Starting again

I am getting sick of Facebook so back to blogging!
16 months on, starting afresh, Spring cleaning even.....maybe not...

June 2013

Half way through the year already!  Crafting again at Gail's today completed the latest in the series of Tim Holtz's 12 tags of 2013.  I love how we can both work on them together but get an individual look.  We share our supplies, ideas and food of course and always have FUN!

recycle-reuse-rejoice

I saw this on facebook today and had to make one straight away!  I covered an old GLAD Press N Seal wrap box, not sure if there are alternative boxes but because this one is refillable, the white plastic ends can be be pulled from the roller to thread on the washi tapes. Simples.

May

Continuing the 12 tags of 2013, Gail and I spent the most magnificent Autumn afternoon - indoors! Happily crafting away...

Latest obsession

Thanks to Ro Bruhn I can't stop creating little flowers on the reverse side of envelopes. Today I took it a big step further and drew this garden on a dictionary page! Where will it end?

Gelli painting

With the use of Trish's plate and Marg's tuition I printed my little heart out last night!  I couldn't quite get the leaves to leave an impression so I brayered them with white paint today to finish off.

a new era...

It's been nearly 2 years since I have accessed any blogs let alone my own, and facebook is to blame!  I still craft and I still spend way too much time on my laptop but there are so many good things about facebook too!

Which brings me to Tim Holtz!  For many years I have wanted to do his 12 Tags of Christmas, every year I make great plans but with Christmas being such a busy time, especially when you make all your own cards etc I have never done them.  And then....facebook brought me to Tim's 12 tags of 2013.  (Of course there were tags in 2012 but I managed to miss them)  One tag a month - too easy.  And it is so exciting to finish one and wait, in anticipation, of the next month.

And so I am sharing April 2012.  Patina patina patina.  Love it, very proud of my tag and love too, spending time making them with Gail.

update

I don't like posting without pictures but I am still having "issues" with applemac.....I have plenty of pics to update and hope to soon......

Adorning Crowns...

At the last Paperific I met Linda Baldock, doing a fantastic Make'n Take flower chipboard brooch, and we became Facebook friends (along with 100's of others! lol). Linda recently proposed a swap whereby participants made an embellishment to add to their own Crown - we are all Queens of some sort.

Today I finished my pieces, a combination of "Collections" dress form and butterfly, cuttlebugged, painted, embossed and gilded. I just hope they arrive at their destinations in tact. Swappers are from all over Australia and the U.S. I can't wait to see my returns...

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Because of problems with my new laptop (Christmas present) I haven't blogged for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages! So I am back on the "old" one to solve these issues.

This pic is of a double page spread I did in a book for Nicky in our Beyond Altered Books swap. Sue provided the group with discarded school books to alter and swap. It's a lot of fun but also taking a long time as we only meet monthly and not everyone attends every month.

Nicky wanted elephants in her book, I bought this felt elephant in Torquay during the holidays and painted the background using one of my favourite Ro Bruhn techniques.

Felting!

Organised by Greta, Teresa and I did the most wonderful felting workshop with Elizabeth Armstrong (elizabeth-armstrong.blogspot.com) today. I can't believe the fantastic, finished pieces we all made. Elizabeth is a very talented, experienced felter and inspirational artist and her workshop was so organised and full of her beautiful pieces. She is in the process of publishing a felting book which I can't wait to get my hands on!

Something Old, New, Borrowed and BLUE!

With the renovations and the cleaning out of stuff accumulated over the 26 years we have lived here, my wedding dress was "re-discovered". Sarah is the only one who can fit into it now and was eager to try it on. It is still in perfect condition but I didn't want her to smile because she had just finished a "pushpop" lolly and her mouth was all blue!

Christmas Cards 2010

A bit late with the blogging but at least I posted all my Christmas cards out on time this year! I made three different ones. I forgot to take a pic of the first lot and had to change design only when I ran out of supplies. The red and white ones were for my Crafty Mum friends, to surprise them as they had helped with the first lot (the silver "Merry Christmas" is a bosskutt die which took a lot of time to cut/remove from negative). They did a great job...

Crafty Mums

We had our Christmas luncheon on Friday and this is the Kris Kringle I made (and wanted to keep). Helen was the recipient. It is a painted and stamped canvas. The beautiful bird is from Provincial Living.

Arty Oz Christmas

I posted this Kris Kringle off yesterday, a bit early but I didn't want to lose/wreck it with the renovations going on here...

It is a 3D Scrapware house, you can't really see the detail - German scrap on the roof, cherub charm on top, beaded Scrapware tree. The background paper is an old K & C traditional Christmas paper.

ATC's

The first Thursday of the month is when the Hannmade ATC Group meets and the December challenge was a Christmas triptych. I love traditional Christmas Colours.

The last November birthday was Ruby's...I was thinking of writing Happy Bird day but I didn't think she'd understand.

Marilyn's card was also made with Kaisercraft paper but it is a different paper, copper foiled and not double sided like the rest of the Kaiser range.

I was on a roll with the Kaiser Birdie papers and had to buy extra supplies from DFO for cards for Noelene, Leseley and Cheryl.

Nephew David turned 17 but his Mum is in hospital. The bright Kaiser papers were to cheer her up.