"The Sea" CJ is home

Sadly, somewhere on its travels, my CJ went missing. AJ worked hard to get me replacement entries, and here is her entry on the theme of "The Sea".
My original idea for my CJ was to have the pages so I could string them into a banner for my craft room.

Ayyjay did her entry on canvas ... woo hoo

wisher used lots of texture and colour on her pages

wrighboysmum designed clever frames and beautiful mermaids

Dusty Fairy

Lots of texture on these pages

Elysian Angel

Clever use of alcohol inks of aluminium foil, beautiful

sixofone

 ... very clever use of sandpaper for sand!

lebosi

Lovely textured page ... 

... finally here is my entry

I used the free stamp from Craft Stamper on Bazzill card in shades of sea and sand.

Art Journal for Ally

I love everything that Ally does, and was so pleased to find myself in an art journal with her. This page shows imaginative use of pages torn from an old book, then lavishly painted. I guess the tree is stamped then doodled around (or it might be hand doodled ... wow). It is GORGEOUS

... facing page is here ...

Look at the dinky bird table and the fabulous tweetie birds ... LOVE IT!

My CJ entry for Time

A mix of old and new stash ... luggage tags, backing paper, paperclip and watch faces had been around for ages, stamps and inks are Tim Holtz. I am loving the blending tool, it gives new life to ancient papers and it is very easy to get a great effect. I'd previously tried to use a make-up sponge and it was very wasteful of ink and didnt give such a smooth colouring effect.

AJ's beautiful entry for Time CJ ...

This entry caught my eye because AJ has used masks and stamping in an interesting way. Her base card is bright white, which gives an intense contrast to the inks. I love it!

... page 2 is here ...

... and here is the recipe from AJ

... recipe card for the gorgeous CJ page

Altered Art CJ: Time

I love this entry by nettyb ... the texture of the page is fabulous and all of the metalware moves ... it was almost too good to pass on!

I didnt want to open the packet

I've just stamped a bunch of images for a CJ I need to finish tomorrow ... and I needed a flourish so I took a good look thru my box of stamps and found a brand new Tim Holtz one ... then I carried on looking because I didnt want to dirty the brand new stamp ... how crazy is that??? Anyway, I had to use it cos it was the right size and the right shape. Will take pics tomorrow

This letter will change my world

I have applied to get my original birth certificate, the first step on finding my birth mother. Because I was born before 1975, I am required to meet with a social worker, so it wont be a quick process.

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fathers day card

A HUGE thanks to "fiddle fart" for the little blue boats that she sent to me after I commented on her blog. I used Tim Holtz alphabet masks and Tim Holtz Broken China distress inkpad to make the word "dad". Here is her gorgeous card

I got my ears pierced today

Must read the leaflet ... and follow the care instructions. Here are the teeny studs I have ... it didnt hurt a bit!

I am a magpie

I need to justify this posting by saying that I dont drink spirits, so when I saw these gorgeous baby mixer bottles I just had to "borrow" five empties to use as vases. I also borrowed the roses, from the local park, but I felt so guilty I wont be doing that again! Thanks to Lisa and Lyndsey for drinking so much!!!!