woyww 90

hello desk sharing peeps, I cant believe it has been so long since I got a chance to play along, hanging head in shame.  boy I have missed you, hating life for getting so busy, the cheek of it getting in the way of snooping!! hope you are all well, cant wait to visit you all, so grateful for the midterm this week which has given me the chance to join you, only pro to the kids been home and killing each other!! 

so here is my desk, much tidier than normal, though only because forced, I hadn't an inch to move, so thought it was time I did a bit of cleaning.  needed the space to work on my next painting, drawing thingy which is a mermaid, first time I have done one!  I have her covered her modesty as its early morning, but will reveal all of her this week hehehehehehe!! happy snooping, mandyxx

if you want to play along, start with a little visit to the wonderful creator of woyww mrs dunnit, to join in the nosey'ness :)

dress form

finished her at last, been at her for a week, but only getting to do about 10 mins a day, just cant seem to keep my bottom on my chair with the kids at the moment!! hugs xx

lil' vampire girl

page 2 of my new journal :)  I really had to resist the urge to make her my first page, thought I should try something else and see how long I would last, trying to to rein in my vampire obsession (its an obsession going on nearly 17 years, picked up my first anna rice novel at 15 and haven't looked back!) did well to last until page 2!!!  

happy monday peeps, going to be a tough week here, kiddos are off on mid term and the fighting has all ready started!! hugs xx

happiness atcs and watch

a little bag

 hello bloggers, hope you are all well, I created this little cath kidston bag from her sew book that my lovely mil gifted me for christmas :) I changed a few bits by adding a little flap and some lace.  I adore cath kidston.....I adore her stuff to much that its not so good for my bank account!!  have some more creations to share with you that I have worked on over last few days so hopefully the light is good today so I can get some nice pics, happy thursday xxx

pink album & card

hello bloggers, I have been bad the last week and not posted but I was crafting away, was creating this album and card for my sister in law tarra so I couldn't share them on here until they were gifted at her birthday party on saturday night. 

papers are prima (on card) and papermania capsule (on album) gorjuss girl is coloured with distress inks.

 I hope you are all well, hugs xx

sneak peek....

......of saturdays class I am teaching at "an siopa bui" this saturday in spiddal, co.galway, looking so forward to seeing you all, and cant wait to get shopping in kerrys wonderful shop!!  hugs xx

double tag and new journal

first page of a new journal and first tag of the year, I use to make a good few of these double tags, but haven't in ages so thought it was time to bring them back, forgot how much I enjoyed making them too!!!  papers are the gorgeous new v&a from docrafts, my latest fav, wish I could cover the walls in my house with them and image is from sugar nellie, hope you all have a  wonderful week, off now to work on a double spread in my new journal.  hugs m xx

flower tutorial

finally got this posted up, been meaning to share this for ages, but just didn't seem to get around to it, so cardarian this is for you hun!!

this flower technique can be done with double sided paper strips, ribbon, lace, fabric, endless possibilities!

( and pleaseeeeeeeee excuse the chip nail polish and some blurry pics, was trying to do and take photos at the same time,  I also ran out of nail polish remover!)

Ingredients

• tissue paper strips, cut to about 2 inches wide (I leave all the layers together, don't separate or otherwise the tissue paper will be too delicate to work with)
• adhesive, wet glue, I used glossy accents
• approx 2 inch circle, (I used a scallop punch as I don't have a circle that size, you don't need the scallop design)
• scissors
• glitter glue, 
• button , gem or pearl.

Step 1

Scrunch the end of you tissue paper into a little ball, then glue this to the center of the circle to anchor.

Step 2

 Start by twisting the tissue paper loosely and glue as you go in  small sections, working in a spiral pattern.

Step 3

Continue this twisting and sticking until you reached your desired size flower, leaving approx 1 inch on end to finish off flower.  do this by lifting the flower back a bit from its circle base, add a blob of glue and tuck the end of the tissue paper into this gap between flower and base, press down to hold.

Step 4

trim the card that is left exposed around the edges of your flower.

Step 5

using a glitter glue, I used a clear stickles, place blob on your finger and rub over the surface of your flower.

Step 6

Finish off your flower by placing a gem, pearl of button in the center.

  

eh voile!! you have now completed a very addictive making flower,  hope you enjoy making these flowers as much as I do!!

hugs xx

some cards

hello!! a brief appearance was put in by my mojo, which allowed me to create these little cards, but alas it has fled yet again and I am not feeling very creative at all! hope this changes as creating is good for the soul! 

I used the beautiful handmade embellishments by the lovely geraldine, who kindly gifted these beauties to me, I used the owl, butterflies and beautiful corner lace one on these cards, you can find her lovely shop on etsy here if you would like to nab some for yourself, they are just gorgeous!!

happy monday, hugs xx

my burton emily

I could have sworn blind I posted this lady up, but going through my lil' auld blog shows she is missing!! maybe it was facebook I shared her on, or maybe it is just another one of my frequently occurring "duh" moments!  anyhoooo this is my take on emily from corpse bride, love her and this film so very much, was itching to get painting her.  I still want to do more to her and find the right gemstone to stick on her bust,  so the let the hunt begin, great excuse to go bead shopping!  righto out of here I go, have loads of crafty work to get done, for something I cant tell you about just yet, all will be revealed in march!  warm hugs xx

tim'ified canvas

hello bloggers!! hope you recovered from the festive season ok, doing ok here, kiddos are all played out and we are enjoying our home time.

wanted to share this little canvas I made a few weeks ago as a gift for christmas, I havent been able to share it until now or otherwise the surprise would have been ruined!!!  its a little canvas that came over all timified and distressed!  while on my blog visits the other week I visited the lovely linda elbourne, lover of all things tim and she had done a post showing a canvas she too had tim'ed, t'was spooky we were working on something so so similar at the same time, so just wanted to say that it is purely a crafty world coincidence, dont want poor linda thinking I stole her beautiful idea, I would say great minds and all that but my mind aint that great (linda on the other hand YES!!!!!... genius!!) so thats the waffle & explanation out of the way!  hope you all have a wonderful new year, I am looking forward to it, 2010 is most definitely a year I want to leave behind :) hugs xx

christmas album

morning crafty peeps!  I was determined this year to get my album done on time ready for this years christmas pictures, every year when I leave it after christmas it never gets done as I am all christmas'ed out, but this year its ready!!!  all I have to do is add the pictures!! I played with my gorgeous prize of websters pages goodies that I won over on cardz'n'scrapz, one of the best online craft shops we have in ireland here, loved that shop and its lovely people!  off now to get more christmas crafty presents finished, I hope you have a wonderful weekend, hugs xx

on the 6th day of christmas........

.....yes its day six already, pop over to chicken soup to join in the fun!! xx

4th day of christmas

............chicken soup day 4 of christmas countdown, boy we are clocking up the days to the 25th so quick, dont know where time is going!!! todays inspiration is holly & ivy......I made this little card as an attempt to start my christmas cards, have a lovely weekend, hugs xxx