life is a circus

this week on Tagalong the theme is ANYTHING GOES.

I've used an Artistic Outpost set for my tag....

come over and join if you have time

Mandy x

Anything goes....

over on Sunday Postcard Art this week.

Anne came over for a few hours on Monday and we had a background making session.... this is one of the ones we made. 

Mandy x

deck the halls....

this week on SPA the theme is FESTIVE SONGS.... so let's fa la la la la la la la la

TFL

Mandy x

Krampus

I love a little bit of creepiness so this week for SPA I've chosen the theme of KRAMPUS

 Last weekend, I did a craft fair with my friend Anne (pictured below) ~ look at our stall... gorgeously Christmassy but did we sell anything? well technically we did, however neither of us made enough for the stall. But the words of wisdom from Miz Lils is... it's the experience that matters!

 a couple of my altered boxes.

my vintage santa tag for tagalongs Vintage Santa theme

 It was a holiday children theme on Lunagirl this past week.

TFL

Mandy x

Movember

this week on SPA Deb has chosen MOUSTACHES for Movember.

Here's mine.... collage, stamping plus digital words.

TFL

Mandy x

a sister's love....

There's a new challenge theme on That's crafty this fortnight and its VINTAGE ~ i've used images from Artistic Outpost, generation redux.

lots of layers of paint, stamping, gilding wax, gelatos lace, ric rac and ribbons

I'm entering this into the Tagalong challenge of 'use text'

TFL

Mandy x

A little bit of Tweedle~mania

My project for That's Crafty this week is..... a journal page featuring the Tweedles of Wonderland!

To see a step by step guide to how I created this.... head over to the That's Crafty blog

TFL

Mandy x

Asian Ephemera

Let the Beauty of what you love be what you do ~ Rumi

I made this for Lunagirl Moonbeams Asian inspired fortnight

TFL

Mandy x

Games

is the theme on SPA this week... why not come over and join in?

here's mine... features focal images from Hidden Vintage Studios

 If tags are your thing.... why not come and join in with us on TAGALONG... the theme this week is DREAM

TFL

Mandy x

un-mentionable

yes, it's started ~ festive makes!! My first bah-humbug make for That's Crafty is a card using some stamps from Oxford Impressions

Here's a peak at the workshop I did at work last week. Simple cards, using some vintage music paper, some distressing, poinsettia die cuts and a few stamps.

TFL

Mandy xx

Music and Dance

is the new theme on Lunagirl this fortnight. Here's my first piece for it... a postcard :-) 

TFL
Mandy x

We did the Mash... the Monster Mash

This week's Sunday Postcard Art is MONSTER MASH ~ I've used this classic Boris Karloff Frankenstein.

TFL

Mandy x

A trio of ATC's

its not often I make ATC's these days although I do enjoy the format.

This week's project for That's Crafty features stamps from Inkadinkado Nevermore set of stamps.

You can see how I made these over on the Thats Crafty blog

TFL
Mandy x

Week 2 of SPA's hallowe'en

is... POTIONS

i've used the new kit from Itkupilli.... really creepy... plus other element images from collage sheets from Etsy

TFL

Mandy x

Spooktacular

This weeks Tagalong is hosted by Carol and the theme is SPOOKTACULAR.

I'm loving these new images from Itkupilli on Mischief Circus

come over and join us

Mandy x

I love the Moon...

and the moon loves me.... this week's theme on Lunagirl Moonbeams is moon goddess

Here's my first project for the theme.... a card with a lovely little cherub one it.

TFL

Mandy x

Sew... n Sew

Here's my project for That's Crafty this week.... I'm enjoying making these 3d cards.

you can see how I made this card and lots more photo's on the That's Crafty blog

TFL
Mandy x

Put a bird on it....

it's the second week of the Lunagirl Moonbeams 'bird' challenge.... here's my ATC

TFL

Mandy x

Keep it Simple

This time on the That's Crafty challenge blog the theme is KEEP IT SIMPLE

Come over and join in for a chance to win £20 to spend in the online shop

TFL
Mandy x

It's Spooky! Time

yes it's that time of year.... our month long Hallowe'en fest on Sunday Postcard Art

our first theme is SPOOKY!

I've used images from Hidden Vintage Studios

TFL

Mandy x

Trick or Treat

Ahhhh..... tis the season to be spooky.... I do LOVE the hallowe'en season I do I DO!

This week on That's Crafty I've created a double tag shaped card.... to see how I've made it... head over to the blog HERE

TFL

Mandy x

Fly Free

wow, nearly a month since I blogged, I hate having limited access to a computer

here's a postcard I've made for the new theme over on Lunagirls challenge blog  I 

adore this image of the birds 

 About 10 days ago, Little A traveled to Cardiff where she started her first year studying Journalism at Uni

TFL

Mandy x

Hooray for Hollywood

one of those incessant songs that stick in your head! Anyhoo.... this week's TAGALONG is HOLLYWOOD inspired..

I've used this beautiful image of Grace Kelly

TFL

Mandy x

Strong-Girl Alice

As we all know I adore Alice so any excuse to use some Alice imagery is fine with me! so... this time over on the Thats Crafty challenge the theme is GIRL POWER

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Mandy x

School Days

It seemed apt at this time of the year to have the theme of SCHOOL over on Sunday Postcard Art.

Here's my entry for it...

TFL

Mandy x

Extra Extra....

read all about it!  my project for this week's That's Crafty is a tri fold card

if you'd like to see how it's made head over to the That's Crafty bloge

for the That's Crafty challenge the theme is 'it's a mans world'

come and join in for a chance to win £20 to spend in the online shop

TFL

Mandy x

I believe I can fly

... I've been a bad blogger of late ~ I do have a legit reason as my computer is totally on the blink! I am using Lily's laptop to do 'must-do' things but it's driving me round the bend!

The challenge on Lunagirl this time is Fairies.... I've used these images on a postcard that I'm entering into the Sunday Postcard Art challenge too (flower power)

if you want to win some collage sheets from Lunagirl, you have a chance to win over on the TAGALONG challenge
TFL
Mandy x

Butterflies

This the theme on Tagalong is BUTTERFLIES....   here's my entry ~ I've made a beeswax collage on my tag

TFL
Mandy x

Flowers n Fans

on the Lunagirl Moonbeams blog this week.... get over there for a chance to win some goodies!

TFL

Mandy x

Anyone for Cake?

I'm not sure Marie Antoinette ACTUALLY said that or not.

This week's TAGALONG challenge is to feature some of MARIE ANTOINETTE

come over and join us!

TFL

Mandy x

Z is for Zebra

I've been a bad blogger just lately... I just seem to be so busy with work, the girls and life that although I'm making things I have been skipping the blogging bit of it. I'm going to try to be a better blogger from now on ;-)

Here's my entry for this week's SPA... 

love these images from Tumble Fish Studios.

TFL
Mandy x

I am the Captain of my Soul

We have a new hostess on Tagalong this week.... it's KAY 

Kay has chosen the theme of STEAMPUNK.

come over and join us!

Mandy x

be creative....

This week on SPA we are having a create a bird person challenge.... here's mine. one of my many zetti characters.

TFL

Mandy x

The Tweedles

I've used Tweedle Dum and Dee from The Octopode Factory collection of rubberstamps for this week's sample over on Tagalong!

Even though I made my tag for last week's theme, I never had the time to photograph it and put it online so here it is now...

TFL

Mandy x

AlienNation

This week on SPA, Tracey has chosen the theme of ALIENS.... this is a cut and paste using Hidden Vintage Studios Alienated kit from Deviant Scrap.

I had to add the words digitally as my printer has fun out of ink :-( the rest though is totally handmade using paints, stencils, glitter texture paste (swoon), stamps and collage images.

TFL

Mandy x