LOC # 62 - 3 or more layers

Hello my creative friends! This weeks challenge over at Left of Center is to use 3 or more layers.  Our sponsor is That Craft Place.  I have used For You and have colored her with pencils.

Hop on over to the challenge blog to check out what the DT have created for your viewing pleasure and go over to The Craft Place to check out all the amazing images!

Girly ATC

I was checking out the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge this week and found a new fabulous new stamp designer! You have to check out Vera Lane Studio, I couldn't resist I had to get a couple (plus there's a coupon code).  The challenge this week is Girly Stuff so I pulled out some of my more girly papers and had a blast.

This is "Bird Girl" and she comes in a 5 piece set but I've only used her for this creation.  I've colored her with pencils and layered her onto my ATC.  All papers are CTMH.


Challenges I would like to enter:
Wicked Wednesday ATC - #141 Girly Stuff

PunkYouGirl #20 - 3 or more layers

Happy New Year my creative friends! It's also time for a new challenge over at Punk You Girl Challenges.  This months challenge is to use 3 or more layers on your project. One of our fabulous sponsors is SLS Lines.  I've used Goth Girl with Heart Balloons.

I've colored her with pencils and layered her on my card.  All my papers are from CTMH. I love how bright this card turned out. Head on over to the challenge blog to see all the amazing DT creations and to join in the fun.
Punk You Girl also has a DT call going on to the end of this month, why not enter your projects in the challenge AND for the DT call :)  I can't wait to see what you create.

2015!!  woohoo 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 15

It's day 15 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

It's been a while since I've done a rolodex card so I thought today was a good day to play with one.  The witches legs are from Unity Stamps and the 31 is from CTMH.

First I stamped the legs and then masked over them to use my distress marker blower thing (too tired to remember the correct name) to spray orange ink over the card. Then I colored in the legs with pencil but it wasn't that bright so I colored over the socks with gel pens, you can see the shine in the photo.  Then I doodled around the edge.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 11

It's day 11 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I played in my mini-journal for today's project.  I liked the background from my ATC yesterday so much that I wanted to start off with that as my background again. Once that was done I drew in my border with sharpie and a bit of white pain pen.  My skull image is from Wonderstrange and the candles are from CTMH.  I colored it with pencils but it wasn't bright enough for me so I went over with gel pens. Then cut them all out to add to my mini-journal.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 26

It's day 26 of the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. A HUGE thank you to all have been posting fabulous projects for me to gaze upon each day and to those of you who have left me encouraging comments, I really appreciate it. It's been so fun to play along this year. If you are new to the hop and want to find out whats going on please visit Terra's blog.

Here's my quick card for today. The image is from an older CTMH set, stamped in black. I used some glimmer mist to create my border along the bottom then I added some red gems. Simple but I really like how it turned out.

Thanks again for stopping by, next stop ...  Anna.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 13

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! Today is day 13 of the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. To check out the rules or to see if you are winner on the daily scavenger hunt please head on over to Terra's blog.

For today's project I decided on another rolodex card, I'd forgotten how fun they are :) I covered it with gesso and used my watercolor crayons. After I blended with water I took  paper towel and dabbed off the extra water - I loved how the texture of the gesso showed better after taking some of the color away. On a separate piece of CS I stamped my skull from Inkadinkado and my sentiment from CTMH. I cut them out and added to the card. I stamped in pansy purple but it came out way darker than it usually does, but I like it anyway :) Then I used a purple metallic sharpie to add my dots around the edge.

Now head on over to see if Trisha has joined in the hop yet :)

(full list of wicked bloggers is on my sidebar)

31 Days of Halloween - Day 8

It's day 8 already of the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. For all the rules, clues and to find out if you've won something yet please head on over to Terra's blog.
I had my journal page all planned out and then as I was searching thru my messy stash I came across a stamp I totally forgot I had. So I decided to whip up a tag since the stamp was way too big for my journal :)

I started with a kraft tag and spritzed some glimmer mist then stamped my long lost skeleton stamp from Tim Holtz. The sentiment is from an older CTMH set. I added some ribbon and it's ready to go.  I really should craft more often I'm finding all sorts of neat stuff in my stash :)

Next stop on the hop ...  Trisha. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 7

Welcome back my Halloween Loving Friends! Today is day 7 on the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. Rules and clues can be found on Terra's blog.  I was planning on getting a couple of projects done this weekend so I could relax a bit during the week, however I was glued to the TV watching season 3 of The Walking Dead since it finally was released on Netflix.  Now I'm so sad that I watched it all at once and its over :(  *sigh*  You will probably be seeing some zombies in the near future :)

For today's pages I glued down some book pages into my journal. The book shut and kinda got stuck at the center so when I pulled it apart it ripped so I decided to add a strip of washi tape to cove the ripped part.  Then I spritzed with some glimmer mist, I forget which colors maybe walnut and bronze? Then my mom stopped by with a Halloween present for me, the Tim Holtz mini blueprints set!!  Isn't she the BEST MOM EVER! So I used the gravestone stamped in black ink then I added some bats and the date using some of my CTMH stamp stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Next stop on the hop ...  Trisha.

LOC Challenge #9

Hello my crafty friends!

It's time for another fun challenge over at Left of Center Challenges. Our sponsor this time around is Ike's Art.  She's has an amazing variety of images so I encourage you to check out her store and her blog.  I made a card with an old image of her's that I got ages ago as a Friday Freebie. I've had her colored up for a while now and figured it was the perfect time to add her to a card.

I colored with pencils and used gel pen for some accents.  The theme for this weeks challenge is to have a sentiment on the front so I've used some other stamps from my CTMH stash to complete my card.

Also happening over at LOC is a DT Call.  If you are interested in becoming a part of our team as a regular or guest DT member please check out our blog for details. We'd love to have you - no DT experience necessary and all skill levels welcome :)

Happy Stamping!

Freak Friday Challenge

Today begins a new challenge over at Forever Night Challenges.  This weeks theme is to use orange, black and grey / anything goes.

  I started with a black CS base for my ATC. Then I used my cuttle bug to emboss this awesoem bingo card background and used the direct to paper technique with my orange stamp pad.  I sponged over with grey ink so the white wouldn't appear so stark.  Then I stamped the crow and candlestick (CTMH)  in grey on another piece of whtie CS and fussy cut out and mounted onto the ATC with foam tape.
Now get on over to Forever Night Challenges to enter this weeks challenge, we are being sponsored this week from Meljens and the winner this week will get 3 of her images!
 

Halloween Butterfly

I've been keeping up with several Halloween blog hops and so I've got Halloween on the brain :)  Over at Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge the theme this week is butterflies so how could I not use Halloween colors :)

Images are CTMH and paper is from my stash.  I've colored her with lime green and orange pencils and added a touch of glitter.
Beware - more Halloween projects are in the works.
 

Believe in Who you are!

This is my ATC I'd like to enter into the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge.  The theme this week is owls.

Happy 4th

Felt like getting inky today :)  I got out some actual stamps and ink pads to play with.  And then added a little spritz of mist.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:
The Outlawz CAS: stars
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude: anything goes

Seeing Stars

The current challenge over at Just Some Lines this week is Moon and Stars. I'm not sure if this card will count, but I couldn't resist this cute image while browsing thru their shop and I knew it would go perfectly with my new papers from CTMH.
She's holding a star and I used polka dot papers (little tiny moons?). I colored her with pencils and added some baker's twine and metal tab with the word 'fun' on it. Isn't she adorable with her little fishy friend?

I will also be entering this card into the following challenges:
Just Keep On Creating - challenge #1 anything goes

~happy crafting~

Gingerbread Birdhouse

Here's a fun project for the 12 Days of Christmas Simply Betty Style. The challenge was to make a gingerbread house in a spooky Christmas style. I painted the birdhouse in a brown similar to gigerbread (I think so at least) stamped directly on the house, added some puff paint and glitter glue along with my sparkly spider :) Make sure to stop by the Simply Betty blog to get in on the next challenge! http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!

OK so this post is a few days behind but I wanted to share the Thanksgiving card I made. All supplies from CTMH.

Angel ATC

I made this little Angel ATC for the challenge over at the Wicked Wednesday Weekly ATC Challenge, their theme this week.... yep you guessed it Angels :) This lovely stamp is from Stamp On It. My sentiment and all other supplies are from CTMH.
~happy stamping~

quick and easy

Here's a quick and easy birthday card I made for a friend. Used this awesome folder in my cuttle bug and the sentiment is from CTMH.
Thanks for stoppin by!
I will be entering this in the following challenges:
Come and Get It Challenges - anything goes

31 Days of Halloween - day 24

Welcome back to the Smeared & Smudged blog hop. Only one week left of all this Halloween fun! Don't forget there are still amazing prizes to be found each day! If you've enjoying visiting all the blogs on this hop and you haven't yet visited the Smeared & Smudged forum I encourage you to do so. All the people over there are super friendly and fun, you will be inspired every time you visit :) There are several different challenges to participate in every month also. For todays project I've created another ATC. I've been having so much fun with this mini-art form. This ATC also fits the theme "Monster Mash" over on the ATC Sisterhood challenge blog. I've used several stamps from the CTMH set Merry Monsters. I added the googlie eyes and lots of stickles and glitter glue. Aren't they cute little monsters?
Next stop on the Halloween hop is Ikes' World.
Don't forget to check out the ATC Sisterhood challenges too!

I would also like to enter this ATC into the challenge over at Wicked Wednesdays ATC Challenge.