Goodies for a friend

 My friend loves mince pies so I have made her some. Also I made some cheese scones. Had to sample some though but the rest of going to hers later. X

Handmade Christmas Wreath

 

I made this wreath the other day using tinsel and glittery snowflakes. first one ever made and really enjoyed it. made it to go in the window at the front of the house to decorate the window a bit. also put some foil decoration around the window. looks great now finnished. x

Cupcakes

 

Going to a friend's house tomorrow and and we are going craft shopping. Made these cake for everyone to share. The cakes have milk chocolate chips in x

christmas cards

 I made these christmas cards the other day, i made quite a few but these are my favourite ones.

Cake

it was a friend's birthday the other day so I made this cake for her. It's a Victoria sponge with chocolate chips in it. Jam in the middle with butter icing and chocolate buttons. X

 

tea time tag themed swap

 

This month on jammers uk the theme was to make a tag ith the theme tea time, i had this lovely gorjuss girls stamp that i thought would be perfect. didnt put this up sooner as wanted to make sure my swap partner received it first.

i did the backing with paper and washi tape. stamp coloured in with promarkers, added flowers, gems and bow. x

bear card

 

i made this card about a week ago just havent got round to posting it before. i just love the decoupage bear, its soo cute. nice and simple but effective card, ideal for all occasions. x

fairy easel birthday card

 

I have been busy doing a project for someone for Christmas so i havent posted on here much. cant put pics of album up incase the person its for sees it. i really enjoyed doing this one. i used backing papers. bows, flowers ,gems washi tape and decoupage fairy's. x

playing the piano ATC

 made this ATC for a music themed challenge. made using a house mouse stamp and watercolour pens. simple to do but also effective at the same time x

Cute monkey easel card

 

I stamped and coloured in these cute monkey images the other day, wasn't sure what to do with them but after messing with them a bit before sticking down i decided to turn it into an easel card and put both monkeys together. the monkeys are coloured in with promarkers x

Encaustic angel ATC

 

I did this vibrant encaustic background and then stamped this lovely image and coloured it in with promarkers. love the final result. x

Penny Black stamped encaustic card

 I did some encaustic art round a friends house and i decided to use some as backing papers for a card, very vibrant and look great, i had a penny black image to use that i coloured in a whole ago so decided to use it for this card, i also used a sentiment and a few flowers to finish off the card. i think the encaustic card looks great and i will be doing more in this media at some point x

Encaustic art atc's

Gosh where has time gone? been over a month since i last posted on here, must get back into the habit of updating my blog again. lately i haven't done that much art because i am helping my husband in the garden in the lovely hot weather. we are doing up a trailer into a camper so that's taking up most the time however i made some ATC's the other day with the backgrounds being in encaustic wax, the first one is a gorjuss girl stamp and i made it into a flying themed one and the elephant is from the daisy and dandelion set, playing football with an encaustic background but i also did the grass in distressed ink. made several others but these are the two i like most. x
 

Rain ATC

 

Rain themed ATC for the weekly challenge over on ATC-UK.

Dog ATC

 Made this ATC for the ATC-UK dog themed challenge. made using inks and a stamp x

red and orange

 This week over on  ATC-UK the ATC theme is red and orange, i came up with this as my entry. i used backing papers, gems, ribbon, bow and die cut shape. x

ATC - dark and glitter themed

 

over on ATC-UK this week the theme is dark and glittery, i found this lovely tatty teddy stamp so used this and coloured in the image with promarkers. i did the background freehand using promarkers, i also used sparkly embossing powder for the edges. x

Forever Friends card

 I made this cute forever friends themed card the other day. i made using a forever friends rubber stamp and coloured it in using promarkers. also used some backing papers on this one :) x

ATC - music

 

This week over on ATC-UK the the theme is music, i have this lovely penny black stamp that was perfect for the theme. x

More storage

 Went to machine mart this afternoon as hubby needed to get some grinding disks and we came across this beauty. Couldn't help myself so simply had to buy it. Going to fill it within the next for days. X

ATC - spring

 

This week over on ATC-UK the theme is spring, i decided to have a play with a house mpouse stamp for this one, stamped in memento ink, coloured in promarkers and edges done with distressed ink x

Unicorn card

 I made this unicorn themed card yesterday, i love fantasy crafting. i found rhe image in my craft stash so decided to make it into a card x

Holiday scrapbook pages

 

I am making a scrapbook for all of my holiday pictures from Cornwall last year. here are my latest 2 pages. x

Butterfly ATC

 

Made this butterfly ATC yesterday, made using backing papers and a butterfly dies cut butterfly x

Witch ATC

Made this witch ATC today, used alcohol inks, distressed in, memento ink and a stamp. x

Beach Scrapbook page

 

Here are a few of my photos from my holiday to Cornwall in 2020 between covid lockdowns. we were lucky we managed to get a holiday booked in between lockdown 1 and lockdown 2. first time ever at Cornwall and loved it. got a holiday booked to go back there towards the end of summer so fingers crossed we will be able to go again, all paid for already but if we cant due to government rules they will change the date of our booking. x

ATC made using bits received from another crafter

 

I received some extra bits in the post the other day with an atc i received so decided to challenge myself by making an atc using these bits and this is what i came up with.

Japan themed ATC

 

Made this for an ATC challenge over on ATC-UK

Photo ATC

 

I had this little picture left over from doing a scrapbook page but too good to throw away so i alcohol inked the backing for an ATC then stuck this lovely photo onto it to create this. not my normal style but came out well. x

Set of 3 heart themed ATC's

 Today i have been playing with one of my heart die cutters. and came up with these 3 ATC's, its also love and romance themed atc challenge over on ATC-UK this week so went perfectly with the theme. x

 

Pics from holiday - scrapbook page

 Here are some of the photos from my trip to Cornwall. the top left is the view to the beachside pop up bar. Very expensive but nice. the bottom right hand one of the desert one was yummier than it looks. x

Hale beach scrapbook page

 Here is one of my latest pages, this one is themed wetsuit and it contains a pic of me and my husband wearing wetsuits. mine was second hand but in good condition and this was taken the first time i wore it and the other pic of Bri posing for the camera. the beach were at for these pictures were at hale, its the beach that is t the end of the campsite we stayed at, we didn't camp though we rented a bungalow. defiantly looking forward to going back here x

Cornish History Scrapbook page

 

I am currently doing a scrapbook of our latest holiday - back in September last year in between lockdowns, i took loads of pictures at the beach but also we had a little look see at some mining and took a few pics so thought i would add them to the scrapbook. x

Mental Health ATC

 

The theme for the ATC-UK's ATC challenge this week is mental health, this is the atc i made for it. made using alcohol pearl inks, embossing powder clear pigment ink ,flower embellishment and water colour pencils x

Valentines day gift from hubby

 

For valentines day i bought hubby a bottle of whiskey and he asked what i wanted so had a tri around the local craft shop and i chose these goodies. i got decoupage, stickers, backing papers, stamps, and an alcohol ink. cant wait to have a play :) x

Scrapbook Page

last year my hubby and me went to cornwall for a weeks holiday, i had never been before and i loved it. we took loads of pictures whilst we were there so i could make a scrapbook. here is the second page of my scrapbook. made this one today. x
 

Bread and Butter pudding

Been meaning to try out a recipe for bread and butter pudding for a while so a few days ago between myself and my husband we gave it a try, it came out nice and tasted even nicer. plan on making this again sometime, x
 

Gorjuss girl birthday card

 

I have made a change from making ATC's today. i made 3 cards and a scrapbook page, i made this card by using a stamp for the grassy background, a gorjuss girls stamp, coloured in with pro markers and cut out with my craft knife, i then stuck it to the card followed by a few butterflies stamped and coloured in, to finish i added the birthday sentiment, i just love how this one has turned out. x

Horse ATC

 

Today i made this horse ATC. i did the background with alcohol ink. the tree was stamped using pigment ink and then i added green embossing powder and melted it. finally i cut out the horse and stuck it on and this is what i came up with. x

Simple ATC - tree themed

 Today i had a play with my inks, i made this simple but effective ATC (if not  a bit messy making!)

all i used was alcohol ink and distressed ink with a tree stamp. x

i won the challenge

won the atc challenge over on ATC-UK , next theme chosen by me is outdoor sports, come over an join in with the fun. winner gets their winning atc as picture for the week and gets to choose the next theme.

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Tree ATC's

 

Today i have been playing with alcohol pearl inks with stamps, coloured in with promarkers and also used glitter on some of them. x