently as the UK has been deluged with rain lol. When I chose this art-e-zineimage I thought the rhyme fitted in perfectly.

I have altered this slide mailer using acrylic paints and rub-on's and added a strip of black velvet ribbon to the front left side. Its my first attempt at altering a slide mailer, and i'm so relieved that its done! I am unsure of the maker of the Belly Dancer stamp.

Think Monday.....

This weeks theme over on Think Monday - Think Atc's is Children. I have made this Atc using one of my favourite stamps from Queens Dresser Drawers, and it is coloured using versamagic inks, water colour pencils and wax crayons. I have added a wax crayon to the little girls hand to suggest she is responsible for creating all the colour in her life. Inspiration for this idea is courtesy of my 20 month old daughter Chloe, who just cant resist scribbling on any available surface - including herself!!

Red Atc's Swap.

Red is the theme of an Atc swap I have joined. The first atc is made using a stamp from The Queens Dresser Drawers and is coloured with versamagic and coloured pencils, the background is a scribbled as I wanted to make it seem that the little girl had created her own world. The second Atc is made with a stamp from Crafty Individuals and coloured using versamagic and watercolour pencils. The third is again a stamp from Crafty Individuals and coloured with colorbox chalk ink.
This Atc is the same stamp as above from Crafty Individuals , the white background script is a stamp from Paperbag Studio's. I coloured the background using colorbox chalk ink.