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Good Morning All. Start of a new week and hopefully we all have a great one. Always good to read your comments and thank you for taking the time to leave them or for just dropping in.

At Every Inchie Monday the theme this week is Legal. The entries get more and more inventive and some are just incredible. Difficult to imagine the wonders that can be shown in an inch square.

Mine is quite simple a pile of law books and a gavel

Thought while I wasn't posting much today I would show you my tags walls

They really brighten a plain wall and I'm sure some of you recognise ones that you have sent to me. Still lots more to add yet--aren't tags just great :)

Have a lovely day

Chrissie x

Wicked Wednesday

Hi All. Terrific sunshine here so far so I am off into town the beach route and maybe a coffee on the seafront overlooking the harbour. Nice to have you drop by-thank you for visiting

This week at Wicked Wednesday the theme is to add a Die Cut.

I did the ATC  background with splodges of watercolour paint. The I added a Nestie Oval Die cut. Lastly I added the Purple Dragon----

 It started out with a little pixel design that was from way back when in the days of dial internet. I made an online friend called Shez and we used to challenge each other with all sorts of things and ran a few MSN groups to teach Paint Shop Pro. Yesterday I found a disc with a lot of our pixel designs and this was on it--not sure if it was Shez or me that did this one as we just shared everything

This is the original drawing which was done one pixel at a time then filled it in by digital means-I am sure some of you know how to do this so I won't bore you with details. I had to enlarge it quite a bit to use on the ATC.

That's it from me today as I won't be doing any more crafting. Off to town then there is the men's tennis final and the Canadian Grand Prix to watch later. Life is so hectic lol. I do knit whilst I watch so that's crafting I think.

Hope you have a great day

Love Chrissie x

Moo Mania and Tag Along

Hello from a beautiful sunny NE UK Coast. We are still decorating but I took time out to do a bit of crafting and will maybe take time out for a little walk as well as the weather forecast for tomorrow is awful. Hope it is lovely where you are and thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts.

This time at Moo Mania and More the theme is Feathers. The 'and more' means you don't have to add a moo at all as it is anything goes so long as you follow the theme. I combined this challenge with Tag Along as there the theme is Wings.

I do love joining in both of these challenges so I am sure they won't mind that I made a '1 for 2' this time.

This large tag started out yesterday when I found a beautiful crow's feather on the way to the car boot sale. The trees along the road are full of Crows Nest and the noise is quite scary at times. They also visit our houses and sit on the television aerials. We had to get ours moved as it was splitting the wood it was fastened to. They are such powerful birds. It is only recently that they have moved nearer to housing estates and busy roads so I thought the frontiers quote was apt.

The feather on the tag is the one I found-the bird is an image I found on Google and so are the background trees.

Have a great day

Love Chrissie x

Art Journal Journey

Hi All-been raining in the night but it is now brightening up a bit so maybe off to the car boot sale soon. We made a rash decision to start decorating the bedroom at some point today--that could wear off if we give ourselves time to think about it :) Hope you have a great day and thank you for calling in.

At Art Journal Journey the theme is Houses. I have learnt so much since taking part there and was so nervous at times as there are some awesome entries. Susi has encouraged me with all her wonderful comments and I now realise that I can do all sorts of different kinds of art and enjoy learning.

I copied Valerie's great idea and did lots of background pages in my journal so I could choose one background I liked for this theme. I used felt tips and Promarkers to create my picture which is influenced by a picture I saw online. Looks like the page came adrift a bit so I need to stick that back in.

Thank you to Susi, Valerie and all the people who share their ideas in Blogland and inspire us in ways they may not realise.

Love Chrissie x

Rolling Pin

Hello Friends and Followers from a wet NE UK Coast. Looks like we will get wet again today as we have to go into town. Yesterday we decided to stretch our legs and have a walk along the seafront. Bad idea as the heavens opened and we came back looking like drowned rats. I hope the sun is shining where you are and thank you for calling in today.

I made this project for 2 challenges--both equally inspiring blogs.

At Rhedd's Creative Spirit the theme is always to alter something and usually anything you like as it is this time. Then at Our Creative Corner they have the theme 'Flaming June' and want to see lots of orange on your projects.

I decorated this sixteen inch wooden rolling pin that I bought for just £1 at the car boot sale. It was new but I still have my mum's old rolling pin if I need one for baking.

First of all I painted the ends in orange emulsion paint then added crackle varnish to give them a better finish

Next came a piece of paper for the middle. This is a piece from the Debbi Moore, Shabby Chic, Paris Bookazine. I added lace and ribbon at the edges of the paper them made flowers from the same ribbon and lace. Also the leaves are made of ribbon.

I am thinking of screwing in some pot hooks to hang things on when I find a space to hang the rolling pin :(

Have a wonderful day

Love Chrissie x

Tag Tuesday and Collage Obsession

Hi All. Rainy day here so far and a wet forecast for today so lots of crafting for me I think. Hope it is better where you are and thank you for finding the time to drop in at Jumbled Crafts.

At Collage Obsession the theme is Nature and it is the last challenge there until September 1st, hope you will join in.

This is my collage which brought back a lot of memories from the early 2000's I made the background using fancy brushes and curly effects. All of the images were from a lovely lady called Mel who used to supply us with freebie images for Paint Shop Pro work. I did change some of the colours to fit in with my colours theme. Can't even find her now or I would have given the link-thank you Mel if you are still around.

                                              At Tag Tuesday this week the theme is Roses

I used an old stamp I had for my background then highlighted some of it with red felt tip. I also used another stamp at the right hand side and stamped a bee image twice. I am going stamp mad on this as I stamped the word roses as well. I have been sorting out my stamps so that is why I used some of the old ones on the tag.

The 'roses' are made with the six petal, flower shape on the Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die. Lots of tutorials on how to make these flowers but mine never look the same as the ones in the tuts.

So that's it from me so far today--may be back later if I make something else-have a great day
Love Chrissie x

Tag, Inchie and Iluminaria

Hello to everyone who drops into Jumbled Crafts and thank you for calling in.

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day so I did lots of gardening which also means a lot of chatting when people pass by and we are in the front garden. Always nice to catch-up on our the local news and always something different happening that we didn't know about.

This week at Tag Along the theme is Tick Tock.

I have had this Crafty Individuals stamp for a long time and I think it fits this theme perfectly. All I did was stamp it onto a white tag and colour it lightly with Promarkers. A bit of a CAS tag but not much room for much of anything else. I would like to link this to Crafy Individuals  as well as their theme this month is 'Tag You're It'

The theme at Every Inchie Monday this week is 'Khaki' Couldn't think what to do for this really so nothing very different from me this week

A shirt coloured Khaki and edged with black and then cut-out and decoupaged onto the inchie

Just thought I would show you these pictures of an exhibition that we went to in Blackpool whilst we were there a couple of weeks ago. It is at the Winter Gardens if you happen to be going to Blackpool and is truly amazing. Difficult to explain without spoiling it so this is just a small taster. The exhibits are all made with steel frames and silk with lights inside. Made by the Chinese to celebrate the festival of light.

Added this one with me in it just to show you the scale of the exhibits-they are enormous.

That's all for now--hope you have a great day

Love Chrissie x