Get ready for the Octopode Factory Cyber Monday Sale

Are you ready for the big ol Cyber Monday sale over at The Octopode Factory Nows the time to stock up, and if you are still in the Xmas crafty mood, Lily has just bought out the whole set of Nativity figures.

Tando-Creative Andy Skinner clock and class

A quick post from me today. I just wanted to share this tando-creative clock I made in an Andy skinner class last weekend. It's Andy's own tando design and is the 7" version. He also has a 12" reversable clock. I'll post a link later. I'm seeing if I can blog from my phone.

All the paints ate from the decoart Americana range. 

Thanks for stopping by. X. I'll be back on the 1st with a Kate Crane inspired December calendar page. 

Xx 

Over at Simon Says Stamp they are having a countdown to the Holiday's, Now I always like to stretch the rules so I am sharing my Clock, as I am counting down the hours till Xmas ;)

De Stempelwinkel - Small gift box

Morning all, I hope you are all keeping well and getting plenty of crafting time in.

It's once again my turn over at De Stempelwinkel to share a little make and today I have this little teaser of a pic of a gift box.

if you have time it would be great to see you over there. xx

If you are unsure of who or what De Stempelwinkel are? they are a Dutch stamp shop that produce a lot of their own rubber stamps, hundreds to choose from, if you fancy checking their stuff out, follow the link HERE to the shop. xx

The Octopode Factory - Add a Crown

 Welcome and thank you for stopping by,I hope your weekend is off to a good start?
 Today I am sharing a Journal page I created for our current challenge over at The Octopode Factory, the theme this time is 'Add A Crown'.
 Now You may have noticed a bit of a theme if you stop by fairly often, I quite like the darker things, something with a little bit of creep to it ;)
So when I knew the challenge was 'Add A Crown', my little dark mind thought straight away, Queen, but not the postage stamp gal, more the Queen Of The Damned, (love that movie) and I have loved the Whimsical Devil Girl image for a little while now which is available from Lily's Etsy store.
 The Devil Girl has been coloured with Copic's and clear embossed. The back ground was painted with Decoart American acrylic paints I wanted to give a sort of Hellish feel with flames and darkness. I used a zombie stencil for all the damned souls ( thanks Glo) ;) and Andy Skinners Skull stencil from Tando-Creative. I also used a fancy filigree stencil for the bottom corner.
I finished off by adding one of Andys Stamps to the bg as it seemed quite fitting and the 'Queen Of The Damned' was stamped with the October Crow alphabet from De Stempelwinkel.
Almost forgot, My crown was added, this is one of the Tim Holtz embellishments, I touched up some of the details with some Decoart Gloss Enamel paint.

Now Sadly this will be the last challenge over at The Octopode Factory but we will still be back with DT makes so we are not going anywhere ;)
I would love to see you all joining in the fun with us. you have two weeks to take part, there are images up for grabs too. xx

Thank you all for stopping by xxxx

I would like to enter this into the challenge over at Smudgy Antics, they are having an 'Anything Goes' challenge.

I would also like to enter this into the challenge over at Punkyou Girl challenge blog, they are having an 'Angels And Demons' challenge.

ATC Swaps, Past and Future ;)

 Hi All, Just a very quick post to share some ATC's I did for a swap, most of which I have shared before at somepoint apart from the first one, Something that is not my usual style and do not worry I have not jumped on the Happy Clappy bus ;) but this was made for a blog buddy that is a little more in touch with his beliefs  than I am.

In case you are wondering the swap was with Neil Walker of Neelz Expressionz we started this swap at the beginning of the Summer but with both of us being rather busy it was only a few weeks ago that we finished the swap.

Here are the ATC's that Neil made for me, I love the running theme through these ATC's and the soft colours on the egyptian and tribal ATC's

Now onto the Future Swap, Over at