A BIT OF GOTHIC

 Hello Peeps,

I hope everyone is safe and well ? :-)  My " chemo fingers " have got a bit better so I am trying a little crafting. I must say, my Mojo is definitely hiding away but I was inspired by a new GOTHIC Challenge Blog that I found..... NEVERMORE DESIGNS.

They are giving away an excellent Freebie to play along with so I couldn't resist :-D

I have made a little ATC sized Faux book using papers from my stash, the Freebie and some Smeared Ink stamps from the Nevermore set.

inside

front

The feather 'pen' is made from one of my chicken's

feathers - he shed it though... I didn't pluck it :-D

back

It is nice to be able to do a bit of " dark stuff " these days, so I am very pleased to have found this Challenge :-D

Please have a look at my CRAFT ROOM DE-STASH post HERE.

I am uploading stuff quite often as I sort it all out :-)

Thanks for popping in.

Challenges I am entering:

Nevermore Designs March Challenge    29/3

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN - DAY 28

Hello Peeps,
I am here today with my creation for DAY 28 of the 31 DAYS of HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP .

Halloween is drawing ever closer and today I  have Page 18 - the final internal page of my Album to show you.  I have used papers and bats by Smeared Ink (no longer trading) and have covered my bats with some KindyGlitz. The glittered BOO sticker is set on some curled florist wire so it 'waggles' :-D

So - all I have to do now is cover the inside of the book covers and I have something special for the inside back cover :-)

The bloomin' magnets that I bought to make a closure for this only seem to be 'one-way' magnets - if you know what I mean - so they don't actually stick together !!!! Not sure how I am going to overcome this - I might have to try and insert a thin metal shim into one cover to get the magnet to stick to it :-( Anyhoo - I am sure I will think of something to keep the folder shut.

I was going to put a really scary page at the end, but someone might want me to send them this Album and I didn't want to put them off  LoL :-D

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I hope you will pop over and hop along with us. You can be creepy or cutesie - whatever rolls your pumpkin :-D  xxxxx

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN - DAY 24

Hello Peeps,

I am here today with my creation for DAY 24 of the 31 DAYS of HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP .

Today I  have Page 14 of my Album to show you.  I have used  an image from Smeared Ink (no longer trading). The backing is more of my pumpkin card with a snippet of paper left over. I had some of those angel fibre things so melted some of those for a shiny panel. It looks very cool in real life :-)

Snippets of lace and ribbon from the stash box to finish.

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I hope you will pop over and hop along with us. You can be creepy or cutesie - whatever rolls your pumpkin :-D  xxxxx

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN - DAY 23

Hello Peeps,

I am here today with my creation for DAY 23 of the 31 DAYS of HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP .

Today I  have Page 13 of my Album to show you.  I have used papers and images from Smeared Ink (no longer trading). The background paper is ' Cranium Red ' from the " Deep Inside " set, ' Quoth the Raven digi stamp', and ' Deflated Heart ' from the ' Inner Workings ' set.
I finished with a silver heart locket and teeny red bow. 

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I hope you will pop over and hop along with us. You can be creepy or cutesie - whatever rolls your pumpkin :-D  xxxxx

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN - DAY 21

Hello Peeps,

I am here today with my creation for DAY 21 of the 31 DAYS of HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP .

Today I  have Page 11 of my Album to show you.  I have used lots of bits and pieces scattered on my desk to make a Tag page.  There's some offcuts of backing papers I used the other day and the main image is a Bat from Smeared Ink (no longer trading).  The little Tags inside the pocket were from friends who made them for Ticket Swaps :-D
The backing card if from a new pack of Pumpkin colour I got last year.

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I hope you will pop over and hop along with us. You can be creepy or cutesie - whatever rolls your pumpkin :-D  xxxxx

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN - DAY 16

Hello Peeps,

I am here today with my creation for DAY 16 of the 31 DAYS of HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP and I've finally caught up with my Posts although I am waaaay behind with my commenting but I can sit quietly and do that later :-)

Today I  have Page 6 of my Album to show you.  I have used Flying Hearts image by Smeared Ink (no longer trading). My background is coloured card with torn edges and some plastic netting from a fruit bag, and some stamped netting on blood spattered card :-D . I used fibres and flowers from my stash to decorate.

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I hope you will pop over and hop along with us. You can be creepy or cutesie - whatever rolls your pumpkin :-D  xxxxx

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP DAY 4

Good morning Creepy Peeps and welcome to DAY 4 of the 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP, being run by Leigh S-B DESIGNS.

I am not feeling very well today so this will be just a quick post..

Today I have a tri-fold ATC using images from Smeared Ink (no longer Trading). For the blood I have used thick red paint.  
The wicked, mad professor is sticking pins in that poor little voodoo doll guy, which is not very nice at all and he's making an awful mess all over the skully linoleum  :-( 

go here for the hop ....

Thank you for popping in and I will see you tomorrow  xxx

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP - DAY 3

Hello again,

 I am getting myself sorted out so here is my entry for DAY 3 of the 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP.

I know I am lagging behind with my commenting but I shall whizz off and do that in a minute with a cup of coffee, before I get too far behind :-D

Here is my piece for today....

A card to celebrate EDGAR ALLAN POE.

We are having a Challenge all about him over at IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES this month so be sure to pop over and have a look and play along :-D

I have used generic Ravens for this piece and a brick arch from Smeared Ink (no longer trading), to make a zig zag card. Everything was printed in black and white with some Copic colouring on the stone arches :-)

GO HERE FOR THE HOP.....

Thank you for dropping in xxxxx

POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP January 19-23, 2018 - DAY 5

Alas and alack !! Fie, with sadness we doth find ourselves at ye brink of  ye abyss with ye finale day of the POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP as 'twas hosted by ye fair goddess of darkness -  Leigh, of LEIGH SNAITH-BRUNTON DESIGNS.

With infinite sorrow, and much wailing, I gift thee my humble offerings on this saddest of days....

Aforefront - a 3D contruction which doth show ye awful plight of ye poer Black Cat.
 His master doth poketh out his eye and then murdur his wife and bricketh her within a dark and desolate chamber in ye olde basement of his dwelling. Unbeknownst to him, he hath entombed ye aforesaid feline also within ye tomb. However, it doth wreak it's revenge.......

Should thee hath courage to readeth such tale, then clicketh thee HENCE.

Image: " POE CAT "  by IKEsART, multiple layers of 3D fussy cutting.

Bricks and  frame made from cardboard pieces, coloured and covered with sand . Whiskers made with fishing line. :-)

A mixed media  Fat Book Swap page using rubber stamps from SMEARED INK and pieces from my 'bits' box.

A mobile made using ' Quoth The Raven' rubber stamp set by SMEARED INK plus additional Raven images.

and lastly - 'tis a piece with some humor lest thou leaveth me having succumbed to faintness of heart and mind :-)

Should thou wishest to imbibe thy mind with ye myriad workings of The Master then hie thee HENCE.

I thank thee with much gratitude and tugging of forelock for thine divine presence here at my humble abode and am forever enriched by thy kind words of succour.

Dost thou not craveth further optical delights ????     Then I beggeth thee to Hop-eth​ forthwith - there to view ye other visions. :-D

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POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP January 19-23, 2018 - DAY 4

Hi  POE-Peeps and welcome to DAY 4 of the POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP as hosted by the wonderful Leigh of LEIGH SNAITH-BRUNTON DESIGNS.

I have made 5 new pieces to show you - one each day, but I will also be including some of my previous POE inspired projects to inspire you along :-D

For today, I have made a criss-cross card totally in black and white and using various Raven images. :-)

Here is a piece I made for last year's Hop. I used a spider web embossing folder for the background and my POE Arch again. A red celtic cross cut out, Raven stamp from SMEARED INK, a POE cigarette card and a little tombstone made from Filo.

This one was made for a Fat Book Page Swap. I used wet, mushed kitchen paper for the background, some gauze and a selection of POE stamps also by SMEARED INK from the 'QUOTH THE RAVEN" rubber stamp set. Also a selection of kitty stamps and paws.

POE BLOG HOP PRIZES

                                        LEIGH is giving away 2 prizes:
a Blogger Prize and also you can win a Prize for leaving a Comment.

A Blogger Prize will be awarded randomly to one blog playing and a Commentor Prize will be awarded randomly to one visitor.
 To qualify for the prizes EVERYONE, including the bloggers, must comment on ALL projects shared in the hop!

Each prize is one LeighSBDesigns digi of your choice.
PLUS, if you use one of my new Poe digis your entry will count as 2!

Thank you for visiting. I hope you will enjoy your Hop round the other participants  xxx

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POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP January 19-23, 2018 - DAY 3

Hi  POE-Peeps and welcome to DAY 3 of the POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP as hosted by the wonderful Leigh of LEIGH SNAITH-BRUNTON DESIGNS.

I have made 5 new pieces to show you - one each day, but I will also be including some of my previous POE inspired projects to inspire you along :-D

For today, I have a Digital Scrapbook Page using 2 of the brand NEW images from LEIGH SNAITH-BRUNTON DESIGNS :  " ODE TO POE " and " RAVEN " .

I have absolutely tons of digi scrapbooking kits on my computer but I hardly get around to using them 

Here is a previous piece - a sort of sculpture I guess, using various wood pieces and hand made flowers on a creepy hand made Hand  hahahaha

I purloined one of my chicken's feathers for the quill in the ink pot :-)

The main POE image is a rubber stamp from the much loved SMEARED INK ( sadly no longer trading).

POE BLOG HOP PRIZES

LEIGH is giving away 2 prizes:
a Blogger Prize and also you can win a Prize for leaving a Comment.

A Blogger Prize will be awarded randomly to one blog playing and a Commentor Prize will be awarded randomly to one visitor.
 To qualify for the prizes EVERYONE, including the bloggers, must comment on ALL projects shared in the hop!

Each prize is one LeighSBDesigns digi of your choice.
PLUS, if you use one of my new Poe digis your entry will count as 2!

Thank you for visiting. I hope you will enjoy your Hop round the other participants  xxx

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GETTING IN MY GROOVE

Hello Peeps,
I seem to have lost my Mojo recently... can't get to do anything although my mind is racing with ideas !!!  I did a bit of sewing and then my machine broke down :-(  At least I was able to draw up some new Digital Image requests and they will be rearing their heads shortly :-D 
Other than card making for orders, I seem to be definitely 'out of my groove', but maybe I can have more success at the weekend.

I often find that making ATCs gets me up and running, so I did a couple this afternoon.  Both of them are inspired by the sea, although one is humorous and one is a bit scary  :-)

This one was done using an 'Occasions Grumpy' rubber stamp set from SMEARED INK and the background is using the Plate 32 -  'At The Beach' stamp set from De-STEMPELWINKEL.

I coloured the sea with 3 shades of blue ink stamp pads and used just one of the pale ink pads to do the sky. Then I painted the sea part with Glossy Accents.

The Grumpy was coloured with Promarkers and then cut out and mounted on foamies. The fish was given a coat of Stickles and I added some Glossy Accents to his eye. I made a sentiment tab in my graphics programme.

Now this girl is one of my own digital images available at IKEsART and she's called " Mermaid 2 ". I only used the top half of her.  She was coloured with Promarkers.
I made a sheet of that wavy background a while back by blobbing yellow and green paint onto some blue card and pressing over with cling film. Then I made waves on it by scratching and using Stickles. I added some teeny shells that I collected from my local beach :-)

I had fun today and am feeling a wee bit more artsy fartsy now :-D

Thank you for dropping in xxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

Wicked Wednesdays ATC Challenge #218 - Water
De-Stempelwinkel Challenge #12 - Anything Goes
Lost Coast Designs Challenge #26 - ATCs

HAPPY POE DAY

Good morning Peeps,

Today is the Birthday of EDGAR ALLAN POE and the day has been declared as Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation  Day, so here I am taking part in a 5 day Blog Hop with fellow Poe lovers.


The Blog Hop is sponsored by Lost Coast Designs  and  Carmen's Veranda. They have a fabulous Poe stamp & lots of crow & raven themed stamps to choose from so stop by and check them out! One blogger will be randomly selected to win a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV.

Here is my new piece I made yesterday and a selection of my other Poe pieces. ....
I used my Arch digi, Smeared Ink rubber stamps, die cuts and a special Love SarnTangle. This is from a limited edition set of rubber stamps which were designed by Sarn from STAMPING FOR PLEASURE. If you didn't buy your set at the time, then I am sorry to say they are now sold out BUT you can purchase them in digital form HERE.

Thank you for coming to look at my POE pieces and I hope you will hop round to see the other wonderful creations that have been created by clicking on the Inlinkz you will be able to see them all.

Thanks for dropping by :-D xxx

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F IS FOR................................ FUNNY

Here I am with a bit of silliness for two Challenges....

The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS CHALLENGE #42 - F is for FART
and the SMEARED & SMUDGED FACEBOOK CHALLENGE for September, wgich is all about PoP Art using Ben Day Dots - like in the 70's pop and comic book culture :-D

I created a cartoon with a Ben Day dots background and using digital images from SMEARED INK's 'CREEPERS' set.
For the last picture panel I cut his mouths off and turned them upside down to make him look sad :-D


Please CLICK to enlarge cuz it's a bit hard to read otherwise :-D

Thank you for stopping by xxxx

Challenges I am entering:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #42 - F is for FART

Smeared & Smudge FB Challenge Sept - Ben Day Dots Pop Art

Dream In Darkness Challenge #5 - Anything Goes Twist - Pirates

ROCKET RABBIT... BURNING OUT OF FUEL UP HERE ALONE..... SMUDGEFEST DAY 7 YET AGAIN !!

I am at it again :-D

Here we are on the last day of SMUDGEFEST 2015 and I just can't leave this one alone. I am sitting here chuckling to myself as I make things and hunting through all my SMEARED INK images to see what I can  ' Super Hero Up ' Hahahaha :-D 

The Challenge: 

SUPER SUNDAY 

This one is a little different than anything we've done before. Your challenge is to take any Smeared Ink image and turn it into some sort of superhero on your project! We'll be nice and let you choose either super hero or super villain, but in your description or even on your project, you must tell us your super's name and super power. 

This little guy is called 'Vampire Bunny' from SMEARED INK and he has been coloured with Promarkers and then cut out and had some rockets attached to him :-D

Not exactly Rocket Man but ROCKET RABBIT !!

(Now I can't get that darn Elton John song out of my head, so I'll pass it along to YOU !! hee hee )

Thanks for popping in.

Challenges I am entering:

SMUDGEFEST DAY 7 - Super Sunday