Metal Medallion!

Ok not so much medallion as altered pocket watch, 

but it's kinda similar, in a not so much kinda way lol

Simon Says Stamp'n'Show wanted to see some 'Metal' and i'd had these old watch cases for months sitting waiting for inspiration to strike. 

Well it finally did with a Tim rosette and some metal flowers and butterflies.

And this is what it turned into...

Think this has enough metal to qualify don't you!

Thanks for hopping by.
Stay Inky
♥ 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 ♥

A Delayed Thank You...

Just a quickie today...
Wanted to say a big thank you to Kay for the fab prize i unexpectedly won via the OWOH event.
She had already chosen her winners, but picked 3 more peeps who she thought had always been supportive.
How honored am I that she included me in that 3,
and look at the lovely prize i got...
 A set of her latest stamps..

Now the reason for the delay in my thanks is coz i wanted to show off the super sweet stamps by adding them to something i had made.

I altered a little bingo board, and turned it into a little note holder for the kitchen,
complete with key hook and key ring.
..........
If you wanted to get your hands on this set visit Kays shop.. Stamp Galaxy.
Thanks again Kay, I really appreciate your kindness xx
Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

Finally on Form!

Dress form that is....

OMG how much am I loving the new 'sewing room' plate

I finally got to have a proper play with my vagabond and so far so frickin awesome.

It cuts through mount board like butter, and denim too, and all the while i have no pain in my wrists, it's just a dream.. If you are thinking about getting one i would definitely say go for it.

Right back to what i made...

I joined in with this weeks Tuesday Throwdown as there theme is 'Tag It'

I started with a distress stained tag, The dress form is cut from mount board, and i gathered some vintage doily edging to create the skirt.

The sentiment is one from Tim's new set, and the embossing folder is the 5x7 goochie script by cuttlebug.
I feel these may become a bit of an obsession so i apologies now if in a week or so you've seen far to many of them lol Project 2 is already underway lol
TTFN
Stay Inky!
♥ HUGZ ♥

Bags of Charm!

As they say in the A Team "I love it when a plan comes together" and thats certainly what happened with this piece.

It started off as my Compendium of Curiosities challenge {Pg 63}
'Dimensional Collage Fragments' I decided to use a fragment charm.
Obviously no collage is complete without a bit of 'Ephemera' which happens to be this weeks Simon Says Stamp'n'Show's theme, so i found a cute little image of boy and girl about to kiss, old ticket, film strip, love heart.... this made me think of love, or should i say 'amour' which gave the piece a distinct french flavour which tied in perfectly with Hels Sunday Stamper 'Paris' theme.
And what started out as a plain key ring sort of developed into a pretty cool bag charm.

Complete with Eiffel Tower.
I'm real pleased how this turned out.. what do you think?
Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

WOYWW 91

Good Morning Troops, 

Welcome to my desk... Much more tidy than our fearless messy leader Julia's i can tell ya!!

Today it displays something extra special...

Oh yeah i have a vagabond.. I've named him Vinnie!

Only problem is it's been sat like this for the past 2 days as i've had the mother of all headaches and not been near my craft room, but i'm feeling slightly better today so maybe later i will actually be able to see what this bad boy can really do! 

The keen eyed among you will also notice i have some new stamps and a cordless glue gun, had to be done!

 Not forgetting from last week, if you want to see what became of my motherboard the finished piece is HERE, and then there was Willow, all naked but still adorable, well i managed to drape this little number on her, its not sewed or anything as i'm still unsure if it's the look i want for her!

If you are a regular viewer of my blog you'll want to check out THIS POST
I'll be back tomorrow with my Compendium/Sunday Stamper/Simon Says challenge piece!
Happy hopping x
♥ HUGZ ♥

March on Springtime!

Hello my lovelies,
The month of march is upon up and with it brings the start of a new challenge and later in the month my birthday!
So as a little thank you to my followers i'm having a little

The only rules i have for this is..
You must be a follower and post at least 2 comments on my work this month.
That way the people who really do follow me may be rewarded.
So no advertising on your blogs is needed this is just a thank you to MY followers x
{not sure what the prize will be yet but i'm sure whoever wins will be happy}
*****
Right now for the new challenge
Over on The Artistic Stamper team blog the theme this month is
'SPRING' 
And what signifies spring better then new life... captured in this altered frame.

I started off by covering an old wooden frame with brown paper.
I then got the a piece of the plastic packaging from one of tims idea-ology packs, i think i used the time pieces one.
I got a piece of green paper and stamped the distressed background all over it in pine needles distress ink.
I then placed it over the plastic and carefully cut out holes where the plastic circle dips of the packaging were.
I attached the paper to the plastic
Then it was time to fill the holes

 I stamped the large bird directly onto the plastic from the back using stazon, i then stamped 2 of the little birds onto white card, cut them out and placed them in the circle with some old string to look like nest material.

 More little stamped birds for this window but with some punched out branches, i used the MS branch punch.

 Same as above only this time i stamped the little bird onto sticky back canvas

 More punched branches, and the little bird house gathering made from shrink plastic

Another big bird in sticky back canvas coloured with distress inks, and more string bedding, which i placed by his feet so it looks like he's been out collecting for the nest!

Finally i stamped the saying onto a scrap of paper {i like the shape of it!} and added a teeny tiny real feather i found and had been saving for a special project.

All the bird stamps used were from either the Birds of a Feather or Free as a Bird sets.

The last thing i did was to mount the finished plastic onto another piece of paper, this time kraft coloured {which i had also stamped with the distressed background to see a contrasting colour through each window} and placed into the frame.

I hope you've enjoyed my project today, sorry it's been a bit of a long post. Hope you didn't nod off lol
I look forward to seeing all your 'spring' creations!
♥ HUGZ ♥