Friday 25 April 2008

dress birthday card

the dress birthday card was stamped using a big and juicy rainbow inkpad and then i used a waterbrush and layered it on the stamped background

handbag card ive made

this card was made using a ws handbag template stamped and embossed with black embossing powder i used a lace background by aspects of design it has hook and loop fastening and a ribbon handle with beads threadled onto it.

Tuesday 15 April 2008

fairy pendants

gave my grandaughters there pendants my older grandaughter didnt want to take hers of when she went to bed and it was the first thing she wanted in the morning so i think she likes it been adding things to my blog to make it more interesting .not made much lately but trying to make another necklace and earings for myself havent published photos of first one yet but try and do that today my grandsons got chickenpox so i want to make him something but he wouldnt want a fairy pendant like his 3 year old sister might make him a dragon keyring he is 7 typical supposed to back to school yesterday after 2 weeks easter holidays and he gets chickenpox poor little thing.just waiting for the spots to appear on his sister.

Friday 11 April 2008

must tidy my craft room

my craft room is a mess and im running out of room to actually do anything the trouble is ive always got more than one thing on the go and i get inspiration from bits ive got out .yesterday i made a crosstich pattern of one of my watercolour painting on a program on my daughters computor ive got to get the threads sorted and material i also want to start an ideas book as i have ideas all the time and want to record them to use at later date i also want to start beading ive got a few bits i get them out and put them away again ive asked for my bday some beading equipment and a book so i might wait but thats august and im not good at waiting.

atcs

i have just finished my 10th atc i will post pictures soon .i also made 2 fairy pendants for my 3 and 18 month old grandaughters i made these out of shrink plastic i stamped a fairy on them coloured them in with sakura stardust pens punched a hole with hole punch then rounded the corners of with a corner punch i wrote there names free hand with the same pens then shrunk them .i then attached a jump ring to the pendant then threadled it onto some organza ribbon then stiched the findings on each end of the ribbon . i made little boxes with my crafters companion and attached a bit of ribbon to the lid .i made a bracelet with alphabet beads for one of my grandaughters im going to make another when i get some more albhabet beads.photos will follow as soon as my daughter downloads them for me.

Friday 4 April 2008

hello im trying to link my blog to my craftforum without much success its giving me a headache

Blogger: User Profile: craftyjan

Blogger: User Profile: craftyjan

welcome to my page

welcome from me my name is jan i am mother of 4 daughters grandmother of 3. love to craft and i am new to computors so excuse any mistakes i make. the stuff i do is for freinds family and myself

fairy pendant

fairy pendant
fairy pendant

another fairy pendant

another fairy pendant
2nd fairy pendant

first atcs

first atcs
first atcs

waterfall card

waterfall card
my first waterfall card using a download template

watercolour

watercolour
landscape in watercolour

latchook rug

latchook rug
latchook rug of pansies

fimo

fimo
my first attempt at fimo using mold

more flowers

more flowers
another flower painting done in acrylics

watercolour

watercolour
landscape done in watercolour

flowers

flowers
flowers in acrylics

pencil sketch

pencil sketch
pencil sketch of flowers and vase

close up

close up
flower in closeup done in acrylics

acrylic painting

acrylic painting
flowers done in acrylics

chalk sketch

chalk sketch
chalk sketch of flowers on dark paper

waterfall card

waterfall card
my second waterfall card designed by myself

atcs and holder

atcs and holder
atcs and holder

parchment card

parchment card
easter parchment card of daffodils

shirt topper

shirt topper
oragami shirt

grandaughter and daughter

grandaughter and daughter
grandaughter eating her pendant

age toppers

age toppers
age 4 toppers part of a series using number templates

topper

topper
topper using keepsake board

shirt and shoe topper

shirt and shoe topper
shirt and shoe topper made fom sizzix die and shrink plastic

easter card

easter card
easter card using funky foam

my craft room

my craft room
my craft room

my craft room

my craft room
my craft room

my craft room

my craft room
my craft room

tool topper

tool topper
tool topper sizzix using sakura gel pens

dress topper

dress topper
dress topper made with felt

topper

topper
sizzix topper using funky foam

topper

topper
quilling topper

topper

topper
metalwork topper

oriental lady

oriental lady
oriental lady in watercolour