Free Photo Friday

Once a week I share an old timey photo from my personal collection. Feel free to use them in your mess making, art and crafting.

The images are not polished and left in their grungy, smudged and speckled glory. Just how I like 'em! Without further ado... 

Do NOT sell, give, or distribute the images as your own, digitally or printed, alone or as part of a collection, collage sheet or group. BUT DO absolutely make stuff with them and sell the stuff you make. If you share your project, a link is appreciated.

Violators will be turned into toads, given warts, all the bad stuff... I mean it... It won't be pretty. 

Moon Children ATCs

A new set of moony ATCs to show off today.

I prepared the backgrounds a while ago with vintage papers, paint and bit of sanding and scuffing. While waiting for glue to dry I just grabbed them and set to work creating stacks with left over Idea-ology - Ephemera Pack Snippets from yesterday's Tabbed Book, an Idea-ology - Paper Doll and a length of string.

Moon Child ATC No. 1

Moon Child ATC No. 2

Moon Child ATC No. 3

Moon Child ATC No. 4

Moon Child ATC No. 5

Moon Child ATC No. 6

Moon Child ATC No. 7

Moon Child ATC No. 8

"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang."

Alexandre Dumas

Tabbed Book with Tim Holtz Goodies

A bunch of Tim Holtz goodies recently landed in my lap and I spent some time experimenting and playing, making this wee book in the process.

I've used a three page 3 x 4 Tabbed Book as a jumping off point, and bulked it out by adding pieces from Idea-ology Layers Remnants.

Some of the pages have been backed with vintage music pages, and others with Idea-ology - Worn Wallpaper

Inside is jam packed with layers of all sorts of butterflies, botanicals and paper dolls.

Here are all of the specific products I jammed together for this wee book:

3 x 4 Tabbed Book

Idea-ology - Layers- Remnants
Idea-ology - Worn Wallpaper
Idea-ology - Paper Dolls
Idea-ology - Ephemera Pack Snippets
Idea-ology - Botanical Layers
Idea-ology - Keys Adornments Findings
Idea-ology - Story Sticks
Old paper
Binding rings
Acrylic Paint
Ink Pad

Glue

Don't want to make your own? You can grab this tab book HERE

Cosmos House Shrine

I'm falling fast in love with Stamperia papers and AlphaStamps placed one of their newest pads to into my greedy little hands.

"Cosmos" is packed with gorgeous blues, purples, night skies, moons, birds, owls, and wolves.... swoon!

I used the pad to decorate a House Shrine Box Kit. The result is like a wild magical night in the forest.

Flat-back gold stars dot the edges and the top elements of a Layered Round Chipboard Frame and Layered Victoria Scroll Border creep like vines around the opening. 

The supply list for this project is a short one as the pad really does most of the work with it's great mix of background papers and focal images. Here are all the bits:

Cosmos 12x12 Paper Pad
House Shrine Box Kit
Flat-Back Gold Star Studs - 12mm
Flat-Back Gold Star Studs - 8mm
Layered Victoria Scroll Border
Layered Round Chipboard Frame
Waterfall Stickles 

Or just pop HERE for everything in one place.

Happy making lovely crafty people.

Free Photo Friday

Once a week I share an old timey photo from my personal collection. Feel free to use them in your mess making, art and crafting.

The images are not polished and left in their grungy, smudged and speckled glory. Just how I like 'em! Without further ado... 

Do NOT sell, give, or distribute the images as your own, digitally or printed, alone or as part of a collection, collage sheet or group. BUT DO absolutely make stuff with them and sell the stuff you make. If you share your project, a link is appreciated.

Violators will be turned into toads, given warts, all the bad stuff... I mean it... It won't be pretty. 

Art Walk Alchemy and a Winged Sale

Two quick notes today...

First, the folks at Mystic Spring Studios have a little teaser video, complete with my face and the project I've created for Art Walk Alchemy 2020. My workshop walks you through creating a wee Irish Cottage, just the right size for fairy folk.

Art Walk Alchemy is made up of 24+ projects from a variety of artists, released throughout 2020, beginning in January. You can take advantage of their early bird pricing by signing up before December 31, 2019. More details can be found HERE. 

Secondly, a quick note to let you know that all wingy themed collage sheets in the etsy shop are currently 25% off.

Sale ends on Friday so if you need some butterflies or transparent fairy wings pop over before then!

Hope you're having a magical week xoxo

Happy October, and an Autumn Besom

Can you believe it's October? I swear September only lasted two weeks and there's Christmas stuff in the shops already. Ugh.

I'm going to slow myself down. If you want to speed along, go around me, enjoy yourself, but I'm going to savour this autumn and all it's magic.

A very short while ago I bought a whole bag of little brooms from a thrift shop. I knew right away they'd make perfect magic besoms.

So to celebrate autumn, and add dash of magical protection, I've tarted up one of those wee brooms with some magic.

White sage from the garden, oak leaves and acorns from the cemetery (with flowers left in exchange), and a protection bindrune carved with good intentions.

I feel good about that magic hanging in my door and think those leaves will dry quite nicely.

Now to gather all sorts of lingering flowers and plants and leaves to make magical besoms for all around the house! There will be magic pouring out of my windows and into the world.