Monday 25 February 2013

NEW SMUDGY ANTICS CHALLENGE and reminder for HDH MACABRE MONDAY

A fortnight has passed and it is time for another challenge with SMUDGY ANTICS.
The theme for this two week period of creativity is
CRUMBLE IT.

Here is the definition of crumble (verb):

  1. disintegrate, collapse, break up, deteriorate, decay, fall apart, perish, degenerate, decompose, tumble down, go to pieces
  2. crush, fragment, crumb, pulverize, pound, grind, powder, granulate, go to wrack and ruin, break down
The word crumble sounds pretty destructive, doesn't it?  We at Smudgy Antics challenge you to crumble your project in some fashion this fortnight.  If it is not evident as to how you have crumbled your project, please describe your crumbling technique in your post.  Don't forget to use a stamped image (real or digi) in your projects.

I was a bit lost for this challenge....i dont tend to crumble much....other than having a nice apple crumble with cream after sunday lunch....after many false starts and a large heap of crumbled rubbish ( which i might just show at the end of this post) i finally came up with this.... Poe (as the mad-hatter) in wonderland top hat.

Over at the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM our guest designer this month is LEIGH S-B,shes challenged us to make either a TOP-HAT project or ALICE IN WONDERLAND..... so here is my offering.... the top hat is covered in crumbled velvet.... the rolled roses i made from crumbled paper..... and the greenery is crumbled silk. 

I tried to crumble the ribbon but it refused to obey! I used SMEARED INKS,  SKELETAL SHEEP, FENCE , 'SHROOMS and POE ( although i altered him using another companys stamp to give him the hat and curly hair) I also used dried weeds.... i am such a womble :) I coloured all my images with promarkers and fussy cut them. I hope you'll join us this time and have fun with 'CRUMBLE'.



Now onto .......
 HDH Macabre Monday 
Gruesome Guardians

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en based art piece
using gargoyles, gryphons, dragons, leprechauns, fairies, etc.


I made this box about a year ago..... but for this challenge finally got around to making the necklace to go in it.... slow or what? I have used SMEARED INK GRYPHON on both.

This ATC is just a little extra inspiration..... which one is the gruesome guardian?
Please come and join us..... you have another 6 days ...... we love the weird, wacky and of cause MACABRE.
Oh yeah.... this is my first offering for the CRUMBLE CHALLENGE at  SMUDGY ANTICS.... you wouldnt believe how many attempts i had at making my DT PIECE!

Thanks for visiting ...hope to see you at both of these off-beat challenges BD x

I'd like to enter the following challenges....

MAKE IT MONDAY....ANYTHING GOES LINKY PARTY
SIMON SAYS STAMP AND SHOW.... USE A STAMP YOU LOVE...BUT DONT USE... i adore the smeared ink skeletal sheep stamps...but they are so fiddley to cut-out i rarely use them.
QUIRKY CRAFTS CHALLENGE  SUPERNATURAL LOVE STORY...... the ATC WITH THE FEARIE AND GARGOYLE
ROBINS FETISH ....RIBBON OR TWINE.... the hat has ribbon on.
THE SQUIRREL AND THE FOX.... FAIRY TALE OR FANTASY..... all three pieces.
PAPER CREATIONS ...FLOWERY......... the top hat.
INSPIRE ME FRIDAYS ....ANYTHING GOES
SPARKLE AND GLITTER ....ALL THE THINGS I LOVE..... Poe.... Smeared ink stamps.... black..... 

Friday 22 February 2013

DELICIOUS DOODLES new challenge

"Flowers for Spring" 
Get all your floral images, embellishments and papers out peeps - it's time to celebrate flowers!!


We would love to see Delicious Doodles images on your creations. If you use a Delcious Doodles image you can enter TWICEAnd you get to be spotlighted next week! 

 I made a card using a couple of Teri's never images, Lily and Butterfly and La Llorona. I cut the lillies about a bit.... i cant leave anything alone you know..... decoupaged them up and put them infront of the haunting La llorona image.... so at first glance this is just a pretty floral card.... but look closer..... I coloured everything with promarkers... a smudge of ink and black card base. I hope you'll join us this week.

I'd like to enter the following challenges........
FAB AND FUNKY CHALLENGES  FLOWER POWER
LOVE RUBBER STAMPS CHALLENGE LOTS OF LAYERS
DAISY DOODLES CHALLENGE ANYTHING GOES WITH A DIGI
MY CRAFT SPOT CHALLENGE FLOWERS
STAMP AND CREATE  SPRING

thanks for visiting BDx

Wednesday 13 February 2013

BLOODY VALENTINES BLOG HOP and DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Welcome to the final day of our 3x day blog hop, i have 3 x ATCS to show you, made for a swap at the CHERRY PIE art stamps yahoo group, where our swap theme is GOTHIC VALENTINE.


The ATC below is another from the book i posted yesterday....FOR THE LOVE OF POE.


The Valentine atc below was made for the DELICIOUS DOODLES challenge...NO DESIGNER PAPERS.... you still have a day and a half to enter.... we'd love to see you there.

 Finally today is my day to post on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL DT BLOG.... our month long theme is holidays/travel....  so i chose to make a LONDON ATC....not much to do with BLOODY VALENTINE but the tower of London has had one hell of a bloody past!

Below you'll find the full blog roll....check out each and every as you'll be so inspired by these talented ladies.



Blog Roll

Tori
Shell
Black Dragon ( you are here)
Susan S.
Monique
Sandy
Jane
Abbie
Leigh
Wendy
Lady B
Ike
Kristy
I'd like to enter the following challenges...
FUN WITH ATCS....RED
WICKED WEDNEDSDAY ATC CHALLENGE CELEBRATE THE SEASON... valentines.
GLOOMY ART VALENTINES
Thanks for visiting BDx

Tuesday 12 February 2013

SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOG HOP WITH POE.



Welcome to day 2 of our BLOODY VALENTINE blog hop. Today its a POE-FEST.....our challenge at QUOTH THE RAVEN is TIC-TAC-POE and at HDH MACABRE MONDAY its POE, ROMANTIC OR LUNATIC.
Below you'll find the full blog roll....check out each and every as you'll be so inspired by these talented ladies.





Blog Roll

Tori
Shell
Black Dragon ( you are here)
Susan S.
Monique
Sandy
Jane
Abbie
Leigh
Wendy
Lady B
Ike
Kristy
My project today is a book filled with 14 ATC's called FOR THE LOVE OF POE.... it also has another ATC on the cover, so thats 15 in total.
 Its completely hand made..... sorry i can only show one of the ATC'S but its for my VALENTINE SWAP PARTNER and i'd like the rest to be a surprise for her.... as i know she likes POE as shes at QUOTH THE RAVEN with me.

This is my POE for HDH MACABRE MONDAY.... A pouch card with the poem ADREAM WITHIN A DREAM inside.... other than the RAVEN this is my favourite of Poe's poems.




This is my box for QUOTH THE RAVEN,TIC-TAC-POE CHALLENGE.
The Raven image is from IKE, embossed onto crafters metal.
I hope you'll join us at QUOTH THE RAVEN this month..... and at HDH MACABRE MONDAY before the challenges ends on Sunday evening. I'd like to enter the following challenges...
CELEBRATE THE OCCASION  VALENTINES ...the atc book
FUN WITH ATCS  USE RED .... the atc book
EVERYBODY ART CHALLENGE METAL .... the raven box
PAPER PLAYTIME BORDER PUNCHES...the raven box
PAUSE DREAM ENJOY MAINLY RED.... the atc book
thanks for visiting today...see you tomorrow. BDx

Monday 11 February 2013

SMUDGY ANTICS and VALENTINE BLOG HOP


A fortnight has passed and it is time for another inky challenge with Smudgy Antics.
The design team challenges you to make an ATC. 
 Easy as can be, right?   For those that may not know, ATC stands for artist trading cards.  ATCs are 2.5" x 3.5" works of art that are intended for trade.  ATCs are kind of like personalized business cards as the front has the handmade art and the backside contains the artist's contact information.  
You can search the net and find tons of information and examples of ATCs. 

There is a bit of a twist with the challenge this fortnight.  The ATC you create MUST incorporate a stamped image (real or digi) and it must follow the theme of 
"BEATING HEARTS".  

You have two weeks to add your creation to Mr. Linky.  Also, if you would like to trade your ATC with another artist, please leave a comment stating such in the comment section of this post.  Trading is not required, but since that is the purpose of ATCs we thought we would give everyone the opportunity to trade.





I have used the heart from QUOTH THE RAVEN stamped 5x, fussy cut and dipped in my melting pot.
I did a rust paint technique on the base card, mesh and screww brads. Red nail vanish doubled as the dripping blood. I do hope you'll join us this fortnight and maybe swap ATC's? I am using this atc as my day one project for the SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOODY VALENTINE HOP..... please visit everyone on the list, you'll be amazed and inspired.



Blog Roll
Tori
Shell
Black Dragon ( you are here!)
Susan S.
Monique
Sandy
Jane
Abbie
Leigh
Wendy
Lady B
Ike
Kristy
I'd like to enter the following challenges
GLOOMY ART  BLOODY VALENTINE
CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK ANYTHING GOES
CHEERFUL STAMP PAD HEART
MAKE IT MONDAY ANYTHING GOES LINKY PARTY
SIMON SAYS STAMP GET MESSY
COME AND GET IT CHALLENGES SHOW US YOUR HEART
ATCS AND CARDS WITH ATTITUDE... BE MY VALENTINE
Many thanks for visiting... see you tomorrow for day 2 of the hop. BDx