Moving!

Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2017 by craftytrog

My WordPress adventures have come to an end, as I have used up my media allowance, and upgrading costs money. I’ve moved to Blogger, at Craftytrog’s Arty Adventures.

To my lovely followers here, thank you for all your amazing support and comments, I do hope you will join me at my new domain.

Alison x

Art Journal Calendar – June 17

Posted in Art Journal Journey, art journalling with tags , , , , , , on June 4, 2017 by craftytrog

We’re home from the beautiful French Alps, and I finally got a chance to make my June art journal calendar. I saved teabags whilst away…the room maids must have thought I was potty! Lol! Anyway, that’s what I used for my background. I stamped a Claudine Hellmuth flower onto 7 Gypsy papers and lots of cutting out. I used PaperArtsy Everything Art, and Darkroom Door stamps for the title, then finished with white paint pen accents and splatter.

AJ Cal June 17e

I’m linking my pages to the Art Journal Journey Challenge of Circles.

Happy Sunday!

Alison x

Two crochet wraps and a poncho

Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2017 by craftytrog

Just thought I’d share my recent crochet projects with you. I made the orange, pink and green wrap last week, whilst holidaying in Chamonix, France, in between hikes up in the beautiful alps. I had my crochet with me on the mountains too 😉

Wishing you a glorious day,

Alison x

PaperArtsy Topic 8 Challenge – Assemblage/3D

Posted in Hanging Art, PaperArtsy Challenge with tags , , , , , , , , , on May 12, 2017 by craftytrog

Evening All! Tonight, it’s me over on the PaperArtsy blog, sharing a little assemblage on a piece of slate I found on a Scottish beach. Here’s a peek, you can see my full project and tutorial HERE.

PA Assemblage:3D 7

If you pop over to the PaperArtsy blog, there’s lots of other fab inspiration for this latest challenge. I hope I’ve inspired you to join in!

Alison x

A Couple of Cards

Posted in Cards, Uncategorized with tags , , , , on May 11, 2017 by craftytrog

Here are a couple of cards I made, that were inspired by Karin Van Den Broek’s lovely cards on Birgit Koopsen’s blog.

beautiful 5:17

follow your heart 5:17

Every Wednesday, one of Birgit’s crew posts some inspiration, using Birgit’s stamp, stencil, and die designs for Carabelle Studio. You can play along with Birgit’s Art Crew, and share your art with them on their Facebook group HERE.

Alison x

Wanderlust Class – Prayer Flags

Posted in Hanging Art, Wanderlust 2016 with tags , , , , on May 5, 2017 by craftytrog

In the 2016 Wanderlust class, Kasia showed us how to make some prayer flags. I’m still catching up, and here are some that I made. I going to leave them up in my garden like Kasia did, and see what happens to them.

Prayer Flags 1e

Prayer Flags 2e

Prayer Flags 3e

I’m linking my flags to the Stamps and Stencils challenge – Fabric & Fibres. There’s fabric stencilled with rust powder, lace, gauze, and stamped words.

Alison x

Art Journal Page – Imagine

Posted in art journalling, That's Crafty Challenge, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on May 3, 2017 by craftytrog

I have another art journal page to share, that I created for That’s Crafty, for one of their Hochanda TV shows. On this page, I’ve used torn Gelli Plate prints, with That’s Crafty stamps and stencils, and Dylusions paints.

Hochanda Imagine Snowdrops 1e

I’m entering this page in That’s Crafty’s ‘Bright’ challenge.

Alison x