!3 Tags of Halloween - and a sneaky peek :)

!3 Tags of halloween

Back of tags

 I've spent most of the weekend immersed in distress ink, glimmer mists, rubber stamps, ribbon, tags, die cutting, embossing folders - great fun:)  Wanted to complete my tags for the All Things Tim Yahoo group 13 tags of Halloween swap.  This is my first swap on the group so hope they are well received.  I stayed up late on saturday night to work on them and to take part in an online chat with Jim, Tim and Mario about the cruise in 2 weeks time - but I got so caught up in playing that it was almost 2:00am before I signed in and everyone was saying goodbye!

I still haven't finished my cruise swaps but plan to do so this week, my case is already mostly packed.  Really looking forward to meeting up with some of the lovely ladies I met last year and making new friends and of course Tim's workshops, Mario's store and the studio at sea.(And the food, sightseeing, warmer weather, and not forgetting the towel animals)

Vampire blood vial!

 
This year I've decided to enter Craft Stamper Magazine's Stamper of the Year competition. I finished one entry today and I think it's turned out really well.  Don't want to give too much away but I've included a couple of sneak peeks below

Anniversary Printer Tray



50th Anniversary Printer Tray

 This is the project I've been working on for most of June.  A Tim Holtz printer tray for my Mum & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary.  When I was visting them in Scotland in May I managed to scan some of my mum and dad's wedding album - told porkies and said my friends daughter was doing a project for school on weddings and comparing styles between now and the 60's :)


Mini canvas

I've used tissue tape on the edges, Bo Bunny TimePiece papers, grunge blocks, Prima leaves, an old pocket watch and made flowers from Claudine Helmuth canvas.  I also made a mini album using the TH clock die.
Mum & Dad were quite surprised  - didn't know I had got hold of old family photos, they really liked it.

L:Mum, R:Gran(Mary), Mum(Agnes), Dad(John)



The Happy Couple, 1st July 1961



Mum

Grungeblock initials

L:Yvonne(me!),R:Pauline(Big Sis)

Canvas flower

Wedding Jalopy



Mini Album



A crafty round-up



Steampunk telescoping card



June has just flown by, and July looks set to do the same.
I was inspired by Shelly Hickox and Technique Junkie's telescoping cards so had to have a go at making one for my niece's 18th Birthday.  I love how they look and the way they unfurl!


Upcycled Coffee Jar

I needed some pretty storage for my charms instead of them being strewn all over my dresser so I had the idea of adapting something I saw at LB Crafts stand at Ally Pally, Lin was wearing a necklace with one of tim's vials which had been painted and stamped.  I used Paperartsy Fresco paint - works great on glass, then stamped with script stamp from Tim Holtz Papillon set.

Stamped fabric

June's project with my friends Bibi and Sam involved sewing machines, fabric paints and stamping.  We made reversible tote bags and fabric covered journals.  The script stamp seems to be a favourite of mine at the moment and used it to stamp the fabric for the bag using dye-na-flow fabric paint.



Stamped Tote bag





detail - butterflies





Applique bird



reversible bag

I used one of my photos taken on a walk by the canal in Hackney to create a transfer to use on the cover of my journal, I then overstamped around the edges with fabric paints





The pages are made from watercolour paper interleaved with large manila tags



Fathers day card

I made an easel card  for my Dad's fathers day card using the TH weathered clock die

The strangest thing happed when I'd posted it off from London to my Dad in Scotland. Normally anything I send arrives the following day, but a couple of weeks went by and it still hadn't arrived.  Then i got a call from my Dad saying it had arrived and on the envelope was a sticker saying that there was insufficient airmail postage!  Airmail??? To Scotland from England  - wonder if they'd tried to send it via Nova Scotia :)





Stamp, shrink, bead

 Getting back into a bit of crafting after feeling ill for a few weeks - today had a craft day with Bibi & Sam. We made shrink plastic and bead charms for a bracelet and pin. Used a mixture of Tim Holtz, Bo Bunny and Graphic 45 stamps.

Chotski pin - mine



Bracelet - mine



Pin - close-up

Bracelet - Bibi's

 Bibi, as usual spent so long chatting and entertaining us that she didn't even start making her pin!  Bibi - get it done and I want to see it blogged too! But her bracelet turned out lovely :)


Bracelet - Sam's


Sam finished both of her's - both look great, and Sam now has a blog and we've given her a quick tutorial so hopefully we'll see her posting soon!  Thanks Bibi for hosting today and for our lovely goodies.



Pin - Sam's