Saturday's Workout - Salted Backgrounds ....

The SaWo challenge this week is Salted Backgrounds. Visit SaWo for a link to Splitcoast Stampers for the technique.
It's so cold here that the words salted backgrounds made me immediately think of the seaside and the summer to come (hopefully - lol). The stamps are from a Rubbadubbaoo stamp set - Beside The Sea, on a Salted Background. Hope you like it ....

Dans ma maison il y a ....la mer

Dans ma maison this week is .... the sea ....

The images are all from Stamp Addicts - Postage Frame, Seashore Cube and Carol's Cube; and the song is from the Beside The Sea set from Rubbadubbadoo. My house is made of corrugated card, painted with gesso and acrylic inks and finished off with some very nice raffia mesh.
Hope you like it ....

Arty Girlz Weekly Challenge .... Era's ......

The Arty Girlz Challenge this week is to create a piece around your chosen Era ....

The image is from Rubbadubbadoo and is water coloured. I don't know which Era the lady is from - being round about 21 myself (in my dreams - lol) .....

Arty Girlz Challenge .... Men

I thought I would have a go at entering this week's Arty Girlz Challenge with a 'CD Book' that I made absolutely ages ago. This was in the days before Bind It All machines and Cropadiles - the holes were drilled with a power drill !!!

The images are all by Rubbadubbadoo. I hope you like it ....

Summertime Blues ...

Got the day off today (well 'til 7pm) because I am going to a Garden Party ....
No - not at the BIG HOUSE lol - but at an equally impressive establishment near where I live.

Not being one to waste time, I thought I would catch up with a little private monthly ATC swap I am involved in. Not a good idea really because to get covered with Colour Wash Spray and Alcohol Ink is not a good thing to be doing, a few hours before an outing - lol.
This month's theme is Summertime Blues and apart from THAT song, I could see the beach, which I just love ..... so ....

The first one from the left is an Alcohol Ink background, using Stream, Silver and blended with Solution (the photograph makes it look a bit 'muddy' - it is better in real life!). The middle one is another Alcohol Ink background, just using Stream this time. The background of the one on the right is using the Shades of Blue Marvy Blending Blox. The stamps are from Rubbadubbadoo - Beside the Sea and At the Beach.

This is where I really made a mess .... The first one to the left is on ordinary card sprayed with Adirondact Colour Wash Sprays - Bottle and Stream. The middle one and the one to the right are both done with the Shades of Blue Marvy Blending Blox on glossy card. The middle one is stamped in black StazOn and the one to the right with Azure StazOn. The image is Bathing Beauties from The Queen's Dresser Drawers.
Hope you like them .....
By the way, I managed to get my hands resasonably clean before I went to the party (and I did some housework) - lol