HDH MACARBRE MONDAY, NEW CHALLENGE

Welcome back to another exciting Macabre Monday challenge!!

The new challenge theme is

StEaMpUnK JuNk

That's right, it's time to gather up those bits and bobs, odd and ends, and

make something Steampunk-y with them!

That's why there are metallic paints, right?

The idea is to reuse, or up-cycle something(s) in your junk drawer,

or something destined for the trash bin.

Make it into a Steampunk inspired project.

Got it?

I have made a fascinator....

some mesh ( you know those things you scrub yourself with in the bath tub?)

feathers, beads, dragonfly, watch parts etc.

 The dragonfly and watchinnard thingy are those metal casting things,

 I added AB stones from an old brooch, TH cogs,

 and tiny watch parts to make it look more authentic.

 A few feathers and some beads and its ready to go.

One of my girls agreed to model it for me so you can roughly see the size.

I hope you'll join us this fortnight in our STEAMPUNK JUNK challenge,

we accept any kind of artwork/craft.

Thanks for stopping by BDx

QUOTH THE RAVEN... NEW QUEST

Blogger doesn't  like me much this week...

but it seems that I can add photos today,

so without further ado...

We have a new QUEST #31 at QUOTH THE RAVEN

 POEcabulary  ... taketh thee any works by Edgar Allan POE

 and createth for him a tribute in whatever form taketh thy fancie.

Thy creation shalt be connected in some form akin to The Master.

This is what I finally came up with after days of 'brain-fade'

 I used an old paper back book, that I tore in half,

folded some of the pages in half....

rolled the very centre pages into two columns...

using IKES ART Poe and Raven images I made new ''pages'' to cover the

pages i'd left flat at the sides.... I couldn't leave these showing as its not a Poe book!

 I stamped and cut-out arches to act as supports as well as decoration.

Stamped  and fussy-cut a raven to sit atop of the centre arch.

 I embellished with bits and bobs from previous projects and bits from my ever growing stash.

I then made a hard-back cover for my new book.

I made some faux suede from kraft-type packing paper... its not to easy to see but its been embossed, 

and stamped.... its much more tactile in real life.

You have until April 30th to join in this challenge.... 

and have the chance to win a $15  IKE'S ART voucher.

Thanks for stopping by BDx

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

ARTISTIC STAMPER... EMBOSSING AND TEXTURE.

NATALIES AND AMY'S.... EMBOSSING

RHEDD'S CREATIVE SPIRIT....ANYTHING GOES.

TANDO CREATIVE...RECYCLE

OPEN MINDED CRAFTING FUN.... ANIMAL ANTICS... hopefully birds count.
SHOPPING OUR STASH... FAUX TECHNIQUE
LEFT OF CENTRE .... ANYTHING (DARK) GOES.

SMEARED INK DT HOP and HDH

We on the Smeared ink DT have a designers blog hop the last Monday every month,

unfortunately, this month because of  illness and various other personal issues its a very small blog roll.

BLACKDRAGON....me...you are here!

SHELL

SHONI

Our theme this month... as chosen by Shoni is

MARCH MADNESS.

Every month in my house is madness.... 

I brought some really quaint little bird houses to alter....my girls saw them and wanted one each....

of cause one had to be pretty...the other creepy....

WELCOME TO MY MAD HOUSE (s)

 We wont dwell on the pretty one..... but here's a better look at the 'totally batty' house.

 I made panels to cover the house from clay,

 that I stamped using real rubber stamps from SMEARED INK

 ...painted plastic bats finished it off nicely.

Well thats my MARCH MADNESS..... TOTALLY BATTY!

Please visit Shell and Shoni.... see what they've come up with for this theme.

We have a new challenge starting today over at HDH MACABRE MONDAY,

my skully bat house fits in really nicely with the theme which is ...

SKULLDUGGERY

(use skulls in your project)

I had great fun a few days ago with my clay.... you might have seen a post of mine a couple of days ago with a chunky ATC....

well heres another....

Both sides feature rubber stamps from SMEARED INK rubber club.

Hope you'll join in our challenge...you have 2weeks ...well 13 days actually,

to create your project and share with us at HDH.

Thanks for stopping by..... BDx

SMEARED INK DT PIECE

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.

Today I want to show you an ATC thats my DT piece for SMEARED INK.

Also I want to let you know about the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM.

A friendly forum where dark artists, mixed media,steampunk, alternative and

vintage artists can share their work, join in with challenges, hops and chat.

This is an ATC that I have titled,

Ghost of Poe.

I used POE rubber stamp from the QUOTH THE RAVEN set 

from SMEARED INK rubber club and the poem ALONE by Poe himself.

Thanks for stopping by BDx

CHUNKY ATC FOR DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Yay it's Friday!

It's my turn to post on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL designers blog again,

so I thought i'd have a play with stamps,

clay and a chunk of wood cut to ATC size.

Please go and check out all the detail for  this project on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL blog.

 Just so you can see what she looks like stamped with ink and coloured up....

I added her to the back of the chuncky ATC.

Thanks for visiting BDx

DE-STEMPELWINKEL

I'm back doing what I like doing best...

ALTERING STUFF!

Although I am still trying to use stamps that have never been inked before,

3 of the stamps used on these drawers were totally un-used...

only the crackle effect had been inked up before this project.

The chest of drawers was well sanded, then painted, then really well sanded again so I had a super smooth surface for stamping on.

The sides have just one stamped image on, the top and front of the drawers have a stamped image that I masked off and stamped over.

I just sponged over the images with inks then sanded with a fine grade sanding block. I wanted to get a very shabby worn look to the chest of drawers.

Once I was happy that it did indeed look well worn I stamped all over every surface with the crackle stamp.

Finally a coat of semi-matte vanish and its good to go.

Thanks for stopping by BDx

SMEARED INK DT POST

I have had a lot of fun this week....

altering boxes of various kinds, getting paint and ink on my hands....

LOVELY!

I got out my SMEARED INK stamps and found something to alter!

This is a box containing 2x packs of playing cards and 5x dice that I gave a make over to.

I used a stamp from the MORTE rubber set available from the rubber club.

I sanded the box really well...stamped the image on the front, colured it with promarkers, then carefully painted around it with the same red paint i had painted the box with.

I then distressed it with a fine grade sanding block.

Come and take a look at the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM...its totally FREE..... friendly chat on the vent, challenges, swaps and lots of other stuff as well.

Thanks for stopping by BDx

HALF WAY REMINDER FOR QUOTH THE RAVEN

Beloveds - here we are half way within thy latest Quest.....

at QUOTH THE RAVEN

 TIC, TAC, ....POE

Lest ye forget, herewith thy grid.....

This was actually   my project for the start of the challenge but blogger hates me sometimes and the post didnt go up.

See here is POE.... i have used the centre horizontal line.

This one I have made for my sister.... and i've used the right vertical row.

Did you guess that her favourite colour is purple?

Here you have both boxes together..... mine and hers!
You still have 2x weeks to join in our challenge.... its a lovely grid to work with... so many lovely possibilities.
Hope to see you at QUOTH THE RAVEN soon BDx

IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGE

Here I am....not playing catch-up or anything...

I hope to now be on time with all my projects and be a good blogger....

blogger willing of cause, 'cos it can be a tricky lil'devil. 

 Our Challenge this fortnight at IKES WORLD is #13 -

 SPRING INTO SPRING

 and you may interpret that any way you like. :-)

I have used IKESART images

  SPRING FAIRY and BLOSSOM 1(lots of times!)

Coloured with spectrum noir's.... PLUS

lots and lots of fussy cutting.

This tag is for the swap on IKES ART FAN PAGE on fb...

you might want to come and check it out...

we swap tags and ATC'S every  month.

Our spring challenge will run for 2 weeks....

you could win a gift voucher to use in IKES shop if you enter using one of her images,

whats more there is a freebie image to use if you dont already have an IKE'S ART image .

Thanks for stopping by BDx

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

CREATED WITH LOVE CHALLENGE.......GIRLY

CRAZY CHALLENGE....FLOWER FRENZY

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN...HEARTS AND FLOWERS heart shaped tag :)

SMEARED AND SMUDGED MEMBERS BLOG HOP FOR MARCH

This month the theme for the forum members blog hop is VOID.

It obviously scared a lot of folks off as you can see by the blog roll below its a very small hop:)

Black Dragon
Sue The Nanny
Rebecca
Paulette
Susan

This is what 'VOID' brought to my mind.
The background is from a GOTHIC INSPIRATIONS digi-kit,
the centeral image is SMEARED INK.
If you're not a forum member why not come and take a look at the
SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM?
We dont bite... EVER! we embrace all kinds of stamped artwork from macabre and gory to steampunk and vintage. There a loads of challenges very month, SMUDGY ANTICS which is always, anything goes with a SI image.... FREAKIE FREEBIE....which gives you a free digi image to use and lots more.
Hope to see you there soon.
Enjoy the hop.... it might be small but it'll be huge on inspiration.
BD X

FEBRUARY'S SMEARED INK DT BLOG HOP.

Welcome to February's blog hop featuring the work of the SMEARED INK design team.....

every month we are to have a bloghop, this month our theme is....

REDRUM.... a theme picked by my teamie Leigh.

Below is the blog roll, this month we have a couple of my friends missing,
so here is the list of those taking part....please visit these talented ladies.

Black Dragon

Shell

Leigh

Kapree

Shoni

Rocio

Well.... when you say REDRUM to me, I think of the horse, a triple grand national winner and a firm favourite of my little Grandad who died back in the '80's.
Smeared ink have a brand new set of digi images called DEAMON HORSES drawn by
IKE.
Here is my 1st project...
using one of the new digi's....

 ......and here is my 2nd... using real rubber from 'Chicks dig guns'

Both projects are pages for a book i'm making, coloured with promarkers and ink.

Thank you for stopping by.... why not come and join us at the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM? Its free to join and we have various challenges etc every month.... including one where you even get a free digi image to use. BDx

DE-STEMPELWINKEL on VALENTINE'S DAY.

Its a bit of a change for me today, after having the 3xday BLOODY VALENTINE hop,
its now my turn to post at DE-STEMPELWINKEL so no blood or gory.
I'm not one for celebrating Valentines day....

I like to let those I love and cherish know that every day....

but even I had to do a love heart when its my turn to post on February 14th.

This little wall hanging started life as an MDF coaster, a set of 6 in a holder for £2.... bargain!

The ribbon is recycled from our Christmas crackers....i'm keeping to my 

new years resolution...so far.

Rather pretty dont you think? 

I just adore that face.

All supplies except my cheapo hearts ans recycled ribbon  are from DE-STEMPELWINKEL.

Thanks for stopping by BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges
RHEDDS CREATIVE SPIRIT.... ANYTHING ALTERED
DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES... A HEART, LETTERS OR NOTES.
DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY... VINTAGE
BEARLY MINE...VINTAGE ROMANCE
CUTTIN' AND STAMPIN' .... ANYTHING GOES INCLUDING A WRITTING INSTUMENT

DAY#3 of our BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP.

Welcome to day #3 of the 3 day blog hop celebrating VALENTINES DAY  the SMEARED AND SMUDGED way. Dont expect lovey-dovey hearts and roses.... oh you will see hearts and roses i'm sure but they'll be 'our' kind of hearts and roses. Hopefully you have come to me from JULIA.... if you havent it doesnt matter as there is a full list of the blogs to visit below. My final offering of this hop is a gift box...all hearts and flowers  using  an image from SMEARED INK,... and one of their gorgeous digi papers... a bit of ribbon, and some beads.

 I wanted it to be one of those projects that you look at and think 'oh thats pretty''...

then look again! 

 I made the flowers from the same printed out digi image as i covered the bottom of the box with.

 Also today you'll see another project of mine at QUOTH THE RAVEN,

later in the hop.... I have altered another of the board books my girls discarded years ago.

Again I have used some of the gorgeous digi papers from SMEARED INK,

you'll see whats inside when you get to QUOTH THE RAVEN.

Thank you for visiting me during the last 3 days, I have had a great time doing BLOODY VALENTINE, tomorrow I have a much more NORMAL valentines DT project to share...if you want to pop by and laugh at me !!!! Now off you hop to the lovely Kristy lee....  below is a full blog roll just in case you need it. x Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh
DominoART
Airless Chambers
Quoth The Raven 
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara
Rebecca

BLOODY VALENTINE DAY #2

Welcome to day #2 of the 3 day blog hop celebrating VALENTINES DAY  the SMEARED AND SMUDGED way. Dont expect lovey-dovey hearts and roses.... oh you will see hearts and roses i'm sure but they'll be 'our' kind of hearts and roses. Hopefully you have come to me from JULIA.... if you havent it doesnt matter as there is a full list of the blogs to visit below. My day #2 offering is a bit of recycling... using images from SMEARED INK, coloured with promarkers....the box my new phones came in... an off-cut of wall paper, some scraps of material a few beads and some feathers..... oh and 3x gems.

   I also have another project over at QUOTH THE RAVEN later in the hop...

everyone knows by now that I love POE!
Here is just a sneaky-peek for you...

Thank you for stopping by...you now need to visit the uber talented KRISTY... see you again tomorrow for DAY#3. Below is the full blog roll just incase you need it. x
Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh
DominoART
Airless Chambers
Quoth The Raven 
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara
Rebecca

DAY#1 of BLOODY VALENTINE HOP hosted by SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM.

Welcome to day #1 of the 3 day blog hop celebrating VALENTINES DAY  the SMEARED AND SMUDGED way. Dont expect lovey-dovey hearts and roses.... oh you will see hearts and roses i'm sure but they'll be 'our' kind of hearts and roses. Hopefully you have come to me from JULIA.... if you havent it doesnt matter as there is a full list of the blogs to visit below. My day #1 offering is a very simple card.... using images from SMEARED INK, coloured with promarkers....and distressed with ink.

  I also have another project over at QUOTH THE RAVEN later in the hop...

this is just showing you the heart made using the technique i shared at the MMU on the forum.

Please check it out.... this time of year you might need a bloody heart or two.

Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh
DominoART
Airless Chambers
Quoth The Raven
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara
Rebecca Thank you for stopping by...you now need to visit the uber talented KRISTY... see you again tomorrow for DAY#2. BDx