SMEARED AND SMUDGED FEBRUARY BLOG HOP AND MACABRE MONDAY

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY....... and welcome to the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FEBRUARY BLOG HOP..... the theme is VALENTINES/LOVE but there is a catch....
No hearts
No red or pink
Nothing ‘cute’ unless you make it uncute of course :) ................... so here is my offering..... a labour of LOVE....
i have tried to depict the hauntingly beautiful poem by Mr POE.... ANNABEL LEE.


You can visit the blogs in any order you like, but make sure you visit them all.... you wont want to miss what these amazing ladies have created.

Hop Participants:

Terra
Tori
Alison
Lady B
Helen
Kymberly
Berenice
Kelli
Lisa
Dianne
Teri
Rebecca
Steph
Jane
Sugar
Kapree
Black Dragon
Alex

I shall be back later to add all the details...just incase anyone wants to know how i made this.... but.....

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ MAKE IT PRETTY. .... well its my kind of pretty!
http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/ RECYCLED ROMANCE. .... the frame is recycled as are all the beads, the cameo mount and material. The skull is from hallowe'en as well.
http://craftyhoschallenge.blogspot.com/ BROWN AND BLUE ..... the 2 main colours.
http://irishteddys.blogspot.com/ BROWN ..... one of the 2 main colours.
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ AT LEAST 2 DIFFERENT COLOURING MEDIUMS, i have used paint, ink, promakers, coloured embossing powders and white pencil.
http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL.... this is for a friend who loves Poe as much as i do....if he wants it!
http://sugarcreekhollow.blogspot.com/ NON TRAD VALENTINE ..... please see above!
http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ DISTRESS.... as you can see its more than distressed!
http://resqchallenge.blogspot.com/ LOTS OF WORDS ABOUT LOVE.... the full poem ANNABEL LEE.... is included in this wall hanging....... its the most beautiful love poem evr written in my opinion.

...Now onto MACABRE MONDAY..... We have a wonderful sponsor this week.... STRANGE SKIN.. goto MACABRE MONDAYS BLOG for info ...LINK TO STORE etc..... and our new CHALLENGE IS..........................

Love Bites ..................................

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project with a distinctly anti-romantic theme. We know there are dozens and dozens of challenge blogs out there that are challenging you to create loved-up sweet pink goo, and we want you to give your dark side a chance to bite back! Forbidden love, twisted desires, passionate revenge. Let your inner demon out and bludgeon that smug little cherub to death with his own arrows ( SUSAN ...wrote this.... it is so twisted i just had to copy and paste! THANKS SUSAN!)

i'll be back later with all the details.... but we have chaos here today!