Tims Christmas Tag #3

Here is my #3 tag!
Would you believe it I don't have a red alcohol ink!!!!!
The 'branch' I used is from La Blanche, the little 'poster' is part of a stamp from Crafty Indiviuals.
The lace I coloured using bundled sage distress ink, my 'tinsel' is eyelash fibre sprayed with Adirondack colourwash spray lettuce, (another compromise), I did have tissue tape so I made the flower!

Tim Tag #2

So here is my Tim tag #2.
All the same techniques but none of the same stamps. To see Tims and get the instructions go over to his blog.
The bird stamp I used is from Crafty Individuals, the flourish is from La Blanche, I did use Tims dotty stamp too (I do have some of Tims things, honest, just not the right ones for these tags it seems!)
The 'Merry Christmas' is alphabet stickers coloured with barn door distress ink.
I used some pearls and glass beads for the embelishment and some ribbons to finish off.

Just Typical!

I only used this georgous birdy from Tim Holtz yesterday on this pendant I made! Then I find out this morning Tim has used it on his #2 Christmas tag! (Another improvise come on then!)
The pendant is one of the wooden hearts I have been making Christmas decs from (I pulled out the string and added an 'eye' screwy thingy in the top). Stamped a flourish from Paper Artsy in black archival on the left side and added the bird and the flower with silicon, the key is just free on the throng.
Attached on the bottom with another 'eye' thingy is 3 small and 1 larger crystal beads.
Around the edge of the heart I rubbed a small amount of Incagold in green.

Tims Christmas Tag #1

Here is my tag!
I don't have the house die or the picket fence die from Tim so I cut my own.
the house was just cut free hand in grunge paper and the fence is wood veneer cut into pieces and assembled using glossy accents and painted with dabbers and glittered. I also made the wreath from hand made paper and the berries are Claudines Studio paints (red) blobbed on with a ball embossing tip.

It's Wednesday Again!

This is my desk this week, not much on it eh? Not much different to last week, just a few more 'Christmas hearts' and some tissue!
Last week someone dared me to show all my desk as I usually only show the work area bit so here it is!


As I said last week it is a total mess! Everything I have used gets shoved to the side which is why I only have such a small space to work in! Even under the desk is full of boxes and papers (mostly all the things I use regularly) so they are there on hand ready and waiting for me.
I have tried to be tidy and it just doesn't work for me, I'd spend half my time just looking for what I wanted if I put everything away!

Here is how my wreath (inspired by Leandra in her article in Craft Stamper) It looks a lot brighter in real life! All the flowers are made from metal,corrigated card, cream card and accetate all stamped, grunged, painted and stuck to the circle with silicon glue!

I also 'tarted' up my pantry this weekend. It really needed it and now I have freed up 1 whole cupboard and 1 shelf in another to squirrel away 'goodies' ready for Chirstmas!

If you want to see more desks pop on over to Julia's, just click here.

Happy Wednesday!

WOYWW

This is whats on my desk this week! I found some georgous wooden hearts at a local garden centre at the weekend (yes I went out, yay!).
So instead of making christmas cards this year for my family I am going to give them a decorated heart! Also on my desk (which looks quite tidy in the photo but don't be fooled you can only see a little bit of it and the rest is.. well.. very messy!) is some of my new Tim stash given to me by my hubby for my birthday (I aslo had some stamps and some aquatones from my lovely son and lots of non crafty things to!)


A closer look at the hearts 2 christmas ones and 2 birthday ones. The little flower at the bottom is a sizzix bigz die (comes as a flat flower which is cut spiraled and you form the flower by rolling it around a paint brush or kebab stick).
If you want to see more desks or join in then hop over to Julia's blog here.

WOYWW this week

Well I don't know where the last week went! (well I do, grandkids off school, hubby off work so there was no chance of doing anything crafty, well not for me anyway)!
So I am making up for it this week!
Although not much has changed on my desk, there are a few flowers appearing here and there! I was rather taken with Leandra's (from Paper Artsy) wreath in this months Craft Stamper. I won't say too much so I don't spoil it for those of you who haven't got your copy yet!
So I have decided to make my own version of it! Here is a closer look of my flowers.

I need lots more yet!

Anyway to see more desks click here to be transported over to Julia's place!