Alhabet Journal - R U V

Well the last 2 pages for this year - not many more to do now - hope you have enjoyed the journey.


Feeling pretty pleased with myself this evening - just learned that I've won one of the Candies on Artistic Stamper - how cool is that for the last day of the year.



HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE - Thanks for all your comments and inspiration throughout 2009

Alhabet Journal - Q S

I'm getting there !!!!!

Alhabet Journal - L N P

On a roll here !!! and enjoying every minute - hope you are enjoying looking at them

Alhabet Journal - J K M O

Well I'm more than halfway there!!!!! Don't think I'll get it finished by the end of the year but it won't be very far in to the New Year when I'll be able to say "Another Project Completed"

My beautiful gifts

From Cheryl









From My Family











from Chris in Canada







from my friends on the Lotstodo Forum

I will treasure each and every one

Merry Christmas

I would just like to take this opportnuity to wish each and every one of my blog buddies and followers a Wonderful Happy Christmas with those you love and a Happy Healthy and Creative New Year.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog - leaving me comments and giving me inspiration.

Have a fabulous time

Hugs Hilda

This is how my box started out a rather posh wine box








And this is how it finished









The corners look like this









And for those that are curious - this is what I've got inside









I sanded down my box - then gessoed it. I then coated it twice with black acrylic - the gold acrylic was sprayed on - and oh what a mess I made !!!!!The grunge pieces on the top had the same treatment!!! Inside the box I coated with gesso then used white acrylic - Graeme made me the little dividers. I used a piece of my own backing paper on the lid but thats covered with my masks.

A very useful place to keep lots of my Tim stuff together and nice and tidy

The wine was good too !!!! So - if you get a posh wine box for Christmas then you know exactly what to do with it

My santa made

This is one of the shrines my very own Santa made for me - can't wait to get started on it - isn't it fab !!!!It actually has a door as well but I asked him not to put that on until I've done the inside

Altered Box

I got the inspiration to alter this box from an issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors that Zoe had kindly got for me.

I sanded the box - then 2 coats of gesso - 1 coat of gold acrylic then when that dried I put on a coat of PVA and immediately a coat of cream acrylic - as the PVA dried the acrylic all cracked showing some of the underneath layers. I finished off by adding some walnut stain with cut n dry. The inside of the lid - I stamped on to tissue and added with modpodge before adding a few embellishments. A real neat box to keep some of my ever growing ideology bits and pieces in. Now on to finishing my next one !!!

Altered frame

This started life as a pine mirror from Poundland. I sanded it - coated it with brown acrylic and let it dry overnight. I then sprayed it with glimmer mist and whilst wet sprinkled siver and gold embossing powder on and used my heat gun to set it. Love the way it has textured - my rose was done with metal and coloured with alcohol inks. I've covered the mirror to take the pics

Winter Snow

This is where I am today !!!! But I've all the heating on and am as snug as a bug in a rug

Lotstodo Challenge - Free Theme

A free theme this week on the Lotstodo Challenge - maybe 'cos I was so busy with Tims tags :):):) This challenge will run until 8th January when we'll be back with a new challenge and some candy.

For this card I stamped and heat embossed one of my Mandala stamps on to black and white card stock - I then cut them out - glitzed them up and used foam squares to mount them. I then mounted the whole piece on to a mat I'd made with my Bigshot and Nestabilities and finished off with a bit of bling

Tags 9 -12

Another fun filled day finishing my tags = I have so enjoyed each and every one of them - thanks Tim fo all the inspiration you have given to thousands again this year.

Tags 5-8

Great fun again today - love em all but my favourite is the one with the lampost - it took me the longest to do but I love everything about it in particular the parchment

Tims tags 1-4

I have had so much fun creating these tags from the Tims Tags 2009 collection. I have had to utilise quite a bit where I didn't have the products Tim uses - quite happy with the way they've turned out though and it was great to be trying the different techniques.

Journal pages

I've had lots of fun creating these pages - there's only a few more pages left in my journal now - I've really enjoyed the process of learning whilst I went along

medallion Card

Lotstodo - challenge - Boxes

Just a simple tissue box cover for this weeks challenge on Lotstodo

have a great weekend everyone

Hugs Hilda

Lotstodo - challenge - Snow

Sorry about the quality of the pic. The acetate created a flash however much I tried!!! This is the first card I made at a craft group meeting that I joined last week. The acetate is bowed and looks really well on top of the snow sky background, the sleigh and the moon.

Lotstodo - challenge - Black/Green and Gold

Just a little hanger for this weeks challenge on Lotstodo

Lotstodo Challenge - Free Theme

Sams taking a break this week from the challenge site - she has been running it for me for quite a few months now whilst I had other things going on - I am really grateful for the way she has inspired and encouraged lots of you to take part.

I made Sam this Journal as part of my Brave People post. The covers are Canvas Board which I inked with Sams Fav. colours I then added the grungeboard pieces which had also been inked. I just love the screw parts!!! The book is filled with letraset 270g paper which will take any amount of inks and paint without bleeding. I'm sure Sam will have lots of fun with it and look forward to seeing its progress.

Brave people Make Brave things

This is the third of my pieces - this one was sent to Susan - hope she likes it

The fourth and last piece will be in my blog tomorrow

Brave people Make Brave things

This is the frame I sent out to Joy as part of this challenge - I know she's received it now and is delighted with it.

Brave people Make Brave things

To make this canvas I did a gesso transfer of the image-I then covered the whole canvas in mod podge added some torn paper and inked and played with it. I then stamped my quote on to tissue and again added this with mod podge - to finish off I added some beads that I'd wired. I sent this one to Zoe who had joined my posting.

Beeswax Frame

Another beeswax frame this one is for my neice Ann's husband Mark. Ann asked me to do him one for Christmas - hope they both like it

Alhabet Journal - I

Lotstodo - challenge - Embossed

I created my canvas background with Black Gesso and Copper Dabber. I then put some metal through my pasta machine inside cutlebug embossing folders. I attached these - I then stamped my main image on to metal and embossed using Ten Second Studio tools I filled in the image on the back with texture paste.I stamped my pebbled wording on to tissue paper and added with Mod Podge

Lotstodo - swap - Arches - Autumnal

I used autumnal backing paper to cover my arches then collaged on too it with various images , wording and embellishmens

Lotstodo - swap - ATC - Body Parts

I created the background for my atc's with spray web and dye inks. I then stamped my images and sentiments with stazon I added little embellishments and finished by inking the edges

Saturday Surprise

I used the back of an old picture frame for my piece. I created the background with acrylics and a stipple brush - I then stamped my images and chalked them added them to my piece and framed them - I finished by adding a bit of bling and a ring pull hanger

Saturday Workout - Altered Bottle

UKS - atc's

These are the atc's I've done for a swap on UKS being hosted by Sam. I used lots of different techniques to create them including lemon burning - direct to paper inking - alcohol inks - paper distressing with Making Memories tool