TICKET KIT SWAP

Good morning Peeps,
I hope you are having a happy crafting day.
I have popped in to show my Kits which I made for the  January 2016 ARTSY FARTSY POCKET CARD KIT SWAP over at YOUR PAPER PANTRY. 

The theme this month is VALENTINES and I made 2 kits to send. Being obsessed with cats - one had to have kitties on it right ??? !!! LoL

I used an assortment of punches and dies and papers from my bitz boxes, together with lace and flowers from my stash. The kitty is a die set from Marianne Collectables  which comes with the great little sentiment stamp.:-D

The paper I used to make the baggies was a Freebie from LEELOU BLOGS called "Love You 3".

The idea is to create a kit to make a ticket - in this case we are now doing ATC sized - 2.5 x 3.5 - so that people can use them for pocket letters etc. Inside the packet is everything you need to either make the same as I did or shuffle your pieces around and make something different. :-D

It's such a fun way to get creative on a mini scale :-D

You make 10 sets - keep 1 for yourself and post 9 off to the lovely Hostess - Linda Lapotka, and you get 9 sets back from different people :-D Her Blog is Scrapcat Cards by Linda and you can also find her here at the YPP Ning site. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Challenges I am entering.

ARTSY FARTSY TICKET SWAPS

Good morning and Happy Monday,
I am here with the first of a few Posts showing schtuff I have made recently - but I couldn't post until they arrived as a lot are Swaps and it spoils the surprise if I Post too soon. :-D 
Here is my Ticket Kit for the Swap over at Artsy Fartsy Ticket Swaps on YOUR PAPER PANTRY :-) We put together all the bits and bobs into a kit and swap that and we make one of them up to show peeps what they could do with it. The theme for May was "BUGS", so I did some typically found here in Greece :-D

I used some 'brick wall' card for the backing ticket and the critters are a mix of Silhouette cut files and clipart images. The Mozzie is mounted on a little strip of heavy acetate so he looks like he is just hovering there.

Obviously my Kit recipients will make something completely different with theirs. I made 10 kits and will get 9 assorted ones back from other people - which will be such a wheeze :-D  Can't wait !!! :-D

I'll be back later will more creations :-) Thanks for dropping in xoxo

Challenges I am entering:

FUR & FEATHERS CHALLENGE - FEBRUARY

Hello Peeps,
I have made these cards for the FUR & FEATHERS  February Challenge over at Your Paper Pantry. This time we were to make 3 cards with Animals on plus a charm.
I have received mine in the Swap, so I guess I can now finally publish this !!! :-D 

For my first card I used a digi kit by Dutji Designs at the Digital Scrap Cafe (closed down now it seems). I printed out the digi monkey and then cut round his head before I folded the card over. He is on co-ordinating DPs and I overlayed some leaf digis. The back is decorated too.  I printed him again and flipped him and stuck one on the back so he's head is not just white behind. I made the charm using a thing that Hubs got which was attached to a lighter. It was a charm with an emblem of a Greek football team on it. I peeled that off and stuck a tiny monkey on both sides and sealed it with Glossy Accents.
I made a matching, lined envelope too.

Card 2 was made using a digi stamp from BIRDIE BROWN . This one is called "Dreamin'". I flipped the image and then did 'paper piecing'  with different DPs from Scrapmall by Catia Cunha 'Pink & Brown' kit. Background paper and envelope liner are also from this kit. I stitched the backing card to my base card, and then matted my main image on the top. I added a sentiment and raised it on sticky pads. Then I made a stick pin with a Butterfly Charm attached and stuck this behind a faux button.

Card 3 used different techniques. This one has a material background sewn onto the main cardstock. The kitty is from  Treasure Box Designs and I printed him out 6 times and fussy cut him to make a decoupage 3D kitty :-) Then I made my own 'wobble' thingy and attached his head onto the top. (That's why his head looks a bit off-centre on the photo...... it's not my bad sticking - honestly !!!)  The wobbler works really well when you flick it...... kinda' makes me feel queasy coz his eyes sort of stay where they are and the rest jiggles LoL !!!

For this one I attached a 'Hello Kitty' charm to some red ribbon that I tied round his neck before sticking him onto the base card.  I made matching, lined envelopes for all 3 cards. 

Well - there you have it folks. I enjoyed doing these and let's hope the Donkey Mail got them to the US safely :-) xxxx

PET ROCK CHALLENGE

Hi Peeps,
Over at YOUR PAPER PANTRY they are having a  Fur & Feathers Pet Rock Challenge this month. To go to YPP click HERE.
I've had my rock for a week but it didn't give me much inspiration until yesterday :-) I started off painting it white as a base and then a little picture came to me. When I came down to the studio this morning I had a sudden brainwave and got such a crazy idea.
Here is my original sketch....

I got out my Gouache paints  and after a play around I added a goggly eye and  this is what I finished up with...

Now - as you all know - I don't often do cute and fluffy, so this fits quite well but I think he might give people a scare or two over at YPP  Tee Hee !! :-D

I'm also known for doing scary, horror, gory or totally 'out of your head' kind of stuff, so you weren't expecting a 'cute' pet rock were you ???? :-D 

Challenges I am entering:

Fur & Feathers Pet Rock Challenge at YPP