Trashy Tuesday

Welcome back to day 2 of Smudgefest 2012.  Today on Smudgy Antics the challenge is to create a project by upcycling some of your trash.  My first thought was "oh man I just threw out the trash", so then I had to think what else I had laying around.  Then it came to me :)  We had a really bad storm the other day and it blew over a shelf I had on my front porch and one of my flower pots was broken, yay trash!  Here's the before picture.

So now I was excited to have a starting point, but what to do with it....hmmmmm...So the first step was to wash it off and put a layer or white acrylic paint down.  While that was drying I grabbed some of the newspaper from yesterdays project and stamped a couple Smeared Ink images on it.  I was going to use child fae but it didn't really fit on the rim so I went with the heart from, Quoth The Raven set (my most favorite set EVER).  Then I sponged some red ink onto the heart and glued it onto the pot.  I used the Nevermore stamp and the chain link (from the same set)  and stamped those directly on the pot with brown Stazon ink.  Then I used a fabric soften sheet (from the trash) to add some blue ink onto the pot.    I covered everything up with some sparkle mod podge to help seal it.

Ta da!  I decided it would be a great decoration to add into an unbroken flower pot  :)

Fun fun fun!  I can't wait to see what the challenge is for tomorrow!  Visit Smudy Antics to see all the amazing entries and get the details to join in on the fun.  Did I mention that there are prizes every day!!  What are you waiting for.... join in the Smudgefest!

Monday Mash-Up

Welcome to Smudgefest 2012!  The wonderful team over at Smudgy Antics is holding their second annual week long challenge extravaganza!  The challenge today is Monday Mash-Up and we were given a list of items and had to use a minimum of 3 from the list. I've created this art journal page using the following items from the list:  paint (purple background), deco paper (green flags), newspaper (letters) also metal (in the form of metallic pens).

I've been missing my mojo this summer and thought the Smudgefest would be the perfect reason to get off my duff and get creative.  Plus I've been neglecting my art journal :(  So I got out my supplies and got messy, I forgot how fun that could be.
First I painted the lighter purple on the page then flicked the darker purple paint onto the page using an old toothbrush.  The deco paper is something that I've had in my stash for quite a while.  It's a bright green and had little tuffs of grass on it.  I think it was from an old springtime paper set.  I cut it into the flags and glued down the side.  Then I hunted thru the newspaper for letters for my title.  Both the stamps I used are from Smeared Ink, the chain link and Poe both from the Quoth the Raven set.  I used a metallic sharpie to add the dots to the flags and to outline the letters.
Make sure to come back tomorrow to see what I create next and visit Smudgy Antics to join in the fun!

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

Freaky Friday 42

Have you been over to Forever Night Challenges lately?  Each week we have a fun new challenge for you to join in on.  This week for challenge #42 the theme is "Steampunk and Metal".   Our fabulous sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs and I got to play with one of their super cool steampunk images.  

Aren't these ladies sexy!?!  I colored them with pencils and sponged ink around them.  My metal is in the form of brads.  I also spritzed my edging and flowers with a bronze color glimmer mist.

It's also time for a new term at Forever Night Challenges and some of our DT are moving on and we are gaining some new talent as well.  Make sure to stop by to check out this weeks creations and say goodbye to a few of the gals and send a warm welcome to the newest members of our DT.

The winner this week will win 4 images from Sassy Studio Designs so start creating your steampunk and metal projects now!

Pretty Creepy

This week over at Smudgy Antics the challenge is Pretty Creepy.  I've used this fabulous Medusa image from Smeared Ink from the Women of Power set.  

I've colored her with pencils and gel pens.  I used glimmer mist to add some shine to both the card base and the image.

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges I will be entering:
Smudgy Antics: Pretty Creepy
Haunted Design House: Eerie Elegance
Art With No Boundaries:  Anything Goes / Performing Arts

Feelin' Witchy

Time for another challenge over at Forever Night Challenges.  The theme for challenge #41 is Feeling Witchy, so pull out your witchy stamps and start creating!  Our sponsor this week is Karber Stamps and we were given this cutie to play with.

  I colored her with Copics and gel pens.  I cut her out and added her to my fat page.  The papers are actually purple, but they look more blueish in the photo. The cute little button is from my stash and it says Hocus Pocus.
Don't forget we still have a couple other challenges going on over at Forever Night so check them out too!

I will be entering this fat page into the following challenges:
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - challenge 16 "anything goes"

Potty Time

I found this fun little challenge blog called Dude Time Doodles, you have got to check them out.  This past week they offered a free toilet stamp and had a fun little challenge to go along with it.

Inside:    ...bound to have shitty time.     hehehe don't you love it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Freaky Friday Double Challenge

Our fearless leader at Forever Night Challenges has had some serious computer issues and we've fallen a bit behind on some challenges.  So in order to play catch up she has posted not one but TWO awesome challenges for you today.

First is challenge #39 - anything goes - Check out the fabulous samples Team A have created using images from Limited Runs Digis.

Second challenge #40 - urban legends - I've created a card based on the Hitchhiker.  There are many different versions of this legend but basically this poor girl and her boyfriend got into a car accident on their way home from prom and her ghostly spirit roams the roads searching for a ride home. 

I browsed thru all my digis looking for a gal in a prom dress and I found this fabulous image in my Stitchy Bear folder (labeled as CNTRosieDS).  However I went and looked for her there to link up and I can't find her :(  so if anyone knows the artist who drew this please let me know so I can update my blog and my image folder.  I sponged the background in several shades of blue and then stamped the tree (from Paula Best) several times to make it look like she is in a woodsy area. 

So come on over to Forever Night Challenges and pick a challenge (or both) and join in on the fun!

Skull Appreciation Day 2012

Hello Friends!  Thanks so much for hoppin' on by today for the Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop.  I know you've got lots of stops so I'll make this a short post. Last year one of my projects was a journal page so I wanted to keep up the tradition and create another page for this year's hop.

The image is from Smeared Ink and I used Aqua Markers to color the page.  My second project is an ATC.  

I used one of the freebie images from Wonderstrange. They have new freebies every Tuesday.  I colored this fabulous skull with Aqua Markers and Gel Pens. 

The hop list is to the left but if you are going in order your next stop will be Glittery Katie's blog.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges:

ATCs and Cards with Attitude challenge 15 - anything goes

Smudgy Antics - anything goes

Freaky Friday Challenge #38

This week over at Forever Night Challenges we have a Victorian Gothic Photo Inspiration for you.  Here is the image...

And here is my interpretation...

I've made a fat page using this Corset Heart image from Strange Skin. I used colored pencils and a gel pen to color in the image. I cut out the heart and used foam tape to mount it onto my embossed background.

Thanks so much for stopping by, make sure to head over to Forever Night Challenges to join in on the fun!

I will also be entering this fat page into the following challenges:
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - Challenge #14 anything goes

Masquerade Ball

This past weeks challenge over at Smudgy Antics was Masquerade.  I used this fabulous image from Smeared Ink. I colored her with copics and added some glitter to her dress and feathers.

Forever Night Challenges #36

The theme for this weeks challenge over at Forever Night Challenges is "Anything Goes - How Dark Can You Go".  We got to work with some awesome designs from Meljen's Designs so go check out all the DT samples and then start your entry.

















The winner this week will get 4 designs from Meljen's Designs, how awesome is that?!

Drop Dead Gorgeous

This past weeks challenge over at Smudgy Antics is Drop Dead Gorgeous.  

I chose this fabulous image from Smeared Ink from the Zombie Pinups set.  I colored her with copics and pencils. She's layered on some paper from my stash, I thought the green would enhance her lovely complexion. I would also like to enter this card into the challenge over at Beyond the Burtonesque Dolls, their theme is Zombie Love.  Who wouldn't love this sexy zombie??

Had to use my scanner and the colors look blown out :(  I will be replacing the picture in the morning once the sun comes up and I can have some natural light. Done.

Thanks for stopping by!

CDAC Challenge #16

This sweet images from Just Some Lines was one of the freebies over at the Crafters Digital Art Center progressive challenge for this week.  I colored her with copics and used some papers from my stash.  I've been on a pink and black kick lately and when I saw this kitty I knew just what papers I wanted to use for her.

Toxic Teens part deux

Welcome back to day two of the Simply B Stamps Toxic Teens release on the Beyond The Burtonesque Dolls challenge blog. I was lucky enough to win a GDT spot and join in on the fun with these new images.  Today the final 4 images in this collection are being shared.  I choose to work with Rhi, isn't she fab?!

I colored her with copics. I don't have many so I wasn't able to do all that fancy blending and shading but I love how smoothly they go on the paper. I cut her out then used foam tape to attach to my card.  That cool skull paper is from an older Halloween pack from Target and the base CS is a pink color from my stash.  I added pink ribbon and another little stick pin I put together.  I used another skull bead and some other small purplish/pinkish beads.  The pin part was rather long so I twisted it up in a curl.  The puffy alpha letter are from making memories and they have a cool spider web pattern on them.

Make sure to check out Beyond The Burtonesque Dolls to see the other 3 images being released today and the awesome creations the DT has created for you.  

Toxic Teens

For the next 2 days I get to join in the fun over at Beyond The Burtonesque Dolls as they preview the latest and greatest Simply B Stamps collection. There are 7 new images in this collection and trust me you are going to want them all! Today they are previewing the first 3 - Ty, Charlotte and Stewie. Betty had Ty on the blog as a freebie during Easter and I grabbed him fast.  You can see my card with him here.  Today I'm going to share a card I made with Stewie.

I colored him with pencils and fussy cut him out to attach with pop dots on dark cocoa CS that has been distressed around the edges.  I used my Cuttle Bug to emboss the background and then inked it up.  I wrapped the card with some twine and stuck on a little stick pin I made with a skull bead and some fuzzy ribbon.  All of that is mounted on a dark cocoa CS base.
Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to check out Beyond The Burtonesque Dolls to see the rest of the release and make sure to stop by tomorrow to see what image I got to play with.
There is also and Altered Challenge going on over there too, with only 1 day left to join in, so check that out too!

April Showers

Hello Friends! I'm so excited to have the opportunity to join the DT over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges this week as a guest. For challenge #33 the theme is "April Showers" and we could add raindrops, rain clouds, umbrellas or anything rain themed on our projects. You'll notice I used several of these things :) This is Paprika, isn't she adorable!! She's one of many cute images available at the Little Miss Muffet Store. I also had some paper with clouds and I found some rain dots in my stash that I had bought a while back and never used.
I'm on a polka dot kick and thought Paprika's rain coat would look so cute with polka dots so I decided to try out the paper piecing technique. This is my second attempt at trying this and I am rather pleased with how it turned out. My first attempt several months ago was a disaster and I couldn't understand how anyone could do it, but I gave it another shot and I like it, yay!
What are you waiting for, hurry on over to the Challenge Blog and see what wonderful samples the DT has waiting for you then grab your supplies and join in the fun.

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~

Wicked Easter

For the Forever Night Challenges Wicked Hop please see post here, or just scroll down 2 posts :)

The current challenge at Beyond the Burtonesque Dolls is to create a dark Easter project. I've used Ty the Bunnysaurus from SimplyBStamps. Ty was a freebie a little while ago so I'm not sure if he's still available :( He's rockin' the bunny/dino suit wouldn't you say?!

I've colored him with pencils in mostly grey with a splash of teal :) Then I fussy cut him out. I used my cuttlebug to create the background. The folder had the skulls to far apart for my linking (and my 4x4 fat page) so I ran the cardstock thru halfway then repositioned it in the folder and ran it thru the other half so I could squeeze more skulls on there :) Then I used the direct to paper technique first with black ink and that looked ok, but I figured since it was supposed to be Easter I needed a little more color so then I sponged ocean ink then rubbed all the edges on the ocean pad. I attached that to a black CS base and then used foam tape to add Ty. A couple gems on the corners and c'est fini! There's only one more day to join in the challenge so hurry on over to join in.

I will be entering the following challenges:
Beyond the Burtonesque Dolls - dark Easter project
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - challenge 11 anything goes / faces

Temptation

If you are looking for the Forever Nights blog hop it's the next post down, but while you're here check out this project. I used this stamp I got for playing along in a challenge last month at the Smeared & Smudged forum.

I printed out the image twice, on the second image I only colored the snake. I added liquid glass and waited (not so patiently) for it to dry. I used my cuttle bug to make the background and then swiped my black ink pad across the embossed card stock and attached it to a black card stock base. Once the liquid glass was dry I cut the snake out and I bent it to make it crackle. Then I attached it to the first image I had colored and cut out. I used foam tape to add the image to my fat page.

I will be entering this fat page into the following challenges:
Smudgy Antics - anything goes
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude challenge 11 - anything goes/faces

Friday the 13th Wicked Blog Hop

Welcome to Forever Nights Wicked Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Amie's blog, if not head back to the Forever Night Challenges Blog to see the full blog hop list and all the details.
This weeks Challenge is full of super wicked fun for all of us at Forever Night Challenges.
All of the Night Crew members have designed projects using Smeared Ink digital stamps.

For my card I selected the lovely Calaveras Bride. I colored her with pencils and added some black glitter for her eyes, nose and cheek and then put some liquid glass over the roses. To finish it off I added some black hemp and red beads.

Your next stop on the hop is Abbie and don't forget to submit a wicked creation of your own for a chance to win some great prizes from our sponsors!

EGGstatic!

This weeks challenge over at Smudgy Antics was to decorate an egg. I knew I wanted a skull image so I dug thru my stash and found this skull with fangs from After Midnight Art Stamps. I stamped it on pink tissue paper and then cut out to glue onto my wooden egg. Then I wanted to make a mosaic type pattern that didn't really turn out like I wanted, oh well. I used light pink and dark pink tissue paper. I added some ears and a little bunny tail.



Here's a side view so you can see his tail and my mosaic like pattern.
Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a eggs-ellent Easter :)

Challenge #31 - Silhouettes

The challenge over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges is "Silhouettes". In the month of March they offered this cute little bunny as a freebie. All the DT samples are amazing but I was drawn to Trina's card. I loved the simple look of the craft paper but she made it so elegant with the white ribbon and pearls.

So I printed out the bunny on some craft paper and then dug thru my massive stash of papers for something I liked. I added stitch marks around the bunny and along the edge of the base card.
Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting!

The Bachelor

Hi, my name is Steph and I'm addicted to reality TV. One of the shows I always get sucked into even tho I say I'm never watching it again is The Bachelor, lets hope I can stick to my guns and avoid it next season. When I saw this image from Wonderstrange of course this sentiment came to mind.
I made this fat page for the Fat Pages with Attitude Challenge #10. Well actually I made it for their last challenge with the theme of "love" but I couldn't find my cord to get my pictures from my camera to the computer so I missed the deadline, fortunately the current challenge is "anything goes". :)

cute alert!

Hello Friends,
I'm not sure if its the sunshine, springtime or the birds tweeting out in the yard but I've been creating some projects more on the cute side lately :) I'm sure it's just a temporary illness lol.

The image is Girl Bunny Stamp from Stamping Dragon Designs she's of the challenge images from the Crafters Digital Art Center's group of Progressive Freebie Challenges. Isn't she sweet, she brings back memories of my grandma giving my sister and I a cute stuffed bunny every Easter. Beware there may be a few more cute cards up my sleeve :)

Freaky Friday Challenge 32

This week over at Forever Night Challenges we have a color challenge. So grab your stamps, papers and markers and start creating.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter and I got to work with this Gothic Girl cutie. I colored her with pencils and then used pop dots to add her to my fat page. Some black hemp, skull beads and purple staples finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by.

~happy crafting~

Freaky Friday Challenge

It's time for another freaky challenge over at Forever Night Challenges. This week our fabulous sponsor is Tickled Pink Stamps. I got to work with this gorgeous Lil Haunts Ghost Willow.


I colored her with pencils in shades of purple, gave her some ghostly grey skin and popped her eyes with green gel pen. I've added some bling to her dress and some more around the edge of the card using black glitter glue.
The theme this week at FNC is anything goes, you just need to add some bling to your creepy creations. The prize is 2 digi stamps from Tickled Pink! What are you waiting for, hurry on over and join in the fun!

Home Tweet Home

This is a fat book page I made for the creative freebie challenge over on The Outlawz Forum. First I colored the image (from Anne's Digital Art) with pencils but wanted it a little bit brighter so went over some of it with my gel pens. I sponged blue as the background so the white wouldn't be glaring. Then mounted it on blue CS. The orange paper is a background I made a while ago using glossy CS and wax paper. It went perfectly with the roses :) then I added it all to a blue CS base.
I will also be in challenge #8 "anything goes" at Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude.

Time to walk the plank....

Hello Friends! It's time for another fabulous challenge over on Forever Night Challenges, the theme this week is "pirates" so grab your eye patch, your parrot and your rum. You have until Thursday to join in on the fun as there is a new challenge every Friday.

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs and they have some Fab-U-Lous images! And they have an amazing blog with wonderful samples from their DT and even some challenges, you've got to check them out.
I got to work with this sassy pirate, isn't she gorgeous?! I went with brown and teal as my colors. Started with a corregated card base and added papers from my stash. She's colored with copic (skin) and colored pencils. I added a couple little dots of bronze glitter glue for sparkle and then called it done. I was making some flowers and a pin to add on the card but it was looking to busy, so I left it simple (and sassy).
I will be entering this beauty in the challenge over at Smudgy Antics this week, their theme is "anything goes" and there are still a few hours to get in on the fun over there.
Thanks for stopping by!

Little Bees ATC

Spring is in the air! The temps are starting to rise and the flowers are blooming all over the neighborhood, except my yard. Unless you count the flowers on the weeds... oh well. I made this ATC a while back and have been waiting for the perfect time to share it :)

I made my flower from book pages then inked them up before putting them all together. I ran the kraft paper thru my cuttle bug using the cute little bee pattern, dont know the name of it off the top of my head. Then stamped my bees which I believe to be from SU! I colored them and added glitter to the wings, there is also a touch of black glitter glue on the eyes. After cutting them out I mounted them on the ATC with pop dots for dimension.
ATCs & Cards With Attitude - challenge #8 anything goes

~happy crafting~

Liebster Blog Award

I'm so excited to share with you all that I've been given the Liebster Blog Award from amazing artist Kelli, the Cajun Stamping Queen. I first started stalking Kelli after joining the Smeared & Smudged Forum, and now have the pleasure of working with her on the Forever Night DT. She always has something new and wonderful on her blog, if you haven't visited it lately you should check it out. Thank you so much Kelli, I'm super thrilled to be recognized and receive this award :)

About this award…
These awards give small bloggers with less than 200 followers some well deserved recognition for their creations. Here are the rules: * Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog. * Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you. * Copy and paste the blog award on your blog. * Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed. * Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.
OK, so picking just 5 blogs is hard! I tried to pick 5 that I really enjoy and that I don’t think have received this award yet. Here they are, in random order…

Welcome to My Dark Side I started following Sara after being a blogger with her during the 31 days of Halloween. Plus I'm lucky enough to work with her on the Forever Night DT. Her work is always so sparkly and amazing, in fact she's got me reaching more for the glitter now too.

Cre8tively Yours I'm so lucky to have this wonderful artist as my mom, it's great to have someone close who shares my addiction to stamps and learning new techniques.

Jane's Craft I've been following Jane after being on several hops with her over at the Smeared and Smudged forum, you can tell she pours her heart into all her projects. You should go check out her latest Poe project, A MAZE ZING!

Things Altered I've been silently admiring this blog for quite some time, her ATCs are beautiful she creates the most amazing ATC art dolls, and her journals WOW. Check out her ATC houses.

Rosa in Rubberland I found Rosa's blog by being on the Forever Night DT with her. Her coloring is beyond words, I only wish I knew how to color even half as good as her. She makes the sweetest cards.

Little Red

I'm cutting it close to get in on this month's challenge over at Beyond the Burtonesque Dolls. The theme for Challenge #8 is Fairy Tales but to give it a twist. I think this image from Queen Kat Design's is a bit twisted all by itself :)

Red has got her evil eye looking about and opps, she dropped some skulls out of her basket. Just what is it Red and her grandma do off in that lonely cottage in the woods? hmmmm.....
This little project is a fat page (my newest addiction). All the flower bling are the same color but the scan made that bottom one look a bit yellow. Red has placed a drop of blood in the center of each flower to creep you out some more, ok it's really just liquid pearls but still.....
I will also be entering this over at Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude, this weeks theme for Challenge #7 is Anything Goes/Bling.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Fairy

Here's a sweet little card I made for the Twisted Thursday challenge over on The Outlawz. This week's theme is "anything goes with a touch of green". We are also only supposed to use 50% alcohol inks on our image.

The image is Woodland Fairy a freebie from Beccy's Place. Isn't she adorable!? I colored her skin with my copic and her dress, wings and hair with colored pencils. I've also added some green glitter glue to her waistband and stardust glitter glue to her wings.

Spring Flowers ATC

Here's a little springtime ATC for ya. Image is from just some lines . I added some liquid glass to the petals and some glitter glue to the stems and centers of the flowers and of course on the little fairies' wings.


I will be entering this in the ATC Creation Fun challenge which ends tonight, but make sure to visit then to join in the fun on the next challenge.

Freaky Friday Cahllenges #28

Welcome back friends, it's time for another wonderful challenge over at Forever Night Challenges. This weeks theme is "anything goes - but keep it dark" and our sponsor is Stitchy Bear! I got to work with this lovely image called Flight of Fantasy.
Isn't she lovely? First I colored her with pencils sticking with pinks, blues and purples. I really need to get more markers because I think she'd be even more stunning colored more brightly. Then a little bit of glitter glue to make her wings sparkle. Then I added liquid glass to all the swirls, I wanted to give it a type of stained glass look. Then I figured heck why not add liquid glass to the entire fairy. Here's a better shot to see the shine on the liquid glass.

You have to be careful because when you use a lot if it the paper has a tendancy to curl up a bit. Then I cut her out and mounted on pink CS then onto black CS. It was still missing something so I tried ribbon and rhinestones but that didn't work for me so I went with some glitter glue around the pink CS.
Go check out the blog to see the wonderful art from the other gals on the DT, there is a varietly of images at Stitchy Bear too so make sure to check them out!

Valentine Blog Hop

Welcome Friends to ATC Creation Fun's first ever Valentine Blog Hop. We are excited to have you hop along with us today. We are so happy to have our hop being Sponsored by SIMPLY BETTY STAMPS.

She has such a wonderful array of digi, rubber, and clear stamps available on her site. So when you get a chance please take an opportunity to browse her online shop. I am sure you will find something you will love. Now on to the Fun!
If you have just hopped over from Jane's Craft; then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stumble in and you want to join us from the begining please go to ATC Creation FUN and follow along. We have a bunch of very talented ladies joining us on the hop today some from here at ATC Creation Fun, some from Craft Your Passions Challenges and some ladies from Forever Night Challenges. So sit back and enjoy the ride. I've used Ariel Sunflowers from the Jude & The Rockers Line, isn't she sweet !?! She's available in clear stamp form which makes it super easy to stamp exactly where you want. I've colored her with colored pencils and added some bling down the side. I've been on a black & white with pink roll lately and I think I'm addicted to polka dots :)

For my second ATC I've used a new image from Tiddly Inks, Wryn - Close To My Heart. I used TP & CS from my stash and added glitter on the heart's wings and some bling of course.
The next stop is the last blog on the hop, ATC Creation Fun. Don't forget to leave a comment on every ladies site and at the end of the blog on the main ATC Creation Fun site for a chance to win a prize from our Sponsor SIMPLY BETTY STAMPS.

Blog Hop Order List
Melissa Everyday Expressions With Earthspirit
Bridget Chili Loves Crafts
Christina A Paper Life
Jamie Jamie's Crazy Crafty Life
Miranda MJ's Workz of Majik
Jodi Kaboo Designs
Jenn Scrap Happens Emellish it
Kelli Cajun Stamping Queen
ABBI Powered By Fairy Dust
Dena Miss Dena Jones
Sara Welcome to my dark side
Jane Jane's Craft
Steph Steph's Creative Chaos ( me )
ATC Creation Fun

Bloody Valentine Hop Day 3

Welcome back to the final day of the Smeared & Smudged Bloody Valentine hop. I've had such a great time hopping and seeing such amazing projects that I'm feeling kinda sad that this is the last day :( If you are feeling the same way come on over to the Smeared & Smudged Forum where are fun monthly challenges and inspiring projects posted everyday!

I've made a card for my project today using the beautiful "Tease" from the zombie pinups set at Smeared Ink. Isn't she so pretty in pink? I couldn't decide which sentiment to use so made up my own using an older alpha set from CTMH.
The list of all the bloody blogs to visit is still over to the left, you won't want to a single blog as all the projects have been flippin' amazing.

Bloody Valentine Hop Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the Smeared & Smudged Bloody Valentine Hop. For today's project I've used a couple Smeared Ink images and created a fat page. Did you know that Smeared Ink also has a challenge blog with weekly challenges posted every Monday? This weeks theme is anything goes so I'll be adding this little delightful goodie into the mix. There is still time to join this week but you've got to be quick about it. After you make your way thru the hop hurry on over and join in the fun. The background is a digi I printed onto kraft paper and mounted onto black CS. The sentiment I wrote on scraps of the kraft paper then layered them on some more scrap paper and glued them onto the background. The heart is from my favorite set Quoth The Raven, I stamped onto white CS then sponged some color onto it. I cut the heart out and used foam dots to pop it off the page. Then I went a little crazy with the bronze glitter glue. I'm thinking I should have been a wee bit more careful when adding glitter to the heart but I'm still happy with how it turned out.

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Bloody Valentine Blog Hop

Welcome to the Smeared & Smudged Bloody Valentine Blog Hop. I have a couple of projects to share with you today. The first is an ATC, this is my project for Forever Night Challenges. This weeks theme is "Unlock My Heart" and our sponsor is Strange Skin. I was able to choose this awesome skull key to work with. I colored the key with pencils then added some detail with gel pens. Then I went a little crazy with the gel pens and added the lines and dots all over the place.

I couldn't stop with just one of Strange Skin images so I spoiled myself and got another image to play with. I recently discovered fat pages, basically your project needs to be 4x4. This is such a fun size to play with. So for my fat page I colored the edges with watercolor crayons then added enough water to blend and make it drip down the page. After that dried I attached my skeleton heart and went crazy once again with the gels pens and little dots. It makes me happy to see those shiny little dots. The entire Bloody list is over to the left you won't want to miss a single stop along the way :) We have 2 more days of this fabulous hop so I'll see you tomorrow and don't forget to start working on your own "unlock my heart" project and join in the fun over on Forever Night Challenges.

I will also be entering my projects in the following challenges:
ATC -
Challenge 6 anything goes - ATCs & Cards with Attitude
Wicked Wednesday #18 hearts/love - Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge
Fat Page:
HDH119 Freakers free-for-all - Haunted Design House
Challenge 6 anything goes - Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude
Challenge 1 freestyle - Poisoned Peas
Freaky Friday Challenge 26 unlock my heart - Forever Night Challenges (if this counts as a new one)

~thanks~