Wednesday 31 August 2011

DRAGONS DREAM .... and my NEWS

I have the honour of now being part of the Dream team.... i adore the Dragon...(Frankie) her work and her challenges.... some of you may remember i did a guest spot there over a year ago...where does the time go?
Waffling over..... we have a new challenge for you and its to be inspired by the song title 'Bed of roses' by Bon jovi, chosen by my teamie Elizabeth..... your TAG must have some metal on it and at least one REAL ( even if its just a sentiment) stamp ( as this is a stamping based challenge.... i am in heaven!)
I stamped a red tag with a large rose flourish from CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS ,embossed with black powder.... mounted this onto a slightly larger black tag.
The Rose in the upper corner, again from creative expressions was stamped 6 times and coloured with promarkers.... fussy cut into layers and decoupaged.... i added black scruffy feathers...instead of leaves.




The skeleton in the coffin is made from a recycled food container..... it was rather thick so took me nearly 2 hours to do..... i was given a notepad by my dad and step mum and this wonderful image is on the back cover..... i rubbed over it.... like we used to as kids with crayons...remember?.... then i spent 2 hours deeply embossing and de-bossing to give the effect i wanted..... i then painted it with matt black paint....once dry i buffed it up... and i am pretty pleased with the result.



I'm happy with my bed of roses.... and we'd love to see yours..... whatever your style!

I shall enter this into the following challenges




http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/ INSPIRED BY THE COLOUR OF YOUR BIRTHSTONE.... mine is ruby(july)


http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/ USE SOMETHING RECYCLED.... i used a foil food container.






http://phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ MAKE YOUR OWN EMBELLISHMENTS.... i made everything.


http://www.ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ GREY AND BLACK WITH A POP OF RED. ...hope silver counts as grey?


Thanks for visiting me today.... please come and dream along with us.... we look forward to seeing your take on this charming theme.

love lynx



23 comments:

  1. Congratulations! And your tag is beyond amazing and so gorgeous!

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  2. hey, welcome to the team - I love your tag - and yes, I remember doing that with the crayons. We are going to have lots of fun with you on board.

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  3. I am sooo in love with this! Words cannot even express how awesome your project is!

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  4. Wow! This is awesome. Really gorgeous.:) And congrats!

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  5. Another awesome project.. I love what you have done with the rose and the skeleton is amazing.. you have some patience and it paid off..

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  6. Wow. What a start! It is fabulous. I am so in love with metal work at the moment. I love your layered Rose. And that coffin is beyond fantastic. Welcome aboard teamie!
    Wanda xx

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  7. OMG I knew it would be good, but this is such an amazing first piece, BD... That skeleton is just to die for (get it!!!) And you must explain fussy cutting sometime VERY soon... Welcome to the team, darlin
    Frankie
    xx

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  8. You rock girlfriend! I love this creation! (Okay, I love all your creations!) I am learning so much from you! Thanks for always sharing your details! Have a wonderful rest of the week!

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  9. Lynx you are sooo talented!!!!! this is amazing!!!

    Fiona. x

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  10. This is amazing - what a fantastic creation!!!

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  11. Cooorrrr fantagstic LOL!Love the feathers with the roses, and the skelly is great! Elizabeth x

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  12. Thank you for joining us at Phindy's Place make your own embellishment challenge this week.

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  13. OMG!!!This is totally awesome!!! Love the flower and i`m so impressed by the technique on the skeleton coffin. Amazing job! Thanks for sharing with us at Phindy`s Place. Hugs...Mona

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  14. WOW! A-MA-ZING!! Thanks so much for joining us at THE SHABBY TEA ROOM ;-)

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  15. Congratulations on your design team post!
    Wow what a project and a half in labour and love but so worth all the time you spent on it, GORGEOUS result, amazing rose, incredible coffin and a wonderful sentiment, you rock!
    Thank you for joining us at Opus Gluei!
    Gini
    xx

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  16. This came out so cool looking, definitely shows the time you put into it and the effect is worth it! You always come up with an original and artistic project to share with us at Opus Gluei, glad to see you coming back and I hope you continue to!

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  17. This looks nice... alot of effort!

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  18. So cool...I love the texture. Thanks for joining us at Our Creative Corner!

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  19. Lyn, you have really worked to get some great texture with your hand embossing. I'm not into skeletons and such (at 77 years such things are not so funny) but I do appreciate your handiwork. It must have taken forever to do.

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  20. you are so awesome, Lyn! I love your work! Every time I stop in by you I am blown away! I love the colors and your work is always so exciting!
    Thank you for joining in our Rosey challenge this week at the order of the Opus Gluei! We are glad you came to play!

    xxx

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  21. Congrats on your new gig. This is totally awesome and worth the time you spent on it.

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  22. I can't believe you made that skeleton out of old tin. My god woman you are my hero!!! x

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