My name is.....

Over on Lots to do we are having a swap entitled "My name is..." You have to make something with your swap buddys name on

My swap buddy is my good friend Mags. I know she likes anything Tim Holtzy so I decided to alter a photo frame I had lying around the house.
I used tea dye distress ink and covered the whole of the frame with it. I then added some of the stamps around the frame with brown corduroy distress ink. I used different papers to cover the inside of the fram and finally added the lettering "MAGS".


Hope she likes it

Ryan's around the world swaps

Here are Ryans swaps for around the world - this month we are off to Hogwarts

Paper Artsy skinny list - Lots to do

Over on lots to do we are having a skinny list using paper artsy stamps

I have made 2 designs

Hope the recipients like them

lots to do week 19 - friends

It was my turn to set the theme for this weeks challenge over on lots to do.

I chose Friends

I made a skinny.

Why not join in this week

just click on the lots to do banner over on the right hand side and it will take you straight there

Art doll

Sue from Paper Paradise has kindly given some of these kits to Sam and she is hosting a swap on the Lots to do Forum.

I made the body from mountboard and added a few stamps from the Tim Holtz range - the inks are distress inks.

I used a bottle top for the head and added a stamped image from crafty individuals and added glossy accents to it.

I finally added some beads all over the dress.

Another award

I have been given this award by Steph (Southern Fairy)

Here are the rules:1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number inbetween - it's up to you.

Make sure you link to their site in your post.

2. Link back to this blogsite (http://http://www.tammyvitale.com//) (so I can go visit all these wonderful women.

Purpose of the Award: To send love and acknowledgement to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.

So i'm passing this one on to.....

Andrea, Julia and Claireabelle

Skinny swap - humour

over on lots to do there is a skinny swap hosted by Goldylocks.

The theme is humour

I have had great fun searching for images to use - couldn't resist these 3

Around the world - Hogwarts

I have got ahead of myself for once and completed next months journey early.

We are off to Hogwarts this month.

My tag shows the different house crests.

My ATC is a decoupaged Hogwarts crest.

My skinny shows a map of Hogwarts and the surrounding area.

My fat page shows an image of Hogwarts Castle.

These are all for the swap on Lots to do

D is for Decoupage - ABC Challenge

Here is my entry for this week -

I have decoupaged the Hogwarts coat of arms onto an ATC

Green Skinnys - Lots to do colour swap

This months colour for the skinnys is GREEN over on Lots to do.

I used glimmer mist for the backgrounds and added various stamped images I then matted them onto dark green card and fixed with brads.

Lots to do Houses swap

Here are my houses for the swap on Lots to do being hosted by Hilda

I have used various backing papers and stamped and printed images. I have used brads and eyelets.

Lots to do Challenge - Week 18 - Angels

I made a gothic arch for this weeks challenge which was set by Andrea.

I covered the arch in paper and then stamped the words onto light blue card I made shadow boxes for the angel images and these were covered in backing papers. I then used my crop-o-dile to add eyelets to the corners and top of the arch.

All the papers, stamps and images are from crafty individuals

Torso Tags

Here are my torso tags for a swap on Lots to do hosted by Monalisa.

I wasn't sure what I was doing so decided on a colour theme for the tags.

I chose blue, green and brown. They all have 3 different backing papers, a button and a peel off or sticky ribbon. They all have the initial letter of their colour and basically anything with the colour on for each tag that I could find in my stash.

Lots to do weekly challenge - week 17 - Silhouettes

I have made a skinny for this weeks challenge which was chosen by Hilda.

I covered my skinny in backing paper and added the peel off edging. I then cut out the two silhouettes and stuck them in the centre and added the wording "young love".

Lots to do monthly draw - Fairy houses

Here are my pages for this months draw. The theme was chosen by Dawne.

ABC challenge - B - Baby

Here is my entry for this weeks challenge.

I inked the background with broken china distress ink. This decoupage was hidden away in my craft stash so that was matted onto white mulberry paper and at the right hand side added blue ribbon with the wording it's a boy on.

Skinny colours - Red

These are the skinnys I have made for the colour swap on Lots to do.

The card on the left has a reddish backing paper torn down one side, a red ribbon added and then some die cut flowers.

The centre card has a script background and a stamped label which has 3d foam under and finished off with a small gem and a red ribbon.

The card on the right has lots of different backing papers torn onto it and 2 die cut butterflies.

GHI - Alphabet Skinnys

Here are my next lot of skinnys for the alphabet swap on Lots to do

G is for Giraffes

H is for Horses

I is for Ice-Cream

ABC Challenge - A - Animals

I have made a skinny for this weeks challenge

A is for Animals - the image I have chosen is of two horses. I used distress inks for the background in broken china and peeled paint.

Christmas in July

ATCs
Fat Pages
Skinnys
Tags

In what must have been a moment of madness, Andrea has decided to host a "Christmas in July" swap. ATCs, Fat Pages, Skinnys and Tags all with a Christmas theme.

I have made mine using a dark blue card and backing papers from the new range of Anitas from Docrafts. I added stamped images and snowflake embellishments all matted and layered onto silver card.

Lots to do challenge - week 16 - Travel

Mags has set the challenge for this week and has chosen Travel as the theme.

An added bonus this week - Blog Candy to be won donated by Maria at Craftaway. A fab set of stamps from woodware.

I made a skinny for this weeks challenge.

I used some Tim Holtz backing papers of old maps and edged the skinny in brushed corduroy distress ink. I then simply added the wording planes, trains and automobiles across the skinny - aging the words with the distress ink. Finally I added some metal embellishments of a plane, a train and a car.

Lottery - July

Here are my ATCs for this months lottery draw on Lots to do hosted by Andrea.

3 ATCs is the payment and you get a chance to win all the entries for that month.

I decided to go with a theme again for this month

I found these fab images of cocktails - so I have decoupaged them. They are all on backgrounds made of distress inks in scattered straw and tea dye.