Book

Look what I made this evening! I was tidying my work room and sat down to flick through a Alisa Golden book about bookmaking that Kari has loaned me and came upon a tab and slot book that is made without glue or stitching so I thought I'd have a go. I used envelopes that I'd been saving to sew into a book and got so carried away that I made a cover as well! Pics aren't superb as my digital camera doesn't zoom in well. ;-( I've included a scan of the front cover which is a bit clearer. It was good fun and easy to make even with my dodgy accuracy skills and, even though I probably should have been catching up of some of the commitments I'm stuck on, I'm glad I took the time to have a go.

Decos

These are two new decos I've made to send out via ArtDecos. I'm a bit dubious about the green one but I like the altered photo one. The green one is made of beer mats painted with acrylic (I have a box of paints I'm trying to use up too, are you surprised??). The photo one is made of a teeny tiny selection of the shed load of rubbishy photos I have to get through! This first one is my DD altering her first book! LOL

Postcards

These are two postcards for a swap on ArtDecos. I'm determined to use some of the mountain of "scraps" I have so these are both made from my scrap tray. They're not at all what I had planned and I have no idea whether the recipients (two artists who I admire! Eeeek!) will like them or not! C'est la vie, they're done now and going out into the world!

Journal Page

This is my self portrait page in my art journal from a prompt on Inside Out Europe. I couldn't get to grips to it until I realised that it didn't have to encompass all of me so I chose to illustrate the performance part of me. The background words are all lines I've said/sung on stage and the pic is my legs in their All that Jazz get up!

ATC

Made this ATC this evening after finding the background paper whilst tidying up my desk. I often mop up paintyness with blotting paper and this paper is one of my "mops"!

ATC

I had a play with my pearly watercolours this morning and slapped them onto a piece of roller blind fabric - the scrapstore alwasy has loads. I liked the effect so made it into an ATC this evening. I'm not over enamoured with it as a whole but I love the background and my wee flower!

Journal Cover

The art journal RR that we're just starting at our book group has a duel theme - days in our lives and a colour. I've chosen green narurally!! This is my cover. The paper is a sheet of rather glorious goldy textured wrapping paper from Paperchase, bit like wallpaper. I added green Lumiere, gesso and Staz On in a slap dash manner as is my way! The words on the tags say "days of green". The photo is from a groovy album of 60s photos that I picked up in the junk shop. I sanded it a bit and added some paint and Staz On. Job done. ;-)

ATC

I hadn't realised how long it is since I posted anything! I'd been well and truly stuck but my visit to Dundee this week seems to have unbunged me! LOL Yesterday I worked on a canvas in the RR I'm in that's based on a mixed media RR featured in the current issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. I found it surprisingly easy to slap paint over the first players work! Not sure if that's good or not! The canvas was too big for the scanner and I forgot to take a pic before I posted it so nothing to show there! This morning I did a spread in my friend, Skippy's, In the Dark themed AB. Gave it back to her this evening but, again, didn't scan it first! I've made two decos today as well which need a bit more work before going on their way tomorrow or Friday. This evening was book group, we're working on a new art journal RR. :-) I did my cover and some backgrounds. Haven't scanned the cover as I might add something else yet. We had an ATC swap at book group on the theme of undomestic goddess, a very apt theme for some of us, ahem! Anyway, I made five of these simple ATCs this evening. :-) I used lemon juice on a school shirt that is too small for DD and zapped it with my heat gun to try and make it look like I'd burnt it ironing! I tried actually burning it with an iron but I'd still be there now if I'd gone down that route! I toyed with stopping after the word iron but ploughed on regardless!! :-D

AB Spread

This is a spread I did a while ago in Skippy's In the Dark themed AB. I brought it home from book group this week to do another spread in and realised I'd not put up the pic Skippy had done for me but now can't find it so have scanned it again! I really like this spread. :-) The blob in the top right hand corner is a lightbulb!

AB Spread

Yay, I think my struggle to do anything is over! This is my spread in an angels themed book in the ATC book RR I'm in. I'm not a wiffy waffy angel kind of girl so went for this Michelangelo quote! Second pic is the ATC in the pocket on the left hand page.

Everyday Book Spread

This morning I finished my dreams/blue piece for the Everyday Book RR I'm participating in. I've been struggling to do any of the stuff that I'm committed to at the moment so I'm really pleased to have done this, hopefully I'll be able to get going on some of my other commitments now too!

Mini Altered Book

Haven't posted much lately because I've been working on this little fella! I've hosted an altered mini board book swap on my Yahoo group and this is my effort. My theme for Evie was vintage grunge/pointy hats/wings and I hope I've managed to achieve what she wants! I made a leather book wrap for it as well just to finish it off.

ATCs

Made a couple of ATCs this morning. The first is a inkjet transparency I'd used as a transfer and then stuck it on a piece of scrap while I fiddled with the transfer! I rather liked the way it looked so turned it into an ATC. ;-) The second one's background is cut from a botched sheet of Quink/bleach experimenting with Mecanorma and stamping over it.

Doodad

This is the first of my two pieces for the Artella Spring Sprite swap. I wanted to make a doodad to hang up and inspired by one of these tins that a friend (Liz) had turned into a Christmas decoration I thought I'd have a go. It was almost a disaster as I Superglued the lid on and then realised I hadn't cleaned the fingermarks off the INSIDE of it!! Fortunately my lovely DH had a cunning plan and rescued the situation! :-) I actually prefer it with the lid off (as it is in the pic) but I'll send it along to my swap partner and she can decide how she likes it best. I'm really pleased with this but it is green so no surprise really! LOL

Badge

I made this badge yesterday, says it all really! LOL

AB Spreads

Finished my second spread in a magic themed AB for one of my friend's from book group (which meets tonight). After last night's fiddle with the scanner I took the easy option and took a photo of it! I really like this one, probably because it's green! LOL The blue spread is my first spread which I did a while ago but hadn't taken a pic until now. I wasn't really enthused by the magic theme, couldn't get going at all, so considering that I'm really pleased with both of these!

Journal Cover

Went straight to my work room after the bus run again this morning and created this journal cover. It wasn't on my list of things to do but it suddenly became an important thing for me to do today. The scan doesn't really capture it very well, it's quite subtle really. I know!!! Subtle!!! Whatever next?? The brass frame got pressed funny in the scanner but you can see the quote properly in real life!! It's quite simple but it's for me and that's what I wanted! ;-D I think I need to do something that isn't pink or purple now!

AB Spread

I've been working on a spread in a Once Upon a Time themed AB today. Had a bit of a job with it and it shot off in a direction I hadn't planned but I think I'm done! Can't get the book on my scanner properly so it's two odd pics but you'll get the general idea I hope! Didn't think until afterwards but I could have taken a pic with the camera! It must be luvverly to have brains!

Altered Spoon

This a birthday present for the same friend. We had an altered cutlery challenge on my Yahoo group and I came up with the idea of "Quote Spoons - to stir your life with" but didn't actually manage tofind time to do any of them for the challenge! Anyway, this is my first effort and I'm quite pleased with it. ;-) Not a great scan as the light bounced off the bowl of the spoon! I have seven more of these cute little spoons to play with - junk shop find for £1 ages ago which I couldn't resist but knew I'd find a use for! LOL What do you think?

Card & ATCs

Here we go with the first of today's offerings! I went straight up to my work room after the school bus run this morning as I was so cross with myself for wasting yesterday so first up I finished something that I can't post pics of yet because the recipient lurks about on here and then moved on to making this birthday card for a friend's birthday later this week. I stamped three ATCs and chose the one I liked best for the card but thought I'd complete the other two while I was at it! The stuff around the edges is a silvery/rainbow foil which is much lovlier in real life than the scan is making out!!