Inchie

Hello Everyone.

Just popping in to post my inchie for this week. At Every Inchie Monday the theme for this week is Jet.

I have chosen a piece of Jet jewellry which is made from stones found on a Whitby beach and made into wonderful things. There is lots on show in Whitby and even an old workshop museum showing just how it used to be worked. Jet was made fashionable by Queen Victoria when her dear husband, Albert died. She wore it all the time.

Hope you have a good day and nice to have you drop in to Jumbled Crafts-thank you

Love Chrissie x

Tando Challenge

Hi All. Just been for a brisk walk along the sea front and I am pleased to be back as the weather is turning again and it looks like rain. Hope your day is going well and thank you for dropping by.

At Tando Creative this time we are asked to 'Incorporate a Key.'

I used just one of the pieces from my Tando Mini Theatre Stage to make this piece. I used a picture of one of my favourite books/ films/plays. Added a bit of texture and colours to the frame then I made the little curtains.

If you are wondering why I added the key you will have to read the book-the key to any good book is to read it, watch the film or see a performance of it at the theatre.:) Don't forget to invite me along *

Have a lovely day

Chrissie x

Challenge 55 Artful Times-Mail Art

Hi All hope you are having a good day and thank you for finding time call in at Jumbled Crafts. 

I can't believe another 2 weeks have flown by and it is time for another challenge at Artful Times. The badges, brooches and buttons entered last time were just amazing with wonderful ideas.

 This time Neet has chosen the theme Mail Art and I was quite excited to try this as I have never done any before.

This is what I made. I coloured the envelope with  H20 paints then used stamps and images cut out of a seed catalogue. The flower and leaves stamp are by Papermania and the diamonds is Crafty Individuals. The beautiful postage stamps were on a box of goodies I received from Valerie and I am so pleased I could use them on this piece. The text I cut from a magazine

Hope you will visit Neet and Wendy to see what they made for the challenge and join us with your take on the theme as you could win a £10 voucher to spend at Oyster Stamps when the winner of two challenges is chosen

Love Chrissie x

I would also like to share this and Moo Mania and More where their theme is also Mail

Tag and Atc

Hello Everyone. Friday already and I haven't a clue where this week went too. I am almost pleased that it is raining' with more rain forecast' as it means I will be able to do more crafting.

At Tag Along this week the theme is Moulin Rouge. This was my favourite film of all time and I get emotional just thinking about it. Not only sadness but the deep love, the ups and downs, the characters, the music ---Oh Dear! I think I may have to have another look at the DVD immediately :)

My tag has a background picture of the Moulin Rouge and an image that found here. The flower is from a headband I bought at Poundland with three of them on it.

At Wicked Wednesday they have the theme tropical colours.

I made a background of tropical colours then found this great free Hula Cow here

Enjoyed making both of these and they were great challenge ideas.

Thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts and don't forget to pop back this evening for the new challenge at Artful Times

Have a great day

Love Chrissie x

Journal Page and Digital Collage

Hi All and thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts.

I am staying in today to wait for a delivery of some fencing so filling in the time with crafting--what could be better really:)

At Art Journal Journal this month the theme this time is circles and there are some wonderful entries already.

I bought an Art Journal with black pages and now I wonder why as it is difficult to know what to do on them. I painted a background on white paper then cut it into pieces to stick on my black page. Next I looked for things that had circles. Some from my odds and ends jewellery, some from the button box and then some craft Candi. The white lines join the cirlces as a circular walk. Now to think how else to do art on black backgrounds :(

At Three Muses the theme is Positive Affirmations which needed a bit of thought. I made this digital collage.

I started out with a photograph of a bee on a flower that Vic took in our garden. I then added things that I found positive and encouraging. Loved the bee so much I selected it from the background and added it again to the top layer. The music layer is the music for the song Always Look on the Bright side of Life written by Eric Idle of Monty Python Fame.

Hope your day is going well

Love Chrissie x

Collage and Photo Album

Hello to everyone who ventures into Jumbled Crafts-hope your day is going well.

Looks like being a crafty day for me as it is raining heavily at the moment. Plenty of time for that to change as I woke up at stupid o'clock and decided not to go back to sleep again. It will mean more hours in the day for me which can't be bad as time races by these days.

Time for another challenge at Collage Obsession where the theme for this week is Motherhood. I know many of you don't know anything about this type of digital doodling so please don't feel you have to comment on this, even though comments are always appreciated-good or bad.

I decided to use some of my family photographs to create my collage for this week. The mother on the left is my grandmother with my dad, in the middle is my mum with my brother and on the right is my, only remaining, aunt and my dear cousin.

Looking at all the old photographs gave me an idea for the next piece I made. This is for A Vintage Journey -with the theme 'Fond Memories' and Rhedd's Creative Spirit-where it is anything altered as always though there could be a twist sometimes

I altered this photograph album and thought I would print out some of my old photographs and keep them in it. The background is Rangers Distressed Inks-colours at the bottom of the post. I sprayed water into the palm of my hand and shook it onto the ink-love this Tim Technique. The diamond pattern is a stamp by Crafty Individuals.

A TH map in the middle and some plastic emblies that have the date 2004 on them and the pack had never been opened. Amazing what you find when you are looking for something else. The stencil was just a child's letters and numbers stencil but I need to buy a proper one as it didn't work as well as I would have liked. Used Cosmic Glitter mist on that bit.

Album before-well almost before, I had tried the colours I was going to use.

Difficult to photograph yesterday as the sun was so bright. I guess the real strength of the colours is somewhere between the two pictures. 

What I used along the way.

That's it for now but I may be back later if I manage to make anything today

Thank you for calling in

Love Chrissie x

Journal Page and Inchie

Hello Everyone.

It is more like summer here than Spring today :0 ). We have just been to the car boot sale near to where we live but it was huge with too many stalls for us to get all the way around. This was mainly because I bought two clematis plants and Vic got a big box of Autumn Lawn Feed. I know it isn't Autumn but it will keep and was only £2 instead of the £10 we usually pay for it at the garden centre.

Every Inchie Monday has the theme Indigo this week.

Here is mine. I decoupaged this cute little Indigo Bunting onto my Inchie.

For the Challenge at Try it on Tuesday the theme is Springtime and at That's Crafty so I thought I could combine the two challenge and made a journal page.

I blended Distressed inks for the background then stamped a Crafty Creation Stamp. The flowers, clouds and Spring are cut from a kids colouring page that I coloured with felt tips. Then I used a bee stamp from Joanna Sheen and a Personal Impressions Butterfly Stamp

Hope you are having a great day and thank you for taking the time to visit Jumbled Crafts.

Love Chrissie x