Gingerbread House Christmas cards.

Hi again crafty friends,

I'm really in the festive mood and can't wait until Christmas!

I want to put up my tree, but fear it may be

a little too early! I just love the twinkling of fairy lights 

on dark and warm, cozy nights, curled up with 

a hot cup of drinking chocolate with plenty of whipped 

cream and mini marshmallows.

 My tree is a wonderful bronze colour and i have red and gold 

decorations, Angels, Harps and stars which are all 

glitzy and sparkly gold.

My daughter loves gingerbread men, so I was really excited  

to use this wonderful Spellbinders gingerbread house die.

It's so cute and now has become one of my favourite dies.

I also bought these delightful wooden shapes from 

the Range, it's a shop we have in the uk, probably 

very similar to Michaels in the U.S.A

This card has been made for my youngest son, as he loves anything cute,

and I know that this wooden Reindeer face will be adored!

I wanted to keep with the same colour theme

of brown and red for each card.

I have made them all 3D by die cutting the main house shape 

and I created a hidden folded tab at the top of the card to hold 

the two pieces of card together. 

This third card has been made for my oldest son and 

a wooden stocking has been hung on the doorframe. 

I have used a lot of Xmas red stickles glitter glue on the cards

to give them all sparkly accents. 

I have had so much fun making these, 

'hope you like them too? 

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Zowie xx

Roll up, Roll up! The Circus has come to town!

Hi friends

hope you are well! 

I've been so busy crafting over the last couple of days.

I wanted to make something with a Circus theme, 

so I have created these little beauties!

This altered art tag has been made using 

a Tim Holtz Ray layering stencil,

Broken China, Aged Mahogany and Wild Honey distress inks.

I have also used a variety of stamps to create the background,

once everything was dry I adhered this wonderful

image of an elephant that i found in a book at home.

Finally, I added a couple of acrylic gem stars in matching colours. 

For this tag I have used the same process, but added

some torn pieces of scrapbook paper to the edges 

of the tag, to give a collage effect.

Next, I adhered this image and 

then I stamped the word 'applause' and 'strong man'

and added some yellow stars to complete the look. 

I really hope that you like them? if you would like to stop by 

and leave a comment, it would be so lovely to hear from you!

Hugs

Zowie xx

DT project - Life in a snapshot challenge November 2016

Hi friends,

hope you are well!

Here is my DT project for Life in a snapshot design team 

November challenge.

I wanted to create a Christmas card this time.

I have used a pre-scored Kraft card and this

wonderful vintage Christmas paper by a company called TNco. 

They design such beautiful paper collections. 

Both sheets of paper have been distressed using the blade of 

my scissors and Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink. 

November challenge sketch.

Here I have used these beautiful stamps by Crafty Individuals, which 

I stamped onto watercolour cardstock using jet black Stazon ink.

I coloured the images using Aged mahogany, Crushed olive

and Vintage photo distress markers with a paintbrush and water. 

Once dry, I then layered them onto single squares of 

Kraft cardstock. Next, I adhered those onto the card itself.

Finally, I used a border of coordinating paper and adhered that 

in between the stamped images. I also made a bow using 

the same paper and added a single red crystal gem into the centre
to give it a little bit of Christmas bling!


If you would like to join in with the challenge and for a chance to win
a mystery prize from Things to alter, please click on the
 link below or you can find the challenge over at
facebook; Life in a snapshot.

http://whatkatiedid2.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/life-in-snapshot-november-challenge-no-2.html?spref=fb

Thanks once again for stopping by

Hugs
 Zowie xx

Altered art; artist trading cards

Hi friends,

hope you are well!

Today I am sharing with you, my altered art artist trading cards.

When i first started crafting, many moons ago, it was scrapbook
 pages and tags that i mainly created.

It's been so lovely getting back into making tags and
artist trading cards.

This atc (artist trading card) I have named
'Her magical wings gave her the courage to fly'

I have used a mixture of vintage paper to create
a collage effect. The beautiful mermaid image had been
hanging around for some time doing nothing, so
I had to show off her beauty somehow!

Once everything was adhered to the card stock base,
I added some appropriate words, from an old book.

Next, i added some sparkly cabochons which i outlined
with a vintage photo distress marker.

I'm really pleased with how the project has turned out.

'Betty had many sweethearts'


For this atc, I have used some blue looking vintage paper
and distressed the edges with broken china distress ink.

Next, I used picked raspberry and broken china distress ink
with a bubble layering stencil by Tim Holtz to achieve the background.


I then used a music note and sewing stamp around
the edges of the atc.

Finally,  I fussy cut out this wonderful image and adhered that and
some torn paper to complete the look.

I have also added some glitzy silver cabochons.

The inspiration for this atc
came from my very own
retro tattoos!

'Apparently Mona Lisa was very professional'!


I created this using a printed luggage tag from my
own craft stash.

I have used this image of the Mona Lisa before in
another one of my projects and love it so much,
so had to use it again!

I adhered the image and some words from an old book
onto the tag. Next, I stamped a crown using one of
my own stamps and adhered that onto the top of her head.
I also used platinum stickles to give the crown some added sparkle.

To complete the tag, I stamped the word 'fabulous' onto a
separate piece of white card and altered the colour
using Wild honey distress ink,
which I adhered to the bottom of the tag.
 Finally, I added some sparkly red hearts.

I really hope you like these altered art projects?

Please feel free to leave a comment and to follow my blog,
it would be very much appreciated.


Hugs
 Zowie xx

Hi friends,

hope you are well

Today I'm sharing a card made from the Santoro

 Gorjuss Girls paper collection.

This side-board easel card was so easy to make!

Here I have adhered co-ordinating paper to the three panels
that make up the whole card.

Next, I made a smaller panel to create a
stopper to hold the easel part
of the card upright.

Here, I have added large grey metallic pearls to
this side of the card and added a butterfly
embellishment, using pop-dots
to give it some added dimension. 

Thanks once again for stopping by

Hugs
 Zowie xx

Halloween treat holders

Hi friends, 

hope you are well!

Here are some more Halloween projects that

I've been working on.

They are spooky treat holders, which are packed full of sweet treats!

Perfect for giving out to trick or treaters or 

for someone special.

All of these treat holders have been made 

using black card stock,

Which I cut into a large tag size.

I used an Xcut corner punch on both sides

and adhered these spook-a-liscious papers
from the Carta bella 'All Hallows Eve
paper range. I then made a pocket from
black card and adhered that to the bottom of the tag.

              

   At the top of the tags I punched a hole using

    my green crop-o-dile, then tied different 

    coloured ribbons through it. I also attached

    silver charms to these.

  On these two tags I have adhered a skull 

  cameo from Jolee's Boutique. The numbers

  are from the Tim Holtz gothic Boo die. 

  which i applied black diamond stickles to. 

     

These two tags are made in exactly the same way,

the papers are from the same designer range.

Here I have used some cut outs from the lost

and found collection and the spider webs were

cut from a Martha Stewart punch. I have also

used brads to attach the caution sign.

      

        

       

           

       

          

Finally, I bought some spooky candy and wrapped 

them in cello bags, which have been tied with matching ribbon.       

   

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Hauntings!

Zowie xx

              

Spooky Halloween altered frame

 Hi friends,

hope you are well!

I can't believe that Halloween will soon be upon us.

I don't know about you, but to me, this year seems to have flown by?

My daughter is a huge fan of Halloween, in fact, it's her favourite

time of year apart from Christmas!

I wanted to make Lilli something spooky, so when i saw this photo frame

it was perfect!

The lenticular photo is super cool 

Here I have made my own flowers using a flower punch and

 red card stock. The larger flower has been made

using the Tim Holtz tattered florals die.

First, I adhered two black luxury feathers to the left side of the

frame and then adhered the spray 

of flowers on top of them. 

I also added grey flat back pearls to the centre

of each red flower.

Next, I cut out a Halloween sentiment from the one of 

the pages from the 'My minds eye lost and found'

Halloween paper collection.

The snake goblet is from Jolee's Boutique.

Lastly, I adhered two black pearls onto the top right and 

bottom of the frame. 

Thanks once again for stopping by.

Happy Hauntings!

Zowie xx