Saturday, 9 March 2013

D'ART Challenge #1: Week 2 of Rick St Dennis Domino Books

Its the second week of DOMINOARTS 1st challenge.... i hope you all remembered to pick up the freebie images to make your book with.... if you didnt you can now buy the images for a limited time from
Here are my 3...yep 3 domino books using the SPRING/EASTER images.... two as Rick designed, cute and cuddly....eeek!!!! and one my style..... Creepy spring.







All the details of supplies used are on the DOMINOART blog..... i do so hope you'll join in with us for the first ever challenge.
I'd like to enter the following challenges
SPARKLE AND GLITTER SPRING IS IN THE AIR
BROWN SUGAR CHALLENGES   EASTER
HOT SHOT CRAFTS ANYTHING BUT A CARD
JELLY PARK CHALLENGES BUNNY HOP
CRAFT CHALLENGE EASTER/SPRING
CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS SPRING
FAB AND FUNKY CUTE AND CUDDLY
Thanks for visiting BDx

Friday, 8 March 2013

QUOTH THE RAVEN QUEST # 19

Beloveds,
March hath crept upon us and  I am here to give thee thy next Quest. But first, let us sing praises to the Victor of Quest 18.... All Hail to...................ANNA LILJA

And now, thy further Quest..............at QUOTH THE RAVEN is...............  "Anything POES". But remember ye that thy offering MUST be related to Edgar Allan POE to be considered worthy of being chosen for the Prize. Bring ye not thy fluffy, smushy if it be not POE !!


Here is my offering to the master this month.... an altered gift pack, large journal,address book, note pad, two pencils, all in a holder/stand.

Front panel showing the quote from the master.....'' Is all that we see or seem,but a dream within a dream?''

Everything neatly tidied away.
I used crafty chaos papers to cover everything..... the image is from SMEARED INK, coloured with promarkers,
adhered to the front of the books, then i aged and ink distressed everything, and fine-lined all the edges with a goldleafing pen........the front covers of all the books are covered with clear vinyl to give them protection.
We do hope you'll join in with us this month.... its a really easy quest.

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

 There is a brand new challenge blog starting its first challenge today.....
LEFT OF CENTRE CHALLENGES   CHECK IT OUT....

and these challenges too....
ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE    MAKE IT MANLY
CRAFT ROOM CHALLENGE GIVE A GIFT
PAPER CRAFTING JOURNEY ABAC
SARAH HURLEY RECYCLE ... this was a girly gift set....eeek!
SASSY DESIGN STUDIO RECYCLE.... as above
Thanks for visiting BDx

Saturday, 2 March 2013

DOMINO ART 1st CHALLENGE


Today i have great news to share with you.... i adore altering dominos.... as does the amazingly talented Leigh S-B who owns DOMINOART blog .... she has now announced her first ever CHALLENGE.... and wait for it...i shall be designing for her...YAY!
Below are the two dominos i made for the ROMANCING  THE DOMINO ART that i totally forgot to blog.... i am such a flake at present.......

Pretty little stamped image, dot coloured with promarkers, sealed with diampnd glaze.
Magnet on the back.

Stamped with stazon, heatset...dot coloured with promarkers, sealed with diamond glaze... ribbon around the edge.
Magnet on the back.


To find out all the details of the 1st ever DOMINOART CHALLENGE  just click on the link.... and you'll be amazed that you are even provided with the images to from....


RICK ST DENNIS
........to use for this challenge. I am working on my design team pieces as we speak..... just remember the FREE IMAGES will only be available for two days .... the 6th and 7th of March.... so if you want them and want to play along  be there!
Hope to see you entering.
Thanks for visiting BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges...
FAIRYTALE CHALLENGE USE MINI STAMPS
STAMPING WITH THE DRAGON ANYTHING GOES
CRAFT RIBBON CHALLENGE ANYTHING GOES WITH RIBBON
ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE  MUST USE A  STAMP

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

Thursday, 24 January 2013

De-stempelwinkel DT steampunk valentine trinket box.

This little wooden box has been altered using foil tape, paint and sand to give it a rusted metal look.


The gears are cut from silver card and given the same paint effect. The image is stamped and coloured with promarkers then ink distressed to make it appear dirty and well worn. I made the little envelope and pencils, grunged them up,then raided my bit boxes for the rest of the embellishments..... the leather trim around the side of the box is a bit of an old belt,


                                                                         
Thanks for visiting BDx
I'd like to enter the following challenges.....
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ VINTAGE
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/ VINTAGE ALTER SOMETHING
http://paperplaytime.blogspot.co.uk/ USE SOME BROWN
http://creativemomentsbloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ NEUTRAL COLOURS
                                                       

Monday, 21 January 2013

HDH MACABRE MONDAY

Well we have made it to the second challenge of the year, at HDH, without any casualties in the dungeon!
So far.

Our next challenge is:


Famous Last Words

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en based art piece
using a famous last line from a favourite book, poem, or movie.
Go even one better, and use a death bed confession
 or last utterance. Ohhh, creepy, right?


I went with the supposed last words of E.A.POE ...who else? My piece is a mix of digi and stamped images, coloured with promarkers and ink distressed in two shades of grey and lovely black. A white gel pen added the high lights.Basic matting and layering with black and gold for impact.
I hope you'll join us this fortnight..... and check out the DT s inspiration pieces today and next monday.
Thanks for visiting .BDx
I'd like to enter the following challenges....
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ ANYTHING GOES
http://thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/ CAS NO EMBELLISHMENTS
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ ANYTHING GOES LINKY PARTY
http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/ WHAT ARE YOU KNOWN FOR? dark, gothic, POE!

Thursday, 17 January 2013

JANUARY SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOG HOP and lots more!


It's that time again! Time for the Smeared and Smudged member blog hop. The theme this time around is......RIPPED, TORN AND FOLDED!
Blog Roll

I have made a pocket (folded!) to hold the poem ''Quoth the Raven''.... this is the front....
Why blogger has decided that the next two photos have to be on their sides is a mystery to me :)
the Raven is on the back....and inside is the poem.

I have used a mix of digital and lovely real rubber stamps.... ink and promarkers to colour my images and card stock. I used a copper coloured metallic pen to do the fine edging lines.... ribbon, glitter ribbon and gems to decorate.
The wrap around my pocket card is vellum.... not real vellum i hasten to add.... i only found out what real vellum is actually made from  earlier this week and i was pretty amazed... eeek!
The vellum is TORN along the the long edges and RIPPED at the sides near the gems.


This project will do nicely for SMUDGY ANTICS this week as the theme is to INCLUDE A  POCKET.... and it'll do at HDH where we have a FREAKERS FREE FOR ALL..... come and join us at both if you can.
We also have a ANYTHING POE challebge running at QUOTH THE RAVEN...... so maybe you can join us their sometime soon too.... please...pretty gothic please?
The project below is my actual DT piece for all 3 this week but blogger has been such a pain in the backside that i couldnt post the photos......
 ....its a made from scratch pocket, pocket book..... the pages are hammered vellum paper.... the cover is covered with black velvet.... trimmed with leather, chains, hearts and a TH book plate framing POE.
There are 8 concealed pockets containing tags with black ribbons for easy removal.
Sorry for the long post..... hope you'll enjoy the hop and maybe play along with one of the challenges i mentioned.
Thanks for visiting BDx
I'd like to enter the following challenges
http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ USE VELLUM
http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ BLACK AND WHITE
http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/ YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS...Poe/stamps/ink/black/gothic
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ ANYTHING GOES LINKY PARTY
http://blog.markerpop.com/2013/01/07/markerpop-challenge-14/ GREY MONOCHROME
http://songbirdchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ PAINT IT BLACK

Friday, 11 January 2013

Happy new year ..... CATCH UP and DE STEMPELWINKEL day.

 Sorry i have been MIA for a while now..... well since the last day of the CREEPMAS BLOG HOP with SMEARED and SMUDGED..... i found Christmas very emotional.... 1st  one without either of my oldies .... but i have a new grand dragon (grand daughter....born 12th November) so things didnt look so bleak to begin with.... but ..... the week before Christmas she was taken into hospital and remained there until new year..... as you can imagine most of the holiday season was spent at the hospital or beside the phone.
Anyway.....this photo shows her as she was Christmas eve..... such a darlin'...... shes now home and doing well..... i adore her....and love being a grand dragon.
Today is my day to post on the design team blog at DE-STEMEPELWINKEL and for January we have a love theme going....... i am no card maker but so far this month i've made two for that blog......
 ....above is todays offering...simple vintage style..... coloured with promarkers and ink..... below is my offering from 6th January..... more my usual style,,,,, DARK!  Both use stamps from  DE-STEMPELWINKEL of cause...... and bits from my stash.
 This ATC was my Christmas day offering for them as well...... rather traditional for me after the Creepmas hop.
 Finally on boxing day it was my turn to pick the challenge at DRAGONS DREAMS.....the challenge has now ended and a new one is running but i thought i'd show my tag anyway.......
 ..........  more my usual style of thing.....skull, skeleton..... yep more me! Well thats my catch up..... i hope to be back on track and blogging regularly now.....thanks for visiting BDx
I'd like to enter the following challenges
http://www.thirdcoastchallenges.com/ ANYTHING GOES
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ ANYTHING GOES
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.co.uk/ ADD HEARTS
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html ANYTHING GOES
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/ VINTAGE ANYTHING GOES
http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/ SMILE