The last of the 12 days of Christmas Smeared and Smudged style.

Welcome to the last of the 12 days of Christmas... where has
December gone?Am i ready for the big day...? I doubt i'd be
ready if Christmas was prosponed til july.
Todays project is a wreath that i have mad ....pinecones.... fake greenery.... bits and bobs.....plus bright orange silk flowers..... and a little tag that now needs to be laminated, but i took the photos before i did it as i always mess up and get a lot of blur.
The stamp on the tag is from SMEARED INK.... FAES.....coloured with pencils....i also used a border stamp from the same set and stamped in white ink as well as black around the edges of both sides of the tag. The word memories on the reverse is TIM HOLTZ....and i shadow stamped it.

This project is the dearest to my heart of all those i've done this Christmas.... this is for Grandad to lay on Nan's grave.... Orange was her favourite colour....( her head stone has an orange rose etched on it...)

hence the orange flowers.

I shall enter the following challenges....

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://www.palspaperarts.com/ TAGS

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTION OF TAGS.

http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/ TAGS

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ABAC

http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.com/ LAST MINUTE TAGS

THANKS for visiting.... MERRY CHRISTMAS and i wish you love, health and happiness in 2012.

lynx

11 th day of the 12 days of Christmas SMEARED and SMUDGED style,

Welcome to day 11....were does the time go? Today i just have a few altered dominos to share with you.

I have stamped them with stazon, then coloured them with markers.

Edged with gold leaf pen.

All in all i did 48 dominos.... and used two at a time to make the front and back of domino books....24 little books all told.

No two dominos have the same image on them.... and no two mini books have the same inside either.... all are totally unique.

The books are held closed with ribbons. These are just a few of the ones i made..... silly me i forgot to photograph the rest!

I shall enter the following challenges..... http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES.

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/ USE RIBBON

http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS PROJECT

http://www.vostamps.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS
http://www.papercreationsink.com/ SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW.

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

http://inkspirations-challenges.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/ BELLS

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

love lynx

Thanks for visiting me.... see you on friday for the 12th and final day.

10th DAY of CHRISTMAS and SMUDGY ANTICS

Welcome to day #10 and our brand new challenge at SMUDGY ANTICS..... because a Christmas next weekend we have decided to run this challenge for 2weeks instead of the usual one.... the challenge this week was to be Gothic Christmas, and the challenge next week was to be Wicked Santa..... so we combined the two and came up with ......
WICKED CHRISTMAS..... How you depict it is up to you.

I did another inverted canvas.....i do so love these..... and used the totally amazing DEER SKULL from SMEARED INK's GOTHIC CHRISTMAS digi set. I printed it out 6x fussy cut and layered it up....i coloured each of the 6 images with promarkers.
My canvas is painted Dark brown and distressed with copper and black metallic rub on creme... i used german scrap to hide the staples and give it a vintage feel.
I used bits and pieces the girls and i collected on our walks to school and various bits of shop brought christmas tack.
The work JOY is painted and distressed.....look closely and you'll see a robin sitting on 'joy'..... its well hidden to see if my girls notice.

We hope you'll have time to play along with us..... hopefully this will be one of the last Christmas challenges of the year.... YIPPEE!

I shall enter the following challenges....

Thanks for visiting... love lynx

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/ ABACC

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES FOR CHRISTMAS

http://glittergeeks.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://mamidoodles.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge ALTERED ART/HOME DECOR

http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ BE DIFFERENT

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ ABAC

DAY 9 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS....SMEARED AND SMUDGED STYLE.

Welcome to day #9..... and today i have a cute little project to share with you.....
three DILLYBEAN ( http://sillydillybeans.blogspot.com/ )cuties pretending to be Santa.
These little guys are not really Christmas stamps but i really like them so i made them little fabric hats with fur and pom-pom trims.... the santa sack is from SMEARED INK http://www.smearedink.com/ .....i coloured all the images with promarkers. I used card from my stash that i altered a bit with ink and roughed up the edges....i pierced holes in the corners and added 3 brads ,top and bottom..... a bit of glitter..... yuck, and this little FATBOOK page is complete.

I shall enter this page into the following challenges....

http://www.dillybeanschallenge.blogspot.com/ SANTA BABY.

http://fatpageswithattitude.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://hotshotcraft.blogspot.com/ USE PROMARKERS

http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

BE DIFFERENT.

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/

PIERCE THE PAPER

http://www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/ COLOURING

http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ FABRIC SCRAPS

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ SANTA'S HAT.

Thanks for visiting me..... i hope to see you on Monday for day 10....and the new challenge at SMUDGY ANTICS. love lynx

Day #8 of the 12 days of Christmas SMEARED AND SMUDGED STYLE.

Welcome to Day#8 of the 12 days ...... and as nearly everything i have made this December has offended someone i thought i'd see who i can offend by depicting the true meaning of Christmas with this assemblage.
I have used the wrong side of a 14''x7'' stretched canvas. I added thick board dividers to make compartments.
I painted the whole thing in a soft suede brown to get a vintage feel..... combined with traditional greens golds and reds. The main image of the Madonna and child is a recycled Christmas card that i cut down, stamped and embossed the edges.

I used a small ornament 'faith'.... and various Christmassy bits and bobs........ that i embossed in a mixture of gold and copper embossing powers to keep to the overall colour theme.

I love natural elements at this time of year, so i have included tiny pine cones and some greenery....a miniature pale green candle on a tiny cut log..... an Angel offering a gift..... a harp type instrument..... i used a pretty sheer decorated ribbon to edge the entire canvas...as it allows the paint colour to show through.... i even used the dreaded glitter.

Sorry about the picture overload but there is so much to see.... and this took me most of the day!

I know you're all wondering ...'WHY did the dragon do this..... well my two little girls are so full of 'Mary and Jesus' i thought they might like it..... and they do...so if they're happy...i'm happy!

I shall enter the following challenges......

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ PROJECT WITH DEPTH

http://takeaword.blogspot.com/ JOY

http://cceestampers.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT.

http://crimbo-crackers.blogspot.com/ EMBOSSING

http://rainbowladyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ ANGELS

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS PROJECT

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ WINTER OR CHRISTMAS

http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/ VINTAGE

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ VINTAGE CHRISTMAS

http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS IMAGES AND COLOURS.

http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS.

http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES.... BLOG PARTY

http://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ NATIVITY

thanks for visiting me.... see you on Saturday love lynx

The end of CREEPMAS.... and the 7th Day of the 12 days of Christmas, Smeared and Smudged style.

Well this is my last post for the 13 days of CREEPMAS.....Thank you all who came by and those of you who discovered other Creepmas artists though this event i am really pleased.
Today i have made a small piece for the Pagan/Wicca folk out there..... i hope to make it part of a larger piece sometime soon. The golden Oak King, who is the light twin, rules from midwinter to midsummer. The darksome Holly King rules the dark half of the year from Midsummer to Midwinter.

I used oak leaves to symbolize the coming of the Oak king...... and the skull to symbolize the 'death' of the Holly king.

The skull is SMEARED INK..... printed out 6 times , fussy cut and layered up to become a dimensional skull.

The oak leaves are from DELICIOUS DOODLES..... the wonderful GREEN MAN image..... that i printed out 4 times...coloured and fussy cut.

At the moment this is just a small wreath....but i do have bigger ideas!

I shall enter the following challenges

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES.

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING BUT CHRISTMAS.

http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/ HAPPY HOLIDAYS

http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/ USE A SKULL

http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/ MAKE AN ORNAMENT.

Thanks for visiting me today...the list of bloggers for the 12 days is as always on my sidebar.

love lynx

Day 12 of the 13 days of CREEPMAS

Welcome .... to day i thought i'd share with you an ideal way to present those hard to wrap CREEPMAS goodies..... Altered gift bags. I saw these red and white gift bags in the pound shop and just knew what to do with them.... as tucked away in the depths of my craft room.... affectionately known now as the tip...... i had some bright red self-stick velvet paper. I managed to get it to go through the printer..... the skull is from ANATOMY 101 by SMEARED INK......I printed it out in 3 different sizes....just so that the bags are not identical.... peeled off the backing...stuck them down.... and a quick job done. I know not everyone...in fact most people wont like them...but hey...i like them and so will the weird friends i give them to with CREEPMAS goodies in.
I shall enter these into the following challenges.....

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ USE A DIGI.
http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/ BOX OR PACKAGING
http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/ GIFT BOX OR BAG.
http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/ PROJECT WITH A SKULL ON.
http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com/ CLEAN AND SIMPLE HOLIDAY THEME.
Thanks for visiting me.... see you tomorrow for the last of the 13 days of CREEPMAS but it'll only be day 7 of the 12 days of Christmas smeared and smudged style. love lynx

6th DAY of the 12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS SMEARED AND SMUDGED STYLE and 13 DAYS OF CREEPMAS.

WELCOME today 6 of the 12 days of Christmas..... and its day 11 of the 13 days of CREEPMAS.... December is marching on at a rate of knots..... today i have one of a few cards i'll be making to show you.
I used one of the fantastic images from AS DEATH by SMEARED INK...... i kept it simple...black white and silver...the swirly background is flocked so its nice to touch.... and i 3D'd the skull as the photo below shows.... the colour of the pic below is all wrong..... sorry... I stamped(badly) the greeting.
See you tomorrow for day 12 of CREEPMAS and the new challenge at SMUDGY ANTICS.

I shall enter the following challenges......

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ W IS FOR WHITE.

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/ MUST HAVE A SKULL ON.

http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS GLITZ AND SPARKLE.

Thanks for visiting me...love lynx

DAY 10 of the 13 days of CREEPMAS.

Welcome to day #10 of the 13 days of CREEPMAS...... I have two tags to share with you today using creepy cute images from DILLYBEANS http://www.sillydillybeans.blogspot.com/ ...i hope i have made my dear minion friend Donna from HDH happy..... sorry i missed the stripes challenge last week.... Now those who know me, know i am not a fan of creepy cute.... but these images i really do like.... cute but quirky.... and creepy to boot.
I used lots of ink as usual..... promarkers to colour my images....die-cut letters for the words CREEPMAS...... black and green card...and red altered dp....3 snow flake brads..... and black mesh instead of ribbon.
My appologies to Megan.... the very talented lady who drew these images but the tag on the right has a 'hacked' about image..... the cute little bat boy shouldnt be in the cup, a snowman should be..... but it was just to cute...cute with a capital C.... so i cut away the snowman leaving his hands which i made into batboys feet..... i do hope Megan forgives me..... now doesnt that look better than a snowman?
I shall enter these into the following challenges....
http://www.dillybeanschallenge.blogspot.com/ TWISTED CHRISTMAS.

http://www.doitwithdigischallenge.blogspot.com/ TAGS
http://hotshotcraft.blogspot.com/ USE PROMARKERS.
http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/ TEA FOR TWO.
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/ COLOUR CHALLENGE...RED,GREEN AND CREAM.
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/ NO CARDS

DELICIOUS DOODLES, 12 days of Christmas and Creepmas

Welcome ....... today is the 5th day of the 12 days of Christmas SMEARED AND SMUDGED style, the 9th day of CREEPMAS .....and the new challenge at DELICIOUS DOODLES, which is X-TRAVAGANT CHRISTMAS.... go over board with embellies............ ......i used the wonderful 'THE WATCHER' from DD..... (printed onto patterned paper to match my surround. )I have used canvas..... but the wrong way round.... painted it and distressed it.
Made a surround to cover the staples, with dp on thick card..... i used some more dp on the inside of the frame that i have distressed with black ink..... i used an image off a Christmas card from last year..... i like to recycle....... and loads of bits the girls and i picked up near their school, plus fake greenery and berries. I stamped the word 'NEVERMORE' onto matching dp and heat embossed.

We hope you can join in with this challenge, and look forward to seeing your projects.

I shall enter this piece into the following challenges.....

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/ NATURE.

http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/ WINGED THINGS.

http://www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/HOME DECOR PROJECT.

http://desertislandcraftschallenge.blogspot.com/ USE AT LEAST 3 THINGS FROM THE LIST..... i used, paint, embossing, christmas theme and not a card.

Thanks for visiting...see you tomorrow love lynx

DAY 8 OF THE 13 DAYS OF CREEPMAS.

Well here i am again.... with another CREEPMAS offering. This wrapped star came from a pound shop last year and was so festive i put it in my hell-hole...ooops shed.... to alter for this year. I reused some bits off it...the fake holly leaves and gold balls.... raided the girls stash for a couple of foam snow flakes..... added more christmassy junk i had laying around.... i printed out WATCHFUL EYE digi from SMEARED INK..... click my title to go straight to him in the shop...... 6 times and coloured him with promarkers...fussy cut him out...and i do mean fussy cut..... the bottom image from the side you can see how much depth i created..... he looks pretty good in real life..... used silcone to layer it up.... and i added fluffy stuff to his hat.... my word...fluffy stuff, gold...and a touch of glitter...what is happening to me? I am getting rather christmassy...... yuck!

I shall enter the following challenges with my CREEPMAS STAR....

http://decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/ DECORATION

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ WINTER CHRISTMAS

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ SNOW/SNOWFLAKES

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS DECORATION

http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/ AN ORNAMENT.

Thanks for visiting me...see you tomorrow....love lynx

DRAGONSDREAM T.I.O, 12DAYS OF CHRISTMAS AND 13 DAYS OF CREEPMAS

Welcome.... we have another challenge for you at DRAGONSDREAMS and this time it was the dragon herself who chose the film title as inspiration and that is TIME CHANGER..... so more STEAMPUNK from me this week....good job its a favourite of mine..... remember to enter it must be a tag with at least one real stamp used.
Here is my piece.... dark and moody..... and i have tried to give it a christmas feel too....well sort of.
I have stamped The Madonna and child into the background on the left.... i tried to sort of fade it in with the clock faces ........so it might be there ...it might not.... ..... i coloured it with just black ink..... and used cream card stock...... i printed the words on the computer...... i hope this is christmassy enough for the 12days.... and creepy enough for creepmas....i think its quite a creepy thought really.... if you could time travel...think of all the things that might not be!
I shall enter the following challenges.......

http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com/ TAGS.

http://drunkenstampers.wordpress.com/ MONOCHROMATIC

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ ELEMENTS OF TIME

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/ VINTAGE

Thanks for visiting me today see you again tomorrow.

love lynx

TRY IT ON TUESDAY and 6th DAY OF CREEPMAS

We have a new challenge for you at T.I.O.T .... its CARD WEEK..... so it has to be a card and the theme is SANTA..... the big fellow himself.
I used papers from my neglected crimbo paper stash.... and a new digi image from SMEARED INK..... KILLER SANTA. I coloured my image with promarkers cut him out ..... printed my words out on the computer.... and thats it...very easy project for today and i hope it gives my son a laugh.We hope you'll come and play along..... your santa doesnt have to be a KILLER SANTA..... we look forward to seeing your cards this week.
I shall enter the following challenges....
sorry if i offend anyone......
http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.com/ USE AND CUT OUT A DIGI IMAGE
http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS IMAGE AND COLOURS
http://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ ONE FOR THE BOYS
http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ FAV CHRISTMAS MOVIE.... BAD SANTA!
http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/ CREEPY CHRISTMAS
See you tomorrow hopefully love lynx

SMUDGY ANTICS...DAY#3 OF THE 12DAYS and DAY #5 OF CREEPMAS

Welcome to another new challenge from SMUDGY ANTICS...... this week our theme is STEAMPUNK ...ON THE DARKSIDE....... but anything STEAMPUNK IS FINE BY US!
I have tried....i do mean tried...to also make mine festive to fit in with the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS and CREEPMAS..... they are not really creepy but they are POE....!
I made two fairly large tags using papers from CRAFT CHAOS DESIGNS.....Susans papers are fantastic..... i grunged them up even more with ink and sandpaper..... masked them and added POE's face to the largest dials on the papers..... i added SEASONS GREETINGS to both, metal gear cogs and clock hands ..... i used chain in the top holes.

I made two pairs of STEAMPUNK inspired earrings....attached them to cards to match the tags..... and used 2 small organza bags to put them in.......

......then thought these looked boring so i stamped POE on these also..... you can just see his face faintly in the photo on the right.

Please come and join in with us this week..... we'd love to see your STEAMPUNK CREATIONS..... its a favourite of mine.... so HG WELLS...... love him!

The prize this week is one of these TAG/EARRING/LITTLE BAG SETS..... to win you must use a SMEARED INK IMAGE....but you can enter using any stamps you like. I hope these are creepy enough having the Master himself on...... and they are Christmassy.... nearly!

I shall enter the following challenges.....

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/

COLOUR CHALLENGE..... one of the sets is based on these colours.

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/ CREATE FOR CHRISTMAS BUT WITH NON CHRISTMAS THINGS AND COLOURS.

http://justsomelinesblog.blogspot.com/ HAND MADE GIFT.

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES.... must comment on other entries.

http://www.simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ SHOW SOME ELEMENTS OF TIME.

http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/ STEAMPUNK

THANKS FOR VISITING ME TODAY....SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW love lynx

CREEPMAS DAY #4

WOW its day #4 already..... .... so I have made a creation today using one of Smeared Ink's new digi images, Drinking Buddy Elfette.
I had a bottle carrier just waiting to be altered and reused....and this tispy elfette just seemed perfect for the job.
I covered the carrier box in red paper that i heavily ink distressed, coloured the elfette with promakers and ink distressed her too.
I added ribbon...and a couple of christmas decs to the handle, and a red velvet ponsettia to the box top..... a bit of my sisters Christmas pressie done and dusted...yay for me!

I shall enter this into the following challenges....

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/ BOXES OR PACKAGING.

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

PHOTO INSPIRATION.

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ V IS FOR VERY VIBRANT

http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ TIC TAC TOE..... i did red green and gold.

http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/ CHRISTMAS

Well i hope to see you again tomorrow..... enjoy your sunday love lynx