Tuesday taggers challenge-love is all around.

Last minute creation for this weeks Tuesday taggers challenge but I have been browsing through my files and discovered some digi stuff that I had long since forgotten about and thought it would be fun to create a little digi tag.

It was lots of fun to create and soooo easy... I like easy lol

Thanks for looking

hugs

Chris xx

The humble pencil...........

Oh how I have neglected that glorious implement in my crafting and arty endeavours :D I have used a fine liner pen for most of my doodles and it is soooooo long since I have used a pencil that it seems completely alien to me. The other day I came across a bag full and got it into my head that I wanted to try once again to draw a face.One of my biggest regrets in life is that I am unable to draw lifelike portraits of people. I would so love to be able to look at a photograph and realistically recreate it. I have tried and tried believe me but somehow the capacity to do this escapes me. Maybe I haven't got the patience it deserves to create a masterpiece of my Grandson or Daughter or maybe this talent is born to us. Whichever it is I will have to content myself for the time being with re-acquainting myself with the grey matter (the one in my hand and the one in my brain...lol) and seeing where the journey takes me.

This one ended up a wee bit freaky but Que Sera, Sera :D

hugs

Chris xx

Digital atc

I love working with digital images so much because at the touch of a button you can have such fun with them. The latest digital kits from Lisa's altered art are a joy to work (play...lol) with
Altering the size of this gorgeous romantic looking lady made this atc so different to what I usually do with layering and I loved the effect. The backgrounds and elements in Lisa's kits are amazing and offer you so many ways to create something original and unique. Love..love...love them :D

Hope you are having a fab weekend

hugs

Chris xx

I had a dream....

well I usually have lots of them but this one was in colour and it was sooooo real. I dreamt that I designed a dress and sent it to...................wait for it.......................
Vivienne Westwood...roflmao..................AS IF!!!
Well anyway I decided to break my dream so I designed two... cos as usual I got carried away.

I WON'T be sending them to ANYONE...lol but thought I'd share them with YOU :D

hugs

Chris xx

Art journal page

I wasn't quite as happy with this page due to the fact that I used oil pastels to create the background center and I found the colours a bit bland and they smudged a bit too much for my liking but hey ho 'tis a learning curve and an experiment that I probably won't repeat. I like bright better!!
Still I was quite taken with the bottom part of the page and I will still be happy to look back on it in my journal.
Have a fab day
hugs
Chris xx

Actions speak louder than words.... art journal page

I know these pages aren't everyones cup of tea but I am fascinated with them. The things that come into my head when I start to create a page and the fact that I can just let it flow from me. It is so cathartic...even if it means nothing to anyone else it means a lot to me.
The sheer abandonment of creating just for creating' sake just fills me with joy. Sometimes I get stuck in a rut as most of us do from time to time... but sticking, doodling and colouring often get the creative juices flowing again so that I can move on to something more structured. Long live the coloured pen and glue stick lol
hugs
Chris xx

Gothic Arch Challenge - Crackle

I had lots of fun with this weeks Gothic Arch Challenge 'crackle'. So much so that as usual I got a bit carried away...lol
The first arch had to be a bit on the 'love' thing as it's almost Valentines Day and I have done nothing romantic in my artwork of late so I thought this just might fit the bill. The words mean... "Remember Paris my love"... well I can't say I do cos I haven't ever been (cry...blubber...sniffle...maybe one day!!) Still waiting for someone to whisk me off me feet onto that private aeroplane (think Pretty Woman...heh heh).
Images are from Lisa's Altered Art (digital kits)

My next arch is a bit tongue in cheek... one of my sketches transformed digitally... 'tis sooo me.
I don't look like that(hmmmm although the hair thing sometimes goes on of a morning now my hair is long...lol) but I am definitely unique... one of a kind... and definitely a dreamer!!


Thanks for popping by...see you soon :D
hugs
Chris xx

Decorated button jar

I got some lovely shaped spice jars from Ikea some time last year with the idea of altering them to hold my supply of buttons/charms and or ribbons. Well I finally got round to doing one of them and I am going to love doing the others.
I used a gorgeous charm image from Lisas Altered Art as my focal point ...on top of some script paper doodled with gold.

I put some angel hair behind it so it would look a little bit more delicate...

and I finished off by decorating the lid of my jar with sticky ribbon, ordinary ribbon, mesh and half pearls.

Now all I have to do is find a home for it... think it's time to have some shelves put up :D Don't want to hide it away... I think it's much to pretty for that.

hugs

Chris xx

Artist Trading Club- February challenge.... Cookies

Donna (Cookie Sunshine) is this month's guest designer at the Artist Trading Club and she has named her ATC's 'Cookies' after the blog she previously ran. Her Cookies are made up of art she has previously made including doodling, paintings and images etc, digitally collaged and then other pieces added after printing out.
Well I just knew I was going to love this!! So I painted and doodled my backgrounds...
scanned them... added my own digital image stamp

printed them out on canvas paper....

added some rub-on words and extra doodling...

and also some bling... lol

Cor I just loved it...it was so much fun.

Have a fab day all and thanks for looking :D

hugs

Chris xx

Playing 'Dress it up'

The other day my pal Chriss sent me a link to this fab blog where delight of delights... ladies are playing dress up and making all kinds of dresses...paper, fabric, mixed media etc. and OMG it took me back to when I was a young 'un cutting out the dresses from the 'Bunty' and then progressing to making my own with anything I could lay my hands on. I would spend hours cutting and sewing, sticking and admiring and I have been transported back to that glorious time. If you'd like to join in pop over to Margaret's blog here.
Margaret is challenging herself to make one dress each month... but well as usual when I get my teeth into something I couldn't stop!! I knew I wanted to use some Basic Grey papers that I bought a long time ago...I could picture them in my head.

My first dress is using one of my favourites and just had to have this bird as it's focal point.

Number two includes some lace effect paper and some more of my lace stash...

and I just had to add some half pearls and some bling :D

Number 3 is using vibrant colours with some soft muted pink.... I layered... decoupage style... some of the gorgeous cerise pink floral pieces from the paper and then made some shabby circles for more interest.

Finally (well for today at least... I'm addicted now..lol) I must've been having a sober moment ;-)

cos I made A SUIT. The paper was just saying... 'make me into a suit' honest IT WAS!!

A few half pearls for embellishment... a couple of paper cuts for interest and some patterned paper for colour and Bob's yer Uncle I was finished.

Errrm but after I took my photos I started again... told you I was addicted... so I've more to share but I have to keep you in suspense for a little while or you will be here for the next 24 hours scrolling down to the end!!

Hope you enjoyed the fashion show.

hugs

Chris xx