Reaching for Wishes

 

I used dye inks, white acrylic paint on a cocktail stick! a punched butterfly- oh dear that does not sound good but you know what I mean!

And some pretty flowersoft for her to stand in.

 

I would like to enter this into

Craft Stampers Octobers Challenge ink, stitch paint

And Country View Crafts add some texture

All of the cards I have shown for the last few challenges were made months ago, but I had never put them on my blog before. I am still unwell and I have not been able to do hardly any craft since August. I miss it very much.

 

 

 

Winter Fun

 

To make this card I used dye inks, white acrylic paint, stickles and a scrap of fabric which I coloured with ink for the snowmans scarf.

 

The children look like they are having lots of fun whizzing along on their sled!

I would like to enter this into

Craft Stampers Octobers Challenge ink, stitch paint

And Country View Crafts add some texture

 

Winter Whispers

 

I used dye inks to create the background and stamped the cute deers on a separate sheet of card. After colouring them with spectrum noir pencils I cut them out and attached them with 3D pads.

I added some white paint to the trees, and then added lots of glorious glitter for a snowy sparkly effect.

 

Thank you for looking.

 

I would like to enter this into Craft stampers Challenge Ink,Stitch,Paint,Collage Challenge

 

For Marty

 

My dearest friend Marty died one year ago today.

I miss you so very much Mart. I will always love you all the way to the moon and back a gazillion times.

 

Witch's Hovel

I was honoured to be asked to be a Guest Designer this month at Mixed Media Mojo. The theme was Halloween with a twist of wings.

I decided to create this Witch's Hovel. I included an artificial tea light inside the house to give it a spooky look after dark.

I used old book pages to create the house. I cut the pages into strips and wound them around a thin skewer stick, followed by a dab glue on the edge to hold them in place. Then I carefully slid them off the skewer.I built up these little rolls to make the house. You could make all sorts of wondrous houses, the possibilities are endless. You just need to make the appropriate length rolls to fit your design

For the spooky tree I used a thick wire as the trunk and twisted strips of the book pages around it to form branches.

The witch always washes her best hat and stockings before Halloween, so they are hanging on the washing line. I used some twigs for the posts and thread for the line.

I tried my hand at drawing a few bats, and attached them to thin wires to go up behind the house to give the impression that they are flying around.

I used a signpost stamp from a Wizard of Oz stamp set by Crafty Secrets , and I also stamped a crow to sit on top of it.

I assembled it all on some thick card and then covered the ground in black flowersoft.

I hope that you like my Witch's hovel and will be inspired to make one for Halloween.

©JannetBlay

 

Crisp Autumn

As I haven't been well enough to make any crafty things recently I thought I would add some which I made in the summer.

Crisp Autumn

If you would like to know how I created this, you can find the details in the November issue of Craft Stamper Magazine.There are lots of lovely autumnal projects in the magazine this month. I am delighted to be included among them.

I Believe in Unicorns

This is a fun mystical creation ! The unicorn is by Lavinia Stamps

 

Challenges

My health has not been so good for the last month or more, so I have not been able to take part in any of my usual monthly challenges.

Happily I have now started creating for my October Guest Designer Spot at Mixed Media Mojo. Even if it is on a lap tray on my bed. I always have to do all of my crafting on a lap tray, so I am used to trying to do it that way!

Thank you so much to Mixed Media Mojo for selecting me, it is a privilege.

I miss my crafting very much but I have been able to do some pastel painting. I have not done any painting for decades, but pastel painting was something I could do when resting. I don't really care for the pastels I have now as they are very waxy. I remember the ones I had years ago were more chalky.

I tried to paint my friend Marty, she died last October and I miss her so very, very much. We had the same and similar health and disability problems.

 

Here is my first attempt at painting Marty. Hopefully I will get better.

I love you my dear friend for always.