DAY # 10 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

Here we are on DAY # 10 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE
Just the  calender page for you guys today....
real rubber stamps from SMEARED INK....
coloured with my usual mix of
alcohol markers, pencils and ink.

 For me these are just about the scariest stamps SMEARED INK do...
to much like clowns for my liking!

Thanks for continuing to find the time to stop by and comment every day.
BDx

DAY #9 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

Here we are on DAY #9 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE
Today I have a tag to show you, made as a reminder that we at
QUOTH THE RAVEN
are now into our 3rd week of our MAKE A TAG challenge,
not just any old tag mind you, it must somehow be related to the Master, Poe.

 I used stamps from DE-STEMPELWINKEL,
stamped and masked my images to create a scene.
Coloured with mixed colouring mediums.

 It would be wonderful if you could join us this month, you have 13 days to link up your project,
and be in with a chance of winning a $15 VOUCHER to spend at IKE'SART....
check out the blog hop post, spotlighting the newly released ZOMBIE PETSHOP!
I have a couple of sneaky peeks for you today as well... although my tag is simple I have been a busy dragon.
I am the designer  today over at
DE-STEMPELWINKEL
where you'll see two of my projects later in the hop...
here's the 1st one...

 ...and here's the second one. NOTE TO SELF....
make something to go in the box!
I hate empty boxes!

Thank you for continuing to hop by... it really does make all the creating worth while.
See you tomorrow for DAY#10....
BDx

DAY #8 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

Here we are on DAY #8 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE
Today I have day 8 of my flip over calender.
Another simple 'cheat' project.

Just basic stamping and colouring..... I really will do more involved projects some days.
PROMISE.
The stamps used today are Paper artsy.

I also wanna show you what my stepmum made me...
I know its soooo cute but its the thought that counts...

 she knows i'm no cross-stitcher, so she did this little picture to add to my Hallowe'en ornaments,
I'm dead chuffed with it.... Thanks Pol x

Thanks for stopping by...see you again tomorrow for DAY#9.
BDx

DAY #7 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN and IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGE REMINDER.

Here we are on DAY #7 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE.
Well its Tuesday.... a whole weeks worth of projects done and dusted,
today I have my calender page to show you...

 Stamped using SMEARED INK real rubber...YAY! masked and as usual.
coloured with alcohol, ink and pencils.
These are RSD images... real rubber...and available from the SMEARED INK RUBBER CLUB.

 Also today I'm giving IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGES a shout out....
its week 2 of the challenge so you have 6days to still link up your project....
the theme is AROUND THE WORLD....
I used an old freebie image of IKE'S ...gorgeous isn't she.... added pumpkins and the UK flag.
I'd love to see more HALLOWE'EN AROUND THE WORLD.... not that everyone in the UK looks this good in a Hallowe'en costume!

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM has a fatpage swap this month...

the theme is HALLOWE'EN (what else could it be?) so why not sign up.... make a fatpage and swap...

Don't fret you might not have to swap with me..... lots of talented folks swap!

Anyhow... enough rambling.... got to go and get something done for tomorrow....eeeek!

Thanks for stopping by.... see you again tomorrow for DAY #8....

the begining of week 2 of the 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN.

BDx

DAY #6 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN and a NEW CHALLENGE AT HDH MACABRE MONDAY

Here we are on DAY #6 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE.
Today I have my 6th calender page for you.

 The picture below is truer to colour than the full page one above.
The stamps are from third coast....
rather cute but glitter dragon likes it!
Simple stamping, coloured with ink, alcohol markers and pencils.

 Today we have a new challenge for you at HDH MACABRE MONDAY.
USE WOOD IN YOUR PROJECT... trees...lolly sticks...... wood grain paper...real wood...
whatever floats your boat.
I have had this charity shop find stashed away forever.....

 ....just waiting to be revamped into something much darker and more beautiful....

 ...well that time is here....

 I painted it matte black. I had some hallowe'en papers in my stash that cried out to be stamped all over...
so i did just that, then covered the desk caddy with them.... i sanded the edges... painted them and inked them ,then distressed them to hell and back...
the desk caddy now has a well worn, well love shabby look about it.
You have two weeks to join us at HDH and use wood in your project...it doesnt have to be a HALLOWE'EN project.... but what could be better?

I shall enter this caddy into the challenge at RE-CYCLE, RE-PURPOSE AND RE-INVENT...

So please to see it back up and running.

Thanks for stopping by today....
see you tomorrow for DAY#7 of the 31 days of Hallowe'en.
BDx

DAY #5 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

Here we are on DAY #5 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE.
Today you will find my calender page over at the de-Stempelwinkel designer blog
later on in the hop,
so here is just a sneaky peek at it.

 For ages now around fb and blogland I have noticed these pop-up box cards
so my girls and I thought we'd try to figure out how to make one.
This is ours....

 We used some Graphic 45 papers that i had been hoarding for ever....

 added ''happy hallowe'en'' stamped sentiment to the flaps and back panel,
and fussy cut our little scene....
this is about as creepy as my glitter dragon gets.... but of cause BD junior wants to make another
thats far more scary .... maybe later in the month?

Many thanks to those who leave comments every day...you make the 31 days worth doing.
See you tomorrow for DAY#6
BDx

DAY #4 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

Here we are on DAY #4 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE.
For today I have ONLY my fourth calender page....
there are not many days when i've only had to make one project :)

 The picture above is a truer colour than the one below.... I am a lousy photographer!
My girls are having great fun turning the page over every day....even taking it in turns.... thats very unusual for my twins.... they never agree on anything.

The stamps used are all from Tim Holtz.... this page is only coloured with ink.... a very quick page..
bit of a cheat really.... promise i'll do better tomorrow or maybe monday?
Thanks for stopping by...happy hopping.
see you Sunday for DAY #5.
BDx

DAY #3 of the 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN

Here we are on DAY #3 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE.
For today I have my third calender page....
Plus a sneaky peek at a brand new digi release from IKE'S ART,
see the post below this one for details of how to win a whole set of ZOMBIE PETS!
So here you go.... todays calender page made using real rubber stamps, all from
SMEARED INK.

 Isn't this little dragon just the most adorable little critter ever?
I have coloured it with my usual variety of colouring mediums.

 Now for the sneaky peek I mentioned....
these new images are totally amazing.... you are bound to see me using more of them later in the month...
please check out the post below this one to see how you can win a whole set of ZOMBIE PET images from IKE'S ART.

Well thats it.... DAY #3  DONE AND DUSTED!
See you back here tomorrow for DAY #4 of the 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN.
BDx

NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP FOR IKE'S ART/IKE'S WORLD.

What a wickedly creepy Friday this has turned out to be....
if you are doing the hop for  31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN
you need the post ABOVE this one.

We the DT at IKE'S WORLD have a blog hop to launch  the

NEW RELEASE from IKEsART. 

ZOMBIE PET SHOP 

 is available from the Store later today.

This comes in 2 Sets and has a total of 16 images and 

during the Hop you have a chance to win the Set of your choice..

Here is what I created with my favourite of these brilliant new images....

 I just looove this zombie frog.

I made him dimensional by printing him 9x and fussy cutting it out,

colouring each layer up adding shadows as I went.... finally adding half pearls to his eyes...

small one at the rear to keep the perspective correct and

so that he has those blind eyes that zombies have.

I added him to a repainted grave stone from a pound store....

then added lots of little natural bits and bobs....oh and some plastic ants for him to feast upon whilst he awaits fresh brains!

Below is the full BLOG ROLL,

 so you can see what my DT teamies have created for you.

IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES  

IKE

BLACK DRAGON YOU ARE HERE!

SHELL

MAUREEN

SAMARA

TERESA

MIMI JANE

GINNY

SHONI

CHRISTINE

SALL

JANE O

To WIN a set of your choice, all you have to do is follow along the BLOG HOP and leave a  comment on each of the DT members' Blogs and then return back to 

IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGE BLOG

leave a comment and your name.

This offer will run for 1 WEEK,

Ike will tally up the names next Saturday and announce a Winner. 

Happy hopping.... off you go!

BDx

DAY #2 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

Here we are on DAY #2 of this month long hop hosted by

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM 

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE.
For today I have my second calender page.

The stamps are from PAPER ARTSY and DIMENTION FORTH.

The sentiment is CHOCOLATE BAROQUE.

I stamped, masked and coloured as usual for me with a varity of different mediums.

ALSO.... the challenge at QUOTH THE RAVEN is now in its 2nd week,

our challenge is to make a tag (of cause it must be Poe related... not just any old tag!)

 This image is from IKE'S ART...

quite dark and Hallowe'eny i think. 

Thats Day #2 under my belt.... see you tomorrow for Day#3 and some truly creeeeeepy new images from IKE'S ART.

Thanks for stopping by. BDx

DAY #1 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

This is the time of year that we, the lovers of all things creepy, dark and macabre live for.

The SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM are hosting 

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP again,

this is my 5th time doing it.... oh how I love HALLOWE'EN.

The full blog roll is on my side bar where it shall remain all month long.

Details of prizes, rules etc can be found HERE.

As usual for me I just have to start with POE.

 I have made my girls and I a flip over calender for this month,

bound it with ribbon.

Day #1 had to be Poe.

The iamges are SMEARED INK rubber stamps,

stamped and masked. Coloured with alcohol pens, pencils and ink.

 The cover and day planner page are on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL designers blog today,

where you'll see them later during the hop,

here's a sneaky peek of the cover...

 .... and of the day planner page.

 Also today I have an altered project to show you as its the start of the new monthly challenge 

at ALTERED ECLECTICS....

you can altered anything you like... and you have until the end of the month to link up.... we love HALLOWE'EN projects!

I went from this..

 to this.... 

 Poe even made it onto this tealight holder...

mainly because to qualify for the hop every project must be stamped... real stamp or digi...

SOMEWHERE!

 The plastic mouse really gives me the creeps.... he started out just a plain white plastic mouse,

but after i gave it a new paint job it looks just to darned real for the rodent phobic dragon.

I don't think I can stand to look at this all month long! It'll have to go in a drawer!

Well thats day one out of the way.... see you tomorrow for DAY #2 of the 31 days of Hallowe'en.

BDx

IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGE

Well, we are with another challenge at IKE'S WORLD

- #23 AROUND THE WORLD.

We want to see creations that depict different Countries around the world.

 There are many different sets over at IKEsART  in the World Series if you would like to get one of those to play along with.... 

or a super FREEBIE on the challenge blog.

I went for ITALY.

I used some of the lovely images from the ITALY BUNDLE,

to make this collage. I coloured it with pencils as i wanted to keep it monochrome except for the

matting a layering and the map of ITALY using the colours of their flag.

You have nearly two weeks to come and join us for this challenge...

hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by....BDx

SMEARED INK DT BLOG HOP FOR SEPTEMBER.

We, the DT at SMEARED INK have a blog hop the last Monday of every month,

this month our theme is the

GRUMPIE'S.

Below is the full blog roll....

please visit all of these amazingly talented ladies,

you are bound to be inspired!

Black Dragon

Shell

Kapree

Shoni

Creepy Glowbugg

Elenor

Rebecca

I can never get my Grumpie stamps out without having my girls wanting to join me.

So today i have my own card to share with you and,

a card that each of my girls made.

Mine is first up.... stamped and masked.... computer generated message.

 These are my girls cards.... BD junior's (she is no longer a ''little'' BD) on the left and,

glitter dragon's on the right.

Both stamped, masked and coloured their own  images. 

I think they're pretty darned good for 9 yr olds.

Hope you enjoy this hop.... please come along and check out the SMEARED AND SMUDGED forum...

we are a friendly bunch of stampers... a little strange maybe, sometimes a little weird...

but always happy to see new faces.

Thanks for stopping by BDx

SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM, MEMBERS HOP FOR SEPTEMBER.

Its that time of the month again when the members of the

SMEARED AND SMUDGED forum have a blog hop.

This month our theme is 'WISH'.

Below is the full blog roll,

please visit everyone as i'm sure they'll have all come up with something

totally unique and inspiring.

LeslieRahye

The Nanny

Black Dragon  ...you are here.

Renee

Fiona

Shoni

Nanette

I thought long and hard about this theme, 

below is my ''WISH''.... 

the whole project is stamped and masked.

Coloured with distress inks for the ethereal dreamy look that I had in my mind,

although my mind is not a good place to be sometimes or somewhere you'd really want to be :(

Thanks for visiting BDx