MayJay's meanderings

2012-04-09T04:17:00.000-07:00

I won this stamp from Docrafts FB page. They are really fun to colour and are perfect for watercolours or pencils

new folders

2012-03-04T11:27:00.000-08:00

I recently bought these gorgeous Couture Creations folders and have been trying them out. The first two are embossed onto watercolour paper, and the other 2 are done on heavy foil cut from a foil food container. I have used watercolours and pens on the first two, and alcohol inks and permanent markers on the foil. I also added stickles onto the wings.

Claire

2012-02-29T12:32:00.001-08:00

Having added a very old LO of my daughter, this one is more recent, only about 12 years ago, give or take a year, lol.

Sunny and Claire

2012-02-29T12:27:00.000-08:00

This LO is a 12x12 of my daugter age 3 and our much loved Sheltie, Sunny. He lived up to his name and was the sweetest of dogs.The pic is about 29 years ago , so unbelievable that it has gone so fast. Getting old.

wedding LO.

2012-01-31T10:22:00.000-08:00

Having done the boxed frame wedding LO put me in the mood to do another for a 12x12 album.Its a shame the pics are a,, black and white but I like these colours together. My dress was purple so that was the reason for choosing the main colour.

Wedding pic. LO.

2012-01-20T06:44:00.000-08:00

I was given a 12x12 box frame (from The Range) and was finally inspired to fill it with this LO. I was glad to have found a way to display the roses without flattening them.The wedding was 1971. We eloped as we were finding it difficult to see each other as we lived far apart.( Scotland and London). We had tried to tell our folks that we didn't want a big white wedding, a long time in the future. They thought we were too young at 19. We are now 60 and still love oneanother.

2012-01-13T08:17:00.000-08:00

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My Jumble Book.

2011-12-31T07:20:00.000-08:00

This is a new album which is a bit different to my normal style. I saw a "stuff it" book in Scrap365 and decided to give it a go This is my Jumble Book.

12x12 LOs

2011-11-14T14:18:00.000-08:00

These are some of my recent LOs.

2011-11-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

These are a few of the tags I made with stamps I bought while we were on holiday.

Birdsong

2011-07-09T07:34:00.001-07:00

This is a card made using the new Trimcraft "Birdsong" papers and a Tim Holtz birdcage die.

altered clock.

2011-06-11T08:28:00.000-07:00

This was a very cheap wall clock from Ikea, costing just over £1. I removed the plastic front intending to remove the face, but it was firmly glued so I decided to leave it and just add a centre. I die cut a circle from photopaper which I had painted an encaustic abstract onto and stuck it to the face, having removed the hands and cut a small circle from the centre. I added some gems around the centre and under the numbers.

The frame was treated with alcohol inks in stream, green and lilac. the dip was gone round with a permanent marker in blue and the seconds hand was also inked.

altered box.

2011-06-05T06:23:00.001-07:00

I have been playing with this box which I got from the Range very cheaply. I began by giving it a coat of white (household emulsion paint) inside and out. Then I painted the exterior with tubes of bronze and gold acrylic which I got from an art dept. some time ago.The metal plate is a Tim Holtz die cut from take away tinfoil and then coated in versamark and liberally covered (2ce at least) and heat embossed with silver embossing powders. I then just went a bit mad with various stamps and highlighted some very sketchily with sakura shadow pens.

12x12 april birthdays

2011-05-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

I did this photo in an 8x8 LO for my grandsons album, but I likedit and wanted to so it 12x12, so here is version2.

The papers, tissue tape, foliage, and gears plus distress inks are all Tim Holtz, ah, and the shrink plastic umberella men are his too. The flourish is a sizzix bigz die.

summertime

2011-05-03T08:14:00.001-07:00

The weather is so nice I have been playing with this very summery Tilda. The shells are real and stuck easily with glossy accents.

in the brownies.

2011-04-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

The photo was taken in 1989, or thereabouts. I used the once upon a time paper for the fairy connection. The nestie gears were to pretty to grunge every time, and I thought they would suit a bit of glitz.

cards, A5 size.

2011-04-27T04:09:00.000-07:00

These are a couple of cards done with my waxes. The pink one has had some details scratched into the wax with a stylus.

encaustics

2011-04-25T12:57:00.000-07:00

I had a bit of fun with my encaustics today. 2 normal pics and then I had a go at stamping an image then waxing over it. The key stamp was cut from a Tim Holtz die using funky foam and mounted onto rigid plastic with glossy accents. Same for the keyhole stamp. Tim Holrz says he does it with all his dies and I do too now.

last page

2011-04-24T07:48:00.000-07:00

This is the final LO in the album for Alex. Taken earlier this week, just after his 13th birthday.

Now I am looking for a nice album to record his teeage years.

2011-04-15T13:54:00.000-07:00

This candy is part of the offering coming up soon on thttp://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.com/his site

encaustic atcs

2011-04-15T13:17:00.000-07:00

I had a play with my encaustic iron yesterday. I did some 5x7s but I think I do better work in this smaller size. Somehow I can get a better detail in the atc size.

8x8 album

2011-04-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

These are the newest pages in the album for my grandson. Only one page to go and I am trying to get a current pic for it, preferably one where he is not wearing a Liverpool shirt, lol. The Tattered flowers were cut from scrap fabric and a piece of lace. I cut a few fabric flowers today, so will be adding them to cards and other LOs soon. The Tim Holtz gears in the other LO were inked and embossed with various powders. I also did a couple of old washers and attached them with metal brads, some Tim Holtz, some from stash.

Teenager,( sigh!)

2011-04-06T02:42:00.000-07:00

My grandson will be 13 on the 11th. How time flies! seems no time since he was a small boy as seen in my LOs. This is the card I have made for him.

8x8 album

2011-03-27T03:43:00.000-07:00

These are the latest pics from my grandson album.

driver

2011-03-13T14:13:00.000-07:00

I couldn't wait to try the jalopy die out. This photo of my OH as a small boy seemed appropriate as the van in the background reminds me of the die.
Almost all the elements, from paper to diecuts are Tim Holtz. The alpha letters are cuttlebug Olivia. Flowers were cut from an old dictionary, distress inked and dipped in wax.