I get the prettiest mail....

lookie what my Postie delivered today

Isn't it Gorgeous!

This beautiful necklace is made by

Narelle ~ Maker of precious objects

I entered a competition on her blog and I won!!!!

I can't tell you how excited I was, I had been admiring this necklace for quite a while and even had it saved in my favourites on Madeit so to win it was such a thrill!

Thank you so much Narelle you make such gorgeous treasures & I'm so proud and excited to be able to wear this perfectly sweet treasure ♥

Narelle's Madeit Shop & Narelle's Website

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also, I am delighted to be included in a Review on

Francie Horton's blog 'Just Be'

it's a lovely honour, thank you so much Francie ♥

Your blog is beautiful :)

An Art Pin

Oh man this was sooooo much fun to create :)

as mentioned in an earlier post I recently purchased some Super Sculpey. Well I've been busting to use my stamps with it, and this is just my MOST favourite stamp at the moment!

it's one of the Gorgeous stamps from the Darkroom Door Stamp DDRS027 Artist set

Barb has got this gorgeous stamp at

The Stamping Queen

Seriously this particular type of sculpey is amazing to work with, it's soft and imprints beautifully as you can see in this photo.

I inked my stamp with Versa Fine Onyx Black Inkpad, and stamped it into a piece of rolled out sculpey, trimmed it and baked the scupley as per the instructions.

then I brushed Gesso over it and wiped it off with a damp rag (I did this about 5 times till I got it just how I wanted it to look)

Next I drilled a hole - I told you this stuff is amazing, you can drill in it without it cracking or splitting (I was careful ofcourse) and attached the old key at the bottom.

The letter G at the top is a Rusty Pickle Alpha Brad, I simply trimmed the back of the brad off with my old scissors and glued it on.
And there you have it!

Thanks for looking everyone :)
I hope you are all having a great week!

Designer Spotlight.....

I am thrilled to bits to be the designer featured in the latest

Designer Spotlight on

Madeit

If you'd like to read my interview,

you can by clicking on the Madeit sign below

I'm the one with the Big Smile :)

My little artist and her adventures with Sculpey...

Yesterday Georgia and I had such fun playing with sculpey :)

She wanted me to share with you what she made.
It's a little 'Sun Art Doll'
called 'Sunny' :)
This is the new mould I bought this week, and this lovely large box of sculpey...
Georgia and I will be having a lovely time playing with it over the next couple of weeks.
It's such a lovely craft for both children & adults.
I've so many plans for this face mould, even as I'm sitting here now typing away I'm thinking up more ideas.... & I'm keen to use some of my rubber stamps with the sculpey also...

My Beautiful Friend.....

This is a 6 x 6" collage which I will turn into a card

for one of my dear friends,

lots of layers and elements blended together

~ a bit like friendship really....

I used lots of lovely pieces from

The Stamping Queen to create this piece.

you can see the Collections Elements transparency at the top, german scrap, ribbon and rhinestone trim, the backing is a collage of Collections Elements Printed Paper
I had a piece of Collections Elements Dictionary Strip in Kraft left over from my dtpack, and used that as part of the backing collage also along with some Collections words
I used my newest stamp also This lovely 'Parisian Label 196' by Art Declassified, & added a few rub-ons over the top :)
I also used Collections Chipboard frame, Image & Vintage Buttons.



Have a Simply Wonderful Weekend Everyone :)

1...2...3 an art pin

Here's a quirky little Art Pin I have made using some of my Design Team supplies from

The Stamping Queen

and a few of my other bits and pieces I had floating around in my collection ;)

The Base for the pin is an old wooden domino and that charming gentleman is from Darkroom Door Photo Booth sheet, he is actually with another chap in the photo, but he is easy to separate from the other chap with a pair of scissors making him the perfect size to put on the domino.
The Image & the little hat and word are sealed with modpodge (or pva glue) and then a layer of Royal Coat Dimensional Magic is applied over the top, I love that the little red dots fill up with the dimensional magic, but you can still feel they are hollow.
I used Collections Elements Dictionary Strip in Kraft for the words on the side of the domino and on the wooden tape measure at the top. One Side reads
'Made of unrelated things joined together'
& the other side reads
'objects made of pieces fitted together' :)

I also used ~ a piece of wooden builders ruler, beading wire, seed beads no.5, jump rings, and a vintage typewriter key.


Have a Delightful Week everyone :)

We love you Grandad....

This card has just been published in

Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft Vol 15 No 1

(appologies for the scan, but I do love the way they have photographed this card

and I haven't got the card at the moment to photograph).

I used a few of my Favourite The Stamping Queen Stamps on this card

Queens Dresser Drawers Pensive Philip, Paper Artsy At Home Plate 3, Large Gears Stamp,I also used Creative Imaginations Journalling Frame & my Glimmer Mist in Graphite.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

I'll be back soon with some new creations I'm working on :)

When I fall in love.....

I have had a lovely time once again playing with my design team pack from

The Stamping Queen

This is a little wooden hanger (7 1/2" long)

I used a Chipboard Tag to make this hanger, and used Mod Podge to adhere all of the layers together, I gave the piece a subtle look by brushing Gesso over the top and wiping it off before it dried, then sealed the finished piece with more Mod Podge. Then a very light brush with Kindy Glitz to give the piece a hint of whimsy...(although the glittery Kindy Glitz isn't very visible in the photos)
I used ~ Designs Galore VB012, Collections Elements Baroque Papers, Collections Elements Dictionary Strip Kraft C0637, Basic Grey Fruitcake Fibres.
& from my own little stash ~ Cosmo Cricket Sticker, Rub-ons, Vintage Buttons, wooden tag.

I hope you all have a truly delightful day :)

Inspire - an art doll....

I've had some Beautiful pieces in my Design Team kit from

The Stamping Queen

I particularly love this Printed Acetate by Collections

and I really wanted to create an art doll with it.

Well her she is

~ Inspire ~

I placed the acetate over the top of a 'raw' chipboard dress form and sewed it in place.

the Wooden Flourish is glued to the back and then sandwiched between the front dress form and another which gives this piece a lovely substantial feel.

here's a little tip for you when sewing Acetate onto chipboard ~
take a piece of scrap paper, using double sided tape tape your piece of chipboard to the scrap of paper, cut your acetate piece a little larger than your chipboard shape (my shape was the manican) Place your Acetate over the top of the Chipboard shape and tape the edges of the acetate (remember you cut it larger than the chipboard shape) to the scrap paper.
this holds everything firmly and stops it from slipping while you sew.
Once you have sewn your acetate to the chipboard shape, you can simply remove the excess scrap paper & acetate from the edges.
If you'd like to see the other pieces created by
The Stamping Queen Design Team
we'd love you to check out our blog :)
TSQ Design Team Blog

A Vintage Buckle.....

Recently My Dear friend gave me a bundle of buckles that were her Grandmothers....

A Sentimental Gift to say the least.

She thought I could use them with my craft work, and indeed I will :)

I asked her which was her favourite, and she choose this lovely 1920's Bakelite one.

I knew I wanted to make her something using this buckle,

but what..... as always the best thing to do is to gather your supplies and start playing.

And the result was this necklace, She loved it....yay!

A Mother's Love.....

The Stamping Queen

gave us a double challenge this month, to use some Design Galore images & base our themes around Mothers :)

So I have made this 8 x 10" Collage to fit inside a 'Box Frame'

I just need to paint up the frame this week ;)

then I can post it off to my Mother

(of course the surprise is now ruined, as I'm sure she'll read this post before she gets the parcel... sorry mum! but it will look even better when you receive it in the frame...lol!)

I used lot's of lovely TSQ supplies -Designs Galore Image, Collections Baroque Papers, Collections Vintage Transparency, Collections Dictionary Strip, Collections Heart, Kaiser Flourish, German Scrap.

And a few bits and pieces from my own stash - Prima Flowers, Rusty Key, lace, buttons, butterflies, computer generated words, sewing machine & Cosmo Cricket paper.

Love You Mum ♥

Have a Delightful Week Everyone :)

Create Art....

Hello friends :)

it's been a little while since I've gotten my hands inky

and oh how I missed it!

I've just finished making this little Artist Trading Card (2 1/2" x 3 1/2")

using some lovely new Darkroom Door Stamps - DDRS027 Artist Set.

Lot's of stamping, layering, stitching, embossing and as mentioned 'inky fingers' :)

I dipped the edges of the ATC in embossing powder & set it to give the edges a nice finished edge this also seals the edges of the stitching saving them from unravelling.Well I do hope you are having a lovely day....

it's just the most lovely weather here at the moment,

the days are becoming cooler and the autumn leaves are falling,

It's such a pretty time of the year.

I hope today you can find some time to Create :)

My Bracelet.....

A few moths ago I bought myself a Pandora Bracelet
I've wanted one for the longest time
I bought myself the bracelet, two clips and a large Dotty bead which has 5 gold dots which I think represent my family....and for a while that's all I had on it.
then last week I bought myself a little Knotted Biagi bead, it's quite cute and a perfect Representation of Craft I thought ;)

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I Really love the tiny Details of these beads,

the texture, the movement and the weight on my wrist.

I wish I was a Silversmith!

I'd love to create these little treasures

But alas I'm not....

sigh..so many crafts so little time ;)

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Then I discovered Charmish a Fabby Etsy Seller

who makes really Unique beads, well I just had to have one ;)

I bought this Gorgeous 'Sea Weed' Bead from her, and it's so Beautifully Made.

I live by the sea,

so it's a perfect addition to my little bracelet :)

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I Hope you are having a Lovely week,

Of course it's school holidays here at the moment

so most of my creating gets put on hold when all three of the children are at home from school ~ but we did make some Zines the other day, that was heaps of fun :)

I must take some picys and put them on here to show you, the children expressed their personalities perfectly in them, You've gotta love Art :)

Some New Favourites....

Subtle Bohemian The Water Lily


I just wanted to share with you some of my newest pieces of Jewellery I have made, these are all favourites of mine.... I think I'll have to make one of each of these pieces to keep for myself ;)

Do hope you are all having a lovely weekend, we are getting ready for Easter Hat parades, Grandparents visiting, Easter Festivites and a few days off ~ and it's all Lovely!


♥ Have a delightful week everyone ♥

{10}

This is my final piece for

The Stamping Queen

Design Team challenge for this month

it's been heaps of fun playing with the

Darkroom Doors Robot Montage Sheet

heee....heee.... I know my little man will laugh out loud, when he sees this little robot peeking out of the number 10!.... I still can't believe he is going to be 10 at the end of this month!

I have used the German scrap as a stamp again, on the collage background, then sprinked it with black embossing powder, the German scrap wheels were metallic gold and parts of the gold come show through the black embossing powder nicely....You can also see I have lightly sprinked the same embossing powder onto the chipboard numbers, before I sewed them on.
I used ~ Darkroom Doors Robot Montage Sheet (for the robot and the 'fabulous' word), German Scrap Wheels sheet , Catslife Press 'Open Here' Stamp
extra bits and pieces are ~ Old Dictionary Page, Basic Grey Printed Paper, Chipboard Numbers & Brackets, Making Memories Noteworthy page, computer generated words, Versa Color Cardinal Ink Pad

Hope you are all having a Fabulous Week

You are Out of this World.....

This is my Third piece for this months Design Team Challenge

for The Stamping Queen

using Darkroom Doors Robot Montage Sheet
You can't help but love these little robots

they are such fun to play with :)

See the little wheels I have stamped onto the tag ~ I haven't used a stamp at all
I actually used German Scrap!
I used the Wheels sheet
I cut a strip, and inked it on the front with Versafine Onyx Black and then pressed it onto the tag, I love the 'rough' stamped image it gives :)
I used - Darkroom Doors Robot Montage Sheet (for the robot and also for 'Out of this world'), German Scrap- Wheels, Catslife Press-Open Here Stamp, Luggage Tag, Versafine Onyx Black ink pad. extras- wooden gear by The Porkchop Show, twill,brad, rub-on wings,and bling :)

Lots on in our home this week,
we have an 8th b'day party
and Grandparents visiting :)

♥ Hope you all have a Delightful week ♥

sparkly loveliness.....

It's been a little while since I shared some of my jewellery creations, these are two of my pieces I created today, I am enjoying more and more mixing up the different metals I have in my jewellery making 'stash' it really adds so much to the 'eclectic' look I desire when I create.

I called this pair 'Gaiety'I love the Texture of different chains together, this bracelet altho it's made entirely of Solid brass, each of the brass findings seem to take on a slightly different shade and tone. all of the pieces I have used to make this bracelet come from different suppliers, they sit in my little divided boxes waiting for me to decide what to do with them.... once assembled all of those pieces from so many different parts of the world suddenly become 'ONE'..........Don't you just love Creating!

Hope you find time to Create today ♥

A little birthday badge....

This is my 2nd piece for

The Stamping Queen this month

using our challenge piece

Darkroom Doors Robot Montage Sheet

My little lady is turning 8 next week, and I thought this little Robot Lady from the montage sheet was the perfect Starting point for a little Birthday Badge for her to wear on her big day.

The Base of the Badge is a Tim Holtz Clearz Tilez,
I mod podged some printed paper onto the tilez then Cut out the Robot lady image, sanded the edges and separated the layers a little so that the image was a little thinner to use. Then adhered the little robot lady to the printed paper using Mod Podge. I trimmed and sanded the edges of the printed paper around the edge of the Tilez. Then I applied some rub-on flowers & the Number and added a little computer generated 'today'. Then gave the top a coat of Plaid Royal Coat, which gave it a lovely High Shine and protective layer.

Have a happy day everyone :)

Dude You are so Awesome....

This month The Stamping Queen has given her DT

the challenge of creating with

The Darkroom Door Montage Sheet from the Robot Collection :)

so it's bound to be a fun month of creations from the team!

I made this little 'affirmation' sign for one of my sons to hang in his bedroom, like most boys he's mad keen on robots and all things that mechanical :) I used ~ Darkroom Door Robot Collection MontageCollections Elements Chipboard Arrows, Luggage Tag, Collections Elements words (cut up to spell 'dude') Glimmer Mist - Red Velvet & Graphite, Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.and extra bits were wooden gears from Porkchopshow, text paper, gears stamp, brads, brass jewellery findings, letter rub-ons, and my sewing machine :)

Have a Lovely weekend everyone :)

Roses are Red....

This is my final piece for our Design Team Challenge of using

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

this month at The Stamping Queen

It's been great having a theme, and working all month with it.

Layers seem to be a recuring theme in my art
this bookmark is no exception
Take the little 'moo' sized centrepiece
it started with a piece of printed paper, sprayed with Glimmer mist, Vintage Image added, German Scrap trimming the top, sentiment stamped and added, Transparency added over the top, Backed with Velvet and all stitched together.
I used ~ Collections Elements Vintage Wallpaper, Collections Elements Transparency, Collections Elements Vintage Image,Kaiser Wood Flourishes, Melissa Francis Vintage transfers,
Paper Artsy Young Love 4 Rubber Stamp (Roses are Red), German Scrap,
extra's ~ velvet, vintage lace, basic grey printed paper, bling :)

I was asked the following question in my comments by Deb (the junkin' yaya)

Hi Gillian!I have just received my goodies from glimmer mist and am anxious to try them. I still am having a hard time understanding how all the 'water mist' can do a stencil without showing water spots everywhere? I have watched her videos...but, any good tips? It appears it is going to be how you really hold the bottle and how you spray it?thanks...

Hi Deb, this is what I found worked for me ~ I put some scrap paper down on the floor, then my piece I want to spray, shake the bottle well just before you start spraying. Spray using a sweeping motion from a standing position start off by spraying lightly and build up your spray as desired. If you are using a Stencil remove your stencil as soon as you finish spraying. and leave your piece to dry for a minute or two on the floor.

I found when sitting at the desk I was too close to the piece I wanted to spray and I did get larger spots from the spray, and I think you are right the angle of the bottle does seem to alter the effect you achieve when spraying your Glimmer Mist. I hope this helps a little Deb :)

A Big Thank you to all the people who have stopped by,

May your week be Blessed ♥