I got the pants scared off me last night!

Oh my god, my friend, Annie my daughter and her friend Amy decided to visit Millets Farm near Abingdon, every one told us last year it was so scary and me being me, who just loves to be scared and who just loves this time of year, thought, yer why not, we try to go some where every Halloween, last year we went on the night tour of Warwick Castle, which was fab, but oh my word, there is a maze at Millets and all hell breaks loose at Halloween, you have to walk in darkness around this large maze going through dark tunnels and derelict caravans, well one place was like a little shack and in the corner was a very spooky guy with a chain saw, yes you guessed it, we were chased through the maze by this chain saw wielding spook, oh my lord, needless to say I had needed a wee on the way in and decided to wait, I sure didnt need one when I got out, strange that.

I have spent all day building my little Halloween scene by the front door and all the kids love getting spooked around here, they are so fab, they have all turned up in such wonderful costumes bless there little hearts, I keep telling Annie this is the last year cos she never helps, mmmm what teenager does hey, well she did give me moral support and advice bless her, and she has gone out with Amy in their Alice in Wonderland costumes while I open the door and frighten everyone, we have this new door with draught excluder around it and it makes this lush almighty wooooooooooooshing noise as it opens so thats always a good start, ha ha am I wicked to want to frighten every one who comes to the door, no after all I am a witch, well at least for tonight and I really do need to get my own back on that naughty chain saw man in some way don't I? The only down side to Halloween is it only lasts one night, grrrrr, well I had better go hang up my hat and head on over to the coven, oh sorry I meant oven, haven't eaten yet, what, you say, no children tonight, no no no too many adults around, NA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Simon Says Stamp and Show Anything But a Card!

Hi there, I am on a roll now, trying to catch up with all the challenges, I decided to alter a match box, one of those big boxes, our cooker is always on the blink so we always have a big box laying around, I keep meaning to decorate one in all the lovely vintage papers but never get around to it, so I decided about an hour ago to go for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge, but I had to get on with it cos the challenge is only open for a few more hours, so here is my rushed match box. Lovely Nina had suggested that I enter this weeks Sweet Stampin challenge, so Mina thank you very much, I have just posted my link.

A big thank you to everyone

If you hadn't already seen the new Altered Alice blog you must take a look, especially as little ole me is actually the featured artist this week, yes I have actually been asked by Lynne to submit photos of my little Alice in Wonderland mini album, I am soooooo chuffed, it is such a fantastic little blog, and every one loves Alice in Wonderland, take a look and submit all your lovely Alice art, you could also be featured, its that simple.

I have to say this little mini book would not have been born if it wasn't for Hels Sherridan and Sue Roddis, hope I spelt your names right girls, apoloigies if not, I am an avid visitor to the Stamp Attic, the lovely Wendy was all excited about the new graphic 45 Alice in Wonderland papers she had just been delivered and on her little display table was the most amazing art I have every seen, Sue had brought in her fantastic Alice art that she had created using the new papers, it was the most beautiful and original work I have seen, she rocks doesn't she ladies, any way I was so impressed and had been collecting crafty bits for ever but could not decide where the be jesus to start, when after looking at Sue's work, my little grey cells went into over drive, I bought the lovely papers and the rest is history, so a very big thank you to Sue Roddis, Hels Sherridan and definitely lastly but not leastly, he he, Wendy of The Stamp Attic, oh which my art could not have been created, ladies you made my little grey matter start working up an appetite.

So when all you ladies take a trip over to the Altered Alice blog to give Lynne some support, take look at my mini album and  have a thought for the three lovely ladies who, without them, my mini Alice album would not have been born.

Just Magnolia

I have decided to enter into the Just Magnolia challenge this week, I do love all the pretty floral papers and just love the magnolia stamps, so here it is folks, don't be too harsh on me, this is my first attempt at creating a pretty pretty card.

Altered Alice

Hi all girlies out there,  if you are an Alice in Wonderland lover, you must hop on over to Altered Alice,  this lovely little blog, it is filled with lots of lovely Alice art, you can submit all your lovely art you created for Lynne to pick her favourites and who knows you could be appearing on the blog your self, take a look at all the other wonderful Alice artists out there, it really is worth a butchers, it is a relatively new blog and Lynne is in need of some support from us crafters, there is a give away for followers this week, go take a look, you will love it, Sue Roddis and Hels Sheridan have been featured on the blog this last two weeks, fantastic art ladies. Please please go take a look, it's a funtastic little blog.

Compendium of Curiosities challenge - Dabber resist

Well here it is folks, here is my CCC for this week,  I have never had much success with this and for some reason have never been able to use the dabber very well with my stamps, maybe my stamps are not deeply etched enough, it just goes clumpy and the stamp does not come out,   the images I used for this were from Magic Moonlight, an absolutely great little blog that has tonnes of images for you to download totally free of charge, a BIG BIG thank you to you Blanca. I have used foam pads underneath the little characters but it is very difficult to see, I may take another picture tomorrow.

Sunday Stampers Challenge

Well I did try my best Hels, honest, here is my challenge submission for this weeks Sunday Stampers, I have to say my little grey cells are not working very well of late, I seem to have a crafters block, but I had to get back into the challenge scene again, been very boring recently, hope you like it ladies.

Fragments, Take Flight and Show some Metal challenge

Hi there, hope you are all feeling good, it is a beautiful day here in sunny Didcot, well I have a busy day today, so I am going to crack on with my post, so here goes, I decided because of my recent exams and trying to fit in work and running that I would combine three challenges into one so here it is, this is for the Simon Says Show Some Metal  challenge and the L3 CCC which is Fragments for this week, and th City Crafter Challenge, Take Flight.

Warrior Woman Blog Hop

Here  is my submission for the Warrior Woman Blog Hop, hope you girls out there receive all the love and good luck wishes I am sending you, and keep on fighting girls, kick it's ass!!!

Sunday Stampers Challenge

Well here it is, my challenge for the Sunday Stampers, I have been a bit challenged in the little grey cell area of late and am not that impressed with this little piece but I did promise Hels I would join in, so even tho I'm not feeling that goofy at the moment I did manage to create this little piece of art last night, and yes I definitely need a workshop or two, keep on rocking girls x

Wow, guess who I met today

I decided to take a trip to see my favourite lady, Wendy of The Stamp Attic, She always cheers me up when I'm feeling a wee bit down, oh boy was I in luck today, yes you guessed it, Hels was doing one of her fantastic workshops, I can't beleive I met one of my idols, I'm always at the Stamp Attic but have never had the pleasure of bumping into hels Sheridan, and I have to say that she is an amazingly lovely person, not only is her art work out of this world( I think she might be too) but she is such a warm and funny person, now Wendy you are gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous and such a wonderful person, so don't think I dont idolise you too cos I do, ha ha, my word those girls are like the female version of morecome and wise, they had me in fits of laughter, I nearly wet my pants, and NO you two, THEY WERE NOT MY PANTS, ha ha, I'm sure wendy or Hels will let you in on the joke if you take a peek at their blogs, if not I will be happy to explain..............most odd, the things that turn up on shop floors, ha ha.

Thank you ladies for making my day, you are such a hoot, oh and to all the ladies who were with Hels today in the workshop, like little sants's helpers, YOU ROCK TOO XXXX

I'm back

I'm back, I have been poorly the last two weeks and a wee bit busy with college work, but I couldn't stay away any longer, I have been feeling guilty that I havent taken time out to enjoy some crafting, my friend Carols's daughter is 17 on Tuesday, bless her, her name is Grace and she is my running partner, I have made her a card tonight but I am not sure that I have finished it, you know what they say........less is more, any ways I am really really jealous of her because she is going over to Washington to stay with her boyfriend over Halloween, how fab can you get, spending Halloween in America, oh my god, I love Halloween and if all the films are to be believed, you guys over there really know how to celebrate all Hallows Eve, wow, I have told her to take zillions of pictures. I will be making my scarecrows and tomb stones and decking out the garden for our Halloween weekend and if all goes to plan and works out ok I will be posting some piccies on, any way, must stop yakking on, and if any of you out there have any piccies of your Halloween decorations I would love to see them.

Compendium of Curiosities challenge

Hi, here is my little piece of art for this weeks CC challenge over on the lovely Studio L3, I don't have any masks yet so I created it using stamps instead of the masks, I do apologise Linda, I hope it still fits the challenge, if it doesn't then at least I have had fun creating.

Here it is

My Simon Says Blog Hop for September, god this was a tricky one but here it is. This little wizard is reason I was up until 230 the other night, little monkey, I was so excited making him, I just couldn't go to bed without cooking him, bless him.

I actually managed to get it in the shadow box I made, wouldnt like to hang it up any where tho, ha ha. Hope you enjoyed the blog hopping, see you soon.

OH MY, WHAT HAVE I DONE NOW?

Oh dear oh dear oh dear, I think I might have craftilitous, you will never guess what I was up to at 230 this morning, well after sitting on the computer all day, my thoughts wondered to the blog hop challenge once again, then I realised that I had bought all these lovely clay books on how to make clay models, really fantastic tutorials in there, they hadn't been out of the cupboards in years so I thought, I know, I'll get the orange fimo out and make a pumpkin or two for my halloween piece that I am going to enter, because of course it is my favourite time of the year, but when I opened it up to the first few pages I found this cute little bird and thought, yay I will change the colours and make it a black bird, sneaky eh, well that was it, I spotted a really cute wizard, and that was it, I was hooked so here are the models I made last night, and baked at 230 in the morning

Well off I trunddled to bed but to my horror, couldn't sleep cos I had all these ideas going through my head, oh my, I had to get up
and go down stairs and write it all down, I must take a note book
                                                                with me tonight.

                                                             






 
Well he looks a bit like me, after a session on CAD, bless him I know how he feels. Well girls I'm off for lunch with my friend next door soon and I must start putting my stuff together for the challenge, I've got to make those darn pumpkins but I could be a while, you know what happened last night, that darn book. Oh heres an after thought, one I obviously didn't think about...........how am I gonna get this chunky monkey into a shadow box, mmmmm might have to make and extra thick one. mmmmm watch this space.....might have to do a scene instead in an old shoe box, what do you recon, nah, never say never eh.

Oh my, I'm all confused

Help, I've just popped over to Simon says blog and seen whats going on for this weeks challenge, I'm so excited but I'm so busy swatting for 6 weeks of fun filled exams starting next week, my head is just blowing up all over the place, I want to get stuck in to my challenge and I really should not be on here now, thats the trouble see I can't stay away, I've got my 3d computer aided design exams and boy is it doing my head in, not hard to do I might add, any way if I can relax a wee bit later and blog hop I think it might make me feel better, what do you think, mmmm i think so, well I hope to see you on here later peeps. ooooo iv'e got to go, daughter needs to get on here for her graphics homework soon, jeese me thinks I might have created a monster, or a mini me at the least, mawhahahahahha. x

Challenge 13: Grungepaper Flowers

Hi, here is my submission for the Studio L3 challenge for week 13, grungepaper flowers. I had so much fun last week, I can't wait for all the other challenges.

Once again, I apologise for the camera, if it is not raining tommorow, ill take another one, you can't see the colour properly, any way it is time for bed, heres praying it will be nice tommorow. Here are the new pics.

Studio L3 challenge

CCC week 12: Chipped Enamel

Here is my submission for this weeks challenge.

A must see Gluten free web site

For all you gluten free bods out there, you must check out this web site, This Lady rocks when it comes to gluten free cooking, I know her personally but don't take my word, check out her web site, the recipies she creates are not only for kids, one of Adriana's little girls is gluten free and she has tailored her families eating habits around her, creating the most delicious and easy recipes, her book, The gluten free cook book for kids, is filled to the brim with so much advice, she knows what she is talking about and boy, her food is delicious, I am not on a gluten free diet but when she is experimenting, I always seen to be around for the taste tests, if you know what I mean.

Adriana posts free recipes on her blog all the time, lots and lots of free advice and new recipes are up for grabs so check it out, you will find her at www.glutenfree4kids.com.

Replacement card

Ok so I didn't like the card I made so I made my friend another one.

Christmas card

I was going to submit this to Craftstamper magazine for their ATC swap, it had to be Green Red and Gold and have lots of stamping but I didn't have the courage to send it, I have built a wee bit of courage and confidence up in the last couple of months and in hind sight it probably would have been a better choice for the Simon Says challenge of Layers, but never mind, here it is

Sorry about my rubbish camera.

Simon Says Stamp and Show your Layers!

Here is my entry for this weeks Simon Says Stamp and Show your Layers competition, it is my very first competition, I don't even know if that it is called but, I'm sure I will get to know all the terminology as I go on blogging, well here goes, here it is.

I wasn't too pleased with my picture because you couldn't see the layers so I have taken a picture in the sun this morning so you can see it a bit better.

Graduation Card

I was asked to create a graduation card for my friends daughter, I love all the vintage look and I feel more comfortable creating the  layered look, with tags and charms.

My Peaceful Place

Hi, I'm really new to blogging so I will try and keep this short, I have been so inspired by all you ladies and all
your beautiful work, you are soooo talented. I am always visiting the Stamp Attic in Wantage, Wendy always cheers me up, and there is so much stuff there, I can't believe it, I was so excited when I saw all the Halloween Alice in Wonderland papers that it inspired me to create my very first mini album, my daughter and her pals got so excited they have decided to join in with the theme and do their trick or treating this year as, yes you guessed, Alice in Wonderland so they will compliment the album when I add my photos, what a neat idea of theirs, so far we have the Mad Hatter, Alice, The Queen of Hearts and The Cheshire Cat, this isn't a very short post, sorry, here is my very first mini.

I hope you like it, I definitely got the bug so I decided to make a little book to use up the papers I had left, so

here it is, ive only completed a couple of pages so far.

Ok, now I really did get the bug, here is my shadow box, I made a card box and placed it inside a normal

photo frame, creating space to do my thing.

And one last photo, here is a tag I made.

hope you enjoyed my art as much as I enjoyed looking at all yours.