Sunday 20 March 2011

MACABRE MONDAY

It's monday and we have a brand new challenge for you..... ands its......
................................................................"Dastardly Divas!"
You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project that includes a diva.
We want to see women who still look fabulous even when performing acts so vile and vicious that Dracula himself would blush. Lipgloss and bloodlust, it's a winning combination!
We also have the PERFECT sponsor for this challenge! Barbara Jensen is an artist who creates digi stamps, clip art, tubes and other exquisite goodies to play with. The winner of this challenge will be chosen by Barbara herself, and you'll get to choose any THREE of her digi stamps as your prize!
I was given IVY to work with....... and started off thinking...'poison'.... but decided to do (Pagan)Eostra, as yesterday was the 1st day of spring.


I had a wooden sun/flower shaped mirror waiting to be altered.....i removed the mirror, painted the frame , green, then sponged dark green and black over it once dry. The centre circle is stamped coloured and triple embossed.... the stone circle stamp is from Non- sequitur, i covered chipboard letters in sculpture paper i made, and cut tiny flowers from it.

I used 'silk' ivy leaves to cover most of the frame..... if you look closely there are also some tiny 'gold' metal leaves, gems, and glass-like flowers .....................




Ivy doesnt look 'DASTERDLY' but most people.... (not me i hasten to add as i am a closet Pagan) seem a little worried by Paganism, and associate it purely with the occult and witchcraft.
I hope you can find time to play along with us this week..
and i shall enter this into the following challenges,



http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ .....SPRINGTIME

http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ .... WELCOME SPRING

http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.com/ .... SPRING OR EASTER

http://jffchallenge.blogspot.com/ .... A DIFFERENT FORMAT

http://stampinsanity.com/ ..... POT OF GOLD

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ ...EMBOSSING

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ ...GREENS, OLIVE, BROWN AND BLACK WITH OPTIONAL LEAVES.

http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/ ....GREEN

http://mamidoodles.blogspot.com/search?label=challenge.... CELEBRATE SPRING

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ ... SPRING

http://creativefriday.blogspot.com/ ...SPRING AWAKENING

http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/ ...PINK AND GREEN

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

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

http://www.alyssundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ ....SPRING THEMED

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/ ...SPRING

http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ ...EMBOSSING

http://www.simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ ...SHOW A WORD.

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ ...EASTER TIME

thanks for visiting, love lynx

30 comments:

  1. Hello Lyn and welcome to Just for Fun! Nuttin' bad about the pagens we are still celebrating a whole lot of their special days. LOL Love this piece those ivy leaves are smashing make a perfect frame for the magical stone circle. Thank you for joining us at Just for fun this week XOXO Zoe

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  2. Wow, what a lot of Challenges this will fit into. Lovely piece of artwork that would adorn anywhere you chose to hang it. Love the image in the centre of all those ivy leaves and the tiny gems, leaves and flowers.
    I have some friends who are Pagan.
    Thanks for joining us at JFF.

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  3. What a fab project love all the detail you've put in it and it will look sweet where ever you hang it :)
    hugs Nikki C

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  4. OMG!! What a great project!! Love the motiv and all the details.

    Thanks for joining us at Stampavie and More this week :)
    Nina.

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  5. Oh wow! What a stunning project! Looks like you have spend lot of time with it. It´s amazing! Thank you for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge! xx Bianca

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  6. Totally Fabulous my friend! Love it to bits!

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  7. What a fabulous creation:-))
    Amazing details!!
    Thanks for joyning the Colour Create Challenge.
    Sylvia.

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  8. Hello. This is an amazing challenge piece. Wow...so many challenges! Lots of work on this one and lots of attention to detail. Very well done! Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge!

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  9. Oooh, I like what our challenge inspired in you! She's so glamorous and beautiful and works perfectly with the other elements of your mirror. I don't know about Eostra, but you'ved piqued my curiosity to learn more.

    Thank you so much for participating and sharing your art with us at Opus Gluei!

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  10. beautiful creation, lots of fantastic detail on this stunning !

    Marie

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  11. Ohh wow, what a great project. I like your colours and image.

    Thanks for joining Creative Stampfriends.
    Greetigns Claudia

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  12. Gorgeous colouring! Thanks for taking part in the Mami Doodles challenge.

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  13. Lovely!

    Thanks for joining us on our "Anything but a card" challenge on SECRET CRAFTER SATURDAY CHALLENGE :)

    Hugs Jane x

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  14. scarily beautiful, such a lot of detail and work :)
    Thanks for sharing with us at JFF
    Von x

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  15. GORGEOUS. I love how you have her emerging from the ivy. Your coloring is perfect. I love what you've done with her hair. This is a wonderful hanging. It's great to have you playing with us at OPUS GLUEI again. Now I am off to look up more about EOSTRA...

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  16. Oh Adorable! And I know a lot of time and work has gone into this. Very creative! Thank you for playing in our Use A Digi Challenge this week at The Crafty Pad. Wishing you luck in the random draw and hope to see you Sunday for a new challenge.

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  17. OMGosh this is such an amazing creation, and such lovely choice of colours,

    thanks for sharing with us at Secret Crafter: 126 Anything But a Card

    Good luck with the challenge,
    Hugs Bridget :) x.
    SCSC DT

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  18. Gorgeous creation

    Thanks for joining us at Secret crafter Saturday this week and good luck!

    Hugs
    Francesca

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  19. fab card, love the stamp and your coloring
    thanks for playing with us at Paperplay this week
    hugs
    céline Paperplay DT

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  20. Wow this is gorgeous!! I love the colors!

    Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!!!
    -Sarah

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  21. Hello
    a wonderful job. The image is colored beautifully.
    A stunning design.
    Thanks for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge.
    ** Karla

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  22. wow wow wow I love this stunning piece of work Lyn...amazing image too...thanks for joining in with the Colour Create challenge
    Mina xxx

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  23. Wow!!!This paper craft has got to be off the board beautiful. I am really not a fan of Gothic but I can certainly appreciate all the time, effort, and creativity that went into this stunning craft. Thanks for joining us this week at The Crafty Pad for our "use a digital stamp" challenge. Hope to see you again on Sunday for our next challenge :)

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  24. Wow this is amazing so many details I LOVE that image too :D
    Thank you for joining us at CPF and good luck.

    Hugs

    Amy xx

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  25. This is fabulous!
    Thanks for joining us at the SCSC!
    Helen x

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  26. Wonderful :)

    Thank you for joining us at IDIC this week.

    Hugs Gurkiss

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  27. Amazing! So creative! thanks for playing along with SI!

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  28. Fantstic work.
    Thanks for joining us at the Fairy Tale Challenge.
    Hugs Sandra

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