Friday, 30 March 2012

i've been away......

to paradise!!


i can't believe it's been 6 years since i visited barbados, it's really my second home and i didn't realise how much i'd missed it. i had a really great time, i feel so rested and refreshed, although i'm pretty sure that won't last for long!!

i'll be back with some crafting soon, i'm in the process of setting up an etsy store to sell my creations, so watch this space!

Sunday, 4 March 2012

boobs

i guess this is not the normal title for a blog post about crafting, but still, this is what i've been working on. a good friend of mine has just recovered from breast cancer and was very excited about how perky her boobs are now going to be, and so i thought i would celebrate her recovery with a card to cheer her up. 

i used su cardstock with some patterned paper (source unknown) and dressed them up with some lace paper glued over red card and some pretty diamante buckles. in line with my new obsession, i finished this off with a little tattoo, i hope she likes it, sarah, this is for you xx


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Monday, 20 February 2012

this is my art

dear tattoo, thanks for holding my attention like few other things can, thanks for making me nervous and excited when i think about you and look at you in the mirror. it's like having a crush on my own skin.

to say i'm slightly obsessed with my new tattoo is an understatement, i've been avidly looking at all the tattoo art out there in cyberspace and i only wish i had half as much talent as the artists i've seen. it amazes me that they are able to draw something so accurate and so me, with only the thoughts from my head, which, let's face it, are a jumbled mess at the best of times!!

my art is different, it's always been paper. i've always been fond of paper, even growing up i had literally hundreds of notepads for scribbling in, these never manifested themselves into anything worthwhile, however, they were a kind of comfort blanket for me, even now if you delve into the depths of my bag, you will, no doubt, find a notepad of some kind. i use them now to sketch designs for cards, scrapbook pages or mini albums and i do have several on the go at any one time.

this is my latest design, i used the tutorial from this website, i changed it slightly in that i made it into a bouquet and i only added the ribbon around the bottom, but the idea is still the same. these are all made from su cardstock. i used whisper white, soft suede, garden green and old olive. i inked the insides of the white flowers with old olive and certainly celery ink and finished these with an su pearl.

i love how it turned out.




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Sunday, 19 February 2012

hmmm, not much to report really...

i haven't done too much crafting lately, i've totally not kept up with project life at all yet and apart from a valentine and birthday card, i haven't done anything, how rubbish am i??

i have been busy getting a new tattoo though. i love tattoo art, i wish i didn't work in such a conservative environment as we are not allowed to have tattoo's on show, i would have so much more work done, anyway, here is the before shot. this is the very first tattoo i had, it's faded somewhat and for a while i've been planning a design around this:-



and here is the after. i love dragons, and there is something about the fierce nature of a dragon and the beautiful refinement of a rose that i wanted to bring together. i had this done by will at oxford tattoo, i think he did an amazing job.

the trouble is, i definitely want more work done now, and am busy planning my next (just don't tell my mum!!)

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Sunday, 1 January 2012

project life and one little word

i spent some time yesterday reflecting on 2011 and what my goal was at the beginning of the year. i had only one. 

believe. 

no resolutions to be broken, no promises made, nothing specific, just one little word. 

believe.

i lived my word.

this concept i'm sure has been around for many years, and ali brings this to life in her scrapbooks. as we embark on 2012, i've chosen a new word (well 2 actually, but who's being picky!!).

carpe diem.

seize the day.

i want to enjoy each day for what it is, good, bad or indifferent, to capture the little things, as these are the things that really matter.

project life is going to help me achieve this, along with ali's one little word.

here are my two starter pages.






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Friday, 30 December 2011

christmas cards

it's about time i posted the christmas cards i made for christmas. for the first one, i used the new snowfall collection from bo bunny. i punched out the snowman using a sizzix die and inked this up. the snowflake is  made from chipboard, painted white and covered in doodlebug glitter (love this stuff!!). i do like the way this turned out, even though it's not your traditional christmas colours!



for the second card, i used one of the techniques tim used in his 12 tags of christmas this year. it's a bit darker than i would like, i think if i use this again, i will use a lighter background paper as the green of the holly doesn't show up enough. anyway, i had fun playing with glassine paper and alcohol inks, i especially love the holly berries entwined with lace and mini tinsel.



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Thursday, 8 December 2011

mia

i have been missing in action for a while, unfortunately exams and work have taken over and so not much crafting has taken place.

i did, however, make time after my last exam to make some christmas cards and here they are, i wanted them to be quite grungy and so i used the my minds eye 'lost and found' 6x6 paper pad. i am quite pleased with how they turned out.














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Monday, 10 October 2011

more craft fair goodies

i've been busy preparing for the didcot craft fair which is taking place at the civic hall on 5/6 november and the annual street fair on 24 november. i have magic reindeer food:-


snowman kisses:-

rudolph's spares:-

boy's football bags, with matching stationery set:-


and finally some cute post it note holders:-




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Sunday, 2 October 2011

birthday in a bag

i have been working on an idea for these cute tea lights for a few days now, the idea is to sell these in a matching decorated bag with a matching birthday card, so cute!!






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Sunday, 11 September 2011

christmas tags

i have been busy over the last few weeks, i have been to the last creative escape ever, which was fabulous, i met some wonderful new friends and took some wonderful classes with some wonderful teachers.

after that, it was back to work, work, work.

i have, however, starting working on items for the didcot christmas craft fair and the street fair and here they are:-
















these are available in packs of 5 (either 5 all the same or 5 mixed, with one of each) and are £2.50 per pack. email me if you are interested.