2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Things with Wings Wednesday Showcase

Hi, over at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog we are having a Wednesday showcase of the current challenge Things with Wings, this I believe is new.  I'm so excited each time I made a card as a design team member, each time I create I feel such achievement that I'm on my very first design team.  Why don't you have a look at what the other members have done for the showcase, here is my card .......

This was so much fun to do, its double sided sticky paper, with acetate and lots of glitter.
Thank you for looking.  Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Stitchy Bear stamps - image
Papers - My Mind's Eye (lost & found blush)
Dies - Sizzix Hero Arts (frames and sprigs)
Stamps - Hero Arts (frames and sprigs), Crafters Companion (flower fairies friends marigold)
Embellishments - Creative Expressions (black flower)

Gingersnap Creations - Wax

Hi, I have spent all day working on budgets and invoicing which are due into work tomorrow, in between working I made a hanging piece that I had started last night for the Gingersnap Creations challenge of wax, it was quite nice having art breaks to help me through the work I had to do.  It is the first time I have ever made a collage, and to be honest I'm not sure you can actually tell it was a collage, but I thoroughly enjoyed making it.  Under all the paint, texture paste, stamping and wax I stuck on patterned papers and quotes from a magazine and dictionary quotes. And I so enjoyed melting all the wax crayons around the side with micro beads to give texture and before I did that I shaved wax bits all over to give a great spotty appearance, having not done this before it really was a breathe deep moment when I was putting the heat gun on the wax, as it could have been a mess lol.  I'm really loving being part of Gingersnap creations as it really is helping me explore different mediums that I shyed away from.  So here is my hanging (took a close pic so you can't really see the white and pink wire that attaches to it for it to hang)...

Hope your having a nice crafty weekend. Thank you for looking.  Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Texture paste - Daler-Rowney
Embossing powders - Cosmic Shimmer (autumn lustre and pink), White
Paint - Paper Artsy (fresco vintage lace), Royal Langnickel (pink to colour the texture paste) and Decoart ( pearlizing medium to make the paste pearlescent), Stampman (moonglow starburst ramblin' rose pink)
Sprays - Dylusions (lime and hotpink)
Glues - Modpodge and Gorilla super glue
Ink pads - Adirondack (shell pink), Archival (jet black), Stampin Up (melon mambo)
Stamps - Creative Expressions (vintage artist), Studio 490 (I am my art)
Inka Gold - pearlescent
Woodware Micro Beads
Patterned paper - Crafty Individuals (book 1), Basic Grey (out of print)
Cricut - George Basics
Old dictionary and cut up magazine (take ten)
Crayola wax crayons

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Things With Wings

Hi all, this is my very first design team post, over at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog the challenge this week is Things with Wings and we have been sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps and we were given some lovely digi stamps to work with.  Here is my card, I chose this lovely funky fairy.......

So why not fly over to the 2 sisters challenge blog and enter the challenge (did you see the pun - fly - challenge this week is things with wings!!!! lol) ok so I'm pretty bad at puns lol. Thanks for looking. 
Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Digi Stamp - Stitchy Bear Stamps
Punches - Martha Stewart (flower and trellis punches), Fiskers (butterfly)
Dies - Spellbinders (crown ovals, squares and foliage)
Papers - Graphic 45 (8x8 once upon a springtime)
Glitter - Decoart (glamour dust)
Colouring - Promarkers - Face (pale pink, ivory, blush) Hair (vanilla, pastel yellow, mustard) Rest (pear green, marsh green, olive green, soft peach, coral) Flexmarkers - (rose peach, blue grey 1)

Less is more - One Word

Hi ya, over at Less is more blog the challenge for the last two weeks is One word, trust me to leave it until the last minute.  My card is quite simple, but took lots of attempts to get the design right, as I struggle with clean and simple.

Thanks for looking. Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Stamps - Stampin' Up (butterfly prints and flight of the butterfly)
Punches - Stampin' Up (butterfly)
Inks - Brilliance Dew Drops (pearlescent lavender) and Versamark
Embossing Powder - Sheena Wow (bright white super fine)

Crafts 4 Eternity - Random Recipe

Hi ya, over at Crafts 4 Eternity blog, the challenge this week is using a quote.  I'm late again this week as I've spent yesterday and today trying to work out what to do, I had loads of quotes but couldn't for the life of me get the inspiration to come out with something, in the end I picked a new paper pad I had (details below) and only used the papers, eventually I came out with the below card, I'm afraid because of the mega bright colours I used I couldn't get a decent pic, the quote says 'when life gives you lemons, make lemonade'.

Sorry about the wonky picture lol.  Thanks for looking.  Kezzy xxx

Recipe
Patterned papers - Kaisercraft (nan's favourites collection)
Embellishments - From stash

WOYWW 135

Hi ya, ok I'm late as I thought it was Tuesday!!!  (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it lol), I'm still going through last weeks woyww's wishing everyone a Happy New Year, so this week I will be checking up on two posts lol, I'm determined to wish everyone a fab 2012 even if it takes until December (only joking), actually I have been around a lot of desks already, but I visit while on my sofa with my Ipad equivalent, as my steroids have run out and I'm having a few really bad back days, and last week I have enjoyed all the new christmas stash everyone got, my problem is my ipad thingy is having a few hitches and keeps loosing what I've written after I have pressed make comment, the OH is going to re-install and update it which will hopefully sort out everything. I have been sorting bits and bobs and moved some craft bits around as my craft room is not working for me at the mo, but this sorting will take awhile as I have promised myself to still blog and craft between sorting.  I have got some pics below of my stash I've sorted (well almost sorted), my desk still has bits of unsorted stuff on it, and my other desk has got some fab papers that I'm about to craft with.  I have spent the weekend and the last few days doing my DT work, I found it really hard to start with as I wanted it to be my best work, but obviously there are certain images and themes you have to work with.  Check back on Saturday for my first piece (i'm so excited, I need to learn how to pre time a post so it goes on first thing in the morning, maybe I shall have a word with Julia).  I've now got the woyww link on my sidebar (will have after I do it after this post so if it goes wrong I shall be editing this bit lol lol) so if you would like to share your crafty space than click the woyww and you shall be transported (I hope) to Julia's blog and an assortment of fantastic desks (if you end up anywhere but stamping ground blog than I so have got it wrong).  Right some pics .......

My ribbons and sprays etc are now stored on shelves so I can reach and see them better.

My new storage for promarkers, which the idea has been around

a few blogs which I found while googling, mind you they all got them from

ikea but I don't think they sell them anymore, I went everywhere trying to find some

and ended up getting these from Amazon, if you want to know which they are just

comment me and I shall send a link.  They also fit my sakura pens and aqua markers.

My colouring are altogether now (apart from pencils which are on the shelve under the desk),

I still need to put the promarkers tabs on the dvd's.

These are the papers I'm just about to make a card with

for craft 4 eternity challenge blog which is quotes (I shall

be using boys and their toys quote lol)

Right I'm off to start and finish the card as the challenge runs out tomorrow.  Hope you have a fab crafty week.  Thanks for sharing. xxx

Happy New Year and Just Add Ink Challenge

Happy New Year to you all, I hope you have a very healthy and happy 2012.  Below are my crafty resolutions but first off I am entering the following gift pockets that I made for christmas day to the Just Add Ink challenge blog which was gift/wraps, my sister wanted some gift cards to put lottery instant cards in for a gift on the christmas table, I decided to pinch the idea and did the same for mine, so all together I ended up doing 20 of them.  I just managed to finish at the last minute on christmas eve hence the quick pics, in others words I dumped them on the table and went click click with my camera lol.

Ok so now my new years crafty resolutions, here goes:
1 - This year I would like to blog at least 3-4 times a week (around 200 over the year).
2 - To spend time stamping and learning new techniques (rather than shying away from stamping lol).
3 - Have a go at journalling.
4 - Have a go at doing Sheena Douglas paint fusion.
5 - Do a colour mood board (actually doing it in a journal) at least once a month as I always struggle with colour.
6 - Comment more and support other blogs, I love receiving comments but feel I could comment more to others.
7 - Learn to colour using different mediums and spend time practising shadowing and blending.
8 - Have a go at altered art and collage.
I'm sure I had 10, next time I should write them down lol, you can guaranteed the minute it posts I will remember lol.

I would like to say thank you again for everyone who supported me throughout 2011 and I can't wait to carry on this wonderful blog journey during 2012.  Kezzy xxx