Lost and Found

 I cannot believe that it is nearly a month since I last posted. I have no excuses but I am going to list them any way.
I lost the charger for my camera. How can something disappear in a space 61' by 7'9" where everything has a space and everything in it's space (or not as the case may be).
St Jude did not cooperate and bring back the lost item
I didn't get to go skiing, I don't enjoy the cold anyway.
I had to deal with the sale of the boat
I had to run the office the craft shop and the bar.
I did a lot of business life laundry to try and make room for all the junk, sorry, all the important items  that needed to come out of the boat. If you could see the number of things that need to find a new home you would agree that I was not entirely successful.
I had to look after the demented teenage hamster. We had an agreement I would feed him all the lettuce he could eat and he would not kick the bucket before Mouse returned from her holiday. I won't go into the house issue, but he definitely won.
Did I mention I lost the camera charger.
I got to the point where I was going to that shop that retails cameras the one who's name starts with a J, but I opened a cupboard to put something away and out fell a camera charger lead Yay! (not that I hadn't  looked in said cupboard at least half a dozen times before). A quick charge and right on the wire I can post my April tag for Tim's 12 tags of 2012 challenge.

I have kept it very simple
I decided to use an old dictionary page as a background painted with a Citrus Dabber and then inked with Vintage photo distress to tone it down. I could not decide what to emboss when I come across a frog die which I cut twice and then put them through a couple of different embossing folders.  I added a frill to the tag and found a rub on which said free spirit but it was too big so I stamped the words using alphabet stamps. I used some rub on flowers from the sheet and added a few paper flowers for some extra dimension. Not my finest effort and there is a lot that I would do different but it is what it is.

Happy crafting
Georgina

or I am no quitter.

I said I would not be finishing the green pixie but she sort of got to me so I persevered and whilst I am not entirely happy with her she has grown on me.

I can't believe the weather weird or what! Last week it was bathing suit weather this week it is snowing and we are all wrapped up in our winter coats. Still it is a good excuse for a day of crafty play.

Happy crafting
Georgina

Dragonfly Dreams

Just a quick post today.

At Christmas I brought a few dragonfly tree ornaments that I found when I was buying flowers for the bar.
I didn't buy them for the tree, but because I knew I could use them in my art. I am not normally a glitter magpie but loved them so they will appear in my work in different guises over the next few months.

I started with a collage of paper to cover the canvas and then added paint and ink to create a background.
Added some cute dragonfly ribbon a quote from a Kaiser Craft Rub on sheet called dreams, although you can't see the rub on as it wasn't a great success I have a love hate relationship with them, love them when I get it right, hate them when I end up with blotches of rub on left on the sheet. So I typed the words and stuck them over the original.
The Rose is a Crafter's workshop stencil,stencilled with Golden bead gel medium and coloured with oil pastels.

I think I need to take a photography course.

Anyway I must be away to work.
Have a crafty day
Georgina

A few pictures

Two posts in one day I can't believe it myself.

However since I took photos of the pages of the grunge board book that I have finished I thought I would post them.

The dollars aren't real I was given a packet of tissues with fake dollar images on the I just stuck them to some card stock.

 I like grunge paper it is so versatile it can give dimension to any project In my world flowers can be in shades of teal

 Everyone loves a journey and it is no exception for the umbrella man

This page started out as something else completely. I was thinking about different textures so I cut out the middle of the page with a spellbinder die and then embossed the circle in an embossing folder. I then tried to replace it in the middle of the page Doh! I forgot it would stretch the and not fit in so I cut the circle out of the circle, it did fit but looked awful.So plan B evolved I put in a penny slider mechanism although in truth it revolves in a circle, but I really like the effect. The background is distressed and the circle of speedometers cover the acetate used to support the car, which is a Tim Holtz stamp, stamped onto acetate and alcohol inked before being stuck to a piece of paper. I am rather pleased with my mistake.

Once again have a crafty day of fun

Georgina

A week of false starts

I have been a bad blogger this week. Note to self - must try harder.

Creatively it has been a week of false starts. I have two unfinished pages in my altered book, a painting of a green pixie unfinished and at this present moment not likely  to see the touch of a paint brush again. A grunge board book as yet unfinished (in fairness this project has be been hiding unfinished for a while), a journal page inspired by a tag, which I have finished.

The background is a mixture of Distress ink and distress stain. The hair is also coloured with a mixture of distress inks. The owl is shrink plastic and coated with distress crackle a then finished with a few swipes of distress stain all in all a lady in distress. I will post a picture of the journal page when it is finished.
In the meantime enjoy a crafty day.
Georgina

This weeks altered book page

This week my altered book page was inspired by the lovely Tamara Laporte, her work can be seen at www.willowing.org.
My page is completed in water colours, acrylics and collage elements made from paper torn for an old dictionary (Yay! I fought myself and won). The little birds are coloured in Promarkers and reminded me of my childhood when my grandmother had  flying ducks on her parlour wall (we are talking1960's). A parlour I might add that was only used when visitors came.  As a child I loved those ducks, I wonder what became of them.

Enjoy your day
Georgina

12 tags of 2012: March

When  does a cat become a kitten?
When you have drawn half a dozen that look in varying ways like a 3 legged toad Don't ask! Then I remembered a cat stamp we have in the classroom stash, unfortunately it is a lot smaller than I remembered, but the perfect size for a kitten and who says kittens can't follow their dreams.

I used the mosaic technique to create the wall, the sky is distress inked. the tree is inked in appropriately in gathered twig distress using a Crafters Workshop stencil. Then the leaves highlighted with an olive green Pitt pen(Faber-Castell). In my reality the kitten is dreaming of the caged bird which it can't yet reach, meanwhile the little blue bird has already followed it's dream and has flown to freedom.

Today I woke up in the mood to paint so I spent the morning painting(more of that in another post) and when I have finished bloging I am going to visit an art installation on two narrow boats put on by a group of 5 2nd year art students in Sheffield. It is called the Art Ark and is sited in Victoria Quays, Sheffield. So it is a completely arty day for me. If you live in the area why not drop in and see their hard work, the exhibition it is on until tomorrow evening.

Have a fab arty day
Georgina