31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN - DAY 23

Hello Peeps,

I am here today with my creation for DAY 23 of the 31 DAYS of HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP .

Today I  have Page 13 of my Album to show you.  I have used papers and images from Smeared Ink (no longer trading). The background paper is ' Cranium Red ' from the " Deep Inside " set, ' Quoth the Raven digi stamp', and ' Deflated Heart ' from the ' Inner Workings ' set.
I finished with a silver heart locket and teeny red bow. 

Click on this Badge to go to the Hop

I hope you will pop over and hop along with us. You can be creepy or cutesie - whatever rolls your pumpkin :-D  xxxxx

MIDWAY REMINDER AT QUOTH THE RAVEN - QUEST 24 TIC.TAC.POE

Hello Peeps,
Here I am with the Midway Reminder for QUEST 24  TIC, TAC, POE over at QUOTH THE RAVEN.Here is the Grid to refresh your mind and I have made a little something ....

I made one of thos Billboard type things with two pictures on that you only see one picture from each direction. :-) Full on it looks like this.

Then - from the left it's shows my POE Raven digi...

When you look the other way it shows my POE Cat in glorious technicolour :-D

I was making up a little frame to mount it in but I messed up the first one and now I don't have enough wood !!! :-(  Anyways - you get the idea ? :-D

Here's a copy of the Tic, Tac, POE grid and I used straight across the middle POE, POE, POE :-D

You have until 3rd OCTOBER 2013 to enter something, and we are also preparing some CANDY as we now have reached 100 FOLLOWERS :-D

So why not pop over to QUOTH THE RAVEN and have a play :-) 

QUOTH THE RAVEN QUEST 24 - TIC,TAC,POE

Hello Peeps - it's that time again for our next QUEST over at QUOTH THE RAVEN - our Challenge site inspired by Edgar Allan POE and his works. :-) 
Now I know he was a little bit on the kooky crazy side, but he wrote some wonderful stuff.... if you fancy a little taster then go HERE. Some tales are a little macabre but he also has gorgeous poems and we use his works to create pieces over at our QTR site. It's not all dark and gory - because his work is so varied we can do floral/pretty pretty too  so please don't be afraid to come over and have a look and say Hi :-) We are almost at our 100 Followers goal too, so there will be some Candy on offer when we get there :-D

So now, onto my piece for this Quest... I have made for you a Mini Book Charm.
This little beastie is only 2" x 2.5" and was made following a Tutorial over at Gauche Alchemy.
I used some card from a cereal box and the paper inside the book is my "Poe Paper Freebie", which is available free in my SHOP. The DP I used for the pages is 'Absolution Deferred' by Crafty Chaos (Shop no longer operating). I made a little Cameo of The Master and used Glossy Accents on the top to look like glass.  I inked all the edges with black ink and then added a Tim Holtz keyring hangy thingy :-) Some lace and a bit of sparkly thread to close and Voila !!!

The only thing that bugged me was that I didn't have any of those little proper 'eyelet' thingies so I had to use a different thing with little spikies on it. It works OK from outside but inside it doesn't have a rim so don't look so good. :-(  Maybe I will have to invest in some eyelets !!! hee hee

OK - I'm off now. I hope you will come over to QUOTH THE RAVEN and see us........................... there SEE... I told you it wasn't all scary didn't I ???!!!

Challenges I am entering :

DESIGN TEAM THROWDOWN #8 AT SMEARED & SMUDGED

Hello Peeps,
I hope you are having a fantastic Saturday and will enjoy a crafty weekend. :-)
Here is my entry as part of QUOTH THE RAVEN DT for the Design Team Throwdown #8 over at SMEARED & SMUDGED. 
The Girls have now opened a new Blog especially for the Throwdown Challenges which will hopefully get more DTs joining in the fun.
Now - QUOTH THE RAVEN DT ----- That's us ---- won the last Challenge so we got to pick the Theme for Challenge #8 and we went for "OLD & GREY".

This Post is a bit picture heavy but you'll see why............

Click on Pics to enlarge

I decided to go literal with the Theme and got a poem by William Butler YEATS called "When you are old" and I found a gorgeous painting which fit so well with this poem. The painting is by Jean Honore Fragonard 1732-1806 and is called 'Young Woman Reading' - this goes soooo well with the poem :-D. The chap in the middle is a stamp given to me by a friend... it has 'Meer Image' written on the block but other than that, I am at a loss. 

I used some heavy cardboard to make a book shape and I folded up an old instruction manual for my camera for the centre part. I put lace over the pages and braid along top and bottom of the whole thing for stability.

Here is the Poem section.......  "When you are Old and Grey ".....................If you would like to read it you can find it HERE.

I added some floral decoration using Little Birdie Boutique Elements. One of my Followers sent me these from Oz :-)

So - I think that's about it isn't it... oh ! except for the die cuts and backing papers from First Edition Papers - Boho Chic.

I hope you will go over to the THROWDOWN BLOG and have a look at the awesome stuff the different Design Teams are submitting. Voting starts 

Wednesday 28th August and ends Friday 30th August 2013.  

Thank you for stopping by :-D

QUEST 23 AT QUOTH THE RAVEN

Good Morning and Happy Monday Peeps,

Here we are with Quest 23 over at QUOTH THE RAVEN  and this time we have for you TIC, TAC, POE.
Here is your grid.

In case you don't know how this works, you pick and 3 squares, diagonal, across or up and down and use those things within your project.

I went Diagonally from top right...... PLEATS/RAVEN.STITCHING  and I have used my own digi "Raven Poe" available in my SHOP.

I pleated and sewed the material and then made some matching roses. The very back piece is a piece of kitchen paper I cleaned my embossing folder with after I had inked and embossed with it. It looked pretty cool. :-) I then added a couple of die cuts, a skully pin, some fibres and a feather :-D

I hope you will come over to QUOTH THE RAVEN and see what my Minions of The Master sisters have to show you, and also play along with us. :-D

MESSING WITH ATCs AGAIN :-)

Hello Peeps,
It's a scorcher here today again  !!!! At least my basement room is cooler, so this is where I am hiding :_0

Since I have had a run of making ATCs recently, I thought I'd do one for some current Challenges.
I have used my new Quoth The Raven Rubber Stamp Set from SMEARED INK.

My Raven is fussy cut and mounted with foam pads and I added some barbed wire and crochet flowers that I made myself. The blood and drips on the flowers are using the funny little drippy bits that ooze their way out of the hot glue gun whilst it's just sitting there :-)
Click on pic to enlarge...

I've got some other schtuff to show you a bit later on :-)  See ya' xxxx

Challenges I am entering:

Smudgy Antics - Dripping

Fun With ATCs Challenge #90 - Flowers

QUOTH THE RAVEN DT THROWDOWN PIECES

Ah, Beloveds !! ... The sisters of darkness at SMEARED & SMUDGED FORUM hath again set forth Challenge #5 to all who toil in Design Teams for other Masters and Mistresses. They doth challenge us to bring forth our most accomplished works and do battle against each other.

Forsooth - such cunning a theme was laid down this time by the Victors of the last Challenge..... Us at QTR.... YaY... and the Challenge hath been dubbed "TOOTH & CLAW".
The Minions of The Master hath risen again to the quest and hath produced fineries that doth astound the eye. For such delights offered by the Mistresses of the Master BLACKDRAGON  and  FIONA... follow their names :-)
For my piece I have made "George" - he certainly has teeth and claws and he has a background of  one of my new digital images which is called 'Creation'. But first, here is George....

And now the new Tooth & Claw images.......

"CREATION"

"KATPHISH"

"SCREAM"

"I WANT YOU"

"DRAGONFOOT"

"HERE's KITTY"

These new images will be available in my SHOP later today :-)

Now, Voting for the best DT Throwdown pieces will start later over at Smeared & Smudged, so please come and cast your vote HERE

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QUOTH THE RAVEN - QUEST 21

Hello Beloveds and welcome to Quest 21 over at QUOTH THE RAVEN ....... ANYTHING 'POES'.
Before I show you my project I wish to say huuuuuge CONGRATS to our Winner - FIONA aka Anubis and our Top 3 ... Croms, Julia and Keren.

Now I actually got my butt in gear this time and managed to scrape out a project. I have made an altered box. This was a little box I made ages ago for Valentines Day probably and I decided to Poe it up :-)
I used my 'Raven Poe' as the top piece (available from my SHOP here). Around the sides I used 'Flower King Horizontal Border' from Smeared Ink. I used black distress ink round all the sides, and added some blue/black roses to match up with the skull border.
I am going to use this box to put a little giftette in that I am making for a chum :-)

We had a fabulous number of peeps play along with us last month, and I hope you will pop over to see the gorgeous creations my Teamies have made for you to see, and maybe even play along with us this month.

Just remember - it says Anything POES, so your project must be related to Edgar Allan Poe or his works in order to qualify for the Prize. :-)

See you later and thank you for dropping by xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

Smudgy Antics - Alter a Box

Charisma Cardz Challenge #18 - Black, White and 1 other colour  (mine is green)

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #45 - No Design(er) Paper

Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes

DT THROWDOWN CHALLENGE

Well hello and happy Monday Peeps,
I am here to tell you about the 2nd DT THROWDOWN CHALLENGE over at SMEARED & SMUDGED FORUM.
Challenge #1 was won by the hugely talented DT over at Haunted Design House, so they got to throw down the next Challenge Theme.... FAUX FINISHES.

For my entry with my DT from QUOTH THE RAVEN, I have used one of my own digis called "POE CAT". It was inspired by his story  'The Black Cat' - where the guy bumps off his wife and bricked her up in the wall !!!  If you want to read the full story go HERE.

I coloured the cat digitally and then printed him 10 times, fussy cut and feather cut him and then layered up with silicone for a 3D image. I used Glossy Accents on his eye and cut up some bristles from a broom to make whiskers.
My bricks were made from thick cardboard then painted with acrylics mixed with sawdust to give them texture. 

Click on pic to enlarge if you dare !!! :-D 

Here's a side view before I added the whiskers :-)

Now - if you go over to QUOTH THE RAVEN you can see what the other Minions of The Master have produced for our Team effort.... prepare to be totally gobsmacked !!!!

All the DTs have until 27th March to upload their entries at Smeared & Smudged and then the Voting starts. So - if you are a part of a DT, then why not go over and play.... if you are quick !!! 

Voting Starts: Thursday March 28 at 12:01 am

Voting Ends: Friday March 29 at midnight (email your team's theme choice before this date JIK you are the winners!)

Winner Announced: Saturday March 30 by noon

New Challenge Posted: Sunday March 31 by noon

We would love it if you would go over and VOTE  for your fave creations too.

Don't forget also that you still have time to enter Quest 19 - ANYTHING POES over at QUOTH THE RAVEN :-) Challenge ends 10th April and our Sponsor this time is  Inky Froggies who are offering a lovely Stampin' Up prize.

Well, I think that's it.... see you later xx

QUOTH THE RAVEN - QUEST 18 TIC,TAC,POE

Hello POE Peeps,
Here we are at QUOTH THE RAVEN with QUEST 18.. TIC, TAC, ...POE
Firstly huge CONGRATS to our Winner from Quest 17, Anything POES...... ELLAPU... and here was her winning piece -
                         
If Ellapu will contact me, I will send her the Prize. 
Isn't that stunning ? There is more to it... if you click on her name above you can go see it :-D
Our TOP 3 this week too were - tOri,  Mark and Corrine. Such stunning entries and so many of them this time, it was extremely difficult for us to choose !! Our Followers are gradually increasing too, so we are very pleased to be finding all you POE lovers out there and we thank you for coming over to play :-D

So, now onto Quest 18.... Here is your Tic, Tac, POE board..

Choose any 3 boxes in a line and use them to make your creation but don't forget it MUST be related to Edgar Allan POE in such shape/form/connection :-) That's the whole point of our Challenge site eh ??!!

For my creation this month I am converting a little booklet I got with my phone. It started life looking like this;

I shall be decorating it a bit at a time and have completed the front page. I used the CENTRE line DOWN on our grid......... Ribbon/Raven/Flowers. I have background paper from Crafty Chaos, a Raven from SMEARED INK's Quoth The Raven set and across the front I sewed some lace with roses onto a piece of acetate. The Raven was printed 3 times and fussy cut, layered up with silicone to make him 3D.

I hope you will come over and play along with us this month and also take a looksee at the delights my Minion Sisters have made for you. We are thrilled to have our beloved FIONA back with us for this month and we send her huuuuuge hugs xxxxxxxxx

NEW RELEASE PREVIEW

Hi Everyone - sorry I am a little behind at the moment.... I have not had Internet for a day and a half :-(
Am working on your Freebie Friday for later on today so please pop back later.
Just wanted to show you my latest Newbie.... this was the Prize for the last Quest over at QUOTH THE RAVEN...She's called Scheherazade :-)

Our Winner has only just picked her up so I will let her have a couple of days of 'exclusivity' before I put this girl in my Shop :-)
Back later with your Freebie xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

QUOTH THE RAVEN - QUEST 17 ANYTHING POES

Good Morning Peeps,
We are here again for QUEST 17 - ANYTHING POES over at QUOTH THE RAVEN. Congrats to JULIA for winning Quest 16. :-)
This time you can make anything you wish provided is has some connection to Edgar Allan POE. Simple eh ?!! Our Quest will run for 1 month so you have plenty of time to come and join us :-D
Here is my creation this time...

I used up some snippets for my background and the label has paper from Crafty Chaos Designs.

The POE digis are both mine and are available at my SHOP. The image I have used is the Prize for this Quest :-)

Challenges I am entering:

QUOTH THE RAVEN - QUEST 15

Hello Peeps and welcome to Quest 15 over at QUOTH THE RAVEN. Our theme this time is TIC TAC POE. You can pick any line, up + down, side to side or diagonal and make a creation containing the things listed in those squares -  and here is your grid....

I have gone straight down the middle for my creation and used a flower, a feather and a picture of POE. This is one of my digis available in my Shop. The papers are from my snippets box and the raven picture is from Seneca Pond. I added some black chain and a gold Gothic cross too.

CONGRATS to our Winner of Quest 14..... LISA B and to our Top 3.... Jolander, Croms and Anubis.

The Prize for this Quest is a POE digi set from  SMEARED INK.

                                               

I hope you will pop over and see what The Master's Minions have to show you and also play along with us this month.

Don't forget that your creation MUST be connected to Edgar Allan POE - coz that's the whole point eh ?!!