Princess Frou Frou

I thought I'd share with you a picture of the card I made for my friend Debbie's birthday. Now my friend Deborah is a princess. She'll tell you herself that she is a princess, but she's really lovely, I love that about her. She invited us to her birthday party which turned into a great night. Great company, great food, and great company. Thanks Debbie for a lovely night!

Now about the card. I know I am a little bit slack on the instructions for some of my stuff, I am just lazy about those sorts of things but I should really make the effort to share, afterall isn't that what it's all about? I just have to remember now how I did it.LOL. The base card was a pinky colour. The back ground piece was originally gloss white which I stamped with Stampin Up Medallion and En Francais and embossed with silver. Got a bit heavy handed with the old heat gun here and overheaded it. It went a bit flaky. No mistake, just a happy accident. Then I sprayed over it with glimmermist colour Peppermint Stick (love this colour) and just watered it down in one corner with a spray of water. Dried again with heat gun (which didn't help the embossing again!) Added the butterfly and the grey bit. The WISH tag was made from grunge board painted red, dried, painted with Gel Medium and then covered with Angelina Fusible Iridescent Film crystal mother of pearl colour. WISH was a rub on. Added ribbon and a flower (obvious) ummmm thats it!

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do, is take a look at you

It's a Groovy Kinda Love.....lalallallah!
I hope to become a little more productive, what am I repeating myself?? No really I'm becoming a little monotonous. Anyhooooo, a few more cards for Trin.

Don't you just love hand made paper? Misted over this with a little Dragonfly glimmermist tore the edges whilst they were still wet.
Sorry about the colour. Crap day for photography. Coming into Autumn.

Look what I got!!

This gorgeous tag was sent to me by Carola, she is an amazing photographer who is from Germany but is presently living in the United States. When I had a closer look at the card it came with, I saw that she had also taken the photo as well. Carola also loves to create in mixed media and gives us step by step photos of her creations.

This generous gift was sent to me by the beautiful Michelle over at ~Que Bella~. Not only have I recieved the journal but Michelle jammed it chocka-block with gorgeous papers and added the stickers as well.

Lastly this stunning piece of vintage jewellery was sent to me by Holly. She and her talented son work with all things beady. I have worn this several time and each time it has not gone without a comment from someone. The little tags says "KISSES". It wasn't until I loaded the photo that I realized the locket was not facing the front, so for a better look go and see Holly. She also has an etsy shop so go and check out Tuscan Road

But I digress

This little (read big) bookmark started out supposedly following in the fashion of a tutorial that my friend Janine over at Jeanysbrunnen gave. But typical of me I digress somewhat. I promise Janine I'll have another go at Oxidizing Bronze, I promise. Oh and I made it for this months Inkurable Challenge.

Well I got the first step right.

The Darkroom Door Luggage tag was painted in gold acrylic paint and allowed to dry. It was then run through the Big Shot using the tapestry folder. I then sprayed it with Dragonfly glimmermist and a home-made purple ink spray. Dry it with the heat gun and then spritz with water and gently dab away some of the top layer of ink to reveal the gold. I machine stitched around the edge adding the Tim Holtz scroll., sewed ribbon and metal corner to the bottom. Stamped the word LOVE onto a hand-made piece of paper in stazon and sprayed with glimmermist and attached by sewing. The leather flower and tassells are from an old belt and the heart is from a piece of lace. The reverse side is also another DD tag which I scrunched up and then smoothed out. Sprayed with glimmermist and spritzed with water and dried with heat gun. You can see a couple of scorch marks which were a happy accident. Stamps are Tim Holtz and distress inked around the edges.

Little Gift Cards

This is just a couple of gift tags that I'll give to Trin for her shop. I got the inspiration from Belinda Spencer over at Darkroom Door. My friend Trin's shop is a gorgeous place full of beachy loveliness so these will go well.
At this moment in time I have to thank Lisa Swiftka for the sensational time I had participating in the final One World One Heart blog hop. I have been truly blessed and will recieve 3 gorgeous gifts from some talented people. I have visited artists all over the world and have made great friends with some very inspiring people. I had the BEST time ever!

OHOW We Have a WINNER (S)!!!!

Firstly I would like to thank each and every one of you for calling in. Its been a BLAST! I wish I could give something to everyone (that would keep me busy). Anyhoo here's my picks:

Rian from "MOI"freubel

Electra from Wishin I Knew How To Blog

And.... A little surprise for Stephanie from luluscottage

I'll email you for your addresses. Thank you all again!

99........One hundred!!!!!

What a journey I'm having. I've been all around the United States, to Spain , over to the UK, Sweden, Finland, Israel, Italy and the list goes on! Thank you to all of you who have visited my humble blog. Now 100 comments later I think I'll celebrate. Pop!!! (thats the champagne!) I am in awe at the talent out there. Thank goodness my hubby is away, otherwise I wouldn't be able to spend so much time blog surfing. I too feel I have been away on holiday. The best holiday ever! I don't know if I'm allowed to do this but I thought seeing as.... you know 100 comments is a lot, that I would offer another door prize. A set of three ATC's made from Darkroom Door photo chips and handmade paper, AND, if I get my act together, I might give another little something.....if I'm allowed to that is. Stay tuned.