Lots To Do- Numbers

This weeks challenge over at Lots To Do has been set by Hilda and she's picked the theme 'Numbers'.
I've used:

• A beermat
• Blues, yellows and gold ink pads
• Butterfly stamp
• Image from donna
• Gold eyelet
• Gold ribbon
• Brass brad
• Marker pens
• Wire for the clock hands
• Butterfly stamp

Lots To Do- Craft Your Name

Hi everyone! this week's Lots To Do Challenge has been set by me, and I want you to Craft Your Name... it could be something with your initials on, the meaning of your name, something with your name on to personalise it... hey even something with your kid's name on it like a door plaque or door hanger, etc... So come on come join in my challenge!
I've used:

• A beermat
• Green, yellow, silver and orange ink
• Permanent marker
• Chipboard flower
• Gold eyelet
• Orange circles ribbon
• Swirl stamp

Magnet clipboard

Ok so here's an idea that I found on Deena's blog a little while ago... I didn't use the chunky coasters like she did, I had beermats so I used the last one to make this...

I've used:

• Dotty paper from kaboodle doodle download kit 'Grey'
• One lime green brad
• Chunky dotty black and white brad
• Lime butterfly ribbon
• Lime green bulldog clip
• Lime green paper and flower template

Vintage with a twist

This week's Arty Girlz challenge is 'vintage', so being me i had to do it with a bit of a twist lol. I got the image from crissi's blog. I took a beermat and stripped the papers off, then i used neon colour inkpads dragged across it to create the background, then smeared back around the edge and finally stamped swirls and hearts onto the mat... then the image was stuck on top... so i guess that makes this kind of retro vintage lol!

E is for... embellishments!

Ok so this fortnight over at the ABC challenge we have chosen the theme 'E is for embellishments', between us we have tried to use a variety of embellishments to inspire you.

I've made an altered beermat where i've inked the background, added a tilda image coloured in with watercolour pencils and then embellished the remaining space. My embellishments are; mulberry ribbed ribbon, a gold eyelet and pink felt flowers.

So come give the challenge a try, you can make whatever you like.. and who knows perhaps you could introduce us or other viewers to a type of embellishments we haven't seen or used before :)

Lots To Do- A Pair Of Glasses

So this weeks challenge over at Lots To Do was set by Sam and has the theme 'A Pair Of Glasses', so all you have to do is make something that has glasses somewhere on it... so i took a picture of Sam's pup Frazz and put some funky heart shaped glasses onto him... doesn't he look cute lol!

Beermat book

So over on the lots to do forum we have recently had a secret swap.. it's my first secret swap so i'm hoping i haven't made it too obvious who's got something from me, though no doubt the postage mark will give it away...

Anyway this lovely beermat book was my secret swap and it came all wrapped up in tissue paper and ribbon... it was sent to me by hilda.. each beermat is decorated on both sides with quotes, phrases and definitons... it's all monochrome except for the funky ribbons on the bind and the letters to spell out my name on the front cover... i love it, thanks hilda! :)

Vintage style beermat

Another double challenge piece... this weeks Arty Girlz challenge is 'Eras' and this weeks Daring Cardmakers challenge is 'spot the difference' where you have to use a journalling block somewhere on your project... So i've altered another beermat using; black ink, white ink, silver ink, swirl stamp, love definition stamp, vintage lady image, dotty journalling block and a love quote....

Tilda altered beermat

This weeks Tilda & Co challenge is 'it's a bugs life'... i decided to try somethign different so i had a go at altering a beermat... i stripped the labels off then used my new inkpads to create the background, i used; yellow, bronze, light blue, dark blue and red... used a tilda image coloured in marvys and the magnolia ladybirds also coloured with my marvys.. stuck on 4 red felt flowers.. whacked in a gold eyelet (using my £1.49 wilkinsons eyelet setter that came with 100eyelets lol) and then looped some new dotty red ribbon through it that i bought on my trip to hobbycraft this morning... i'm quite pleased with this.. be ready to see more like this soon me thinks :)