DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Good morning to you on this bright and blustery Sunday.
Today is my turn to post on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL DT BLOG.

Today i have just a little something to share with you.

I f you're like me you have a box of little bits left over from other projects,

fussycut flowers from one project, some tiny bits of tree bark, some moss,

a mount board circle..... rubbish really.... so add an empty tin can, 

some strange little 'critter' stamps and you have a 

SMALL WORLD.

 Don't they all look so happy with their new home?

Because of family things this week i didn't get to blog this on Tueday, again it was my turn posting for
DE-STEMPELWINKEL
just a card to celebrate the start of autumn.

All stamps and Original rust are from DE-STEMPELWINKEL shop.
I'd like to enter the following challenges....
ALLSORTS.... HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
ROUGE REDHEAD...AUTUMN COLOURS.
SWEET STAMPIN' ....THINGS WITH WINGS .... the card
GRAPH 'IT COLOUR ...... AUTUMN COLOURS
STAMPIN'FOR THE WEEKEND...FAIRIES AND FANTASY
CRAFTING CAFE.... ALTERED ART ...the altered tin can

See you again soon... thanks for stopping by. BDx

DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Another week has gone, so its my turn to post again on the designers blog... my favourite month of the year is nearly upon us,during October we, the designteam at DE-STEMPELWINKEL will be celebrating all things Halloween, we're taking part in the 31days of Halloween hosted by the
 SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM so,
i thought i'd better get some of the small prep-work items started. 

These are the bits and pieces that no-one usually notices, they just add to a larger piece...

but they are actually nice stand-alone items.

I stamped onto off cuts of leather with stazon.

Coloured the details in with gel-pens then gently buffed with sandpaper.On one book i added brads, but wasnt sure they looked right...to shiny? Our post-it-notes must be bigger than Dutch ones... i spent ages having to cut ours down to fit inside.

These are the first of many little books i'll need during the Halloween season.... so many little bits and pieces to make before i even get started on 'proper' projects.. (sigh!)
Thanks for visiting... BDx

NEW CHALLENGE BLOG.... IKES WORLD and QUOTH THE RAVEN REMINDER

 IKE of IKES WORLD... and QUOTH THE RAVEN.....has just this week started a brand new challenge blog .... not only is it a great challenge... IKE even gives you a free digi to work with if you don't already have any of her digi images. She is also looking for a brand new design team.... so why not apply?The first challenge is TIC-TAC-TOE

I used top to bottom left side for my project.... and an image from IKESART SHOP.

 I altered a jute bag by recycling some of my girls outgrown denim skirts, some sequins,pearl beads , a flower and a big applique design.

The raven is printed onto iron-on transfer paper then coloured with fabric pens.

I hope you'll have time to play along with this exciting new challenge.

My bag is also a reminder to come and join us at QUOTH THE RAVEN.... we too have a tic-tac.... but ours is POE! 

As you can see my flower centre is Mr Poe...for this project i used bottom left diagonal to top right.... stitching-Poe-raven. 

Hope to see you enter both of these challenges 

Thanks for visiting BDx

NEW CHALLENGE AT SMUDGY ANTICS

Welcome back for another fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!

The theme for this challenge is to

Use Embellishments.

We couldn't have made it any easier on you guys and gals this week!

Just make sure to use a stamped image (rubber or digi), add some embellishments and be sure to read and follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog and you are golden.

Get creative and don't be afraid to think outside of the box.  We embrace all forms of stamped art and love seeing original and diverse projects.  You may enter cards, scrapbook pages, tags, atcs, altered objects, mixed-media projects, etc.  The more creative you get, the more likely you are to be the chosen winner of the challenge.

 This is my project.... i have used 163 gems.... all around the door.... its difficult now to know that they are gems...

.....but if you look closely you can see them. The stamps used are from the
SMEARED INK RUBBER CLUB, Quoth the raven and Morte.

 Micro beads, clay, homemade modling paste,4x colours of paint and a boat- load of drying time!

Hope you'll join use for this super easy challenge.
Thanks for looking BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges...
CRAFTS TO CHALLENGE YOU...TEXTURE &YOUR OWN STYLE
THE CRAFTING CAFE... ALTERED ART

DOMINOART...Sun memories +any games piece goes.

Its week #3 for the challenge at DOMINOART,

YOUR ARE CHALLENGED TO ALTER ANY GAME PIECE...

(Domino, jigsaw, monoply money.... the list is endless...)

using a SUN THEME.

I altered two dominos .... using CHERRY PIE STAMPS.

I stamped using black and blue stazon, heat set, then coloured with sharpies and ink.

I used a thin coat of diamond glaze over the top, when completely dry i used rub-ons for the words and added a small metal embellie to one of them. 

I then used a nice thick coat of diamond glaze to seal my dominos.

Its not to clear from the photo but both have a nice depth to the images.... both have ribbon around the sides for a neat finish....and magnets on the back.

I do hope you come and join in this challenge...you have until 18th september to link up.

Thanks for visiting BDx

TIC TAC POE

Ah, My Beloveds,
The Minions of The Master are at last back together, having suffered life's trials and tribulations that hath vexed them sorely. !!!  Twixt dire problems with health/succour and the dread scourge of the Devil's power /machinery they hath struggled and been fair lashed - but pulleth through with great gusto and with full might of Mojo :-)

Today The Master offer unto thee TIC,TAC,POE - such delights within the grid to spur thee to create wondrous offerings.

Watcheth thee also how the Followers of The Master doth creep ever nearer to the magic number of 100.  It will be with great elation that The Master shalt offer thee CANDY upon reaching the allotted number in honour of thy servitude. :-D

QUEST 24.... TIC, TAC, POE and herewith is thy Grid.

Accordingly, thou shalt chooseth any 3 Squares in whichever direction thy heart doth desire, and maketh therefrom a creation worthy of The Master - but I remind thee, lest thee forget.. thy creation must be connected to Edgar Allan POE to qualify for the Prize.

I have used the top row of the grid for this Halloween/creepmas decoration

Please dont look to closely ...i burnt the poor birds beak when i lit the candles :(

The raven from Smeared ink, Quoth the raven rubber stamp set, is decoupaged and sitting on rolled ribbon roses.

Thy Prize for such endeavours shalt be thusly.............

Please come and join in with us we love seeing the wonderous Poe inspired creations.

Thanks for visiting BDx

SMUDGY ANTICS and DE-STEMPELWINKEL.

Better late than never hey? 
Our challenge at SMUDGY ANTICS has just a few more days to run.... but you still have time to enter....

The theme for this challenge is to

MAKE AN ATC.

An ATC is a 2.5" x 3.5" piece of artwork that is typically traded.

Learn more about ATCs here.
These are my ATC's,
i've called them Summer morning and Winters night.... think you can guess why.

 The stamps are from Smeared ink.... join the rubber club Here.

  Yesterday was my day to post on the de-Stempelwinkel DT blog, below is my project.
I love salvage.... well junk really.... this project is all junk except the ladies face in the middle. I used a stamp to stamp into clay.... arranged all the bits and pieces around it .... transformed junk into treasure.
The details are all on the DT blog.

Thanks for visiting BDx