Day 2 ' sneak peek' for Sheena.

Another ' sneak peek',   for Sheena's One Day Wonder show, Thursday on Create and Craft.

As well as stamps Sheena is also launching some fantastic new stencils.

 This is a small canvas  I made  showing another new stamp and stencil.

Back tomorrow with another peek

Mr Frosty for TioT's

Winter Whites is the new challenge theme at Try it on Tuesdays

Another Christmas card from me this time, but I have to say that by the time this scheduled post gets published it will be on its way in the mail.

The base card was dry embossed as was one of the next layers, an easy way to add texture when time is short. The  Snowman image was gifted to me by a friend.

I have been thinking of the thickness of all my cards this Christmas 

as this relates to the cost of posting in the UK.

I hope you will pop over to TioT's for all the information and join us this time.

Thank you for taking time to stop by the comments you leave are always appreciated.

Sneak Peek for Sheena

On Thursday Sheena Douglas will be on Create and Craft with  some One Day Wonder shows.

 Here is a peek using the new stamps  being launched. 

Can you imagine the smile on a friends face if you sent them an invite like this.

Thanks for stopping by and watch out for more sneak peeks tomorrow.

December

The challenge this time over at Sugar Creek Hollow is...

'No Cards'.

Please pop over to get all the details.

I am sharing with you my December Page from the calendar that I have been adding

 to month by month this year.

The base is random stamped and shaded with my favourite distress ink---Vintage Photo.

The additions and images are mainly Graphics 45, with some scraps of material and  charms.

Thank you for stopping by to see me, I do so appreciate he comments you leave me.

Winds of change

 I have been trying for days to get a reasonable photo of this Journal page.

 Fate played its hand, so I can now share it in two places.

Its a collage piece using scraps of papers and materials, which always seem to remain on my desk. I may have a lot of imagination here, but I did think the pieces together [photo on left] look a bit like a church.

There is no step by step, or how I made it, the colours and layers were added over days, depending on what was to hand. You can see I used the same stamps that I used here  for my Speed Craft card last week 

I started this page originally for Journal 52 week 47, my prompt was 'wise words'.

Then today the very talented folk over at Art Journal Journey,

announced their  December theme -- Collage. 

AJJ has been inspirational for me, I am trying things I never imagined  I would and learning about so many Artists along the way.

Thank you for stopping by, the comments you leave for me

 are always appreciated.

Recycle for Christmas at ATP Exchange

Its my turn to choose the theme over at Artist Trading Post Exchange so the theme I picked is......

Recycle for Christmas

Please pop over for all the details and see what we all made.

There is a £10 store voucher to be won, donated by Artist Trading Post
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This is the hanging I made, when I hang it up on the wall, I will be adding some fresh holly around the wire. 

It is just too soon to do that.

On the left  is the wooded plaque  I decided was long overdue
a make over.

First a  few coats of cream acrylic, a bit of random texture  and some stencilling using the  Tim Holtz Festive stencil.

  

I used Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paints Toad Hall and Vintage Lace for my base colours. 

Adding Treasure Gold  wax to the stencil and  edges

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The three panels were all made in the same way. Corrugated packaging, painted with Vintage Lace. Edged with Frantage  embossing .

The poinsettia stamp is from the Stampers Anonymous Christmas Blueprint collection.  Embossed using Ranger gold powder, then water coloured, with a few tiny glass beads in the centers.
I hope you will join us and give something a new purpose in life.

Thank you for stopping by,  the comments you leave me. are always appreciated

Christmas is coming TioT 's

'Christmas is Coming', over at Try it on Tuesdays, we hope you all like this theme, we did.

Please pop over for all the details.

Another opportunity for me to make Christmas cards.

 I embossed the base card using a Holly embossing folder.

The main image is a Deep Red stamp, I have added no colours to this. Shading all the edges with  a little Weathered Wood distress ink. The die cuts are Spellbinders.

Thank you for taking time to stop by, the comments you leave for me are always appreciated.