ONLY JOKING

Another project to get my mojo up and running.  Today it's the turn of journals. The first two journals are made using the larger Eileen Hull Journal die.  I covered them with a sheet of cardstock I had decorated with Pixie Powders and then added layers of rice paper which I had used to mop up the Pixie Powders and then overstepped with Indigo Blu stamps with a Versafine ink pad.  The main image is a rice paper from Stamperia. I couldn't resist doing a couple of the smaller passport journals with the lovely flamingo napkins again!

...albeit a little late! I don't know about other people but after the huge amount of crafting I do in the lead up to Christmas, by the time Christmas is over and I have some spare time to craft, I have lost my mojo which is exactly what happened to me this January.  I decided therefore, to have a bit of a play and try something a little different to what I am used to...candles! I only had one set of Starlight candle paint colours to play with, hence all the pink and purple!  So I started with a dirty pour.  This really is fun to do, if a bit messy, but you just never know how it's going to turn out. I then decided to see if I could add a stamped image but painted the tissue paper first to make it blend in. ...and finally, some plain candles using an ombré effect.

I think I may have finally caught up with all the Christmas makes - more baubles today.  I had quite a response when I posted a photo on FB, everyone seemed to like them and wanted one! Sorry about the amount of pictures.

Still catching up with my Christmas makes.  Today it's the turn of my Christmas crackers. I filled them with a hand stamped joke courtesy of Stamps by Me, yummy chocolates and a lottery ticket - unfortunately no jackpot winners!

Today I'm showing a couple of frames I made - one for a gift and another a commission.

This is the last of the lamps I made for gifts - the smaller version with a birdcage image.  All products used were as originally stated.

The final unicorn bottle lamp using a slightly different design on a larger bottle.

This is a larger bottle lamp with another type of unicorn (they are so popular at the moment!).  This one was made for a friend of a friend using the same products but with a larger bottle.

Today I'm showing the lamps I made for my two younger nieces.  They are mad about unicorns so these rice papers were ideal for them.

Another day, another bottle light!  Flamingos this time!  This one was made for one of my older nieces using the same products as before.

Christmas was a bit hectic to say the least so trying to catch up with my blog posts.  This one is dedicated to the decorated bottle lamps I made for gifts - I had excellent feedback from the people I gave them to and must admit, my photos do not do them justice! This is the only festive one I made for a friend who loves her Christmas decorations - when I'd finished it, decided to make one for myself.  Used the beautiful Stamperia rice papers and Indigo Blu metallic paints.

Needed to make a few gift cards this year to send money for all the teenagers so here are a couple I managed to photograph. I love this die from Tim Holtz - it can be used on it's own but I decided to add it to a card to make it a bit more substantial.  Dug out my festive Pink Petticoat papers for these.

This is the second design for my 2018 Christmas cards.  More dimensional and a lot more work with ink blending etc.  Needless to say, these were hand delivered!