little elephant

Golden Geisha

but for some reason when I scanned her she looks more copper to me

things to do instead of housework

it was too cold to go outside and I couldn't be bothered doing housework, so while the kiddies ran around and played I decided to alter my torso on the stand...I love it but think it is still not quite finished...any ideas are welcome :)

I love to play :)

today I had a chance to make my contribution to this weeks challenge for Wednesday Stamper. The theme is flowers and at first I thought I'd do a card or tag but then I decided to have a play with one of the small paper mache torsos I have, I am really pleased with how well it turned out and infact I have decided to send it on to somebody for her Birthday this month.

I also got the inches done for Zuzus group

Catching up

well atleast trying to...I seem to have trouble turning down challenges and swaps and quite often forget what I am signed up for, so I spent the better half of the day making a really good effort at catching up....I did 2 ATC for a Davinci swap, 2 ATC for a tiny tag swap, 7 ATC for a brads and eyelets swap, a 2x2 (4 card) ATC set for a swap and 37 background ATCs...then realised I was doing the wrong theme...so if anybody likes the look of my moonshadow glow BGs please email me and I'll post ya some :)
....and yes that is my work station...the kitchen table is under there somewhere :)

Door Challenge for Wednesday Stamper

http://wednesdaystamper.wordpress.com/
I used Stampbord, fusible film and alot of embossing and stamping to create this piece for the Wednesday Stamper challenge...I loooove the new theme "DOOR", I got to use one of my fave stamps Arched Apertures Plate 2 by Paper Artsy

just playin

I am in the middle of about a dozen or so projects,so took some time out to play with baby wipes, I used silk dyes and gold embossing powder on them.
I also decided to play with the last few keyholes (Collections) that I have....I'll have to order a few bags I think because they are just lovely to play with.
The ATCs are for a swap

This is a little sneak peek at a little paper mache house I am decorating, my friend Jenny gave it to me when I was in Perth and I began working on it while I was there....every shingle on the roof is hand punched and is about the size of a short pinky nail...I bought a mini tag punch from Spotlight and it proved to be perfect for cutting the shingles. I will be taking my time on this project as it is just for me, so there is no need to hurry :)

Behind the Mask

I picked a couple of cool paper mache masks in Perth at Collins Crafts in Balcatta, I thought they were super neat and gave one to my daughter and brought the other one home to decorate...I am going to take my time with it but so far it is looking good...I think :)

I have painted it gold and then darkened the eye sockets and have put little scales of fusible film on it, the copper coils I have stuck on the side are available from the Thread Studio (also in Perth).

I used liquid nails to stick the coils on and decided to play a little with that....ya know anything is a medium right?! Anyway, I squished some of the liquid nails onto a plastic lid and added some Lumiere paints (the lovely pink gold), I mixed with a popsicle stick and then smeared it onto an ATC card blank, using a toothpick I drew swirls and dropped paint onto the paste....I then got out my trusty heat gun and cooked the mix and ooooooooooh it bubbled and blistered and dried nicely, I then smeared some gold rub n' buff onto it and took my black stazon and swiped across the surface....then I cut out the little kimono shape...soooooo if anybody wants it just email me and I'll post it over to you...but remember it is small....perfect for an ATC!!!

I also have made this devine ATC for a swap at Scraptivate....I really like it and am going to make a stack of them I think :)

Yellow Pages and shellac

well today I played again with shellac, I used it on my "yellow pages" altered art challenge I am running on my Yahoo group