The Mask - but no Jim Carrey!

This is for the October Variety Swap over one Crafting Corner. This months theme is - masks!! My inspiration for this comes from Venice rather than halloween. I printed a template I found on t'net and transfered it onto mountboard. The black side is stamped with gold embossing powder, the white side with black. I added 2 gold bells for a bit of jingle, the black ribbon and flower is from an old bra. Does anyone else do that? Save bits from old underwear, clothes lol

I then attached it to an old garden cane which I painted with white acrylic paint and added some ribbon - eh voila!!

I wasnt sure how it would turn out but am quite pleased with it - it is my first attempt after all!!!

Have a fab evening whatever your up too

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Trick or treat - part 2!!

Well yesterday I showed the treat, here is the trick!!!!

It started off life as a mini maglite box so I covered it with Northanger Abbey (again!) and then grunged it up with some distress inks, added some rub ons and a bit of stamping.

So it looks like a nice little keepsake box but, open it up and there's a ghost hiding inside!!!

Not a real one, obviously, Im not a Ghostbuster lol. As you can see, I've also but some chocolate treats in for my swapee, so it's not that spooky!!

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday, looks like it's just about to start raining here!

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Trick or Treat!

But mainly treat lol. This is for the Trick or Treat swap on Craft Swap forum. For this swap we have to make a treat for someone and a trick for someone. Well I havent finished my trick - yet, so here is my treat. She also (kinda - its not a card!) fits in for the Anyone for Anya challenge. She's actually a dangly thing, I used some cotton and threaded some beads onto it and added the mirror onto the bottom.

This week you have to use an Anya which you think best represents you, so I used flutter anya. Now, obviously I dont have wings or wear tutu's BUT, it has been known that, on occasion, I have worn my hair in the same style; especially in the hot weather!

Thanks for looking

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A bit of recycling!

These are for a swap on Lots to Do forum
I have to say I have neglected my forum buddies of late, generally because when I get chatting I dont do any crafting!!!! But I have joined in a few swaps recently so hopefully they will forgive me lol

2 completely different styles for these - a bit of cute and a bit of grunge, which I would say describes me! :oP (my hubby would just say Im a scruffy cow lol)

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday :o)

Happy Sunday!!

This is my entry for the Art Raffle hosted by 3d Jean. This months theme isnt Halloween (as you might think from my entry lol) but orange and black - which to me is as good as halloween! Im embracing halloween this month (well it is October!) which means lots of spooky dooky stuff and a horror film every night (when OH will allow it that is!)

Well my entry isnt that spooky, cos insides its full of chocolate treats! I created the pumpkin by punching 5 ovals from orange card stock and inking the edges in Dried Marigold Distress Ink. I added a hand cut stalk, stamped a Tim Holtz

flourish and cut it out - I think it looks like the vines from a pumpkin plant (or maybe not?!)

The embellies are all from stash (I told you I had alot of halloween stuff lol)

Have a good Sunday whatever your up to

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World Cardmaking Day!

Well seeing as it's World Card Making day today - here's mine!!!

Yup, Im using my fab Party Girl as this card is gonna be my hubby's anniversary card lol What you cant see is that on the piece of mirri board next to the heart it says "Celebrate Love" aaaahhh (finger down throat rofl)

Thanks for looking :o)

Grunge it up baby!

Bit of a return to form with this one lol! This is for a swap on Lots to Do Forum hosted by Hilda. We have to make a ruler book, inspired by Andrea's creation, the only rule being it has to be grungy!!!

My rule is cut from a piece of Tim Holtz paper and backed onto mountboard. The title of my book is 'whats the rule!' (geddit? lol)



I covered all my pages with pieces of
Northanger Abbey (yes, still!) and sprayed them with glimmer mists. The 'angel' is an image of t'net. I cut her a pair of wings from some paper scraps, infact this project was fab in that I revisited alot of my old stash. The buckle on the adjoining page was from a QVC kit I purchased about 4 years ago.





The next pages are just a mix of stuff. The fact that halloween is on its way inspired the raven and the 'nevermore' sentiment. Infact, Edgar Allen Poe's raven seems to have inspired me quite a bit over the last few weeks! I found the 'always' tag languishing at the bottom of a tub, so added the tag (from Crafty Secrets) so it reads 'bless our family - always'

This is the last page in my book and I love it's gruesome connotations. I started off with the clown (evil clown!) image again from some Tim Holtz paper. It reminds me of John Wayne Gacy,

plus I HATE CLOWNS! It all started with Pennywise LOL .Also, my hubby and I had been discussing films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Devils Rejects - hence the house image and recipient insane stamp. In the words of Pink "This used to be a fun house, but now it's full of evil clowns..."

Thanks for looking :o) (and dont have nightmares)