She loved to dance ...

A co-ordinating companion for my violin playing hero.

The mountboard base was covered with a printed image from The Vintage Moth.

The image of the lady is from Mary at Green Paper, from her December 2010 challenge.

I added a strip of Love script vellum & a butterfly to give dimension.

He loved to play ...

This is my entry for this week's Art Creations Friday challenge, using the image provided.


The base is mountboard, covered in a printed image from The Vintage Moth.


I added a strip of script vellum & cut out two more butterflies to add dimension.

Shabby House

The challenge on Creative Wednesday is to make a house shaped project.


The background paper is from the Shabby Princess Damask & Dots range.

I added a section from an old lace doily, aged with Distress Inks (walnut stain & antique linen).


The image is from art-e-zine

There is an open theme on Dans ma maison ... this week, so this is my entry for that also.

This is also my entry for My Time to Craft, which has a theme of Coffee & Cream.

Postscript
The Creative Wednesday challenge blog is no longer active.

Reflections in Orange

The challenge theme on Dans ma maison ... this week is Orange.


I used paper & elements from the Shabby Princess Sun Porch range & an image from art-e-zine.


The finishing touches include a small Doo-dad word from Tim Holtz, a few pearl gems & a butterfly made using a paper punch.

Wish upon a Star

The challenge theme on Dans ma maison ... is Star.


I have used mountboard as the base, which was painted & then distressed using sandpaper.

The background was made using swirly clear stamps by Anna Griffin, Versamark watermark stamp pad, gold embossing powder & a white Inkssentials pen.

The images are from Crafty Computer Paper & the star is a mini Grungeboard element, painted with Acrylic Paint Dabber (Stream).

A Little House for Me

The challenge on Creative Wednesday is to make a Row House.


I have used a rubber stamp by Tim Holtz, papers from Crafts Beautiful, pages torn from a children's book, tissue paper, PVA glue, Archival Ink (Jet Black), Distress Ink (antique linen) & ribbon.

Can you guess what it is yet?

The challenge theme this week on Dans ma maison is a song.


I painted the mountboard base with black acrylic paint & then used a non sequitur stamp of rambling roses, stamped with clear VersaMark ink & heat embossed with gold powder. It was edged with my Krylon 18ct gold leafing pen.

I took the lyrics from my current favourite song & put them through Wordle to create a background for my bird. The leftover words were added to the bottom.

I added butterfly images from Crafty Computer Paper

For the finishing touch, I added a gold eyelet & tied black & gold organza ribbon through the hole.

The song .... Black & Gold by Sam Sparro.

Fish out of Water

The challenge theme on Dans ma Maison this week is the Sea.

The image of the lady is from art-e-zine & the fish images are from Crafty Computer Paper.


I used tissue paper, paints, silver Stickles, Artifacts rubber stamps & Distress Inks (weathered wood & broken china).

My Guardian Angel

My guardian angel has certainly been watching over me & my home this week, so as the challenge theme this week on Dans ma maison is Angels, I just had to take part.


I have used lovely images from a copyright-free graphics cd from Crafty Computer Paper, a swirly stamp by Anna Griffin, Distress Crackle Paint (antique linen), Distress Inks (antique linen & walnut stain), a word Doo-dad, mulberry paper, green fibres & it was edged with my Krylon 18ct gold leafing pen.

Made with thanks to my angel.

This also qualifies for the new challenge theme on This Thursday it's all about, which is Winged Things.

Dizzy Heights

The theme on Dans ma Maison is the Eiffel Tower.


I used paper designed by Tim Holtz, scans of my old ticket, butterflies from a graphics cd from Crafty Computer Paper, Glossy Accents, metallic eyelets & fibres.

Boys will be boys

The theme this week on Dans ma maison is boy.


I used pages from a children's book as the background. I painted over the text with Acrylic Paint (Hazelnut), highlighting key words with Distress Ink (broken china).

The images were from a copyright-free graphics cd from Crafty Computer Paper.

I decorated my house with ribbon & clear gems.

Music House

I have taken up a new challenge from Dans ma maison to create a house on this week's theme of Music.


First I made a template, then cut out my first house using mountboard & covered it using altered sheet music & clear gesso.

For the windows I used two butterfly stamps from Crafty Individuals, which used sheet music as their background. I stamped on white card using Adirondack dye ink (Denim) & punched out an inch square from the image. I restamped the images & cut out the butterflies. I stamped the images again, but this time I heat embossed them using clear embossing powder, before cutting out the butterflies. The butterflies were attached using silicone glue.

For the roof, I used multicoloured fibres.

For the attic window, I punch a circle from the music sheet & stamped a clear miniature image from Claritystamp. I made some holes around the edge using a piercing tool & sewed on some rainbow glass beads with silver metallic thread.

For the front door, I cut a rectangle from the sheet music. I used a glass bead for the door handle & attached fibres to the reverse.