sandr079

Happy Wednesday ....... A very wet, and very windy Wednesday here in the Isle of Man .... or as we say over here 'it's blowing a hoolie!!'  I have to go out in it later too, not looking forward to that! Let's quickly talk Artist Trading Coins again shall we ......... circular pieces of artwork, measuring two and a half inches in diameter, and like ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) they are made to swap. If you haven't made any yet, trust me when you do you'll be hooked! Here's set number three ....... Let it Snow! made for a Christmas Swap that's currently going on on Facebook ......   They're made from little MDF circles, painted with PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints , and then I've stamped and heat embossed the snowflakes (from Tim Holtz Swirly Snowflakes ) using a sparkly white embossing powder ...... The words (from the Happy Little Stampers  Let it Snow stamp set) have been stamped using Black Versafine ink and heat embossed in clear...

Happy Friday folks ...... Not quite sure what happened to the rest of the week but heyho! ........ it's the weekend!!! It's the first Friday of the month so that means it's time to get the latest Craft Stamper Take It, Make It Challenge underway. The theme as always is Anything Goes.  Just make sure that there's some actual rubber stamping somewhere on your project. I'm quite excited (it doesn't take much!)  because I've made my first ATC's .... coins that is. I love making Artist Trading Cards ..... those little miniature masterpieces, but it seems the craze at the moment is to create Artist Trading Coins.  Cute little 2.5 inch discs, decorated with anything you like. I've had these MDF discs for a while, just never got around to playing with them. So, after my recent craft room tidy up ....... mind you, if you looked in there this morning, TIDY is the last word you would use to describe it.  Well .... it's been a busy week!  There's been D...