WELCOME

Hi and welcome to Ike's World. I AM PROUD TO BE A PREVIOUS DESIGN TEAM MEMBER FOR SMEARED INK, SIMPLY CREATE TOO,DELICIOUS DOODLES, POISONED PEAS PLEASE(now shut down)PATH of POSITIVITY, FOREVER FRIENDS DESIGN TEAM, SCRIBBLES DESIGNS, A MINION AT HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE, a STITCHY's ANGEL at OSAAT. I am Co-Writer on QUOTH THE RAVEN and I run my own Challenge at IKE'sWORLD CHALLENGES, and SUYP Cats Only Challenge. Thanks for visiting and please drop by again :-)

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Thursday, 24 December 2015

COOL YULE

Quiiiiiick..... he's nearly here !!!!


I wish you All a very wonderful Festive Season and may you find health, happiness and peace in 2016.
Thank you for all your support.

Hugz
IKE xxx

Wednesday, 23 December 2015

BIT OF FUN

Hi Peeps,
Just nipping in quickly with my piece for the Challenge over at THREE MUSES which is " Mess up a Master " or  ALTER A MASTERPIECE.
I couldn't resist this one, so here is my version of Rodan's The Thinker :-)



Hahaha - that's all for now Folks xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Challenges I am entering:




Sunday, 20 December 2015

CUT AND SHOVE

Hello Peeps,

Well, you should see the mess my workbench is in. !!! I have bits and snippets all over the place... mostly to the right, which is where I 'shove' after I have cut. hahaha I think before long it will all be piling up against the wall, so I decided to make some last minute cards using the snippets up.
Here's my first one which is using snippets from MEINLILAPARK Snowflake papers, and some bits of the Bright Christmas ' pack from FAR FAR HILLS .
I added a glitter MC sentiment and a gold shiny snowflake. 
The main image is my little rescue pooch, Moishe, wearing his festive Chrimbo hat. I have had him almost a year now.



This card is for my friends who have his sister pup Mishka, so I thought she might like a photo of her Bruv  LoL.


Challenges I am entering:

Stamped Blessings ... Amusing Challenge
Eclectic Ellapu Challenges ... 1 or more Die cut
Left of Centre #109/110 - Bumper Christmas Challenge



Saturday, 19 December 2015

CHILLY DAY AT THE BEACH

Just dipping in again today Folks with my piece for the DeSTEMPELWINKEL Challenge #21.
It is still warm here but I decided to do a chilly, wintry day at the beach.
I have used "At The Beach " Rubber stamp set Plate #32.


I stamped the rolling waves stamp in grey several times across the sheet, masking off what I didn't want and then drew some of my neighbour islands on the horizon.
I coloured it all slightly with grey and ice blue pencils.
I then stamped out the pelican on the posts and some extra posts and a little seagull. I coloured these with Promarkers.
I stamped the  snowy tree ( b21735) up in the corner and then put some Stickles on the snowy bits.
My embellishment is some die cut fur sprigs and a gorgeous dragonfly from SAMFLORA. :-)

It's not as cold as this down on the beach yet but I expect it will look something like this come February :-D


Challenges I am entering:

DeStempelwinkel Challenge #21 - Animals/Birds.Fish

AND SOME MORE CHRIMBO CARDS :-)

Well Peeps,
I am still toiling away at cards and have got a huge rush on to get the ones posted !! At least going from here TO the UK is so much quicker than coming !! 
Here is a special one for a good friend who loves Guinea Pigs. The image is from MISS RACH.



He was coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and the background papers are from the 'Bright Christmas ' pack from FAR FAR HILLS. I added some Kindyglitz to his hat and a little snowflake embellie.


My second one is a commission card - the lady lives in Brighton and has 2 Yorkies, so it always has something to do with those things :-D


I used my cutting machine to cut out the window, the tree and the lights. I coloured things using Spectrum Noir pens and then added glitz and sparkles to the tree. The lights were finished with diamond glaze.

I am still finding extra things to do and now I feel I am coming down with something yukky - sweats, headache and muzzy head !!!!  :-(


Thanks for dropping in. :-)

Challenges I am entering:

Left of Centre #109/110 - Bumper Christmas Challenge 





Thursday, 17 December 2015

QUOTH THE RAVEN QUEST #51 - HO HO POE ... MERRY CHRISTMAS... Midway Reminder


Hi Peeps,

Here I am with my piece for this month's Quest #51 over at QUOTH THE RAVEN. The theme is HO HO POE - MERRY CHRISTMAS and the Challenge is to make a festive piece but it must be somehow connected to EDGAR ALLAN POE.

I have used my images from IKEsART... LENORE and GOTHIC WINDOW and for the scene outside the window I have used a background from SMEARED INK.
I coloured my images with Promarkers and Lenore is fussy cut and popped up on foamies for 3D effect.
She is wearing her bestest Christmas frock, and even POE and the Raven are wearing their Chrimbo hats :-D 



You have until 6th JANUARY 2016 to play along, so I hope you can squeeze something in there :-)
To play along click HERE.


Challenges I am entering:

Scrap & Craft Challenge #16 - Anything Christmas
Left of Centre 109/110 - Bumper Christmas Challenge




Wednesday, 16 December 2015

SCRIBBLES DESIGNS CHALLENGE #36 - BINGO


Hi Peeps,
Here I am with my piece for the new Challenge over at SCRIBBLES DESIGNS CHALLENGES and this time we are doing #36 -  BINGO. This is my last piece on the DT and I thank Sandy and her Team for having me with them for the last few months :-D xxxx

Here is the BINGO grid that we are playing with...


 Simply create a card or other kind of project using any 5 items listed below in a row--across, down or diagonally, it is up to you.  For example, you might choose to work with the items in the second row down--glitter, pearls, patterned paper, a sentiment and the colour red.  Or maybe you'll choose to use all the items in the last row down under the 'O"--No patterned paper, red, washi tape, blue and some gems.  Whichever row you choose, just please be sure to mention in your post the items you have chosen to use.
For my piece  I used  "Mr Wool 3", "Party Hat" and "Rudy"   and I went downwards on the row under the "B"......  String/Glitter/brads/Punch/Brown


I cut out multiple Rudy heads and threaded them onto some red string to make a banner.  I added some green and red brads in the corners. Mr Wool was coloured up with Promarkers. My background paper is a freebie from MEINLILAPARK and I also used some punch cut edging and shiny green glitter Washi Tape that was sent to me by a dear Friend :-)

Thank you for dropping in and I hope you will pop over and play along.


Challenges I am entering:  



Sunday, 13 December 2015

MORE CHRIMBO CARDS

Here I am popping in to show some more of my Chrimbo cards.

My first one is made with a FREEBIE from MISS RACH using a background freebie from MEILILAPARK and dies by Marianne Designs.



Here are two more cards using up some snippets and with more adorable Fat Fred images :-)





I made 2 more , but I can't show those because they are for a couple of my Bloggy friends and I don't want them to see them coz they will know straight away who they are for !!! hee hee xxxx

Bye for now.


Challenges I am entering:

Eclectic Ellapu - Christmas + more than 1 die cut
Left of Centre 109/110 - Bumper Christmas Challenge



OSAAT CHALLENGE #252 - ANYTHING GOES WITH 'RED'


Hello happy Sunday peeps,
Here I am with what is my last creation as an OSAAT DT member. I shall be relinquishing my DT commitments after Christmas to focus on life and other schtuff. :-)

This time the Challenge is - 

This challenge will run for one month to give our DT a welcome break over the Christmas Festivities.

The Sponsor for this weeks challenge is StitchyBear Digi Outlet with the December image and papers prize pack. 


This time I asked to work with "FIRE SERVICES PACK "  by COOSTY CREATIONS at STITCHYBEAR STAMPS as I wanted to make a tribute card to all the Firemen and women out there as a Thank You for everything they do.

Fire Service Digital Stamp and Paper Pack

Here is my card. I made one of those zig zag cards and added some extra embellies.



Well - thank you for visiting and I hope you will come over to OSAAT to see what my Teamies have made for you to see and to play along with us :-D

Hugz
IKE xxx

Challenges I am entering:





Saturday, 12 December 2015

YaY !!! I AM THE QUEEN

Hello Peeps,
I am so pleased that I won the QUEEN OF SNARK for the last Challenge at SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS, and I was invited to be a Guest DT for this Challenge - X is for XMAS.


I used an image from the Freebie cat sheet I got - 'Fat Cat Fred Christmas Images' - which I got from Practical Publishing Australia. To snag your own sheet just click HERE.


The background paper was a FREEBIE from MEINLILAPARK and I also used up some snippets of papers from last year and a bit of shiny ribbon.
The Fat Cat was coloured with Promarkers.


Thank you for dropping by.

Challenges I am entering:




Saturday, 5 December 2015

CHRIMBO CARDS 1

Good morning Peeps,
I am starting to work my way through a big Chrimbo card order and here I am with the first one.



I have used background papers by Wild Rose Studio and my images are " TUBBY TUMPLYN's SANTA HAT " and  " OUT IN THE COUNTRY " (which was a Freebie in October) and both are by SPYDER .
I coloured them with Promarkers and I made the country scene into a frosty winter one by leaving all the ground white and then adding some Stickles and a white Pen-Touch pen for snow.
I mounted everything on red card and placed Teddy Tumplyn on foamies to give him pop.


SPYDER is sponsoring my first ever Challenge over at the Cat Lovers' Challenge Blog which you can find HERE.

Thank you for popping in.

Challenges I am entering:


Thursday, 3 December 2015

5 YEAR BLOGAVERSARY CANDY WINNER + BONUS PRIZE

Hello lovely Peeps,
Sorry I am a bit late in posting the details of the 5 YEAR BLOGAVERSARY CANDY WINNER but better late than never. :-D
Here is Mr Random.org to sort us out...............




I had 30 lovely comments but Sarn at #4 didn't enter for the Candy.
So the WINNER is #15 CAZZY..... Congrats and please contact me to give me your snail mail details :-D


I also got to my 350 Followers goal - plus extras :-D - so I also offer this Prize to another lovely Peep who commented .........................







Congrats and please contact me to give me your snail mail details :-D

** I live in Greece and our DonkeyMail postal service can be a little slow, depending on where you live, so please have patience **

Thank you all so much for taking part and for following me in my Blogging exploits :-D

Hugz
IKE

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

SCRIBBLES DESIGNS CHALLENGE #35 - MIDWAY REMINDER


Hi Peeps,
Here I am with my DT piece for the halfway reminder for SCRIBBLES DESIGNS CHALLENGE #35 - Non-Traditional Christmas Colours.
Top Scribbler receives $10 worth of digital images, winner's choice 
Top 3 receives $3 worth of digital images and our other Sponsor this time is........
Donating: 7 digital images, winners choice

Here is my creation -


I have used " ELFS BOOTS " by SCRIBBLES as my image and I have coloured them with Promarkers. All the  papers are snippets from my Chrimbo stash box and I used a Lea'bilities  ' Holly Leaves + Pine Branches ' n.45.9920 die cutter for my embellie. The button is from my stash and is threaded with some glitter thread.

OK - you have until 15th December 2015 to enter this Challenge so click HERE to pop over. :-D

Thanks for dropping in. xxxx

Challenges I am entering:





LOOK WHO I AM SPONSORING




Hello Peeps,
I thought I would pop in and show you which Challenges I am Sponsoring today ...

My first is FOREVER DARK CHALLENGES #7 - Anything Goes but keep it Dark


forever dark 2



creative ladybirds creations



Challeng Blog Badge

Click on the Badges to go see the awesome creations and play along :-)