Colours Swap pages (photo heavy)

Thought I would show you the pages I received the other day from Amy. I colours I picked were Black and Yellow, for no other reason than they were the first that popped into my head, so here is Amy's interpretation for me.

This first photo is the outside of the pages, (they are made to be stitched into a book) on these she has covered the paper with paint they are very touchy feely pages, then she has added the hands. To see more about the construction of these pages go to her web site and have a look, you will find her HERE. (It is not an adult site so I am not sure why you now have to go through the warning but do look her site is worth a visit.)

These are the inner pages that I just love. I would never of thought to do anything like this at all.

I sent my pages to Elizabeth but in the rush to get them finished and posted, then packed for the UK I forgot to take any photos of them, luckily for me Elizabeth has sent me some photos so I can show you what I did. The colours she picked are White and Rust and the page size was A4.

The first page I made I used watercolour paper for the background that I sprayed with white pearl ink spray through a flower stencil. I then made up the flowers using zips that I had tried to rust, adding rusty lace behind them and filling them with small white seed beads. I added the flowers to a piece of white velum that has dragonflies stamped all over it and added the pipe cleaner stems. The flower pot is a piece of rusted material stitched on to the paper, I then added a dragonfly that is made from the pull part of the zip, silk worm cocoons and pins.   

On the back of the page I stitched on more of the rusted fabric to make pockets. I made up three tags one with the dictionary definition of White the other with Rust and the third as my sign in tag.

 My next page I covered with rust I scraped from some wire I found then added some mulberry paper that I picked up in Bangkok. I dressed the doll with some of the lace and fabric that I had used on the other page, added some hair and a few white gems and she was finished.

The last page is the same as before rubbing rust into the damp paper, I then added the words in white card to show the colours that I had used. I was running out of time by now so kept this page simple. As I was packing the pages up to post them I thought I would put them into envelopes to help protect them as I was putting other things in the packet with them, so yes you get it I then had to decorate the envelopes as well!

These I just covered with a mix of brown and gold paints and added strips of the same mulberry paper as I used before. They can now be cut up and used on other things.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these pages and I haven't bored you to much.

Thanks for reading,
Cath

WOYWW 99......

I am back home safe and sound from my trip back to the UK, just have to get back into the swing of things again now! I managed to do a little bit of shopping whilst I was there, got a few new stamps, (I still have not seen any of Tims stamps in the shops) and a load of paper. Then when I got back I had a full mailbox from the US.

I have never had as much post before for my birthday, it was amazing. The box at the front of my desk is full to bursting of all sorts of things, gems, ribbon, glitter foam and a lovely card. As you can see there are a few other cards on the desk, there are also a few envelopes I have left closed as they are full of die cuts and I don't want them to go everywhere, must find a container for them. So all in all I have been very spoilt over the last few weeks.
Now if you are wondering just why I am telling you all this and showing you my desk in all its messy glory just go over HERE and see Julia the mistress of all things Wednesday.

Thanks for reading,
Cath

Thanks for the birthday wishes.

Just to let you all know I am still around.

I got a message from someone to say she did not like the pages she did me from the swap we are in, as it had a monkey on it, and as I have just spent the last few days in the place of my birth I thought I would post this for you all to enjoy.

I will be back to normal next week, I get home on Thursday.

Thanks for reading,
Cath

What's not on my desk Thursday.....

OK so I totally missed this weeks WOYWW, but I had taken a photo so I will show you all that I can tidy up some times.

And this is how it will stay for the next few weeks as I am flying to UK tomorrow. I am hoping when I get back it will be covered again with lots of new stash......

Have fun whilst I am gone, I will try and get on here but Mum doesn't have the internet so I have to use the library computers while I stay with her, so it might be a while till I can post again.

Thanks for reading,
 Cath

Calender pages

I am so behind showing my calender pages this year, not sure why that is as I have kept up to date filling them in!
I will just show the last two pages but I think I am about two months behind.

Here is March filled in.

And this is April all ready to go.

That's all for now as I am trying to get everything finished and cleared up as I head of to the UK on Friday. Lets hope for good weather!


Thanks for reading,
Cath