Tag Along - Winter trees

The theme on Tag Along this time is Winter trees. I thought this was going to be easy, but I found it quite a challenge. As I like lots of colour, making something Wintry was difficult.
The background was done with distress inks sprayed with a white shimmery spray I stamped the trees with Pine needle distress ink, and bordered it with a die cut. At the bottom I use some puff paint to look like snow. I couldn't resist putting an owl on the branch.

Tag Along -- Home Sweet Home

Having just come across a challenge site called Tag Along, I just had to join in, you know what I'm like for tags. It's called Home Sweet Home, and I just happened to have a little fabric bird house that I had made and not used. I had dyed the fabric and stenciled some flowers on the bottom. The bird is made out of fabric paper, and the word printed onto fabric. The top leaves are stamped with paint, and the lower ones are fabric. I have sewn all the leaves and house on with the machine.

Tag Tuesday -- Capital Cities

For my tag on Tag Tuesday this week, I have used a tag that I had already put a textured background on. It was texture paste that I had coloured blue. I have no idea what I did this for, but I thought it looked a bit like windows in a tower block. I stamped Big Ben, and added a 3D red bus, and telephone kiosk, some ribbon of the Union Jack and crowns. I stamped a pigeon, and put another one on top with a foam pad
A stamped London and a postmark were also added.
      I had made another one before this, but wasn't so happy with it. The tags were both coloured with distress inks, and on the second one I added a small rectangle of a printed London handkerchief tissue. The Tower Bridge and label were stamped. Union Jack buttons and ribbon and a crown brad were added.

Every Inchie Monday -- Amulet

This week on Every Inchie Monday it's amulet. I decided to go Egyptian, and drew one with silver and gold pens, with a faint black outline. The other one I made out of fabric and thread. That one has a bead in the middle, as I don't like doing satin stitch. They haven't scanned very well, especially the metallic pen one.

Tag Tuesday Winter Lanscape

I am making this for Tag Tuesday just before the next one is due. So much for getting things done in advance.
The background is distress stains, and I have used an old photograph as the main focus. The die cuts  are mainly Tim Holtz  dies and the whole lot have diamond stickles on for a frosty look.
I must get my days organised a bit better.

Every Inchie Monday -- Alice Blue

It's the first Inchie of the year on Every Inchie Monday, and I have half promised myself to try to do a sewn one every week. Please don't hod me to this, as I will fall by the wayside very quickly.
I went for the only Alice Blue I knew, and that was Alice in Wonderland.
The first one is Alice taking the potion to make her smaller, so that she can get through the door. The second one, she has shrunk, and can now go through. They are of course made out of shrink plastic.The third one is the fabric one.

Another page for my sea book & Artful Times Challenge - Blue

I have wanted to tear strips of fabric up and make a sea picture for ages, put couldn't get the inspiration. So as I was feeling a bit down with a lousy cold, I thought why not give it a go. It can always go in the bin.
So I tore up bits of fabric, laid them on a base fabric with some sari ribbon, fancy yarns, and some special shiny fabric I had bought especially for my sea book. I then covered the whole thing with organza, and used the sewing machine to anchor it all together. I then added beads and some French knots. The foamy bit at the bottom is distressed lutradur.
As the theme on Artful Times is blue, I will enter it in that as well.