Haunted

is the theme on SPA this week... it's the start of our Hallowe'en month over on SPA and I'm sooooper excited about it... I LOVE Hallowe'en!

You can see how I made this postcard over on the That's Crafty blog here 

The girls when we went out to lunch on Lily's birthday.

TFL
Mandy x

Happy Birthday to....

my precious daughter Lily. She's 19 today.

I have seemingly had little time to blog just lately, I am a tad disappointed in myself as one of my resolutions this year was to blog more ~ not just art but random-ness.

Today I'm showing my pages 3 and 4 of my Octopode tag book that I am making for That's Crafty.

I'm entering these pages into the challenge at
berry71bleu

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Mandy x

Dream to be Free

This week's SPA is 'Bohemian' ~ i love the idea of a bohemian lifestyle... ahhh to be free to wander.

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Mandy x

Icarus flies too close

to the sun? in this case it's the fridge... I've turned this large-ish jigsaw piece into a fridge magnet. I've used the Icarus stamp from Lost Coast.
You can see how I made the fridge magnet over on the That's Crafty blog HERE

TFL
Mandy x

A stitch in Time

... saves nine ... an old proverb but true.

here's my DT piece for Creative Studio's this week.... it's a hanging torso tag. I really love making hanging tags... you'd never guess would you? lol

check out my blog post over on Creative Studios.

TFL
Mandy x

The Haunting of Hallowe'en

ooohhhh.... it's a-coming... I can feel a nip in the air... almost time for Hallowe'en... and certainly, most definitely time for Hallowe'en creative goodness!
Here's my piece for Happy Daze this week... it's a hanging haunted house ;-)  You can see how I made it over on the Happy Daze blog

TFL
Mandy x

1920's Flappers

This week on SPA we want you to celebrate the 1920's. Here is my postcard, it's collaged with images from ART TEA LIFE on etsy :-)

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Mandy x

Tag Book

I've been making a little tag book, featuring some of The Octopode Factory's steampunk stamps.

Here is the book in all it's glory

 and here are the first 2 pages... if you'd like to see how I made these pages ~ head over to the that's crafty blog where I'll be detailing all the deets over the next week... first 2 pages are up already.

 I'm entering this tag book into the Try it on Tuesday... anything goes for September theme.

TFL
Mandy x

What's a bird to do?

This week, for Creative Studio's, I decided to make an ATC, I began by making my own stamped background using the key stamp from the Time Keeper set. I've used the steampunk bird from the NEW steampunk christmas set. Love this image, and doesn't HAVE to be used for Christmas. (bonus!)

I'm entering this into the Fun with ATC's theme of KEYS!

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Mandy x

Read with Albert

This week for Happy Daze I've made this bookmark featuring the zetti Albert. Have a look here for details

I love how this has turned out... and I'm entering it into Sunday Stamper for the 'riot of colour' theme

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Mandy x

Memories

is the theme on SPA this week.... I've gone vintage and collage.... which are two things I absolutely LOVE. I am happiest when I am collaging :-D

if you'd like to join in, come on over... you just need to make a piece of artwork that is 6 x 4" in size and upload it to the internet for us all to see!

TFL
Mandy x

A new steampunk challenge blog!

it's exciting!

It's also a steampunk month over on Happy Daze this month ~ where if you enter you can win £15 to spend instore :-) Head over for more details. 

Here is my entry for the new Challenge on Steampunk Junkies... the theme is ANYTHING GOES

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Mandy x
PS ~ DEB thanks for the loan of the stamp ;-)

Fishes in the Water

fishes in the sea..... technically these ATC's are mermaid based but they DO have fishes on.... so I'm entering them into the Fun with ATC's challenge of FISHES

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Mandy x

Genius at work

that'd be me then! lol just joking. Here is my piece for Creative Studios this week... it's another tag ~ I just love these pocket tags as you can have hidden messages behind the ATC and you get to work on 2 things at once. They look really effective.
Here it is..... if you want to see how it's made ~ head over to the Creative Studios blog :-)

TFL
Mandy x

where have i been....

wish i could say it was something exciting! lol gardening and general messing around not getting much made of anything.
I had lots of help in the garden on Sunday when some very generous people came and helped me out, hopefully we'll get together again without the garden! lol

Today, I've had a crafty day at home, got a few pieces done for various DT's I'm on. More later this week on that.

When I took the dogs out early this morning, I discovered a blackberry patch so I made Lily get dressed to go back with me .... we got a few (not many but enough for a crumble with some other fruit)

 I've got a crochet blanket on the go.... I still can't do anything but granny squares but I love them anyway.

 New wool I've bought for the blanket. love these colours!

Hopefully I will get to some challenges this week. I hope so. I am missing my crafty time.
TFL
Mandy x