Sunday 30 August 2015

Hello and welcome to my crafty blog.

I am posting today my card for the Craft for the Craic challenge 'Colour Inspiration'. My Mojo has departed for sunnier shores for the summer and I have been struggling with getting crafty again. The photo inspiration challenge has got me moving and I am pleased to have created something to blog about.

The Craft for the Craic challenge is are asking you to craft anything you like in whatever material you like, that incorporates the colours in the photo below.

I made some colour blocks to help me focus on the colours. It came in handy.





Here is my card for the challenge. 

'My Heart is With You'  is a 5x5 Kraft Card base with a cream and and patterned  backing -paper background. The Go Kreate die 'Frilly Square' inked with Ranger distress ink ''Peeled Paint'  and then stamped with Crafty Individuals text stamp in Rhurbard ink. The heart was die cut from yellow card stock with the edges distressed with the Peeled Paint ink. I hand cut the label which was stamped with a sentiment from Verve Stamps.



'My Heart is With You'


The challenge closes soon so pop over to the  Craft for the Craic challenge blog and check out the great DT makes for inspiration.


Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Your time and comments are always appreciated.


Angela x

Saturday 21 March 2015

Art Journal Page- Rumi Quote

Hello and welcome to my craft blog.


Carrying on in the Art Journal vein my post today is another journal page inspired by a qoute I heard whilst driving to work. The reader was reflecting on a friend who despite having dedicated her life to serving the less fortunate in the worst places on the planet, was taken from her family and friends with a fatal illness. The qoute stuck with me for a long time and after some searching I found it. The persian poet Rumi as some wonderful things to say and they all come from the 13th century.

OUT BEYOND



The page was made  around the time of the centeniary of the First World War, and the poppies, a symbol of those who dies in the war,  and the qoute seemed to fit together. We were remembering those lost in the Great War amonst whom was my great-uncle Patrick of the Royal Dublin Fusilliers.

 In memory of Lance Corporal Patrick McGeough
died November 5th 1917 Croixilles France



I was still experimenting with the ink and paint and had not discovered Gesso as a great prepation medium, but the page still held it colours and a coat of Modge Podge should protect it from harm.

I still love this creative process and I have a couple more in various stages of development.


Thanks for stopping by to visit and comment. Your time and comments are appreciated.


Angela x

Tuesday 17 March 2015

Art Journal Page - Love Cherish Respect


Hello and welcome to my crafty blog.


Today I am posting a recently completed Art Journal Page titled Love Cherish Respect.

My Mojo has deserted me and I am desparately seaching for it everywhere, bit I think I am on the trail with my Art Journalling.  :-)


This page started out totally different to how it ended up. But that is the beauty of Art Journalling.  It is a wonderful messy, creative and fulfilling process ( for me anyway) that you don't know where it might lead.

 The page was prepared with Gesso to give the acrylic paints and inks somthing to cling to.Some acrylic paint mixed to create the background and the stamping was done with Tuxedo Black from Memento Inks. I cut out the heart from red card and used Modge Podge to adhere it to the page. I made a template from a sheet of clear transpareny film ,cutting out a tile pattern, and dabbed black ink over to get the irregular block effect.  some distressing with  tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink and black markers pens with a white gel pen completed the look I was after.

The layer of Modge Podge to protect the finished page created a nice sheen to the page and produced a great canvas texture as a bonus.


Love Cherish Respect



Hope you like my attempt at Art Journalling.  I've got the bug for this and I have some ideas for new pages.  Like I said, seem like the Mojo is finding it's way home.

Thanks for stopping by to read and comment on my blog.  Your time and comments are much appreciated.


Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!!


Angela x

Sunday 8 February 2015

Scrap-Page - My Mam's 80th Birthday


Hello  and Welcome to my crafty blog,

I have not blogged for such a long time as I have (had) lost my  Mojo and time and life kept getting in the way.

However, I could not let  Mam's 80th birthday pass without posting a scrap-page to celebrate the event.  A surprise party lead to a great evening with lots of relatives and friends who gathered to wish Mam all the best and many happy returns of the day.

Use Photoshop to change the colour photo to black and white and made the banner and chevrons usibng the eye-dropper option in Photoshop from the colours in my sister Julie's top (extreme right). Effects to the banner were applied from the Photoshop photograpic effects button.The the lettering is from a Bella Gypsy  digital kit called Forever Family.



Happy Birthday Mam!

Just a  short post today. Sunday is long walk day and lazy 'doing stuff' day.  Enjoy yours.

Thanks for stopping by to read my blog. Your time and comments are appreciated.


Angela x