QUOTH THE RAVEN CHALLENGE #43 TIC.TAC.POE WEEK 5 REMINDER

Hello Peeps,

Here I am with the reminder for WEEK 5 of our current Challenge #43 over at QUOTH THE RAVEN..... TIC, TAC, POE. Here is the grid we are working from this month.
I should have posted yesterday but I was without a telephone line all day so therefore no internet....... extreme bummer !!!!!

and here is my piece using Raven, Lace and POE.......................................

I used an old jigsaw piece and treated the background with Distress Inks. Then I used rubber stamps from the Smeared Ink 'Quoth The Raven' set for the gridwork and POE image. I added a smidgen of lace and then glued a chipboard Raven to the top. :-)

You have until Midnight on the 6th MAY to come along and play showing us your POE creations, so I hope to see you there.

We shall be back again next week with a reminder as this is a 5 week month :-D

Challenges I am entering: 

Smudgy Antics May Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft for the Craig May Challenge - Wings

Dream In Darkness Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

QUOTH THE RAVEN CHALLENGE #43 - TIC, TAC, POE WEEK 4 REMINDER

Hello Peeps,

Here I am with the reminder for WEEK 4 of our current Challenge #43 over at QUOTH THE RAVEN..... TIC, TAC, POE. Here is the grid we are working from this month. 

and here is my piece using Raven, Lace and POE.......................................

You have until Midnight on the 6th MAY to come along and play showing us your POE creations, so I hope to see you there.

We shall be back again next week with a reminder as this is a 5 week month :-D

Challenges I am entering: 

QUOTH THE RAVEN QUEST #43 - TIC, TAC, POE WEEK 3

Hello and happy Thursday,
I am popping in to show you my inspiration creation for WEEK 3 of our current Challenge over at QUOTH THE RAVEN. Our Theme this time is TIC. TAC. POE and here is our grid...

I have used the Right section vertical... Raven, POE, Lace for my creation.

I made a background with papers from Smeared Ink's 'Zombie Killa' digital paper set and used a die cut left-over as a stencil through which I smeared home-made textured past. I smurged over it when dry with a black ink pad.

I used my Quoth The Raven rubber stamp set - also from Smeared Ink to do the images and sentiment flag. The lace and corrugated card were from my 'bits' box.

And so... 'tis done :-D

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will pop over to QUOTH THE RAVEN and see what my Teamie NANETTE has to show you for inspiration :-D

Challenges I am entering:

QUOTH THE RAVEN CHALLENGE #43 - TIC, TAC, POE

Hello Thursday Peeps,

Here I am with my piece for our new Challenge over at QUOTH THE RAVEN.This one is #43 and our Theme is.... "TIC, TAC, POE", and here is the grid.

I have chosen to illustrate POE's story called 'Mesmeric Revelation'. If you would like to read the whole thing or see any other of his works then please click HERE.
I used the right hand vertical line - RAVEN, POE, LACE.

The Winner of Quest #42 has been announced and there are some stunning creations from my Teamies, who I am sure would love you to pop over and visit,  so see you over at QUOTH THE RAVEN :-D

Images I used:

Lady Death by IKE at Smeared Ink

POE Freebie Paper by IKEsART

Poe Skull Bust by IKEsART

Excerpt from Mesmeric Revelation By E A POE.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges I am entering:

Inspiration Destination Challenge #27 - Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Come Fly With Me

QUOTH THE RAVEN CHALLENGE #36...TIC,TAC,POE

Good morning Peeps,

I am posting here my creation for the new challenge over at QUOTH THE RAVEN, which this time is #36  TIC, TAC, POE.
Here is the grid;

I went for the Centre Horizontal line and made one of my altered ciggy boxes.

I used my Quoth The Raven rubber stamp set from SMEARED INK and my raven was printed 7 times and fussy cut, then layered with silicone to make him 3D. I've got The Master himself - Edgar Allan POE - looking resplendent on the inside.

I hope you will pop over and see what my Teamies have made for you to see and to join in with us as well. It's a fabulous grid, so why not come and play along :-D 

Thanks for stopping by.

QUOTH THE RAVEN CHALLENGE

Hello Peeps,
Sorry I am a bit late with posting my creation for Quest #30 over at QUOTH THE RAVEN... which is TIC, TAC, POE.
We have a super Grid over on the QTR Blog to inspire you and you know how this works don't you ?... any row of 3 up, down or across :-)
I decided to make a tag this time, but it's a big one.... 10" tall :-D

I used a die cut corner for the top piece with is from Tonic, and I added Stickles and tiny seed beads to the butterflies. Then I put all sorts of lace, ribbons,flowers from my stash. The main image is called  POE SKULL BUST and he is on my Freebie Raven backing paper. Both items are available in my store at IKE'sART.

I sewed the main image on and left the centre part free and made another tag that slides inside this portion. On it I printed 'Nevermore' using my rubber stamp from the Quoth The Raven Set by Smeared Ink.

Congrats also to our Winner from QTR Quest #29  .. 'KEREN' , and our Top 3..  'Paper Whims', 'Crafting Vicky' and 'Calling All Crafters'. Thank you to everyone who played along with us and we hope you will all come over and play again at TIC, TAC, POE and maybe bring along a few friends with you :-)

Challenges I am entering:

Left Of Centre Challenge #26 - Die Cuts

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 :

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

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