watercolour pencil technique

My pretty little bingo wings

Here are 6 cards I made recently for VPI's bingo card background swap. Comments welcome.

Cheap mounts for your un mounted stamps

Here's a tip that works really well. I know I shouldn't but I just LOVE wood mounted rubber stamps. If, like me, you have lots of un mounted red rubber stamps, the chances are they linger in a box somewhere, and because they are not mounted on wooden blocks, and they just get forgotton. Well, today I went to a shop locally called What! - it's a very cheap import shop everything from matresses to washing powder - with some -standard craft stuff along the way. The sell some wood mounted stamps (complete with ink!) for just 99p each. The design of the stamp are quite boring ('Noel' , 'Mon Amour' etc.) but the black sponge mount covers the whole of the 4.5 cm x 6 cm stamp. So what I did was buy some, rip off the naff rubber stamp and replace it using superglue with my own precious rubber stamps. Then I just printed off a label with the image on it and stick it over the top. See the photo. Works a treat! Obviously I am tied to the size, but I will definitely be mounting more stamps like this for my collection.

Leah the 'full on' cat

My goodness, she may only be tiny, but little Leah, the latest of addition to out feline family is a really full on cat. I was changing the bed sheets today and the job took me twice as long becuase Leah was 'helping' me - in and out of the covers, jumping up for hugs and attention, fighting with the discarded pillow cases, purring and smiling and padding with her paws all the time. Ah we just love her ! Little lady and Fagan look very lazy in comparison to her!

Etsy collage altered art sets for sale

I am advertising some sets like this on etsy for collage and altered art work - buyers get this set or something very similar. Go to etsy.com - LADYCHERIE's shop.

Blank ATC's and 4x4 pages

If you hate having to cut your own ATC's or chunky book pages to size in matt (mount) board here is a company that will do it for you....
For example here was my latest order.....

100 ATC cards and additional 50 4x4's for a total cost of £18 which includes UK postage.

Send payment and order to to tamzinmike@aol.com

And one more

...and here is another altered cabinet card I made last night again featuring washers, wire, screws, and other bits that had got thrown into a button collection I am clearing out.

Two new cabinet cards

Here are two cabinet cards I altered this week. Sorry the photos are a bit dark ( it's wintery grey outside today and so the light is poor even with flash photography.) I used antique lace and parts fround in an old button box for the assemblage.

Provence Chunky Book

Sue has recently offered to host a swap for the Advanced ATC UK Yahoo group entitled Dreams of Provence. We are asked to capture the whole ambiance and colours of the district which is reknowned for it's medieval crumbling buildings, shaggy chic style, poppies, sunflowers, lavender fields, warm sunshine - and colours of blue, lavender, yellow and ochre. Van Gough was a famous resident and the colours are reflected in his art. I had fun researching the project, which, in my normal fashion I just HAD to get completed way ahead of time! (once I get the bit between my teeth, there is just no stopping me!). Here are the photos.....