A Card and envelope

Hello Everyone -hope you are feeling great and thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts.

At Try it on Tuesday this time the theme is Music.

I made a card then decided to make a matching envelope as well because the card is just for a neighbour so won't be put in the post box. Not sure anything with the gold corners on it would go through the machines at the sorting office.

The  gramophone image is one that has been in a folder on my computer since 2008. I traced the source to Anneke Oostmeister who does Parchment work and has free patterns for that-her new place didn't start until 2009 so after I got this.

The music background and the music swirl were also in folders on my computer--I save far too much stuff:(. I coloured the image with Promarkers and white pen and found the quote on Google. Still trying to use up my many peel-offs which look ok on this project I think.

Take care 

Love Chrissie x

Tando Challenge

Hi All. Just one thing to post today so not a long posts from me. Thank you for dropping by :)

At Tando Creative Challenges this time the theme is Green, Yellow and Brown.

I made this tag and used a new folder for the background. Thank you Von for this lovely gift which was in the parcel with the other things she sent for me.

The compass is by Tando and there is a larger one as well in the pack.

The yacht is part of a stamp by Montage which is no longer on the market-it is a big stamp with a sea scene but I don't have the stamp unfortunately. I found the quote on Google.

Have a great day everyone

Love Chrissie x

Tag and scrap page

Hello All. Welcome to my little home in Blogland. Don't forget to join us at my other 'home in Blogland'-Artful Times where the challenge is to use game pieces to make anything you like.

This time at Moo Mania and More the theme is childhood. You can make anything either with or without a Moo so long as it follows the theme.

I have my childhood very much in mind after visiting an aunt and cousin that I haven't seen for a long time. All our families lived in one big house, owned by my grandma and grandad, until I was about 6 years old and I have made this page with me in the middle when I was the only child among a lot of adults. Even though it was still wartime the house was full of the things I have written around the outside of my photograph-a very happy time for me. I used scraps of paper for the background and some canvas type material for the moos.

This is the tag I made for Tag Tuesday this week as we have the theme Spring Flowers

Von sent me a parcel with some beautiful stamp sets and some other extras as well. 

This was one of the sets of stamps so I used the daffodil and the sentiment from there. Thank you Von xx

The other daffodil is a Marie Curie pin.

Thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts

Love Chrissie x

Inchie and Collage

Hello :) Nice to have you pop in at Jumbled Crafts and I hope you like what you find on this post.

At Every Inchie Monday the theme this week is Forest. A very large subject for an inch square but there are already some amazing entries to admire.

Here is mine which I drew in felt tips. I based it on a photograph we took when we were in a forest a while ago.

At Collage Obsession the theme this week is Making Marks-lots of ideas on what you can do both digitally and with other mediums. I do believe I could become obsessed with this sort of work and look forward to the challenges each week since I found the blog. My passion is to work with digital art and this gives me a reason to do it--do I need a reason?:) I think I do or I may take root in front of the computer screen.

I started off with this picture then smudge it with the smudge tool and various steps to create different 'marks' for my background. Then I added lots of brushes to give some feeling of texture.

I painted this face in Paint Shop Pro a while ago and used the airbrush tool for the face and other fancy brushes for the rest of it.

Now I had better get something useful done as I have been doing this since I saw the new challenge this morning. Anyone who likes ironing I have lots of it again :(

Have a great day

Love Chrissie x

Three Challenges

Hello Everyone. Beautiful day here but I will be resting instead of walking as we went on the train yesterday to see family we haven't seen for years and it was a really good day out but tiring. I hope you all had a great day and thank you for calling in.

I have put three challenges on this post as they are blogs where I always enter the challenges but please don't think you have to comment on all of them though I know a lot of you that pop into Jumbled Crafts also enter these challenges as well.

First is my entry for the The Craft Barn where the quote/lyric words this time ART and ROAD. I couldn't find a quote with both of the words this time so I chose ART.

I do love Degas's painting of dancers-a lot of ballet but these are Russian dancers in a field of corn My quote is by Degas--well maybe it is? 

The page is from an old book and it is sprayed with various colours then embossed with a Tim Holtz stencil. I added words that I thought this painting made me think about.

Tag Along this week has the theme gypsy

This is another branch of art I really love with the bright colours. I also love tattoo art and I copied this face from a tattoo design though the original looks a lot prettier than mine. I made the background from a picture of a gypsy and a caravan. The flower was one of three on a hairband I bought at Poundland.

Now for Wicked Wednesday where they ask for ATCs each week and nice if they have a wicked twist somewhere. This week the theme is leprechaun

This one I found seems happy to have bagged the pot of gold I did some work in PSP to add a bit more character and the tape in the corners. Next I printed it onto gloss photo paper and made sure there was lots of black ink on the print. Then I added texture to the black with a debit card and finger prints. The gold peel-offs covered up some of the bad smudges :(

Have a lovely day all

Chrissie xx

Artful Times Challenge 51-Game Pieces

Hello Everyone who pops into Jumbled Crafts today and thank you for all the wonderful comments I get each week. A warm welcome to my latest followers as well.

At Artful Times this time, we have the theme Game Pieces which was chosen by Neet. Lots of things you could use I'm sure and I can't wait to see all of your wonderful ideas. If you join in with us, you may win a prize from Oyster Stamps when the winner and runner-up are chosen for this and the last challenge.

I made this picture from a children's jigsaw. I did take pictures along the way so you could see how I made it.

This was the jigsaw and I took out the middle 6 pieces

I separated the pieces and worked on the plain side of them

Each piece was painted a different colours, then when dry fastened back together and decorated with bits and bobs

All I had to do then was mount it onto a backing piece and I edged the card with some nice, strong ribbon. It could go into a frame at some point when I find one it fits.

Hope you will visit Von and Neet to see what they have made for this challenge

Also a warm welcome to Wendy who has joined our Design Team-do pop to see what she made and make her feel at home.

Love Chrissie x

Collage-Under (water)

Hi All. Welcome to Jumbled Crafts and thank you for your visit.

It is only a few weeks ago that I found Collage Obsession but it has certainly revived my interest in digital 'messing about'-I mean art:) . I look forward each week to the challenges there. Some amazing collages entered by people who join in. This week the theme is 'Under' and I have chosen underwater.

The background I used was a desk top download, I found the diver picture online but created all the other 'wonders' with brushes in PSP.

Have a beautiful and happy day

Love Chrissie x