SMEARED INK day #5

Welcome to the last of my new release projects for Smeared ink. This piece is very personal to me.... its half of a two page spread..... and expresses how i feel....
I was given an image from GROSS ANATOMY... the 2 severed heads i have used in the cut out feature of my altered book.
All the other stamps used are SMEARED INK .... either real rubber or didis. I have used paint, ink, pages from a 1928 book of common prayer, Victorian style scrap.... lace...and my own wording and doodles.

I kept this ( and the facing page) page muted...using soft colours with black.....

The opposite page i'll share tomorrow.

I shall enter this into the following challenges and hopefully not offend or upset to many people.

This piece is an expression of how i feel.... i dont expect anyone to agree with me.

http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/ DIGI STAMP

http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/ DIGI STAMP

http://phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ PRETTY PASTELS

http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ QUOTE

http://thecraftgarden.blogspot.com/ A BIRD ON YOUR PROJECT

Thank you for visiting me.

lynx

MACABRE MONDAY.... using #4 new image from SMEARED INK.

Well.... its Monday and i got well and truely conned by my DT minion buddies at MACABRE MONDAYS....... i was given the impression that our challenge was something different to it actually is....... our new challenge for you is ...................
Haunted Birthday Bash!
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
representing a haunted birthday or celebration.
Make it red and bloody, or dark and creepy. Whatever you wish,just make it wicked!

Now why would my friends to this to me?

THANK YOU ....YOU TRUELY ARE VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

My offering could be a birthday card for a fella..... i suppose.... i know one i can send this to....

I am show casing another new digi image from SMEARED INK today, this one is from ZOMBIE PIN-UPS.... http://www.smearedink.com/..... coloured with promarkers.

I stamped and heat embossed the background using one of SMEARED INKS 'Inky dreams' stamps.....mounted on to distressed red card.... added bling, a hand made flower and blood drips made using a MS punch.

This sentiment made me smile.....

thanks for visiting..... please go and check out the challenge .... the minions have made the most fantastic birthday cards with me in mind.... i am so 'touched' i am crying.... stupid old dragon!

I shall enter this into the following challenges and hope i dont offend anyone.

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ FOR THE MAN IN YOUR LIFE.

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/ FOR HIM

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ ADD BLING

http://sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/ COLOURING

http://iftheshoefitsscrapit.blogspot.com/ RUBY

http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/ GLITTER OR BLING

http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ FOR THE MAN IN YOUR LIFE

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ ONE FOR THE BOYS
love lynx

SMEARED INK day #3 of NEW RELEASES

Happy Sunday.... today has my third offering of the new releases at SMEARED INK.
I have used one of THE MISTRESSES OF THE DARK for this mixed media wall hanging.
I distress painted the circular board.... added my image that i coloured with promarkers and cut out. I have used crochet mesh fabric, beads, gems, feather butterflies that i painted black... flowers (poppies) i made.... and the word ADORE that i hand cut inked paited then heat embossed then distressed...lots.
Tomorrow i'll show you another new release from Smeared ink.

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

http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.com/ USE FABRIC....crocheted mesh

http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ MAKE YOUR OWN EMBELLIES.... the poppies i made..... and i used my dreaded gem stash and butterflies i have had for years.

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/ MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWERS...i made the poppies

http://www.amberscraftsandstuff.com/ EMBOSSING....heat embossed letters

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING BUT A CARD...this is a wall hanging

http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ BUTTERFLIES.... 3 of theem...although there are black!

Thanks for visiting me today love lynx

SMEARED INK NEW RELEASES #2

Happy weekend.... today i have another of the new releases from SMEARED INK to share with you..... below is the full digi set................... HEEBIE JEEBIES........ .............and this is my card using the image from the dead centre above.... i also used the splatters from SMEARED INK..... coloured the image with promarkers and darken/distressed the edges with ots of lovely black ink............

....torn red card, mounted onto black cardstock..... job done.

Please take a look at the post below and if you have time do the hop..... there are some really great new images to use this Hallowe'en..... or if your'e like me.... use 'em anytime.

See you tomorrow for number 3 love lynx

SMEARED INK NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP

It's mid July and its HALLOWE'EN release time....
This will be the first of two Halloween Releases by Smeared Ink.
The second release will be in September. There are a total of 11 digi sets being released on 07/15/11 plus one preview single image from the September release. Anyone who loves creepy....there is even a creepy cute set!.... Zombies.... Day of the dead..... or just plain weird (ME!) you need to do this blog hop and have a look at the images.............. then go to the SMEARED INK STORE....... over the next 5 days i'll be showing the ones i was given to create with...... my 1st offering is from the A BIT BATTY set.................

i've made a wall hanging..... sort of in the style of a Victorian trophy.............. six layers of this wonderful digi image.... all aged and fussy cut..... and i do mean fussy cut..... are decoupaged onto my painted and distressed 10 inch circular canvas. I used chipboard letters, painted and distressed....and a definition from a vintage dictionary..... and a row of studs around the edge.

Below is the list of blogs you need to visit..... in any order you want.....

Terra

Tori

Alison

Kelli

Black Dragon

Lady Brayton

Kapree

Sugar

Dianne

Paula

Our Guest Dt Steph

Heres a close up of the fussy cut face..... i was pretty pleased with how it came out.... it looks pretty real.

I shall also enter the following challenges,

http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/ NO PATTERNED DP'S......... mines a painted background

http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/ LOTS OF TEXTURE........ cracked paint on canvas, studs, 3D paper sculpture in the centre.

http://happichallenge.blogspot.com/ CRITTERS.........a beautiful bat.

http://www.kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/ USE SCISSORS............. a very fussy cut bat!

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/ ANIMALS.........bat.

http://www.cinspirations.blogspot.com/ NO FLOWERS ALLOWED......... none!

Hope you can visit all the blogs on the list and come

back tomorrow for the next preview.
love lynx

MACABRE MONDAY

Its Monday again.... so we at MACABRE MONDAY have a new challenge for you... this week its........................................ Loathsome Lotharios
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
representing those bad boys we (sometimes) love to hate.
Think of a rake, libertine, a scoundrel, or a seducer... a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women, and create something that represents your desire or disgust.


I created a scene using 5 stamps from THIRD COAST and 1 from CHERRY PIE.... ( the chappie standing looking at the lasses)i made masks for them all except the last one used that was the building at the rear. I coloured my scene with distress inks, then dakened all the edges..... then...idiot that i am i remembered i needed to do a shaped card.... so i cut my scene into an arch and re-distressed the edges! I mounted my scene onto an easel base i made from black card stock.
I made my 'stop' and covered it with black ribbon.... i made 5 clay flowers, glued them to punched flowers added punched leaves... and the dreaded glitter.... saving grace.... it is black glitter!
I hope you can find time to join us minions this week.

I shall also enter this at,

http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/ NO PATTERNED PAPERS..... its a stamped scene.... on a plain black base.

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ FAVOURITE TECHNIQUE.... stamping and masking

http://irishteddys.blogspot.com/ FLOWERS..... yep.... black ones.

http://ccmspotlight.blogspot.com/ MASKING..... 5 masked images.

http://blog.therubbercafe.com/ SHAPED CARD..... an arched easel.

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/ MALE ORIENTATED/FOR HIM...... hopefully!
Thank you for visiting..... love lynx

SMEARED INK DRAGONSDAY

Every other Wednesday its my turn to post on the SMEARED INK DT BLOG..... i affectionatly call it Dragonsday instead of Wednesday. I had a look at some challenge sites last night and decides to make something that i could enter in a few of these.
My friend Susan ...of Craftchaos designs discovered a Hallowe'en challenge blog.... there are a couple of Vintage challenges , a couple of distressing challenges and a couple wanting your favoutire stamp/things.... so with these in mind .... i set about my project.... well as soon as favourite image/stamp/thing is concerned Poe comes to mind.... and the other day i was asked by one of my girls what FASCINATION meant..... so i used my love of all things Poe as an example for her.... and this is the basis of my wall art piece.I found a brilliant sketch at OUR VINTAGE AFFAIR.... http://ourvintageaffair.blogspot.com/ (THE SKETCH and FLOWERS, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE HANDMADE YOURSELF. )
I started off with a piece of T!m Holtz paper that i ink , sanded and distressed I used my favourite stamp set from SMEARED INK.... the wonderful QUOTH THE RAVEN... stamped the wire mesh randomly over my distressed paper..... i used a white pencil to just slightly high-light some of the swirls.... i coloured some gems with 'Umber' promarker to make the curve of the sketch.... i wanted a frame for Mr Poe...so i made one from thick card.... did a cracked paint effect on it...... stamped and masked Poe.... stamped the wire over my mask, and coloured with the same distress inks i used for my background. I placed my Poe image in my frame and used UTEE.... i made 3 tiny paper roses and added some metal leaves i coloured with Umber promarker..... I found lurking in a box some acrylic words.....i think i brought these in 2007 then promptly forgot them..... so i used 3 of these that i attached to some backing paper with diamond glaze..... tiny brads to fill the holes..... the word Fascination is a MAYA ROAD DIE-CUT.... that i distress ink then triple embossed.... the same tiny brads added.... i made 3 tiny pencils..... as Poe's writting is another of my favourite things..... then just mounted it onto distressed blue, then distressed brown card stock.
Blue and brown arnt colours i usually use but i think they have a lovely vintage feel.
If you have a few minutes to spare sometime please come and check us our on the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM.... the link is on my side bar..... i shall enter this Mr Poe piece into the following challenges.....

http://happichallenge.blogspot.com/ FRAME IT..... i made this frame from 4 layers of thick card....




http://www.simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ SHOW A FLOURISH..... the flourishes were all ready printed on the paper but i have 'highlighted' them





http://halloweencardmaking.blogspot.com/ TEARING OR DISTRESSING...... not sure if this is Hallowe'eny enough.... but what says Hallowe'en better than POE?




http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ 'BINGO' my line is GEMS, FLOWERS and DIE-CUT.





http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ VINTAGE PHOTO OR PICTURE...... i hope my stamped image of Poe counts.... if not i am sorry.





http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ MY FAVOURITE THINGS..... Poe... ink...distressing... SMEARED INKS QUOTE THE RAVEN STAMP SET...... paint.... dirty hands and inky fingers!





http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ VINTAGE...... i hope this piece has the Vintage feel.





http://desertislandcraftschallenge.blogspot.com/ i used...PROMARKERS, DISTRESS TOOL, CRYSTALS, DIAMOND GLAZE AND POP-DOTS.





http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ FAVOURITE STAMP/IMAGE.... my favourite stamp plate... QUOTE THE RAVEN from SMEARED INK.... Poe is my fascination!





http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ HANDMADE EMBELLIES..... i used the acrylic words i found lurking.... and i made the frame, flowers and pencils.
Thanks for visiting and making it to the bottom of this really ultra long post.... sorry if i bored you to tears!
love lynx

MACABRE MONDAY

Sorry i have been absent for a while...life has a nasty way of interferring with my crafting these days.
Its Monday so it is of cause MACABRE.... and we have a brand new challenge for you......
............................................................... .Xtremely Xhaustive


You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
using looooooooooooooong elements.
Stretch your imagination and your stash, and use things like string or ribbon, or barbed wire or sinew and ligaments. It's your call.

I decided to alter another doll...... this one is called GLORIA............. after my teamie at MM.
You can see my long dangly bits...... a cord and a cross on a chain...... plus some of the flesh on her face is dangling off just a bit.
It would be great if you can join in the fun with us this week.....

I shall also enter Gloria into the following challenges.....

I know Zoe will laugh at this....not sure about anyone else...... my friend says i'll probably be damned to hell for this but.... a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.... and no offence is intended... its just for fun.

http://jffchallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES.... Zoe you like out of the ordinary?

http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/ ALTER A DOLL OR ANY PART OF....

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ THE LETTER 'D'............ DOLL

http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES........... Yep its anything!

Thanks for visiting me today...i hope to be back again soon.

love lynx

SMEARED INK DAY

It's my day to post on the SMEARED INK dt blog..... and as we on the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM have held an ART DOLL swap..... something i have never done before ...yeh i alter china dolls... but i'd never made a paper art doll..... i'm showing off the Mr Poe side of my doll.......
The face/head are from the SMEARED INK , QUOTE THE RAVEN rubber plate.... my favourite set!..... his body has story titles on and his limbs depict these stories to my mind.
I have distressed the edges but let it black 'n' white.http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/ THE CRAFT ROOM , has as a theme this fortnight PAPER DOLLS......so i am going to show the reverse of Mr Poe as well.................

DIFFERENT hey?

This side is painted with acrylics.... and over stamped with toning colours..... i used the swirls off the SMEARED INK GODDESS SET for those.... i made a clay face..... its a little kooky/quirky..... but i think it looks 'kind' and added gems around the face.... this side as a glittery glaze over the top....

my doll show both sides of my personality.... oneside quite dark, mysterious/and morose.... the other quite tranquil/ peaceful and hopefully kind!

I shall enter this doll into the following challenges

http://takeaword.blogspot.com/ FANTASY.... ii like to think it is.

http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/ WHIMSICAL/QUIRKY / HUMOUROUS..... 2 out of 3 for sure..... Poe looking like a ballerina is quite humourous to me as well.... so maybe all 3?

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ THE LETTER 'G'..... gems and glitter...both things that i try very hard to forget i have!

http://phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ BLACK AND WHITE... the Poe side is black and white...so i'll only enter this side!

Thank you for visiting me today.

love lynx

MACABRE MONDAY

Its MONDAY so its gotta be MACABRE ...yet again..... and we have a great new challenge for you........................................................... Menacing Mermaids






You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
using mermaids as your main focus.
Let's see those terrifying temptresses from the formidable & foul fathoms!





This challenge had me scratching my head for ages...... but i then thought i'd make up an under water scene using stamps ............. the mermaid....ship... and drowning damsel are all from THIRD COAST http://thirdcoastrs.com/ ( I'm on the DT there now....... YAY!)


i stamped and masked my damsel.... then stamped and masked the mermaid..... then stamped the wreck.

I used a small 'tuft of grass' stamp...dont know whose.... and added some detail at the front.... i coloured my scene with promarkers and ink.

I added some bubbles with a white pen.... and then over stamped my whole scene using a large 'crackle' background stamp...(. dont know whose that is either) using snow cap white ink..... hopefully it looks like light rippling in water..... i have shown a close up pic below...... i am fairly happy with the effect.....

I mounted my scene onto green card then onto a black card base.... i used a row of DIGI skulls from DELICIOUS DOODLES.... just to add a sinister tone..... as if some poor lass drowning being watched by a mermaid isnt sinister enough!

I hope you have time to play along this week......

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


http://www.makeitcolourful.com/category/challenges TRY TO REFLECT COLOUR FROM SURROUNDINGS ONTO MAIN OBJECTS..... i've tried...really tried!

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ SPLISH SPLASH





http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ MORE THAN ONE IMAGE





http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES



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





http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/ JUST ADD COLOURING IN...... i coloured everything!





http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/ BLUE





http://www.doitwithdigischallenge.blogspot.com/ UNDER THE SEA





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





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





http://foryourinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/ PHOTO INSPIRATION..... the beautiful waterfall made me try to figure out how to make my 'water' seem more real.





http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ USE FROM THE LIST.....
S- products from companies that start with S - Stampin' Up, Stampavie, SEI, etc.
O-ocean or nautical, seashore, underwater creatures, etc.
S-things that start with an S like seashells, silver, seam binding ribbon, scoring, silly, stripes, seagulls stitching, etc ........ I USED.... SHIP WRECK.... SEA.... SWIMMING.... SKULLS.... etc.




Thanks for visiting me...love lynx

JUNE BLOG HOP WITH THE SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM

Welcome to the June Smeared and Smudged members blog hop.
Our theme/challenge this month was to use something from outside/in our garden..... and of cause a stamp somewhere.
I had a play and made this shadow box..... and either made or altered all the contents..... apart from my garden salvage.... which is in the compartment with the Cheshire cat.

Theres so much stuff here.... Graphic 45 papers, paint, glimmer mists, metallic rub on paste, beads, Mad Hatter chess piece... tea pot off a caddy spoon.... cork letters.... clock charm....broken egg shells made into a mosaic (behind the sheep) chest off drawers made from a match box cut in half.... an altered cup and saucer ( was part of a set the girls had in the garden!).... then theres the salvage from the garden.... a clump of 'mind your own business'... its all over Nans garden...grows like a weed.... a twig/branch from the lilac tree.... and some of my 'pinks' that have dried out a bit..... and stamped images using SMEARED INKS 'BO PEEP' set..... i used the SKULLY FLOWERS, the FENCE and the 2x SHEEP.... i love those sheep!
The top picture shows the shadow box with everything in situ.... the photo below show the things that can be removed... REMOVED!



Heres the full list of blogs.... visit in any order you like.



Tori http://ndustrial-lemon.blogspot.com/




Paula http://www.whatspeaks2myheart.wordpress.com/





Sugar http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/





Kapree http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/





Lady Brayton http://www.ladybrayton71.blogspot.com/





Black Dragon http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/





Heather http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/





Laura http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/




Ike http://suzy-ikesworld.blogspot.com/





Jane http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/




Jennifer http://justcoffeepleasestampsribbonspaper.blogspot.com/
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These are a few close ups so you can see the details.....

This was very time consuming but such a lot of fun to make..... i have plans for other pieces of this Alice chess set..... just need time to do 'em..... then i have an oriental chess set to start on!

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

http://alteredalice.blogspot.com/ MAD TEA PARTY.... i hope this counts... the Hatters here....cups, saucers and a tea pot!

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ INSPIRED BY A MOVIE....Alice in wonderland

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

http://clearlyistamp.typepad.com/ DISTRESSING..... everything is roughed up and tattered.

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ MAGICAL....what could be more magical?

http://www.simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ DISTRESSED OR TORN EDGES.... all my edges are roughed up and tattered.

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ MORE THAN ONE IMAGE.... i have used both stamped and 'cut out' images.

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ ABAC

http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/ FAVOURITE THINGS.... paint, junk, altering things, grunging stuff up....

http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/ USE SOMETHING NEW.... my new plum coloured paint and pearl glimmer mist.

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ BRANCHES..... i used a 'twig' and lots of 'forgotten' stuff.... mullberry paper i covered my altered box with.... the bead nuggets.

Thanks for visiting me today love lynx

TRY IT ON TUESDAY

This week is tag week at T.I.O.T..... and the theme is BUTTERFLIES.
My tag is all stamped using a set called '' BUTTERFLY MEN'' but i have no idea whose stamps these are.
I mounted the image on the right on foam pads..... and the wings of my butterfly men....

I coloured everything in water colours, and darkened the edges with dark green and black ink before mounting my tag onto a slightly larger black tag....... i wanted to create a peaceful happy scene.... but with menacing undertones.... see the 'imp' watching from behind the tree?
I have also made this tag with my dear friend Frankies challenge in mind.....
http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.com/ the challenge at DRAGONS DREAM is THINGS WITH WINGS.
I hope you can join in with us this week...

i'd like to enter this into the following challenges,

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/TAG IT.

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/ NO SENTIMENT

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

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ OPEN THEME

http://phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ WATER

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ SUMMER

thanks for taking time to visit me. love lynx

Macabre Monday

Its Monday so its gotta be MACABRE ....this week we are sponsored by Kenny K and the new challenge is .......
Kuriously Korroded........................... with Kenny K .

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
that is distressed in some way.
Ripped, smudged, torn, sanded, acid-eaten, burned, mangled... you get the idea.

Heres my offering .... a 10''x10'' mixed media wall hanging.... my favourite colours.... RED 'N' BLACK.

The spider web background is sheer material over black card.

My image is on red card that i distressed with scissors and ink..... there are gems.... lace mesh...

handmade flowers.... resin flowers....metal flowers..... silk leaves that i painted black then heat embossed.... in real life they look like glass..... i stamped and heat embossed my sentiment....
used a diecut cage and raven..... my image is coloured with promarkers.... and everything is ripped torn and totally distressed!
I hope you have time to join us this week... you have the chance of winning Kenny K images!


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




http://kennykkraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.com/ MY FAVOURITE COLOUR

http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/ SKETCH

http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ GIRL THINGS

http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ BIRDS

http://www.simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ TORN EDGES

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/ NO DESIGNER PAPERS

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ HANDMADE FLOWERS

http://www.papersundaes.blogspot.com/ GIRLY GIRL

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ FREE AND EASY

http://desertislandcraftschallenge.blogspot.com/ 3 FROM THE LIST.... i used BLING, HANDMADE FLOWERS and its NOT A CARD.
Thanks for visiting me love lynx

Winner for Skull Appreciation hop!

Terra has announced the winners on the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM.... for the SKULL APPRECIATION blog hop that we had on saturday.
I am a lucky lady...i won a great skull key-ring made by http://bringingupsalamanders.blogspot.com/ .....i'm doing a happy dance.
The winner of one of my pieces of jewelry is DEBBIE..... she gets to pick which piece she wants from the 10 pieces i made for the hop.
BUT...... i shall give another piece away.... (thanks Susan for helping this village idiot with the random number thingy) as i really enjoyed making all these pieces and the HOP was really great.... i hope it'll be an annual event...... so without rambling any further .....

.....SCRAPPY RAT...... who was comment number 25..... please let me know your 1st and 2nd choice..... just incase Debbie picks the same...Also can you please email Terra or myself with your postal address so i can send it to you.

Keep safe everyone love lynx

TRY IT ON TUESDAY

We have a new challenge starting today, and again its been picked by my teamie Georgina.... as its the 1st challenge of the new month it has to be a CARD..... AND THE THEME IS........

Weird and Wonderful


............. now this was right up my street, even though i'm not usually a card maker.... i had great fun. I used stamps from cherry pie, non sequtuer, dimention forth and maybe somewhere else.... stamped and masked, coloured with promarkers.... used a digi skull on foam pads stuck over a 'fairly' normal man stamp.... matted my weird art piece onto black, then red card stock, then stuck it to my card base.
WEIRD?... OH YES!.... WONDERFUL? ....not sure this can be called wonderful..... but i had fun and i hope you can play along and have fun too.
I shall enter this into the following challenges.....

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ STAMP SOMETHING ....loads of stamps used.

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ SUMMER COLOURS .... lovely blues like a summer sky...hopefully!

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ MASKING.... many masks used.

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

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2011/05/gc103-random-redhead-challenge-scene.html SCENE STAMPING.... not a conventional scene but a scene all the same.

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ LOTS OF CIRCLES.... dozens.... the bubbles are circles.

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ PLAYING IN THE SUMMER SUN.... well shes actually walking but she'll play later!

http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/ INSPIRED BY A SONG ''take a walk on the wild side''

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ INSPIRED BY A SONG as above.

Thanks for visiting..... love lynx

MACABRE MONDAYS

Its Monday so it has to be time for a brand new challenge at MACABRE MONDAY, this week it is................................................... Pleasure & Pain

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece
using something you love and something you hate.
Stamping, digis, a particular colour, a style, a technique... no limits!

I have made a 12''x12'' wall piece ...... mainly using ravens, but E.A. POE had to be there too.

My PLEASURE is...STAMPING.... POE...RAVENS.... GOTHIC...CREEPY..... BLACK.... you know the sort of stuff i like..... My PAIN is....matting onto SILVER MIRRI CARD.... i really dislike the stuff....yuck!!!!!

I have stamp all the images onto white cardstock with either grey or black ink.....some are masked.... some are double stamped. All the edges have been ink distressed.

The stamps are mostly SMEARED INK, CHERRY PIE and INKADINKADOO.

We hope you have time this week to share your pleasure and pain with us.

I shall enter this art piece into the following challenges,

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ STAMP SOMETHING

http://mypartnerincraftingcrime.blogspot.com/ UNCOLOURED IMAGE

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ MASCULINE CREATION

http://guylousinimitability.blogspot.com/ MONOCHROMIC

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES/USE YOUR FAVOURITE SOMETHING

http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ MORE THAN ONE IMAGE

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

http://justsomelinesblog.blogspot.com/ MONOCHROME

http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/ DISTRESSING

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ NO DESIGNER PAPERS

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/ ANYTHING GOES

MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE POST BELOW.... LEAVE A COMMENT AND BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING A SKULL BRACELET/NECKLACE OR RING OF YOUR CHOICE?

Thanks for visiting love lynx

SKULL APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP

Welcome to the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM ORGANISED BLOG HOP for SKULL APPRECIATION DAY. ..... although you have until TUESDAY to complete this hop as its really quite long...... nearly as long as this post me thinks!
To get all the info on the hop and info on how to win some great prizes from our sponsors click on my post title and check it out.
If you are hopping you should have come to me from my MACABRE MONDAY teamie DONNA, and your next blog to visit is PAULETTE............... as i am a techno-idiot i have included all of the blogs below as i have no idea how to edit it.... so please look for PAULETTE on the list below.... and click on that!
My piece for this hop is a 10''x10'' canvas...painted, distressed, stamped, distressed somemore.... the skull image is one i drew a couple of weeks ago for a Macabre monday challenge.... i scanned it to the puter, then printed it out 5 times and cut them all out... i layered it up decoupage fashion.
I added washers, nuts, screws, diecuts and studs to my canvas to carry on the steampunk theme of the skull.

Terra
Tori
Alison

Kelli
Jane
Alex
Judi
Kathi
Steph
Lisa
Feddie
Heather

Kapree

Susan
Dianne
Barb Foster
JenniLynne
Teri
Cyndi
Pamela
Prissy
Trisha
Dawn
Lady Brayton
Donna
Black Dragon
Paulette
Creepy Glowbugg
Susan’s Crafty Chaos
Andrea
Helen
Kate
Fiona
Sugar
Linda
Dragonfly Jane
Debbie

During the last few weeks i have made some SKULL themed jewelry.... some large 'LOOK AT ME' statement pieces, some more understated, some quite feminine.... all different and totally unique......

and as i am one of the sponsors of this hop.... (my 1st time ever as a sponsor and i'm rather nervous incase no one wants to win one of my creations...... )you might win one of the pieces above..... the winner gets to pick..... but you'll need to check on TERRA'S blog to see what you have to do.

I hope you have a great weekend.... enjoy the hop.... i know i will.. thanks for visiting love lynx

Delicious doodles

We have a new challenge starting today..... YEY i'm on time for once!..... and its .................


TEXTURE.

I have used VOODOO WOMAN and BATTERFLY from DELICIOUS DOODLES.
I've coloured my images with promarkers, fussy cut them out. I made a tag shape from some sculpture paper i made and embossed it with a cuttlebug folder.... highlighted the raised areas with metallic rub ons and mounted it on to a slightly larger black tag.
I used a MS punch for the left hand side.... stamped and embossed the words 'time of my life' ( frankie...this is a real stamp!) onto black ribbon.... used a metal flower, some chain, a couple of flower charms and a steampunk style watch face charm....
i cut out some of the embossed screw heads and used them ...one on the batterfly......
and some screw headed brads..... i love these soooo much!
I hope you will be able to play along this week..... TEXTURE covers such a varity of crafting materials.
I shall enter this into the following challenges....

http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.com/ I made this a tag so i could enter this challenge.... and Frankies theme this week is TIME.

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/ METAL

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ RIBBON

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ OPEN THEME

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

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ PUNCHES

http://digistamps4joy.blogspot.com/ WINGS

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ METAL EMBELLIES

http://stampinsanity.com/ ANYTHING GOES

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ NO DESIGNER PAPERS.

thanks for taking the time to visit me...... and i nearly forgot..... i have been asked to join the brand new 1st ever DT for THIRD COAST STAMPS....... this is a dream come true for me... i love their stamps.... and i plan to have a lot of fun getting very inky making my samples.
Love lynx