Flowers

I had to have a go at these flowers after watching Sue yesterday - love em and will, I'm sure be making more

Lotstodo Challenge Halloween

I made this 9x9 atc collection for a swap being hosted by Alison on the Lotstodrevisited forum. I did lots of inking and masking along with collaging to create it

Christmas triptych

I made the Christmas tryptch for a swap being hosted by Heather Fenn Edwards I covered the card front and back and then added some snowflake masks and inked through them. I then added some grungpaper swirls, flowers and bits and piece out of my box. I finished by putting in the holes and threading raffia through

Autumnal atc's

Another swap I'm hosting on the Lotstodorevisited forum.

I inked my backgrounds with distress inks after making a mask for the moon. I stamped my images - the owl was stamped on to seperate card, heat embossed, cut and added - the birds on the wire were stamped direct and the leaves were stamped with a roller stamp. I finished them all off by adding quotations

Spooky atc's

I made these atc's for a swap being hosted by Heather Fenn Edwards.

I inked my backgrounds using my brayer and big n juicy inks. I then placed my TH spiders web mask on and inked over with distress inks. I then stamped my images - Tim Holtz plate with black soot distress ink and then heat embossed with fine detail embossing powder

Autumnal tags

I run my tags through my bigshot using embossing folders - I inked them with distress inks. I stamped my leaves on to grunge paper, inked them and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. Don't think you can see it but it looks like they are covered in dew drops. I finished off by adding ribbons through the holes I'd punched.

Autumnal Arches

These are the arches I've made for a swap I'm hosting on the Lotstodorevisited forum.

I stamped the arch with a leaf roller stamp using big and juicy I then overlaid them with parchment papers attached with brads. I then added the images

Lotstodo Challenge Shaped or easel card

This is only the second easel card I've made so am quite pleased with it

Owl Card

Another try with the brayer - I'll keep trying !!!! I do like the owl in the moon on this one

Hanging thingy !!

I made this hanger for Alison - I took all the hardware off it and then painted it with black gesso - I added some silver rub n buff. I then stamped my images - Hampton Arts - heat embossed them and then went over them with brayer and walnut ink I then put it all back together - Alison has received it now and says she loves it

Lotstodo Challenge Clean and Simple

Love this stamp - its of the "Angel of the North" a monument near to my home town - a little wording finished off my Clean and Simple card

Lotstodo Challenge Oriental

This is my Oriental postcard both for this weeks challenge and the Alphabet postcard swap I'm taking part in on the Lotstodorevisited froum being hosted by Andrea

Postcard JKL and covers

These are the covers I've made for a swap being hosted on the Lotstodorevisited forum




















The inside of the covers


























My pages JKL

leather covered board book

I used an old handbag to cover this book !!! I cut all the leather off and then pieced it together before roughing up the edges a bit. I'm not showing the inside yet until the recipient has received it - hope she likes it

Lotstodo Challenge Vintage

I cut out from mount board 4 pieces and covered them with a gorgeous backing paper - I then stamped 2 images on to doyley and 2 direct on to the paper I then added the doyleys to my backing along with some buttons, ric rac and wording. I finished by threading raffia through the holes I'd made with my crop o dile and inking the edges

Tags - letters

I created these tags for a swap I'm hosting on the Lotstodorevisited forum - the theme is "Letters" - I covered my tags with pages from an old Tennyson book - I then inked them stamped my swirls and then added my words which had been printed on to canmvas before inking. I finished off with some fibres

Christmas tags

These are the tags I've created for a swap Alison is hosting on the Lotstodorevisited forum. I've used lots of inks,memory glass,stickles,metal, alcohol inks and fragments besides lots of bits and pieces from my box

Lotstodo Challenge Alter It

I used lots of Utee, stampbord tiles, buttons, beads, memory glass,friendly plastic - stamped polymer and anything I had lying around to alter this mirror

Compendium of Curiosities week 14

I used Tims dies to cut out the pieces for my hanging thingy !!I then used the technique on page 58 of Tims Compendium of Curiosities to create my background with masks and Distress inks. I then added my images and book plates and finished off with my butterfly attached with silicone glue and my wording. I attached all the pieces to each other with jump rings and finally added the whole piece to a piece of twig to give it some strength

Lotstodo Challenge - Monochrome

I latered this mirror bought from Ikea - A couple of coats ob black gesso - lots of stamping and embossing - flower made from newspaper - love the look