ATC - JTH

This is an ATC I have made for my eldest son

My children all have little collections of my Art

I love that they want to collect it

and treasure it, kinda makes it all worth while :)

My Jacob is loves Maths, Numbers, and Science

and that's why it says 'Calculating Wonder'

I made this card to recognise him coming first in class in his maths exam last week,

oh and he also got a special afternoon tea too, which he thought was pretty good too ;)

I used some cool bits from

The Stamping Queen - Heidi Swapp Tape (which by the way is really great when you are needing to cover little chipboard pieces & sticking under punched out letters), Collections Chipboard Frame, Arrows & words, Artchix Collage Image, I did use the Catslife Press Numbers stamp too, but you can't see it very well cause I kinda got carried away with all of my embellishments..lol!

the letters I used are Colorbok punched metal letters with some 'stazOn' inked all over them, I also stamped his age onto the retro key using number stamps and StazOn'

Quirky Mummy Art Doll no.3

This is Quirky Mummy

and she was a whole lot of fun to make

See her little tiara.....

that came out of the treasure box from Ruth (see the post below)

it is an old 'shoe clip'

This is my favourite bit....

I really love these old Arcade 'for amusement only' tokens, it's attached to an old clock cog

Alrighty then, these are the bits and bobs I've used to make Quirky Mummy

few bits from TSQ
they are the Collections Chipboard Manican body, Collections words, Collections Antique Photograph (for the face), Paper Artsy Minis (MN22)Numbers stamp (for the body)

bits out of my stash include -Ruths beautiful old shoe clip, old Mother of pearl cufflink, old tin button, jewelry findings, clock hand, two silver coloured key tags (wings), optical lens, cog, arcade token, key, chain, beadcaps (boobies), nuts out of the old clock I pulled apart, screw type brad, and liquid nails glue.

Have a Fabby Week everyone :)

Treasures from Ruth :)

I just have to show you this......

I had such a sweet surprise on Friday, a little parcel arrived all the way from the UK

inside was this sweet little vintage tin and a gorgeous little gift card

it was from RUTH

when I opened the lid....

look what I found

I felt like a kid in a lolly shop

so many pretties

all sparkly

I love old bits of broken jewelry, it's such a joy to recreate with

what Treasures!!!

It was such a surprise and a total TREAT

{I love that the little notecard said

'sending you inspiration'

it did indeed}

I'll be back in a little while to post a picy of something I've made already using one of the sweet delights from this little 'treasure chest'

Thankyou so much Ruth xxx

ok...so I'm hooked on Art Dolls now....

Well after showing my little miss my first Art Doll (see the post below)

She Declared that she loved them!!!

and would really like one

so I got to work on a little one for her this morning...

Lots of bits and pieces all stuck together :)

This is my kinda art!!!

I used some bits from

The Stamping Queen - they are the German Scrap Wings, Collections Manican body, Collections words, and that Fabulous little 'door knocker' in the centre of the body...

all the other bits are either from my jewelry making stash or from my scrapbooking stash.

These little dolls are great for using up 'odd' little bits.

Can you see the Tiny little locket for a foot, it's only 1cm in diam.
So I think my little miss will be pleased with this little dolly :)

a little bit of Vintage Art :)

This morning I had an order from

The Stamping Queen

I got the Somerset Studio Mag, which I've only had a chance to quickly look at, Fabby to see all of those Gorgeous Blog friends names in there :)

and some of these cute little Collections manican bodies, and German Scrap Wings

and ofcourse I couldn't wait to play, so I didn't ;)

And I made my VERY FIRST REAL ART DOLL - What a Buzz!!!!

I acutally cut my 'Sumerset Studio' Mag....can you believe that????

naughty aren't I, but I cut this face out of the paperwhimsy add

so I've used a whole heap of little bits and pieces, that lovely jewelry finding I've used for the skirt comes from 'brass bouquet' , most of the other bits are just little pieces I've gathered, I love those optical testing lenses I've used for the head, and that clip on the top- it's an old 'braces' clip that came out of my Nans Button jar :), the keys are from a bunch my dad gave me
ok...off to put this in The Stamping Queen Gallery

have a Happy Arty Day :)

ooooohhhh I got mail today :)

I got this FABBY sign for my car

I ordered it from another etsy shop in the US and it arrived today, well I couldn't wait to put it on so I didn't ;) then ofcourse I had to drive down to the river and take a photo of it to show you all, I think it looks pretty cool on my little 'pregnant rollerscate'

Vynal Decals
This is the link if you want to get one for your blog or etsy shop

she also makes beautiful Wall Decals so you can scrapbook your walls ;)

While I was there I thought I'd take a couple of photo's and show you my beautiful town

This is Where the Hastings River meets the Sea :)

Port Macquarie NSW Australia
Beautiful isn't it :)

Time to show some more pretties...

This Necklace is made using an Antique Pocket Watch Key, Vintage Brass Tag, Vintage Glass Bead, and lovely Brass Hand hammered Clasp and chain
this time a Bracelet made using another type of Vintage Brass Tag, Vintage 1940's Brass Flower Charm, and a scrummy swarovski crystal.
I call these ones 'vintage UFO's'...... made using Vintage Glass Japanese Beads from the 1940's.
Just a bunch of pretty things all joined together...
And Fabulous Very Old Emerald Green Cut Glass set in Brass Connectors with little vintage lockets Dangling earrings....

Have a happy day :)

Salt - Believe

The New Challenge at SALT went live tonight

Esther chose the theme of Believe

you can read all about it Here

This is not only the first time I've drawn a human figure,

it's also the first time I've ever Drawn Jesus,

(apart from my childhood days)

I love the way my children draw Jesus without any worries or concerns as to how people will look upon their image of Jesus.... To them It's Jesus no matter how their drawing comes out, because they have Jesus in their heart and on their mind while they draw Him

Well thats what I've done too

I have Jesus in my heart and on my mind

Because I believe :)

Little Autumn Bird

Like all good creations this started out as something else...lol!

this was going to be a bookmark, and well It just evolved...

now it's a hanger Measuring 24 x 8cm...

I made this hanger using some of my latest bits from

The Stamping Queen

TSQ bits I've used are - Catslife Press Bird Stamp, Collections Bracket, AUTUMN RIBBON, Collections words, little picture hangers, versafine Black inkpad, and someother bits I threw into the mix were some PP,Prima flower with it's lovely 'sparkly' centre, Vintage Optical Testing Lens, some ribbon, computer generated words and my sewing machine...

Ofcourse in Australia we are now in Autumn,

my favourite time of the year,

maybe that's why I love the Autumn Tones so much when I create...

So no matter if you are entering into Autumn or Spring

I hope today you get the time to listen to the little Birds Sing to you :)

Art Doesn't have to be Perfect

Oh I love these Catslife Press Stamps I had arrive in my DT pack for

THE STAMPING QUEEN

This is an ATC I made today.

Using Catslife Press stamps- Bird 689F,Birdcrown 660B, Art Doesn't have to be Perfect,

Queens Dresser Drawers - little ledger girl (just a little part on the left hand side)

and a Large Gears Stamp ?

Collections Chipboard Arrow, some messy inkdrops, computer generated words, and my sewing machine :)

I hope everyone out there has had a

Truly Blessed Easter

and now for something a little 'BRIGHTER' !!!!

Well you can't make a little boy a card for his 7th birthday with vintage images and lovely mushroom pinks and soft blues and shades of sepia, now can you....
I got this Funky Catslife press number stamp in my latest DT pack from

The Stamping Queen

other bits I used are Collections Chipboard Arrows, Versafine Black inkpad, Stampin Up Diamond Stamp,EK Success itabc/at antique alphabet stamps, cardstock & heaps of stitching ;)

hope everyones having a great weekend :)

Salt - His Princess

The new challenge has been set at SALT

'His Princess'

you can read about it here

My inspiration for this challenge came from

1 Peter 1:4

and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade

- kept in heaven for you

When I think of what a Princess is, I always think of 'fairy tales' and so would my little miss

So this is an ATC I made for my little maiden, to put with her birthday present

she collects and makes ATC's, I Know how much she loves the stories of the many Princesses who are Saved by their knights in shining armour...

The Joy of This verse is that it is NO FAIRY TALE, it's a TRUE story of being Saved, of Being Loved, of Being Given the Very Best Inheritance...

a birthday tag

It's my little girls birthday next week, this is her birthday tag for her present, as she doesn't read my blog I know it's safe to put this on her ;)
So many delightful little bits, I know she'll love it

when I make something I usually show her and ask what does she think?

and her reply most of the time is

"um it's alright but it could do with some more bits,

you know to make it look prettier" :)

and we all know from her 'mermaid collage' a couple of post down, her new passion is collage.

so here's hoping I've put enough 'bits' on it :)

The main image is from The Stamping Queen it is a 'collections' image, I also used some of the collections tags for my base. I bought a pad of DCWV paper the other day, (I know I'm behind the times, everyone else has already used it, but I hadn't...and now I know why everyone loves it sooo much, it's scrummy isn't it), some American Crafts minimarks rub-ons, Rusty Pickle Alpha brad, ribbon, primaflower,a little brass birdy from jlyn designs on etsy, a little brass ring that says 'love' and a brass beadcap....

Sweetheart.....

isn't that little image adorable....
This is the second DT piece I've made using this lovely

Queens Dresser Draws Stamp ' little ledger girl'

For The Stamping Queen

and she is a joy to use :)

I think in this last photo you can see the new technique I tried

I dipped a paintbrush in dark brown ink, and then masked th image, using a fine wire kitchen sieve, I held the sieve above the project and rubbed the inky brush on the sieve giving this fine splattered Background... I like it I think I'll be doing this a bit ;)

other bits I used from TSQ are those ever sooooo cute dragonfly brads, Tim Holtz PP, Collections words, and I added the little paper photo corners, which were 'kraft' colour but I just inked them with the versafine inkpad I used for the stamping of this piece.

and some more pretties....

This is a Necklace I made using an antique skeleton key...much better than leaving them lying around in a draw don't you think... and these are my new 'Whimsey Pins' just for fun, using Vintage Military Laundry Pins
You can hang them on your bag, tote or use them for your keys...
and they are not ment to be serious.... they are just for fun :)
I haven't been making much in the way of Paper things at the moment...

our little house has an Autumn Cold Virus.....

We are all falling one by one...

and at the moment, jewelry making is easier on the head...

and we are all taking things very slowly.

I just want to thankyou all of you who left a comment for Georgia, in the previous post she is more than thrilled that people like her Art... :)

Look what She made.....

Isn't she AMAZING!!!!!
I'm so Proud of my little Collage Artist, I just had to share...
Recently Georgia and I made a new ART FRIEND
and like Georgia she Just Loves Mermaids
And she put a Beautiful little Pack of Mermaidian Collage Pieces together for My little miss Georgia, Well she couldn't wait to Create....

so Over the weekend in a couple of sittings she came up with the design and I helped a little with some of the gluing, but I can proudly say this is Her ARTWORK....

Our new Art Friend is Heidi

Please go and visit her and say hi :)

She makes Beautiful Art in many forms...

Thankyou Heidi...

Not just for your lovely gift, but for sharing you passion of Art and Mermaids with Georgia

and Helping us have a most enjoyable time Creating together :)