52Qs - 2011 Version!

Yes Mummy pokes her tongue out when she is painting too, lol.

Today Heather and I have been doing our first page for the 52Qs challenge. I started this challenge in 2009 and fell by the wayside quite early, I hope to do better this time round! Instead of tags or atcs I am doing 12x12 artjounal/scrapbook pages. This is because I have more paper in my house than I can ever use and this way I will at least get through one sheet a week, hopefully more.

Heather's page is painted but any 'journaling' is going to have to wait a while for the paint to dry - maybe a few months!!


This is my page, I have written my hopes for the year around the edge of the page. I will try and find a better way of taking pictures of my pages as this challenge progresses

You can play along with this challenge here, go on you know you want to!

Thanks for visiting

Emily x

Paint used - Reeves acrylics and some of Heather's poster paints
pen - sharpie
stamps - unity

New Mixed Media cj

Hello blog world
Well it has been a while since I posted anything hasn't it!

I am hosting a mixed media cj on UKS and am having great fun making my little book. Only a front cover so far but i thought I'd share it :)


This started as a chipboard blank. I cut a card copy of the house and cut this into pieces, these were then decorated in a variety of ways. Stamped, inked, painted, misted, embossed, covered in wallpaper etc. They were stuck to the chipboard and I did a bit of faux stiching with a gel pen around the edges. The door and window were chipboard that was painted in a mixture of brown, copper, gold and white paint to give a kind of aged look. The lady in the window was mounted onto a stamped background and the window has acetate 'glass'. This may be one of those occasions where I didn't know when to stop but I quite like the end result! Only inside cover, back and my actual page to do - good job its nearly a month until it travels anywhere :)

Thanks for visiting

Emily

inks used - cheap ones, lol
stamps used - {ippity} and random wood mounted
paints used - reeves acrylics
downloaded image from etsy

The Pink Elephant Challenge 50

This is my card for The Pink Elephant Challenge. I have not had a chance to do many challenges lately and I had forgotten how much I loved working from a sketch, especially one like this :) I had to change things a bit as I am still waiting for some oval nesties but I think its i the spirit of the sketch still.

Stamps - {ippity} from Make the Day Special
Paper - HOTP
Coloured with promarkers.

Its H{ippity} hop Monday, if you want to see what its all about visit my other blog here

Thanks for looking
Emily

Atc Trail and snowed in!

Well its a cold and snowy day here today, the school is closed and the snow is still coming down heavily so we are in hibernation!

Been a while since I made any ATCs so I felt it was time I jumped back on the UKS atc trail, I do love ATCs its such a great size to work with :)



This is a pic of the view out our window earier, its snowed a few more inches since then but you get the idea, lol


Thanks for looking,
Emily x

Having a clear out!

I needed to make a wedding card this weekend and this is what I came up with, there are details on my other blog. Its been a bit hectic here over the holidays but I hope it will get back to normal soon.



As I need to make space for my new stamps I am having a bit of a clear out of some of my others that I do not use so much. Some were quite difficult to get hold of but have not had the use they deserve. my ebay items are here if anyone want a nose, I am also selling some Magnolias there.

Thanks for looking

Emily x

Little Gift Sets

OK, its Christmas eve and yes I am still making Christmas presents! I thought I'd share a few I've made over the last few days in between trying to make the house fit for visitors and getting my kids back from their other grandparents through the blizzard conditions, lol, been a bit hectic here!

This set is for my gran, it includes a note book, 5 note cards an a fridge calendar.

I made a little box for it all to go in and I think it looks pretty good :) The sentiment stamps used are from {ippity}.

This set is for my Mum, she loves lime green so when I saw this paper in paperchase a while ago i had to get it to make something for her. This set is a diary, notebook and note cards.

Finally a larger notebook that I have made for my BF's Mum. She is cat mad so I used a dingbat to print a little cat on the pages and the cat on the cover is from the same font. No stamps for once - a minor miracle!


Here is hoping the recipients all like them :)

Off to start the Christmas rounds of relatives today and finish the cleaning (yuk), here is to a very happy Christmas!

Thanks for looking

Emily x