THE DARK SIDE CREEPS BACK............

Ha !!  I have lulled you enough with the pretties and wherewithalls of 'CutesieLand' and now my dark half returns. :-D
I have found a new dark and scary Challenge site...................... "SPOOKY AND SCARY"......... and they have their first Challenge up .. 'SKULLS', and it seems they are lovers of Edgar Allan POE.  Every month on 13th they will have a new Challenge going up to release your dark sides and apparently you can make anything you like - so long as it fits the theme obviously !.

I have made a 3D creation using one of my digis called 'Deamon' (available in my Shop),
Raven from the QTR Set and a Bat from the 'Little Bit Batty Set', both by SMEARED INK. The Raven was printed 4 times and then 'fussy cut' and layered up with foam pads to make him 3D. I call this piece 'Hell Cave'.

Click on pic to enlarge... if you dare !!!

So now - if you are craving for a bit more of the Dark Side .... don't forget you can visit these AWESOME places....

SMUDGY ANTICS (related to Smeared Ink)

HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE

QUOTH THE RAVEN

SPOOKY & SCARY (new site)

Oh yeah - I might be back later to show you another couple of schmaltzy cards I yet have waiting to go up  hee hee :-D xxx

Challenges I am entering:

Spooky & Scary Challenge #1 - Skulls

SMUDGY ANTICS CHALLENGE - DISTRESS IT

Happy Monday Peeps...

                                                   

                Welcome back for another challenge with Smudgy Antics!

The challenge theme this week is 

DISTRESS IT.

Using at least one stamped image (real or digi) and following the rules posted on the left sidebar, we at Smudgy Antics challenge you to relieve some stress by distressing items to make art. 

You can stick with paper crafting or you can go three dimensional.  The more creative, the better.  We love it when you guys and gals think outside the box! 

Well this week my mind was elsewhere and I started a project for the old theme ..pfftttt LoL !!!  I managed to change it though by adding some old book roses and leaves at the base. I distressed them with TH distress inks.  Psssst... don't tell the other DTs coz I think I got away with it LoL snigger !!!

I made this 'Bat' Christmas Tree  or is it a Batmas Tree hahahahaha using images from 'A Little Bit Batty' set from SMEARED INK of course :-) I resized them down from 8" to 3" at the top to make a tree shape and then added just a bat head instead of a star. The bats were printed one side flipped so that I could stick them together.

I used another old CD storage case and poked some wire down the centre stick and secured with hot glue. Then I covered the wire and stick in blood red satin material. I stuck on my bats and them painted them with glitter varnish (you can't see that in the pic). At the base I used die cuts to cut 2 different kinds of leaves. I distressed them with TH 'Peeled Paint' green distress inks. Then I made some old book pages roses and distressed them with TH 'Vintage Photo' ink. The roses go all around the back too. Lastly I added a big bow and voila !!!

The whole project is 15" tall and 5" across the base. I think I might put this on my Chrimbo table unless anyone wants it ???!!!!

Please pop over to SMUDGY ANTICS and see the gorgeous creations my Smudgy Sisters have to show you and join in with us too :-D xxxx

Challenges I am entering:

SMUDGY ANTICS CHALLENGE + DAY 2 of 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS

Good morning and Happy Monday Peeps,

                                         
I have a bit of a 2'fer going on today.... SMUDGY ANTICS DT piece for this week + DAY 2 of the 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS with Smeared & Smudged. You should have arrived here on the Hop from the  Joyous JENN....................
This week at SMUDGY ANTICS our Challenge is to Alter Something. Now, ordinarily I hate this theme coz I can never think of what to do !!! I look around and have shedloads of schtuff that I hoard but when it comes down to it I can't think of what to do :-( I spend hours trawling sites on the Web for inspiration and then end up with nothing.!
This time however, was a little less of a struggle.... I had stashed away a couple of those plastic case thingies that you get stacks of blank CDs/DVDs  in ... one of my moments of "hmmmm, they might come in useful"  - you know what I mean ?
So, I had this crazy idea about bats flying up out of a cave or something, so I used the base with the long stick thingy as my start. I printed out loads of bats from the 'Little Bit Batty Set' from SMEARED INK. I had to flip print them so that they were on both sides when I stuck them together. I altered the sizes a bit to try and get perspective. I made some cala lillies out of clay and then stuck those to the stick bit. I hot glued a couple of coils of fishing line to the base and threaded it through the holes at the top of the stick.  My bats were attached to the fishing line by sticking the two halves together to sandwich the line. Then I made some pebbles out of clay, painted them with water colours and glued them down on the base, then added a little varnish. I was quite pleased with how it came out. I have got the plastic tube bit (like the one it's sitting on for the photo) but it's not quite clear enough when I put it back on this base, so I left it off for the photo :-) Anyways, here it is....

Here's a bit of a close-up....

Now, this is also my project for DAY 2 of the 12 DAYS OF CREEPMAS. I got some Chrimbo ribbon round the bottom and I cut out some holly leaves with my Craft Robo. I was thinking if I put some snazzy wrapping paper in the bottom, it might make an alternative table decoration centrepiece :-D ... what do you think ???  LoL.

So, we would love it if you came over and played along with us this week and even joined in with hopping on the 12 DAYS of CREEPMAS to see what my Smudgy Sisters have to show you. The Blog Roll is over here on my side bar......................................................>>>>>> Up a little bit now !!  but your next stop should be Cracking CANDACE.... she had the most amazing Christmas stocking for Day 1... you just gotta' see it !!!! :-) 

Challenges I am entering:

Totally Stampalicious - Anything But A Card

Mygrafico Crafts Challenge 141 - Anything Goes

Make It Monday 118 - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations Crafts Challenge 18 - Anything Goes