Congratulations

A greeting card made especially for a couple celebrating the birth of their first child.

I used decoupage designed by TC Chiu from a collection entitled Country Cottage, available from Joanna Sheen.

Each layer was cut out by hand using scissors. I lightly sanded the edges before building up the decoupage layers using Pinflair Gel Glue (clear dimensional non-silicon glue).

Typing the Alphabet

The Craft Barn has revealed the next letter in the Alpha Challenge, which is T.

This is the front of the tag.

This is the reverse.

I used patterned papers Life's Journey Pansy by K & Company, an image from Jessica Sprague & Distress Ink (antique linen).

To see all the tags made in this series, click here.

Walk with me

The Art House Challenge this week is to compose a Haiku about our shoes,

so I decided to leap in with both feet & join the challenge.

This is their prompt.

This is my response.

Walk in my footsteps
We both journey together
Forward in motion

I used my moleskine journal & divided a page into eight 5.5cm squares to use for the challenges.

The shoe image is from The Graphics Fairy.

Be Yourself

The Craft Barn has revealed the next letter in the Alpha Challenge, which runs throughout 2013.

The next alpha is Y with a twist of yellow.

I used patterned papers Life's Journey Pansy by K & Company, an image from the Graphics Fairy & Distress Ink (antique linen).

To see all the tags made in this series, click here.

A Good Book

The Craft Barn has revealed the next letter in the Alpha Challenge, which will run throughout the year.

The next alpha is B.

This is the front of my tag.

I made a little book, which is 3cm by 4cm.

The book is held in place by ribbon & fabric fastener, decorated with a button.

Inside I used the Brianna bird paper ...

and when you turn the title page you find the dictionary definition.

The original book spine is being used as a bookmark.

This is the reverse.

"A good book draws you in and refuses to let go 

until the final page is turned."

Distinctly daisy

I have used patterned papers Life's Journey Pansy & Brianna by K & Company, Distress Ink (antique linen) & images of a Baedeker book from the Graphics Fairy.

To see all the tags made in this series, click here.

Unique

The Craft Barn has revealed the next letter in the Alpha Challenge, which runs throughout 2013.

The next alpha is U.

"You have nothing else to give the world

which no-one else can give

except yourself."

Quentin Crisp

I used patterned papers Life's Journey Pansy by K & Company, & Distress Ink (antique linen).

To see all the tags made in this series, click here.

The Main Feature

The Craft Barn has revealed the next letter in the
  Alpha Challenge,
which runs throughout 2013.

The next alpha is F,
but the word had to be between Fe & Fr in the dictionary.

I selected Feature as my word.
I have printed a journal,
with the main feature on the inside.

Inside Feature 

by daisy

The Craft Barn

reveals all amid concerns

that the twist imposed

will restrict the word

options available.

See inside for our full and exclusive report.

It measures 3½ cm by 4½ cm when closed
& is secured to the front of the tag
using Tissue Tape (elements) by Tim Holtz.

The four images used to create the newspaper
were supplied by The Graphics Fairy
(face, french document
& title on the front cover
& french newspaper inside).

I used patterned papers Life's Journey Pansy by K & Company
& Distress Ink (antique linen).

To see all the tags made in this series, click here.

Tate Collage Postcard

I was privileged to visit both the
Kurt Schwitters
& the
Roy Lichtenstein
exhibitions at the Tate in London last week,
one at Tate Britain, the another at Tate Modern.

Although more than just a river separated them,
through my eyes they had much in common.

This is a postcard collage as a memory of my day,
which will be placed in my journal.

If you were able to see either of these exhibitions,
know either or both of their works,
I hope you will enjoy this piece.

Photographs from the day can be seen here.

The Schwitters closed yesterday,
but the Lichtenstein is open until the end of the month,
so there is still time to visit if you can.

The Key

The Craft Barn has revealed the next letter in the

Alpha Challenge,

which runs throughout 2013.

The next alpha is K & I selected Key as my word.

As the definition given was so large I wanted to make it the feature of the tag,

without overwhelming it,

so I used an image transfer technique, using double sided adhesive.

The transferred ink is sandwiched between the patterned paper covering the tag & the vellum.

You can see the floral patterned paper & read the words through the vellum.

This is the reverse side, together with another part of the definition.

I have used patterned papers Life's Journey Pansy by K & Company,

silk screen printed vellum by Papermania,

a key image cut from one of Tim Holtz's old printed paper collections

& Distress Ink (antique linen).

I am creating a tag for each letter of the alphabet & you can see more detail here.

Connecting through Art

If you saw my Liberate your Art postcard tribute last month, you may be wondering what happened to

all the postcards that Kat Sloma received & sent out.

Together with her helpers, Kat sorted through 1290 postcards from 216 artists from 11 countries.

If you visit the link below you will be able to see an amazing, inspiring slideshow of all the postcards,

together with links to the responses from the participants.