What a Great Afternoon: Create It Hanger 42.

I got home from work on Friday to find that I had won a pair of tickets to the Create It event the following day at Hanger 42 in Lutterworth.  As yesterday was also my wedding anniversary, I took my husband of 28 years with me.  I don't think it would have been his first choice of ways to spend the afternoon, but he made the 150 mile round trip with me and we had a great time, thanks to the generosity of Kay and Alfie of IndigoBlu.  I got up early and made a small token of my appreciation to take with us.

Bargain Background!

A second humorous tag for the May Prompt on Country View Challenges: Be Humorous.  I was playing with a bargain find from a second hand book store creating a background, and the tag developed from there.

Mixed Media Tag: Carpe Diem

I decided to have a second go at the April challenge on Mixed Media Art Journey before the new prompts go live tomorrow.

Steampunk Tag: The Second

Having made one steampunk tag for the current challenge over on Tag Tuesday: Steampunk/Mechanical,  I couldn't resist making another.  Even though I followed very similar steps to the first one that I made, they turned out completely differently.

WOYWW 464: Crafting on my Lonesome!

Hi everyone and welcome to the weekly tour of my desk.  If you are the sort of person who likes seeing what goes on in other people's craft rooms, be sure to visit head desker Julia over on the Stamping Ground to feed your craving and find out more about WOYWW.

Not the world's most interesting desk to share today.  I will be popping over to my parents later today to drop off cards and presents for my brother in Canada, for them to take with them when they go.  I still had inserts to put in and was busy trimming them; the cards can't be shared for a while.  The tag was one I had just finished and shared on my blog (see HERE).  On the left you can see my new acquisition, 60 Van Gogh Oil Pastels by Royal Talens, which came with a free pad of pastel card.  I hadn't had time to play when I took the photo, but I'm hoping to have time by the weekend.
There won't be anything to show on the other side of the desk for a couple of weeks as Eva won't be joining me on a Tuesday again until she's finished her first stint of examining.  So that's it, short and sweet this week.  I am planning on making 9 ATCs for the upcoming anniversary and have already allocated 8 of them, so if there is anyone who would like the last swap, let me know in the comments.  So far Julia, Shaz (Silverwolf), Zsuzsa, Nikki (Graphix and Designs), Annie (Wipso), Cindy (Plant's List), LLJ and my PIF will be getting one!

Steampunk Tag!

This tag was made for the Steampunk Challenge which runs for a fortnight over on Tag Tuesday.  I am proud to have won the last challenge (Black and white with a spot of colour) and love Steampunk, so I wanted to have a go at this challenge straight away.

An Intensely Colourful Background: Big Brush Markers + Oil Pastels

I needed a quick project for my blog post today and wanted to share how I can build up an intensely colourful background quickly using a mixture of Faber-Castell Big Brush Markers and Van Gogh Oil Pastels (by Royal Talens).  I worked on a #8 manilla tag.

A Bit Box Collage Journal Page

This page was created for Explore Your Creativity Challenge 11 over on Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art (JJAMMMA).  The technique to be used was collage, using die cuts and cutting with a multicoloured colour theme.  I went into my bit box for off cuts, ready die cut items and bits of card that were big enough for die cutting and this is the result.

Crazy Cat Tag

This tag was created for the April challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey.  Each month there are six random prompts which can be followed in any order to create a mixed media piece.  The first prompt this month was to create a tag, so I worked on one of the #8 manilla tags that I have in my stash.

The Forty Minute Tag Challenge!

This tag was created in under forty minutes in response to a speed challenge set in a FB live session with Lou Withers of Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art (JJAMMMA).  We had to create a tag using the theme of Paris in a limited amount of time and upload an image to the FB page.

Steampunk Tags

The theme for the March tag swap over on Junk Journal Junkies and Mindful Art is Steampunk.  I already had one completed tag in my stash which was suitable for the swap (see HERE for step by step), but decided to be a bit more daring with the colours on the second.

New Tag on the right

I Love Recycling: An Art Journal Page

This is the third art journal page that I have created using the February prompt over on Nina Ribena's Art Journal Prompts and More: Recycle, Repurpose, Reuse.  I have been loving this prompt as I often use magazine clippings and mop up sheets in my work.  I started this page with no clear end point in mind; it simply evolved as I worked on it.