More Alice in Wonderland ....

I've had great fun putting together an Alice in Wonderland postcard for a swap I'm taking part in. Hopefully I've managed to convey the story of Alice drinking from the bottle and then going into Wonderland. The larger Alice image is by my friend Chris at Kaycee Crafts and most of the remaining images are by Marina at Cherry Pie Art Stamps. The background is done using Glimmer Mist sprays.

Circles ........

I'm taking part in an ATC book swap with Cherry Pie Art Stamps - there are 13 of us taking part, we're making one ATC per participant and sending to Marina who will somehow, magically, bind them into a book; a keepsake forever :)

The theme for this swap is 'words'; we chose one word and mine was 'circle'.

A couple of birthday cards .....

February heralds the start of the birthday season in the Wareham household, some I'll make cards for, others I'll buy.  Today I made a card for my sister in law Julie using stamps from Cherry Pie's Alice sheet on an alcohol ink background

(the inside says .... a very happy birthday)

and I also made a card for my mum's close friend John using a photo I took during our trip to Kenya last year. This little guy was living with his family in the Masai Mara.

For something totally different .....

....... I made a card for my friend Sandy's birthday using a Hearts in Touch fairy stamp. Painted with Ecoline watercolours and shimmer added to the wings with Perfect Pearls. I've just invested in the gold Ecoline - it's soooooo good :) I used it for the frame and to highlight the flowers and butterfly. The background is done using alcohol inks.

More Cards for Haiti

I finished off these cards at the weekend.

Cards for Haiti

A local group I am a member of had a bring & buy sale on Tuesday with proceeds going to Shelterbox's Haiti appeal. I made a batch of cards, some using alcohol inks, some using glimmer mist sprays, and took along. So far I have sold 19 and am in the process of making another batch.  I kept them simple so that I could churn them out - I played with the alcohol inks on a large sheet of glossy c/s and then cut it into 4" squares before matting and mounting on 5" square cards.  I did cut the c/s for the glimmer mist sprays first as I am mean with them and didn't want to have too much waste! I adore the heart & music stamp (by Stamps Happen) and have been mainly selling those cards for Valentines.

done with Alcohol Inks

done with Glimmer Mist Sprays

And a couple of close ups (unfortunately I didn't think to take photos until after I bagged them up!)

Altered Slide Mailer

I made this a couple of weeks ago but didn't want to post photos until I had sent it off to it's recipient. I used gold acrylic paint as the base, decopaged the front with part of a gorgeous napkin that I had been hoarding for a long time and had fun decorating inside with pictures and fibres from Lost Art Creations. Even my DH was impressed, although he didn't really know what it was! LOL!