Medallions and more

Hi there dear bloggers.  More medallions to share with you today.

The first one is a card

I have made for a friends recent engagement

I am entering it into the Try it on Tuesday challenge which this week has LOVE as the theme and is sponsored by One Stop Card Crafts.

Here are a couple more that I made this week.

 The first one was coloured using Crystal Laquers

This one has been glittered.

Before I go I will share a Get Well card that I made for my dear friend Joan who was admitted to hospital on Friday with chest pains. I'm so very glad to say that she is back home now having had a stent fitted. She says she is fighting fit and looking forward to our evening out on Friday all being well. Great news!!

The paper is Bo Bunny and the image Lily of the Valley coloured with copics.

Well that's about it from me today. Hope you all have a very good week.

Pat

xxx



Going back to my roots

Just thought I'd share a pretty glittery card with you today.

What seems like light years ago I was really into Medallion stamps and glitter. Well it was all down to the lovely Jayne Nestorenko and the amazing demos she used to do on C&C.  I have never lost the love of them so decided to get out the glitter again after Jayne gave me a lovely medallion stamp for Christmas. So I've been as happy as a pig in muck this morning and there is glitter everywhere. I'm going to try out some other techniques using the stamps so watch this space. It's such a shame that we don't see Jayne on C&C very often these days

Sorry the glitter and mirri board haven't shown up too well.

As I'm sitting typing this John has just brought me todays post (rather late post I might add) and it's my Craft Stamper magazine. So guess what I'm gonna be doing when I finish on here! Ooh the free stamp is by The Octopode Factory, brilliant.

Tonight we are going wine tasting for Jonathan's wedding, well let's get that right I'm driving and they are wine tasting but we will be having a meal so that's OK.

Bye for now,

Pat xx

Design Team call.

Hello from a very cold but lovely and sunny day here in  the West Midlands of the UK.

Thought I would just stop by to let you know that The Try it on Tuesday gang have a DT call out.

So do please pop over there and take a shufty.

Pat xxx

New Year, new start

Hi there dear bloggers.

No creation from me for the Try it on Tuesday challenge this week as I have stepped down from the team. I have absolutely loved being part of the DT with such fantastic and talented designers but decided I need to spend less time blogging as I have family committments which I have to put first.

I shall still be crafting but as and when I have the time and I shall still  keep following the TioT challenge to get some inspiration from the team as they come up with some brilliant ideas.

I believe that there are going to be some changes to the TioT challenge shortly so keep checking the blog to find out what's instore.

Well speaking of family commitments I had a bit of a scare this morning. As you may know hubby John has MS and this morning had quite a funny turn. I had to get the paramedics out but thankfully he is quite a bit better now. They checked him over and gradually he began to improve so  we believe it may have been a TIA (mini stroke). He's had a couple of these episodes in the past and they last about 30 mins which I believe is what happens. We had a good year 2011 with no emergency hospital visits so hope todays episode doesn't mean 2012 is going to be the start of a bad one.


Well that's it from me for today. I'll try to get back with a card soon.
Hugs
Pat xx

All your own work.

As the title says the first challenge of 2012 for Try it on Tuesday is to create a card with the theme of all your own work.  No printed papers or ready made embellishments, everything on the card needs to be created by you.

So I decided to take the less is more idea and stamp directly to the card. I love this simple style but I think it's more difficult to achieve than it would first appear. I think I need a bit more practice and am definately going to be spending more time perfecting this style as I really do like the simplicity of this type of card.

I used post it notes to mask off a section of the card then coloured the aperture using DI and a blending block. I then stamped the image directly over the panel using another post it to mask off the bottom of the card so that I could stamp at different heights. I put redline tape around the four sides and added gilding flakes.

I do hope you will take the time to visit the TioT challenge blog and check out the rest of the teams creations then hopefully decide to join us for the challenge.

Well I'm going to try and get myself back to a sort of normality after all the festivities. Wish me luck.

Thank you for stopping by,

Pat xx



Oh it's Wednesday!!

Hope you enjoyed the Christmas festivities and that Santa brought you some lovely crafting goodies amongst other things.  My crafting gifts included a gorgeous book on vellum and parchment craft from my lovely friend Delena  and a big box of goodies including rubber stamps, card and papers from my dear friend Jayne. I shall be putting them to good use very soon.

Well now I'd better get on with showing you my creation for the Try it on Tuesday challenge even though it is now Wednesday. Apologies for being late but you know how it is!

Its Alter it week and the theme is to recycle your Christmas wrapping.

As usual the challenge is sponsored by our good friends at the Craft Barn so for more info just pop on over to the challenge blog.

Sorry the photos not great. I took a glass bauble and put some rolled used wrapping paper inside, added some glitter berries and holly leaves and finished off with ribbon from a present. All ready for the tree next year. Who said I couldn't be organised!

We are off out for a family meal today, as if we hadn't eaten enough, which will be nice. So better go and get my glad rags ready.

Enjoy your day,

Pat xxx

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

I would like to wish all my amazing blogging friends a very Merry Christmas & a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful & Prosperous New Year. Not asking for much am I?

Apologies for not getting around to everyone but been feeling a bit under the weather. Don't worry though I'll do my utmost to enjoy the festivities. 

I'll be back visiting soon.

Have fun

Pat xx

Anything Goes

Are you ready for the Christmas festivities? I've just got a bit of food shopping to do but apart from that I'm good to go as they say.

This week the Try it on Tuesday challenge is Anything Goes.  I've chosen to go with a card and it's not a Christmas one. My good friend Ann's daughter had a gorgeous baby boy last week so I had cards to make for the proud parents and grandparents and decided that I would use them for my challenge project.

This first one I made for the proud parents.

The gorgeous little stamp is by Lily of the Valley coloured with copics.

This is the one I did for the grandparents

Isn't it such a cute image, I love it.

Hope you'll pay a visit to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team have come up with because as always they've done a great job.

Enjoy your day.

Hugs

Pat xx

Tags Galore and a little bit more!

I've a few things to share with you today.

I'll start with my tag for the Try it on Tuesday challenge, Tags Galore.



Background - Cosmic shimmer sprays and stamped and embossed in white snowflakes (look more like flowers to me, oh well)

Stamp - Freebie with CS Magazine cut out with nestie

Ribbon from stash.

If you'd like to see more please stop by the TioT challenge blog to check out the fantastic tags the team have created.

Now here is a picture of the Christmas wreath I made at the workshop

This card is for my gorgeous Granddaughter

The image is a Gorguss Girl coloured with Copics and Polychromos pencils. The stripey paper I made in Craft Artist and the snowflakes were cut with a Cuttlebug die and glamour dusted. The hearts were cut on the Slice.

I'm off to Birmingham today with my daughter. I've got all my presents but I dare say something will take my fancy.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Pat xx

Christmas workshop

I have a Christmas flower arrangement to share with you today.

My daughter Justine and myself went to a workshop run by a local florist The Flower Shop in Codsall on Wednesday evening.

I've never attempted flower arranging before, more the bung 'em in the vase technique!

Anyway we thoroughly enjoyed it and here is my finished piece.

Not the greatest picture but the light was rubbish yesterday and the photographer's not much better.

Anyway what do you think? I'm pleased with it for my  first attempt. Just shows you how talented the ladies from the shop are as the design is down to them we just followed along.

We also made a Christmas wreath for the front door. I'm still adding some finishing touches to that but I am pleased with it.

Yet another craft I'm dabbling in. I have lost count of how many craft techniques I've given a go over the years. As they say "Jack of all trades, master of non" well that's me. 

Thank you for visiting me today and I hoope you all have a great day.

Pat xx