THE FINAL DAY OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS....SMUDGY ANTICS reminder... a DE-STEMPELWINKEL ANGEL and a look at my CREEPMAS dining room.

Here we are.... the final day of the 2014
12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS HOP
 sponsored by SMEARED INK.

The full blog roll is at the top of my side bar,

please visit these talented ladies for ideas and inspiration on how to make your CREEPMAS truly amazing!

Here is todays drawer and tag....no pressie to show today as in the last drawer is a personal gift for the lass across the pond  who I hope has this calender in her possession by now....
its a bumper post today.... but I hope you'll bear with me...It'll be 11 months before Its Creepmas again!

 SMEARED INK real rubber stamp for the tag again....
aand a nice little glimpse of the OCTOPODE POE.

 Today is my day to post to the DE-STEMPELWINKEL DESIGNERS BLOG.....
so i have an angel candle to show you.... details are on the blog...click link above to know more....

 ....what gores best with angels...? Demons of cause. Yesterday was my day over on the
 SMUDGY ANTICS BLOG.... you'll find all the details of this alter piece by clicking the above link.

 What a handsome chappie he is!

 Now for a few photo's of some of our CREEPMAS DECKS...

 Our Angel and demon tree.... above... below Poemen adorning my Halloween house.

 My little gargoyles below with their hats on.... and creepy santa hanging from a huge black snowflake in the corner.

 The little black tree one of my girls made... the school wanted her year to make 3D trees for the school corridor... hers of cause was the only Creepmas one there! You can also the dinosaur she sew for me... he has to join in the fun!

 Small dragon with hat..... altered candles,,,,

Below... Ronnie raven with his hat.....

 ....lots of Creepmas things....

Thank you for visiting me... I hope you have a wonderful CREEPMAS....
ROLL ON HALLOWEEN!
BDx

DAY #11 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS

Here it is ...the Sunday before Christmas/Creepmas....
my house is in total chaos as we are putting up our decs...
the lounge is traditional Christmas.... the dining room CREEPMAS!
The girls decorate their bedroom purple/pink and teal.... we are a very eclectic family.

So enough waffling, onto DAY #11 of our CREEPMAS hop sponsored by SMEARED INK.

The full blog roll is at the top of my side bar,

please visit these talented ladies for ideas and inspiration on how to make your CREEPMAS truly amazing!

Here is todays drawer/tag and pressie...

 I made a miniature wreath for a Creepmas tree,with a clay -stamped Poe face on... tiny pieces of rolled up book pages, greenery and tiny red pom-poms.
The stamp on the tag is SMEARED INK as is Poe.

Many thanks for visiting me today, I hope you'll be back for the final day of our hop on Tuesday,
although I shall be back tomorrow with a project for SMUDGY ANTICS.
BDx

DAY #10 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS

Well this week is at an end....
girls finish school today so that makes it officially the begining of Creepmas.....

here we are on DAY #10 of our CREEPMAS hop sponsored by SMEARED INK.

The full blog roll is at the top of my side bar,

please visit these talented ladies for ideas and inspiration on how to make your CREEPMAS truly amazing!

Here is todays drawer/tag and pressie...

This is my favourite side of this box because it has Poe on.
The tag is a rubber stamp from SMEARED INK.

The two stars are altered using tissue paper stamped and embossed with white embossing powder.
These stamps are from de-STEMPELWINKEL.
Thanks for visiting me again today.... see you again hopefully on Sunday for DAY 11.
BDx

DAY #9 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS and DE-STEMPELWINKEL.

Well this month is flying by.....

here we are on DAY #9 of our CREEPMAS hop sponsored by SMEARED INK.

The full blog roll is at the top of my side bar,

please visit these talented ladies for ideas and inspiration on how to make your CREEPMAS truly amazing!

Here is todays drawer/tag and pressie...

 The tag is a SMEARED INK STAMP as usual....

 the little bells for the creepmas tree  have been alter using tissue paper stamped and embossed with a spiders web from DE-STEMPELWINKEL.... i added black ribbon to hang 'em with and adorable spiders,

I used tiny little skulls as the clapper inside each bell.

 Now for something truly scary....

its my turn to post on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL designers blog today,

apparently Creepmas isn't big with Dutch folk so its best that I don't do my usual stuff.... so I altered a bauble....BE WARNED..... it's scary....

 its got glitter, sequins and faux snow!

The details are on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL blog.... I really don't wanna scare you CREEPMAS hoppers to much!

Thanks for visiting me again today.... hope to see you again on Friday.

BDx

DAY #8 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS and SMUDGY ANTICS

Good morning, 

Welcome to  DAY #8 of our blog hop,

sponsored by SMEARED INK.

The full blog roll is at the top of my side bar.

Here is today's drawer,gift tag and pressie.

 I made a dimensional raven ornament., using a stamp from SMEARED INK,
stamped lots of times,fussy cut and built up...
added some greenery and ribbon roses that I made.

 The tag is also a SMEARED INK STAMP.

 ALSO today its my turn to do the inspiration post for SMUDGY ANTIC'S.....

 POEMEN... felt decoration... you'll find more details and pictures on the SMUDGY ANTICS BLOG.

Thanks for visiting.... hope you'll be back for DAY #9 on Wednesday.
BDx

DAY#7 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS.

Good morning, 

Welcome to  DAY #7 of our blog hop,

sponsored by SMEARED INK.

The full blog roll is at the top of my side bar.

Here is today's drawer,gift tag and pressie.

 I made a layered up skull/dipped in the melting pot and added it to a mini wreath I made from some reclaimed greenery  and little spiders. Another tree ornament for the creepmas tree.

 The stamp on the tag is SMEARED INK, the layered Skull is a stamp from DE-STEMPELWINKEL.

There is a tutorial on the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM  that I did ages ago about how to make these faux porcelain skulls

Thank you for visiting today, I hope to see you again on Monday for DAY #8 of the hop

and SMUDGY ANTICS.

BDx

DAY #6 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS and DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Here we are again..... half way there with the 12 #DAYS OF CREEPMAS blog hop.

The full blog roll is on my side bar...

please check out all the very talentd ladies on this hop...you'll be amazed 

and inspired.

Here we have todays drawer/tag and pressie....

 I altered a little drum tree decoration, and make skull topped drumsticks.

 The stamp on the tag is from SMEARED INK,

the one on the drum from DE-STEMPELWINKEL.

 It's my turn to post on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL designers blog today,

I altered a wooden reindeer tree ornament, I thought a steampunk reindeer was a little bit alternative!

I used the same technique as I did for the tree I share on DAY #5 of this hop.

The stamps used on the reindeer are of cause from DE-STEMPELWINKEL.

Thanks for visiting today, I hope to see you again on Saturday for DAY# 7.

BDx

DAY #5 OF CREEPMAS and IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGE.

Here we are on DAY #5 of the 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS...

December is marching on at double pace!

The full blog roll is at the top of my side bar.

I have a bit of a bumper post for you all today....

IKE'S WORLD has a new challenge,''MERRY CREEPMAS'' and 

yesterday was my day to post on the SMUDGY ANTICS BLOG,

So enough waffling... better get on with showing you my projects!

Todays drawer/tag/gift....

 The tag is a real rubber stamp from SMEARED INK, the star ornament is decorated with a cobweb stamp

from  DE-STEMPELWINKEL. 

 IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGE ''MERRY CREEPMAS''.... well I have to have Poe amongst my Creepmas decs don't I?

I have altered one of those small wreathes from a pound store.. 

i stripped it down, then re-made it to include skulls and spiders with POE as the central feature.

Please come and join in our challenge...remember to be considered for top spot or top3 places you must use an IKE'S ART image.

 Berries, bows spiders , skulls and Poe...what more could you need for CREEPMAS?

Yesterday was my day to post on SMUDGY ANTICS....

part of our re-launch of the blog is that you'll get daily inspiration projects from the DT,

I altered a wooden tree blank using clay and SMEARED INK stamps.

Full details are on the SMUDGY ANTICS BLOG.

Thanks for bearing with me today.... I hope you'll join us at IKE'S WORLD and SMUDGY ANTICS...

Thanks for stopping by, see you again on Thursday for DAY #6 of CREEPMAS and MORE!

BDx

DAY #4 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS

Here we are on DAY #4

of our blog hop, the full blog roll is at the top of my side bar,

please visit all of these amazingly talented ladies to see what

wonderful CREEPMAS creations they have to share.

Another drawer and tag from me today....

I promise that there will be other things as well as we get near CREEPMAS!

Todays drawer and tag....

...the pressie inside....6x mini notelets with envelopes, you could use them as tags... 

 they are 3''x3'' square..... the images are from SMEARED INK and IKE'S ART.

 Thanks for stopping by.... see you again on TUESDAY for DAY #5 of the 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS HOP...... or maybe you can stop by tomorrow to see more CREEPMAS inspiration from me for the SMUDGY ANTICS BLOG.

DAY #3 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS.

Here we are again.... another day, another drawer to open in my 

CREEPMAS advent calender.

You'll find the full blog roll on my side bar,

please visit every one on the roll as these ladies do the most incredible CREEPMAS projects...

you'll be both inspired and amazed.

Todays cute little tag....

 ...... todays gift is a handmade note book holder and a 'ho ho Poe' note book.

 The little holder has a plain note pad already in it.... Poe is a spare for when its all used up with writing letters to santa.... ha ha!

I was asked on day #2 of this hop how big is this 12 days of creepmas calender...

well it is roughly 4 3/4 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide. Each drawer is just over 3''x 3'' x 1'' inch.

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon for DAY #4

BDx

DAY #2 OF THE 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS

Here we are on day two of our CREEPMAS CELEBRATION,

the full blog roll is at the top of my side bar....

Whats in todays drawer?

 The usual choccy of cause... a creepmas tag adorning a black wrapped  3''x3'' creepmas canvas.

Here's the canvas...unwrapped.... all the stamps are rubber from SMEARED INK.

Many thanks for visiting me... i'm sure you'll be amazed and inspired as you continue on this hop.

BDx

DAY #1 OF THE 12 OF CREEPMAS 2014

DECEMBER 1ST is here....

everything will now be Christmas.... but....we at

SMEARED AND SMUDGED 

do things a little bit differently.... 

we celebrate the 

12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS

the full blog roll will remain at the top of my side bar until the hop ends...

please check out everyones inspiring creepmas projects.

My DAY #1 project.

 A creepmas advent calender.

 DILLY BEANS digi images on 3 sides.... with a sack digi from SMEARED INK

 On the final side is an OCTOPODE Poe digi image.

 I made a variety of these advent calenders this year.... mainly from scraps.....
this is the one I like best as the others were all 'real' Christmas.
The top is decorated with baubles, greenery, bones and spiders.... so wickedly FESTIVE!

 Inside drawer #1 a wrapped gift...with creepmas tag...... plus the ubiquitous chocolate....

 ..... this is the wrapped gift.... .a mini countdown double block calender.

Thanks for visiting me today.... hope to see you on wednesday for DAY #2.
BDx