40 How Old!!!!!!!!

Well it's my 40th today and so I thought I would take some time to blog. Alot has happened since the beginning of June and most of it really pants. The 'computer expert', has made life very difficult for me and the kids. My daughter went missing over a weekend and my son went to find her. He did and then stayed with her, so I ended up reporting them missing, to be brought back at five in the morning. Three days later another call to the police because my son was smashing up my hallway. He was taken to his dad and that is where he has decided to stay. Go figure, he is very angry cause he wants to know who is to blame for his dad leaving. I refuse to 'bitch' about 'the computer expert' in front of them or blame him for his shortcomings, so i've lost out. I hope that soon he will see that the grass is not always greener and come to terms with his dad's inability to deal with real life, and come home.
 So after this last awful year, does life really begin at 40? I hope so, in fact I have a really good feeling about this next year. I still do not drive so that is going to be my first project. Second is to sort my house out and get a skip for all the useless tat that he left behind. Clear space, clear head and all that. Thirdly is to do a piece of craft every week and post it up on this blog.
 What do you think? Three things are enough to be getting along with for now.
Prayers Lizzy xx

Floating on canvas

Good afternoon all. Today's offering is a canvas that I have been working on for a few weeks now.

I bought a few stampotique stamps as I love them loads, especially Daniel Torrente's creations. I think that these evoke strong emotions in the stamping world and like Marmite you either ' love them or hate them '.

The background is a mixture of Dylusions ink and acrylics. I stamped the images and removed the ink by adding water to sections and soaking it up with paper towels. Then re-inked with a paint brush. There is some mica powders blended with water to highlight, and then Tim's crackle paint at the bottom.

I wanted to try to add some depth and create some interest with an old necklace of mine. Am still in two minds about this( daughter thinks i'm in two minds about most things, think that comes from her bi-polar).

Anyway, I hopped over to the Alter it Monthly blog and 'low and behold' this months challenge is 'canvas'. So here is my entry for this month. http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/

Prayers Lizzy xx



Seeing Red

Good morning peeps. I have a tag to show you today. Over on http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunday-stamper-week-156-red-red-wine.html Hels is asking people to join her challenge and create something with Red. OOh did you see what I did there, how clever of me, well actually Blogger, but I'm going to take credit for finding it. Ha Ha.
 I used Tim's tiny stamps from a QVC TSV on a red cardstock. They were stamped with Walnut distress ink, and also on the diecut cog, which was stained with Barn door red, as was the Bliss ticket. A bit of ruffled Tissue Tape,  red ribbon and a few red bling stones to finish it off.
 Hels covers her tags and her placement is fab, I prefer a little less on mine, not so much to go wrong!
 Prayers Lizzy xx

Two wall hangings

Afternoon peeps, it's raining here and looking a little miserable; so I thought I would post two little wall hangings I recently did. This one using PaperArtsy stamps will be winging it's way to my brother-in-law's wife, as a thank you for taking the time to listen to my woes. It's only when life throws a 'curve ball' do you find out who your true friends are.
  Anyway, this was created by stamping the images and then using white crayons to create a resist. After that I spray inked Dylusions in Lime & Sky Blue. I just love the colours and coverage you get from them. Made a frame using an odd section of garden supports. Then stuck on a few stamped flowers from another stamping plate.

This next one uses a stamp from Crafty Individuals and a small canvas. As I am experimenting trying to find what I like most, I seem to have no particlar style at the moment. I like both of them, but the one above speaks to me the most.

Prayers Lizzy xxx

Therapy in a Journal

Since the 'computer expert' has gone I have tried to fill some pages of an Art Journal I had started a few months back. I find that my emotions are a little erratic at the moment and I don't like being filled with anger, not with someone I still, rightly or wrongly, love. So I have begun to use my journal as a bit of therapy.

Not sure I am making much progress in the sanity department, my daughter thinks I have had a brain fart.

I am trying lots of different techniques and probably making some up as well.

I had a particular bad week this last one and I think that shows from my dark page. There are some other pages that I haven't finished yet, but will post them up when I have.
Prayers Lizzy xx

My first picture upload!

Been worried for some time how on earth I would get my creations on my blog... Well I have a very savy daughter who looks at me like I am from the dinosaur age! "What you don't know how to do any of this yet, mum!" So I enlist her help and voila... what do you think?

This is my first card for a challenge. http://craftyindividualsblog.blogspot.com/ Daughter now laughing at me cause I did a huge whoopy for learning how to do a link. Anyway, this is for the 'Free as a Bird' challenge at Crafty Individuals, who I visited at Port Sunlight this last weekend. I bought three stamps from them but could quite have easily re-mortgaged my house.
Now I know how simple this is I might be on here everyday..Ha Ha
Prayers Lizzy

Easter Blessings

Happy Easter to all of you out there. I went with my daughter to my church this morning, found it a little difficult as this is the first without ( the computer expert ). My son who did not want anything to do with him announced to me yesturday that he was going to see him whilst I was at church. He has had a good time taking the dog for a walk, and seems much calmer.
Whilst at church a little lightbulb went off in my head; it doesn't happen that often so when it does I take note. Easter is about resurection and the start of a different and new life; well I think that must mean me as well. So here's to my new and different life. Doing lots of things alone but seeing and experiencing them in a different light; I hope to learn lots of new things.
Hugs and prayers Lizzy xx

Oh what a day can make!

How about this for progress, I have managed to find out how to put a background on my blog. Just one day on and it feels good. Now all I have to do is work out how to put a button on my page to show where I got it from. So until that time, it was from The Grafics Fairy; credit where credits due.
I have been looking for the camara to take pictures of my work and realised after some time that it must now be residing with 'the computer expert'. Oh well what can a girl do but go and buy one for herself. I need to take pictures of the kids at the very least!
Hugs and prayers Lizzy xx

I so wanted a blog

For over a year I have been following a multitude of wonderful blogs. I can lose myself in the inner workings of many craft individuals, their lives, loves and woes. All the fabulous posts of  cards, altered art, shabbiness and the Duke of Distress made me think I too could blog about my own creativity and maybe enter a few challenges. My husband said what a good idea, I will help you create one,( he's a computer expert ), we just never got around to doing it.
Then six weeks ago he left me. I don't want to turn this blog into a ' I hate my husband ' and look what a mess he's left me in,; so I will get this out of my system now and move on to the more important issues at hand, CRAFT.
OH what a mess he's left me. Girl 15 with teenage Bi-polar, Boy 12 who now hates his dad, a mother who cannot for the life of her work out how to even put a background on her blog. We are not on speaking terms much, so I refuse ( even if he is a computer expert ) to ask him for help.
I so wanted a blog and I am going to carry on regardless. So please bare with me whilst I find out how to post, take pictures and upload them. Will probably only post once a week, but think that at least is a start.
Bye, bye for now hugs and kisses Lizzy