WeLcOmE 2 mY wOrLd

Peacock Microscope Slide Decorations

2012-01-24T17:41:00.001Z

Someone sent me some of these peacock charms recently as they know how much I like peacocks and I thought I would try them out on some Microscope Slide Decorations.
The images I have used for stamping are a Tim Holtz one and the other one I have just had for ages and I have no idea who makes it.

The one with the unknown stamp is my favourite of the two, I am putting both of these in my Folksy shop, but I think I shall be making some more in the near future when time allows as I find my melt pot very relaxing to use and these are very pretty and I love all the shades of blue and green on them.

Altered Domino Fridge Magnet for Happy Daze

2012-01-20T09:00:00.000Z

I have been experimenting for a magazine article and this is one of the little pieces that I was playing with while trying a few things out.
It's a little Domino Fridge Magnet. I have used new things on it so it does kind of fit in with the challenge theme for this month.,
The stamping is done with Teesha Moore Rubber stamps, I am so pleased that Moira has started to stock these as there was no UK stockist before and I always had to order from the US and they would seem to take ages to come.
I have used the little legs stamp and then masked them off to stamp the swirl for the background. Its coloured in with Alcohol inks and then given a coat of glossy accents which has sealed all the charms in place.
For full details of the challenge this month and how to upload your imaged have a look at the original blog post here.

Steampunk Chunky ATC

2012-01-18T09:00:00.025Z

I have fancied trying one of these ever since I first saw one a couple of years ago. They now seem to be everywhere so I figured it was time to actually getting around to doing one.The wooden blocks are ATC sized 2.5 x 3.5 inches, they vary from the normal ATC in that they are wooden and 1.5 inches deep.
I have altered this one in a steampunk style. I covered all the sides apart from the front in Ten Second Studio Metal. I had first run this through my big shot using a cuttlebug steampunk plate, I then lightly sanded the texture to give it an aged appearance and to highlight the pattern. I stuck this to the block with The Crafters Pick Ulitmate Glue , this is the perfect glue for this as it just seems to fuse the metal to the wood

The propeller goes round as it is fixed in place with a screw, these are in the shop but at the moment they are sadly out of stock .

The large knob on the top is from an old chest of draws that I got out of a skip for all the lovely hardware on it, this is lovely and aged with a great natural green patina finish. The lotto number is from an old set I picked up in a 2nd hand shop.

All the Tim Holtz Gears and spinners are available in the shop as are the other various charms and all the inks I have used.
The challenge this month to try something new or to use something new. For all the details of the challenge and how to enter the post can be seen here.
All the items used are available from Happy Daze

The Stamp I have used is CI - 336 by Crafty Individuals .

I am linking to to the
The Stampman Challenge, Use red

Great Prize from Crafty Individuals

2012-01-15T00:18:00.000Z

Work out the what rubber stamp is shown in the post and you could be in with the chance of winning one of these four great crafty bundles up for grabs. For all the details take a look here.

Steampunk Brooch

2012-01-04T21:38:00.000Z

I have been having a bit of a faff today tidying up my desk from christmas and I found this buried under a pile of stuff. I made it for the blog in December and them promptly lost it before it was photographed but it was very handy to find it as what I was making has gone horribly wrong. ( I put something down on it by mistake before the glossy accents was dry)

This little brooch I made using one of the Bezel Frames in the shop. A few reclaimed watch parts, a new Tim Holtz game spinner and a swooping bird charm. It's all sealing into the bezel with Lisa Pavelka resin .

Take the pledge in 2012

2012-01-01T12:31:00.000Z

Fran "The Lady of Lost Times" has set a challenge on her blog to cut craft spending. To use the items you already own, recycle and reuse instead of buying. I already use recycled things a lot and I am an avid charity shop rummager, even a spot of skip diving is not out of the question for that bird cage sitting at the bottom of the skip, but even so I still spend too much, so I pledge this year to cut my craft spending even further.

Stamp Man 3rd Annual Awards

2011-12-30T13:30:00.000Z

The challenge is to show the craft item that you have most enjoyed making over the last year. I love decorating these little boxes and this one has to be my favourite of all of them and one of my reasons for this is in the original blurb on the box below.
I have used the new Crafty Individuals stamp plate CI-035 to alter this wooden box. I really got enthusiastic when I saw this image as its a tide clock and I live on the coast and we have the nearly identical clock set in the wall down on the prom and even more spookier only the week before I had picked up a 2nd hand job lot of stuff and in the box was an old tide barometer again with a metal face the same as this so its official I love this image.
I altered the box using paints and inks to create a shabby chic distressed look hopefully to look like it has spent years in an old cabin at sea. Well used and well worn with time and the tide.

Christmas Scrapping For Happy Daze

2011-12-21T12:17:00.000Z

I don't scrap but I do love some of the papers available. As soon as I saw this set in the shop I just thought how well they would fit onto the little wooden blocks that I am in love with at the moment. I have a pile of these on a wooden chest of draws in my hallway. I add a set each year as it's lovely when I get the decorations out each year to see the older sets and it brings back memories of that year. I have been doing this for about five years now and I am getting quite a pile of them.

For this years set I have used the Pink Paislee sheet , its very good value for these as on the sheet you get 25 images and you only need 24 for a set of four bricks so you have a spare incase you cut of sants's head whilst cutting out.(blushes)
These are a set of 4 bricks which I painted with claudine hellmuth Paints using the crackle technique between the layers. Once dry I roughed up the edges of the cut circles using a paper distresser and then stuck one of each face of each brick using multi medium.

Once dry I aged them up a bit using Old Paper distress ink on an applicator. with out the drying time these took about half an hour to make, so they are a quick and easy project and not too messy if like me you have had a good tidy up of the craft room for Christmas.
I may add a some stickles to them I have not decided yet. But you can jazz these up as much or a little as you wish, they are fun to make and look really effective.

I used
Pink Paislee paper
multi medium
paints
stickles
Blocks
distress ink
paper distresser

Craft Stamper Sneak peek

2011-12-14T11:41:00.003Z

I have an article in the New Issue of craft stamper (Jan 2012 Issue). It features altered art jewellery. I have used 7 gypsies optical lenses for these and 7 gypsies stamps for these. The stamps are available from Happy Daze.

These are just a few teaser photo's as I am not allowed to blog the whole thing.

Sneak peek

2011-12-09T12:04:00.003Z

I have an article in the issue of creative Card making that comes out today. I cannot show the whole item but here is a little snippet.

It's an altered cheese box. The rubber Stamps used are the Road Trip set by Artistic Outpost and these and all the other items used on the box are available from Happy Daze.

I Think I feel an Obsession Coming On

2011-12-05T19:28:00.002Z

I make some of these every year as I have a large wooden chest in my hallway that I have a load of them stacked up on, they always get a lot of interest when people come to visit and the children love them. I normally just make one set a year as I enjoy getting them out each year as they bring back memories of the time I made that particular set.

But I have discovered that the Crafty Individual papers fit exactly onto the blocks and I have already made my 2nd set to keep this year and now I have found the book of angel images I have too, and they have a new set I have just seen in the shop. Dilemma !! damn I will just have to do them all. Off to buy the new set of papers now....trotting off

Christmas Blocks

2011-12-02T17:20:00.003Z

I have altered this wooden childrens blocks using scrapbook papers. I simply glued, sanded and distressed the edges. Quick and simple.

New Crafty Individuals Challenge - All Wrapped up

2011-12-01T21:25:00.002Z

The new theme over at Crafty Individuals this month is all about the wrapping.
I have lots of little nieces and nephews a few of which live overseas so I always send them money so they can buy what they fancy after christmas, as its always nice to have a bit of cash to spend after all the presents are undone.

I usually make them little money cards and envelopes to send it in and this year I have made a very basic one using one of the new Crafty Individuals christmas stamps from this year CI-311 and a element from CI-326 .

Steampunk Gentleman Box

2011-11-23T13:58:00.001Z

Ohhh its Wednesday and my turn to blog for Happy daze I nearly forgot (blushing smiley) Today I have a little altered cheese box to share.
It's been covered with tissue tape(to hide the horrible mess I made of it when I painted it, tissue tape is perfect for this lol) I then spritz it with a mister to age it a little bit and take away the shiny newness of it.
After adding a stamped image I embellished it with Tim Holtz cogs and spinners, a word tag a small pair of binoculars and a key.
A quick easy little make and a perfect man present.

Items I Used.

Tim Holtz Tissue tape
Game spinners
cogs
word tag
K and Co metal kay

Cuteable

2011-11-22T08:03:00.001Z

I have been featured on the cutable blog this morning. All things cute and christmassy. Thank you Lyndsey, Check out the Blog here.

White Christmas

2011-11-20T15:05:00.004Z

I have altered a box for the Dreaming of a white christmas theme on the fashionable stamping challenge this week.
I made the box frosty and wintry looking by adding lots of frosty glitter after I had stamped the reindeer image on the lid and Tim Holtz Smow flakes around the four sides.
The image used is by Crafty Individuals and the box is available from Happy daze.

Fashionable Stamping Challenge

An Assortment Of Boxes

2011-11-09T15:19:00.002Z

I am seriously in love with these little boxes that Moira has in the shop. I have done a few of them this week, as I have had four commissions for these little boxes and I have done a couple for an upcoming Victorian Market I am booked for.
So I am sharing some of them as my DT piece today to show how easy it is to get so many different looks with them just by different paint and stamping techniques. To see all the details have a look on the Happy Daze blog.

Items I Used
Small wooden boxes
Small Crowns
Cosmic shimmer mists
Paint Dabbers
Paints
fairy charm
Embossing powders
Distress Stains
Finally don't forget the current challenge is an Explosion of Colour, so if you have made something bright and beautiful this month using any product that the shop stocks have a look at the post on the blog to upload your picture.

Button Time

2011-11-07T16:13:00.004Z

I have used some of the Tatty Button Images on this. I really love the little stripy legs on these images. The background has been done using texture paste that I have stamped into and then over painted and stamped onto again with thick acrylic paint to give it lots of bumps and lumps. I have also used some Tim Holtz Alterations Dies and vintage buttons from my ever growing button collection. The girl on the swing is only attached at the top so she swings back and forth. The box frame is just a small canvas that I boxed around.
I am linking this to the Simon Says's Stamp challenge which is buttons.

New Happy daze Challenge - An explosion Of Colour

2011-11-02T10:35:00.005Z

Any of you who know me well will know that Alice and I have a bit of a thing going on....shhh dont tell the Hatter. I have had one of the arches from the shop in my draw for ages and I was digging around in there the other day and I came across it, so here it is give the Alice treatment.

For all the details of how it was done have a look on the shops blog, and for all the details of the current challenge you can go directly to the post by clicking here.

It's Winter Wonderland At Crafty Indivduals

2011-11-01T09:34:00.002Z

The new challenge at the Crafty Individuals blog starts today, and the new theme is Winter Wondlerland. I have altered this little wooden box using a christmas stamp, upcycled music paper,gold leaf and embossing powder. all finished off with a leaf charm and a small red rose. The red rose is one of those cheap ones you can buy in a pack of about 20 for £1. I always buy white then you can colour them to suit your project, then a quick dip in a melt pot of clear UTEE and they look really glam.

I have used Stamp CI-136 on the box which is available from the shop here.
The box and most of the other things I have used are available from Happy Daze.

Finishing Things Off

2011-10-28T17:10:00.006+01:00

I have had a massive pile of half finished projects on the end of my desk and in a box for ages. I have decided that with christmas coming and a few craft fairs I am booked for and my Folksy shop I had better get around to finishing them all off before I start anything new. So I have been doing exactly that.
These are are couple of the things from "the box"

Lost Coast Angel Wooden Box

Aviator Cheese Box

I have now listed both of these for sale in my Folksy Shop.

Stampotique - Tag Time

2011-10-22T14:57:00.003+01:00

The current challenge on the Stampotique blog is tags. I had used a king sized tag for this and the background has been done using lots of messy things, distress stains, Claudine Hellmuth Paints, multi-medium a few beadazzles for good measure and all done a blue and green shade to mimic the sea to make the wacky little mermaid feel right at home. Finished with a few twists of ribbon and a seahorse charm.

This tag did change theme half way through as it was originally going to be halloween and if you look closely you can see pale skulls in the background, but it had a mind of its own as things often do and ended up as this instead.

In the UK I buy my stampotique stamps and most of my craft supplies from HappyDaze and all the items I have used on this tag are available from the online shop

Microscope Slide Decoration

2011-10-19T09:06:00.000+01:00

This week for Happy Daze I have used two pieces of memory glass to make a little hanging decoration. I did a little collage to fit the glass and then sandwiched it between the two pieces with UTEE to make a faux solder. I did not have the colour UTEE I wanted so after it was set onto the glass I added a quick tap over with a paint dabber in black to make it a bit more gloomy looking. I also used this on the small charm at the bottom and the jewellery connector that I have used at the top to hang it from.

There is still time to enter the current challenge, to see all the details visit the blog post here

Winged Things Crafty Individuals challenge

2011-10-17T10:10:00.003+01:00

I was tidying up my desk today and I found this buried under a pile of things. I thought I had lost it, but no there it was hiding, as it has wings on it I thought I would blog it as a reminder of the current Crafty Individuals Challenge.
On this I have used the stamps CI-108 and CI-258.

The background is done with claudine Hellmuth paints and viva decor, both of which are available from Happy Daze.

To see all the details of the current Craft Individuals Challenge have a look at the blog post here.

Granny's box

2011-10-13T13:56:00.003+01:00

This is an altered cheese box. It has been altered using paints, mica sprays and distress inks.

I made the flowers one evening when I was watching TV. I made up a whole load of white ones so I could alter them to what ever colour I wanted. I mixed up a bit of distress re-inker in a mini mister and spritzed it on followed by some mica spray to age it.

The dressmaker label is a Crafty individual image. The Claudine Hellmuth paints, the mica sprays and ink pads are all available from HappyDaze as are the charms I have used.

The Pearls and Buttons are vintage and are from my own stash.

I Spy Altered Tin

2011-10-12T17:40:00.005+01:00

I wanted to share this altered sweetie tin with you as it has one of my favourite stamps of the moment on it. I have the stamp in two different sizes I love it so much. It's from the fairly new british companmy IndigoBlu and you can see the full range of their stamps here.

This tin started life as a M & S sweet tin and it can be found for sale in my Folksy shop and in my own online shop. Links for both are in my side bar.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

2011-10-11T13:21:00.003+01:00

I have faffed around for a year or two trying to get my stamping onto candles to look OK, and I want to shout I HAVE CRACKED IT lol.

This is a basic church candle and the stamps I have used on it to turn it into a spooky Halloween candle are, the Tim Holtz Cobweb one and A Teesha More stamp.The Teesha More stamps are now available to buy in the UK from Happy Daze and you can see the range of stamps that are stocked here.

Dont forget the current challenge A HappyDaze is Halloween and Christmas, to see all the details of how to be in with a chance of winning the £15.00 shop voucher have a look on the blog for all the details.

A Haunting We Will Go

2011-10-06T09:53:00.005+01:00

It's my turn to blog for the Happy Daze Team, and I have altered a little beer mat using some of the lovely new Halloween stamps that are in the shop.
This also falls into the new theme on the blog for the October challenge. To see all the details of how this was made and how to enter into the new challenge and be in with a chance of winning the £15.00 gift voucher, have a look on the blog.

also linked to the Tando Creative challenge

New Online Shop

2011-10-04T22:34:00.006+01:00

I have opened a new online shop to list my items for sale. There is a link in my side bar that will take you to the site.

New Crafty individuals Challenge

2011-10-02T22:23:00.005+01:00

Yes it's the start of the month so that means it's time for the new challenge on on the Crafty Individuals site. For all the details of this month challenge check out the blog post here.
The theme this month is winged things and I have altered a wooden box this month using distress stains and the CI stamp CI-179.
The wooden box, distress stains and the filigree corners that I have used as feet are all available from Happy Daze.

Butterfly Notebook

2011-09-21T09:12:00.000+01:00

I have had my Zutter out this week to make a few little note pads that someone ordered for party bags, and while it was out I made this project using a couple of images from the Artistic Outpost sheet "Happiness".
This set of stamps are available from. I have also used various inks and glossy Accents to highlight some of the words on the quote. All of the items are available from HappyDaze.
There is also plenty of time to enter into the challenge this month which is to use your favourite crafting item or technique on a project. Full details of how to enter can be found HERE on the blog.

Home Again

2011-09-12T19:08:00.002+01:00

I am now back from my travels to Egypt and ready to get back to doing "stuff". We had a fantastic couple of weeks, visted the pyramids in Cairo and then onto the Nile to visit the tombs. Valley of the kings was amazing but the highlight of the trip for me had to be Abu Simbel as it was so awe inspiring. We had a lovely cruise on the Nile and it was lovely to sit and watch the world float by.

Little Black Dress

2011-09-07T10:57:00.000+01:00

Not a dress, but the challenge theme this month on the Happy daze Blog is the craft item you could not live without, in my case I cannot live without any of them, so I just dug through my wonderful stash from the happy daze shop and got to work.

This week I am still in love with the multi-medium and distress stain technique so I have made a little gift box using the stains, inks and medium to decorate it.

I co-ordinated the theme of the box to tie in with a pendant I have made using some the the charms and Tim Holtz ideology pieces for sale on the site.

First of all the box. I made the basic box using a box maker and a fairy sturdy card. I cut a piece of card to fit the lid, I first of all inked this using distress inks in chipped sapphire and spiced marmalade. I then choose my stamp. I have used the quote from the Artistic Outpost set Happiness. I put a small splodge of Multi medium onto my craft mat and then "inked up" the stamp with this before stamping it onto the inked square. I them heated this to dry it. Once dry I took my distress stain in dusty concord and applied this over the square of card ensuring that it had a good coverage. The multi medium resists the stain and the quote will show though in the distress ink colour, I love this bit, it's like magic.

I then glued the square to the lid of the box and inked the sides and cut edges of the square with the same distress inks and stain. I then thought it all looked a bit flat so I took my favourite stamp a basic crackle background (great for a filler), inked it up in the spice marmalade and randomly stamped it over the lid and sides.
The Pendant I have used one the large butterfly's as a base for this. (these are so popular that as soon as Moira gets them into stock they are all sold again, so do sign up for the email alerts to be informed when they come back into stock so you don't miss out as they are gorgeous)

I added a Tim Holtz Ideology cog to the centre of the butterfly and topped this off with a reclaimed watch cog from my personal stash. I then attached chain to the top parts of the butterfly, adding Tim Holtz Ideology cogs and game spinners as shown, using jump rings to join them all together to form an interesting and decorative chain for the butterfly. This was really quick to make but it looks so effective that it could have taken you hours.

All the DT members are trying on their little black dresses this month and as usual this is linked to the monthly challenge and you can find all the details of this here.

Domino Domination

2011-09-06T10:07:00.001+01:00

For my Bubbly Funk Piece this week I have made a cute little domino brooch, to see all the details of it have a look here.

Thank You

2011-08-25T17:25:00.002+01:00

This is just to say thank you to all my lovely friends who have sent me emails and messages wishing Katie a speedy recovery. We got the all clear yesterday from the hospital and her finger will survive. She will be in her splint for 8 weeks and it won't be fully functional for a long while, but at least it is going to be OK, and she is OK to fly so we can still go away, which she is really pleased about.
She Say's thank you for thinking of her and wishing her well.

Love Potion #9

2011-08-17T21:09:00.000+01:00

Using one of the lovely new Artistic Outpost plates, Apothecary I have altered a bottle to make a love potion bottle.
The bottle was coloured using Alcohol inks. I shaped some of the Filigree corners to fit around the base of the bottle glueing them to hold them in place. Once they were set in place I rubbed some Inca Gold over them.
I added charms, beads and chains to the bottle as shown.
Now for the yummy rubber stamps, I stamped the Witches potion image onto shink plastic, punching a hole and cutting it out just outside of the border before heating it, when shrunk I rubbed old paper distress ink over it. I attached it with a jump ring to the top of the charms.
I stamped the receipt image onto thin cream paper, adding the love potion #9 and the 60c images. I then inked the recipt with a pale yellow ink. I them screwed it up and inked it over the creases using old paper to give it a very aged and distressed look,like it had spent many years in a coat pocket.
Finally I added the love potion #9 image to a small tag to identify the contents of the bottle as it would never do to confuse the potion to win your true loves heart with a bottle of poison.

Beside the Seaside

2011-08-11T09:17:00.002+01:00

The perfect mirror for a little mermaid to use in her underwater kingdom.
The mirror is one of the lovely blanks that are in the shop in two shapes of a heart and an oval.
I crackled a background using a purple and a cream acrylic paint, when this was dry I over inked it with dusty concord distress ink. This already look pretty good, but I wanted a bit of texture to it, so using a mask and Croco Colour in Blackberry I added a pattern detail to it. I also did this all over the back of the mirror and you can see from the photo how lovely the Croco works through a mask.
I went around the sides of the mirror with a thick coat of gold embossing powder.
The jewels around the mirror are from the shop, I do love these and the great thing about them is that they can be coloured with alcohol inks. I had to do this as I had a random colour selection of them, so using Raisin alcohol ink I did them all the colour I wanted.
The little seahorse is made from a mould with utee melted in my heat pot and then given a bit of a rub over with Viva Inka Gold to make it all gold and shimmery.
The theme for the new challenge this month is I Do Like to be beside the seaside and there is the prize of a £15.00 shop voucher plus free P & P up for grabs. So do check out all the details of how to upload your items by having a look HERE. You Gotta be in it to win it.

Presentation Boxes

2011-08-08T19:45:00.006+01:00

This week for Bubbly Funk I have made a really quick and easy little box. I sometimes find it very relaxing to make nice easy little projects that are quick to make, as its good sometimes to look back over an evening of crafting and see lots of completed projects. If I could make cards I would do them, but as my cards suck I stick to these instead. To see all the details look on the Bubbly Funk Blog HERE.

Sneak peek - Box of Delights

2011-08-03T09:05:00.002+01:00

I have a box in this months Craft Stamper. The main image Stamps I have used on it are from a fairly new British company IndigoBlu they have a great selection of image sheets available and are adding new ones to the collection all the time.
The images I have used are from the sheet Grand tour 2, this is one of my favourite sheets of theirs as this butterfly on it is gorgeous and stamps divinely. The wooden box is available from HappyDaze and the crackle background stamp is from Crafty Individuals.
The long swirl is by Lost coast and is available from Happy Daze

Bright Colours

2011-08-01T00:20:00.005+01:00

This is the theme for the new challenge on the crafty individuals blog for August.
This month the theme was chosen by the talented Helen Chilton and it is a great choice as I do love a nice bight colour.

I have used a 4 x 4 inch tile to make a coaster, using the stamps CI-322, CI-306, a butterfly of CI-231, and CI-017 which is one of my all time favourite background stamps, it is a really lovely text and I actually think it is one of the first stamps I ever brought, it was so long ago that it is on the wood-mounting that all their stamps used to come on.

I got the idea for using a tile for a coaster from Helen as she did a sample for HappyDaze on their blog using one.

Wizard of Oz Pencil Box

2011-07-27T09:40:00.003+01:00

I love these wooden pencil boxes in the shop and I have altered this one using the Artistic Stamper Wizard of Oz stamps.
I wanted the box to look really battered as if it had been in the tornado with Dorothy, So I first of all gave it a coat of Claudine Hellmuths Dash of Red and when dry I crackled a coat of Tan over the top. When it was dry I then roughly sanded it to give it a very aged look.
The images are all stamped in versfine ink. I have used a backgound stamp to fill in any blank areas, there are a great selection of stamps to choose from in the shop.
I have used gold embossing powder to edge it. I finished it off with a large gold button from my ever growing stash of these.

Happy daze Challenge

2011-07-21T00:39:00.002+01:00

There is still plenty of time to enter the current challenge on Happy Daze Blog, or via facebook if you don't have a blog.
The prize of a £15 voucher plus free P & P is well worth entering for as there have been some lovely new items uploaded to the shop.
The Prize will be drawn by a random number tingie on Sunday 31st July.
To see all the details of how to enter visit the blog by clicking HERE.

Just for Fun

2011-07-19T19:32:00.007+01:00

This week on Just for fun the theme is to use corrugated card on a project. I have incorporated the theme into a tag using one of the new Crafty individual stamps CI-322, I think this is probably my favourite of their new releases. I like the JFF challenge as it seems a very relaxed challenge. I have had this on my desk half done for a couple of days, but life had got in the way of crafting as it has a habit of doing with me at the moment so I was wondering if I would even get this small piece of crafting finished, but lucky for me my sister Jackie was here today, so as she is a dab hand with the colouring, in she coloured the image for me using distress inks.
The tag is coloured using Claudine Hellmuth gesso and paint available from Happy Daze.
The flowers I have made using vintage music paper and Tim Holtz dies, the stalk and leaves are cut using movers and shapers dies. The music paper has been coloured with adirondack colour wash and perfect pearls mists.
I am going to put a small easel die cut on the back of this and hey presto it becomes a card.

Optical Lens Pendants

2011-07-17T16:52:00.004+01:00

I wanted to get my resin out again this weekend. I really do love the Magi Gloss resin that Happy Daze have in stock and I just have to keep playing with it. It drys in less than 20 minutes under the UV lamp.
I have used the Crafty individual images CI-065 , CI-135 and CI-305 on these. I have stamped the images on one side of the lenses using stazon ink, then coating each side with the resin (drying one side before coating the next one) fixing any embelishments used in place with the resin so they are set in place as it drys.

Captured fairy Jewellery Box

2011-07-13T11:04:00.003+01:00

I had had this little fairy buzzing around my room for the last few nights causing havoc, knocking things over and being very naughty, I eventually managed to catch her, the first thing that came to hand was an old pocket watch front and as soon the fairy landed on this little box I managed to get the watch front over it. As with all fairies as soon as they are caught they freeze and become suspended in time until they are freed again. But I must admit I think she makes a lovely addition to the top of this box.
The box is one of the wooden ones from the Happy Daze shop. I first of all gave it a coat of modern masters copper paint which I treated with the green patina finish to age it.
All the watch parts are purposed from old pocket watches and clocks. The clock hands are two game spinners that I have cut down. The fairy charm,Dragonfly and numbered pin are all available from the shop.
Once everything was in place I gave it a light coat of resin to hold it all in place and give it a nice shine. I also painted the sides of the box with the resin as it makes it go a lovely colour.
Th When it was all dry I gave it a quick rub over with some Viva Decor Inka gold just to give it a bit more of an aged look.
The Feet are the Tim holtz Foundations box feet and Key Hole is one from the Tim Holtz Locket key Set

Please Note: No Faries were hurt during the making of this box LOL

As This has a dangly key on it, it will also fit in with the current challenge this month of Dangly Things. Have a look HERE to see all the details of how to enter.

Just for fun Plastic

2011-07-12T18:02:00.004+01:00

This is one of those paper holder that you can get really cheap. Plain see through a bit basic and a bit to nasty for my daughter who requested that I decorate it before it went to live in her room.
My most favourite stamp of all time has been used on it and it has simply been coloured with alcohol inks and it is now allowed to be re homed in "the room"....but I may just keep it now that its been prettyfied.lol
I have made it to enter into the Just For Fun challenge.

Domino Bag Charm and Altered Microscope Glass Slide Decoration

2011-07-04T17:15:00.006+01:00

The new challenge has started over on Crafty Individuals, and this month the theme is Cream,Pink and brown. A pretty wide open theme this month so it should be easy to dig into your pile of stash and come up with something for it this month. There is a fabby prize of a free stamp of your choice from the wide range available from Craft Individuals so pop on over to the Crafty Individuals blog to see all the details of how to enter this month.
My samples this month for the theme are an altered domino which I have turned into a bag charm that I have used stamp CI-264
and an altered glass microscope slide that I have used Stamp CI-303 on.

Steampunked Dog Tag

2011-06-28T13:40:00.004+01:00

I have got back into my jewellery making lately, so for my Bubbly Funk Piece this week I have altered a Metal Everlasting Keepsake dog tag, using Tim Holtz cogs and game spinner and reclaimed pocket watch items.
I must admit, I have had these for ages and not being a scrapper I was a bit lost as to what to do with them, but when I was poking in my Bubbly Funk Stash draw I came across them and inspirations struck. They are american GI sized tags and are a really nice sturdy metal so they work really well as the basis for a pendant.

Dangly Things

2011-06-27T15:52:00.002+01:00

The time is upon us for a new challenge on Happy Daze. I have been lucky enough this month to have the lead item in the challenge and I have made this little bag charm.
It features a domino that has been stamped with the lost coast image 3 flying flower girls and then coloured with alcohol inks.
It is all hanging from a Tim Holtz Toggle charm, the other charms are a mixture of the loose ones for sale in the shop and Prima Vintage Trinkets.
Things have changed a bit for the challenge this month and you can now enter it in three different ways: via the blog with a widget that Moira has installed, via facebook or email your entry direct to Moira herself.
Full details are on the blog of how to enter and be in with the chance of the £15.00 shop voucher and free P & P on your order.

Could It Be Magic ?

2011-06-24T11:02:00.002+01:00

A bit Barry manilow there I know lol. But the new Magic gloss resin that is in the shop surely is magic. I got a bottle last week and since then I have been busy trying it out on different surfaces and in different ways and in no way has it failed, add to that the fact that it sets in 10 minutes under a UV light and I am one Happy Bunny.
I have four items to share with you, all using the resin on a different surface to see how it behaves.
This small flip top shrine was stuck onto a piece of Gaffer tape and filled from one side in layers so the small watch cogs were "floated" in it. I then flipped it and filled the side that was originally stuck down on the tape adding a few more cogs in the final layer. It had dried crystal clear and looks lovely (It just was very hard to photograph as it is so shiny.

This is one of the small wooden boxes from the shop that I have altered using paint and rubber stamping. I wanted to see how the resin would dry when it was quite deep in a glass watch front. I set all the cogs in this in the one go so at the deepest point there is about 1cm of resin and it dried really well. Again ignore the nasty bit of camera glare on the lid.

Now this one was the real test. I have tried a few brands of resin and I have never found one that sets well over a stamped stazon image.

I stamped the image on the back of the optical lens using the stazon. poured on the resin waited for it to smudge the image as it usually did but it was fine, so after a few minutes of doing the happy dance I flipped it and added a couple off cogs and a game spinner to the front, layered it in the resin and there it was in under 20 minutes it all set and made instead of the overnight wait that I usually have.

Lastly a basic pair of cufflinks. I just wanted to see how easy it was to dome the resin well and to get a good finish on a basic item like this. I filled these in layers to get a good float affect with them and then I finally domed on a final layer to finish them off. Perfect and the thin layers dried in 5 minutes so these were really quick to make.
Also this resin in odour free and no mixing is involved so if you have ever fancied using resin but the smell or the mixing has put you off, look no further I think this is the perfect product.

Steampunk Style Fairy door

2011-06-21T19:17:00.006+01:00

This week for my Bubbly Funk piece I have altered one of the little wooden arches to be a fairy door. Pop over to the blog to see all the details.
I am linking this to the JFF this week as the theme on there is Steampunk, and also to the challenge on Simon Says Stamp and Show some metal

The Greatest Show On Earth

2011-06-17T12:58:00.001+01:00

A postcard sized concoction in keeping with the current theme on Happy Daze Facebook page. Using Artsitic Outpost stamps from the plates Vintage Circus and Send In The Clowns. Other odd stamps have been used as fillers.
The background has been done with Claudine hellmuth Paints, and the tickets and wording were coloured using Distress Inks.

Tags and IndigoBlue - Pomp And Pageantry

2011-06-10T20:37:00.003+01:00

I received some lovely stamps from a new company IndigoBlu, they are a UK company so it's a great oportunity to buy british and support the home market. They sent me four of their new plates and they are lovely. I had to have a quick play with them so I did a couple of quick little tags just to see how they stamped and they stamp really well, not a problem with any of them, lovely clear images from the deep etched red rubber.
All the images on these tags are from the pomp and pageantry set and you can see them here on the site.
I have two favourite plate sets and this is one of them, I love the victorian images on it.
I am going to link these to a couple of challenges this week.
Simon says stamp and show a tag
the Stamp Man Challenge, Men and Boys

The Angel Of Death

2011-06-09T18:58:00.008+01:00

Before we start I apologise for the photo's. This was very hard to photograph
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Once upon a time there was a little doll who lived in a 2nd hand shop with 4 of her sisters in a bag. One day a lady came along and saw them for 50p, so she brought them and took them home. What they did not know was that the lady was slightly warped and would turn them into strange things and their lives would never be the same again.
My Altered doll for the current Happy Daze challenge on Facebook. The face is made out of UTEE from a mold I made from a skull I have. The doll was wrapped and spritzed and painted and inked and eventually turned into this. It's hanging in my window and my daughter cannot look at it.

It carries a small bottle containing the souls of children and a skull made of their bones.
It has pentagram protection charms on its feet.
So beware children eat your greens or it will come for you.

Picture Perfect

2011-06-09T11:33:00.003+01:00

I love these little heart frames, and as the current challenge on Craft Individuals is Vintage with hearts and their little images from the Love letters sheet fit so well into these I thought I would use one for the challenge. I have used the Rubber Stamp CI258 for part of the background.
For all the details of the challenge check out the Crafty Individuals Blog and upload your own piece for the challenge.

A Different View

2011-06-07T17:38:00.003+01:00

I have used this stamp before on Domino Pendant. But I was asked on my shop for it in a different colour and this is the result. I quite like the way it looks in the cream and black it has a nice vintage look about it, so I thought I would share it as my Bubbly Funk Piece this week. To see all the details of it look Here on the blog.

A new home

2011-06-04T20:21:00.002+01:00

Moira the owner of happyDaze has moved her blog to a new home, and pretty impressive it looks too. To celebrate her move she has candy, so pop on over to her blog to check it out and be in with a chance to win it.

A sneak peek

2011-06-02T17:57:00.012+01:00

I have a three page artical in this months Craft Stamper Magazine. As you are not allowed to show the whole item here are a few sneeky peeks to look at. If you are out and about and see the magazine I start on page 16.....and yes there is a photo of me lol.

I have used stamps by Crafty Individuals and Stampers Anonymous, lots of embossing powder, viva decor products and fusible films and fibres.

All the items are availabe from Crafty Individuals or Happy Daze.

The technique I used to create the paper background I used is one of Linda's, and a tutorial for it can be found on her blog.

June Challenge

2011-06-02T11:34:00.003+01:00

The new challenge for June on crafty Individuals has just started. The theme this month is vintage and to use a heart on the piece you make. Look on the blog to see all the details and how to enter into the challenge.
I have altered a wooden heart shape. The image I have used is from the rubber stamp sheet, CI - 292.

Domino Brooch

2011-06-01T21:04:00.006+01:00

I have used some more of the new images from IndigoBlu on this little Domino Brooch. The main image is from the Grand Tour I plate, and the quote that I have used part of around the sides of the domino is from the Grand Tour II plate.
The main image is also available separately and is slightly bigger than the one on the sheet, and its already on eazi mount. I have both sizes and I can see this is an image I think I will use a lot.

Tando Shrine

2011-05-24T09:11:00.004+01:00

This week on Bubbly Funk I have made a little shrine using Tando chipboard shapes. Pop over to the blog to have a look.

It Killed my Mojo

2011-05-22T11:11:00.003+01:00

I took on a commission that I started to have doubts about. when I quoted the price the the style was one thing but during the course of time the vendor slowly changed it until it was not my type of thing at all. It was a memory box and it was supposed to be vintage but it then changed to the colour of the wedding...pink & cream (yikes)and not at all vintage.
It was actually quicker to do than the original plan was so price wise I was very happy, but I hated doing it and my mojo died a sad death. But its finished now and received, and they are ecstatically happy with it, and I am £50 better off so I can feel my mojo returning lol.
I have a pile of things half done on my desk some I can show, some I can't, but I anticipate normal service returning to this blog soon LOL.
I also have a lovely sneak peek to put up soon that I am very excited about, so in anticipation of the normal service, I had better get off this computer and on with the stuff.

IndigoBlu

2011-05-18T16:56:00.002+01:00

My friend Julie directed me to this site IndigoBlu they are very good value and have a selection of A5 plates and single images.I have been lucky enough to have been given 4 free plates with my order. Check out the site for yourself and keep an eye on my blog to see the little works of art (lol) I create using the new stamps.

Blog candy

2011-05-17T23:04:00.003+01:00

The craft barn have candy to give away, pop over to the blog to have a look and be in with a chance to win it.

Fashion Statement: Tim Holtz Style

2011-05-10T08:44:00.001+01:00

Bubbly Funk Day, wow where does the week go. This week I have made a pad with my bind it all, using lots of scrummy items from the shop. Check out the blog post here to see all the details.

Steampunk Hat - Matilda's Travelling Hat

2011-05-09T16:17:00.001+01:00

While some of us were at a trade show earlier in the year we all got talking about hat's and how with the Royal Wedding and Ladies Day how it would be nice to find some hats to alter. Well Moira who owns Happy Daze has come up trumps with finding these hats to alter. They are avilable to buy from the site and they are available in Cream, Black and White. A few of us on the Design Team were sent one to have a play with and this is mine. All the others that have been created by Julie, Moira and Jo are available to see on the shops Blog.

I have done mine to a Steampunk theme and it's designed for a Lady called Matilda who loves to travel but hates the time involved so I have made her this magical hat.

You turn the Key, pop on your goggles and woosh your there. your destination chosen by the map and ticket you place in the brim
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I have used reclaimed grandfather clock parts on this as well as some peacock feathers that were given to me by my friend who has six of these beauties on their farm.

I have created a large bow with some netting and used scroll work stamps to make a flower, then using some Tim Holtz Cogs and a spinner I made a small display that is attached with a hat pin to the center of the bow.

The navigation map tucked into the brim is stamped using a scroll works stamp, and the small gold pin charm is available from the shop.

The goggles I designed and made myself.

Free As A Bird

2011-05-06T17:44:00.006+01:00

Crafty individuals have a new challenge this month. The full details of it are listed on Jean's Blog. The Theme is Free As A bird and there is a great prize.
I have used a couple of their new plates on these two Birdy Bits.

The little notebook has used CI-309 as the main image and elements from CI-308 as well as one of the "must have" birds.

The peacock boxed canvas has used the lovely new plate CI-310 and has been inked and coloured to within half an inch of its life to give it a faded vintage look.
I boxed the canvas in with wood and then coloured it with viva croco,adding beads and embossing powders to give it texture.
Finishing off with a Maya road crown and some fusible crystalina fibres.All the stamps are available from Crafty Individuals website. The fusible fibres and viva croco are available from Happy Daze.

New Challenge

2011-05-05T18:10:00.004+01:00

The new Happy Daze challenge on Facebook is Black and White.
This is what I have made. I was lucky on Mother's Day because my daughter katie brought me a Kindle. I have been wanting a case for it, but because I have brought a Gelaskin for it I wanted to be able to see its design so I did not want a case that it stayed in while you used it. So I made myself this.
The closure button has been made with Grunge Board,black Soot alcohol ink,white embossing powder and a small black center button to give it strength when sewn on.
Pop over to the facebook page to enter the challenge with a chance to win a voucher to spend in the shop worth £15.00

Oh La La

2011-04-28T14:57:00.005+01:00

This little wooden compartment tray is from Crafty Individuals. Its a lovely size for their new stamp plate CI-306 as the large receipt image just fits nicely into it when it is cut into 4 pieces.
I have painted the tray with Claudine Hellmuth Paints in Sable and tan which are available from Happy daze.
I have gone for a very faded and old look with the finished item so after I had couloured the images I went over them with Distress ink to age them.
I have added various little items which are all vintage items apart from the cotton reel that is made with the TH sewing room die cotton reel cut out of shirk plastic and then shrunk.
I was lucky enough recently to pick up in a charity shop a massive bag of games that all had broken boxes and bits missing and I now have loads of old monoply pieces and lotto bits, including some great bingo cards that I have plans for.
It is worth making friends with the charity shop workers as they now save me the things that they would have in the past classed as broken and useless.

Triple Arch

2011-04-26T08:35:00.002+01:00

I have used Tando Creative Gothic Arches for this. To see more details look on the Bubbly Funk Blog

Fabby Candy

2011-04-22T18:02:00.004+01:00

Happy Daze have Easter candy to give away..not the yummy egg sort,but a £25.00 Gift voucher to spend in the shop so its even better calorie free and crafty. The shop is full of new items including the New Tim Holtz Ideologly range. So pop over to the blog to see all the details of how to be in with a chance of winning the voucher.

Anything Wood

2011-04-20T20:09:00.005+01:00

Happy Daze have a new challenge on their Facebook page. Its to use anything wooden and the only proviso is that at lease one item from the shop must be used on it.
The challenge is open until Midnight on the 1st of May, so with a chance to win a £15.00 voucher for the shop (chosen by random number generator) get over to the page and upload something, Youv'e got to be in it to win it.

Tim Holtz Necklace

2011-04-19T09:58:00.002+01:00

This is my Bubbly Funk Piece for this week. Have a look here to see all the details of how it I made it.

Ark And Craft Fayre

2011-04-13T19:57:00.003+01:00

I am going to be here on Saturday. It has quite a few of the sellers from Folksy attending. So if your in the area do pop in and say hello.

Getting Distressed

2011-04-11T22:24:00.005+01:00

This is the theme on Simon Says Stamp And Show this week. I have made this note pad using vintage music paper that has been further aged with distress ink. The chipboard wording has been distressed using inks and the new distress stains and then a coat of embossing powder sparingly applied to give it an even more aged look.
The edges have been inked up in gold using a dabber. A swirl stamped in distress ink finishes it off.

Bluebird of Happiness

2011-04-11T21:19:00.006+01:00

If the birds happy I have no idea, but I am exceptionally happy this week, good news, good vibes and sunshine. My Bubbly Funk piece this week happens to be blue I am linking it to the challenge on Sunday Stamper. To check out the materials used on this have a look on the Bubbly Funk Blog.

Feeling Square

2011-04-05T16:19:00.003+01:00

This is the challenge theme for Crafty Individuals on their blog this month. I have made this little square hanging using the stamp plate CI-184, this has been one of my favourite plates for a long while.
The wooden hanging frame has been coloured with Viva Decor Inka Gold and then stamped on using Archival ink. A selection of vintage buttons and newer charms have ben added.

The stamp is available from Crafty Individuals, the Inka Gold and other items from Happy Daze.

If Music Be The Food Of Love

2011-04-05T16:13:00.002+01:00

This is the name of my piece for Bubbly Funk this week, to take a look pop over to the blog.

The Square Challenge

2011-04-01T20:47:00.004+01:00

Craft Individuals have a new challenge on their blog, to see all the details of the challenge and to be in with the chance of winning a rubber stamp of your choice have a look on the blog. The Theme is Simply square. I have made a little sun catcher using a two square memory glasses which have been inked and stamped on using Stamp plate CI-301. I have then soldered the two glass slides together adding a soldered link on two corners to hang it by and to hang a dangley bit from on the opposite corner. I have turned it so it hangs as a diamond shape.

There are some great inspirational items on the blog for the challenge so pop over have a look and upload your own item for the challenge.

Soldering on

2011-03-29T12:39:00.004+01:00

It's Tuesday and apart from the fact it's the day before wednesday it means I am the Bubbly Funker today. I have had my soldering iron out recently and as I have got into a bit, I have done soldered microscope slides for my DT piece this week.
Have a look on the blog to see more details.

Altered art soldered microscope slide

2011-03-27T18:20:00.004+01:00

Happy Daze have a new challenge started over on facebook. The theme this time is In a Vintage Theme and as I have been messing around with solder this weekend I thought I would enter this in for the challenge. Pop on over to the page to have a look and upload something, the random picked item will win a £15.00 voucher to spend in the shop. This item is inspired by two of my favourite designers Linda & Opie O'Brien.

Altered Cheese Box

2011-03-22T07:35:00.002Z

I have used the flowers I made last week on this altered cheese box. Pop over to the Bubbly Funk blog to have a look.

Inka-Gold...Yum Yum

2011-03-16T16:47:00.005Z

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This has been my favourite product since last summer and I thought today I would just share some before and after photo's with you.
The same 3 pendants just given a little rub over with 2 or 3 different colours makes all the differnce to how they look. .
This is now available from Happy Daze and its now in the smaller pots which means it's cheaper....one of my favourite prices is cheaper lol.....Ooohhh I just realised how dirty my craft mat is in the "after" photo

Shades of Blue

2011-03-15T16:13:00.006Z

Happy Daze now have a facebook page and run a regular fortnightly challenge with a £15.00 randomly drawn prize. The current theme is "shades of blue" this is mine that I have just uploaded to the page.
You dont have to have a blog to enter this challenge. Pop over to the facebook page and have a look and enter an item of your own for the challenge.
Fabric is also the challenge on Crafty Cardmakers this week so I have put this in for it. The backgrond is felt, that I stamped onto using acrylic paint. I then felted die cut shapes onto it. Finishing it off with the image and some Filz felted around the edge then over stitched for the boarder.

Pretty Flowers

2011-03-15T08:32:00.003Z

This week on the bubbly Funk Blog I am going to show you how to make these gorgeous flowers. Have a look on the blog to see all the details.

Little Shabby Chic Box

2011-03-14T16:40:00.003Z

I have used the new Crafty Individuals stamp plate CI-035 to alter this wooden box. I really got enthusiastic when I saw this image as its a tide clock and I live on the coast and we have the nearly identical clock set in the wall down on the prom and even more spookier only the week before I had picked up a 2nd hand job lot of stuff and in the box was an old tide barometer again with a metal face the same as this so its official I love this image.
I altered the box using paints and inks to create a shabby chic distressed look hopefully to look like it has spent years in an old cabin at sea. Well used and well worn with time and the tide.
I used elements from the plate on the lid and round the sides of the box. The little tape measure stamp is also a CI image. It was one of those lovely little freebies that they kindly send when you order form them.
The Tim Holtz game spinner and cogs came from Craft Obsessions who were recently extremely kind to me when I had been a bit daft and I have to recommend them for their magnificent customer service.

Vintage Pocket Watch Pendant

2011-03-08T19:44:00.006Z

Again for the Simon Say's stamp Challenge this week. A vintage Pocket watch using a Tim Holtz Bird adornment and lots of resin.

Fairy Pendant

2011-03-08T19:34:00.005Z

I love metal and this is the theme on Simon Say's Stamp and show. I have am putting this in for the challenge. Made using a Tim Holtz clock face and 2 game spinners trimmed to become clock hands

One Little Bird

2011-03-08T08:12:00.000Z

Bubbly Funk Day Today and this week I set myself a challenge to only use things I already had on my desk (its lucky I don’t tidy up much )I brought 2 of these for 50p in a charity shop just after Christmas and I altered the 1st one early last month and the 2nd was still sitting in the corner of the desk so this was the object to alter. All the other items were still out from recent projects or in a big plastic jar that sits on my desk and all the left over odds and sods get put in it until its full up and then they all get put away.
If you want to see the details about how it was made have a look on the Bubbly Funk Blog

lovely new stuff

2011-03-05T03:14:00.003Z

I do love things to alter so I was very excited when I saw that moira at Happy Daze has a great assortment of wooden items and shapes in stock to alter. She now has in stock the giant pegs that I used to make the above item. Check out the shop in the new items section for all the lovely wooden shapes.

Altered Domino Pendant

2011-03-02T13:45:00.006Z

A Domino from a set that has been altered into A pendant.
The Image used is from Crafty Individuals and is from their new stamp plate CI - 303.
I drilled this to take a bale to hang it by and a hole at the bottom to hang a few charms from. The domino is covered in a layer of resin to hold all the additions in place and to make it nice and durable when worn.

Steampunk Lens Pendant

2011-03-02T13:19:00.006Z

I have altered this optical lens by stamping the image directly onto the back of the lens. I have then layered on reclaimed pocket watch parts onto the front before adding a layer of Ice Resin to capture all the little parts in place.
When the resin had set hard I flipped it over and repeated over the back covering the image and adding a couple more little watch parts and a metal domed number so it has a nice layered effect from the front.
The Image is from one of the new Crafty Individual plates I recently received. As soon as I saw this image I just knew it would fit perfectly onto an optical lens.
I started this about 2 weeks ago and I had a problem with the resin setting, I think I must have got to blase with the mixing and not being precise enough so this has been a lesson to me to be really careful to get the quantities right or else you have to wait ages for it to set solid.
The image is from the plate CI - 305. I think this is a very versatile plate and I have used it for a few things I have yet to blog.
I drilled a hole to take a jump ring through to top of the lens so this could be used as a pendant.

Hickory Dickory Dock - A Clock

2011-03-01T14:34:00.003Z

This is the finished clock that I started last week for my Bubbly Funk DT Piece. To see all the details check out the full artical on the Blog

Lots of Blogging soon

2011-02-28T09:59:00.004Z

I had the new Crafty Individuals stamp plates pop through my door a couple of weeks ago and I have a pile of stuff waiting to be blogged that I have made using the new plates and also some of the older ones.
I have picked up a couple of the new distress stains that are out and they are yummy Happy Daze will be stocking these so keep an eye on Moira's site for when she uploads them.
I have just been really busy of late with going to the Stitches show and helping a friend to move and I have just not had time to take photo's. I am hoping to do this in the next day or so.
So check back over the next few days and I will hopefully have got it done.

Hickory Dickory Dock....A Nice Little Wooden Clock.

2011-02-22T14:56:00.003Z

I was sent this by Caroline of Bubbly Funk to alter. Have a look on the blog to see all the details. I have done it as a two part project and this is what I have done this week.

So please do come back next week to see the finished article.

Hurry up the Weekend

2011-02-17T12:00:00.002Z

Its the Stitches trade show in birmingham. Lots of lovely new goodies to check out and of Course the King of Ink (Drum roll please)Tim Holtz

Altered Domino Pendants

2011-02-14T21:22:00.007Z

My Piece this week for Bubbly Funk feature the new Prima stamps that Caroline has in the shop. All the details can be seen here.
I am also uploading this for the Challenge on Mixed Media Monday this month as the theme is Shape Up "a shape you find pleasing"...and I love domino's.

Altered Mermaid Box

2011-02-08T17:31:00.004Z

My First post for the bubbly Funk Team and this was also a case of getting to grips with type pad that I have never used before.
But I don't think it went to badly...famous last words, there is bound to be a bad typo in there somewhere lol.
To visit the blog click here.

Valentines Heart

2011-02-05T13:47:00.003Z

I picked up a bag of 20 these from 2nd hand shop recently. I gave some away and with one of the ones I kept I made this.
It has been painted with gold paint and cream crackel over the top then a spritz of glimmer mist, I then added wsome gold leaf to it.
The flowers have been spritzed too as they were white. The little grunge board heart has been distressed wiht gold paint that has been appied thickly and then heated until it bubbled.
I have listed this in my Folksy shop
All the paints and other items used are availabel from Happy Daze

Amazing shop I found today

2011-02-02T00:16:00.002Z

As you have probably noticed I use a lot of watch parts in the things I make. Well I was starting to get low on them again. So I searched out a shop some one told me about at a craft fair I attended before Christmas.

Well it was like an Aladdin's cave. It is owned by a lovely man who is the person in charge of all the clocks in Westminster, Downing street and the the Official offices, he has to go and wind the clocks at No 10 and parliament every Wednesday and he has asked me if I would like to go with him one week. But apart from all that the amount of stuff in his workshop was amazing. We were chatting to him for ages while he let me dig around in his workshop. I left with an amazing box of bits and pieces and he is going to find me more things when he sorts out a bit.

I also found a gallery that sells hand made jewellery. I have been asked to take some of mine in for them to look at. So fingers crossed that they like it.