It is rather apt that I should be sharing this tag today, as I will be heading up to Manchester (Stockport) later to meet up with some crafty friends; the bee is the symbol of Manchester. This tag is dedicated to all my crafty friends from all parts of Manchester.
I must thank my friend Eva for this card, the concept is entirely hers and I have simply copied her idea. I love the way that she layered up colour using three different stencils, to create a background for a large stamped focal image. This is my copy of the card that I gave my son to open for his birthday yesterday (his was made using Eva's topper!).
I was asked by my son to make an 18th birthday card for one of his friends. As the friend is into the game 'Magic: The Gathering', I decided to make the focal image a dragon.
This page was created for the January monthly challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey. It was finished in January, even if I'm not sharing the process until the start of February lol. Six word dice are thrown each month and the resulting six prompts have to be included in any order. For January the prompts were: 'Create a page'; 'Use something recycled'; 'Add sparkle'; 'Use blue'; 'Add washi tape' and 'Favourite saying'.
This is the first set of ATCs that I created for the January swap on Junk Journal Junkies and Mindful Art. My swap partner was quicker off the mark than I was and I received 6 rather than the 3 ATCs that I was expecting, as well as some gorgeous happy mail from her. I therefore created a second set of three to add to my package which I will share tomorrow. As usual, I used Claritystamp masks and stamps to create my ATCs. The prompt letter for January was E.
This tag was created for the December challenge on Tag It Tuesday: Sparkle. It is in honour of the snow (or rather lack thereof) which kept school open yesterday!
I'm still feeling lousy and not up to any major projects, however I didn't want to miss a blog post. I therefore used a page background that was already created, together with some pre made bits and pieces to put together a journal page; it took all of 10 minutes, but I liked the finished look before crawling back into bed.
I am not feeling well today, hence the late blog post (for me). I went straight to bed last night instead of creating and preparing today's blog post. Instead, I made this quick tag this morning with left overs from yesterday's journal page (see HERE). I am entering it in the That's Crafty fortnightly challenge: Green with envy.
This page was created in response to the second Explore your Creativity challenge on Junk Journal Junkies and Mindful Art. The colour had to be predominantly green and stamping and collage had to be part of the process. I had fun working within these constraints and the quote chips used as the finishing touch describe both the process, and the lack of planning that went into this page. As the colour is green, I am also entering this into the fortnightly That's Crafty Challenge 'Green with Envy'.
The prompt for week 43 over on Art Journal Prompts was Inchies; I decided to add a twist to the theme.
