Prezzies for Sam....

 This is a PaperPlay puzzle piece swap I did for Sam.  The theme is Vintage.   I will try and remember what I did!!!  I covered the piece with some paper (Crate Paper if I remember rightly) then painted it with Ranger Crackle Paint in Pine Needles and Old Paper.   The strip down the left hand side is a Tim Holtz stamp (tickets) and squizzled with stickles.  I think I squizzled stickles on the crackle paint too.    The dotty stamp is a Tanda Stamp.   At the top is a mini word "Sam" cut from the same paper I covered the puzzle with.  There are some little flat back pearls to emphasize "Sam".    There are two charms hanging from a chain of a swallow and a key.   Some lace  wrapped around it.    The panel at the bottom is a stamp I bought in Edinburgh - I think the quote is a bit appropriate!!   There is a "cameo" on the quote which I bought (with the charms) from the Big Bead Boutique.   The flower is from some vintage lace and a little charm saying "made with love".   The buttons are from my stash.   I think that's it!

This is a  bracelet I made for Sam - can you tell she likes green!   The beads are glass and are from my favourite bead shop.    There is a little dragon fly charm at the clasp.     I do hope it fitted her.  I think I was a little pleased with this one myself.
I have made some other bits of jewellery but will post them later.
Tomorrow is Scavenger Hunt Sunday so I will be getting the pics ready to post tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by.
Burnice x

Tags and ATC's

Over on the PaperPlay forum I have joined an ATC swap and Tag swap.   Here are my efforts:

 These are my ATCs.  As you can see the theme was "numbers".    For the first one I just ran the ATC through a cuttlebug numbers folder, coloured it with distress inks and dry brushed Inka Gold over it.   The flower in the corner are three from my stash.   
The middle one is foil wrapped around the ATC and run through the big shot with a Tim Bingo folder.   I tore off the "free" bit and coloured it with Stazon Inks (a technique taught by the wonder Sue Roddis).   The hearts were punched from metal and coloured with Stazon - another Sue jobby!   The third one is a PaperArtsy stamp stamped with Stazon onto metal, embossed from the back side and the numbers edged with a metal thingy tool.  The ATC itself was stamped with the same stamp with distress inks.

The TAGS are covered with paper from a pad free with a mag last month.  The "flower" on the first one is cut from a piece of vintagy lace with a flat back pearl in the middle.   The charms are from The Big Bead Boutique which is full of vintage charm!  The right hand one is using the same paper and again flowers cut from vintagy lace.   The flower is also from that place with loads of vintagy charm!
I am afraid my mojo slightly left me whilst doing these but I think I may have got away with it!
Thanks for stopping by peeps and I really do hope my fellow swapees like their swaps.
Burnice x

Big Bead Boutique....

Wanted to show you fellow bloggers my favourite shop.   It's called Big Bead Boutique. The shop is owned by Jo who is a very very nice lady!       The shop is full of beads of all shapes and sizes, charms, jewellery, scarfs of which I have a few!), wedding jewellery and accessories (the most of which she makes and designs herself).   Her fascinaters are fascinating!!!     

There is a little room downstairs in which she holds parties for children where they make necklaces and bracelets and take home little goodie bags.   She also caters for us adults where there is wine and cupcakes instead of squash and haribo sweets.    The shop has a fabulous vintage feel about it which I love.  There are old tins, old suitcases and furniture.

This next set of photos are some of the hair accessories and beads etc.   Loving the dummy with the necklaces on.     That's Jo doing a bit of modelling by the way!! 

Jo is a very patient lady and helps me no end.  She went on holiday end of last year and I looked after the shop for two days for her and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.   I was in heaven.

Can you tell that I am liking this shop. 

I have just realised I haven't separated all the pics in the collage.  Hope it's not too confusing.
I don't seem to be able to get the spacing right either!!!!
Well I suppose I had better go now before I bore you all to tears.......
Thanks for stopping by
Love Burnice x

Postman has been ..

.... and look what he brought me.   On PaperPlay I did a puzzle swap with Sam.   Isn't she just the best.   She knows exactly what I like.   Thanks a million.    She also sent me some metal bits and bobs - keys, butterflies, etc. Thanks again Sam.
I just have to do her one now.   My remit was "green".  Sam loves anything green, NOT pink, but green.    She is a tough act to follow.

I thought you might like to see this bracelet I made for my friend Michele.   She has been going through a bit of a hard time health wise and a tough time at work so I thought (and hope) this will cheer her up. The beads and flower come from Big Bead Boutique and the lovely Jo helped me.   

Tomorrow I may show you some knitting!
Happy St Patricks Day.
Thanks for stopping by.
Burnice x