BLACK & BLUE AT SMUDGY ANTICS

This week at Smudgy Antics our theme is Black & Blue -  now, I must admit that this totally stumped my Mojo this week. I left it almost until the last minute before I got my brain in gear for a creation. !! Don't ask me why - isn't it weird sometimes when a theme just doesn't give you anything at all.... or is that just me ???
Anyhoo - I came up with this:

My main images are 'Dead Dancer' and my latest acquisition -  'Praise Angel'  from the Symbology of Angels Set both of which are from SMEARED INK. I coloured both images digitally in PSE and I have layered them onto a montage of two other images. One is from The Black Swan poster which I borrowed from Google and this is faded into a white and black feather background. Don't ask me how/why I got this in my head - it just came all of a sudden. :-D
So, I hope you will come over and join us this week. You can create anything you like so long as it fits in the theme of the Challenge BUT you are only eligible to be picked as Winner or Top 3 if you have used a Smeared Ink image in your creation.
Please pop over and see what my Smudgy Sisters have created for you and leave them a little love :-D xxx

SMUDGY ANTICS CHALLENGE - MASKING

Happy Monday,

Here we are again with Smudgy Antics and our Challenge this week is "Masking". This week I have tried a technique I saw recently on the Splitcoast Stampers Newsletter which they called 'Reverse Masking'.

I printed my image - Clarice, from the Glam Vamp set by Smeared Ink, and I coloured her digitally. Do you like her Smeared Ink shirt ??? :-D Then I cut out and embossed her with one of my Nesties. Then you have to put the Nestie back on AND the bit you cut it from and ink round the edges, and then again with just the Nestie frame. Then I stamped through some lace round the outside of that. I place the whole thing on some Joanna Sheen lacey paper that I had tinted green with Distress Ink. The flowers are from one of my much coveted prizes from Petaloo. :-) I think she came out pretty cool, and it was something totally different for me to do :-)

I hope you will come over and play with us at Smudgy Antics.

Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, mixed media, altered or 3-D item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. We have taken into consideration our digital artist fans and will be allowing all-digi projects. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects and mediums we are sure to see.

***Every entry, no matter what stamped image is used, will now qualify for a prize. Encourage your crafty friends to come play with us!

You may use any stamped image, however only projects using at least one Smeared Ink image will be eligible to win placement in the "Top Three".
*You can only enter and qualify for a prize if you are, or become, a follower of the blog. While you're at it, why not visit the forum as well for more challenges?

The weekly winner will be chosen by random number and revealed on Sunday. Prizes will vary and may range from a free digi to a coupon to a blog badge. The TOP 3 are 'personally selected'.

WOO HOO - HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE

Hello Peeps,

It's me with my  2nd project as a Macabre Minion at Haunted Design House . The Theme this week is 'Metal Mania' and boy, am I excited. !! I  tried out a new thing with tin foil as I didn't have any sheet metal hanging around at the moment.   So - without further blurb, here it is....

OUTSIDE:

INSIDE:

For the Outside, I have used 'Criss Cross Corset' from the Heavy Metal Set by Smeared Ink. I painted the whole image with glitter glue (that's why it looks green)and then coloured the fastenings with gold pen.  The background was made using all the other images from the Heavy Metal set arranged on white cardstock. The edge of the card was smudged with silver and gold ink. I cut a plate from the inside of a take-away box which had a metal foil interior, and I used aluminium tin foil glued on cardstock to cut out my flowers and leaves.

The Inside has 'Monster Boy' from Dilly Beans Stamps, and I have coloured him digitally and cut him out 3 times to decoupage him in 3D layers. I also gave him some kooky googly eyes which are hilarious when you hold the card and they wiggle...  snort !!!   I added a handmade tag and sentiment with a little silver bow. So - all in all - loadsaMetal :-D xxxxx

"Metal Mania"

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

that uses, includes, or depicts metal in some way. 
You can go very literal with metal embellishments or metallic papers.
Or you can use the Metal music genre for your muse, or maybe some
industrial H.R. Giger type stuff.
Make it dark if you dare!!

Challenges I am entering:
Smudgy Antics Challenge  - Recycle - used takeaway containers :-)
OSAAT - Challenge 95 -  Use 3 Embellishments  Leaves, flowers, Googly eyes, bow
Sparkles Forum - Anything BUT a Christmas Card
Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge 54 - Recycle Something ... My takeaway tins :-)
Kraftin'Kimmi Challenge 110 - Shape Up - 3 different shapes
Squiggle Stamps - Recycle, Upcycle Challenge