The mojo has returned...

and this is the fairy who brought it back.  I thoroughly enjoyed doing this art journal page and I've been inking, painting, doodling and drawing ever since I completed it yeehaaaa.  So lots to share with you over the coming weeks... this is the beginning of what I hope will  be a long and fruitful arty spell.

The background was created with Dylusions spray inks which are totally lush and so easy to use.

I then used some gesso as a base for my fairy's face, arms and wings before adding acrylic paint.

I am loving re-using my Sakura pens for doodling and water colouring... they are so adaptable and oh so pretty.  Love the sparkle and shine.

See you soon
hugs
Chris xx

Once upon a time Twinchie

I much prefer making twinchies as opposed to inchie... simply cos I can fit more on them and they aren't as fiddly for my fat fingers.  The alcohol inks came out for the background....


and then I added a bit of magic with the toadstool fairy and flowers from Lisa's altered art.
Simples :D
hugs
Chris xx

Fairy village

A little change from sketching and stuff so I can show you this little fairy village I made with Tando chipboard and images from Lisa's altered art.  The little houses are a cinch to put together and are sturdy enough to take a battering from whatever you throw at it.

I painted the houses with acrylic before doodling with sakura pens and adding little gems and I sprinkled my flaky glittery favourite from the £1 shop on the roofs.  I love the stuff... so cheap but soooo pretty.  The photos don't do it justice cos it really sparkles.

You can't have a fairy village without fairies so these cuties from Lisa's altered art were perfect once I added their wings.  They've got little pieces of wire behind to help them stand up.

Have a great day

hugs

Chris xx

Friends wall hanger

Well when I'm on a roll... I'm on a roll...and crafty things coming thick and fast at the mo... mojo is in full swing for a change :D

I made this wall  hanger after I found a paper frame that I made from folded squares of some Basicgrey paper which I coated with mod podge a while ago...

I added text flowers and used woven sentiment ribbon to hang it.

I love these coloured half Pearl so added them to the centres of the flowers on the stamped image cos I love things to be touchy feely :D

The fairy and background stamps are once again by Crafty Individuals... I stamped with stazon and coloured with Distress Inks.

I added some little rolls of paper coated with mod podge to the bottom corner and then hung this gorgeous sentiment (sorry don't know who's stamp it is) from the main frame to finish off. 

Have a great weekend

Hugs

Chriss xx

Lovely little Lilly....She's so Tweet...

It seems like a million years ago since I did any Digital stuff but I couldn't resist playing with this gorgeous photo of June's adorable little Grandaughter Lilly.... isn't she just adorable, just love that amazing smile and I believe she's a happy fairy in disguise :)

So I decided to wave my magic wand over her and turn her into a flower fairy who would bring sunshine to anyone's garden...what do you think... isn't she just the sweetest little thing :)

I used a couple of my Photoshop brushes for the flowers and toadstool and borrowed the wings from a photograph I took at Butterfly world a while ago and I think little Lilly wears them all beautifully :)

We couldn't have a photograph without a layout though and as some of the Ct team girls have been busy designing parts of a fab collab kit and June has some fab new freebie stuff too... well what better way to let you see what's up for grabs. Pop over and grab all the free additions to the collab kit from Cen's Loft and you can also get June's part of a massive blog train set of digi freebies and links to many more.

Credits :-

Background paper Fall splendour kit from Cens Loft

Floral bracket from Cens Loft collab kit by Bina

Birds from Cens Loft collab kit by Linda

Hope you are having a fun day... see you soon

hugs

Chris xx

Altered recycled packaging

Wow...where does time go? I've had DG here for the weekend plaguing me to play games with him even though I'm "old...wrinkly... and have got old lady hair" rofl. Good job I don't take it to heart... I still feel in my 20s on the inside, shame the outside forgets and moves on a bit quicker!!

I've spent time colouring in... doing sums (heaven forbid) and playing cars, in between eating totally unhealthy meals and dipping chocolate in a hot drink, just to see who could leave it in the cup the longest, then getting it into our mouths before the melted chocolate was destined to fall into the cup. Oh the joys of being a kid again... even for a few hours...lol

A little while ago an addition to the household decor of a couple of lamp tables produced a couple of these...almost boxes... in amongst the packaging. Now being the hoarder that I am and adding to that, having an electric light moment I just had to keep them until I could find a way to make them pretty. I've been playing for a while now so I can show you what I came up with. Lots of pics cos there is heaps of detail and the photo of the whole thing doesn't do it justice... so I hope you won't nod off and fall asleep on me... well at least until you get to the end of the post. I have decorated both sides of the box in totally different ways but will show you the reverse side another day, otherwise you will be bringing your tents and camping out at my blog for days...rofl

So here goes, this is the top of my box decorated using PM ready made adhesive chipboard embellishments which nicely for me had the compulsory bling already attached...whoo hoooo

More of the same chipboard in the form of a clock face and gorgeous PM Nostalgia warm paper as the background. PM vellum allowed me to create handmade flowers, while the large bling was more from my £shop find.

I decided that I wanted my box to look magical and I wanted to be able to see something new each time I looked at it so I made a paper toadstool but it has a secret....Are you still awake!! lol The secret is the little girl behind the door, the doorknob being a seed bead which will give you an indication of how big she is :) She's waiting to go for a walk in the grass.
The baby Queen of the fairies (from Lisa's altered art) is sitting out in the sun waiting to greet the butterflies as they return from spreading their magic around fairyland.

One sweet butterly (from PM sweet garden papers) returns among the flowers bedecked with jewels (habico bling and silver pen) with a message to all the good fairies (PM love chipboard shapes) because they help her spread happiness all around ;-)
Hope I managed to spread a little myself too... and here is the front view of the finished fairy box... so you can see what it was all about.
Thanks for taking the time to get to the end... I will wait a few days before I show you the other side...lol I DO want you to come back again ;-)

Have a great day.

Chris xx