More Moos

The theme on this weeks Make a Moo or Two site is TRAVEL.

thanks for looking :o)

Friendship.......

is this weeks theme on Make a Moo or Two

This moo was inspired by Joanne, she made hers this way round and I liked how it looked so I thought why not, and the picture I've used in this moo is part of a picture from Nancy Dooren

A nice long chilly walk

As the sun was shining and the sky was blue we thought we'd take advantage and go out for a walk, little did I realise how cold it would be and how long the walk would be, about 6 miles and the car thermometer read a chilly -6. We wrapped up really well and got trudging.

We went to Sutton Park, this is the write up about the park

Sutton Park is Birmingham's largest park, covering 2,400 acres consisting of woodlands, heathlands and wetlands. The entire park was recently designated a National Nature Reserve by English Nature.

It is the home for a wide variety of wildlife, many species uncommon elsewhere in the West Midlands region. Visitors benefit from a true countryside experience, remarkably within 10 Km (6 miles) of the very heart of the City. The Visitor Centre contains displays and information related to the park.

The park is a remnant of an extensive forest that used to cover much of the Midlands. Sutton Park has retained many ancient features including prehistoric mounds and ruins as well as a Roman road making it of great interest to historical enthusiasts.

People use the park for a great variety of reasons: walking, cycling, horse riding, fishing, jogging, kite flying, canoeing, sailing and orienteering are among the pastimes the park's annual 2 million visitors enjoy.

A canvas

This didn't turn out quite as I thought it would, but I thought I'd show it all the same.

Spring arch

I've joined a spring Gothic Arch swap, this is my contribution.

The backgrouns is layers of paint, ink and stamping.

Moo cards

I have avoided Moo cards for ages as the size scared me, it sounded too much like inchies, which I cannot do for the life of me, but when my friend Nellie started the new challenge blog Make a Moo or Two I wanted to have a go. The theme for the first challenge on MAMOT is Romance.

The couple images are downloaded from Lisa Vollraths Go Make Something site. The background is one of my own that I played around with in a photo editing package.

I qite enjoyed making these and they are so much easier than inchies so will be making this a regular challenge, thanks Nellie :o).

A whiter shade

I love having time to play, and I love making things just for the sake of it even more. I like the tone on tone look and wanted to do a very pale background to go with the image, and what is paler than white.

Background to share

I've been making a few backgrounds recently and I decided that I would see what I could come up with if I photgraphed said backgrounds and had a play with some photo editing software, I had great fun and some great results. I thought I'd share a few with you to use in your art work. I'd love to see what you come up with so please leave me a link.

It makes me smile

My leave from work began yesterday, two whole weeks of doing what I want, so I am crafting and enjoing every minute of it. I did sort out a box of 'stuff' that has been lurking under my bed for months. It was full of those bits and pieces that I'd sidelined in favour of new item, like pattened papers. I found a few sheets of K&Co 6x6 papers and this poppy one was amongst it. I've always loved this paper but could never successfully make anything with it, until I came up with this piece. I chopped up the sheet of paper and played around until I liked what I saw. I then made my background using several layers of acrylic paints and basically put the two together.

It is really a miserable day outside, heavy rain and bitter cold but this piece just shouts sunshine to me and had put a smile on my face.


Thanks for looking an thankyou for taking time to leave comments, I really appreciate it.

Egypt 6x6

I am taking part in a 6x6 swap, the theme is Egypt. I did begin to wonder why on earth I signed up for it as I realised I don't own anything remotly Egyptian so I really had to think hard on this one. I decided the best way to go was with colour, the blues and golds we associate with Egypt, and I had to have the obvious pyramids didn't I.
The background I did using ink pads, some gold dimensional paint which I applied with an old credit card and then I sprayed some glimmer spray mist, that I was sent by Joanne some time back and only after Jo mentioned I should try them I remembered I did have this one bottle, so thanks to you both girls.

Chasing Pavements

A favourite song of mine at the moment, so I thought I'd share it

All on the move

I have several friends who have either just moved house or are moving in the next few weeks. I wanted to make them all a little something and new home cards really were not working for me so I went with these little hangings. I've really enjoyed making these, and I'm glad to say I still have another two to make.





This first one has an alcohol inked background with over stamping and embossing. The main image is part of a stamp from good old Crafty Individuals, stamped in purple and highlighted in white souffle pen.

This hanging I've made for a friend who has moved to the coast (lucky thing, not jealous honest :o) ) I've used a large slide mount as the frame and covered it in a piece of worked paper, scrunched, inked and embossed, I think it kind of looks like sea spray. The stamp I've used is from a very old set of Stick and Stamp stamps I bought many years back and only have used a couple of times.

Another with alcohol inks as the background, also with a layer of overstamping in red, copper and strlight black. The butterflies are from another of Crafty Individuals image books.

Another triangle......

but a mini one this time, about 2'x3' in size.

The background is a scrap of alcohol inked glossy card that was left over from another project. The image is taken from the Crafty Individuals people and places themed image book. The two hummingbirds are stickers that were left over from one of the very first crafting sets I bought many years ago, I kept going to throw them away but couldn't bring myself to do it as I liked them so much, glad I didn't now.

You make my day

I've been tagged three times by three lovely people Emma , Joanne and Carrie for this award. The rules are…..Give the award to up to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel so happy about blogland! Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so that they can pass it on. Beware! You may get the award several times! So, to narrow it down to ten….







only 10, now that is hard, but here goes







Tootie -this fab blog has wonderful whimsical eye candy, something new almost every time I visit.


Audrey Hernandez- I think Audrey's blog was the first blog I ever visited, I found it inspirational then and still do today.


Jo Capper-Sandon - I've known Jo for several years now and I'm happy to say I class her as a good friend, oh and she does some quite nice stuff too ;o)


Nellie Van Leeuwen- what can I say but wow, Nellies blog really is a feast for the eyes.


Joanne Wardle - I'm repaying the favour Joanne, this girl is like gold, she is always ready to help people and is pretty good at crafting too ;o)

Caroline Moore - Carrie is always adding wonderful eye candy to her blog.

Nancy Dooren - Nancy has some fantastic work on her blog and she has some wonderful images on there to share.

Penny and Chris - both these ladies make truly stunning greeting cards, well worth checking out their blogs.

U-handblog - not the usual type of blog I visit but I love this place, I am a seamstress by trade and although I haven't sewn for a fair few years this blog does make me want to get the old machine out again.

Triangles

I have been very lazy in creating art since Christmas so to kick start myself I signed up for a triangle swap.

I've used lots of stamps from many companies- Crafty Individuals to name but one.