Altered Board Book

I have really enjoyed altering the board book which I'd bought in the charity shop.

I used lots of inks,paints,stamps and bits and pieces from my stash and incidently from my garden!!! along with beautiful Autumnal images from Dezinaworld to complete my project.

I'm very pleased with the end result

Lotstodo - swap - Tickets

These atc's are for a swap I'm hosting on the Lotstodo Forum

TGIF - Trees

I stamped my background with Adirondack dye inks and water then added my image Dezinaworld - my leaf was stamped and heat embossed - the edges were inked with dye ink

I created this canvas for the Lotstodo Challenge which this week has the theme "Black and Orange" it is also for a Halloween swap being hosted by Sam on the Lotstodo forum.

I Inked the back of my canvas with spiced marmalade - put on my Tim Holtz spiders web masks and then inked all over with Black Soot. I added the Tim Holtz grungeboard skull and letters after inking them.

Jar Lids

These are my lids that I've created for a swap I'm hosting on the Lotstodo Forum

Background papers

These are the backgrounds I created yesterday I made a lot of mess but had lots of fun

1. Wax Paper - Dye Ink - Iron - Glossy card stock
2. Tyvek - Dye Ink - Heat Gun
3. Zutter waste - acrylics - Gesso
4. Rubber cement - Color Wash
5. Funky Foam - Dye inks
6. Spray Web - Dye Inks
7. Distress Inks - water- Heat gun

Lotstodo Challenge - Tags

I created this double canvas for the Lotstodo Challenge where this week the theme is TAGS. I painted both canvasses with black gesso then whilst wet sprinkled on some rock salt. When they were dry i put on some gold rubb n buff here and there. It makes the rock salt look a little like gold nuggets :):) I then made my tags using masks, inks and stamps. I finished off the whole thing with the lettering which I'd cut from a sheet of Tim's background papers, mounted on to cardboard and inked. The canvasses are joined together with bookmakers cotton binding attached with my super new stapling machine.

The canvasses are for a friend who is busy creating her first very own craft room - hope she likes them

Alhabet Journal - G

And another - a lot of playing with my favourite GESSO

Alhabet Journal - F

Another page done!!!! A few things on this one that I have either never tried before or not done for ages so have had lots of fun - and made quite a bit of mess!!!

Altered box

Shairon kindly sent me a bind it all wire that I was in desperate need of - the wire came in this lovely sturdy box. I liked the pattern on the box so all I did was some stamping on tissue which I added then some direct to box stamping - inked the edges and now have a real strong container for my large brushes and rulers - thanks Shairon

Block Art

A little block art I did today - I covered my wood with Adirondack dye ink - stamped my image on to card and added it - painted some tees (Graeme won't miss them I hope) with Granite paint and pushed them in along with a curly wire. I finished off by adding the word and edging all round with the granite paint

Mixed Media Monday - Round

I altered a beer mat for this challenge

Think Monday Think ATC - Mixed Media

My background is made with walnut chrystals - my stamped image paper artsy - I then added some dumped seed beads, an old ring pull and some braid finished off with the staples

Alphabet Journal - First Page

Yes I went to school !!!! This is my first page in my journal. I've started the last page which is going to be mainly text explaining my journey so that won't be shown until the projects finished

Alphabet Journal - Inside back cover

And all the Kings men !!!!

Alphabet Journal - Inside front cover

Cut and paste - love it !!!! I must thank June for lots of these images and the Sunday magazine for the rest. This is the inside page of my front cover for my alphabet journal

Alphabet Journal- Back Cover

I have again enjoyed doing this cover - I used all sorts of ephemera along with wooden letters and lots of inks to create it - on to the inside covers now

Alphabet Journal- Front Cover and Spine

Really pleased with the way the front cover looks - now on to the back cover :):)

Lotstodo Challenge - Water Colour

I made this hanging for this weeks challenge - I inked my background stamp with three colors of dye ink spritzed with water and then stamped. I used the same method for my Gibson Girl and then finished it off by adding my wording done on a dymo

Alhabet Journal - E

Only done one letter today 'cos I've been doing a bit on the covers and inside cover pages

Alhabet Journal - D

And another !!!

Alhabet Journal - B

Enjoying these a great deal it's fun trying out all the different products and techniques

Alhabet Journal - C

And a page I completed today

Alphabet Journal - A

I've had a lot of fun doing this first page of my alphabet journal

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UK Stampers - Water Colour

The theme this month on the UK Stampers atc swap hosted by Sam is water colour - all my atc's are the same so I've just posted one.

I used dye inks and water on to water colour paper for my stamping - then my water brush and whispers pens for filling in. I finished off by using my corner rounder and then mounted on to mountboard again using corner rounder. I then edged with Krylon pen

Lotstodo Challenge - Tissue - Work in Progress

The theme this week on the Lotstodo Challenge is "Tissue" my entry is a work in progress - I've definately used lots of tissue !!!

I put some tissue through my shredder




I stuck it to my book which I'd covered with gesso with PVA



I inked it with Adirondack dye ink Ginger




I gave it a second coat when the first one had dried over night



There is still a lot to do to this book but I'm liking the way it looks up to now

Sams Book

This is the book I altered for my friend Sam - she was delighted with it