Alter it - Frame

Well  I had a  lovely day at the NEC on Friday, meeting up with my dear friends from Crafters Companion, Jayne Nestorenko  and my fellow DT  members Jacqui (Cats Whiskers) and Carol. I came back with lots of lovely goodies which I haven't even had time to take out of the bag yet! I've still got the goodies I bought at Malvern  to play with if I ever get time. So much to do so little time.

This week the challenge on Try it on Tuesday is Alter it and we'd like you to alter a frame.

The challenge is sponsored this week by out very good friends at the Craft Barn so don't forget to  link them in your post to be in with a chance of winning.

Here's my frame

I found this frame in the Range, it is part of a set of three hanging from some wooden letters spelling Little Princess.  It was reduced to £2 because some of the letters are missing which doesn't  matter to me.  So I now have two more frames to use for other projects. Bargain!

For the flowers I've used that freebie stamp (Craft Stamper) again on grunge paper and embossed it with gold sparkle WOW embossing powder. I've also embossed around the edges of the frame with the same powder.  I used cosmic shimmer mica powders to colour them. The butterfly is an MS punch glittered with stickles and the ribbon and beads are from my stash. The image is from the Fairyopolis CD.

The DT, as always, have some fabulous creations to share with you on the TioT blog so do please pop over and check them out and maybe  you'll feel inspired to join us this week.

Thanks you for stopping by.

Pat xx

Give us an inch!

This week it's the turn of Cazro to choose the ANYTHING GOES challenge at Try it on Tuesday. She would like us to use AT LEAST 3 INCHIES within our design.

I decided to have a go at creating an inchie cube hanging.  I'd been meaning to have a go at this for  while so what better time than for this challenge. 

Once I had got my head around creating the template for the cubes I was away.  Trouble is they are so tiny it's difficult to know how to decorate them.   I coloured the card with a Big and Juicy pad then sprayed with gold Spray and Sparkle before assembling them.  I made holes in the top and bottom panels to thread the cord through and added beads as I went.  When all assembled I used a clear embossing pen to draw some freestyle patterns which I then embossed using cosmic shimmer black sparkle embossing powder.

We'd love you to join us for the challenge this week so please check out the challenge blog and get some inspiration from our fantastic DT.
Thanks for visiting me today.
Love, Pat xx

The Sun has got his hat on!!

Hope you are all enjoying the lovely sunshine that we  have here in the West  Midlands today.

We had a nice drive out to the local Vineyard this morning. Never mind the wine, they have a lovely cafe and a lovely craft shop there.  Now you  might not believe this but I didn't buy anything at all. That's a first I can tell you, think I must be coming down with something. Well I can make up next week at the NEC.

Here is a card I made a while ago but I don't think I've put it on here before. Forgive me if you've seen it before, the old grey matter is not what it used to be.

 The image and sentiment I got at the NEC back in November and at the moment I can't think who they are by (told you the memories gone) . Oh hang on I think it's coming back could it be Butterfly Kisses? Anyway I stamped them onto plain white paper which I coloured using distress inks.  The shimmery background is one I made up using acetate, spray inks and spray & sparkle.  I like this stamp because although I love the collage style I'm not too confident in  doing it, so this stamp gives the look without the stress.  I do intend to try and master the technique though, well one day.
Hope you all have a great weekend.
Hugs,
Pat xx