Here Come the Holidays!

Good morning! Today is the start of our latest challenge at Crafting by Designs. We have several sponsors for this one as it will run for the rest of the month to give the DT a wee break over the Christmas holidays.

My first project is a Christmas/Creepmas card using 'Zoe la Zombie' by Alicia Bel which I've coloured using Promarkers. I've used Vintage Christmas papers from MME, red card candi and a paper bow from Craftwork Cards. I've finished off with a skele cameo! 

The second project is a set of gift tags with black and white images from Melonheadz which again I have coloured with Promarkers and added some gold detailing. These are the perfect finishing touch for those Christmas gifts and can be customised to go with whichever colour scheme you chose this festive season. I've kept mine traditional and used some paper from Craftwork cards for the wrapping here.

I hope you'll join in our challenge,
thanks for looking!
Maureen xxx

12 Days of Creepmas Day 9 with Smeared Ink

Welcome to the12 Days of Creepmas! This is a blog hop run by the girls at Smeared Ink and you will find the Blog Roll on my side bar for the duration of the hop. If you have just arrived at me and want to see what it's all about visit Terra (the hostess) at More Smeared Ink and follow the rules to be in with a chance to win! If you are hopping, you should have arrived here from Black Dragon  and Teresa is your next stop!

Today I am sharing the front of my December Creepmas Fat Page for the swap at Smeared and Smudged! I have used An Emo Christmas by Teri Sherman, available for a limited time at Delicious Doodles/Delicious Darkness and newly available on Smeared Ink! I have coloured her with Promarkers and added glossy accents to the eyes and Star Dust Stickles to the furry bits. My papers are from Teresa Collins/MME and I've finished with some card Candi.

I will enter my card in Challenge #5 The Final Hurrah at Delicious Darkness.
Again I have used the current sketch from the Sketch 'n Stash Challenge blog so will enter my fat page there too.

Thanks for looking!

Mo xxx

Midway reminder for PunkyouGirl Dark Christmas Challenge

We are enjoying a Black Christmas at PunkyouGirl this month and I have a little card for the midway reminder today. This month we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles with a chance to win some of Teri's awesome images for yourself!

This is a wee extra post from me this month and I didn't have time to colour a new Delicious Doodles image so I have used the Sandy Claws image from Rick St Dennis which you can find on his Zibbet store and I have made my own sentiment on Word. I took for my inspiration a Christmas song that used to terrify me as a child and I think this card sums it up! Whenever I would here the song 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' it always made me cry and I reckon is was those lyrics... 'He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake' - like he's always there, just round the corner, waiting!

I have used paper from My Minds Eye Vintage Christmas 6x6 paper pad and added some red ribbon and clear gems in the corners for some seasonal bling. There's Glossy Accents on his eyes and the layers have been torn and further distressed using Old Paper distress ink.

I hope I haven't freaked you out too much with this one! Merry Creepmas! I hope you'll join us at PunkyouGirl, there's still time to get your darker Christmas creations entered!
Mo xxx

Smeared and Smudged December Member Blog Hop!

Hi! I am so glad to be doing this post today! I had hoped last month that I would be joining the Smeared and Smudged 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop but some problems at the start of the month including major tooth ache and multiple dentist visits meant that unfortunately I had to pull out. What joy when I saw that there was a member blog hop this month and I figured if I couldn't hop the whole month, I could at least join this one and use one of the several images I aquired for Creepmas!

The theme for this hop is Anything Goes and I'm sure if you pop back to the beginning of the list below and have a look you will see lots of different projects and creations to give you lots of inspiration! I will be hopping round the links later today for a look too! There was no prerequisite to use a Smeared Ink image, however, I got the 'Gonna Get You Snowman' digi and just had to colour it up and pop it on something. I have made a wall hanging and just as I write this my daughter is looking at it and asked 'is that for Christmas or Halloween?' So I can only assume I've got this Creepmas thing right! hahaha

I used papers from DoCrafts Gorjus range, Kaisercraft 13th Hour pad and Pebbles Thirty One pad. I added some stamps to the background from the My Minds Eye Happy Haunting set, some Onyx liquid pearls, black organza and some bling from my stash. The image is coloured with Promarkers with some Star Dust Stickles for seasonal sparkle!

I hope you like this, why not jump back to the start and check out the rest of the hop, or if you have come here from Shoni, the next stop is Rocio. Here is the full line-up incase you get lost!

Black Dragon
Lyneen
Kay
Julia
Laura
Evil Edna
Shoni
Maureen
Rocio
Kapree
Fiona
Susan

I will be entering my hanging in the Smudgy Antics Anything Goes with a Smeared Ink stamp challenge for this fortnight too.
Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Dark Christmas at PunkyouGirl

Well, that's us a week into December and it's time for a new PunkyouGirl Dark Christmas themed challenge!

Now, PunkyouGirl is a 'Dark Themed' Challenge blog - think Goth, Emo, Horror, Fantasy, Steampunk, Grungy, Vampires etc - this is not an 'either/or' challenge - your entry must be dark themed AND fall in line with the additional monthly theme. So many participants last month didn't qualify for a prize and I hate to leave negativity when people have made an effort to enter the challenges!

So, anyway, this month is about Christmas - Black instead of White! - or perhaps Creepmas if you'd prefer! We have Delicious Doodles sponsoring us this month and they have released some amazing creepy Christmas themed images in the last few weeks but today I am using a 'classic'! Emo Christmas is my image and I have kept her dark and gothic looking with lots of black - lace, ribbon, pins and rolled roses. The papers I have used are from DoCrafts Gorjuss range - lots of dark reds, greens, blues and Gorjuss damask and lined patterns - I have used the burgandies with black pearlescent paper to mat.

It actually looks really bright in that sunlight but I promise its a darker card than it looks!
I hope you will join us this month and show us your dark Christmassy creations!

I will be entering this card into this week's Delicious Doodles Christmas Challenge! And the following challenges too -

Ladybug Crafts - Christmas/winter
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Extra - Anything goes
2 Creative Chicks - Christmas/winter
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Scrap-Creations - Holiday
Ribbon Carousel - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Inklings and Yarn - Inky Linky Party
Divas by Design - Feeling festive
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Papercrafting Journey - It's Christmas time
CRAFT Challenge - Christmas

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Stampin' for the Week-end - Use some red
Digi Haven - Christmas cards
Card Making Mamas - Christmas/New Year
Mo xxx