It's a Giraffe for Paperartsy

Well I did get a tad excited when I saw this release from PaperArtsy contained a Giraffe. I love them, they seem such an impossible creature with the long legs and necks.

So of course  I had to  use the set of stamps as soon as I go them and this is the result a bag for my knitting with matching stitch markers.

Full details can be seen on the PaperArtsy Blog.

Carol x

A Postcard - Nursery Rhymes

I am hosting Sunday Postcard Art this week and I chose the theme  of Nursery Rhymes.

My postcard is a combination of collage, stamping and paint and I have chosen the Nursery Rhyme Lavender Blue.

I used only things I already had on my desk, the pile that had got shoved in the corner and left over from other projects. 

The only exception was the actual Rhyme itself that I bashed out on my old Typewriter from when I was at school that I found a while ago in my Dad's loft when I was clearing the house after he Died. I was very glad to find it as I remember the Christmas that it was a gift from my parents and it's nice to have that memory every time I use it.

You can enter the challenge HERE

Carol xx

Dead Inside

At mixed Mixed Up Creative's it's Halloween week. I have a project that's a little bit spooky and driven by my love of the Walking dead, which is also back on TV on the 8th of October (squeal of excitement). Details of my rusted project can be found on the Creatives page.

You can join Mixed Up Creative via the link below, and if you do you will also get a discount of 10% off the joining price if you quote the Code Tutor10

Link  and quote Tutor10 when you join to recieve a 10% discount.

Carol x

She Loves to Fly - A Journal Page

I have a tutorial in Mixed Up Magazine for this journal page it includes a full step by step and lots of photo's.

There are several tutorials shared on the magazine site every Friday and also access to exclusive Digital collage sheets.

To subscribe follow this link.

Thank you for your visit, Carol x

Mixed Up Magazine - A Blog Hop

Hello Everyone and I hope you are enjoying meeting the Mixed Up Design Team!
Welcome to my blog.

As you know, each of us is sharing our favourite makes for Mixed Up today, and the project I’ve chosen to share with you is a voodoo doll I made using a digi Image available from OwlNique on Etsy.

I resized the digi download to the size I wanted and then printed it onto printable fabric then it was eazy peazy to cut it out and stitch it together.

I made my stitching very scruffy around the edge as I felt this would add to the charm of my little doll. I replicated some of the printed elements of the doll with embellishments, adding a button over the printed eye, making a proper skull pin using small charms to replace the printed one and highlighting the heart with red stickles.

I’m also showing a sneak peek of something else I’ve got coming up next month in June.

The Mixed Up website has tons of mixed media projects, including these and many more! If you want to know more pop on over to the website using the link below to join. https://members.mixedupmag.com/join/mum/10/

Make sure you visit everyone’s blog and leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning:

A ONE YEAR subscription to Mixed Up worth £40

PLUS 10 Mixed Up Printable resources of your choice!

Here’s the hop list!

Mixed Up Magazine 

Leslie Lineberry 

Riikka Kovasin 

Erica Evans 

Debs Wainwright 

YOU ARE HERE Carol Fox

Corrie Herriman

Fiona Potter 

Mags Woodcock

Lisa Taggart 

Hop Rules

Visit each designer and leave a comment on their blog for a chance to win a fabulous mixed media prize!

The draw is open internationally. 

The draw closes 31st May 2018 at midnight GMT.

Enjoy the blog hop, Carol x

Fabric Journal

I have fancied making a journal entirely from fabric for a while and I eventually got the push I needed when I decided to do one for an article in Mixed Up Magazine.

Here are a few sneak peaks of my article, to subscribe and see the full tutorial of how it was done, as well as lots of other tutorials from some fabulous artists you can subscribe HERE.

Carol xx

A Lady of Note

I have used paints, Grunge Paste and stamping to alter an old wooden frame to use as a magnetic notice board today over on the Mixed Up magazine blog.

Full details can be seen HERE.

Carol x

Gigantic tag video for That's Crafty

I made this tag for That's Crafty's recent Hochanda show.

I have a video on Youtube showing how I did it.

Carol xx

Something inside me remembers - an altered book.

I am sharing a project I did for a collabortation between That's Crafty and Relics and Artifacts on the Mixed up Mag blog today.

There is a link to a video showing full details of how I made it on the Blog.

Carol xx

Rubber Dance Journal page for Mixed Up Magazine

I have a journal page over on the Mixed Up Magazine Blog today using some fabulous stamps from Rubber Dance.

Here is a sneak peak of it, do please pop over to the blog as I have a video tutorial with a  few more photos over there. 

You can see the project by clicking Here.

Carol xx

Mixed Media Shrine for Mixed Up Magazine

I have my first project on the Mixed Up Magazine Blog today.

Here is a sneak peak of it, do please pop over to the blog as I have a step by step tutorial with a hundred zillion photo's over there. 

You can see the project by clicking Here.

Carol xx