ANY TIME IS GRUMPIE TIME

Happy Monday Everyone,
Today over at Smudgy Antics, our Challenge is to 'Alter Something'. I have made a clock from an old CD. I used Simply Steampunk 3 from Crafty Chaos Designs for my background and I have multiple images of 'SHEGRUMP' from Smeared Ink to represent the hours. I glued it on the CD and gave it a couple of coats of matt varnish to protect it.

I am also going to enter this into the March GDT Challenge over at Smeared & Smudged Forum. Our Guest DT this month is Kathi Rerek and she has challenged us to produce something steampunk/green/critters and recycling :-D  No pressure there then LoL. 
I think this will do quite nicely. :-D I hope you will pop over and play with us at Smudgy Antics and Smeared & Smudged. We have a fun Forum and we'd love to see you any time. xxx

EVIL EMPIRE

Welcome to another Macabre Monday over  at Haunted Design House. This week our Challenge is EVIL EMPIRE, and we were tasked to create a project inspired by a Disney villain. Well, I've had such a sh*tty, snotty cold this last few days and sloped off to my sick bed. So,  I felt distinctly un-inspired and was actually late with my project. !!! It is not decidedly evil either, but everyone crashes and burns sometimes right ?!!

Twisted easel card with image by Carlton. Jungle background is my own digi. Leaves beautifully cut by my friend Linda at Scrapcat Cards. Images are decoupaged for 3D effect with silicone.
Challenges I am entering:
Stamp,Scrap & Doodle Saturday - Fancy Fold
Craft Your Passion Challenge 101- Easel Cards

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Me and Bruv - Happy Mother's Day :-) xx

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Hello Peeps,
This time over at QUOTH THE RAVEN, our Challenge is themed with POE's tale of Premature Burial. How awful would that be - to wake up and find yourself in your own grave. While the modern usage of the verb "wake" is "become or stay alert" meaning, a "wake" for the dead harks back to the antiquated "watch" or "guard" sense. This is contrary to the urban legend that people at a wake are waiting in case the deceased should "wake up."
Anyways, sometimes people had a little bell rigged up to their toe or hand, so that if they should wake up inside the coffin, they could ring it for assistance.
Here is my offering for this challenge:

The two digital images are from the Build A Graveyard Set by Smeared Ink. I coloured my hand digi in PSE9. The cross  and gravestone images were 'paper pieced' onto a photos of marble and alabaster.
If you want to read the work by POE, then go HERE
I hope you will come over to Quoth The Raven to see what my fellow Supplicants to the Master have created for you. :-) 

TAG IT ON AT DRAGON's DREAM

Hello Peeps,
Today I am going to play again at DRAGON's DREAM  TIO 110 ALICE - Wonderland or Looking Glass.
Now you know that Tags is my new 'thing' so I am still experimenting here :-) Maybe even ATCs next - who knows ???
Anyhoo - here is my entry...

I used a 6" x 3" tag as my base. The keyhole is from my friend Linda at Scrapcat Cards - I bought several die cuts from her shop 'cos she has a Cricut and I don't :-)  I distressed the edge a bit to make it stand out and added a tiny googly eye in the hole (don't ask me why - I kinda' thought it worked !!!) The playing card is from my stash. The mad hare is 'borrowed' from the Web. The Cat and Alice are both my new digis. I did them a couple of weeks ago but hadn't coloured them up to use yet.  I'm still fiddling with them a bit before I put them in my Shop. The images were decoupaged for 3D effect and stuck with silicone. My 'real' stamp is my butterfly - he's the caterpillar, but he's grown up and buggered off !! A little stamp I had for years.... just distressed a bit with green + brown. 

I think I may have got the angle of the playing card a bit wrong but I'm still practicing a bit here :-D !!!

SMUDGY ANTICS CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES

Hello Peeps,
Now, this week at SMUDGY ANTICS our Challenge is 'Anything Goes'... that surely is no excuse for you not to play eh ?!!! 
Yep, anything goes as long as your project contains at least one stamped image (rubber, clear, or digital) and follows the rules posted in the left sidebar. You do not have to make a card. We also accept altered items, art journal pages, mixed media pieces, etc. If you do not follow the rules, one of which is to be a follower of the Smudgy Antics blog, your project will not count towards the prize drawing and may be deleted. The Prize is a single Digi  image from Smeared Ink. How cool is that ?

This week I have made a bangle for you to see ....

I made it using a section of cardboard tube which I then wound covered with black ribbon. Then I added some silky roses all round. The bat is from Smeared Ink's - Little Bit Batty set .

I printed him out 6 times and then fussy cut him. I layered him up with silicone and each layer was liberally coated with UTEE.

I hope you will come over and play with us this week. :-D xx


Challenges I am entering:
Allsorts Challenge Week 144 - Spread Your Wings

TIME RIFT !!!

Hi and welcome to Challenge HDH123 on Macabre Monday at HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE. This week we are sponsored by the amazing DILLY BEANS and our theme is 'Terrible Twos'. Your challenge this week is to use 2 of the same image in your creation. I was lucky to be given Alice in Wonderland to work with, and this is what I did with her.

I coloured them both digitally to make 'opposites'. My backgrounds and the caterpillar were 'borrowed' from the Web. I printed everything twice and then tore the two side sections away and re-glued them so that the white 'tearing' showed... to signify the 'rift'. Then I cut out my 3 main characters and stuck them on the background using silicone glue for added depth. Sentiment balloons I made in my graphics programme. 


Our Prize this week is..... 3 Dilly Beans images of your choice.... how cool is that ?!!
I hope you will come over and play and also look at what my amazing Minion sistahs have to show you xxxxx


Challenges I am entering:
Just Us Girls   No.126 Sketch Challenge
The Altered Alice - Best Butter -I've got a fair bit of yellow on the 'pretty' side :-D

ONE STITCH AT A TIME CHALLENGE 102

Happy Saturday Everyone,
Over at One Stitch At A Time, Challenge 102 is an 'Use a Digi Spring/Easter' and the fabulous DT have been using new stamps from the latest Collaboration. This is a mega Collaboration and here is a preview;

The collab set will be yours free with a purchase of just $12 across the store at StitchyBear Digital Stamps. The whole set will automatically add to your basket for you to download.. How fantastic is that ?  You can also be the proud owner of this full set by winning this weeks prize. Yes - that's right - one lucky winner will receive the whole set FREE. 
I have a couple of my new Spring images in there and I have chosen to colour one up to play for fun. She is called 'Spring Fairy'

So why not pop over at play before it's too late :-D

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Happy Friday Peeps,
Following our St Patrick's day theme - here is a Hunky Chunk for you.  You can have a hat too in case you think he needs dressing 'up' :-D  xxxx

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MUSIC TO SOOTHE THE SOUL

Hello Peeps and Happy Friday,
Today at DELICIOUS DOODLES our Challenge this fortnight is called "Music to Soothe the Soul", and  your task is to make a creation inspired by a song. It could be your favourite song, something that was important at a certain part of your life, a lullaby your Mum sang to you... any song you like, but your creation must reflect that.


I have used two images for my card - Gravestone Scene & The Grim Reaper both of which are by Delicious Doodles. My music/rose background is from Marie Johnstone from a CD I purchased in 2005 !!!! I can't seem to locate her anywhere on the Web, so there's no link - sorry :-(  The Keyboard Frame I got yesterday and is a free download from Free Craft Downloads.

My Song, of course, is "Don't Fear The Reaper" by the Blue Oyster Cult. :-D 
I hope you will come over and see the delicious creations my fellow DT sisters have created for your inspiration and that you can join in with us for this Fab challenge. :-D  xxx


Challenges I am entering:
Glitter Geeks  Week 9 - Song Title