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

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)

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi

Pile it On - All About "S" (spider)

Robyn's Fetish - Ambossing

Critters Sketch Challenge - Critters
Incy Wincy - Cute Critters (I think she's cute)
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - Use at Least 3 Layers
Pollycraft - Fabric
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Favourite Cute Stamp (I think she's cute)
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Anything Goes with a Twist Embossing
Truly Madly Crafty - Handmade Flowers (mine was made by my friend Blackdragon)
Pink Elephant - Flowers

Thanks for stopping by and please call again :

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

Fiona. x

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)

HDH Macabre Monday - #127 Off With Their Heads

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi (I've used two)

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

Robyn's Fetish - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Black and White

Inked Paws - Monochromatic

Paper Pretties - Monochromatic

Bling it On - Monochrome

Thanks for stopping by and please call again :)

Take care

Fiona. x

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)

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumtious - Lace

Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday - #62 Flowers

Stamp With Fun - No Easter Card

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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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)

Hooked on Crafts - Easter

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

Paper Creations Ink - Natural Materials (I have used an egg)

Tammy Scrapin Corner - Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad - It's Egg-tastic (egg(s) chicken(s) or duck(s)) (mines a chickens egg)

Crafty Catz - Use a Digi

Simply Create Too - Eggs and/or Bunnies

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

Take care

Fiona. x

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)

Catered Crop - Brads

Crafty Catz - Use a Digi

Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes (use a digi/stamped image)

Phindy's Place - Ribbon

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)

HDH Macabre Monday - Grimm's Grimmest
Stampin for the weekend - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and please call again :)

Take care

Fiona. x