Pretty Tag :)

yep...still playing with gesso.....

I just love how you can stamp something, then blot out the parts you want with it, and the beautiful 'canvas' texture it gives to paper or card.

This lovely stamp is so suited to all things Pretty & Girly....

I adhered some pink printed paper onto a Collections Luggage Tag Chipboard, then stamped Darkroom Door Little Dreams DDRS009 Stamp onto the paper.

next using a foam brush I dabbed some gesso over the outside edges of the stamped image I didn't want to be seen.. then I stamped with the flourish & script stamps from the same Darkroom Door set using a Celadon shade of ink,

lastly embellished with lace, ribbon, stitching and beads

Darkroom Door Stamps available at

The Stamping Queen

oooohhhh and while you are there check out the gallery,

there's loads of lovely pieces in there to inspire

Happy Sunday everyone :)

Another piece of Mail Art to be posted first thing tomorrow

This one is destined for Germany

to my dear blog friend Rein :)

I used some of the beautiful vintage German Paper she sent me on this piece.

It's title:

The Jester always has more fun than the Princess :)

Scrumptious Supplies from

The Stamping Queen

They are - Paperbag Studios -Companionship PBS040,Paperartsy -At Home Plate 3, Paperartsy -Dolls Plate 1, Collections Chipboard leaf, Catslife Press Bird Crown Stamp, American Crafts Mini Marks Rub-ons,Plaid Papier Metallic Sahara Gold dimensional paint, gesso, Vintage German Paper from Rein, Stazon Black ink, Khaki ink, Cultured Pearl, Brass jump ring & ribbon, and that ever faithful sewing machine of mine ;)

Dressed to Impress ;)

ooooohhhhhh I've got some lovely new things to play with from

The Stamping Queen

and this is what I've made so far...

Lovely bits I've used are

Collections Chipboard tag, Bracket & heart, Paper Artsy Dolls Plate 1, Paper Artsy At Home Plate 3, Paper Artsy Numbers Background stamp, Versa Fine Midnight black, Versa Color Burgundy, Diamante braid from Spotlight, ribbon, computer generated words and the brass charms came from the lovely Heidi at Mermaids Dowry another of my favourite etsy shops :)

This ones off to the lovely Heidi today in the mail,

I'm a bit behind in all of my 'art mail', but I'm starting to catch up a bit now :)

Have a happy day everyone!

Always Love & Cherish good friends

I'm a Bit Chuffed with my new stamps from

THE STAMPING QUEEN

I received a FABBY set of Darkroom Door stamps

So this is my first project, a little gift tag

I love tags...and this Gorgeous Doorway stamp is the perfect size for a tag, or ATC

oooohhhh can't wait to use it again.

TSQ bits that I used are - Darkroom Door Stamp Set - DDRS008 Doors, Collections Tag, Collections Flashcard word, Collections Tab word, Versafine black ink.

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have a Happy Day :)

DCM little extra- snowflakes & snowman

for this weeks Little Exta at Daring Cardmakers

we'd like you to make and share cards on a theme of
Snowmen and Snowflakes

So I called on my years of being an infants student, And made a paper snowflake for my card. I used to love making 'snowflakes' when I was a kid, it was the closest thing you got to snow in Inverell, altho It did snow one day in 1984 when I was at highschool, but it didn't settle on the ground, but it was sooooo pretty.

I've been tagged by Sephi.

Thanks Sephi, if you haven't checked out Sephi's blog, do yourself a creative favour!

So I am terrible usually at tags, have wonderful intentions of getting them done, but somehow they just don't happen.... so I'm going to do this one! I've done this one before, so coming up with something new...hmmm... lets see lol!

Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird
1. I dream vividly and creatively, and sometimes horribly

2. I have an super sensitive sense of smell (yes I'm the one who always smells smoke)

3. I am VERY silly when it comes to playing with my kids *-}

4. I love candles and we have candle lite dinners often

5. I need to write lists, but hate being tied down to lists, instead it gets all muddled up in my head and I get stressed, so I am trying to learn to write lists..lol!

6. Day trips with my family are my {sweet times}

7. I actually am doing 7... (I reckon that can be a fact..lol!!!)

DCM weekly dare - In A Word

It was our Rhi's turn to dare us this week at

Daring Cardmakers
She is daring you & me to use a Word as the main focal point to your card. It can be a name, a greeting or just a word that inspires you. You can use other text but only one word as a main embellishment. So dig out your dictionaries, die cutters, alphabet stamps, rubons or download a funky font and show us what you can do! The design team have come up with some fabulous creations to inpsire you.
Loved this dare Rhi!

so I decided to make a 'TAG CARD'

most of my bits for this piece come from

The Stamping Queen

so what did I use - 'lost aussie' stamp, Transparency butterfly, Collections chipboard keyhole, Collections Word 'believe',other bits from my stash are some tags, some pp,ribbon, chain

& a SCRUMMY vintage Key, and yes my sewing machine...

So have you Dared to DARE yet? come on I Dare YOU!

*QUEENIE*

this is another little project I've completed for

The Stamping Queen

it's a little tag I've titled *Queenie*

I've used 2 catslife press stamps - Queen & Bee Doll (for the wings)

I also gave her a cute little hairdo.

on the tag I stamped with Stamp-it 'Memories' stamp from the siset003lk set
and other bits I used came from my Vintage Things kit

oh and I added a bit of bling, can't be a proper queen without a little bling ;o)

here's a close up

I also sliced through the tag with a craft knife and threaded the organza ribbon through

and tied at the front to add a little bit more elegance.

I made this tag today, I just love this beautiful image....

for the background I adhered layers of dressmaking pattern paper with

Alene's Satin Varnish to a piece of Daisy D printed paper.

Oh the months are whizzing by aren't they....I've put a ticker at the top of my blog to remind me of how close the next Scrap A While retreat is....

if you live in the Mid North Coast of NSW and would like to come, Lauren still has a couple of spots available... It's the most pretty place we stay at 'camp elim' on the Lakes Way near Foster.

You can email Lauren Dennis on scrapbooking@iinet.net.au

if you'd like to book in or ask her any questions about it..

I'm so excited I'll be teaching a class too... and there are some other classes on offer as well by some VERY Talented teachers including Lauren herself, (she'll kill me for saying this, but Lauren is a Scrapbooking Memories Master)

Anyway.... can't wait to get there and have the whole weekend to Create :O)