Inspired by a Song/Movie/Book at Love to Create

Let your favourite song or movie or book inspire you this week at Love to Create! I was so inspired I made two projects to show you today! We are sponsored by The Stamping Chef and I had the pleasure of working with the image 'Jolene' - I had a bit of a brain freeze when picking an image to work with for this challenge and when I saw 'Jolene' I immediately got the song of the same name stuck in my head so that's the inspiration for that card. However, on eventually getting that song out my head, I made a card using 'Bite Me' based on the Rob Zombie track 'Living Dead Girl' or indeed any of the GOOD vampire movies... none of these sparkly vampires for me!!!

So, this is 'Bite Me' which I've coloured with Promarkers to match the brand new Graphic 45 papers 'An Eerie Tale' - this is like to feature heavily in my projects the next few months leading up to Halloween - it's slowly becoming my new favourite after Steampunk Spells! I have used tags and elements from the papers to layer up and added some black die cuts to stand out against the purple pearlescent paper I've used for layering.

And this is Jolene, also coloured with Promarkers. I have used a Kraft card blank and some more Craftwork Cards embossed kraft card for layering. The papers are from Prima's 'Believe' paper pad and I have added some faux stitching - again I got myself confused with this card and thought I was making it for a challenge elsewhere... hence the faux stitching!

I will enter 'Bite Me' into the following challenges -
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - Lots of Layers
Eureka Stamps - Things With Wings (bats!)
Stamp and Create - Anything Goes
Stamplorations - Stamps and Die Cuts

I will enter 'Jolene' into the following challenges -
That Craft Place Challenge - Autumn
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - #31 Anything Goes


Hey, I got there in the end and two cards for the price of one today! Hope you can join our challenge this week!
Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Smudgefest 2014 - Synonymous Sunday

Wow! I cant believe it's the end of Smudgefest for 2014! I am thrilled to say that I was picked as a random winner a few days ago and I am looking forward to getting some very funky Smeared Ink Red Rubber!
This is my last post for this event this week and it's using the Smeared Ink 'Mary, Mary' image which was provided for the challenge. A difficult one for me, given that I've not coloured at all since my surgery so my colouring is strained and not to my usual standard!

I have used paper and elements from Graphic 45's new 'An Eerie Tale collection' and the Tim Holtz on the edge die 'Twigs'. I felt that the 'Fairy Tale' type papers went well with the nursery rhyme image - with that dark twist - and added a few lines! The colouring has done in my hand so I am ready for bed, putting it together to make a card has been a struggle!!

But, I have signed up for the 31 Days of Halloween Smeared Ink event in October and am looking forward to sharing Halloween/Day of the Dead creations all month - here's hoping my hand gets healed quick and I can get started!

This image is also the 'freaky freebie' for the Smeared and Smudged Forum challenges this month so I'll be linking up there too.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Smudgefest 2014 - Saturday Splatter

Today is Day 6 of Smudgefest and it's Saturday Splatter! They want us to get messy!! Now, messy house I can do, messy desk I can do... but messy creations... not sure!
I was totally inspired by Teresa Morgan's Day 3 entry - she made a 'chunky page' which I've not seen before but I thought I would like to try one. This is a 4x4" piece of art and I've just used some black card.
I have used the Monster Heart 'Phlem' again from Smeared Ink and coloured him red this time. The stamping is from the Clarity Letterbox Set and the punch along the bottom is Martha Stewart Drippy Goo.

Now for the messy bit! The background started off as white card. There was a tutorial in a recent Craft Stamper magazine for faux gelli-printing. By using acrylic paints on plastic - such as the A plate from the Cuttlebug which is what I used! I got the kids to help and we all pulled some colourful prints. I cut mine down to just under 4x4" to mount on the black and finished it by stamping the Visible Image Ripped Fishnets stamp in Black Archival ink.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Open-Minded Crafting Challenge #16 Summer Food!

Our current challenge at Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenges is #16 - Summer Food. We are thrilled to be sponsored by DigiStamps4Joy, Oak Pond Creations, The East Wind and Whoopsi Daisy.

I have used Ice Cream Fantasia from DigiStamps4Joy and coloured this with my Promarkers. I have used papers from First Edition and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards. The tabs were hand cut and the circle is a Spellbinders die.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Smudgefest 2014 - Flight of Fancy

Today's Smudgefest Day 5 Challenge is titled 'Flight of Fancy' and the brief is to incorporate 'wings' into our projects. I have gone with a Poe theme and as well as entering my project in Smudgefest Day 4 I will also be entering at Quoth the Raven, Nevermore where the theme is 'Anything Poes'.

I have used my Quoth The Raven rubber stamp set from Smeared Ink along with Black Archival ink. I have kept this very simple... more because it's almost midnight! I have stamped the background using the texture stamps from the set and on a separate piece of paper stamped the collage image and the wording stamps. I mounted the collage and words onto red pearlescent paper and finished the card with matching candi!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Anything Goes Dark Themed Challenge at Left of Center

We have a new Anything Goes challenge at Left of Center starting just now. There is a twist though - it must be dark themed. So think Goth, Emo, Horror, Fantasy, dark and scary and join us! Our sponsor this week is Limited Runs and I have used the 'Alexandree' image to create my card this week!

I have coloured him using my Promarkers as usual. I have used paper from Bo Bunny for the background. The embossing is a sample of colour core core'dinations with a Cuttlebug embossing folder which I've sanded down slightly. The sentiment is from Gingers House and I've finished the card with some zombie arms coming out the ground!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Smudgefest 2014 - Toil and Trouble

Today is Day 4 of Smudgefest! We have a recipe of sorts and I have created a Halloween wall hanging from a cardboard base. The other items from the cauldron I have used are - black (for the die and Black Soot ink), Ribbon (for hanging), Bones (on the ribbon).... if it wasn't so late at night I might have popped some glitter on there too for good measure!

  

I've used papers from Nicki Sivill's Boo-tiful paper pad and some Halloween stickers from my stash. The image is from Smeared Ink coloured using Promarkers and the 'bunting' is the Cheery Lynn 'Witch's laundry die.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx