QUOTH THE RAVEN ENTRY AT SMEARED AND SMUDGED DT THROWDOWN.

Ah Beloveds ! The sisters of darkness at SMEARED & SMUDGED FORUM hath set forth a Challenge to all who toil in Design Teams for other Masters and Mistresses. They doth challenge us to bring forth our most accomplished creations that hath been subjected to transformation, so that they doth appear to be that which they are not. The Challenge hath been dubbed "Leather and/or Lace". Forsooth - such a cunning theme was laid down by the Victors of the third such Challenge -  the fair Minions of the Haunted Design House.
Fi !!! How they doth strive to test us, yet the Minions of The Master hath risen to such heights and hath produced fineries that doth astound the eye.
Feast thine eyes thusly............................i dont do straight and Shell....
and my offering..... many thanks to Ike for the eloquent wording.

 I used real leather to cover a MDF heart shape..... its abour 12'' high by 11'' at the widest part. I coloured one of IKE'S Poe digis in sepia shades and mounted it in a faux rusted chained frame. I made flowers out of leather and added pearls to the centres.

 I faux rusted metal flowers and added more pearls. I stamped an angel image from DE-STEMPELWINKEL onto shrink plastic to make the centre piece for the ornate faux rusted cross.

 There is duchess lace, a lace panel and metallic trim.... a zipper, chains, dangly pearls, and a lace up bodice type thing.... and an old faux rusted key. Please come and check out all the entries on the forum.... and vote for your favourite team makes.

Thanks for looking BDx
FAB'N'FUNKY.....FEEL THE LOVE
FRILLY AND FUNKIE ,,,,, UPCYCLE (nearly everything on this piece is salvaged)
CREATIVE CARD CREW.... HANDMADE FLOWERS (I made the large flowers from leather)
CRAFTY BOOTS.... RECYCLE (as above)
HOUSE OF GILLI ...LACE AND PEARLS

SMUDGY ANTICS and MACABRE MONDAY

This fortnight at SMUDGY ANTICS, we want to see who has the GUTS and the BLOODY SPARKLE-TUDE to play along with our challenge.  Our hearts will beat outside of our chests with pride, glistening in the light of the glittering sun.  In case you haven't guessed the theme yet...or haven't looked at the title of the post (DUH) the theme this fortnight is 

GLITTER AND GORE.

The choice is NOT OPTIONAL.  YOU MUST USE BOTH GLITTER AND GORE in this challenge or your project will not qualify for a prize.  If you don't own any gory or scary stamps, Smeared Ink has plenty of digis in their shop that fit the bill.  If you are super strapped for cash, you may use any stamp, even a cute one, as long as you add both glitter and gore.  I have seen some amazingly gory Magnolia projects out there in blogland so there is no excuse NOT to play.

We can't wait to see what you guys and gals make!

Remember to use a stamped image (real or digi) 
  Only the best will win so get your mojos on the ready and get creative. 

As i dont usually do either Glitter or Gore... this was a hard challenge for me. The quirky love card above is what i came up with. The heart is a rubber stamp from SMEARED INK, stamped 6x, colouredith promarkers and fussy cut.... dipped in my melting pot. Very thing else is from my stash apart from the glitter card i had to borrow off my girls. I hope you'll be able to join us this fortnight.


Next up we have MACABRE MONDAY.... its the second week .
Our  Macabre Monday challenge is :

Skeletal Remains

We are not actually goading you into doing a Burke and Hare on us! What you can do is get down to the nitty gritty with anything relating to skeletal remains e.g. skulls, skeletons and bones etThis fortnight we are lucky enough to be sponsored by 

The Octopode Factory.

 I used 3x OCTOPODE images on these cards...... and i think have very different results.
I coloured all the images with promarkers..... and the background on the bottom card.
Hope you'll join us at HDH..... this time round.

Thanks for visiting BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges
ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS     FOR A LADY ( top one)
CHEERFUL STAMP PAD GOTHIC CUTIES (bottom two cards)
MAKE IT MONDAY ANYTHING GOES LINKY PARTY
COLOUR ME CREATIVE ALL ABOUT RED (top and bottom cards)
LEFT OF CENTER CHALLENGE LOC OR BLING IT UP ( top card is both)

SMEARED AND SMUDGED APRIL BLOG HOP and QUOTH THE RAVEN

Its time for another members blog hop over at Smeared and Smudged and this month we are getting dirty......Well dirty vintage actually..... grungy, distressed...well worn!The full blog roll is below.... its well worth taking a look at every single blog as all these lasses are amazingly talented and bound to inspire you.
My offering today is also my design team piece for QUOTH THE RAVEN where we have a great challenge for you that started last week but because of my internet issues i havent been able to do much recently.

Blog Roll

Shell

Black Dragon

Kapree

Madeleine Bouquet

Susan

Hazel

Shoni

Kay

Monique

Wendy

Anna

Fiona

I'll warn you now.... lots of photos...... lots and lots! My piece is a hand made book.... bound in leather.... with a stamped and guilded butterfly on the front.

                                                      Poe.... with a dimensional raven.........

                                          ...........the raven is in cut-out, with various bits and bobs,
                                         and sealed inside aceatate.

                                        ..............Embossed pages, tags, ribbons.......

                                       ............ stamping...cut and paste victorian decoupage,

                                            .............. pockets....flaps..... heat embossing....

                                          ..............pages edges with gold gilding pen....

                                                                  ............ loads of ink.....

                                                        ...............loads of roses...........

                                            ..... scarlet fabric inside the front and back covers...

Thanks for visiting...enjoy the hop and hope you'll join us at QUOTH THE RAVEN this month. BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges...
LEFT OF CENTRE      LOC OR RIBBON AND BOWS