Valentine's Day

 It's Valentine's Day this week for Tag Tuesday and I didn't have a clue so I started by having a much needed tidy up of my workdesk.


I'm terrible for keeping absolutely everything in case it might come in handy and I found a red paint covered wipe left over from a recent Journal Page which got me thinking. I distressed it with a heat gun which shrinks the wipe to the approximate size of my tag. I embellished it with various beady bits and bobs and a couple of wired tyvek beads and I added petersham ribbon with the wording.

The heat gun had turned the red paint a bit orangey, so I added a little more red paint here and there, glued the whole thing to a red painted tag and added a bit of skinny ribbon to finish. I'm quite pleased with the result.

A few recent journal pages

Genesis tribute page

Love, light, laughter

This is a random page

Watch the birdy

Elephants never forget

Do you believe in Magic

Hearts

The theme for Tag Tuesday this week is 'Hearts'

I recycled my tag from the bin at work, I crinkled it up a bit and painted it white. I dabbed purple ink on the tag and around the edges, added an inchie with a purple felt heart.

The big heart I cut from an old piece of kitchen paper that I use to wipe my brushes.  I added a tyvek bead, a tiny heart and a purple ribbon to finish,

I've been making a few beads to use as embellishments in future projects. 

Fabric Beads

Tyvek Beads

Tyvek Beads

Art Journal

Some of my recent journal pages

Tag Tuesday - Lace

Ooh la la.
Here is my lace contribution to Tag Tuesday for week 5.  
As you can see, I'm back to my signature colour purple  ;-)
I painted the tag with amethyst metallic and blue acrylic paint and then stamped some swirls, a London postmark and some script.  I covered this with black embroidered and sequinned lace.  My burlesque lady has been painted with amethyst metallic paint and inktense pencils.

Tag Tuesday - Week 4 - Vintage

My contribution for Tag Tuesday this week.

This is Barn-E, my lovely orange 1974 VW Beetle.

He is presently undergoing a full restoration

by my VW specialist husband, Carl.
I love them both to bits. x

Barn-E 'Work in Progress'

I can't wait until he's finished but

customer vehicles have to come first

This is Burn-E, my husband's work van.  

He's a 1974 German ex-Fire Service van

White

'White' tag - week 3


Here is my effort for Tag Tuesday

It's a white card tag with embellished inchies and 

fabric beads decorated with white, pearl and 

silver bugles, seed beads and silver wire.

To finish, I punched the corners with little hearts and

added white satin and organza ribbon

GoTh Sk8TeR cHicK

I joined Tag Tuesday and this is my entry for week 2, Snow games and sports.

I used purple organza for the skirt and decorated with gold seed beads

and purple bugle beads.

Her hair is Eskimo doubleknit wool

I finished the tag with some nail varnish,

a gold stamp and gold border

Tag Tuesday

Yay, I have joined Tag Tuesday 
It's great to see all the different styles and ideas everyone comes up with.

Here is my contribution.  I didn't have an actual luggage tag so I used a piece of lilac felt roughly the right size.  I then cut two pieces of cotton, one slightly smaller than the other, frayed the edges and machined them to the felt.  I embroidered snowflakes decorated with beads and finally added some sparkly organza ribbon. 

I'm quite please with how it turned out. 

Yuletide Craftiness

Here are some of the bits and bobs I've been making this festive season.

 Decoration for the door

Some yummy chocolate orange fudge to give away

I decorated each jar with a bit of gingham and organza, 

some fabric beads, an inchie and an organza bow

 Solstice Cards:

These I made using a Wordle image and printed onto card then

embellished with some recycled ribbon.

Create your own Wordle image

 A cute heart door hanger:

A few Inchies:

I used play foam sheets instead of batting this time 

and I found them easier to sew and the foam gives a much firmer finish

and a few tyvek beads.  

Stained Glass

I started off with an old bathroom cabinet

removed the glass and designed a simple pattern of purple seedy glass and clear cathedral glass.

I cut the glass and lead to fit the pattern and use horseshoe nails to hold in place

and spot solder the joins

I use cement to secure the glass

 

and sprinkle whiting over the entire piece which dries out the cement 

Once it is all cleaned off, I use black leading compound and then polish and fit the windows.

and replace the doors to the cupboard which was stripped and sanded

 Finally, I fitted these cute spiral handles