Category: Design team posts

Evening and welcome to my weekend. The plan was to have a long weekend filled with crafting and Saturday went that way full of ink and paint and all things messy but Sunday and Monday didn't see me getting dirty instead I was out enjoying other people's art and a mix of gardening and sewing.Sunday… Continue reading A groovy kind of weekend

Easter 2014.

I was intrigue with carol's post, I had never heard of slide mailers let alone got any but thought I decorate a lovely little book I recently got from Parper Artsy. You can see Carol's here.I started by giving the book two coats of Nougart and blended in Baltic blue which I called ocean in… Continue reading 3UP no 3 inspired by Carol

Here I am saying hi again. Just had my dinner which was a nice prawn madras and all the trimmings. Now this is not on my what I can eat list but I couldn't help myself hehe.I have been planning some days off which led me to think about late July when my third granddaughter… Continue reading 3 UP no 2 Craftyfield

Happy Saturday everyone, here in the shed it's rocking. I'm listening to Paloma Faith's new album A Perfect Contradiction and It's really good. The sun is shining but it's a little windy. It's still pleasant though.I'm having the whole day to play, which is fab, as it will give me the time to take part… Continue reading 3UP post no 1 inspired by Helen

Hello I'm back again. This tag was inspired by the last one I made, see earlier post. I really enjoyed painting the pod looking flowers on JOFY 007 that I thought do some but in a different colour. I'm sorry I forgot to take pictures until finished. I completed the back ground in the same… Continue reading tag with no name

Hello everyone, here's a spring Tag I made, using one of my favourate garden flowers. I'm entering this into the Country View Crafts challenge which you can see here. The background was created by dabbing distress paint onto my craft sheet and spritzing with water. I swiped the tag through the colour a couple of… Continue reading Spring Tag

Today has been a mixed day, usual tidying and shopping and then home for brunch, but I didn't  get the usual rush to go play. I looked through  sources of inspiration but nothing spoke to me. Usually when that happens, if start painting on a tag or in a journal, it starts to flow and then… Continue reading More sewing

Tonight I went to my first sewing lesson. We made an ipad cover. I can use a sewing machine but want to improve my sewing skills. It's a great little place, that offers many workshops. You can visit them hereAnd this is how it happened.I loved making this and think I will make some more.Thanks… Continue reading Stich in time heheh

Sam one of the PATwits was guess designer this week with this great tag. So I thought I'd have a go following Sam's style. I used different colours and stamps but followed her background technique.I chose my coloursAnd brayered them onto the tagSam used one of Ellen Vargo's stamps from Paper Artsy but I don't… Continue reading Tag Sam style