tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76155362562644104282024-02-07T04:49:36.730+00:00Ali's SpaceSomewhere which will always be tidier than my craft roomAliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-77910070121994691592011-07-27T12:01:00.000+01:002011-07-27T12:01:09.920+01:00Some more stock in my shopThese are some of the new items I've listed plus a couple not listed yet!<br />
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<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-81816427545455270752011-05-28T06:37:00.003+01:002011-05-28T06:58:23.247+01:00*********Long Time No See********<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Times", "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, fellow Bloggers, I decided that it was really about time I posted again!</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Times", "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I know some of you have been wondering where I was and thanks for your messages. I have taken a complete change of direction with my crafting; I've always been a bit of a dabbler and right now I'm totally in to jewellery making.</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Times", "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've opened a shop on Folksy </span></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.alimayes.folksy.com/"><img alt="Folksy" src="http://badges.folksy.com/images/badges/folksy-small.gif" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Times", "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I'm probably going to open one on Etsy as well so do come and have a browse round.</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Times", "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime here are some pictures of a little bit of what I've been up to</span></span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d200fahol9mbkt.cloudfront.net/item/14498393/Lapiz_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://d200fahol9mbkt.cloudfront.net/item/14498393/Lapiz_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d200fahol9mbkt.cloudfront.net/item/14629297/Rose_circles1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://d200fahol9mbkt.cloudfront.net/item/14629297/Rose_circles1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times", "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see it's quite a mixture, there's lots more in the shop and it's all very reasonably priced - I think! My house is now full of beads,chains,gems,findings,boxes and bags and that is on top of all the card-making stuff I already have.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times", "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For now I'll love you and leave you and I hope to be back soon with more to show.</span></span><br />
<img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></div>AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-67429965753031892462010-04-20T08:48:00.001+01:002010-04-20T09:12:09.470+01:00Chinese Chicks<div style="text-align: center;"><b>For the new challenge site </b><a href="http://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/cd-sunday-challenge-1-wings-things_17.html"><b>The CD Sunday Challenge</b></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftcsz4Pyw9QAr7umEB_jvTvljTLlPNXVsQFtxfX8ep0eGwjPbUtE436nV0ruWAI1QuquNtZtPU4K5byAfIxdFVLrYGBsEktrgy8YoBcDRvrqJN7hDjgtFgfql1wtk23xE-fRlozBWmVZc/s640/Wings+and+Things.jpg" width="425" wt="true" /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Image and backing paper from<a href="http://www.joannasheen.com/craft-supplies/joanna-sheen-cdrom-dvds/cdrom-eastern-treasures/"> Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures CD</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Mounted on toning cards and gold mirror board and embellished with ribbon, two gold metal butterflies and gold Card Candy.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-56095405851201909042010-03-31T14:49:00.000+01:002010-03-31T14:49:09.713+01:00You are what you eat...<div align="center"><strong>....is the challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/03/three-muses-challenge-44-you-are-what.html">Three Muses</a> this week.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6cXAdWIj-aM6-m0gDSArejfuPembf7yGYZBWHLvLJReWmnKxbtx1eehSlbH-sGG5ZQ50kAaGXeasYKAUGePsoCAQzyw8IExgbopftHG6QstqZ7z_ttjwwNUidHnxI-c2Ql2lsKVJXI6y/s1600/You+are+what+you+eat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6cXAdWIj-aM6-m0gDSArejfuPembf7yGYZBWHLvLJReWmnKxbtx1eehSlbH-sGG5ZQ50kAaGXeasYKAUGePsoCAQzyw8IExgbopftHG6QstqZ7z_ttjwwNUidHnxI-c2Ql2lsKVJXI6y/s400/You+are+what+you+eat.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><div align="center">When I saw what the challenge was I immediately thought that I could no better than <strong>Giuseppe Arcimboldo</strong> (Milan 1527 - 1593) Italian painter. He began his career as a painter and designer of stained-glass windows for Milan Cathedral. In 1562 he moved to Prague and became court painter to the emperors Ferdinand I and Rudolf II. He also painted scenery for the court theatre and became skillful at illusionistic imagery containing allegorical meanings, puns, and jokes. He is known for his eccentric and grotesque Mannerist compositions of fruits, vegetables, animals, landscapes, and implements arranged to resemble human forms. The style was regarded as being in poor taste until the Surrealists revived the art of visual punning in the 1920s.</div><div align="center">All I did was add an appropriate frame with the addition of the four pears in the corners as I really couldn't improve on the original!!<br />
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</div>AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-75030213669085184192010-03-24T07:17:00.000+00:002010-03-24T07:17:32.545+00:00It's Four O'Clock..........<div align="center"></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </div><br />
<div align="center"><strong>and time for the challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/03/three-muses-challenge-43-nice-cup-of.html">Three Muses</a> as well as a cup of tea!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/TimeforTea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/TimeforTea.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div align="center">Credit to Irene Alexeeva for all the ingredients for this fantasy.</div><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a>AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-84846745331633669712010-03-17T15:28:00.000+00:002010-03-17T15:28:55.819+00:00Mona Incognita<div align="center"><strong>For the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/03/three-muses-challenge-42-incognito.html">Three Muses Challenge</a></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/CircusGirls2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/CircusGirls2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"> Original image from The Sum of All Crafts.</div><div align="center">Font is Speedball3</div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-54263879047341363272010-02-24T11:55:00.001+00:002010-02-24T12:11:45.969+00:00Sir Christopher Wren and his creations<div align="center"><b>For the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/three-muses-challenge-architecture.html">Three Muses</a> challenge this week</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/SirChristopher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/SirChristopher.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">I have always considered Sir Christopher Wren to be one of England's greatest architects and to my mind infinitely better than today's practitioners! </div><div align="center">I found this lovely background image on the internet showing many of the towers of Wren churches in the City of London together with the dome of St. Paul's; the portrait of Sir Christopher is also courtesy of the internet; and, as he was reputedly a freemason, I have added the square and compass to represent this.</div><div align="center">Font is 'Caslon Antique,</div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-13614990220152252472010-02-16T10:31:00.001+00:002010-02-16T10:32:15.579+00:00Dreamcatcher<div align="center"><strong>For the challenge at <a href="http://collageobsessionchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/collage-obsession-challenge-4-misty.html">Collage Obsession</a></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/MistyDream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/MistyDream.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-67062649961716076082010-02-11T10:10:00.003+00:002010-02-11T10:14:31.970+00:00A Welcome Letter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/Aletterisalwayswelcome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/Aletterisalwayswelcome.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center"><b>For this week's challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/three-muses-postage-stamps.html">Three Muses</a> </b></div><div align="center">For some reason I couldn't post the image directly from my computer but had to go via Photobucket.</div><div align="center">Credits to Pixel Music for the background which I turned into a giant postage stamp, and to kingkongphoto123 on Flickr for the main image. </div><div align="center">The letters etc. are from a CD of vintage ephemera I bought a while ago. </div><a href="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a>AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-3354688165231673922010-02-09T15:30:00.000+00:002010-02-09T15:30:44.326+00:00Longing<div align="center"><strong>For the<a href="http://collageobsessionchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/collage-obsession-4-longing.html"> Collage Obsession</a> challenge this week</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ06JMOdLES07ygEZsOQ5waBeQ9Y9SsDQe1P-sx_DpNH6U_XExgze0r8PrQDtTTnqBfcTxHPpn1q57L-_7LKSZ_S_i-kytqal1CtTYZGvpCE1aHfOSUPG72kU_nnzVyI5n5tuDaUwkYV75/s1600-h/Longing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ06JMOdLES07ygEZsOQ5waBeQ9Y9SsDQe1P-sx_DpNH6U_XExgze0r8PrQDtTTnqBfcTxHPpn1q57L-_7LKSZ_S_i-kytqal1CtTYZGvpCE1aHfOSUPG72kU_nnzVyI5n5tuDaUwkYV75/s400/Longing.jpg" width="277" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clarabelle hoped that she had finally saved enough to buy the new shoes she had been longing for for ages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would that shoes only cost $3 nowadays! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Credit to ArtbyChristi on Flickr for the background advertisement. </div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-25193341590277477542010-02-08T14:25:00.000+00:002010-02-08T14:25:49.133+00:00Saint Paul's<div align="center">This card was made for a forum swap which was for a shaped card. I know that it has already arrived with its recipient so it's safe to post it here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hJJDyRUfMQwihXknACTuUEPs0_4c2shyphenhyphenWGdzGsjAsRkyzxyiOwr3LIWZUcOH_K3i73TW6vFCqFOpGZMNXYfPn6g6FmyK8J4v0t3UvAFlN_ace9PhUwo8XBWrhlVIAraQmbmfHiDPAAIC/s1600-h/St.+Paul%27s+Card.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hJJDyRUfMQwihXknACTuUEPs0_4c2shyphenhyphenWGdzGsjAsRkyzxyiOwr3LIWZUcOH_K3i73TW6vFCqFOpGZMNXYfPn6g6FmyK8J4v0t3UvAFlN_ace9PhUwo8XBWrhlVIAraQmbmfHiDPAAIC/s400/St.+Paul%27s+Card.JPG" width="297" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took an old photo of St.Paul's and created the effect of a charcoal drawing in PSP. I printed it on the front of a 300gsm A5 (A4 folded in half) card and then printed it out four more times on matt 160 gsm paper to create several decoupage layers. I then printed the sky photo (one of my own) on an A5 sheet to create the background/insert. </div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-85839448445143576172010-02-07T10:55:00.000+00:002010-02-07T10:55:15.904+00:00Happy Family<div align="center"><strong>For the challenge at <a href="http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/cats-2/">Sunday Postcard Art</a> which is one of my favourite things 'Cats'</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq4GDFc_c8Kujcm351If3cFgXKXp1YGnEpVEfaRu7NuBNzef9DsW81FrzHXok4MTSugmpsztfWRNK43j-ZgquBmHIh69Zm84Br5Y0utySgxaOcHfbUAihqBth8Rv6IwfwA-27YjFiydBY/s1600-h/Cat+Family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq4GDFc_c8Kujcm351If3cFgXKXp1YGnEpVEfaRu7NuBNzef9DsW81FrzHXok4MTSugmpsztfWRNK43j-ZgquBmHIh69Zm84Br5Y0utySgxaOcHfbUAihqBth8Rv6IwfwA-27YjFiydBY/s400/Cat+Family.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just playing around with PSP and images from my computer and Google </div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-92114054672198014552010-02-03T18:27:00.000+00:002010-02-03T18:27:35.359+00:00George and Arthur are back!!!<div align="center"><strong>For this week's <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/three-muses-challenge-birds-of-feather.html">Three Muses</a> Challenge which is 'Birds of a Feather'</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWQE5gEZS9nYmI8OYPK6RUJrHpIPJpYBfqL3nXYwcH_VEcSFQ3BxqoVtjeZowxz-Y73nEGn0QbTkHPqtZT_wjp17AOQFy1jBodiT67i6IKip3tNrWegM2CHz3uOPiByHwCd8hj0kXXhG7/s1600-h/Birds+About+Town.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWQE5gEZS9nYmI8OYPK6RUJrHpIPJpYBfqL3nXYwcH_VEcSFQ3BxqoVtjeZowxz-Y73nEGn0QbTkHPqtZT_wjp17AOQFy1jBodiT67i6IKip3tNrWegM2CHz3uOPiByHwCd8hj0kXXhG7/s400/Birds+About+Town.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">George and Arthur strut their stuff as Birds About Town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Credits to Lorie Davison, Itkupilli, Pixel Music and Google for the ingredients. </div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-67529407267097350372010-02-02T17:20:00.000+00:002010-02-02T17:20:22.139+00:00A Plethora of Pairs<div align="center"><strong>For the challenge at <a href="http://collageobsessionchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/collage-obsessin-challenge-3-pair.html">Collage Obsession</a> </strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9WjbTyTRF64py3eHdj7ONS0ubRzKbSxskmLPaCfiAt_KyotfIG3ym8SfLE5cY1GA7WCuJuVNBv8tY8rrwT4Wy_qw9rT-zXR56CCLWg_PsCRNltxZZr7UWBji4f2Ew9FsvYVoj-p5QOPY/s1600-h/A+Plethora+of+Pairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9WjbTyTRF64py3eHdj7ONS0ubRzKbSxskmLPaCfiAt_KyotfIG3ym8SfLE5cY1GA7WCuJuVNBv8tY8rrwT4Wy_qw9rT-zXR56CCLWg_PsCRNltxZZr7UWBji4f2Ew9FsvYVoj-p5QOPY/s400/A+Plethora+of+Pairs.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My first entry to this fairly new challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Credits to Lorie Davison and Studio Tangie (Tangie Baxter) both @scrapbookgraphics.com; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to cajoline-scrap.blogspot.com </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and to Honey Designs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Font for the Two Times Table is 'SKETCHY' </div><br />
<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-85972765555106759362010-01-31T08:23:00.000+00:002010-01-31T08:23:21.922+00:00Chocolate Thoughts<div align="center"><b>For the challenge at <a href="http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/phrenology/">Sunday Postcard Art</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_LYbdhmzQn6s0arcn-UU3RjkKpvsUkK-H-2Vqi67VIQjoP_fiwbRbuy0hsFTdHvaGF7uDnZQAp5uhRtBf-CphQHW9U9UGcaIIvWKFFWSGxlfqjdzh1YdDb2csNkaGSjTtVc35F7pF8OV/s1600-h/Chocolate+Thoughts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_LYbdhmzQn6s0arcn-UU3RjkKpvsUkK-H-2Vqi67VIQjoP_fiwbRbuy0hsFTdHvaGF7uDnZQAp5uhRtBf-CphQHW9U9UGcaIIvWKFFWSGxlfqjdzh1YdDb2csNkaGSjTtVc35F7pF8OV/s400/Chocolate+Thoughts.jpg" width="266" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images from the internet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Font for Chocolate is 'Caslon Antique' </div><br />
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<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-79820076356508620572010-01-21T11:11:00.000+00:002010-01-21T11:11:13.387+00:00Weekend Fliers<div align="center"><strong>For this week's <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-muses-something-in-air.html">Three Muses</a> Challenge</strong><br />
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<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-8078936809618280162010-01-16T15:12:00.000+00:002010-01-16T15:12:43.109+00:00A Fishy Journey<div align="center"><strong>The <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-muses-challenge-33-water.html">Three Muses</a> challenge this week is 'Water'</strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And since it's been pouring with rain here since the snow melted it wasn't difficult to be inspired!<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Credit to Kubivet and Pixel Music for the ingredients.<br />
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<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-25927788882557891742010-01-15T11:57:00.000+00:002010-01-15T11:57:19.069+00:00My 2nd DT card for CraftyAnn<div align="center"><strong>Challenge # 6 at <a href="http://craftyannschallengeblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/challenge-6-embossing/">Crafty Ann's</a> was embossing - dry or heat or both.</strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used another of Ann's <a href="http://craftyannsdigishop.blogspot.com/">digi stamps</a> for this and coloured it with Promarkers. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for the pale layer and a texture plate from Sizzix for the darker layer, both in my Big Shot Express. The leaves and fern decoration were done with punches which also, in the case of the leaves, emboss the veins. The final touch was some Card Candy in a milk chocolate colour.<br />
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<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-73862941320149096452010-01-06T10:27:00.000+00:002010-01-06T10:27:53.808+00:00I'm No Angel<div align="center"><strong>The challenge this week at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-muses-challenge-angels.html">Three Muses</a> is 'Angels' </strong><br />
</div><div align="center">so I decided in my normal contrary fashion to go for the opposite - No Angel - inspired by the title of one of Mae West's films.<br />
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<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-45119210733421047362010-01-03T11:06:00.000+00:002010-01-03T11:06:54.249+00:00Let's Dance<div align="center"><strong>The challenge at <a href="http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/top-hat-tails/">Sunday Postcard Art</a> this week is 'Top Hat & Tails' so who else could I use but my favourite star - the fabulous Mr. Fred Astaire?</strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here he is digitally altered in PSP for this Post Card .<br />
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</div>AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-14969256233234558062010-01-01T18:10:00.000+00:002010-01-01T18:10:59.071+00:00New Year,New Inspiration!<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">A Very Happy New Year to you all</span></strong><br />
</div><div align="center">I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the guest designers for the challenges on <a href="http://craftyannschallengeblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/challenge-5-new-year-new-inspiration/">Crafty Ann's challenge blog</a> this month and this is my offering for the first challenge which is 'New Year, New Inspiration'<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ann's instructions were ' Be inspired by something new – new stash for Christmas, a new technique or a new idea you've picked up while blog hopping and tell us what the new bit is.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My new things were one of Ann's fabulous digital stamps, and two of her backing papers - all available from her <a href="http://craftyannsdigishop.blogspot.com/">shop</a>; experimenting with subtle digital colouring in using PSP; and Card Candy (the eight pink circles which resemble brads). I also decoupaged the bird and added some extra flowers which I clipped from the original image.<br />
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<img align="right" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k211/AliMayes/ali062-2.png" style="border: 0;" />AliMayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684102053272932600noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615536256264410428.post-8477559288664103392009-12-30T14:51:00.000+00:002009-12-30T14:51:11.893+00:00Dagobert's iPhone<div align="center"><strong>For the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/12/three-muses-challenge-31-something-old.html">Three Muses</a> challenge</strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dagobert was thrilled to receive an iPhone for Christmas; little did he realise he'd have to wait some 500 years before he could use it!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To receive this award you have to post what you consider your favourite crafting project of 2009 which I found really difficult but as I only started doing digital work this year I decided that it would have to be one of my entries to the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/">Three Muses</a> challenges which have inspired me so many times.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this is what I chose - the challenge was 'Long Ago and Far Away' and you can see all the credits here <a href="http://alis-space.blogspot.com/2009/10/unwelcome-guests.html">http://alis-space.blogspot.com/2009/10/unwelcome-guests.html</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sorry girls! A bit of 'Bah, Humbug', this week as I've had it up to here with packing strange shaped presents!!<br />
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