April 365 Journal Challenge

Hello peeps.

I am running a little late this month (half way through already....where did April go?) and I hadn't realised that I had not yet posted my April page for the 365 challenge...most remiss of me!

So, to rectify yer 'tis (as they say in the west country!!).

I have used dylusion inks (such fabulous strong colours) and stamps and also an Octopode stamp (Alice in Wonderland).

Other fabulous entries can be found at the wonderful Kate Crane's blog here  

Happy Crafting

Kyla

 

March 365 Journal Challenge

 Hello peeps, are you wrapped up warm?....we are having another chilly spell here in the uk, -10 in the wind (now, I know this is nothing to some of you...but we are used to damp weather, we don't do cold very well!)!!

Are you taking part in Kate Crane's 365 journal challenge?  No? Well all the deets can be found here

Basically its a small jounalling every day for a year.  I am in my 2nd year, its so easy, it only takes a couple of minutes a day, and its great looking back over the year and remembering some of the small things that have happened.

I decided to go with cheerful blues, purples, greens, turquoise and yellows to brighten up the days! 

 I love Octopodes Mad March Hare stamp so I decided to hide a couple of them in amongst the flowers! 

He looks like I feel some days!!

I have also decided to enter the Mad as a March Hare over at http://alteredalice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/chapter-25-mad-as-march-hare.html 

Enjoy the snow if you have it...I am off for a warming hot toddy!

Happy Crafting 

Kyla

 

Mermaids

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend...not too wet here in the UK, a few heavy showers but no where as bad as they forecast.   

As it has been rather wet in the UK I have had time to start downloading my photo's (sometimes I think going old skool and sending photo's off to be printed is SO much easier....I find it such a bind printing them off myself) which means I can finally blog some new work!

This is a page from my travel journal that I made when I was sat overlooking the sea last week on holiday.  I don't own the Stampotique mermaid stamp so I cut the legs off one of the stamped images I carry round in my travel craft stash and drew a tail on some card, coloured it and added it to the top half of the girl.  I think she turned out OK in the end. 

I added some sequin waste and gold netting to reflect the sea bed when I got home as the glue stick I carry round is not strong enough to stick anything other than light netting and card. I tend to finish a page in one sitting, but as I have no hard or fast rules it doesn't matter (its meant to be fun after all...not a stressful thing!).


So, I hope you all enjoy what is left of the weekend and manage to get some crafting done.


Happy crafting

Li'l Pidge x

Hair gorilla journal page

Happy Saturday, I hope you all have a lovely weekend planned (those of you not working that is)
 
One of the downsides of longer hair is that I often wake up like this!!!  Yep, many a morning I awake, my hubby's face usually tells me we have had a visit from the hair gorilla during the night!!
 

The background is coloured with distress stains, the hare (geddit?!?!) is an octopode stamp I coloured with watercolour pencils, the circles are from my dylusions stamp set and the gorilla hair I drew myself and added the white designs with a ranger white pen.

Now, off to get the hair straighteners out!!

Happy Crafting

Li'l Pidge x

So, who feels like this today?

Happy New Year to one and all, 2011 was a mixed year, lots of crafting and some great Coven trips, some wonderful weddings and the birth of my new nephew.  It was also tinged with some sadness, pain and working TOO many hours....so bring on 2012.....I am ready and waiting!

Now, down to business.  This is a card I made for my cousins 21st which was new years eve, I made it with my new octopode stamp I bought from the Artful Splodger when I was at the NEC a few months back (such a nice bunch at the stall....I went back 3 times...mainly to chat, though I did buy a 'few' bits and pieces).

 I coloured the hare in with pro markers, adding a 21 to his hat...

 I added a blood shot eye and a little glossy accents on the beer froth in his glass.......how many of you are feeling like this today?!

This is the Christmas card I made my hubby this year.  I stamped it with a stampotique design onto a vintage book page, adding a grunge party hat, some distress stains smeared around the edges and some sequin waste dabbed with picket fence stain and used this to stamp onto the card, adding a few circles made from a bottle cap dipped in distress stains also
 

 Time off work has allowed me to spend some time crafting (woo-hoo!!) so I played with my new resin kit I got for Christmas. This is totally new to me, so I thought I would have a play and see what I could do.

I started by measuring the resin and hardener (windows open as its hazardous AND with a face mask on....I thought I looked like a doctor or dentist, hubby suggested mad murderer!!)

 I wasn't sure what to use as measuring cups, they need to be small and disposable.....then I found in poundland 40 plastic shot glasses ready for the party season...perfect!
 

 I then set out my moulds (the blue one came with the kit...the black ones were chocolate moulds from poundland) and bits and bobs.

Once poured then the waiting game begins.  Now, I CAN be patient....honest....but waiting overnight for each layer to set is something I will need to work on (or find a work around!!)

 These are my first 2, the one on the left is embedded with angelina fibres and different glitters the one on the right, just glitter.

Then I decided to embed some watch parts in the resin and backed it with a page from a dictionary (the word was 'time' I thought it was appropriate).

 So for a first proper attempt I am really quite pleased, only a few air bubbles (micro ones around the diddy cog)....now I just need an excuse to wear it.
 

I hope that 2012 is great to you all and that after the 'plink, plink, fizz....' of today that you all have a great new year.

Happy Crafting

Li'l Pidge x