Monday 30 April 2012

New Challenge and DT Member Blog Hop

Here we are Monday again :) and that means a new challenge at Smudgy Antics, and this week the theme is Drop Dead Gorgeous,  but this weeks challenge is a little different, .... we are combining this weeks challenge with a DT Member blog hop to showcase the new digi's from Smeared Ink






I have chosen to use four of The Women of Power


I have made a set of ATC's using four of the new images from Smeared Inks set Women of Power, All coloured with Pro Markers and Le Plumes.

Here is the Blog Roll for the
New Release Blog Hop

Fiona
and our GDT
MaryKay

I would like to enter these ATC's into the following Challeng(s)


Thanks for stopping by, now off you hop to our talented GDT MaryKay's blog.

Have fun

Fiona. x

Sunday 29 April 2012

Feast of Fools

This is going to be a very quick post, cos, as usual I am cutting it fine to enter a challenge.  Over at the Smudger Challenge Blog the challenge is Feast of Fools.

This is my take on the Challenge 



I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by and please call again.

Take care 

Fiona. x

The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Hi Everyone,

As it's Sunday that means a new challenge at Corrosive Challenges, and this week the challenge is The Man, The Myth, The Legend.......Tim Holtz.  You are to use at least one Tim Holtz product on your project.

This is what I came up with




The image is by Natalie Shau, you can find her work on DevianArt, I just love this image.  I have mat and layered her onto red and black cardstock and used flourish dies and a sentiment plaque by Tim Holtz.  The skull in the left corner is a digi stamp by Smeared Ink, decoupaged and covered in glossy accent, then mounted onto a cameo surround.  The skull in the right corner is from a necklace I bought somewhere in a sale.  The flowers, ribbon and lace are all from my stash  

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by, now off you go to join in the Corrosive Challenge fun :)

Take care

Fiona. x

Monday 23 April 2012

Smudgy Antics - Rain Down On Me

It's Monday, so that means another challenge over at Smudgy Antics, but before we get into this weeks challenge, I would like to Congratulate the winner of last weeks challenge - Bingo...........
 and the Winner is...........

PiHi

and the Top Three (in no particular order)............. 

Lisa B
Crafty Teacher
Beth Pollock

Congratulations to you all :)  

The Challenge this week is Rain Down on Me..... you are to use water in your project.

Remember to win, you must be or become a follower of Smudgy Antics.  To be chosen as one of the Top 3, you must use a Smeared Ink Stamp                         

I decided to go with water colouring....... bit of a stretch for me.........but I was determined to give it a go. So I bought watercolour pencils (they are so lovely I didn't want to use them LOL),  and a water-colour sketch pad. 

Here is the end result  


I water coloured the water and image of this Smeared Ink digi stamp from the Smitten set. I then cut her and the water out and backed them onto sky printed card, which was then backed onto a water image from the net.  The feathers are from my stash and the shells I bought recently from Hobbycraft.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Now off you go to Smudgy Antics to join in the fun.

Fiona. x

Wednesday 18 April 2012

To Helen Challenge Extended and HDH DT Call

Due to an unfortunate accident, our eloquent poet Ike, at Quoth the Raven, Nevermore , will be out of action for a while....... so, we have decided to extend our challenge ....To Helen,  for a further two weeks......which means you have until the 2nd May to submit your project....... so get creating...... we just love to see your interpretation of the challenge :)

For the last month Haunted Design House have been running a DT Call, which ends 20th April.  This is the card I made for the DT call........ wish me luck :)

The image is by Victoria Frances and I have applied glossy accent to the blood on her face and neck and also to the skull in her hand........ just to make her a bit more touchy feely :)  The backing paper is from the Vintage Visions range from Stitchy Bear Stamps
The flowers, lace, ribbon, and tassel are all from my stash.


Monday 16 April 2012

Bingo!

It's Monday...... the start of another week....... so that means a new challenge at Smudgy Antics , but first I would like to congratulate the winner and top 3 of last weeks challenge......Anything Goes....CONGRATULATIONS  to our WINNER Leigh Snath-Brunto and to the TOP 3 Christine, Andrea and Kapree.  And so, on to this weeks the challenge ........

Bingo!


You are to create something using 3 of the above in a row..... horizontally, vertically or diagonally the choice is yours.  I have chosen Flowers, Black and Ribbon.........what will you choose?

Here is my project


The image is Criss Cross Corset a digi stamp from Smeared Ink, which I have decoupaged to give it depth. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by, now off you go to Smudgy Antics to join in the fun.

Take care

Fiona. x

Sunday 15 April 2012

Homage to Hitchcock

This is the piece I made for the Haunted Design House Challenge - #128 Homage to Hitchcock


It's a 12 x 12 scrapbook page and all of the images are from the internet

I would like to enter this page into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Take care

Fiona. x

Hit The Bottle

Hi Everyone,

Hop you are all enjoying your Sunday :)

Today we have a new challenge over at Corrosive Challenges sponsored by Dilly Beans, and that challenge is Hit The Bottle........use something from a bottle.... Stickles, liquid applique, glaze, crackle finish, liquid pearls, etc.  I have chosen to use liquid glaze and stickles on my project.

Here it is


The image is Stripey Girl by Dilly Beans.  I have used liquid glaze on the heart and skull in her hair and red and black stickles in her hair and on her dress.  The ornate frame is by Spellbinders - Floral Ovals.  The cardstock, flowers, tassels and ribbons are from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by, now off you go to join in the fun at Corrosive :)
Fiona. x

Friday 13 April 2012

Happy Birthday to The Small Annoying One :)

If you are looking for the Smeared and Smudged Member Blog Hop please scroll down to the next post

Today is my baby's 17th Birthday........Jamie has always been a typical boy........ if there was mischief ...... he was in it!........ which is how he inherited the nick name of The Small Annoying One, which has stuck, in spite of the fact that he is now over 6'

This is the Birthday Card I made for him.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMIE . x


The image is by Anne Stokes.  The embellishments are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Fiona. x

Friday the 13th PHOBIA!

Today is the Smeared and Smudged's members April blog hop...... and the theme this month is WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF??? 

If you have arrived here from the talented Lisa's blog then you are on the right track, but not don't worry, if you get lost the blog roll in on my sidebar :)

From being a child, I have been scared of CLOWNS!.......I don't even like looking at them.......... so I chose an image of a CLOWN!  Also...... those of you who know my work, will know I tend to overload with embellishments ......flowers, lace, tassels etc........can't bear empty spaces! 

Here it is


Even now I am itching to glue embellishments to this

The main image is a free download by W Hammock from deviantArt and I have used the a stamp for the Happy Birthday sentiment......... because people think it's a great idea to hire a clown for a childs Birthday party????

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Paper and Such - Clean and Simple
Art With No Boundaries - The Eyes Have It

I hope you have enjoyed all the amazing art on display in this months members hop :)

Thanks for Stopping by, please call again :)


Take care

Fiona. x

Monday 9 April 2012

Anything Goes!

Happy Bank Holiday Everyone,

Before we talk about the new challenge at Smudgy Antics I would like to Congratulate the Winner - Lisa B creative,  and Top 3 - Jane, Lisa, and Titbelsoeur, of the previous challenge ....... EGGstatic.  CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Ladies....... Fab work all round......Well done :)

Now on to the  new challenge over at Smudgy Antics this week which is Anything Goes.....you are to create something, anything you like so long as it is stamped somewhere........how easy is that?.......remember, to be eligible for the Top 3 you are required to use a Smeared Ink stamp.

Here is my project for this week



I have used Smeared Ink's Tarantula, coloured with promarkers.  The backing papers are from Crafty Chaos Designs and the embellishments are part of a prize I won at HDH.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by and please call again :

Now off you go and join in the fun at Smudgy Antics

Fiona. x

Sunday 8 April 2012

Off with Their Heads

For the past week the challenge over at Haunted Design House has been Off With Their Heads - to create something Dark, Gothic or Halloween based by removing the head of one image and replacing it with head of another.  The sponsor is The Octopode Factory.......FAB!

Here is what I came up with

 the sentiment reads "You're NOT F#@king Funny"

I have used two Ocotopode Factory Images - Audrey Hepburn and March Hare and swapped their heads over.

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenge(s)

Pile it On - Something beginning with S (the black card has a glossy stripe on it)

Thanks for stopping by and please call again :)

Take care

Fiona. x

Thursday 5 April 2012

To Helen

Sorry folks..... I am mega late with my post for Quoth the Raven, Nevermore, so I'm going to get straight into it and Congratulate the winner and Top 3 of the last challenge.... The Tell Tale Heart........Congratulations to Jane our winner and Jackie, Yvonne and Susan our Top 3....... well done ladies :)

To quote the very eloquent Ike "The Master invites thee to create with love and beauty on this occasion and produce an offering To Helen".  You will find the full poem on Quoth the Raven, Nevermore, where you will also find the amazing artwork of the other minions Blackdragon and Ike.

and here is my offering to the Master


The image is borrowed from the net, coloured and decoupaged. The lace and flowers are from my stash.

I would like to enter the card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for Stopping by and please call again, now off you go and present your offering to the Master.

Take care

Fiona. x

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Monday 2 April 2012

EGGstatic

Morning Everyone

Hope you are all well and ready for another challenge from Smudgy Antics........ This weeks challenge is EGGstatic....... you are to decorate an egg or create something that includes an egg shape,   So come on ....... get your freaky easter heads on and join in.  Remember, to be eligible for the top 3 , you have to include a Smeared Ink image on your project.

This is my offering for this week


I have used Fortune Teller Carnie from Smeared Ink, but I removed her crystal ball and replaced it with an egg (hard boiled), that I coloured black with Pro-markers and then wrapped in black lace embroidered with red skull and cross bones.  The background is heat embossed in the corners.  The embellishment is a strip of the lace I used on the egg, tied in the middle with a rose and tassel attached, all from my stash.

I would like enter the following challenge(s)

Made Especially For You - Easter Card With Digi Stamp (Fortune Teller Carnie is Digi Stamp)

Thanks for stopping by and please call again.  Now off you go to Smudgy Antics to join in the fun :)

Take care

Fiona. x

Sunday 1 April 2012

Heavy Metal

I'm sorry my post is very very late today, but on the bright side there is a new challenge over at Corrosive Challenges, being sponsored by Dilly Beans and it runs for the next two weeks........ the challenge is Heavy Metal....... use at least one metal embellishment on your project.

Here is mine


The image is Rag Doll Ruby by Dilly Beans and I have coloured her with watercolour markers.  I have used metal bottle tops for her eyes, a metal flower brad in her bow and three tiny gold brads as buttons on her dress and of course there are all the orange brads attaching the green ribbon.

I would like to enter Rag Doll Ruby into the following Challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by and please call again :)

Take care

Fiona. x

Grimm's Grimmest

THE ROSE

There was once a poor woman who had two children.  The youngest had to go every day into the forest to fetch wood.  Once when she had gone a long way to seek it, a little child, who was quite strong, came and helped her industriously to pick up the wood and carry it home, and then before a moment had passed the strange child disappeared.  The child told her mother this, but at first she would not believe it.  At length she brought a rose home, and told her mother that the beautiful child had given her this rose and had told her that when it was in full bloom, he would return.  The mother put the rose in water.  One morning her child could not get out of bed.  The mother went to the bed and found her dead, but she lay looking very happy.  On the same morning, the rose was in full bloom.
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The Macabre Monday challenge at HDH this past week has been Grimm's Grimmest.  I think the story above is pretty grim, but it did inspire me to make the card I have to show you today.


Both images are by Victoria Frances, I added glossy accents to the blood. The cameo image of the Grimm bothers, I borrowed from the net.  Everything else is from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)


Thanks for stopping by and please call again :)

Take care

Fiona. x