Smile!

Just having a little hop about the blogs i follow to find the lovely Claire had presented me with this award.. Thanks hun, your a doll...

Now apparently i have to tell ya 5 things about me and then pass this on to 5 more peeps.

So first my 5 facts:

1. I was born on a Friday
2. I'm an Aries
3. My Native American zodiac sign is The Hawk
4. I too love a nice cup of tea!
5. I've been a bridesmaid 3 times..

Right that's enough useless info on me..

It's now your turn to spill the beans!

Jennie, Jo, Lucy, Rachel & Hels

Oh and just a little note to keep Sam happy lol.. i have actually been altering a couple of bits despite the lack of blogging.. i'll try and get some pics up soon!

♥ HUGZ ♥

'Canvas'ing for Time!

It's been ages since a did a mini canvas, but the need to get inky was strong so i went with it.

I also hadn't played with metal for a long time... but after this project i remember why!

This is one of those times where you have an idea but it never quite goes to plan.. I thought i'd be clever and use one of my Mabel stamps and try and take a rubbing in metal, but being rubber it isn't as easy as i'd hoped and the whole thing nearly went in the bin, eventually with much much patients i got an image that looked almost like the stamp, i added colour in the form of sharpie pens to the metal to define the image further.

The canvas was created by inking it all over with a mix of the brown tone distress inks. I then stamped different clocks onto a sheet of tissue paper, i let this dry and then made a square on the same piece of tissue using the measure tape stamp from the Ephemera 1 plate roughly making the square so that when i wrapped it round the canvas the edges would be.. as seen below

Once i'd stuck the tissue to the canvas using gel medium i smoothed it over very delicatly and added more medium over the top to seal it all. I let this dry.

I stuck the metal to the canvas using E600 and also added several actual small watch parts.

I wording was stamped onto a piece of torn cardboard and also glued on, with the finishing touch being a small chain to hang the piece.

All in all a fun afternoon was had although i really need a masterclass on metal use lol

Thanks for visiting x

♥ HUGZ ♥

Mabel Mini Domino Book

You know i just can't put down the fab range of Mabel stamps from The Artistic Stamper {more coming in nov}
But seeing as i'm really trying to get back into the altered side of my life i thought i 'd again combine the 2 so i altered a couple of dominoes and made them into an ickle book!

I actually coloured the dominoes and the images with my copics, i wasn't sure if it would stay put on the dominoes surface but i let it dry well and it looks great, i was thinking about a coating of some sort but am scared of ruining it.. any suggestions of a good spray varnish anyone?? dont want something that i have to brush on in case it smears the images.

{sorry for the poor quality pics, t'was bad lighting when i took them}

♥ HUGZ ♥

Delayed Reaction Copycat!!

As much as i love this grungeboard purse project... it was not my own idea.. i saw a fab one created by Linda some weeks ago and just knew i wanted to give it a try.

I coloured my grungeboard with vintage photo distress inks, then stamped the fab artistic stamper houndstooth pattern over the entire piece, folded it to resemble a purse, and then punched the holes down either side with my BIA, i threaded together with string, which i also lightly coloured with ink.

I attached a clasp from my collection with eyelets to close, and embellished with some Tim Holtz idea-ology bits, i also made a grungepaper flower using the flower power stamp set and dotty background stamp also from AS,

The back i kept simple by adding a closed stamped zip.

Quite a simple but fun project to create.. why not give it a try yourself.. would make a nice little gift for someone perhaps!

♥ HUGZ ♥

Faux Mini Book and Pavapol Phaze 2

I've been playing again with my Mabel Lucie Attwell stamps.. but insteed of making just another card i wanted to try something different... I had just been playing about and made a matchbox book after seeing Hazels fab piece.. and while it was sat drying on my desk a little lightbulb appeared above my head.. and i knew the perfect ickle trouble maker to finish the piece.. and so i picked 'Scamp'... i stamped and coloured him with copics, cut him out and made a small cut in the book base to slot him in so he looks like he's leaping from the pages. Then it was a case of just adding his name using several different alphabet pieces and rubbing everything with vintage photo distress inks!

I think this piece is proper cute.. even if i do say so myself lol

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I managed to complete phaze one of my pavapol project.. I constructed a wire frame and then wrapped tin foil around to give the piece shape...

As a few of you guessed, It is indeed a Tree, and it is going to be a jewellery hanger too.

Phaze 2 has started with me covering the frame with pavapoled fabric but at the minute i've run out of what i was using so need to have a scrounge about to see if i can find something simular to finish this phaze!!! wish me luck.. I think this piece may take a little while!

♥ HUGZ ♥

Work in progress!

It's not all cute these days in the land of the Minx... i know it may seem that way.. but i have been having a little altered tinker here and there.. to prove it I just thought i'd share a snippit of a little project i've started... Or rather quite a big project...

I came across a substance recently called Paverpol.. and an amazing use for it so i'm going to try and re-create what i saw as i thought it looked amazing!

This pic is phaze one... can you tell what it is!!!

Are you a bit baffled..

...oh well never mind!

That's all i'm telling you for now.. just a little tease to keep ya mind ticking!
♥ HUGZ ♥

NEW FAB STAMPS!

Oh how very exciting... Finally this weekend sees The Artistic Stamper launch a brand new set of 6 fab stamps ...With more designs to follow in the upcoming months by the much loved children's artist

Mabel Lucie Attwell

For those of you who have not heard of her, she was a well known illustrator of books and postcards and became a household name during the 1930’s and 40’s with her illustrations of pudgy and appealing toddlers. I personally can remember having the books as a child, so to get a chance to be one of the first to play with these stamps was a real joy. Although keeping the secret about them till now was a challenge lol. The stamps are available to buy HERE or if your going along to Ally Pally this weekend you can get them from Jennie @ The Stamp Connection stand

"Jolly Day Out"

Is just one of the fab designs available now.. I stamped the image onto 2 pieces of glossy card, one plain and one that i had inked with TH alcohol inks. I cut the inky car out and placed it on top of the plain image to give a striking contrast.. I also made the card quite distressed looking so i could join in with this weeks Cupcake Craft Challenge the theme being "Distressing"

To see another card idea click here and also check out the other Creative Team members blogs

♥ HUGZ ♥