A BUSY COUPLE OF DAYS.

I have been very busy in my workshop, had a few things to catch up on. I am going to a 3 day Stamp Camp this weekend, and so have been making some ATCs to swap at Camp. I have also made lots of individual ATCs for some friends, all to different themes which I will scan and add later, I am very happy with them.

I have also made this page for a Chunky Book for a girl who has left our group and is leaving to bo back to New Zealand to live. There are some beautiful pages arriving from all over.

IN MY HOUSE THERE IS AN ELF.

Here is my entry for this weeks challenge on "Dans Ma Maison Il Y"

The theme for this week is to include an Elf in my house, so here is my elf house although the scan doesn't really do it justice.

Have a look at this lovely site and some great artwork on this addy:

http://dansmamaisonilya.blogspot.com/2008/08/dans-ma-maison-il-y-un-lutin.html

GOLD CARD

Thanks so much Mary Beth for this Gold Card Award. Much appreciated.

I will award it to some of the beautiful blogs that I visit when I get the chance.

DANS MA MAISON ORANGE

Here is my entry for the challenge on the Dans Ma Maison site. This is the first time that I have done this challenge and have had fun doing it. I love these houses and am running a swap on my group called "In This House". I have used texture paste, Golden paints, serviettes, images and beeswax to make this "House".

You can check out Anne's challenge site here:

http://dansmamaisonilya.blogspot.com/2008/08/dans-ma-maison-il-y-du-orange.html

AUGUST SKETCH CHALLENGE

This is the card that I made for the August Sketch Challenge on Boomerang Stampers List, I really enjoyed making it, although sketches usually don't suit my style.

GOTHIC ARCH B & W WITH A TOUCH OF RED.

Here is my entry for the Black and White with a touch of Red challenge for this week over at Gothic Arches: http://gothicarches.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/black-white-and-a-hint-of-red/

"I LOVE YOUR BLOG" AWARD

Thanks so much for nominating me for this award Danielle http://dansnark.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-award.html I'm so happy that you enjoy my blog, even though I haven't been too prolific lately with the challenges. As you mentioned, I love Gothic Arches challenge too, but haven't had the time to focus on doing them every week.

Here are the rules (or guidelines, as I prefer to think of them):
1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Link to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate seven blogs you love to read
4. Link to those blogs
5. Let those bloggers know with a comment that they've been nominated.

People I've nominated - please don't feel obliged to do the same. These memes are fun to do, but sometimes they can feel a bit like a chain letter. I can talk for hours about the blogs I love to read and why, but the people I've nominated shouldn't feel pressured to do the same.Seven blogs I love to read! (Only seven? That's hard.)

I would like to nominate the following blogs to receive this award.

Mary-Beth http://myjourneyintoart.blogspot.com/,
Bethel, http://bethelofbethania.blogspot.com/
Anne, http://creativesharing.blogspot.com/
Carol, http://carol-creative-expressions.blogspot.com/
Martina, http://artymarty62.blogspot.com/
Adrienne, http://adriennegoodenough.blogspot.com/
Linda, http://atclindab.blogspot.com/

Hope that you enjoy all of these blogs, each one has a slightly different focus, but each one has lots of lovely artwork and interest.

A GREAT GIVEAWAY.

I love Anne Le Toux's blog and artwork, and at the moment she has a giveaway of one of her beautiful collages, so go along and leave a comment for her on

http://bullesdorees.blogspot.com/2008/08/cadeau-plein-de-bulles-ou-giveaway.html

and you will have a chance to win.

GOTHIC ARCH CHALLENGE - WHITE

Here is my entry for this weeks challenge on Gothic Arches, I so love these little arches. Here's the link: http://gothicarches.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/shades-of-white/

TRINCHIE

I just had to give this a try on Mixed Media Monday, a Trinchie, 3" x 3" little collage. Quite a nice size to work in, especially after doing ATCs and inchies, this is a great size to make a little work of art. Here's the link:

http://mixedmediamonday.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/trinchies/

GOTHIC ARCH - FOR THE BIRDS

I have finally finished all my angels for the book swap that I was in and can now concentrate on doing some fun things for me, so I have made a Gothic Arch for this weeks challenge "For the Birds" Here's the link: http://gothicarches.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/for-the-birds/

NEW COLLAGE

Here is a collage that I made for my Sister-in-law, who is very ill in hospital. I put it in a clear perspex frame so that she could also read the message that I put on the back. She loves it and has it beside her bed in the hospital.

ANGEL SKINNY BOOK

I have gotten carried away and joined in 6 groups for an Angel Skinny Book swap in Jessie's Chunky Book Swap with girls from around the world. I have to do 12 pages per group so will end up with 72 pages when the swap is finished, but that also means that I have to make 72 pages, must be crazy but the end product is going to be wonderful, I have had quite a few pages in already and they are all gorgeous. These are the pages that I have done so far, I am still working on the last page. The third page down looks very black, but is Fantasy Film and is very gold/green.

MY PAGE IN AZZA'S BOOK

Here is the page that I made for Azza's Collaborative Book for 2008. I wasn't

going to take part in it this year due to my sight problems, but with a lot of encouragement and help from Jessie and Chris, at the last minute I did the pages and was lucky to be a part of a gorgeous book.

MAKE IT MONDAYS

These pictures are of a double page spread that I created in an Art Journal and they definately qualify for Lisa Vollrath's "Make it Mondays" challenge for this week which is "Green".