Tag and goodies from Jules!!

Hi Everyone

You may remember that I shared a tag with you last week that I had made for my friend Jules, well today I wanted to share with you the tag that I received from her!!

Like all the ladies I’ve met through my blog and youtube Jules is amazingly sweet and also amazingly talented!!! We have a few things in common that are also not craft related and it’s so wonderful to have someone to talk to that know exactly how I feel!! She is so supportive and I truly treasure our friendship!!

This is the tag that I received from her

I adore this tag so much!!! She also made me a beautiful postcard so here is a picture of that too!!

Isn’t it beautiful!! Unfortunately it’s not easy to see the tag or postcard properly in the pictures so I do have a youtube video of them along with the surprise goodies she sent me!!! Here is the video!!

I was so touched by everything she sent me and will be eternally grateful for knowing her!! I would love to know what you think of everything!!

Well that’s it for today, I do have a few other things for you so hopefully I’ll get those posted in the next few days. Thanks for stopping by!!

Crafty hugs Donna xxx

Tag for Jules!!

Hi Everyone

Today I wanted to share with you a tag that I made for my friend Jules. We met on YouTube and have become friends through a common bond of health troubles and whilst talking she mentioned that she wanted to start doing swaps but wasn’t sure about it so I suggested we do a tag swap between us. This was however months ago and then health and family issues go in the way for both of us but finally we have both managed to do the swap and now that I know she has received her goody box from me I thought I would share with you the tag I made for her.

For the tag I used mount board as the base and sprayed it with mango blaze and mallow blush cosmic shimmers, then I used a mask from the Veniassance collection by dovecraft and some distress inks to add some extra details to the background. I inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink and then covered the tag with clear embossing powder which not only stuck to the wet vintage photo but also to the ink from using the mask. I stamped a Rubbadubbadoo verse on the background of the tag with clear Perfect Medium and added copper Perfect Pearls over the text and then set the Perfect Pearls with spritz of water. I took a stamp image from a K & Company Life's Journey embossed paper and covered it with versamark ink and then added four layers of embossing powder to give the image a nice glossy finish. To finish off the tag I added some trim and flowers that I sprayed with Glimmer Mist and Cosmic Shimmers.

I would love to know what you think of the tag for Jules. If you would like to see video’s from Jules then her You tube name is jannaviles

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to be back with more projects soon

Crafty hugs Donna xxx

My Tag from Tracey for My Huckleberry Finn International Tag Swap March 2010

Hi Everyone

So today see’s the final tag from the monthly international tag swap that is organised by Louise, if you would like further details about the swaps then please visit Louise’s blog which you can link to HERE

My final partner for the swap was Tracey, who lives in Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand. I remember when Tracey first emailed me about us being partners for the swap, she was worried that her work would not be good enough, well all I can say is WOW!! Her tag is gorgeous!!! She did a fab job and she made mine with my favourite colour too!!! – purple!!! So here is the beautiful tag that she sent to me!!

Well!!! Isn’t it beautiful!!! I adore this tag so much!!! I am truly amazed by all the tags that I received and I really feel that I need to make my amazing partners new tags because I just don’t feel mine are worthy as a swap for their work!!!

If you would like to see more of Tracey’s work then you can find her blog HERE

So there you have it!!! All the amazing tags I received for the March swap, I know I’ve said it before but I will treasure each and everyone for ever – thank you so much ladies!!! I can’t wait to share the April swap’s with you!!

Thanks for all your comments and for taking the time to visit my blog – I truly do appreciate it!!

Crafty hugs Donna xx

My Tag from Cheryl for My Huckleberry Finn International Tag Swap March 2010

Hi Everyone

So today is the third tag I received from my wonderful partners as part of the International Tag swap that is organised every month by Louise, if you would like to find out more about the tag swao then you can find her blog HERE

My third partner was Cheryl, who lives in Bedford, IN, USA. Again the tag I received from her was amazing!! I know I keep saying the same things about them all but I truly mean it, this tag is absolutely beautiful and I cannot believe how talented the ladies in our group are!! I am truly honoured to be the proud owner of a piece of their artwork!! So here is my tag for you to see!!

You have to admit that this tag is adorable!!! I love it to pieces!!!

If you would like to see more of Cheryl’s work then you can find her new blog HERE

So that’s it for today, I will be back again tomorrow with the final tag from the March swap.

Crafty hugs Donna xx

My Tag from Christine for My Huckleberry Finn International Tag Swap March 2010

Hi Everyone

Welcome back for the second day of the beautiful tags I received from the International Tag Swap that is organised every month by Louise, if you would like details of future tag swaps then please visit her blog which you can find HERE

My second partner for this month was Christine , who lives in Brighton here in the UK. Once again her tag is adorable and I will treasure it for ever!! So here is the beautiful tag that she sent to me!!

So!! What do you think!! Isn’t is wonderful!!!

If you would like to see more of Christine’s work then you can find her blog HERE

Once again thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you again tomorrow with the third swap tag!!

Crafty hugs Donna xx

My Tag from Kim for My Huckleberry Finn International Tag Swap March 2010

Hi Everyone

As you know by now I have started taking part in an International Tag Swap each month that is organised by the lovely Louise, if you are interested in the future swap’s then you can her blog HERE, for March there were only five of us in the group unlike Feb’s swap.

I showed you a few days ago the tags that I made for my lovely partners and it is now time to start showing you all the amazing work I received from them!!!!!!!!!!

My first tag I received was from Kim, who lives in Colorado Springs, USA. Her tag is amazing!!! and I adore it to pieces!!! So here it is for you to admire!!

Isn’t it beautiful!!! I only wish that my camera did it justice as in real-life it’s so sparkly!!

If you would like to see more of Kim’s work then you can find her blog HERE

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back tomorrow with the second tag from my swaps!!

Crafty hugs Donna xx

New tags I’ve just finished

Hi Everyone

I just wanted to share with you some tags that I’ve just finished making. I was just playing whilst trying to take my mind off a sore back.

I decided to film them as it’s easier to explain what I did that way, so below is the youtube video

I really would love to know what everyone thinks of them, I had a lot of fun making them and I have to say a huge thank you to Louise for starting the international tag swap and for getting me into making the tags in the first place.

As my camera doesn’t like filming colours correctly here are still photo’s of the finished tags

This tag I called Journey of discovery

This one is Key to my heart

This is Lifetime of memories

and this one is remember me

I hope you like them and I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your sweet comments and for reading my blog, it means the world to me that you take the time to visit.

Crafty hugs Donna xx

My Huckleberry Finn March Tag Swap 2010– My Tags for the Swap

Hi Everyone

So it’s that time again to send out the tags for this month’s tag swap, it was last month known as Zettibettie’s tag swap but Louise has changed her blog name so it is now My Huckleberry Finn. If you would like to take part in one of the upcoming swaps then please visit Louise’s blog HERE and if you would like to see examples of how to make tags she has a fab tutorial on her youtube channel which you can find at Zettibettie

The theme for this months tags was Times Gone by and the video below will show you the tags I came up with.

I’ve already started to receive my tags from my partners and I’ll start adding those to my blog soon

Thanks for stopping by

Crafty hugs Donna xx

Feb Scrapzville Mini for Louise

Hi Everyone

Well finally, as promised here are the video’s of the mini I made for Louise as part of Felicia's (scrapzville) mini album swap for Feb.

The theme for Feb was to make a mini that used a line from a song that contained the word ‘LOVE’ – so Louise and I discussed which song we would like in our mini’s. Louise’s song choice was I Choose Love by The Coronas

So here are the videos of her mini – it’s in three parts because the first two show the mini in detail but for some reason my camera likes to turn everything yellow when warm colours are filmed, so I filmed it again to try and get the colours truer.

I really am enjoying making mini albums at the moment and getting to know other crafters through the swaps. It was a joy and a pleasure making this for Louise and I do hope we get to swap together in the future.

Thanks for stopping by

Crafty hugs Donna xx

Tim Holtz Tags!!!

Hi Everyone

As I’ve been saying alot lately sorry for not blogging much but I’m not crafting that often at the moment.

When I do craft now it’s mainly mini albums so they take me a lot more time than a card does. I will however be adding video’s of them once they are finished.

I’ve also been away at the UK craft trade show ‘Stitches’ which was amazing as always. Whilst there I got to spend tome with Tim Holtz again and he very kindly made me one of his fab tags. I’ve also be making tags for a tag swap that I was a part of for Feb, the swap is run by Louise (ZettiBetti) and you can find her blog here

Anyways here is the video of the tag from Tim and the tags I made for the swap – I hope you like them.

Well that’s it for this post

‘Speak’ to you all again as soon as I can

Crafty hugs Donna xx