Wow, I can’t believe my last post was the April Tag from my 12 Tags of 2015, and here I am with the May one! It has been a busy month, and if you follow my Facebook Page you can see some of the things I’ve been doing. I love all the layers on the…
Category: Stencils
March 2015 Tag
Just a quick post about my March Tag inspired by Tim’s 12 Tags of 2015 for March. This was fun tag to do, starting with Tissue Tape and then Distress Paints as the background. I stamped and embossed two flowers, then created masks for them before using Faber Castell Whipped Spackle through Cargo Layering Stencil…
Sweet Shop
Today I want to show you my little Sweet Shop, the MDF shop is from the Imagine If… Patisserie Kit. I started out with gesso on all the pieces, sealing the mdf and giving me a white surface. I then glued the shop together (except for the roof), and used the Bricks Pattern Stencil with…
Inspiration Wednesday
This year I have signed up for Donna Downey’s Inspiration Wednesday Online Workshop. I had purchased an Inspiration Journal when I did classes with Donna in Timaru, and I hadn’t used it – this was the perfect opportunity. I created a second signature, and my book was ready. The first week was a lovely introductory…
Catching Up on Photos
I’ve been a busy trying to catch up on my photo albums recently. As I said before, I decided to do Pocket Scrapping for my photos from the beginning of 2011, and I’m well on my way to being up to date with them. I thought I’d share some of the quick pages I’ve been…
Christmas Stocking
Welcome to our Imagine If…Stocking Blog Hop, if you’ve come from Lillian’s blog you’re in the right spot, and you can start at the beginning with Jo’s post at the Imagine If…Blog. This week Jo at Imagine If… gave us a challenge: she sent us all a lovely burlap stocking each, and we were to…
12 Tags of Christmas – Tags 1 and 2
As promised, here are the first two tags from Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas 2011 that I’m doing over December this year. I love Tag number 1, all the gorgeous greenery and the pinecones with the glitter above! I reduced the wintery look a bit with a swirl embossing folder rather than snowflakes, and…
12 Tags of 2014 – September to November
I’m not very good at doing the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014 tag in the right month, but at least I get them done! This weekend I caught up with the September, October and November tag. It was nice to spend an afternoon playing in my studio, trying out new techniques…
Secret Garden
Welcome to our Imagine If… Nature Blog Hop, if you want to start at the beginning you can go to Jo’s post on the Imagine If… Blog, and if you have come from Brenda’s Blog you are in the right place. Recently someone on Facebook posted a link to the cutest little altered tin, and as soon as…
Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014: June to August
I spent a happy few hours this afternoon catching up on my Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014 – I was a couple of months behind! I started out with the June Tag, I love the colours on this tag. I was able to follow mostly what Tim did on his tag – using the…
