SMUDGY ANTICS and MACABRE MONDAY

Welcome to the new challenges at two of my favourite challenge sites..... First up we have SMUDGY ANTICS..... and we have a sketch for you this week.... its a nice clean and simple one...check out the blog to see the exact sketch but heres my piece using it as inspiration....I have used all SMEARED INK images...digis and real rubber for this POE piece. I made a clay heart with dripping glass paint blood.... i stamped out my sentiment and cut off the 'N' at the begining so instead of 'nevermore' it says 'evermore'. I wanted an aged vintage feel to this piece so i used coloursoft pencils, and ink.....and of cause the usual black smudgy edges.

It would be wonderful if you could join us this week as its the last week of the current dt.... a new team of invited only designers will be announced on wednesday.... nail biting stuff!

Next up is of cause MACABRE MONDAY.....
http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/ Where our new challenge is.....

"Shot through the Heart"

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece

that includes a heart and a hole somewhere on the project.

I have used the same SMEARED INK image as i did for the piece above but went for the striking red and black colour scheme for this fatbook page. A silver coloured heart charm and a piece of black ribbon, added to the black ink distressing makes for a very contempary piece.

I hope you'll come and play along.... think of all the off beat valentines cards you could make?
I shall enter the following challenges.....BOTH PIECES.....

http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com/ ROMANCE IS IN THE AIR.

http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.com/ BE MY VALENTINE

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

http://www.papercreationsink.com/ LOVE/ROMANCE

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ I LOVE YOU

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ USE A DIGI

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ VALENTINES

http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/ VALENTINE/ANNIVERSAY/LOVE

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ UN-TRADITIONAL VALENTINE PROJECT

THE POE PIECE

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/ OLD FASHIONED OR ANTIQUE

http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/ TRUE TO MY STYLE..... deep in my heart evermore.

Thanks for visiting me today...see you again soon love lynx

QUOTH THE RAVEN

I am so pleased to have found so many folk who share my passion for E.A.Poe.... i used to think i was maybe a little strange.... but i now know that i at least am not alone in my strangeness.

I have borrowed the words of the eloquent Ike to announce the new challenge............
The Master was most pleased with your wondrous creations on the first Quest, in fact, he was so uplifted by the offerings of so many minions that he challenges you next to strive even further in your efforts and manufacture a creation in his Own image :-D
It may take the form of anything your little hearts desire but must contain therein his wondrous countenance.

....... thats our challenge for the next two weeks.... make something...anything.... using any thing you want to use with the Masters likeness.

My piece is a framed 12''x12'' art piece. The images are all from the internet. Stamped on and altered my me. The mount is stamped ...distressed...inked and distressed some more.
The centre piece is a small cameo of Poe in a brass bezil with mess over embossed foil card.

The frame has been painted, distressed, painted again, distressed again then rubbed over with metallic paste.

The embellishment in the corner is made from some silk leaves that i painted then heat embossed.... i love the look you get doing that.... and the flower thing i made up from other bits in my fabric scrap box.

The raven is a TH die cut.... rubbed over with metallic paste.

I hope that you'll find time to join us.... i love nothing better than coming to see Poe art work.

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

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ SONG TITLE.... (SIMPLY THE BEST/TINA TURNER)

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ FANCY FRAMES.

http://www.papercraftstar.blogspot.com/ VICTORIANA

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ THE ONE I LOVE.

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ SWIRLS

http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ DISTRESSING

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/ OLD FASHIONED OR ANTIQUE

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ INSPIRED BY A SONG TITLE. ( SIMPLY THE BEST-TINA TURNER)

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/ VINTAGE

Thanks for visiting me today.... keep safe love lynx

DRAGONS DREAM T.I.O

We have had a bit of a break over the holiday season but now we're back and we have a new challenge for you, chosen by my teamie Elizabeth and its THE BEACH.

Remember it has to be a tag and include at least one real rubber stamp.

I live a stones throw from the beach..... the most easterly point in the UK....so its the cold North sea i look out on.... but it is lovely to see the sun rise out of the sea.... quite magical sometimes.

Anyhow...enough rambling... my tag... all CHERRY PIE stamps.... coloured with water colours as i wanted a misty pastel look. Dark ink around the edges.... and mounted onto black card.
I hope you can find time to come and join us..... i shall enter this tag in the following challenges....
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING BUT A CARD.

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING BUT A CARD.

http://clearlyistamp.typepad.com/my_weblog/ PASTEL COLOURS.

Thanks for visiting me today...i hope to see you again tomorrow for the new challenge at QUOTH THE RAVEN and for the winner and top 3 of our first ever challenge.

love lynx

The words are....JOY IS NOT IN THINGS, IT IS IN US.

how true? x

MACABRE MONDAY

Welcome to another challenge from the creepy, crazy freaky world of MACABRE MONDAY.

We had an enormous amount of response to our challenge last week , so i hope we get the same for this challenge which is......."Get Lost"

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
that includes a map. Big or small, background or main focus... let's get lost in HDH-land!
I used about 9 different map stamps to make the back ground..... coloured with distress inks and mounted onto a black card base. I then used red paint on one of the splatters from a retired rubber set from SMEARED INK and randomly 'bloodied' up my background. The main image is also from SMEARED INK..... AS DEATH..... coloured with distress inks...fussy cut and added to my background. Finally i ink distressed all the edges with brown then black ink to keep with the vintage feel.

I hope you'll have time to join us this week for this slightly less MACABRE than normal challenge.
I shall enter this 'skinny' into the following challenges....

http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com/ TALL DARK AND GRUESOME

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

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

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

http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ DISTRESSED VINTAGE

http://cropstop.blogspot.com/ DISTRESSED VINTAGE OR SHABBY CHIC

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ THINGS WITH WINGS

http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-challenge-vintage.html VINTAGE

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

Thanks for visiting me today. love lynx

DELICIOUS DOODLES

We have a brand new challenge for you at DELICIOUS DOODLES today and its WINTER WONDERLAND.

Teri has some beautiful new images in her store http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com/2012/01/lycaonia.html including this one... LYCAONIA.

I printed it out twice so that i could cut one image out to use as a mask..... then stamped my scene....coloured everything with promarkers and ink.

Distressed the edges with lots of black ink and used a white gel pen to add high lights.

We would love you to join us this fortnight..... you could, if you're lucky win 5 of Teri's beautiful digi stamps.
I shall enter this fatbook page in the following challenges.....

http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com/ MASKING

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ FROSTY WINTER COLOURS

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

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ SNOW

http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.com/ WINTER

http://tandastamps.blogspot.com/ SCENIC

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.com/ USE BLUE

http://craftascene.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-1-anything-goes.html ANYTHING GOES

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/ WINTER

Thanks for visiting me.... enjoy the weekend to come.

Love lynx

SMUDGY ANTICS and MACABRE MONDAY

Good morning and as its Monday i have a couple of new challenges to announce the 1st one being SMUDGY ANTICS...and our theme this week is MASKING.

Interptritate this as you please.... spray inks and masks....stamps and masks or masked images.... we like to encourage you to do something different and try something new to you.

Saying all that, what did i do? I stamped and masked.....one of my favourite things....

...i used images from SMEARED INKS, QUOTE THE RAVEN, AS DEATH and HOLY CITY rubber stamp sets and stamped and masked myself a small collage depicting the Master himself.

I coloured it with promarkers and ink, squared my piece up but cut around the skull at the front, and the angel of deaths wing, to give the piece a little interest..... as if anything with Poe on needs it :) Then mounted it on black card, then onto green that i had stamped and distressed.

We hope you join us this week, in this fun and easy challenge.

Now as its MONDAY it has to be MACABRE http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/ and our new challenge is .....

"Chic Freaks"

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece

that includes a chic freak or a freakishly chic theme. Get your freak on... in a chic way.

We have been sponsored by STAMPOTIQUE ORIGINALS http://www.stampotique.com ....such weird quirky images you just have to love them!

I made 3...yes 3 fatbook pages with them.
Just one of the crowd, stand out from the crowd, and WHAT CROWD!
I stamped and masked, coloured with promarkers and ink, the 'sentiments' i did on the computer.... and matted my pieces onto black card.
The little guy on' WHAT CROWD?'.... just makes me smile.... he looks so naughty..... and full of himself!

We hope that you'll join us this week.... and look forward to seeing all of your inspiring creations.

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

http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ TAKE A PICTURE. .....i made a POE picture.

http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/

SOMETHING NEW

the stampotique stamps are new.

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

STAMPING COLLAGE

all the pieces are collaged.

http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/

A LITTLE STRANGE ...everything i do is a little strange!

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

ANYTHING GOES.

http://4x4friday.blogspot.com/

OPEN THEME

http://fatpageswithattitude.blogspot.com/

ANYTHING GOES.

Thanks for visiting.... and i hope you'll join in one or both of these challenges and i'll come and visit you too!

love lynx

QUOTH THE RAVEN, and SMEARED and SMUDGED MEMBERS BLOG HOP.

Well the big day is finally here and if you want to know who won all the rubber stamps and 2 sets of brilliant digi images at QUOTH THE RAVEN, you'll have to pop over there and take a look.... just click on my title...it'll take you there. For our first challenge we chose RAVENS.... what else could it possibly be? So you have two weeks to create something.... anything you want.... you dont have to stamp.... it can be cut 'n' paste, digi, knitting, metal work, embroidery ANYTHING you enjoy doing...... but must have a RAVEN somewhere.
I combined my piece with the SMEARED AND SMUDGED members January blog hop...our theme for this hop is MESH.... Oh yes i like mesh.... tatty black mesh is a must!

JANUARY SMEARED & SMUDGED
MEMBER BLOG HOP
BLOG ROLL
Tori
Black Dragon
Fiona
Monique
Jane
Celina
Sara
Kristy
Heather
Kapree
Helen
Alison
Sugar
Dianne
Lisa
Sharon
Pam
Ike
MaryKay

I am sorry there are so many photographs but this shadow box is huge...well for me its huge,

about 19''x9''....... and there is a lot to see.

It is a deep frame that i altered...added little shelves.... and set about making bits for all the compartments. An altered domino, lots of tiny hand made books.... trinkets and treasures....

i have used mainly SMEARED INK STAMPS ...but the odd one from Ike... look closely and you'll see the pendant i made for HDH on monday in there.... the skeletal Raven from de-stempelwinkel....... loads of bits and pieces...ribbons made into flowers...a couple of wedding rings, candles...oh lord heaps of stuff....and tiny little skulls...Thanks Tori!

I hope you'll come and play with us at QUOTE THE RAVEN...and i hope you'll also check out all the fantastic inspiration that the Smeared and smudged members will be sharing with us on this hop.

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

http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com/ RECYCLE

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ SHABBY.

http://squigglestamps.blogspot.com/ RECYCLE/UPCYCLE

http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.com/ I'VE BEEN FRAMED.

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/ USE A FRAME.

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ RED LETTER DAY

Thanks for visiting me today.... i am so pleased that the POE CHALLENGE BLOG is finally up and running.

love to all lynx BD

MACABRE MONDAYS

Well its been a whole week since i managed to create anything.... that is technically not true as i have made my DT piece i'm now going to show you.....but it is a week since i blogged anything... its now time for a new challenge at MACABRE MONDAY.....
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
that uses, includes, or depicts metal in some way. You can go very literal with metal embellishments or metallic papers.Or you can use the Metal music genre for your muse, or maybe some industrial H.R. Giger type stuff.Make it dark if you dare!!We like things a bit more on the spooky side here in 'da house!
So METAL it is.....
I had a lot of fun with a digi stamp from my fellow minion IKE.... its on sale in her shop....
http://www.ikesart.com/#!__digital-art-stamps/productsstackergalleryv20=7 and traced really well on to some black coated metal. I embossed the image into the metal, then etched the details in. I matted it onto silver card then onto a black card base.
I used a MS punch on both edges of a strip of silver mirri card and added a piece of black velvet ribbon.
Yep....i made a card.... but my cards are nothing to write home about so i thought i'd also make a pendent.... i used the same black metal.....but a much smaller image....

i did exactly the same as i did for the larger image on the card.... once finished i adhered it to a pendant blank, took my time making sure all the edges were neatly folded then with metal working tools made a pattern around the edge and onto the front around the RAVEN image. I have just threaded through some double sided jewelry quality velvet..... hopefully making it into a very wearable Gothic inspired necklace.

I hope you'll have time this week to play along with us minions.

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

http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING BUT SQUARE.

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ NO FLORAL EMBELLIES.

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

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ THINGS WITH WINGS

http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ CARD STOCK ONLY, NO PATTERNED PAPERS.

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ BIRDS

Thanks for visiting me.... love lynx

SMUDGY ANTIC and MACABRE MONDAY

Welcome to a Goth day..... i have 2 new challenges to tell you about and both pieces i made are very GOTHIC .
First up our new challenge at SMUDGY ANTICS....... WHEELIE GOOD TIME......remember no cute.... we dont do cute.....make something.....anything.....as long as somewhere its stamped...either real rubber or digi with WHEELS ON..... easy hey?

I used one of the DEATH CAB images from SMEARED INK....and printed it onto an image from the internet.... thats as digi-clever as i get! I then stamped around the edges with a boarder stamp and used lots of black ink. I used a MS punch and a T!m holtz die....some ribbon roses, a piece of ribbon, knotted to hold an ornate cross from my stash..... i then set to work with a white gel pen to do all the high-lights on my well inked image. I matted and layered it onto silver then black card. The small close up on the right shows the detail better.

You have 6days to join in....we really look forward to seeing what you create.

We minions at HDH have had a bit of a break.... but now we're back and ready to go.....http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/
Our new challenge is...

HDH114 "Got Goth?"
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
that uses or includes a Goth theme. Think black, lace, leather, elegance, etc.
Yeah, I know... an easy challenge..... but a good one! I have altered a box, using leather textured paper. I printed out the image that we are using as our logo on QUOTH THE RAVEN....(see blog post below...... WONDERFUL CANDY ON OFFER THERE IF YOU BECOME A FOLLOWER!.....sorry i just had to get that little plug in!) triple embossed it to make a tile..... added ribbon roses and a pretty Gothic looking piece of broken jewelry.

The ...what to put in the box? What is more Goth than a satin and lace cuff? I added ribbon, and chains....and made a brooch using the same image..... it can be removed and worn on your jacket.... or where ever you fancy! Please come and show us your interpretation of GOTH...we love seeing what you guys come up with.

I shall enter the following challenges....

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

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ USE A DIGI.... the hearse in the 1st project is a digi image from SMEARED INK.

http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ OUT WITH OLD, IN WITH THE NEW. my 2nd project is celebrating the NEW POE BLOG.... using old an old box and a broken jewelry.

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

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

http://www.papercreationsink.com/ DIE CUTS AND PUNCHES.... my top project has both!

Thank you for visiting me.... love lynx

NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGE BLOG.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.


I wish everyone love,luck,good health and happiness in 2012.


I have joined forces with two friend, who like me adore the work of E.A.Poe and we have launched a new challenge site.....http://poequoththeraven.blogspot.com/ the challenges will all use his work as the theme/inspiration..... so there will be NO CUTE.... no pink fru-fru... our first challenge will be on 12th January but we have a really wonderful followers blog candy..... so i hope you'll come and check it out......


Leave a comment on the post and one lucky person shall win enough stamps to enter almost any challenge we set.
Thanks for visiting me....once again HAPPY 2012..... love lynx