TAG's and a Heads Up

I finally got around to taking pics of the other crackle tags I made

 I did one A La Dina

And one A La SuziBlu
So that's the tags...
 what's the head's up??
Well.. Snazzy's has a brand new challenge that will run every month that has 5 weeks in it.
So starting Monday {as Jan has 5 weeks} one very lucky winner could bag the same DT goodie pack that we've had to work with all month.
Here's a peek at the prize:

So make sure you hop on over to Snazzy's DT blog tomorrow for all the details
x See ya tomorrow x
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

If you like this....

Then you'll probably love my offerings over on the Artistic Stamper Team Blog today.

I used to alter dominoes all the time but it's one of those things that I just hadn't done for an age.. 

I think this ickle one below is one of the last ones I did and that has to be at least a year ago for sure!

Well last night I busted out the dominoes, cracked open the alcohol inks and had a play..

Here is a sneak peek of one of my pieces

Don't give much away do I! You'll have to hop over the the AS blog to get the full picture

Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

As easy as 1 2 3!

Just a quick post today.. 

Firstly it's my turn over @ The Artistic Stamper team blog 

This is what I made...

Well you didn't think I was gonna make it easy did you, Hop over HERE to see the whole thing!

Secondly..

Hay WOYWW'ers, Sorry not much change on my desk, other then the paints from last week have little painted tops for easy choosing now! I've been busy busy busy prepping for another craft fair this coming weekend so I apologize for not making it round to many desks, I appreciate all of those that stopped by, just sorry If I didn't make it back to see you.

And thirdly...seeing as my desk is pretty much the same I thought I'd share a little tag I made 

I was just playing with sprays and paint and then did a bit of random inkyminx stamping.
Right I best be getting on, things to do.. busy busy busy!
Until next time
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Something new!

Today is my day over on the Artistic Stamper team blog and this time i've gone for something a little bit different than what your used to from me. To find out what it is click HERE

Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Texture Play and a Sneaky Peek!

I have been totally neglecting my blog lately.. sorry bout that, but i've had so much going on..
So today I decided to share 2 bits of art.
Firstly after being totally inspired by the fab Rach and after receiving one of her totally awesome textured ATC's
I decided to give the technique a try and have a play with texture paste..
Now mine came out no-where near as good as her's but it wasn't a bad first
attempt.

The second bit of art I wanted to share today isn't actually here but I have a sneaky peek for you

To see the whole piece you will need to hop on over to
The Artistic Stamper Team Blog
where it's my creative day
Right I must run.. things to do.. blogs to visit..art to make!
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

King For A Day!

Hay World
Can you believe another month has flown by and here we are now at August!!
But with a new month of course brings new challenges..
Starting with The Artistic Stamper
The theme this month is MEN
And along with that, the team has it's second product focus which is the ever so wonderful Distress and Adirondack Core'dinations pads.. I gotta tell ya I just love the stuff so it was a pleasure to work with.
Breaking News Flash... I finally got a replacement Vinny!! 
For those that don't know my Vagabond Vinny died a slow death not so long ago.. I sent it back for a replacement but QVC only went and refunded me instead.. I was not amused!! So I had to wait for the funds, then I hunted around for a Vinny MkII, Well I finally found one for £25 cheaper than I had originally paid so not all bad, and Saturday it finally arrived.. Hooray!!
So as you can see from my project I was a little excited and pretty much used every die I could on it lol

Starting with the the tag with I cut outta {i think} vintage photo card
I then stamped the Regency background  in a Gold acrylic dabber and distress up the edges with a paper distresser

 Next I die-cut the flags using the Pennants die and ran them through the Notebook embossing folder and sanded, I didn't know which side looked best so I alternated them, I attached them with some 3twist cotton twine {using only a single strand}
I then die-cut all 3 pieces from the Regal Crest die using a piece of white card for the crest, forest moss {i think} for the leaf rosette and dried marigold {i think} for the banner.
I stamped the sweet looking boy from the Childhood Dreams plate onto the crest in black Archival.
And edged with a gold pen. I gave the leaves a bit more colour by lightly sanding the edges and inking with peeled paint distress ink.
To finish my little king off I stamped & gold embossed the medium crown from the crowning glory plate onto a piece of card and cut out with my timmy scissors.

The last thing I did was to lightly sand some dried marigold {i think} card, then I die cut the Typeset Alphabet and picked out the letters I needed {the rest I put into my to use later pot} and using my already cut out banner I finished the tag.
And there you have it.. I look forward to seeing all your MEN theme projects throughout the month x
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

WOYWW & A Sneak Peek!

Today I was going to have the title WIOMWW
{what isn't on my workdesk wednesday}

 I seem to have a bit of everything out on show.. Ink, stamps, clay...I'm becoming very bad at putting stuff away lately! Oh and before you ask the flamed out area is my latest DT project of which I can share a sneak peek

The whole piece can be found over on The Artistic Stamper team blog today
I know a lot of you will say my desk isn't messy but believe me, for me it's getting pretty bad,
So the only question now is "Will it be tidy next week!"
I guess you'll just have to wait and see!
Till then
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Where do the day's go!

Gosh i've been so busy doing this and that.. mainly getting inky that I keep forgetting to blog stuff..
Well your in luck today as it's my day over on The Artistic Stamper Team Blog
So here to tease you is a little snippet

Make sure you hop on over to show me some love, I like to be loved you know tehehe.
Right off to play some more..
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

I have that shrinking feeling!

A quickie today just to remind you it's my turn over on
The Artistic Stamper team blog 
Here is a sneaky peek of what I made

Go on you know you wanna check it out lol
OK i'm begging you, go look and tell me what ya think, your opinions matter to me x
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

No Title Friday!

Why no title I hear you ask.. Coz I couldn't think of anything clever thats why!! lol
With a bit of luck this will post ok today, blogger is being a naughty little blighter of late.
Wanted to share 2 things today
Firstly another of my Grungy Monday cards.. I think there is only 1 left to show after this one lol
I used Hero Arts and Tim Holtz stamps for this one.

And secondly a sneak peek of my latest piece over on The Artistic Stamper team blog

Hop over to see what it could be!
Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

Blooming 'eck!

Can you believe were nearing the end of march already.. Flying by it is!!!
And now i'm another year older, but still non the wiser lol !!
Today it is my turn over on the Artistic Stamper team blog
So here's your little sneaky peek..

Don't give much away do I lol
Head over to the team blog for the full picture!
I'll be back later hopefully with my Sunday Stamper piece..
as long as my mojo holds out that is!
♥ HUGZ ♥

And now for something completely different!

It's my regular slot over on the Artistic Stamper Team Blog today,
Please hop over and show me some love..
Look i'll even share a sneaky peek to get you interested lol

It's not my usual style either so i'd like to know what you all think xx
♥ HUGZ ♥

Love! Love! Love!

Morning Stamper.. 

Are you all now singing along beatles stylee

My turn again over on the Artistic Stamper Team Blog

Here's the sneaky peek to entice you over!

I'm actually having a little visit with my mum in london at the moment, but i'll be back home the end of the week, just in time to attend the MRI scan i have to have on my knee. Oh joy!
TTFN
♥ HUGZ ♥

It's my turn...

Over on the Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog today and here is your sneaky peek

Don't give much away do I!!! lol
♥ HUGZ ♥

Is it a Bird, Is it a Plane...

A little break today from the journals to show this sneeky peek of what i created over on the 

Artistic Stamper Team Blog today

Any idea as to what it might be?

{no sneaking off to check first either lol}

All i can say is what i created wasn't what the stamp was intended for!
♥ HUGZ ♥

12 tags of Christmas #Day 12 & 13 {the yippee i have my internet back edition}

OMG, so I wake up yesterday morning, run straight in to put the computer on to see Tim's Finale Tag and SHOCK HORROR
NO INTERNET
No internet, can you believe it!!! I nearly died, Ok that's a bit dramatic but at the time I was ready to cry.
Why this day above all others, So i thought what the hell am i gonna do! Apart from climb the walls all day!
Luckily i had my great friend & skype partner in craft Alison to the rescue..via phone!
No she's not a magician that made my internet all better but she did explain what Tim had done for his tag, listing colours, paper etc...
And that was all i had to go on...And this is how my version turned out

Not bad considering i had no idea what Tim's looked like.. and I totally forgot she said it had joy in the middle!
So after a few small alterations this morning he's my finished tag
And here is how i have them all on display in my craft room

I have just had THE MOST fun doing these tags for the first time, and it's been twice as nice having a friend to craft with, So big thank you's to both Tim and Alison xx

And coz i can't bare the though of there being no more tags, I'm carrying on!
You'll be seeing a tag from each and every day from now until christmas
The first of which can be seen over on the Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog

Thanks for stopping by x
♥ HUGZ ♥

Presenting.. well..er.. ME!

Today is my debut over on the brand new Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog and here is what i made for the occasion 

TA DA

Oh thats a bit odd.. its looking a bit plain here...
Maybe if you head on over to the team blog you'll actually be able to see what the piece looks like AFTER i got my inky mits on it!
♥ 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 ♥