August Update

Finally got my layout finished for the August monthly comp, over at SBS the requirements were:
1. All page elements must all be held within an area of no larger than an 8" square/circle etc, meaning your scrapping area can not exceed these boundaries
2. ALL TEXT on the page has to be hand written including your title
3. Somewhere on your page you have to show and use a piece of packaging from any scrapbook product


Also received 2 atcs swap back, the first is from ATC groupies, the theme was black/white and colour of your choice, thanks girls they such a gorgeous set.

Next is the july swap for Scrapbook Dreams, which was travel destination, also another gorgeous set, think i might need to buy another folder as my one doesnt want to close now,

We had a swap for a 6x6 niche canvas over at Glamour Girls, this is the one i made for Ngaere, i decided to try something different and got out my sculpy, to make the tree and the birds eggs, we had to include lace and flowers somewhere on the canvas, my birds nest is made out of wire but i also incorperated the lace into it as well as a few other bits and bobs as birds do, i received Ngaeres canvas, i will upload a pic as well as the Zodiac ATC swap from SBS, definitely a must see :)

A few weeks back, Carol sent me some perspex, i had all but forgotten about it till she reminded me :) so thought i better have a play with it, i used frosted glass slides, i stamped them then let them dry then used the alcohol inks on the same side, but dont touch too much or add blending solution as it will smudge your stamping, as i learnt ;) and i just adhered with a dot of glossy accents in each corner

Puzzle Canvas and a few Atcs

The girls over at Glamour Girls did a puzzle piece swap a few weeks back, i saw them whem they were finished and fell in love and of course had to make my own :D

Also over at Atc Groupies we have our new swap which is numbers, to be completely honest i was stuck at first and had planned on going with 1,2 buckle my shoe, but do you think i could find any images :D nope not one, maybe i was just being picky, but couldnt find what i wanted, so i decided to take a different approach and get out all my messy things like embossing powders, inks, and pearl exs and just go from there,

Paper Mache Masquerade Mask and a Tiled Canvas

Over at Glamour Girls we did a swap for an altered mask, I made a paper mache mask then i used texture paste and glimmer screens to make part of the design, also used Jo Sonyas irredescent paints and run'n'buff in Jade, Antique Gold, Sapphire and Autumn Bronze
Was really happy with the result, this one was sent off to Dianne.

I had fun with this canvas as well as made a complete mess :) was a special project of mine :) I cut out the squares then decorated them individually using Utee, Magic Mesh, Inks, Paints, Stamping and Embossing and quite a few other things,

Mini Tea Bag Album

Over at Glamour Girls, we had a swap to make a mini tea bag album, This is the miniature creation i made for Robyn, now that she has received it, i can share the piccies :)
I made a chipboard cover and backing and used my zutter to do the binding, i stamped the edges of the tea bags for the inner pages, i was so happy with this lil book, i didnt wanna send it away! but i know its gone to a great home :)

Been a busy girl

Well to add to my checklist, i have finished my altered paper mache mask to send off to Dianne, also my mini tea bag album to send of to Robyn, i cannot post pics of course cause they have not received them yet :)

This is the beautiful mask that i received from Debbie at Glamourgirls, it is absolutely gorgeous, love it sooo much,

I have been working on a couple of canvas, this was was just mucking around with glimmer screens and texture paste on some chipboard, with glossy accents,

And this is a vintage one, i got a few material images from arthurs emporium in manukau, quite a few month back and decided to finally use one :D

This is also a mask i was just playing around with, its a plastic one, but i had fun creating it, used pva, pearl ex powders, utee, beads, rub'n'buff and a few other things

Altered Shadow Box And a Sock Monkey

Thanks to sonya for giving me the idea bout the shadow box, i really had fun with this, the woman inside is 3-d and i even cut more butterflies to make pop up a bit more too, i used stuffing and small rocks with alcohol inks to make the mossy rock effect down the bottom,

I also had a lil vision of a sock monkey the other day, went and saw my poppy as i know he has quite a big collection of those really long walking socks, and heaps that were still in the packet, joys of christmas presents :D

My monkey came out exactley the way i wanted him, nice and lanky, and rough loooking, i still havent come up with a name, but im sure one will come to me soon,