Monday Mixed Media - Stars

If I get any later this week I shall be in last week. Anyway here is my entry at last, even if it has been rather rushed. I made a photo transfer using Lasertrans of Theda Bara, one of cinema's earliest sex symbols, her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "The Vamp", in her role as Cleopatra. I gave her some added decoration on peacock feather stamping and a background of glimmer inks and screen.

Gothic Arches / Created by Hand - Pretty in Pink

There is something about this shade of pink with this shade of green, not sure what that something is mind you, but it is certainly something! I always seem to use a 20s flapper for these challenges, not sure why. Note to self next week do not use a flapper unless of course it is a flapper related theme! The background is Scattered Straw and Peeled Paint distress inks over-stamped with stamps by Elusive images in scattered straw.

Have discovered that this week's Created by Hand challenge is pink and green so this is for that challenge as well.

Sunday Postcard Art - Alter a real postcard

At last and thanks to husband fitting new bits to the PC I have internet up and running again. So here is my entry for this week's challenge along with the postcard before altering. The postcard came from my mother in law who has quite a collection of old post cards showing regional and national costumes from around the world. I thought he had been drab too long and needed some colour, a new hair style and a big fish to cheer him up.

Craftaway Sunday and Theme Thursday - Halloween

My in laws have been visiting so access to making new work has been limited this week, and then a storm on Sunday has fried the network card in my PC, I can get access via the laptop but have to copy scans / photos onto a memory stick to put onto the laptop and couldn't find a memory stick! hopefully normal service will resume shortly. In the meantime as a Craftaway customer I got notification of this new challenge site and thought I would have a go and rustled up these 3 ATCs and have also entered them in Theme Thursday. Distress ink back grounds and collage elements.

Wednesday Stamper - Transparent Art

Here is my entry for this challenge. I have stamped an acrylic bird shape and then backed it with text coloured with Distress inks and mounted it to a page from the acyclic scrapbook on which I stamped a border.

Gothic Arches - End of Summer

Well it might be the end of summer but I cling on to any possible last vesitages of the season, particularly when it has been so poor this year, and the past couple of days have been lovely, so even if the last trips to the beach mean huddling in a beach hut or wrapped up in towels I would rather that than go any earlier into Autumn than is necessary, just like my lovely bathing belle here.

Sunday Postcard Art - Another Wings and Crowns

I was messing around with deciding what to do for this week's Gothic Arches when before I knew it another one for SPA had happened. Here she is, wondering why her wings have to be on her back so she can't see them properly in the mirror, it is very unfair she thinks.