DAY #3 0F THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN and QUOTH THE RAVEN.

Welcome to day #3 of the 31 days of Halloween hosted by

SMEARED AND SMUDGED.

During this month long amazing event the full blog roll will be at the top of the side bar.

For all the info on how to win daily prizes and the HUGE grand prize please visit TERRA'S BLOG.
Here is the door....

 ..... and here is Mr Poe.....

Poe is stamped into clay.

And now, without further ado, let us move forthwith to thy next QUEST #25 

 AT QUOTH THE RAVEN

- POEticisms....... a poetic expression.  

Herewith are some examples;

Life not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

The three most difficult things to say :- I love you, Sorry and Help me.

You never have to wait for a dog; they're ready to go 24 hours a day.

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

All of us could take a lesson from the weather.  It pays no attention to criticism.

I used Poe's words..... ''Leave my loneliness unbroken''......
(Ikes gorgeous image)

..... and a snarky comment inside the card folded ATC.

Hope you can join in the new challenge at QUOTH THE RAVEN.
HAPPY HOPPING,
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BDx

DAY #2 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN

Welcome to day #2 of the 31 days of Halloween hosted by

SMEARED AND SMUDGED.

During this month long amazing event the full blog roll will be at the top of the side bar.

For all the info on how to win daily prizes and the HUGE grand prize please visit TERRA'S BLOG.

 DAY #2 on the calender..... what do we have inside?

 ......oooooh dead sheep amongst other things......

.... lots of fussy cutting.... making a very pretty little garden scene...
thanks for stopping by today, have fun hopping,
see you tomorrow for more HALLOWEEN fun.
BDx

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN #5 DAY #1

Welcome to day #1 of the 31 days of Halloween hosted by
SMEARED AND SMUDGED.

During this month long amazing event the full blog roll will be at the top of my side bar.

For all the info on how to win daily prizes and the HUGE grand prize please visit TERRA'S BLOG.

I hope you are seated comfortably as this is a long picture heavy post....
I have the honour of making Octobers calender for DE-STEMPELWINKEL.... if you're hopping you see the whole project when you get to DE-STEMPELWINKEL DT BLOG.
This is door #1

Inside door #1.... who else but Mr Poe.... this is my 4th time doing 31 days and i make Poe my 1st piece.... sort of like a tradition thing :) On the picture below you can see some of the other doors.... i shall be honest.... NOT all have anything behind them yet..... but they will have by the time they need to be opened.

The appartures are ATC size and about 1 inch deep.

This is the top.... a much larger space for Halloween .

Now today is also the start of the new challenge at ALTERED ECLECTICS, please go check out the challenge....its anything ALTERED.

so i have altered a candle holder and some cheapo plastic skulls.... 

I added little clay skulls to the holder and gave it a new paint job, the plastic skulls got lots of paint applied to get rid of the gaudy paint they had on them.... they'll be used later in the month on a project i'm sure.

Finally we at HDH are also celebrating the run up to HALLOWEEN..... taking part in the 

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN

today we have a montage of projects the minions have made recently including my inverted cross complete with skeleton. Remember to check out the blog regularly.... you'll be in for a MACABRE TREAT.

 

Thats finally it for my day #1 post..... bet you're relieved!
See you tomorrow for DAY #2.
Dont forget the full blog roll is at the top of my side bar.
BDx

IKE'SWORLD CHALLENGE #2

Happy October!

IKE'SWORLD has a brand new design team...... you'll find all of QUOTH THE RAVEN ladies there,

as well as many other very talented crafters.

This fortnight our Theme is 'AWARENESS', since October is officially Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Team have used IKEsART image called "AWARENESS".

Ike is offering the image as a freebie for you to create with so lets see what you can do with it!

Here is my offering.... a brooch/bag charm.

 PINK is difficult for me..... i dont usually do much pink, so i didnt have the pink required so i had to use a darker pink than i should have, I made roses...the large white and small pink, bits pieces from my jewellery stash and Ike's lovely image.

I do hope you'll come and join us this fortnight.

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

CRAFT YOUR PASSION....ADD A CHARM

DIGI MAKEOVER.... PRETTY IN PINK/AWARENESS

LEXI'S CREATIONS..... PINK

ANYTHING BUT A CARD... PINK

Thanks for visiting BDx

DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Good morning to you on this bright and blustery Sunday.
Today is my turn to post on the DE-STEMPELWINKEL DT BLOG.

Today i have just a little something to share with you.

I f you're like me you have a box of little bits left over from other projects,

fussycut flowers from one project, some tiny bits of tree bark, some moss,

a mount board circle..... rubbish really.... so add an empty tin can, 

some strange little 'critter' stamps and you have a 

SMALL WORLD.

 Don't they all look so happy with their new home?

Because of family things this week i didn't get to blog this on Tueday, again it was my turn posting for
DE-STEMPELWINKEL
just a card to celebrate the start of autumn.

All stamps and Original rust are from DE-STEMPELWINKEL shop.
I'd like to enter the following challenges....
ALLSORTS.... HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
ROUGE REDHEAD...AUTUMN COLOURS.
SWEET STAMPIN' ....THINGS WITH WINGS .... the card
GRAPH 'IT COLOUR ...... AUTUMN COLOURS
STAMPIN'FOR THE WEEKEND...FAIRIES AND FANTASY
CRAFTING CAFE.... ALTERED ART ...the altered tin can

See you again soon... thanks for stopping by. BDx

DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Another week has gone, so its my turn to post again on the designers blog... my favourite month of the year is nearly upon us,during October we, the designteam at DE-STEMPELWINKEL will be celebrating all things Halloween, we're taking part in the 31days of Halloween hosted by the
 SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM so,
i thought i'd better get some of the small prep-work items started. 

These are the bits and pieces that no-one usually notices, they just add to a larger piece...

but they are actually nice stand-alone items.

I stamped onto off cuts of leather with stazon.

Coloured the details in with gel-pens then gently buffed with sandpaper.On one book i added brads, but wasnt sure they looked right...to shiny? Our post-it-notes must be bigger than Dutch ones... i spent ages having to cut ours down to fit inside.

These are the first of many little books i'll need during the Halloween season.... so many little bits and pieces to make before i even get started on 'proper' projects.. (sigh!)
Thanks for visiting... BDx

NEW CHALLENGE BLOG.... IKES WORLD and QUOTH THE RAVEN REMINDER

 IKE of IKES WORLD... and QUOTH THE RAVEN.....has just this week started a brand new challenge blog .... not only is it a great challenge... IKE even gives you a free digi to work with if you don't already have any of her digi images. She is also looking for a brand new design team.... so why not apply?The first challenge is TIC-TAC-TOE

I used top to bottom left side for my project.... and an image from IKESART SHOP.

 I altered a jute bag by recycling some of my girls outgrown denim skirts, some sequins,pearl beads , a flower and a big applique design.

The raven is printed onto iron-on transfer paper then coloured with fabric pens.

I hope you'll have time to play along with this exciting new challenge.

My bag is also a reminder to come and join us at QUOTH THE RAVEN.... we too have a tic-tac.... but ours is POE! 

As you can see my flower centre is Mr Poe...for this project i used bottom left diagonal to top right.... stitching-Poe-raven. 

Hope to see you enter both of these challenges 

Thanks for visiting BDx

NEW CHALLENGE AT SMUDGY ANTICS

Welcome back for another fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!

The theme for this challenge is to

Use Embellishments.

We couldn't have made it any easier on you guys and gals this week!

Just make sure to use a stamped image (rubber or digi), add some embellishments and be sure to read and follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog and you are golden.

Get creative and don't be afraid to think outside of the box.  We embrace all forms of stamped art and love seeing original and diverse projects.  You may enter cards, scrapbook pages, tags, atcs, altered objects, mixed-media projects, etc.  The more creative you get, the more likely you are to be the chosen winner of the challenge.

 This is my project.... i have used 163 gems.... all around the door.... its difficult now to know that they are gems...

.....but if you look closely you can see them. The stamps used are from the
SMEARED INK RUBBER CLUB, Quoth the raven and Morte.

 Micro beads, clay, homemade modling paste,4x colours of paint and a boat- load of drying time!

Hope you'll join use for this super easy challenge.
Thanks for looking BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges...
CRAFTS TO CHALLENGE YOU...TEXTURE &YOUR OWN STYLE
THE CRAFTING CAFE... ALTERED ART

DOMINOART...Sun memories +any games piece goes.

Its week #3 for the challenge at DOMINOART,

YOUR ARE CHALLENGED TO ALTER ANY GAME PIECE...

(Domino, jigsaw, monoply money.... the list is endless...)

using a SUN THEME.

I altered two dominos .... using CHERRY PIE STAMPS.

I stamped using black and blue stazon, heat set, then coloured with sharpies and ink.

I used a thin coat of diamond glaze over the top, when completely dry i used rub-ons for the words and added a small metal embellie to one of them. 

I then used a nice thick coat of diamond glaze to seal my dominos.

Its not to clear from the photo but both have a nice depth to the images.... both have ribbon around the sides for a neat finish....and magnets on the back.

I do hope you come and join in this challenge...you have until 18th september to link up.

Thanks for visiting BDx

TIC TAC POE

Ah, My Beloveds,
The Minions of The Master are at last back together, having suffered life's trials and tribulations that hath vexed them sorely. !!!  Twixt dire problems with health/succour and the dread scourge of the Devil's power /machinery they hath struggled and been fair lashed - but pulleth through with great gusto and with full might of Mojo :-)

Today The Master offer unto thee TIC,TAC,POE - such delights within the grid to spur thee to create wondrous offerings.

Watcheth thee also how the Followers of The Master doth creep ever nearer to the magic number of 100.  It will be with great elation that The Master shalt offer thee CANDY upon reaching the allotted number in honour of thy servitude. :-D

QUEST 24.... TIC, TAC, POE and herewith is thy Grid.

Accordingly, thou shalt chooseth any 3 Squares in whichever direction thy heart doth desire, and maketh therefrom a creation worthy of The Master - but I remind thee, lest thee forget.. thy creation must be connected to Edgar Allan POE to qualify for the Prize.

I have used the top row of the grid for this Halloween/creepmas decoration

Please dont look to closely ...i burnt the poor birds beak when i lit the candles :(

The raven from Smeared ink, Quoth the raven rubber stamp set, is decoupaged and sitting on rolled ribbon roses.

Thy Prize for such endeavours shalt be thusly.............

Please come and join in with us we love seeing the wonderous Poe inspired creations.

Thanks for visiting BDx

SMUDGY ANTICS and DE-STEMPELWINKEL.

Better late than never hey? 
Our challenge at SMUDGY ANTICS has just a few more days to run.... but you still have time to enter....

The theme for this challenge is to

MAKE AN ATC.

An ATC is a 2.5" x 3.5" piece of artwork that is typically traded.

Learn more about ATCs here.
These are my ATC's,
i've called them Summer morning and Winters night.... think you can guess why.

 The stamps are from Smeared ink.... join the rubber club Here.

  Yesterday was my day to post on the de-Stempelwinkel DT blog, below is my project.
I love salvage.... well junk really.... this project is all junk except the ladies face in the middle. I used a stamp to stamp into clay.... arranged all the bits and pieces around it .... transformed junk into treasure.
The details are all on the DT blog.

Thanks for visiting BDx

FINALLY I'm back....and i have new challenges to share

Its been a while, i am so sorry i have been MIA..... 

SOMETIMES LIFE GETS IN THE WAY OF THE GOOD STUFF.

Welcome back for another fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!
The theme for this challenge is
BURNT OFFERINGS.
You may interpret the challenge theme anyway you choose.  For those attempting to use actual flame of some sort please use common sense and have a basin of water nearby as well a fire-extinguisher.  We don't want any injuries or burnt down homes in the making of your burnt offering projects.

Examples of Burnt Offerings include, but are not limited to, the following:
Burn the edging of your cardstock or a portion of your project.
Use a soot stamping technique.
Use a wood burning tool in some fashion on your project.
Use your heat gun to scorch areas of your project. 

Also acceptable, especially for the accident prone folks, are the following:
Use a faux Burnt technique.
Add faux flames to your project.


I went with real flames and have the blister and burnt thumb nail to prove it!
I had no idea that a burning nail smelt so bad...or maybe it was the pva/paint/sand/utte mix.... which ever it was it was terrible!
I made a clay ATC. Stamped using real rubber from SMEARED INK... baked until a little burnt.... just like my normal cooking :D

 I added my glue/paint etc mix around the edges..... heated it with my heat gun... you get great texture.
I then painted the whole thing a grey/brown, then dry brushed a dirty cream colour over the top.... then the real fun began...... i rotated the edges over a flame.... thats were the blister came from.... ouch.
I had great fun making this piece.... i really do hope you'll join us this fortnight.

Welcome to the 2nd week of theMacabre Monday challenge,

Astrological Atrocities

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Hallowe'en 

based art piece that is somehow directly and obviously inspired by
the signs of the Zodiac or  Astrology.
And if you're thinking that "Astrology just isn't your thing",
check out what our awesome sponsor and fellow, gifted Minion, Teri
has to offer in her Delicious Doodles digi shop.

I used LEO as its fitting for August. I kept it really simple as Teri's superb image needed nothing!

I do hope you'll join in....
Thanks for visiting....I'ts good to be back creating again.
BDx

JULY'S SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM MEMBERS BLOG HOP

Its that time of the month again when we forum members have a themed blog hop.

The blog list is below..... its a poor turn out this month not sure if its the summer weather keeping folks out of their craft rooms or the fact that the theme this month is POWER TOOLS?

                                                                           Terra

                                                                      Black Dragon

                                                                        Kapree

                                                                        Samara

I have a passion for shadow boxes, so i made a coffin shaped one using a jigsaw.... good job i have a friend staying to watch out for me as i could have ended up with a couple of fingers missing if left unattended. I am no better with a jigsaw than i am a hand saw..... both require skills that i dont have.

 Please check out the very talented lasses who have been brave enough to use power tools this month.

Thanks for visiting BDx

SMUDGY ANTICS NEW CHALLENGE and DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Welcome back for another fortnight challenge with SMUDGY ANTICS!

For this challenge we want to see how you ladies and gents can incorporate DRIPPING into your projects.  The more creative and out of the box the better!  We want to see how far you can take this challenge.   The more imaginative, the better your chances of a win. 
If you have no clue what to do, you may use any medium that drips (faux blood, water colors, paints, enamels, etc).  You can use an image that has dripping on it (a zombie with dripping blood, a monster with dripping saliva, etc).  You may even use punches or die-cuts with a dripping edge.  There are so many ways to apply dripping to your projects so there is no excuse NOT to play along with us.

 My images are from SMEARED INK.... coloured with promarkers.... the ATC above has a decoupaged image.... 9 layers fussy-cut and a crackle glaze to finish. I have used paint on both ATCs as my DRIPPING element. I do hope you'll join us this fortnight.... its a nice easy challenge.

Today is also my day at DE-STEMPELWINKEL.
Another ATC..... bit of a theme here?..... folks keep telling me time is a healer.....
.... the female figure at the bottom represents me.... maybe i just need more time?

Thanks for stopping by BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges...
PUNKYOUGIRL   ANYTHING GOES ...the top 2 ATCs
MAKE IT MONDAY   ANYTHING GOES LINKY PARTY
CRAFTING MUSKETEERS   USE A STAMPED IMAGE bottom atc is all stamps