All Things Alice ATC Swap

Marion, from the fabulous bockel24 blog recently announced her 10th Annual ATC swap and the theme is ALL THINGS ALICE. I love taking part in her swaps, there is always such an enormous variety of styles and such fabulous inspiration.

Here are my three All Things Alice ATCs -

Had great fun making these! Thanks, Marion, for hosting another fabulous ATC swap.

THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME LEFT TO JOIN THE SWAP, GO ON, SHARE IN THE FUN!

Toodlepip xxx

A little bit of crafting

I know I said I definitely would not be making any more domino books, but I just couldn't resist making a couple more. Just had to make a cat domino book for our charity auction, another dog domino book for another charity auction, and finally a new bird domino book for a friend.

This is the cat one -

And this is the birdie one -

Also made a tag for Tag Tuesday, the theme is blue and green -

Toodlepip xxx

The Domino Book of Dogs

A couple of years ago, I made two little domino books, one which was a present for a friend and one which I kept. It had vintage images of birds and I had it displayed on a shelf by the computer where I could see it every day. This was it - 

I decided that it would be a nice thing to put into the auction one of the rescue charities I support is holding. And bids are coming in, yay. So I thought perhaps a new domino book with vintage dog images would be a nice idea for the auction, and spent all evening making this - 

And it got a bid the minute it went on, yay!

Now I am thinking, should I make a vintage cats one as well? Hmm, not sure yet. But it really was fun making another domino book.

Toodlepip xxx

Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 19 - tubbies

I use a lot of wide sellotape, I mean, a LOT, lol, sending Etsy items around the world. So I have been left with many empty cardboard rolls. I started making them into little tubbies for all kinds of things a while ago, and last night I made another one for a few of my little jewellery making tools. Here are the 4 which are always on my desk - 

The new one from last night -

Of course, they all have to have a bit of bling on them :-).

Toodlepip xxx

WHERE IS THE TAG TUESDAY BLOG GONE?

I just tried to go to the Tag Tuesday blog to check on the theme for tomorrow's tag, and its gone!!! It says the blog has been removed!?!?!?!?

Does anybody know whats been happening? I am crushed that the blog has disappeared.

Liz xxx

Attempting a masterboard

My goodness, its been ages since I did some crafting, and I really needed to get some glue and ink on my hands :-). I have a big box with about a million small pieces of paper, left over from tags, ATCs, collages, die cutting, punching etc, and I thought it was about time to try and use some of the bits for a masterboard. This was so much fun!

This was the board after I stuck a multitude of little bits of paper onto it -

I then rubbed some paint over it all, a greyish white and a beigey white, stamped it randomly with a variety of new and very vintage stamps and sprayed it with some golden stuff. Lastly, glued on some small skeleton leaves -

Now what am I going to do with it, lol?

Oh, as these are all neutral colours, I am joining Wen's Simply Neutrals Tuesday party! You can find the party HERE and drool over more beautiful neutrals.

Toodlepip xxx

Tag Tuesday tag - Windows

The theme over at the Tag Tuesday blog this week is WINDOWS. I don't know why, but my mind turned dark again and showed me a ghost at the window. Lol, I shouldn't watch spooky movies!

Toodlepip xxx

Tag Tuesday Tag - Ornate

May I present to you an ORNATE, beautifully detailed, fancy piece of gold JEWELLERY, embellished with clear diamonds of the finest quality, gorgeous rubies and the sweetest pink diamonds. All real of course :-). May be used as a large brooch, could be a pendant on a massive gold chain, or you could pin it to an Ascot Ladies Day hat, lolol -

IF ONLY!

Toodlepip, xxx

This is gorgeous!

In our little corner of Blogland, we all love art in one form or another, don't we, and appreciate beautiful creations. How about this stunning painting then? -

The artist, Sarah Stokes, donated this hand embellished print, worth over £300, to one of the charities I support as a prize in a very special raffle. I fell in love with it because it reminded me so much of a photograph I took of our very first dog Harry in the snow. Maybe one or two of you love it as well. You could try and win it in the raffle, the tickets are £1 each. Details of the raffle are here -
https://www.facebook.com/events/557978517710129/ . You could end up with a stunning piece of art and help save lives at the same time.

And now I have to try and get some bits and pieces together for my Tag Tuesday tag for this week. Darnit, its going to be a Thursday tag again! I'll be burning the midnight oil again, lol.

Toodlepip xxx

French Lavender Hearts

I got my sewing machine out, woohoo! To make a quilt, really, but before I started on that, I wanted to make some lavender hearts to put into an auction one of the animal rescue charities I support, is holding on Facebook right now. 

I used antique French hand loomed linen, over a hundred years old, vintage lace motifs which my dear friend Alexandra had gifted me with, vintage sequins and beads from Paris, and backed the hearts with a lovely cotton fabric from a vintage French torchon ( tea towel ). Filled with toy stuffing for shape and lovely lavender for a beautiful scent -

You can check out the auction HERE if you are interested. The starting bid for the two lavender hearts is £9.00 plus postage.

Toodlepip xxx

First post of 2016

And it is a crafty post, yay! I love the Tag Tuesday challenges, but had missed quite a few lately, so I was determined to start the new year properly with the first new challenge of 2016, SCIENCE. Soooo many possibilities, but in the end I went with medical science for the tag -

And because somehow I ended up using neutral colours ( how I love them ), I am linking this post to Wendy's SIMPLY NEUTRALS TUESDAY party, the first of 2016. I can't believe we are already up to party No. 14! If you love neutrals, check out all the beauties being shared on Wendy's blog right now.

Toodlepip xxx