Monday, October 20, 2008

Flight 32

Flight 32
is
My latest Art Doll

she was a 'hoot' to make, if you've not made an Art Doll yet,

I would really encourage you to make one, they are sooooooo much fun :)

I really love Assemblage art, I love taking the things that have been long discarded like this 50 year old pen nib, or the old worn builders ruler that has knocked about in a tool box for many years long since replaced by a new retractable metal one, the Vintage Optical Testing lens that was used for testing Eyes, Brass Military Wings that never saw service but were packed away with other Army Surplus for years, and there is an WW2 Badge that has been kept for years in a button jar.....

They each mean nothing to the other separately, but together look what they have made, a little piece of Art from my Heart

The face on 'flight 32' is a hand carved bone bead

and the crown is a Brass Stamping that I embossed with Embossing powder.

Hope you have a Delightful Week :)

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Chapter 13.........

Well I'm now the mother of a Teenager!
My eldest turned 13 this week
I make my children a little piece of art just for them each birthday, they love their collections and look forward now to receiving a new piece to add to it on their birthdays.

Look at this Cheeky Pair, they make me smile every time I look at them,

a bit like my two boys really!

Now Jacob is a Very Committed Reader, and just loves Maths

so this ATC reflects his two of his passions

the little Arrow and the numbers represents him growing up (Way too Quickly!!!)

I just love Stamping over the top of Old Text Paper,

But particularly love this look, Using a Number Stamp over the top of other Numbers going the opposite direction.

This Fabulous Queens Dresser Draws Stamp was in my last

The Stamping Queen

Design Team pack, I combined it with my Favourite Paper Artsy Numbers stamp, Pages torn from old maths text books, Collections Arrow, Number Stamps, Computer Generated words & my sewing machine.

and my Jacob loved it :)

Monday, October 13, 2008

Her Fathers Eyes

This is the first in a New Series of Collage Pieces I have decided to work on.
The collage pieces themselves may vary in size and shape,
but they will all be sewn onto a 12 x 12" sheet of card stock.
The idea of course is that they become easy to store in a Scrapbook album.
This first piece is Titled
Her Fathers Eyes
If only she could see herself through her Fathers Eyes

Most of the lovely supplies I've used for this piece come from
The Stamping Queen

I have used some Beautiful Collections Vintage Wallpaper Printed Paper, Collections Chipboard Frame, Bracket, and word, Elegance Rub-ons- SB537, pages torn from an old Maths book, rusty old pen nib,number stamps, Versa Ink pads, vintage 1/2 stamp, and my sewing machine :)
You are a Masterpiece!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft

I was really excited to have this set of Postcards I made published in

Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercrafts

Vol14:3

Two of the images are Andrew's Great Grandma

Both of the Standing up Images,

the Sitting down image is from a postcard I bought at the markets

and the Image of the lady with the baby is from

Lady Cherie's Blog

And the lovely Sarah from

Incurable Stampers

presented me with this award, thank you Sarah xxx

Well Our school holidays are almost over, that two weeks just seems to fly!

There hasn't been much stamping done,

but there has been a lot of Picnics and Games of Badminton :)

Stay Happy everyone :)