December colour theme

Hello,

Well, we are now in December, where on earth has this year gone?  I seriously don't believe that we are steam rolling towards Christmas and before you know it it will be New Year!

This week is the last colour theme week of 2019 over on the Tando Creative Blog.

The colour theme is:-

and here are my ATC's

Both card and coin have been painted using Paperartsy fresco paints some stamping using colour matching ink was added to the Card base.

All the mini elements were also painted using the fresco paint, with glossy accents and glitter added.

Do pop on over to the Tando blog this week to see what my teamies have been up to.

TFL xx

SPOOKY AND CREEPY

Hello on this Saturday morning, its my turn over on the Tando Blog bring this weeks' theme of Spooky and creepy to an end with these artist trading card and coin.

Pop on over for more info.

TFL xx

bubbly funk

Hello, happy Wednesday!!

Its my turn over on the Bubbly Funk blog today - pop over and see this journalling page…

TFL XX

September Colour post

Hello, and welcome to my very neglected blog - thank you for visiting today.

This week is the monthly colour theme week over on the Tando Blog and today is my turn to show my ATC's for September.

I decided to create a card and coin for this month.  Both basically the same techniques and colours.

Firstly, this month's colour scheme:-

Now for my artists trading card:-

I used paperartsy fresco paints for my cards this month.  I painted the bases and, in my head, I envisaged a sort of crackled/weathered look for my base, but, it doesn't matter which product I use, how I use it, nothing cracks! the only way I get a crackled effect is to stamp it, but, that didn't look right! so after another failure I decided to use a baby wipe and rub most of the paint back leaving a little behind! not quite what I envisaged, but, not too bad.

If you saw the recent Hochanda shows with Di sharing the new tagged elements, you will have seen these cute birds on one of the tags - there are several different designs and all great sizes, see here.  I adore these birds, so much freedom to create just what you want with no restrictions and everyone different!

So, you've seen the card, now for the coin:-

Do pop on over to the Tando blog and see what my teamies have been up to…

TFL xx

Anything goes

Hello, Saturday again where are the weeks going?

This week has been an "Anything goes" week over on the Tando blog and today its my turn to share this Kate Crane Divided box kit.  I already have one in my craft room which is full of my tags, atc's (coins and cards) and I needed another for this years projects…

Using the techniques detailed in Di Olivers recent Hochanda show's I embossed some painted cardstock and adhered this to the sides rather than painting direct onto the greybeard.

Elements from the Andy Skinner Industrials kit finished off my bookplate.

Do pop on over to the Tando Creative blog for some great projects and inspiration.

TFL xx

Monthly record

Hello,

Years ago there used to be a monthly inspiration blog to create "calendar" pages for the month and to keep a record of your daily events through out that month - I keep trying to keep a diary to record daily events but they only last a couple of days, so, I decided to try this idea again.

The full steps are over on the Bubbly funk blog today, but, here is the finished piece (as at 31.07.19 lol)

how long?

Hello everyone, can't believe how long has past since I last blogged!!

Its my turn over on the Tando blog today.

this week has been the colour week and its my turn to share my August ATC (coin)…

tfl xx

Happy Fathers Day!

to all the Dad's out there, Happy Fathers Day!

Here is the project I'm sharing over on Bubbly Funk this morning, pop over and take a look..

TFL xx

Tando colour week...

Hello, welcome to my little, neglected, corner of blogland.  Goodness knows where time goes, and as I get older timer seems to go quicker…

Today I'm up on the Tando blog sharing my artist trading coin for a colour theme week.

This months colour palette is:-

lovely colours aren't they?

So, here is my artist trading coin

Pop on over to the Tando blog for more colour based pieces this week.

TFL xx

How long?

Hello All,

I can't believe how long its been since I last blogged.  It was a bit of a job logging in to be honest, I had to remember passwords and all sorts - did wonder if I'd lost my blog, but, relief! its still here.

Today I'm blogging for Tando Creative.  This week its the colour theme and this is the colour palette for May:-

Isn't it a pretty selection?

So, here's my ATC coin for the month…

The Tando Creative AT Coin was painted using paperartsy fresco paint in stone.  I then added my colour layers.  Using one of the longer stencils I added some circles, before adding a Tim Holtz figure and saying.

Pop on over to the Tando Creative blog where you will find loads of inspiration.

TFL xx

Duo Wednesday

Hello, Wednesday again, we're flying through February and today I'm up on Tando creative and Bubbly funk blogs…

Its Colour week over on the Tando Creative blog, here is my project:-

and, here is my project for bubbly funk…

Pop along to the blogs and see my projects and those of my DT teamies…

TFL xx

Duo posting

Hello,

Can you believe that its Wednesday again - the middle of the week! time is flying can't believe that we are nearly at the end of January already….no snow here yet, have you??

So, today I'm posting this piece over on the Tando Creative Blog…

and this piece over on the Bubbly Funk Blog…

pop on over to both blogs to see how they were made.

TFL xx

Bubbly funk

Hello,

Its back to work for me today after a lovely break! bet I'll be totally done in at 5pm!! lol

Today its my first post for 2019 over on the bubbly funk blog…

This week I've made one of those important "Thank you" cards using some of the shops own stencils;-

Pop on over to the blog for details and to find out how to get your hands on those stencils

TFL xx

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all!

I've been neglecting my blog over the last year or so.  To be honest, 2018 wasn't a very nice year! and that's putting it mildly! I've certainly come to realise exactly who my friends are and who I can rely on.  Putting that aside, and back in its box, today is the start of 2019 and a new clean slate!! I don't make resolutions, but, have definite objectives for this year!!

Today its my turn over on the Tando Creative blog - I've been part of this design team for a very long time and I never miss the colour weeks - last years mixed media boards, plus other projects have all been stored here:-

I can't get anymore in there, so I need to get a new box for 2019's creations…

So, this years first colour palette is:-

and this year's offerings are going to be coins or cards, of the artist trading variety!!

Happy New Year, see you tomorrow!

TFL xx