ATC

This weeks challenge at FUN WITH ATCs 97 is CAS

Here's my share

Tim Holtz embossing folder for the tan card, Craft Stamper free stamp coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noire pens.

I'll be looking at all the lovely links in blogland :-)

Autumn spot

Just managing to squeeze this in before jumping on a plane so I can join TIOT Going Dotty and CAS63 Autumn

Tim Holtz embossing folder, free Craft Stamper stamp, Promarkers & some dotty ribbon from my stash.

I'll join in again in a few weeks :-)

Leaving

.....on a jet plane! The band at the local hotel in Abu Dhabi always used to play that tune when someone was off on holiday, so with the theme across at Moo Mania being travel + I'm off on a trip tomorrow, it seemed only logical to stamp a plane in silver on an inked scrap, colour in with some white & edge with a little Peacock Feathers DI. Job done....and I'm off to finish packing my suitcase.

See you all in a few weeks :-)

Harvest

A colourful season & one of my favourites! I get to visit my grandchildren in the USA - enjoy all the beautiful colours of the season with a New England  fall and,as an added bonus, here are all the fabulous craft stores to go browsing in because we crafters never ever NEED more stash!

Anyway, waffle over, here's a tag to share with you - my current favourite pumpkin that I've stamped, coloured & fussy cut. 

I started with a corrugated piece of cardboard that's had a light brushing with gesso, some strips of double sided tape to which I've added an assortment of leaves that have been punched or die cut from paper scraps & paint chips. I stamped & coloured a toadstool, stuck the pumpkin on using 3D foam pads and also a polystyrene 1/2 acorn & an acorn base that has golden micro beads + glossy accents . I've die cut the letters (TH) for harvest @ coloured with promarkers- some ribbon & threads in shades of yellow & orange to finish it off.

 

Little patches

I promised someone, a few months ago now, that I would post some pictures of a quilt I made from fabric scraps & samples.

The finished quilt is hexagonal and the sides are 90cm (35.5") every patterned hexagon is different and stitched...yes by hand!...to a plain centre - some of these are duplicated :-(

It took a few years to collect samples from the various companies, they sent out real fabric in those days but sometimes the pieces were just too small :-(

And yes that is a real ruler!

It was a mad undertaking but it kept me out of mischief, has many memories incorporated into it thanks to the fabrics coming from scraps left over from making clothing by both myself & my mum.

And  no I don't take orders! I used to make machined duvet covers but not hand stitched ones :-)

Hope you like this share. 

Gateway

I will never pretend that I can draw! However I did want to join in with the inchie crowd this week so here is my gate share :-)

A little picket fence ( black & white Sharpies) with a crazy paving path!!!

Autumn scraps

I managed a little play time yesterday despite everything conspiring to impede any progress!

A few more small creations out of the remnants & scraps box :-)  (such a good feeling to recycling) so here are my shares that are done with a recent free stamp on some "wrinkle-free" leftovers

On this one it's a foliage frame + the first word of a stamp, a little colouring and some leaves that I've had for about 10 years!

More left over background, autumn & leaves stamps and some maple leaf brads from a USA trip 2 years ago.

That's a few more ATCs ready to swap :-)

Enjoy the rest of the week-end.