SMEARED & SMUDGED JUNK FUNK DEC CHALLENGE

Hi all,
Well I thought I was finished with posts, this side of Xmas, but
after finding this fab site smeared and smudged.ning.com
my creativeness was set on fire, with the challenges over there,
which brings me onto my latest creation,
I made it for the junk funk December challenge
you have to incorporate rubber bands into your work some how,
as well as stamping, click HERE to read all the details,

apologies for the poor pictures it is so dark in my craft room,
can't help the shadows, sorry.

had to show the background

before I covered it up,

the stamps I used are all from

the artistic stamper,

other things I used are:-

XL tag (21x10cm) versamark ink pad,

clear embossing powder, heat tool,

rubber bands, hole punch,

words printed out on my computer,

distress inks, zig pen,

& for the art doll:-

a mixture of collage sheets from,

art chic studio & digital image 4 you.

the bees & the neck are my own creations.

 

I had such fun putting her together,

not very Xmasey, but I think she is fab,

Hope you like her!

UP DATE,

I WON, I WON, HOW EXCITED AM I,

I HAVE SOME FAB NEW STAMPS COMING MY WAY,

YAY ME!

Thanks for stopping by,

Bask soon,

Kat x.

SMUDGY ANTICS WICKED CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE

Hi all,
just a quickie post to show you a card I made for a weekly challenge blog
that I found completely by accident,
the blog is called smudgy antics.blogspot.com
& there is an array of weird & wonderful creations to feast your eyes on,
& a fab prize up for grabs, its a sheet of digi stamps,
it's part of a fabulous ning site, check this out
smeared and smudged.ning.com you won't be disappointed,
there is some amazing art work on there.

So onto this weeks challenge,
WICKED CHRISTMAS / GOTHIC CHRISTMAS,
here's my card,

Things I used :-

Square card blank, patterned paper,

a very old wood mounted sentiment stamp,

Artistic stamper, Snow flakes stamp,

distress inks, scraps of coloured papers,

Tim Holtz tattered pine cone die &

festive greenery decorative strip die,

a wooden gold star, a nestability die,

& last but not least,

the little horror toy shop digi collage sheet

by Itkupilli,

This is the first time I have entered this challenge,

so I hope I have adhered to all the rules

(I have read them several times)

so I think I have, LOL,

hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

TWINKLE TWINKLE BIG GOLD STAR

Hi all,
Here's my last project for December for the
artistic stamper creative team blog
If you want to make a purchase in the SHOP
there is no better time, because
you will be sent a free stamp with your order,
HERE are the details (there are two to choose from)

if you want the ins & outs of  how I made this project,
please click HERE

This star has got me back to entering challenges
(it's about time, I hear you say) lol

so I am entering it for simon says stamp and show blog
their challenge this week is to show a PROJECT WITH DEPTH,

& I have Just found out that Joanna Sheen has started a new
monthly challenge blog & that the first challenge is
CHRISTMAS WISHES so I am going to enter this star,
you can find the blog HERE

 this is probably the last post this side of Christmas for me,
so a big thank you for all your wonderful comments,
& I will see you on the other side,
with lots of JOURNALLING (that's going to be my focus for 2012)

Thanks for stopping by,
Back soon,
Kat x.

CREATIVE FLIGHT FRAME,

Hi all,
I have another project over at,
the artistic stamper creative team blog
if you want the details on how I made it,
please click HERE

I'm off to tackle the loft

the Christmas decks always seem to

get buried or hide during the course of the year,

wish me luck! (LOL)

Thanks For Stopping By,

Back Soon,

Kat x.

CHILLIE SANTA CARD

Hi All,
just a quickie post to say,
if you fancy joining in with this months challenge
over at the artistic stamper creative team blog
the theme this month (as you would probably expect) is
CHRISTMAS,

Here's my card,

there is a random prize of £15 worth of

The Artistic Stamper stamps of your choice

plus the Kling On to mount them onto,

so get creating.

Must dash, busy, busy, busy.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

JOURNAL CALENDER DECEMBER / NOVEMBER PAGES

Hi all,
I'm here with my FINAL page of the whole year
of the 365 journal calender challenge,
hosted by Kate Crane over at
the Kathryn wheel blog click the link to see every ones creations.

I can't believe it's nearly over,
& much more importantly I can't believe I have kept up
for all the 12 months (lol)
The year has flown even quicker tracking the days,
for this challenge, anyway.

my finished November page will appear
if by magic near the bottom of this post.

I did sit down to make a modern page ie,
blue, silver, purple, but that just didn't happen,
so without further a do,
here is my December page,

Here's the distress inks I used

for the background,

(almost forgot to take the picture

got a bit carried away)lol

I don't have many Christmas  stamps

so I decided to keep it simple

& only use 2 small ones.

now for the fun part,

I have had these images forever, & forgot I even had them,

I came across them in my frantic search for Xmas

things to use, & felt they would be perfect,

I think they are called scraps, & are used for

old fashion traditional decoupage on boxes etc.

The squares are again as the other months part of a TSV on QVC

bought ages ago (glad to put them to good use)

the days of the week are done on my computer,

as are the numbers (then punched out with a circle punch)

& coloured with copic markers.

& there you have it!

I'm a bit sad this little journey has come to an end

but I have loved every minuet of it,

I would like to say a big thank you to

Kate Crane for putting up this challenge,

& also for every one that has left me such lovely comments.

I will be back at the end of the month

with the December page when it's all filled out

for anyone that wants to see it,

& I am also going to do a roundup

of all 12 pages before I bind them into a book.

OH almost forgot to show November, filled out,

silly me,  here it is.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

FIND YOUR WINGS & FLY, XL TAG

Hi all,
I'm here with my final piece for the month over on
the artistic stamper creative team blog
It's another XL tag, with just a touch of craft metal (lol)

if you would like the details on how

I made it head over HERE

I am so sorry I am still unable

to leave comments on other peoples blogs,

still not sure what the problem is,

I have tried lots of things, but to no avail,

anyway must dash,

dinner is ready (lamb hot pot) yum!!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

QUICK DISTRESS STAIN CARD

Hi all,
I'm here with a sneak peak
of the second project of the month for
the artistic stamper creative team blog
it's a very quick card,
(just like all my posts latly) sorry about that,
I'm busy, busy, busy

I am just about to start a propper mixed media art journal,

so I should be blogging some pages soon.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.



SUNSET RAINBOWS XL TAG

Hi all just a quickie,
I'm here with my first project for the month over at the
artistic stamper creative team blog
It's an XL TAG (this is my first of many)
I am loving this size 10.5 x 21.5cm's
so much more surface to work on, LOL

so here it is,

I went with an autumn theme

(rather appropriate for the time of year I thought, te he hee)

I made up the poem myself, (one of my better ones) LOL

if you would like a step by step then head over to the

artistic stamper creative team blog

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

GIGGLE FAIRY PAGE

Hi all,
I'm here today to shear a page I made for the
artistic stamper creative team blog
monthly challenge,
the theme this time is BACKGROUNDS
if you would like to join in click the link to read all about how,

I started by putting acrylic paint (hot pink & orange)

 down onto the page with a baby wipe,

then I added the black dots,

with a piece of logo & black acrylic paint,

next I added white rings with,

an old bottle lid & white acrylic paint,

now for the stamps,

(all 3 are  from the artistic stamper)

I stamped the Music background with

Worn lipstick Distress ink, all over,

& then part stamped the  Sequin waste open,

with Rusty hinge Distress Ink,

to random parts of the page,

& lastly the Harlequin background

with Crimson Archival ink as shown.

Here's a few close ups,

 

I added a piece of torn book page for my fairy to stand on,

coloured with a copic marker,

collaged her up from sheets bought from

Lisa's altered art.com

& stuck her down along with the words,

finally I stamped a flower off the page from the flower power set

also from the artistic stamper.

& coloured it in with a black pen,

then doodled with a white gel pen over the top.

I love the contrast on this page,

what do you think!

If you fancy entering the challenge

head over HERE

that's me for today!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

JOURNAL NOVEMBER PAGES

Hi all,
I'm here today to show off my November pages,
But first I would like to tell you,
 I am still unable to comment on other peoples work
when I try to leave comment it keeps disappearing,
(blogger isn't even throwing me to the brown sign in page)
CAN ANYONE HELP, I am so frustrated AHHHH!!!!!!

My finished OCTOBER page will appear as if by magic
near the bottom of this post,

For those of you that are not in the know,
where have you been?????
this year long challenge is in its autumn time of life for this year,
we are nearing the end only Nov/ Dec to go,
head over to the Kathryn wheel blog to see what every one has been up to,

Here is my November page,

I thought I would do a fallen leaf theme

hope you like it.

Here's the distress ink colours I used

to create the background,

& here's the stash I used for the stamping part,

for the November I used my fave Tim Holtz alphabet stamps,

I coloured it in with copic markers,

the leaves are cut from the tattered leaves die

& from textured card that I sanded & distressed

the squirrel is from an google image search,

& the sentiment I made up myself &

printed out on the computer,

The squares are again as the other months part of a TSV on QVC

bought ages ago (glad to put them to good use)

I doodled around each square with a zig pen & a white gel pen,

the days of the week are done on my computer,

as are the numbers (then punched out with a square punch)

& coloured with copic markers,

Hope you like it!

Here's my October pages all filled out,

Only one more set of pages to go,

bit sad about that as I have enjoyed

keeping up with this challenge

(but I will say keeping track daily has made the year fly)

anyway that's me for today,

other than to say a huge thank you

 to each & every one of you that has left me a comment

I love to read them, & they are much appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU AN ITCH

Hi all,
another quick post to shear
my last project of the month over at
the artistic stamper creative team blog
I am so into art journaling at moment,
(still to scared to add my own thoughts & feelings) to the page)LOL
but loving the creative process,
If you want the full page & details head over HERE

here is my page,

the little boy images are from

lisa's altered art.com

the butterfly wings came from a google search.

Hope you like my page!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

FUN & LAUGHTER PAGE

Hi all,
another quick post to shear
my second project of the month over at
the artistic stamper creative team blog
I am so into art journaling at moment,
loving the creative process,
If you want the details head over HERE

the collage images I used came from

crowabout.blogspot.com & Lisa's altered art.com

the bees are mine.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

A CREATIVE STORY

Hi All,
just a quickie today,
to let you know my first project of the month is over on
the artistic stamper creative team blog
it's an altered board book,
if you would like to read the details of how I made it,
please head over THERE

the little girl comes from Lisa's altered art.com

the words are from tumble fish studio.blog spot.com

Hope you like it!

for the next two projects over there on 15th & 25th

I will be shearing two of the pages I have completed inside.

thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

BE INSPIRED

Hi all,
I'm here today to shear with you a tag I made for the
artistic stamper creative team blog monthly challenge
this month the theme is AUTUMN COLOURS
if you fancy entering click Here for all the details,
There's a fab prize up for grabs,

I don't think this tag needs much explaining so,

Here's a list of the ingredients I used,

8x16cm Manila tag,

distress inks

(scatted straw, wild honey, rusty hinge,

vintage photo & aged mahogany)

stamps all from the artistic stamper

(large sequin waste closed, mini polka dots,

swirls,splats & dots A4 & inspiration light bulbs)

Tim Holtz heart wings Die,

Wendy Vecchi sentiment,

idea-ology key hole,

Key, ribbon & fibers

scraps of card &textured card

that's about it!

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

JOURNAL CALENDER OCTOBER ( 2011)

Hi all,
I'm here today to show off my October pages,
But first I would like to tell you,
when I try to leave comment on other peoples work
my comment keeps disappearing,
(blogger isn't even throwing me to the brown sign in page)
CAN ANYONE HELP, I am so frustrated AHHHH!!!!!!

My finished SEPTEMBER page will appear as if by magic
near the bottom of this post,

For those of you that are not in the know,
this challenge lasts the whole year,
(Although we are on the 10th month you can still join in)
you have to journal every day in the form of 12 monthly calender pages,
& then head over to the the kathryn wheel blog & link up your creation,
so Kate Crane & any one else can see what you have come up with,
If you like the sound of that? get cracking & head over HERE to check it out

Here's my OCTOBER pages,

I thought I would graduate the colour

down the page for this one,

to symbolise the change of season,

on the background & the squares,

I think it came out quite well.

Here's the distress ink colours I used

to create the background,

All the background stamps are

paper artsy hot picks (LOVE THEM)

The embellishments I have made are also paper artsy

(how fab are stem punk Peter & steam punk Paul)

I stamped the flower twice once on cream & once on white card,

I then cut the white flowers out & stuck them to the cream flower

so it draws your eye,

the bottles are coloured with copic markers,

the word OCTOBER is from a date plate by creative expressions,

& the largest bottle is from the artistic stamper

The squares are again as the other months part of a TSV on QVC

bought ages ago (glad to put them to good use)

I did go over them lightly with distress ink

to tone them to the background,

then doodled round them with a zig pen.

the days of the week are done on my computer,

as are the numbers (then punched out with a flower punch)

& then coloured with copic markers,

Hope you like it!

Here's SEPTEMBER all filled out,

for all you lovely double clickers out there,

I have tried to make my nonsense a little  more exciting

but the atrocious spelling still remains (sorry) lol

well that's me for today,

thank you for all your lovely comments

you leave me each month,

each & every one is so apreceated.

Thanks for stopping by,
Back soon,
Kat x.

FREE AS A BIRD TAG

Hi all,
I'm here today to shear with you a quick sneak peek of
the THIRD & FINAL project I have for the month
over on the artistic stamper creative team blog

So here it is,

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO......

(If the word for a female dog offends please look away now)
......BECOMING A BITCH

Hi All,
I'm here today to shear a little bit of silliness & harmless humor,
I hope it won't offend anybody.

With the kids back to school I have a bit more time to craft
although I have just taken on a bigger work load,
in the way of a promotion, so we will have to see,
I did get a pay rise so it's not all bad (more money for craft stash)lol

anyway back to my project
I bought a collage sheet from Lisa's altered art that I couldn't resist
& this is what I made, (a tiny book of funny)

Ingredients used,

Lisa's collage sheet,

background stamps, all from, the artistic stamper

(Jennie's backgrounds are among my fav stamps ever)

Distress Inks in

(vintage photo, Victorian velvet, bundled sage, scattered straw,tattered rose)

tiny piece of tissue tape,

brown ribbon & 2 silver eyelets

the title on the book was printed of the computer

silver peel offs

(coloured with a brown pro marker before they were peeled off the sheet)

Here's a look at all the pages,

How funny are these ladies &their phrases,

Hope you like it!

That's it for today.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.