This is my matchbox shrine for Hotluca

who wanted "dark, mysterious and out there" !!

The tree come from the door of a castle, the "lady" inside is Morrigan, Irish goddess of War, and the tassell and beaded lace was once

part of a risque ladies costume for a roller skating act in the 1920s.

I wonder if that is mysterious enough??

This is my own page for a "one at a time page" cj ... you
just send the page, not the whole cj. My theme is
"East is ....." and I thought anything Indian, Chinese or Japanese
would fit the bill nicely. This is Mumtaz Mahal ... for whom the
Taj Mahal was built.

This is my attempt at a four drawer secrets box/book
for Voodoo Vixen, Annette ... themed on Time.
The fastener is based on Dali's warped clock, and
the first drawer contains my version of his jewelled
Eye of Time. There's a pendant which is based on a
clock face lens .. made from ring earring findings and
some printed acetate!! ..a little tag book and some
key charms. It's nowhere near Annettes standard, but I hope she likes it.

This is my "Secrets" box-book for dorothyanne,

Venice. I hope I have give Anne a sample of the city and she likes the bits I chose for the drawers.

There aren't very many (being a digi scrapper, I don't have much stash) but I did make them all so that might count for something!

This is my "Secrets" box-book for kellmorris ..Life, the Universe and Everything !! Does give me some scope, doesn't it! So, some words on life, Hubble's view of the universe - or at least a very tiny slice of it, a layout for cricket and a view of the fjords .... hopefully there is something in there Jackie will like.

This is my Chunky ATC for the swap on UKS.
The theme is Gothic(y) ... and as I wasn't sure
if that meant "Gothic" as in black leather and dog collars
or Castles, knights and Damsels in distress, I put a bit of
both in it!! I hope my swappee likes it.

OK .. second page ... prompt = packaging.

Don't have much, most of seems to be mainly green!!

Reminded me of my favourite perfume which has

green and white stripes.

I find it very hard to be "free" enough to do an Art Journal ...
but UKS have started one where you can learn as you go ...
and you can do it digi!!

So this is my first page .. entirely digi .. the face is just a piccy I liked that I have voided, blended and generally mucked about!!!

I hope its on the right track .. it is a start!

This is my version of "Stripey Jumper" .. for Lou's
pages in the Artistic License cj. The colours in the trees are skeleton leaves, the trees themselves cut out and coloured with soluble was pastels and the people card and papers embellished with metallic pens. A few swirly, circly bits and that's it!

These are my versions of the "face" stamp. They are hybrid .. I stamped the image, scanned it and made the backgrounds, faces and eye colour, then printed them out. The hair and frames are done with metallic and pearlised paint. I hope they are OK.

This one is the Tip-In page for Hotluca. She asked for Funky Floral .. I hope this is up to par.

This is my version of "O Christmas Tree" for a Tip-In page for Lou. I hope she likes it.

These are the last two of the "dress-form" fairies ...POINSETTIA and STAR.
I hope my fellow swappees approve.

Yeah, another one finished.
This is my interpretation of the Holly&Ivy Fairy ...
essential at Christmas!

Another "dress-form" fairy .. FAIRY PRESSIE.

The latest "dress-form" fairy .. Christmas Tree.
As the tree is the "gem" of decorations, so is she!

These are three of the first four "dress-form" Christmas Fairies

I have made for Netty's swap. The

Frost fairy actually looks more silvery in real life ... with a touch of glitter to catch the eye.

The Bauble Fairy has a round skirt and ribbon bodice .. to hang the bauble by, of course!

Purple Haze Fairy has a misty

purple overlay .. just like the half-light of a Winter evening.

So four down and five to go.

This is my "page" for Leanie, based on a Gachaga "collage"
about the London Underground. The background is an actual
pavement area which is illuminated at night ..which gave me
the idea for the other landmarks:- The Tower of London,
St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Clock Tower of
the Palace of Westminster(Big Ben) and 14 St Mary Axe - alias
The Gherkin.

These are the pieces I have done for the Alice in Wonderland Jiggy ... after loosing my nerve halfway, they are all digi .. and I hope they are acceptable to my fellow jiggers!

This is my section of a "Home Decoration" spelling out Halloween .. can you find the "L" ?

These are 2" Paisley shaped chipboard pieces for a swap on UKS.

I used patterns a bit like the ones they use to do the henna designs
on hands etc .. even though Paisley isn't Indian at all ... its English!!

I am hosting a cj based on Sketches. These are the first two ... my own "Sweetie to Sweetheart" - my Mum; and "Deceiving" for Dusty Fairy ... a broken roadway in Florida that looks more like one of those Japanese garden lanterns than a full blown (sorry - just remembered this was destroyed by a hurricane!!) road.

This is my version of the LO for August on
Scrapology. The picture is a tinted postcard,
and I think the young lady is very pretty, hence
the title. I used three kits to make this:
Irene Alexeeva's Altered Ego, Kathryn Estry's
Roses For Elizabeth, and Faith True and Tracie
Stroud's Got Beads ... although I have changed
the colour of most of the elements!!

These are my tags .. all digi ... for
the Alice in Wonderland Tag swap.

Another LO for Scrapology .. this time from the June sketch.

This is my version of the July sketch challenge on
Scrapology. I knew as soon as I saw this piccy that I had to do something with it .. and I quite like how it has turned out!

Yet another long gap between posts .. really must do better!!!

This time I am showing off the gorgeous CJ that everyone made for me .. the names are in the picies. The theme was Monotone ... choose a colour and stick to it ... sounds simple but what a great job everyone made of a not so simple task.!!

Oh dear, it is so long since I uploaded anything!!!! They do say "better late than never" don't they ... but who are "they" anyway???

OK, here we go ..... this is my page for Dudette's Sketches cj .... the outer circle(ish) and the photo positions were the original sketch .. and she did say she liked colour and "bumpy" embellies, honest!

These are my pages for Moxie's "Fire" cj .... it is supposed to be an "Art Journal" type entry but my mojo went heywire and I resorted to what I know best - digi !! I hope the style is "arty" enough and I haven't disappointed too much.

These are the "zentangle" type ATCs I received .. they are all gorgeous!!! Considering some of the members had never done one of these before I think the results are superb!!!

Top Row:

AllycatD, Magpie, StarBeval:

Next row:

Elysian Angel, Dragonfly, Wisher:

Top of trio:

Gosie, Alipeeps:

beneath: StashKeeper:

Top of 4:

Gingerscraps, lacemaker:

bottom: new2this, Lurkio

Yet more "Zentangle" type designs.
I have just found out that the name
"Zentangle" has been copy-righted
by Rick and Maria .. apologies if I
have misused it, I thought it was a
general term for a doodled design!!

These are my Frangles .. made up by me
without reference to their site ...
which I have never visited.
The four ATCs are Christmas, Easter,
Halloween and Harvest based designs.
The other five are try-out for Christmas
cards.

Can't seem to get away from these Zentangles!!
This is my LO for the Colour My World Art Journal/CJ.
It's for Pange, in Brown, Cream and Gold. All hand drawn
and using two colours of gold and three browns. I'm hoping the watercolour paper can be the cream!!

This is the next stage of our Take Ten CJ ... based
on old fashioned Theatre Posters.
Mine was a play by Augustus Thomas - Arizona.
The LOs are digi with a little Glossy Accents on
the conchos to make them stand out a bit and
a couple of extra leyers on the poster to make it look
worn and aged.

Three more, this time based on Indian type patterns.
Hand, Paisley and Hefalump.

Boy, are these zenty thingys addictive!!!
These are three more that are based on Mucha ..
again these can be traded ... with my take on the
patterns and a rather feeble attempt at faces!!

Received a gorgeous ATC from Alipeeps .. a zenty Visage .. a face surrounded by super patterns ... it reminded me of Mucha, so I got out my book and these three ladies are the result. The blue one is a compliment to the fishy one .. whales and dolphins. They are for trade.


EDITED: Whales and Dolphins now Traded.