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Saturday, 1 October 2011

31 Days of Halloween - Day 1

Welcome to Smeared and Smudged's 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. Which, as the title suggests, will last the whole of October with a new Halloween themed project every day. Yeah!!!

Along with some scavenger prizes offered along the way, provided by some pretty amazing sponsors, at the end of the month there will be a Grand Prize Draw; The winner will receive an amazing concoction of prizes from Smeared and Smudged. Please see below

Prize Pack Includes:

Smeared Ink Logo Tank

Raven Collage Throw Pillow

Faes Magnet

Li'l Grumpies Suck It Up Snack Pack

Li'l Grumpies Black & White Bumper Sticker

Raven Collage PJ Set

As Death Journal

Card Goddess Keychain

Winner's Choice of 5 Smeared Ink Digi Sets

If you have arrived from the amazing Ike's blog, then you are the right track, if not, to start from the beginning hop on over to Terra blog Here

I think I am late with my posting, I get a bit confused with the time zones, so I'd better get on with it

I have used Make it Crafty Graveyard Scene, Mini Dracula and Mini Morticia Digi stamps, framed by a frame image is borrowed from the net.

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

HDH Macabre Monday - Make a Scene

Cute Sunday - No Sentiment

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

KB Cute Monday - Halloween
Stamp & Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes

Now it's time to send you off to the very Kristy

Here's the Hop list, in case you get lost :)

Thanks for Stopping by

Happy Hopping

Fiona. x

Oooh Noooo NOT CHRISTMAS!!!

Yeah! you guessed it! I'm not a big fan of Christmas. It's not that I'm a miserable so and so, it's the pressure!!! The house has to be perfect, the fridge and freezer have to be full to groaning point with food, I buy dates....... nobody in my house likes dates..... why do I buy them????? and God help the person who takes the satsuma off the top of my beautifully constructed fruit pyramid!!!!! I turn into this manic woman gripped by Panic!!! is it all going to be ready in time???? On the plus side, I love spending time with my family and friends :) and I love watching the kids open their prezzies on Christmas morning, I don't even mind getting up at the crack of dawn to do it :)

Anyway, enough of my rambling, the Challenge over at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz is to use a Kenny K image with a Christmas Theme, so........

Here is my entry :)

This cheery little guy is Scrooge, one of the new Christmas images from Kenny K Downloads. The sentiment is from Viva Las Vegas Stamps, the snowflake card and ribbon are from my stash.

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

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz - Christmas Cards in September

Sparkles Challenges - Something That Sparkles

Sentimental Sundays - Step Out of Your Comfort Zone (Christmas is not my Comfort Zone)

Ruby's Rainbow - Something for the boys

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Too Early for Christmas

Octopode Factory Friday Challenge - Men

Thank you for stopping by

Take care

Fiona. x

Monday, 26 September 2011

Happy 30th Birthday

Ooh I remember being 30.......sigh. Never mind it's someone else's turn now and I hope they enjoy every minute of it!

I was inspired to make this card by a card I saw on Susan's Crafty Chaos. When I saw this image I thought "I've got that decoupage sheet" and look how good it looks, So I made this card for the sister of a friend of mine. Think I went a bit overboard with the embellishments...... it looks a bit cluttered LOL.

Anyhow, here it is, let me know what you think

The decoupage image is from The Crafty Purple Frog. The backing paper (that you can just see in the top left corner) is from Crafty Chaos Designs. The ribbon, lace (yes, there is lace) and flowers are all from my stash.

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

One Stitch at a Time - #81 Use Your Favourites (ribbon, lace, flowers)

Paper Sundaes - #88 Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink - Buttons or Bows

Crafty Boots - Things with Wings

Flutter By Wednesday - Must use an Angel, Fairy or Butterfly Open theme

Crafty Creations - Fabulous Fairies

Little Miss Muffet - Things With Wings

Stampin with the Dragon - 3D/Decoupage

Speedy the Cats Friends - Things With Wings

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

Fiona. x

Sunday, 25 September 2011

March Hare

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are are all well :) Thank you all very much for your kind comments and congratulations for my daughter Alex.

March Hare is the name of the image I used for the card I would like to show you. I bought this image sometime ago, from the Octopode Factory and the proceeds went to help the victims of the riots in London. But never got around to using it. Then my friend asked me to make a Birthday card for one of her colleges at work and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity (and also very apt, considering I also know said college LOL).

So here it is, let me know what you think :)

The image is March Hare from the Octopode Factory. The sentiment is from my twisted little mind. The backing paper is from Crafty Chaos Designs, but you won't be able to buy it, as this is how this particular sheet looks when the printer runs out of ink LOL I thought is was cool, so I used it anyway. The brads, ribbon and lace are all from my stash.

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

Smeared and Smudged - Very Sketchy Challenge - September

Play Date Cafe - Orange,Yellow and Green
The Poodles Parlour - Tea Party (Well, he is the March Hare!)

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

Fiona. x

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Appalling Apothecary

Hi Everyone,

Whey Hey!!!! Alex (my daughter) has won the honoured position of one of the Gruesome Twosome over at Haunted Design House, for her entry in the Seven Deadly Sins challenge - Envy The Green Eyed Monster (please scroll down) I am soooo proud of her :)

Now, on to this weeks Haunted Design House Macabre Monday.Challenge - Appalling Apothecary, which is FAB cos it gives me a chance to use my new digi stamps ----- Mad Science from Smeared Ink.

........and here is my entry

This is the outside

this is the inside

The image is from Smeared Ink's Mad Science set. The front of the card and the background are images I borrowed from the net

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

Haunted Design House Macabre Monday - #107 Appalling Apothecary

The Crazy Challenge - #85 Men Only

Craft Your Passion - Occupational Hazards

Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Cards for Men - Anything but Square

Fresh Brewed - Use Something New/Keep it Simple

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

Fiona. x

In The Pink

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all well :) Thank you for all your kind comments on my previous post.

The Challenge this week over at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz is use your all time favourite Kenny K Image.
This was hard for me, cos I love them all!!! Then I thought, which image do I go back to time and time again?...........BodaciousBev! She is so much fun to colour. I have coloured her in pink and I mean PINK !!!, which is a bit unusual for me, as I'm not a pink kinda girl :)

So here she is :) Let me know what you think

For the main image I have used BodaciousBev from Kenny K's Downloads I have coloured her with Pro markers and watercolour pens. The doily is from Poppy's Cabin. Everything else is from my stash.

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

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz - All time favourite Kenny K Image

Digital Tuesday - People Image

Digi stamp 4 Joy - Anything Goes

Sassy Studio Designs Dare to be Sassy Thursday - Hip to be Square

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

Fiona. x

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Seven Deadly Sins

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all well :) Thank you so much for encouraging Alex with her first post :) You can see another of her projects if you scroll down. She has entered this project the Haunted Design House Macabre Monday Challenge Seven Deadly Sins.

I had trouble with this weeks HDH Macabre Monday challenge Seven Deadly Sins...........I couldn't decide which sin to use cos I love them all!!!

So I decided to use three. Here are the images I have chosen to use

This is the first image I have chosen to represent Lust.........who's to say he's not helping her OFF with her cloak?