anyone for anya

the lovely ladies at anyone for anya asked me to join them as guest dt for 2 weeks...yay!! thanks girls, this is the little lady that I made!  we had to do something with our creation that we dont normally do.....mine was to not ink edges................it was so hard.....I always ink my edges...it felt so odd! and I coloured my little dorothy with pencils..minus the water...another hard one!  and as you can see I am at the blue & red again.....I cant help myself!!!! dont forget to pop over to see the other gorgeous cards they lovely ladies made!  have a lovely tuesday, hugs m xx

little birdies and stitching...

hello crafters..'.tis that time of the week again for us to play at crafty creations.

this week we got to play with some beautiful little birdies from stamps & smiles, boy are the cute!  there are some yummy stamps up for grabs this week too so do be sure to swing by!  on top of theses little cuties we had to add stitching to our creation, so a double bonus all round as my sewing machine is up and running and I have been sewing anything that stands still long enough! 

kiddos are on midterm this week, so I am not getting much done creativity this week! and I have some little news to share I will be appearing as a guest designer over on anyone for anya from next week for 2 weeks, so looking forward to that!

right off I go I can hear screams!  have a good week, hugs m xx

sewing & pinkness with hearts!!!

I made this little lady and finished off a cute little sleeve for my coffees!...think I will make more of these, enjoyed sewing again!  sick house here too, kids and mammy....so its perfect for crafting and leaving the housework :P

this little card was made for stamp something  challenge blog, "love something" was this weeks theme

oh oh oh.....I wanted to share this with you too, this cutie arrived all the way (yesterday from California!!!).......meet bob the cat.............ain't he just adorable, thank you AJ he will be much loved!

hugs m xx

thursdays things.....

hello peeps, my turn this week to set the challenge over on crafty creations, and it is to use wings on your project....I made this little card for my daughter sophie who is 6 today....cant quite believe how fast that has come around, only feels like such a short time ago since she was born

have some house reorganising to do today so have to get myself going to do that!   I will share this with you before I head off, I forgot to post it last week, it is a box frame I altered for sophie to put in her bedroom.............( and mammy wants one for her room too!!)

have a happy thursday, hugs m xx

and the winner is

.................................... vicki!











congratulations you are the winner of a Gorjuss Stamp from Sugar Nellie!

contact me with you postal details and I will get this little lady off to you wednesday afternoon!!!

thank you too all that stopped by my blog for the crafty creations blog hop!


hugs m xx

stamp something

and she made a card.................I spend 2 whole days clearing my desk and trying my best to reorganise myself and my craft stash..........with no money in the pot to go out and buy some uber perfect storage I had to use what I had...so I think I have everything to hand that I need and all grouped together.  I have yet to get repairing my sewing machine....I feel so lost without it......and I have a vintage chair that will be my seat of creativity, that is going to get a makeover on wednesday when I get to buy some paint!

I made this little card with this weeks stamp something challenge in mind.....cherry magnolia papers and a cupcake house mouse!

 For this week's challenge, we would like for you to create something that is delightfully delicious! Get out all of your food images and accents to come up with something yummy!......................

what else have I too share................I am working on a crochet blanket, some more fabric stitching too, baking, my paint is finished and I have my handmade craft goodies on route to aj in america as part of the skunkboy craft swap.....I loved this swap sooooo much, you would not believe all the amazing talented that there is out there in our little world.....breathtaking!

have a lovely sunday! hugs m xx

Crafty Creations 3 Day Blog Hop!

 NOW  CLOSED!!!  I will announce winner of Sugar Nellie stamp for the prize on my blog on Sunday 9pm GMT.  Thank you for all that visited me and I hope you enjoyed your stop along the way!!!

This post will remain at the top until the 3 day blog hop ends @ 12:00am on the 30th

please scroll down to see others posts that are posted during these 3 days.

Crafty Creations is celebrating our first birthday with a blog hop!! We will have lots of prizes from some awesome sponsors.

If you have arrived here from Jaimes Blog  you are in the right place :) If you have arrived here via another way and would like to take the whole hop in.... please start at Jaime's Blog. Make sure to stop at all the stops along the way for some wonderful prize opportunities. If you ever lose your way come back here and follow the list . . .

Jaime

Mandy .... you are here!

Rose

Saskia

Jenn
Claire
Deena
Shelly
Magda

here is my celebration card!

I will be sponsoring a prize from Cottage Crafts with a yummy Sugar Nellie Stamp!, so if you leave me a little comment I will use Random Org to pick a winner!

your next stop is Rose! 

happy hopping! hugs m xx

my first 2010 card - mojo monday

................finally, at last, something happened yesterday (what I do not know)  I made a card...yes you read that right!  my mojo put in a appearence yesterday and boy was I excited to see it!!  fingies and everything crossed that it sticks around so I can get my crafty creations challenges done!

I made this card using a lovely sketch over on mojo mondays challenge blog and off course if I was going to be making my first card of 2010 it just had to be done with a Gorjuss Girl......I will never tire of these stamps, my fav stamps in the whole wide world!

off now to get creating again...........have a lovely tuesday, {{hugs}} m xx

snowed in monday

hi all! hope you are all doing ok.  it is snowing  here in ireland.....snowing all the time...since last week and temps in the minus figures.....the govenment announced the schools stay closed till thursday, so the kiddos are climbing the walls as too is momma!!  we cant go anywhere because once will get the car finally out of the drive and down the hill there is now chance of getting back up....so I well and truly have cabin fever!  so much so that I have a headache and cant face doing anything craft wise, I did manage to start painting again........havent painted since I had the kids, I used to paint all the time, day and night.  this painting is definately a mixed media one, as I have mixed my love for paint with my other passion PAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have also been crocheting too, its perfect because I dont have to sit at my desk to do that I can sit curled up by the fire!!!

I got a lovely award from my friend sandra, thank you so much hun!
I dont have time just this minute to forward it on,  but I will do this week xx.

here is a sneek peek of my painting, I still have more to finish on it, but she is nearly 100% complete, so will share her as soon as she is done and dry!

my mission today is to finally make a card! and it will be my first card of 2010....so wish me luck teeheeeee!

stay warm peeps, big hugs m xx

Happy new year!

wow what a christmas! how are you all doing? hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!  I feel like I have fallen off the planet....I did not go near the computer at all over the holiday season...I was all crafted out too so my desk is feeling a little abandoned..will have to give my stash some tlc over the next few days and get playing.  but first have to face a mountain of housework, washing, and decoration removing!!

I have two cards to share that are from crafty creations before christmas, I just did not get a chance to do blog post! shame on me!  big hugs m xx

and the winner is..........

I would like to thank you all for taking part! thank you so much!

using random org........

the lucky winner is........ No 30 -  "scraphappy4067"

 

congratulations!!!

could you please forward your name and address to me at angelbrenzer@hotmail.com so I can get your prize off to you!  

merry christmas xx

Candy time!

CLOSED, WILL BE BACK TOMORROW WITH THE NAME OF WINNER!

THIS POST WILL REMAIN FIXED AT TOP OF MY BLOG UNTIL WEDNESDAY 16TH DECEMBER, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR UP TO DATE POSTS! xx

It is about time I got myself organised enough to give away some blog candy! I have put together a few bits and pieces that I use all the time, very vintage/distress themed, made up of papers, old book pages, ribbon, lace, pins, liquid pearls, vintage ephemara, pearls, brown ink (for distressing!!!) candy dots, stamp, flowers, tags, book rings.

This candy will be open to all until Wednesday 16th December and I will ship worldwide.

All you have to do to enter, is to become a follower of my blog, kindly pop a link on your blog side bar to spread the word and then pop back to add your name in the comments section below!

Hugs Mandyxx

craft kitty!

"mr sassy pants" helping with some christmas crafts!

 

Lace & Distressing Crafty Creations

crafty creations time of week!  this weeks  challenge was set by myself, do pop over to check out and to see the lovely prize up for grabs this week too!

crafty creations challenge, week 43, cracked glass

this week over on crafty creations we got to playing with a cracked glass effect on our project...loved this, and now cant stop!  so do pop over for a some inpiration from use the design team and join us to be entered in with the chance to win some yummy digi stamps!

a week of creations

.....this is a photo saturated post, its of the few bits and pieces I have made over the last week and a half...the little green crochet pouch thing is for an ipod......I am having a craft identity crisis at the moment, unsure of what I am creating in a desperate attempt to make sure that they are unique to me and not just the usual stamped image, patterened paper and copic marker fad....dont get me wrong on this please, there are some beautiful works of art using these products everywhere, its just me who is not getting it at the moment...and that been my crisis, it could all change again next week lol!

 

lovely award

I received this award from the lovely sandra, thank you hun xx

Here are the rules of this award

1. You can only use ONE word!!! ........I failed at this, I did try!!
2. Pass this along to 5 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. HAVE FUN!!!

And...here are the questions....

1. Where is your cell phone? IN SOFA....somewhere!

2. Your hair? DARK

3. Your mother? THEY BROKE THE MOULD

4. Your father? ILL

5. Your fave food? CHOCOLATE

6. Your dream last night? EDWARD

7. Your fave drink? RED WINE

8. Your dream/goal? MY OWN SHOP

9. What room are you in? LIVING ROOM

10. Your hobby?CRAFTS

11. Your fear?SPIDERS

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? DONT KNOW YET

13. Where you were last night?HOME

14. Something that you aren't? RICH

15. Muffins? YUMMY

16. Wish List Item? PUNCHES

17. Where did you grow up? DUBLIN

18. Last thing you did? CROCHET

19. What are you wearing?JAMMIES

20. Your TV?ON

21. Your Pets? CATS/DOG

22. Friends? LOVED

23. Your Life? CHAOS

24. Your Mood? FLUSTERED

25. Missing Someone? MY SISTERS

26. Vehicle? 2003

27. Something your not wearing? BRA!

28. Your fave store? CATH KIDSON

29. Your fave colour? GREEN

30. Last time you laughed? WEEK AGO

31. Last time you cried? TUESDAY

32. Your best friend? SPECIAL

33. One place that I go to over and over? THE LOO!

34. One person who emails regularly? FACEBOOK NOTIFICTIONS!

35. Fave place to eat? EDDIE ROCKETS

And now I'm passing this to:

neasa, saskia, deena, juls, marie........................hope you enjoy the questions girls! xx