Wear art with pride!

I have to say that one of my favorite things to make is something you can wear out and about, 

wether it be metal or beads, earrings or a necklace, there is something really cool about making your own jewelry.. especially knowing that no-one else is going to have the same as you!

With this in mine i created a little piece for the Artistic Stamper...

Here is the sneaky peek.. Hop over to the Team Blog to see what i made!

I'll be back later or tomorrow with my alter it monthly piece!

Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

Shades of Blue!

Here is just a quickie card i made for the
Happy Daze 'Shades of Blue' challenge being held on facebook HERE
If your looking for my woyww post.. it's just below this one!

I used some of Tim's new air travel stamps and the young sailor is by paper artsy.
♥ HUGZ ♥

WOYWW 93

Well here we are again for our regular desk snoop 

Boy have i had a bad nights sleep, keep being woken by banging on the walls.

Very unsettling i can tell ya.

Anyway enough of my woes.. On to what's on my desk...

 And the answer.. Nothing
I'm at a bit of a crafting standstill at the minute, I did finish a piece or 2 from last week..
The shadowbox frame and dress form turned into THIS and i have finished a couple of the bag charms but not blogged them yet...so instead i thought i'd share the chaos that is my cupboard.. and i'm so glad it has doors so i can hide the mess within!!!

This is basically where i house all my embellishments and A4 card. Along with anything else i need to squeeze in lol.. Needs a real good sort out but it can wait, like i said the doors are a godsend lol
Happy Hopping, Hope to make it round more desks this week, didn't do so good last week, not sure where the time went!! Isn't that always the way!
Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

Seeing Stars!

And no i've not had a bang on the head!
Over @ Simon Says Stamp'n'Show this week there theme is 'Stars'
I knew i had a Timmy stamp somewhere with stars on,
 and the piece just evolved from there.

I altered a round thin wood box.
The base had some paint and ink before i stamped the stars and scene in stazon.

When you lift the lid you can see hidden stars i added just for fun.

The top was covered with retro grunge star paper and then embellished with a mix of scrabble tiles, dice, champagne glasses and mini red disco balls.

I also printed off a sheet of playing cards from Tim's distressables paper cd,
mounted them on card and inked the edges.
All in all i am quite please how it turned out as it looks nothing like the picture i had in mind to start off with!! Maybe i did have a small bang on the head!! lol
Thanks for stopping by x
Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

On Form Again!

Dress form that is.. 

Yep i finally got some direction for this project that had been sat on my desk since wednesday.

Hels over @ Sunday Stamper picked 'Brown' as the theme for this week so i set to work adding lots more brown elements. 

I had already cut the denim form and added a brown birdcage skirt.

I had also covered a shadowbox with old dress pattern papers that became browner with the more layers that i added.
So next i set to work stamping some elements for the inside.
I used Tim's new haberdashery stamps, and coloured with distress inks and copic markers.

I made a makeshift cotton reel, and stuck a couple of fancy maya road pins in for a nice extra effect.

I also diecut some tattered florals in denim and lace and attached them together with a buttons and thread.
The lace was pink but i grunged it up with some brown ink.
{What a muppet i am, I've only just realized I totally forgot but the initial idea and theme for this piece was actually prompted by challenge 21 'Denim & Lace' over @ Let's get Shabby, but it's ok, I remembered just in time as there cut off date is the 20th phewww!}
And there you have it... So does anyone else have this die and love it as much as i do...
How are you using yours???
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I'll be back in the week with my Alter It Monthly challenge piece,
 I have my pro op assessment for my knee tomorrow.. Will finally find out when i get the dreaded but also hopefully helpful operation!!! Can't quite believe i've been off work over 6 months, and even more so that i've been stuck indoors for the best part of that time.
 so wish me luck!
Until then Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

And so the end is near...

We've come to face the final curtain,
What's more I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain.
I've had the bestest time, week after week with the Compendium challenges,
So here to end the ride, I did it
MYYYYYY WAAAAAAAY!

Ok i actually did it Tim's way as directed on page 67, but of course with my own twist.
I tried i don't know how many times to get a good photo but this was the best of the lot, i will try and get a better one later, It looks so much better in person!
OK second attempt at a decent photo.. Well i tried is all i can say!

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I can't quite believe we have covered every technique in the book but boy what a fun time it has been,
I would say i'm sad it's had to come to an end but i have that sneeky feeling the lovely Linda has an ace up her sleeve so instead i shall say I thank you Linda for the past 35 weeks and i hope there are many more to come xxx
Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥

WOYWW 92

Oops late this morning, had a bit of a lay in.
The sun is shining, The birds are tweeting, and my desk is a mess.
Well sort of, i'm in the middle of fiddling with trinkets, and making bag charms

There is also a half finished dress form shadow box and another altered pocket watch, the first one i did can be seen HERE.
Right i best get on, got the boring stuff like washing and shopping to do,
I'll be by later to have nosey round your desks.
If you want to nosey round some desks too, head over to queen bee Julias blog to begin your surf!
Stay Inky
♥ HUGZ ♥