DE-STEMPELWINKEL

Just wanting to share my post from yesterday on the Designers blog..... but totally forgot after i got into a complete pickle posting to de-Stempelwinkel.

                            I had a very relaxing couple of hours doing this..... i love to doodle.
                              Blogger has been really playing me up these last few weeks.....

so below are last weeks DT offerings that i never managed to blog.

GOOD FAE

BAD FAE...
i made these ATC'S just to show how with just changing the colour you can
turn a good fae bad!

This ATC i made to the theme of 'BIRDS LAY EGGS'
of cause my mind being a little weird finished the sentance with
.... '' and other birds eat them''
Very true but very macabre me thinks.
All the stamps for the above projects are of cause DE-STEMPELWINKEL.
Thanks for stopping by BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges....

ANYTHING GOES....HANDMADE BACKGROUND top and bottom projects.

LOVES RUBBER STAMPS ....ANYTHING BUT A CARD  middle and bottom projects are atcs

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS....ANYTHING GOES the 3 atcs are coloured with promarkers

CARDS IN ENVY ...MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND top project...i doodled it!

LEXIS CREATIONS....BLACK/WHITE +ONE COLOUR. top project is b/w +gold

SWEET STAMPIN' ....DOODLES top project is a stamped lady and doodles.

SWEETPEA STAMPERS...BIRDS OF A FEATHER bottom atc.

SMUDGY ANTICS and HDH MACABRE MONDAY

Welcome back for another fortnight challenge with SMUDGY ANTICS!

For this challenge we want to see more than just paper, glue and ink.
We want to see feathers or fur or a combination of the two.  We want to you guys and gals to create projects that make us want to reach through the computer screen and touch everything we see!  The more creative the better.  We love it when you guys and gals think outside of the box and make something with that extra "WOW" factor.

Of course we must address the fine print.  Although the focus of the challenge is to use FEATHERS and or FUR, you must still use a stamped image (real or digi) and you must follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog to be in the running for a prize.  Collage sheets may be used to enhance your project, but they do NOT count as a stamped image so make sure you use a stamp of some sort in your final piece.

I have another note book to share today..... the image is printed onto cotton, coloured with promarkers and tea stained. I've used fur (fabric) faux leather, string, beads and feathers. A few staples as i like the look of them and for added strength.
I hope you'll join us this fortnight at SMUDGY ANTICS.....you can you both FUR AND FEATHERS or just one of them. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can create.

Macabre Monday challenge is :

Emergency Embellishment

pick your favourite embellishment, and use ONLY that embellishment on your project.



I dont usually use many embellies anyway, so i wnt with just black gems on thes note cards.
I used Poe from SMEARED INK, stamped onto pink and green paper.... cut my images into 3x pieces and matted and layered with black.... rather different for me and Poe i expect..... i am trying to broaden my creativity these days.
You still have 5 days to join us in this challenge.... i really do look forward to seeing what your one and only embellie will be.

thanks for stopping by BDx

DOMINO ART

DOMINOART is having its annual 15 days of  'HALF-O-WEEN' 

Today is day #9 and my turn to share a Halloween inspired project with you.

This is a box of weird/macabre/ or just plain ol'creepy 4 piece jigsaws.

I gave the box a very distress paint effect.... the 8x domino's are stamped

using real rubber stamps from SMEARED INK'S 

QUOTH THE RAVEN set.... coloured with promarkers and sealed

with diamond glaze.

I neatened the edge of the domino's with black ribbon and trimmed 

the top edge with black gems. I put a ribbon through the hole on the front edge

to make it easier to pull open.

Above and below are the jigsaws.... 4x4 pieces, and altered both sides with

images or scenes i have created using various companies stamps and digi images, that i scanned,

then adhered to my jigsaw pieces.

Below you can see what i started with.... much more my style now,

me thinks!

DOMINO ART still has a challenge going on thats to

ALTER A PLAYING CARD/S

This is my inspiration piece that blogger refused to let me post last week,

i call it ''DEATH CARDS'' as my old Grandad who died when i was in my 20's

was very superstitious and believed that the ace and queen of spades dealt

together in a hand was a death omen.

I have used lots of bits and pieces i have made from clay, modeling paste,etc,

painted it black and then rubbed over with gilding paste. I have used 3 images from SMEARED INK

AS DEATH , digi set, if you look closely below you can just see them amongst the crackle effect.

     You still have about a week to enter the challenge so visit DOMINOART 

and check out the rules.

Thanks for visiting BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges.....

THE CRAFTING CAFE....LADY LUCK .... the playing cards are bad luck!

AS YOU LIKE IT... FAVOURITE 2 COLOUR COMBO .... the box is black and green.. i adore black

and green is just so Halloween!

LEFT OF CENTRE CHALLENGE...LOC OR BLACK AND RED.... both of these are LOC

INSPIRE ME FRIDAY....ANYTHING GOES

SANDEE AND AMELIES STEAMPUNK CHALLENGE.... ALTERED PLAYING CARDS

                                                                           

DELICIOUS DOODLES

It's time for another new challenge at DELICIOUS DOODLES and our theme is........................

LACE.

This is a bit different for me but its all made from scrap so maybe its not so different really.

Everything is salvaged, the book is made from heavy duty card from the back of paper pads,covered in left over fabric, the pages are the inner bits from gift wrap rolls, you know the ones that dont actually have a tube, its just thick brown paper rolled. The envelopes are so old that the sticky no longer sticks.The fabric, lace, ribbon and pearls are all bits i have reclaimed....even the mount for the gorgeous PEGASUS was a broken brooch.

I hope you'll have time to come and play along with us at DELICIOUS DOODLE.

Thanks for stopping by. BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges.....

A LITTLE BIT CRAFTY....USE KRAFT

THE PRETTY LITTLE RIBBON.... LACE

CRAFTY RIBBON CHALLENGE...NO DP

HAPPY CAMPERS....USE LACE

SARAH HURLEY CHALLENGE....SHADES OF BLUE

SHOPPING OUR STASH....SCRAP ATTACK

ALL MY CRAFTS..... SHOW WHAT YOU CAN CREATE

PAPER NEST DOLLS.... PEARLS

CATERED CROP..... USE FABRIC

SMEARED AND SMUDGED MEMBERS BLOG HOP FOR MAY

Well its that time of the month again when the members of the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM get together for a blog hop.

The theme this month is ANYTHING GOES.
We have so many new members on the forum that we want to showcase everyone's strongest and most creative projects, so we have used our imaginations and shared what our hearts desired.
Its my first time heading up one of our member blog hops, you can of cause hop in any order you wish so for those who want to do that the whole blog roll is listed below.

Black Dragon (me)
Laura
Kristy
Kapree
Hazel
Kay
Rick
Monique
Rocio
Jane
Shell
Lady Brayton
Fiona

Ike

This is a 12''x 8'' mixed media canvas using a gorgeous image from SMEARED INK. I used an image transfer technique that i hadn't tried before on such a large scale ....  i'm pleased with the result.... although i should have remembered to flip the image before i printed it out...DUH! The imaged is framed with alsorts of bits and bobs, loads of paint,pastes and various stuff was used in the making of this piece but the main thing was time.... 3days including drying time.... why can't stuff dry instantly?

Below are some photos of my box , made for the current challenge at SMUDGY ANTICS, blogger has been playing me up rotten recently and i havent managed to blog anything for about 10days..... you still have a couple of days to enter the challenge whic is a simple one.....

........................ALTER A BOX......................

Images are of cause from SMEARED INK.

Now back to the blog hop and you are off to the amazingly talented LAURA who is bound to inspire you. Thanks for visiting BDx I'd like to enter the following challenges... BY THE CUTE AND GIRLY..... FLOWERS  the box has flowers on the top. CARD AND SCRAP..... LOTS OF LAYERS the maskon the box has 9 layers fussy cut. MILK COFFEE CHALLENGE...SHABBYCHIC/VINTAGE...both above projects. RHEDD AND ROSIE.... FANTASY/MYTHICAL..... both of the above projects. WHIMSICAL DESIGNS.... MIXED MEDIA the canvas has many many different elements. TOP TIP TUESDAY........BOX CLEVER i'm entering the altered box...of cause.

HDH MACABRE MONDAY..... OK its WEDNESDAY!

Our next Macabre Monday challenge is :

Stephen King nightmare

Now not the sort of guy you would use as a muse to tell your kids their bedtime stories but for this challenge lets get sick and twisted and use the unhealthy mind of Stephen King as inspiration.  You can use his books, movies and comic books as your muse.

I went for the book NEEDFUL THINGS...... and made a curio shop front.

Knitting in a basket from the execution of Marie Antoinette.

Nelson's lost eye and Dragons teeth.

Rare base ball cards.... these were in the book as was the carnival glass lamp shade.

Kindling from the fire that burnt to death Joan of Arc.
Of cause i just had to add a small Poe piece!

Wood from Noah's ark.... in the book....  and loads of other curious needful things.
I hope you'll come and join us this fortnight ..... King wrote hundreds of stories so there is
no shortage of inspiration or themes.
Thanks for visiting BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges.....
MAKE MY MONDAY....ANYTHING BUT A CARD
ALL MY CRAFTS CHALLENGE.... NO CARDS OR LAYOUTS
ECLECTIC ELLAPU ....ANYTHING GOES
JOANNA SHEEN ...............CHALLENGE RECYCLE (all most everything is salvaged)
THAT CRAFT PLACE..... ALTERED ITEMS

QUOTH THE RAVEN ENTRY AT SMEARED AND SMUDGED DT THROWDOWN.

Ah Beloveds ! The sisters of darkness at SMEARED & SMUDGED FORUM hath set forth a Challenge to all who toil in Design Teams for other Masters and Mistresses. They doth challenge us to bring forth our most accomplished creations that hath been subjected to transformation, so that they doth appear to be that which they are not. The Challenge hath been dubbed "Leather and/or Lace". Forsooth - such a cunning theme was laid down by the Victors of the third such Challenge -  the fair Minions of the Haunted Design House.
Fi !!! How they doth strive to test us, yet the Minions of The Master hath risen to such heights and hath produced fineries that doth astound the eye.
Feast thine eyes thusly............................i dont do straight and Shell....
and my offering..... many thanks to Ike for the eloquent wording.

 I used real leather to cover a MDF heart shape..... its abour 12'' high by 11'' at the widest part. I coloured one of IKE'S Poe digis in sepia shades and mounted it in a faux rusted chained frame. I made flowers out of leather and added pearls to the centres.

 I faux rusted metal flowers and added more pearls. I stamped an angel image from DE-STEMPELWINKEL onto shrink plastic to make the centre piece for the ornate faux rusted cross.

 There is duchess lace, a lace panel and metallic trim.... a zipper, chains, dangly pearls, and a lace up bodice type thing.... and an old faux rusted key. Please come and check out all the entries on the forum.... and vote for your favourite team makes.

Thanks for looking BDx
FAB'N'FUNKY.....FEEL THE LOVE
FRILLY AND FUNKIE ,,,,, UPCYCLE (nearly everything on this piece is salvaged)
CREATIVE CARD CREW.... HANDMADE FLOWERS (I made the large flowers from leather)
CRAFTY BOOTS.... RECYCLE (as above)
HOUSE OF GILLI ...LACE AND PEARLS

SMUDGY ANTICS and MACABRE MONDAY

This fortnight at SMUDGY ANTICS, we want to see who has the GUTS and the BLOODY SPARKLE-TUDE to play along with our challenge.  Our hearts will beat outside of our chests with pride, glistening in the light of the glittering sun.  In case you haven't guessed the theme yet...or haven't looked at the title of the post (DUH) the theme this fortnight is 

GLITTER AND GORE.

The choice is NOT OPTIONAL.  YOU MUST USE BOTH GLITTER AND GORE in this challenge or your project will not qualify for a prize.  If you don't own any gory or scary stamps, Smeared Ink has plenty of digis in their shop that fit the bill.  If you are super strapped for cash, you may use any stamp, even a cute one, as long as you add both glitter and gore.  I have seen some amazingly gory Magnolia projects out there in blogland so there is no excuse NOT to play.

We can't wait to see what you guys and gals make!

Remember to use a stamped image (real or digi) 
  Only the best will win so get your mojos on the ready and get creative. 

As i dont usually do either Glitter or Gore... this was a hard challenge for me. The quirky love card above is what i came up with. The heart is a rubber stamp from SMEARED INK, stamped 6x, colouredith promarkers and fussy cut.... dipped in my melting pot. Very thing else is from my stash apart from the glitter card i had to borrow off my girls. I hope you'll be able to join us this fortnight.


Next up we have MACABRE MONDAY.... its the second week .
Our  Macabre Monday challenge is :

Skeletal Remains

We are not actually goading you into doing a Burke and Hare on us! What you can do is get down to the nitty gritty with anything relating to skeletal remains e.g. skulls, skeletons and bones etThis fortnight we are lucky enough to be sponsored by 

The Octopode Factory.

 I used 3x OCTOPODE images on these cards...... and i think have very different results.
I coloured all the images with promarkers..... and the background on the bottom card.
Hope you'll join us at HDH..... this time round.

Thanks for visiting BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges
ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS     FOR A LADY ( top one)
CHEERFUL STAMP PAD GOTHIC CUTIES (bottom two cards)
MAKE IT MONDAY ANYTHING GOES LINKY PARTY
COLOUR ME CREATIVE ALL ABOUT RED (top and bottom cards)
LEFT OF CENTER CHALLENGE LOC OR BLING IT UP ( top card is both)

SMEARED AND SMUDGED APRIL BLOG HOP and QUOTH THE RAVEN

Its time for another members blog hop over at Smeared and Smudged and this month we are getting dirty......Well dirty vintage actually..... grungy, distressed...well worn!The full blog roll is below.... its well worth taking a look at every single blog as all these lasses are amazingly talented and bound to inspire you.
My offering today is also my design team piece for QUOTH THE RAVEN where we have a great challenge for you that started last week but because of my internet issues i havent been able to do much recently.

Blog Roll

Shell

Black Dragon

Kapree

Madeleine Bouquet

Susan

Hazel

Shoni

Kay

Monique

Wendy

Anna

Fiona

I'll warn you now.... lots of photos...... lots and lots! My piece is a hand made book.... bound in leather.... with a stamped and guilded butterfly on the front.

                                                      Poe.... with a dimensional raven.........

                                          ...........the raven is in cut-out, with various bits and bobs,
                                         and sealed inside aceatate.

                                        ..............Embossed pages, tags, ribbons.......

                                       ............ stamping...cut and paste victorian decoupage,

                                            .............. pockets....flaps..... heat embossing....

                                          ..............pages edges with gold gilding pen....

                                                                  ............ loads of ink.....

                                                        ...............loads of roses...........

                                            ..... scarlet fabric inside the front and back covers...

Thanks for visiting...enjoy the hop and hope you'll join us at QUOTH THE RAVEN this month. BDx

I'd like to enter the following challenges...
LEFT OF CENTRE      LOC OR RIBBON AND BOWS

SMEARED INK PREVIEW

Smeared ink have 3 brand new digi stamp collections being released on Friday..... i had the pleasure of working with all three.... lucky me!

 Image coloured with promarkers , decoupaged butterflies, die cuts coloured with promarkers to match my image.

I like to enter this in the challenges at
I LOVE PROMARKERS..................... SPRING
7 KIDS COLLEGE FUND ... THINGS WITH WINGS
MY CRAFT SPOT....STRING AND THINGS
LACY SUNSHINE ...LAYER IT UP

I'D LIKE TO ENTER THIS IN THE CHALLENGES AT
RHEDD AND ROSIES....... VINTAGE /SHABBY CHIC
LEJ DESIGNS ...VINTAGE OR RETRO
PINSPIRATIONAL.... PHOTO INSPIRATION
SONG BIRD....OH WHAT A CIRCUS

Coloured with promarkers, back ground is old designer papers from my stash. 

I'D LIKE TO ENTER THIS IN CHALLENGES AT
7 KIDS COLLAGE FUND........THINGS WITH WINGS
CREATIVE CREATIONS ..... THINGS WITH THE LETTER 'B'
PAPER PLAY TIME..... USE A BEE
OPUS GLUEI...... GO WHERE YOU HAVENT GONE BEFORE

Painted acrylics onto canvas, tore out the images that i printed onto tissue paper
and used bees wax..... doing a large area with bees wax is totally new to me.... i made a bit of a mess but manage to
finally get it to look ok.
Thanks for visiting BDx