Sweet Pea DPOV

Well.... Life has not been easy of late. I have a dog that should be a cat - she has used at least 4 lives now... anyway. I got some lovely new stamps from sweet pea. and as the weather was lovely I spent time in the garden with my pups appreciating time with them. I bought 5 stamps from sweet pea (which is my favourite flower by the way) and as you are limited for what you can do in the garden, I stamped some images of one of them and took them into my garden with my copic ciaos and coloured them in... and tonight I finished them off. The blue one is my favourite..

Bits and Pieces

Yes I have been crafting lately, just not been finding the time to blog! So here are a few bits and pieces. This is the card I made my mum for Mother's Day.


This ATC I made and sent to a friend in Switzerland

And I made 5 of these bookmarks today with some new stuff that arrived in the post :)

Amazing Inspiration

So my poor blog has been neglected lately for a different type of altered art - home improvements on my basement and dining room. This past weekend however I was fortunate to attend the trade show at the NEC. Whilst there I was so inspired by Tim Holtz, Claudine Hellmuth and Suze Weinberg that I have a feeling it will not be neglected for much longer!

My First 2010 Creation

Happy New Year everyone! 2009 was not one of the best years for me, so 2010 is going to be brilliant!

And here if my first creation of the new decade. A friend asked me to make a 75th Birthday Card for her Dad with a wine theme.

The image was stamped and embossed in gold and coloured with Copic Ciao pens. I aged the card with distress ink pads, and embellished with some papers and 3D stickers.

It also has a matching insert :)

The Charm of Twilight

Well, unless you have been living under a rock the past year, everyone knows what Twilight is... And being a huge fan myself I was really pleased when a friend of mine asked me to make 3 Twilight themed bag charms for him to give as gifts to his neices.

The most difficult thing about making these - giving them away now :)

Do me a Favour? 60 of them!

Well being so new to beading and the like, I cannot believe how many orders I've had lately. And I have enjoyed making them. Christmas Stockings are going to be full of them this year I think :)

Then a friend of mine asked me to make the wedding favours for her upcoming wedding on New Years Eve. Nervously I accepted the challenge. So I have made 10 of each design below and handing them over tomorrow. She has seen a sample and loved it so that is a relief :)

The ivory beads came all the way from Australia. but were perfect for this selection.

Charming!

Well... after avoiding charms and beads for years, my dear friend Mandi hooked me in - grrr. It started when we first went to the Artisan show and I bought 4 bookmark blanks - that's all. Then after the NEC I ended up with a storage box which is now brimming full of beads, charms and findings.

I am not complaining though as these are selling like hot cakes at the moment as stocking fillers, so I am making back the money I have invested :)