Day 21 of 31 Days of Hallowe'en with HDH and Smudgy Antics

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Good morning folks

As promised yesterday I have a double bill for you today.
It's the start of a new challenge over at Smudgy Antics and the second week of the one at Haunted Design House. Normally I would have a post each for my DT pieces for these two challenges but, as this is the 31 Days of Hallowe'en, I have decided to combine them into one.
I hope you're sitting comfy. Which order do I post? Coin flip time!
ok
First up Smudgy Antics. The challenge this next fortnight is a colour challenge.

Dark Grey, Magenta, Dark Green, Black and Dark Orange

For my project this week I continue with my Fat Book of Smeared Ink's  Creepy Li'l Grumpies.

This week featuring

Frankie and our little Super Hero

The FB page was covered with black gesso and texture added. When nearly dry, Frankie was stamped into it. This created the slight hollow to house the image. This in real life looks like he is emerging from the pit.

While letting the gesso fully dry the image was stamped, coloured with promarkers and fussy cut out. The scars are coloured with magenta gel pen. When the gesso was dry a light rub over with versamark and some pan pastels lightly brushed over then sealed with hair spray. I used glossy accents to attach Frankie then added brads in the required colours. Some copper wire was wound round (electricity and Frankie go together, don't they?)

All the colours are used here

Next up our little Trick or Treater all dressed up. Again coloured with promarkers before cutting out and adhering to the FB page base of dark orange coredinations. This had been embossed with a couple of folders I have and the raised part - more pan pastels. The little honeycomb of papers are from Carta Bella - Happy Hauntings stack. The bead letters threaded onto a jewellery pin and connected with brads.

Colours here are dark orange, black, grey and magenta.

One more Grumpie to feature.

Then we have Haunted Design House. 

The second week of our "Zombies and Creeps" challenge

Sponsored by Simply Betty who happens to be one of the sponsors of the 31 Days of Hallowe'en blog hop.

See why I decided to combine the to posts now?

This card features Dracula Summoned from the new images drawn by Abigail Larson for the Limited edition Steampunk collection.

 Sorry about the picture quality. Taking pics at night does not provide the best light.
Base paper is from DCWV - Heirloom stack. Then there's lace, some velvet and satin ribbons. The lilac sheer fabric to simulate the image curtains over flowing is  just a length from stash, twisted and adhered before glueing the image down with pinflair glue.

 The image mounted onto some embossed and sanded coredinations.

The sentiment made up of individual letters, stamped with stazon onto parchment type paper. Torn out and adhered to the lace.

Which challenge are you going to enter? Both I hope.

Thank you for visiting and see you tomorrow with another project.

I'd like to enter my last card into the challenge at
Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes (optional Hallowe'en)

Day 15 of 31 Days of Hallowe'en

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Good morning. Almost half way through this fiesta. Thank you all you Horrifying Hoppers for the kind words you have left so far, they really do help the soul to keep going.

Today I bring you a project made with an image from one of the sponsors for today - Simply Betty Stamps.
The image is from the Steampunk Zombies and Creeps section in the shop. This is Vampire Portrait.

 The base of the clock (Indigo Blu) was destined for another project that never came to fruition. How fortunate. I painted it first with Decoart Metallic paint in copper. Drew round a plate to get the circle from G45 - Steampunk Spells DP and stuck down.
The minor numbers of the clock are piles of watch parts glued together with glossy accents.
The primary numbers are mini dominoes adding up to the appropriate figures.

 The Vampire image was coloured with promarkers before cutting out and edge distressed with ink

The sentiment is from Prickly Pear. Stamped onto kraft coloured card, die-cut out and matted onto a complimentary die-cut in burnt orange.

Once again, I thank you all for looking and for your fabulous comments
See you tomorrow with a project using yet another fabulous image from yet another of our gracious sponsors. Can you guess which one?

Day 3 of the 31 Days of Hallowe'en

Morning all,
If you're following the blog roll order you will have arrived from the awesome Susan.

For full deets on this Freaking fantabulous Blog hop organised by Smeared Ink and The Smeared and Smudged forum, please hop on over to Terra's blog. All the info on the days sponsors are there as well as any other info you think you might need.

We are well under-way now and my diary with proposed projects have nearly all been completed for the next week. Stop panicing Cromsie!!

Today's project is made to fulfil the criteria of one of the challenges that I have been entering every week in order to be in the running for a massive prize come Christmas - Through the Purple Haze.

The challenge this week is "Hallowe'en with Simply Betty"  This fits in ok with my 31 days ........... yessss!!
I have decorated a coffin shaped box.

 This image is from the limited edition collections and called Christian Count Drac.
Coloured with promarkers before cutting out with a die and matting onto the larger size.
The papers are from the new digi range Vintage Grunge from Smeared Ink. The edges have been further grunged using distress ink after a bit of "roughing up"
Some chain with a few charms (cross, stake, and the frightful TH muse token) attached to the matted layers. A lace wreath with a mirror behind it and watch charm in front with some tiny lime green and orange flowers added.

Some tiny die cut cogs were randomly given a lick of "aged hunter frantage" embossing enamel and attached to the copper ribbon round the side of the top.
The base of the box was decorated with more distress inks after masking (TH)
A box for all those sweeties that will be handed round in the coming weeks.


Thank you for looking. And off you pop to the very talented Loren.

See you tomorrow.

I am entering this sweet box into the challenge at
Through the Purple Haze - Hallowe'en with Simply Betty
Pan Pastel UK -  Anything goes
Simply Steampunk - Layers

Witch Mercedes

Hi peeps
I recently joined the Simply Betty fan page within facebook and they have just started this month's challenge. A digi image - Witch Mercedes - given away to those that request it before August 20th but request and not use ..... and the freebies stop coming your way.
Well I did get to use her - and, surprise surprise, a card popped up.

Hallowe'en colours are required in the challenge over on the Simply Betty blog and that's what we have here. Greens, oranges, purples and black.

Mercedes has been coloured using promarkers and mounted onto a couple of memory box tree die cuts then grey (x-cut). A MS cobweb punch for the spider webs and all over bazzil basics cats' eyes paper. The sentiment is part of the digi set.

I am entering this card into the challenge at
Simply Betty Stamps - Halloween colours with specified image

Eternal Love

Immortal or Eternal oh well.
It's week three of the challenges over at Through The Purple Haze Challenge Blog. The current week's challenge is about using favourite colours and is being sponsored by Simply Betty but the big prize that's up for grabs is completing all the challenges leading up to the 16th December.

My favourite colours? That's a toughy. Black/grey, brown, dark reds, dark greens, purples all feature in my normal "go-to" colours normally. So that's where I went on this little romantic card.

The image is, of course Simply Betty, from her Steampunk range, Amaranth and Archie.

Coloured with promarkers before masking and distress inks applied. Matted onto black cs.

The base paper is from DCWV, Heritage collection and has been stamped with the words "Immortal Love" from Visible Image. 

Matted onto more black cs.

Red organza ribbon overlaid with black lace then black satin ribbon added. The ends of the bow secured after twisting them. A couple of charms added to the centre with a jump ring.

I would like to enter this card into the challenge over at

Through The Purple Haze - Favourite Colours

Simply Challenged - Heavy on the Embellishments

Craft-Dee BowZ - must have a bow on it
Ooh-La-La Creations Challenges - For the one you love
Rhedd and Rosie - Time (I chose timelessness)