Dans ma Maison il ya .....Marie - Antoinette

This is the first time I have entered this challenge so as i liked the theme and had just used Marie Antoinette on an atc I thought I'd give it a go, I've kept it simple with just collage and lace so I hope it fits in with the other entries.

Art Creations Friday # 2

The challenge was to use the background to be found here to make a card or an atc, I decided to combine it with an altered playing card atc - I stamped and collaged the background then finished it with paper lace and ribbon, the result - a French Queen, perhaps the black ribbon fits her eventual fate.

Theme Thursday

This is my atc for this weeks Theme Thursday challenge - Santa. I really love this Santa image and have used it a lot this year.

Award

My friend Jan has passed the Marie Antoinette - 'a Real Person -A Real Award' award onto to me and I thank you Jan, it has been so good to get to know and become friends with people who we first met on various forums and in some cases be lucky enough to meet them ,as I have with Jan. I am going to pass this to two people who have also become friends, Wendy who I have met and Connie who I am looking forward to meeting next week. My thanks to these people for their friendship and please pass on this award if you wish. I have also been awarded the Gold Card award by my friend Judy and rather than single any one person to pass it on to I am giving it to all my blogging friends- an early cyber christmas present!

Waste Not!

Today I made up some atcs for a hosted swap and the fabric that was left I made into a postcard, I pieced the fabric and used my 'onboard' machine embroidery stitches then added some felt flowers - you may guess that the theme is shades of yellow and gold!

No Internet!

Who would think how lost you feel when you can't get on to the web, it's awful - you're cut off from the world - and we actually are aren't we? - we talk, via the PC, to people all over the world, then suddenly nothing and you have to do some work instead of surfing blogs!!! What did we do before the PC got us hooked. This happened to me yesterday but luckily only for the one day and tonight it's back to normal. I have been given an award and must pass it on so will do that tomorrow. The ATC pictured is for this weeks MAMMA swap and the theme is Christmas.

Catching up!

This week I am trying to finish off all the things I am making for little christmas gifts and I think tonight it will be write the christmas cards . It is likely that soon we will have to clear my Mum's home and I want everything finished by then, it is a job I am dreading - what will I do with it all?? - still must be done. The picture is another bit of machine felting I did last week.