Something Wicked This Way Comes

Welcome to a new challenge at Corrosive Challenges.  For the last challenge of September and the whole of October we are going to be sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs

Sassy Studio Designs has generously offered 4 digis of choice for our winner this month.  Be sure to check out their fabulous new Disney Villain and Halloween releases!

In honour of many of the team's favourite holiday, this month will be full of Halloween centric challenges!  The challenge for this week is "Something Wicked This Way Comes" You must create a Halloween project featuring a villain or monster.  There are plenty of both available at Sassy Studio Designs, but you can use any creepy, evil, scary character you want!

I chose one of my favourite villains and his very lovely partner

 

and here is a close up

This great image is a digi stamp called Jack & Sally by Sassy Studio Designs.  The backing paper is by Crafty Chaos Designs and the Gravestone die cuts are by Spellbinders. the Bat, Cat and Happy Halloween stamps are by Inkadinkadoo.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Catered Crop - Halloween 

Challenges 4 Everybody - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Ann's - Inspired by a Film Title

Forever Night - Anything Goes

Craft us Crazy - Halloween/Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges - Orange, Green, Purple

Thanks for stopping by, now off you go to join in the challenge!

Fiona.

Chain Me up Chain Me Down

Hi All,

Welcome to a new Macabre Monday challenge at Haunted Design House.  

This week the challenge is Chain Me Up Chain Me Down.

You are to create a Dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that has something to do with CHAINS, SHACKLES, BONDAGE 

........Kinky!!!

Here is what I came up with

The chain border is a digi stamp by Delicious Doodles.  The bondage babe is Long Tall Latex Sally by Ikesart.  The two BDSM Cats are from the net.  The badge is the BDSM logo also from the net.  The tassel is from my stash.

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

Challenge Up Your Life - Fantasy

By the Cute and Girly - Boys/Men

Heck of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes

ATC's & Cards With Attitude - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and please call again :)

Fiona

Black Bird

Good Morning and welcome to a new challenge at Smudgy Antics.  For the next week we want you to create an art piece incorporating a Black Bird of some type, real or mythological, and use a stamped image somewhere on your project, rubber, clear or digital stamps.

Here is what I came up with

The main image is Bird Nymph a digi stamp from the Nymph set.  The frame is also a digi stamp from the Nymph set. The Ravens are rubber stamps from the Quoth the Raven set, all from Smeared Ink,  The backing paper is a freebie from Ikesart.

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

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

By the Cute and Girly - Boys/Men

Heck of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Liz Stampz Challenge - Use 3 of Something (I have used three images)

Marianne's Design Divas - Stamp Something

Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Fiona.

Wretched Wednesday....... I'm Melting

Hi, welcome to another Wretched Wednesday, a little the mid-week inspiration for the Macabre Monday challenge - I'm Melting.

You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that has something to do with Melted Wax, Candles, Witches, or melted flesh!  The possibilities really are endless with this one.

Here is just one of the many possibilities

The centre image is by Anne Stokes and the Skeletal Candle Holder in the bottom corner is a digi stamp by Delicious Doodles.  The base card is rubber stamped and the cross and tassel are from my stash.

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

Tandastamps - Myth & Mystery

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes

Love Rubber Stamps - Make Your Own Background

Use It Tuesday - Anything Goes (must use hoarded supplies)

Cards For Men - Going Digital

Hooked on Crafts - Cards for Men

Squigglefly - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Fiona.

Colour Challenge

This week at Smudgy Antics we have a Colour Challenge for you

Use at least three of the colours in the sample above

I couldn't decide which three to use, so I used them all

Here's a close up of the image

The image is Quill, a Digi Stamp from the Gargoyles set by Smeared Ink.  The base card is black, followed by dark grey.  The third layer is mid grey, stamped in black with a Cherry Pie flourish stamp. The fourth layer is pale grey, stamped with the same Cherry Pie flourish stamp.  Quill is sitting on a Spellbinders floral oval die cut.  The yellow roses and the tassel are from my stash.

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

No Matter Which Challenges - Die Cuts and /or Punches

Scrapper's Delights Paper Crafts - Make Your Own Backing Paper

Squiggles & Giggles - Die Cuts/Punches

Digitally Sweet - Anything Goes with Flowers

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, Have fun with the challenge.

Fiona. 

Animal Companions

Welcome to a new challenge at Corrosive Challenges, the theme for this fortnight's challenge is "Animal Companions".  Your creation must include an image that features an animal.

Our sponsor for September is

  Delicious Doodles

 

"Delicious Doodles is a young company with myself, Teri as the Sole Trader/Designer.  I have doodled and sketched all my life.  I started making greeting cards when my last child was born,  and used my doodles on them as I couldn't find what I wanted in the usual craft places.  I only started selling my images in the Autumn of 2009.

I design and hand/mouse-draw all of the images that are sold in the Delicious Doodles Shop. Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there are a few men's images, fairies and also some 'darker' images featuring vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone!"

You are sure to find the perfect image for the challenge in the Delicious Doodles Shop

Here is what I came up with

Here is a close up of the image

Isn't she lovely.  This is Katrina, a digi stamp by Delicious Doodles.  The background is one of the papers from a pack called Baby it's cold outside, available at Stitchy Bear Stamps. The swirls and poinsettia are made using Spellbinders Dies.

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

Di's Digis Designs - Use more than one Die Cut or Punch 

Annabelle Stamp Challenge - 3D Christmas

Christmas Stamping All Year Long - Snowy

Craft Punked - Pets

Fun With Shapes &n More must include a Die Cut/Punch - Include an Animal

Keep On Creating - Christmas

I hope you enjoy the challenge. 

Fiona.

Oh My Gourd!

Macabre Monday Challenge on a Wednesday LOL and this week the challenge at Haunted Design House is Oh My Gourd!

You are to create a Dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that utilizes, mimics, infers, or is otherwise obviously gourd or pumpkin inspired.

We have wonderfully creative and timely sponsor this week!!!

FUNWORLD'S FLOATING PUMPKIN HANGERS

These are called Floating Pumpkin Hanger Kits.  Very cool concept and pretty simple to put together.  These look awesome in a grouping and the website has lots of photos and design ideas.  They are available through Spirit, Amazon, and possibly other on-line retailers.  A simple Google search should help you locate them in your area.  They even have a Face Book Page

Pumpkins aren't on sale in my area as yet, so I went with a pumpkin image instead

Here it is

 Here is a close up of the image

The image is by Newcomix and is available for free download at DeviantArt.  I think he has an evil innocence about him LOL.

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

Creative Craft Challenge - All About The Boys

Sweet Stamps - For the Guys

Hooked on Crafts - Cards for Men

Cutie Pie Crafts - No Flowers

One Stop Craft - No Floral Embellishement

Delightful Challenges - Halloween

Pixie Dust Studio - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by, please call again

Fiona. x

Sugar and Spice

My apologies for a very late post, so without further ad dieu......... the challenge this week at Smudgy Antics is Sugar and Spice...... but we would prefer more spice than sugar, cos that's the way we roll LOL

here is my project

 Close up of the image

I have used Ann Marie from the Glam Vamps set by Smeared Ink

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

Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes (Bonus - "Such a Doll")

Crafty Bloggers Network - Purple

Kaboodle Doodles - Flowers

Lilie's Little Fairies - Black Magic

Southern Girls - It's All About The Flora

Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Fiona. x

Quest 13 - Some Words With A Mummy

New month means a new challenge at Quoth the Raven, Nevermore, and this, our 13th quest is Some Words With A Mummy.

You are to create an art piece using the Masters tale as your inspiration.  Here is a snippet of the tale........

Quote:   "Come to me, by all means, my dear good friend, as soon as you receive this. Come and help us to rejoice. At last, by long persevering diplomacy, I have gained the assent of the Directors of the City Museum, to my examination of the Mummy --- you know the one I mean. I have permission to unswathe it and open it, if desirable. A few friends only will be present -- you, of course. The Mummy is now at my house, and we shall begin to unroll it at eleven tonight".

You can read the whole piece HERE

and here is what I was inspired to do

The centre image is by Kevin Atkinson and is available to download from DevianArt.  The image at the head of the tassel is by Sameul Guin also available to download from DeviantArt.  The little mummy in the bottom right corner is from the Smell My Feet set of digi stamps by Smeared Ink,

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

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges- All About the Boys

That's all from me, now off you go and join in the challenge :)

Fiona. x

Bare Bones

Are you ready for another Macabre Monday Challenge at Haunted Design House?  The challenge this week is Bare Bones.  You are to create a Dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses NO dimensional embellishments.  Thats right, No rhinestones, no pearls, no ribbons, no chipboard.  Pretty much a clean and simple layout.  It doesn't have to be a single layer card, but no bumpy bits.

Those of you who know me and my stuff, will know how painful this challenge was for me, I was just twitching to add an embellishment and groan no tassels!!!

Anyway, this is what I came up with

For the first card I used a Sentiment by Graphicat and for the second is used an image from Stitchy Bear Stamps

I would like to enter my CAS cards into the following challenge(s)

Hooked on Crafts - Cards for Men

Paper Pretties - Create a Square Card

Squigglefly - Monochromatic

Cutie Pie Challenges - NO Flowers

By the Cute & Girlie - Boys/Men

Card Cupids - Halloween

Kimbees Creations - Use a Sentiment

Ladybug Challenges - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Fiona. x

Tic Tac Toe

Welcome to a new challenge at Smudgy Antics.  The challenge this week is Tic Tac Toe, Pick any three items in a row going across, down, or diagonally from the grid below and make a project with it.

I chose to go diagonally - Ribbon/fibre, 3D and flowers

this is a close up of the image

this pic shows the 3D

I have used Oopsie, one of the digital images from the Smitten set by Smeared Ink. I have coloured it with promarkers and mounted it on a Spellbinders floral frame.  Everything else is from my stash.

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

Make My Monday - Vintage Fashion

Card & Scrap - Use a Die

Lia Stampz Challenge - Red, Ribbon. & Rinestones

One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi (again)

Ribbon Girls - Pearls

Thanks for stopping by, please call again :)

Fiona. x

Myth and Magic

Here is a close up of the image

Welcome to a new month of challenges with Corrosive Challenges.  A new month always means a new sponsor!  For the month of September we hope you have a big appetite....... for digis that is.  Our fantastic new sponsor is Delicious Doodles .  Teri started her company in the Autumn of 2009 and she designs and hand/mouse-draws all of the images that are sold in Delicious Doodles Shop.  Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there a few men's images, fairies and also some 'darker' images featuring vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone!

Why not pop over and take a look!

Our challenge for you is to creat a mythical or magical themed project.  Many of Teri's awesome images are perfect for this task!.  Fairies, Dragons, Witches and Wizards, we want to see it all!  The winner will received FOUR digi's of their choice!

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

Crafty Catz - 3 Embellishments, 2 Papers, 1 Image

Poodles Parlour - Winged Things

Polka Doodles - Flowers
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Fantasy

Thanks for shopping by, please call again.

Take care

Fiona.