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!