Hellacious Hallowe'en with HDH

Another of my catchup projects - only 2 this week

This one is for Haunted Design House and the last challenge of 2014.
It had to be Hallowe'en themed now, didn't it!!

Hellacious Hallowe'en 

(for Hadults Honly)

I made a card, for a change.

Using the Eternal Matrimony papers from Jem's Designs featuring some beautiful Vamps. Well their vows would be, literally, eternal. (Unless there is a vampire killer in the 'hood)

The sentiment is computer generated and over stamped with a TH web stamp. 

All embellishments from stash

You have until Sunday to get your NON CUTE Hallowe'en project entered. Full details, of course are over at the challenge post at Haunted Design House.

An Imminent New Arrival

I am about to be made a Nana for the second time. Our first grandchild was born nearly 7 years ago and he's hoping his baby sister will make her arrival very soon. The due date is two days before his birthday. I think he's wanting to be a brother well before though. So with trepidation, I started on a PINK new baby card.
As most of my followers will know by now, this is not my normal kind of card, but I will not buy one for this special occasion. Delving deep into my forgotten stash, pink glitter card, pink gems, pink ribbon and a scrap of pink miri card. Nearly there. Image? No stamps suitable. I did however remember a CD I had. One bought last year for a new baby boy arrival for a friend. Jem's Designs CD to the rescue. CDs for both girls and boys in the set. I'm all set. Dies and hougie board also at the ready with some lovely pearlised white card as well from my bit box.

I hope my followers have recovered from the shock.
The pearlised card was scored at centimetre intervals on the diagonal and those pink gems stuck on. The image was printed onto silk photo paper twice before cutting out and mounting together with the other elements, giving it some dimension.
Job done.
Thanks for looking

I'd like to enter this into the challenge at
Krafty Hands - Pretty in Pink

day 11 of 31 Days of Hallowe'en

Again another scheduled post. This working lark really gets in the way. Oh well, have to have something to keep the wolf at the gatepost and not pawing at the front door.
I have another altered CD for you here.
This time, only one side is stamped the other is from a Jems Designs CD.

Several images meshed together to form the picture.
The lace threaded through after finishing the other side ...

As your can probably guess - a bit of masking went to make this. Using different inks and stamps from Andy Skinner, one I have in my stash of unknown origin and DeStempelwinkel. Who just happen to be one of the sponsors of this fabulous event organised by the Smeared and Smudged forum. The rules are still here in the forum and on Terra's blog.
There is ribbon to hang with and the chain has a matching pair of charms hanging from it.

The blog list is still on my right hand side bar and if you're following down the list you will have arrived from the awesome blog of Valerie and will now be heading of to the equally fabulous Sharon.
Thanks once again for visiting and leaving such kind comments.
See you tomorrow

Smudgefest - Day 5

FREEBIE FRIDAY!

Take the image at Smudgy Antics Blog and use it in your projects for today! It's yours.

It is Little Red Riding Hood - Courtesy of Smeared Ink

I'm trying to get some DT stuff done as well as compete in the Smudgefest over at the Smudgy Antics Blog this week. Back to work on Sunday as my hols are almost over :(  With time constraints, I went for a really simple tag.
I used the Vampires and Werewolves CD from Jem's Designs as my backing. Love that werewolf!!
The image that is available just for today from Smudgy Antics  for those taking part in the Smudgefest, has been altered slightly, digitally, by me so that I could layer without having to fussy cut round it.
Coloured with distress inks

Some co-ordinating ribbons and 3 little charms - a crossbow as hidden in RRH's cloak, A wolf and a spare set of his dentures.

The blood drips on the BG have been highlighted with glossy accents to give the look of  fresh blood.

I am entering this into Day5 of the Smudgy Antics Smudgefest.

Vile or Vial?

Haunted Design House's challenge this week is Vile Vintage.

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece

take something vile and make it appear vintage, or maybe use something vintage that would be considered vile!

Well I did have to think really hrad on this. What do "normal" people think of as vile?
The conversations over at the Smeared and Smudged forum led me to think that there're a lot of peeps out there that think of spiders in this category. I think that most members of the arachnid family are quite cute myself. I went with popular opinion and featured these on my card this week.

The picture and the red BP are from Jem's Designs, Eternal Matrimony paper set. These were mounted onto some "cracked paint" paper, well distressed with sandpaper and black ink. The ribbon and spider charm also from Jem's.
The spiders are a mix from Smeared Ink and an unknown stamp in my collection. The vial is from Wild Frog Creations. All these were heat embossed in black on red card.

The little charm is attached to a bundle of black mesh after adding a bit of colour with promarkers

That's it from me folks
Until next week
I hope you have seen all the wonderful creations of the other Minions by now. If not. Why not?
See you next week

I am entering this card into one or two challenges
Frilly and Funkie Challenges - Texture
Papercraft Star - Embossing

a Gift Card

If you were around my blog in Feb then you will have seen I made one of these cards then. It's a design I like to save for really special cards. I was asked to make one by a family member as a gift. Of course I would. I did manage to steer the conversation away from tatty teddy  lol.
I took a pic of the inside before lacing as the acetate, I knew, would glare and the inside would not photograph well.

The image is from Jem's Designs, A Fairies Haven. Printed onto silk photographic paper. Before adding her to the BP, I stamped all over the blue and silver BP with a text stamp from Andy Skinner's Gothic stamp collection using weathered wood DI. Then heat embossed, in silver, the winged heart and cherub from the same set. Some TH swirls cut from glitter card and some home-made organza ribbon flowers. A small pearl detail and a light touch of stickles to the fairy pic completed this bit. The same organza ribbon was threaded through the card and attached acetate.
On the outside, see what I mean about the acetate? This came already foiled with silver butterflies.

The card base is a sheet of textured pearlised silver. I used a flower nestie to cut an aperture from the gate-folded card, laying the nestie inside the card layers so that only the one layer got cut. Some holes cut and eyelets set for lacing. Some more of those glitter card swirls, another flower and a stamped sentiment using cobalt blue ink. The laces are blue waxed cotton thread.
Job done.

I'd like to enter this card into one or two challenges
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

True Blood!

A tribute to that TV series True Blood is the theme over at Haunted Design House this week. Now, if like me, you've never seen the programme, this might seem daunting. I used good old Google to find out more before I made my piece. I warn you now - the red is really a deep blood red. in some places it takes on an orange hue -  totally blaming the light here.
This is my twisted easel card I made.

I had to box it to keep some of the light away.
The main image and the tag inside is from the Eternal Matrimony paper set from Jem's Designs. They do have some glorious gothic images. This image seems just right for this theme. The BP is plain red paper that I stamped the script from the Andy Skinner range, gothic stamp set, at Personal Impressions. Then over stamped with Smeared Ink's Blood spatter rubber stamp and heat embossed in red. The cross is a digi from Smeared Ink's Glam Vamps' Accessories. This was printed onto red 4 times and cut out layered up with pinflair with a ring pin between the layers and dipped in UTEE. This was then able to be decorated with some beads and attached with a brad to the card. Some red and black heart lace from stash. Then there's that favourite punch - the MS drippy goo one

The grey paper is from Crafty Chaos. The layout for the inside is from the Smeared and Smudged Very Sketchy challenge for June. I added some die cut leaves - white painted lightly with silver and the roses are a TH pine cone die cut. Rolled tightly and some glossy accent dripped on and when dry coloured this with promarker. There is some gathered black tulle under it all.

See what I mean about that orange :( but you get a better look at the inside here. Some little red tear drop gems finished this card off.

Your turn folks. Get those fangs out, show some of the scarlet and show us truebie or not truebie.

Vampires and Werewolves

It's been one of those weeks here that has seen me not doing much other than working and sleeping. I hate bugs!!! The virusy kind that is.
A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I wanted a GDT spot on Jem's Designs.Wanted to? Of course I did! They have the most gorgeous range of dark and gothic images and scenes that are ideal for a quick card when there's no time to stamp and colour in.
The projects had to be in the post to reach their destination before the 16th because they were going to form part of the showcase on Create and Craft TV.
These are the projects I made. I know - picture heavy - but I've a few to show :)
First up is just a card - using some of the Vampire Queen pics.

and a close up of the front

And an altered picture frame. I used rubber stamps from Smeared Ink here as well to decorate this.

and last but by no means least
a box with keyring (an altered domino)

Just have to wait and see if they want me back, lol

Bingo

Doesn't Monday come round quickly! Seems like only a week ago that I invited eveyone to join in the fun over at Smudgy Antics' last challenge. We had a fantastic response. This week the challenge is a "bingo card challenge"

There, not difficult to choose 3 in any row from that lot. I actually went for everything but ran out of room for the paint element.

• Embossing - The spider webs from Candy is Dandy rubber set heat embossed in black.
• Flowers - home made with skull centres, little black roses adorn the main skull and flowers on the BP (Jem's Designs' Gothic CD)
• Pins - 2 pins - pearls coloured with black alcohol ink - Duck Pond Crafts
• Skull - The main image is one of the sugar skulls from Smeared Ink.- decoupaged up and dipped in UTEE; there are skulls in the flowers and skully paper used (Jem's Designs)
• Black - you can see all the black :)
• Metal - on the pins surrounding the pearls
• Distressed - all the paper and card have been distressed with sandpaper on the edges and black DI used.
• Ribbon - There is black velvet ribbon and lace ribbon here.

So almost a full house

The image was coloured with promarkers before scanning and printing out 6 times. Various bits cut out and off, layered up with pinflair glue, then given a coat of UTEE. This was attached to a frame cut from glossy black cs using a cricut. One of the skully ones from the Happy Hauntings cart. Black roses and pins behind it. Mounted on plain black cs.
Paper was heat embossed before attaching to matt black cs easel card base together with ribbon and lace.
The stopper flowers were attached to a flower shape nestie cut matted base.

Here the dimension is clearer.

All that remains to be said is "get those projects linked up peeps to Smudgy Antics so we can come and admire them. There is a prize but you have to be a follower to be entered into the draw. Some people lately have forgotten this bit and their entry had to be excluded from the draw which is a real shame because they have been amazing projects."

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Craft your Passion - Die cut/punches - the flowers are made from a punch and their base is nestie die cut, The main image is sitting on a cricut die cut.
Lexi's Creations - Die cut/punches
House of Gilli - Flowers
Paper Creations Ink - April showers brings may flowers - use flowers
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes