Trying to revive  this blog can anyone see this? Please do  let me know if you do.Thanks.

Machine embroidery enhanced with some paint to make it stand out some more.
hoping to really get back to this blog, if anyone can read this has a blog etc etc let me know lets revive the "blogging. :)

 Hi there peeps. Some fun papers i made for die cutting. A very relaxing and enjoyable process.

Go make some and enjoy it too.
have a great day stay safe.

 The last year had some really sad moments, we lost some of our precious furries. In the pictures here you see Nicky. We never knew how old she was when we got her but we were able to give 6 years in our family.

 Nicky had seizures that were becoming more and more severe. The decision that had to be made was awful and very hard. She came to use as a stray, a little tiny kitten. She never got bigger.

Talkative little lady she was.

 We also lost Kahn the Collie and Chico the Chihuahua . Kahn had had a very rough life when we got him at 6 years old from the humane society. It toke 2 years for him to not be scared if someone suddenly stood up. He was afraid of feet. I do not think i have to explain to any of you why that was right?

 We met Chico at the humane society whiles we were looking for a cat. He would not leave my lap lol. He had been adopted out several times we were told but people had brought him back. My husband was (lol) very resistant in taking home such a little yapper hahaha. But home Chico came with us lol, he won and hubby and him became best friends. Chico was same age as Kahn when we got him. Kahn was getting very senile and Chico forgot where he was and got seizures on top of that.

As hard as it is at some point with as many animals as we have ( all rescue) one has to make decisions that are hard . R.I.P my lovelies.
On another note we have still lots of furries left and we are grateful for them, they are such a big part of our lives. Harlow, Whitney, Amber, Buddy (all dogs), Scooter, Hatty, Kismet and Bijoux ( all cats).
Well that is it for today folks. Did not mean to make you sad, just sharing the wonderful furries that have left us last year and crossed the rainbow bridge. We will never forget them they will always be in our hearts. I wish all of you a wonderful day, take care stay safe and hug your furry friends if you have them.

Wip.

Mixed media canvas board.

Hi there peeps. Little post only today. It is a mixed media canvas board that can be used as a picture frame for smaller picture. As you can see i blotted out the price tag  so i would not get in trouble with blogger. Stupid me forgot to take a picture of it before putting it up for sale in a local store grrr..
It is not sold yet so if you are interested send me a email. The colors have a shimmer to them which you cannot see on this picture. Anyway wanted to share this with you :)
Have a wonderful day peeps and stay safe and take care,
                                                                      Hug,
                                                                                     Andrea.

Altered, mixed media canvas with steampunk elements...?!

 

What can i say, this canvas just "happened". It had been laying around for a while being discarded because it was a unsatisfying accomplishment at that point. So i dived into it with nothing to loose and this is the end result. No planning no idea where it would take me. I have to admit it is very relaxing to play this way lol.

Short post sorry, have to get back to clean the house bit. Then its playing time mwuhaahaaa ( <Take care peeps and have a wonderful creative day!
            Huggies,
                                 Andrea.

Continuation of the steampunk inspired album....

Still have not really gotten the hang of getting them in following order. The pictures i mean.
The top one is the backside of the one underneath.

Getting the little vile to stay on the page required some experimenting, but it worked this way. it is a plastic vile. Was not sure bout the safety of handling the album with glass in it.

The heart is made from copper craft sheet with some pieces of metal roofing tape on it,then it was run thru embossing folder.

 The ruler is piece of chipboard stamped and utee'd.

 Yes..its a real silver spoon that was tortured till it was flat.
Hammer and small anvil did the trick lol. I glued the bottom part onto the page then secured it with some die cut grungeboard.  Using Tim Holz die of course lol.

the full page here.

All pages are not totally finished yet. More embellishments will be added when i have decided how many pages i am making. Working on one more atm. Think that will be the last one. then i will go to town with more stuff to add.
I am hoping this post finds you all wel and that everyone has a wonderfull creative day.
If you have any question bout my posts plz shoot me an email i will be happy to answer.
Thanks for visiting :)
             Big hug,
                             Andrea.

Steampunk album in the making...

Hello peeps, hope this day finds you all well.
Today posting couple pictures of an album i am working on.
Actually its the first 2 pages..lol. It seems i am picky on the lay out of the pages, this is what takes me more time then actually making them. You see them as not fully embellished yet tho. While working on the pages, embellishments that could be bit more bulky or in the way of making the backsides of the pages, i write those down so i dont forget them. When the album is about finished i will add them.

Maybe not the regular way its done, but it works for me :) . Above is the cover( not fully embellished as i want it to be either yet. "sigh" Colors are lot more vibrant then the pictures show here on the blog, sorry.

This is the backside of the cover page for now.

Here is the first real page. It has 2 pieces on it that in a way open up.

This is the page "opened".
The back side of it is not glued down yet, have a couple decisions to make on it still ;)
So back to that then.  Take care everyone and have a wonderful creative day!
                         Hugs,
                                      Andrea.

Mini dresses,paper and cloth...

Hello peeps,
Yep i finally could bring myself to post again. Sorry, but its been a hectic time lately ..again.."sigh".
Today i am posting some mini dresses as the titel of the post already says, lol.
Before you read on, please visit Kelly Reynolds blog kellebellestudio.blogspot.com ,this is  a amazing talented lady who is one of the most generous bloggers i have ever met. She posts videos on how to make her creations freely . Thank you so much Kelly! The 2 dresses that follow here were based on Kelly's templates.


 This one i named my "Rosita" dress.

 Hmm front and back of the "Butterfly bliss". Blogger messed with the following order and would not let me change that..grr...

After making these, i wanted a 3d corset. So that is what i made, then a light came on. (in my head sometimes to much of that but ok, this time it worked lol) I wanted tutu"s. ( sure hope i wrote that right).
Swann lake came to mind, so i just had to make the white and the black swann tutu. Makes sense right?

The black one does not have shoulder straps (yet) but is laced on the back.

Well peeps that's what i wanted to share with you for now.
Hoping to post some started hand made albums soon.
Take care and do not forget to visit Kelly you will not be sorry you did.
Bye bye for now and a hug,
                                                Andrea.

No words tags..

 Hello peeps, i know it has been a while. I hope everyone is doing good.

Blogger has has some issues lately, did not make me feel like posting much sorry. Photos would not load or not appear when loaded etc. I do not have the patience for that, really not that much impressed with the new blogging thing here. Not giving up tho ! Just not sitting here waiting for half an hour for things to load. So if blogger works good i will post if not, i will move on to something else to do with my day lol.
 Couple of no word tags. they are not smallest sizes, but were such fun to work on.

The flower holds a part of an old earring.

The dress forms are from the Tim Holz series. Now waiting on my dies for them lol.


Take care peeps, hope to cya again soon if blogger will...
                  Hug,
                                 Andrea.

Hello there peeps.
How are we all doing? I hope this post finds you all well.
Today I am posting something that I wanted to try for a while now.
Tho it had to wait till my health was well enough to stand long enough to do it.
Now that time has arrived(yahoo) and this project had to be done to get it out of my mind.
 So here we go, I hope you enjoy the pictures.

 This one is fabric  paper with cheesecltoh to give it some texture. Also cheesecloth helps it being little bit more durable

 This is one of my cats "drying" my dishes after I had just done them. Scooter is a recue cat. Ever since I got him hes been very helpful in whatever I might take up on chores. Hes also the cat in my profile picture. But as you can see hes taken up a new spot in a different sink.

 Fabric paper, silk fibers and coffee dyed cheese cloth. Some torn piece of an vintage book.

 This one is one of my favorites. Stamped velum ( Halloween stamps)backed with cheesecloth.
To make it all "stick" together I used wonder under. When finished I glued the pieces of black lace on top of the petals.

 The one is cream felt with piece of lace under cheesecloth. You gotta love cheesecloth lol soo versatile.

This last one is fabric paper like the one on top. I made sheets of it big enough to make 2 or 3 flowers.  Some of you might have seen tutorials bout these wire flowers in Somerset magazine. the only thing I did not do according to the tutorial was, that I did not cut out the petals piece for piece.
I hold the flowers upside down on top of the fabric I am going to use, then cut out the approximate size. make a small hole in the middle to pull the stem thru and voila you can stitch it on. Less hassle I my opinion. But to each their own right.
Well that is it for today talks. If any question, go ahead ask.
Take care everyone be safe,
                                                Hug,
                                                            Andrea.

Work in progress..

 Hello there peeps.
 I hope this post finds you all well. Its been a while since I posted but here is one now .
This piece I started before I went in for my second operation this year. I hope to get it finished before this year ends lol.
 The inspiration for this piece comes from Ruth Rae's book, "layered,tattered &stitched".

 The front consists of my own hand dyed fabric and free motion stitching. Its needs something more but not sure what yet.

 The doors need wooden branches for handles that much I have decided on for sure.

 The inside is hand dyed stamped fabric with paper pieces added for interest. The paper is stamped too.

 The heart in the middle is needle felted organza in several layer and colors.
Then hand stitched with some coffee dyed scrim between the back layer and the heart to the background.

 The doors have on the inside french knots, tulle and some leftover of the needle felted organza.
The left door piece of fabric was stamped before I added it.

The bottom lace was dyed in same bath as the fabric. it is interesting how different fabric come out in such different colors. The 2 buttons used where cut from some vintage cloths I found on a yard sale.
Thinking of doing some hand beading and more stitching.
Well that's it for now guys. Wishing you all a fabulous day/evening/afternoon and take care .
                                  Hug,
                                              Andrea.