Autumn Colours Tag

 

Hello friends

I am so behind with visiting blogs

but this evening I shall blog hop to catch up :)

 

wow we have some lovely Autumn colours in our garden

and in our local countryside

so pretty

a favourite time of year

and two or three challenges

Artful Times  Fashionable Stamping Frilly and Funkie 

with Autumn Colours as the theme a favourite with me

so I have made a tag

 

I coloured it the background with DI

 tea dye, bundled sage, dried marigold and victorian velvet

die cut a topper and popped it through the text embossing folder

it has been rubbed with DI to bring out the text

I stamped the edges with a floral swirl

added a little bit of bunting (to herald Autumn)

the little birds waiting to fly to warmer climbs

is a piece of tape which I had forgotten I had in my stash

I finished with punched butterflies, a gorgeous flower

and a piece of lilac ribbon stuff,

Mmm

it is like a bit of tiny chain mail linked and you can twist it into shape and it holds

I had it for ages and it fell out of a box I was rummaging in.

I have some lovely Autumn purple/ lilac Chrysthans in my garden.

 

 

I am entering this tag into

Artful Times

Fashionable Stamping 

Frilly and Funkie

 

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your lovely comments

have a great week

hugs Sandra XXX

Artful Times Challenge Stencils or Masks

Von and Neet are asking for a project using masks or stencils. well I have left it a bit late but better late than never I say. I have painted a small canvass with rose pink acrylic paint and then stamped a background of lines with purple ink. I have layed over a mask of flowers and pounced it with gold ink then over the top I have layered a swirl flower mask and used a sponge and blackcurrant acrylic paint. I have punched 3 silhouette butterflies to finish as it is a bit moonlight looking, if you squint at it LOL :) Thanks for looking hugs Sandra X

  

Birds and Butterflies

Hi all thank you for joining us with your wonderful texture projects a delight to see.This week we are going all Spring perfect after all the snow and cold, it is just around the corner now.I have made a tag for my little Birds and Butterflies. The background has been swished with marigold and antique linen DIs, then sage green pounced through sequin waste. A background stamped in sepia flowers and butterflies. An old piece of book page stamped with birds eggs. A punched heart (well it is valentines day)and the bird stamp this was free with craft stamper this has been heat embossed. A bit of vintage lace to finish. Looking forward to seeing your Birds and Butterflies project. Do take a look at the friendship quilt and at Janet and Chrissie projects. Thanks for looking and your comments are much appreciated. Enjoy Valentines. Hugs Sandra X

Out of A Hat Creation - Wings

It is so lovely that we had 9 great entries for bing, Thank You for joining in with us. After a 1 week break I am glad to say we are back to the normal format of weekly challenge Out of A Hat Creations  and for this weeks challenge it is "Wings" a great theme and it has a lot of scope. I made a home decor paper mache box frame which I painted in gold metallic. I have stamped it and embossed in gold to give it some texture. The butterflies are made from  calico cloth that I painted in Crafty Notions colourful thoughts paints and layered over with butterfly peel offs. I have sealed with glitter modge podge and cut out then mounted onto contrasting felt and again cut around.The butterflies have seed beads on them and glitter glue. They also have been wired underneath so they can be shaped to give movement to the piece. I do look forward to seeing what you make. For inspiration do pop over and see what Florence, Janet and Chrissie have made. Thanks for looking and for your kind comments. Hugs Sandra XXX