Latest CJ entries

The UKS Mixed Media CJ continues. This was my entry for Dee's dear little teeny weeny CJ, Wings. I wasn't happy with this one, not 'mixed' enough, and I especially wanted to do a really nice page for Dee, who is a very special lady indeed. But it is a verse I love.
And this page is for Wendy's - she wanted to know what inspires us, and for me it was once again Craft Stamper magazine, and my lovely butterfly lady stamp. I enjoyed making this page, and used my Tim Holtz tattered florals die for the first time - it cut through tomato puree tube beautifully.

Mixed media CJ - Nature

I posted off my latest entry in the Mixed Media CJ this morning - Helen's CJ, with the theme Nature.

Helen hadn't provided any pages, so my entry - Flowers - came about because I didn't have a piece of chipboard big enough to make an 8x8 page. I used the Caught in Crystal technique with distress inks, glitter and mica flakes, utilising a piece of tissue from the packaging of some new shoes. I didn't waste the left over inky tissue - added some scraps and it became the big flower - there's a sweetie paper in there too. And yes, more orange - I just can't help it :)

Monopoly cybercrop on UKS

There was a cybercrop over on UK Scrappers this weekend. I don't think I've scrapped a page since the last CC, so I was pleased to go take a look for my mojo. I didn't go for it hell-for-leather as I've sometimes done in the past, but I did manage four layouts and a little heart wreath.

The theme was Monopoly. This class was The Angel, Islington, by Angie Woolfall - the technique was hand-cut frames. The dotty paper is the back of the stripes, so a bit of gutting was required.

This chipboard wreath - Pall Mall - was from a kit by Angel Crafts and the designer is Angela Matheson. I covered all the little bits whilst watching the London Marathon and looking out for my friend Chris who was running for Asthma UK. Had to add a bit of glitter!

This class - Fleet Street - took me the longest as I couldn't get the hang of the spiral flowers - in fact mine look nothing like the ones designed by Karen Moss - Anything But Ordinary - who's one of my favourite scrappers.

Bow Street, a class by Sarah Palmer - except that mine doesn't have the bow! This class uses paint for the title.

This is The Strand, and uses stitching and those photos I took in the garden a couple of weeks ago. The designer is Sarah Youde.

So that was my cybercrop - I really enjoyed doing the pages, maybe I'll even do some more before the next CC.

The Law

I have brothers and sisters a lot younger than me, and when they were little I used to keep them in order - not letting them start to eat before Mum sat down, putting their elbows on the table, and similar really important life skills. So they used to call me 'The Law' - and my sister still does. For Christmas she gave me this lovely vinyl decal for my craft room wall - and here it is. Are you watching Jayne x ?

Mixed media CJ - Witches Almanac

My comfort zone was a dot in the distance with the theme 'Witches Almanac' - Dragonfly Jane's mixed media CJ. After days of no inspiration at all, I decided to go with an all occasion spell - courtesy of William Shakespeare.

I covered the chipboard page with bandage left over from when Brian cut the end off his thumb a couple of weeks ago - wove the strips together and stuck down with Mod Podge, then painted with a pewter acrylic paint from Blonde Moments. The added some vellum, fibre and a couple of hand-drawn bats, one made with shrink plastic.

Not very imaginative but witches are really not my thing. Really wondering if mixed media is either, but I have ten more to come in this CJ :D

Spring has arrived at last

Although a little late this year, Spring is definitely here in my garden on this sunny Easter Day .....

Love this stamp

I made these cards for friends who have birthdays on April Fools' Day. I used an Aspects of Design stamp I saw in Craft Stamper magazine, and added Distress Inks, Cosmic Shimmers and Stargazers watercolours. Just need to make some envelopes now.

And another card from an idea in Craft Stamper, this time for one of the most important men in my life.

Another CJ

I've done five CJs on UK Scrappers now, and despite each time telling myself this would be the last one, I found myself signing up for a new, mixed media CJ. I'm not sure I really know what mixed media is, but I'd like to learn.

Today I sent my CJ, with the theme 'Colours', on its way. Here's the cover and my page - I made a set of inchies using different materials and techniques, and mounted them on a page made with scrunched up tissue, acrylic paint and Glimmer Mist - I hope that's mixed media!

I've been playing with my inks and things again and have made some more tags - I don't know what I'm going to do with them but I'm enjoying trying out new things.

Trying something new ...

Like so many others I acquired various Tim Holtz products recently. My first effort, involving just about all of the products I have, isn't fit to be seen, but I'm quite pleased with the second one. The stamp is part of a set I've had for ages but never used - I think it's Anna Griffin:

The pages ...

I chose a medallion stamp - I have several and rarely use them, so I thought it would be fun to see what others would come up with. Here are my cover and the front of my page - the back of the acetate is glittered:

Rain (Lorraine) used watercolours to paint delicate flowers, and hand-dyed the ric-rac too:
Natasha coloured the panels with distress inks and stitched them together into a patchwork quilt:Buttons (Julie) used hand-painted paper, vellum, some lovely bling and lots of glimmer mist:
Secretme (Jane) cut five layers in green and blue to make a lovely decoupaged piece with a jewel in the centre:Claire used the stamp to make snowflakes with twinkly embossing, and added tiny snowballs:
Snipper (Eleanor) made me a little version of Monet's kitchen - the UTEE'd tile looks exactly like a real vintage ceramic tile:ScrappingSal (Sally) used Summer colours and Twinkling H2Os, and added a pearl centre - another completely different look:
Jo.bee (Jo) took inspiration from one of her first crafting hobbies and stitched the image in blackwork, complete with needle and thread - cross-stich and blackwork were amongst my first introductions to crafting too:
Finally NettyB (Jeanette) made a little front door with a stained glass window and metal doorknob:So all I need to do now is bind my CJ - I know I have some large Bind-it-all wires somewhere but not sure where that somewhere is at the moment.

Thank you all so much for your entries - all so different but having the stamp in common, and all providing great inspiration. I look forward to meeting you all in another CJ sometime x

Take One Stamp CJ

I've set up this blog especially to upload the photos from the UKS Take One Stamp circle journal - I usually put CJ photos on Photobucket but thought that this time I might join the blogosphere and see how it goes. I have no idea what I'm doing but here goes .....