MORE TAGS & ENVELOPES

 MORE TAGS & ENVELOPES
Am into the swing of this tag & envelope swap on Arty Oz Group!
This one is for Micky whose theme was 'Industrial, Green & Rustic"
I used lots of cogs, some steampunk images,  an old tape measure & some great paint provided by my friend Bevlea.

The one below is for Ruth whose theme 'Tones of brown with some chipboard pieces, overall theme 'elegant'.

At the moment this is missing in transit thanks to Australia Post, hopefully it will make its destination sooner rather than later!

LOOK AT THIS!!!

I have long admired & lusted over Sarah Fawcetts art & have waited patiently till she decided to open her own Etsy store.

Well, she did a few days ago & I rushed in & bought this beautiful birdcage Pendant.

It arrived today packaged so sweetly that I was ALMOST afraid to disturb the wrappings, but, I DID!!!

I LOVE this piece of jewellery art, don't think I will be taking it off for a looooong time.

Thank you Sarah!!

NEW SWAP

 I am involved in a 'tag & envelope' swap on Arty Oz .

We are to decorate an envelope & tag for each person.

This one is for Bevlea, whose theme is 'Cream, White & Sepia with famous quotes.

The next one is  for Vanessa whose theme is Vintage fabric. I used fabric & also old lace doilies.

 

Only 10 more to go!

Got together yesterday with Bevlea & Eva to have some fun & make some art.
Bevlea & I had bought a kit from Maxine's Melange  a little while ago & decided it was time to put it all together.
Eva worked on a gorgeous Advent Calendar project for her Grandaughter.
The kit was relatively easy to put together with great instrctions from Maxine, but, there were so many steps we didn't get to finish it.
I decided while the Grand Final was on & my team wasn't involved, I would finish mine & I DID!!!
I love how it has turned out. Let me know what you think.

WINGS & THINGS

Three "Art Queens", myself, Bevlea, Glenda, & I got together last Friday for some 'arting'. Unfortunately our other 'Queen',Caro, could not make it.

We had all purchased a few kits at Paperific & firstly we decided to make up an angel kit from Collections.

Looked easy,  there were a few glitches, but, we all finished & liked the results.

We also planned to make up a shadow box kit from Scrapware, but, after lunch we just chatted & chatted and decided to make up the kit at home & show & tell about it next time we meet.

I have to say that I did not find this very easy, but, that could proably be because there were lots of little pieces(I don't like small!) and lots of paint & glue.
But, I did manage to finish it & l really like it.
Will have to see what my fellow 'Art Queens' think of the finished product next time we meet.

SPOOKY REVERSED CANVAS
I am involved in a 'Spooky Reversed Canvas'  swap on Paperarts Yahoo Group.
I used images from Itkupilli and lots of Golden Micaceous Iron Oxide paint, some cobwebs, tombstone, spiders, ants & a great bat to create mine.
Really looking forward to what I receive & hope that whoever receives mine likes it.
Let me know what you think.

INSPIRED

Inspired by Annette & Sarah, but, with a LOT more to learn, Bevlea, Caro, Glenda & I got together to try & make a cuff.
We etched & etched, laughed & laughed & etched some more. Scrubbed the metal, laughed, ate, scrubbed , laughed some more & decided we would finish up at a later date.
I have been looking at mine for a few weeks & finally decided to finish it off, good or bad.
Sadly, am not up to the high standards of Annette & Sarah, but, am at least pleased that it is finished.
Will see if one of my grand daughters would like to wear it.

RINGS & THINGS

Got out my Ice Resin yesterday.
Thought I should use it, as it has a shelf life of 12 months.
Made one bezel & inserted a pic of my great grandaughter Asya, put some bits & pieces in 2 blank rings & a bezel that I bought last week at the Craft Fair & here they are.

Tin Type photos and....

 I had some old tin type photos & decided to make some pendants with them.
Also had an old watch, added some wings & 'voila' new jewellery!

JUNQUE JOURNAL WORKSHOP

Early Saturday morning Bevlea & I headed out for the drive to Ro Bruhn's lovely, ecelectic home in the Dandenongs to do her 'Junk Journal' workshop.

Met some new artists & reconnected with some I hadn't seen for a while.

I didn't realise how large this journal is, must really learn metrics!

We made the covers and used stencils & masks & lots of paint to create lovely texture.

When  I came home, I decided to change the colours, now I have a lovely rich reddish cover.

We painted, stamped, collaged etc our way through the day, adding lots of 'junky' paper to make the internal pages.

Note to myself, must save more junk, including, flyers, menus etc. etc. etc...

A few days later, I decided to rummage through my collection of buttons & sewed them to the spine.

Lots more to do with this journal, as it will be an ongoing  project & one that I will treasure.

Thanks to Ro & her lovely husband for the day, great company, great food, great fun, great food, lots of laughs, great food, lots of ideas and, did  I mention, great food!!