New art joural

 D gave me a book he got with an xbox game and it was a little tri-fold "leather" bond book and I knew straight away it would be perfect for art journalling. All christmas I looked for ideas or tutorials on art journalling but have come to the conclusion that it's something you do yourself, no one can teach you or show you how, maybe just inspire you. I can see my style changing as I go and the pages getting heavier with layers and I just love it. Such a sense of pure inspiration when I finish each page and can't get the gesso off my hands for days after! *note to ones self to get gloves and a mat for my poor table

Mini christmas album

I recently bought a paper pack off Create with Kate and knew immediately I had to make a Christmas Album out of it. Using this tutorial off youtube from Follow the Papertrail here I made this in one afternoon, I'd say i could have done it quicker but I just barracaded myself on the corner piece of our couch and watched christmas movies all weekend. I hope D doesn't notice the sprinkle of glitter all over the couch now but it is Christmas after all!

So excuse the shakey handy work it's hard to pull out tags while trying to hold the book and the camera at the same time! My christmas mini album is all ready to go, all I have to do is add photos and some cracker charms :)

Santa Baby

I love this photo but the LO just doesn't seem to do it justice and I knew once I had stuck the title down it was all wrong and the silly thing wouldn't lift off. I made the christmas baubles hanging from the top out of a blob of glossy accents (this stuff should be sold in gallon cartons) and sprinkled fine glitter on it, with a drawn line in pen and glossy accents over it.

Tim Holtz's tags of christmas

I am playing sporadically at the minute because life is still hectic so whenever Master Fufu passes out I get the chance to play.

This is the lady version of TH one, I didn't have half the things so you just have to make do with what you have

This is my favourite, it's a sizzlix

 embossing die and I think he's just the cutest :)

From the clean to grungey

Just a few I managed to get done yesterday. Feeling something is missing from all my pages lately, I look at other pages and just think "That works", maybe if I got some real time to do it, it mightn't seem so rushed but I can't see that happening any time soon!

Happy Halloween

Happy Hallowe'n everyone :) Hope it's all in good fun and there's no goblins and ghouls around. Well there was just me and Emma dressed up as Day of the Dead women last night and I hope that's as scary as it will get! Altered Anne as I call her my very creative friend sent me a fabulous tag and it inspired me to make some halloween decorations. I used Tim Holtz paper and the skeletons were from the €2 shop. Bit of shimmer spray into glossy accents makes awesome blood, I had to stop myself from covering everything including Eli in it because it poured so beautifully, oozed you might say!

Have fun whatever you do :)

Sunday scrapping

Excuse the spelling typo's my hands are caked in gesso and won't wash off! 

I had been so safe with my scrapping lately and my hands were were itching to get dirty so I just went for it tonight. Eli's photo's of messy play he's had and some tasty crayons inspired me but so did this page, I'm a big fan!! http://madebymija.blogspot.com/

There is loads of texture on it that the camera didn't pick up, I gessoed a yellow piece of cardstock and then applied some pva and put book pages over it. Leave to dry for a few minutes then peel away the paper that didn't stick and even some that did for a transulcent print effect. 

I first did 1 lump, then another and realised they looked like boobs so had to add a third... you live and learn. I made then by scrunching a piece up and added glue to layer a circle over it, gesso and glued it down tight like I was making ravilloi. Really must get some modelling paste though, the one I have is very coarse and can do nothing with it so I just shoved ART into it!

PTI cards- Mehndi medallion and dotty

I've had my eye on this set since I saw it and using Stazon On in red and Vivid brown and gold I stamped it all over the card, cutting out a few and mounting them. The sentiments is from PTI as well and just mounted on red and foam dotted.

This is the Dotty stamp set, not too sure of the proper name and since this is the first time I sat down all day I'm not getting up to check! Sentiment is from an American crafts set I got in TkMax for €3 and such a great bargain because I use it all the time. Flower is stamped and cut out. 

All this was done in 10 minutes, I call it panic crafting as Eli watches Mickey Mouse I see what I can throw on paper!