"Gothic Christmas Fairy"

Good evening All! It's Christmas Eve and I working on getting some fun creations done before the end of the month! I had two some what large "Custom Orders" to finish up... so that is why you haven't heard from me! Now that they are done... I am working to get both of my blogs caught up! Whew!!! Can you believe that Christmas is already here? Okay... I know that everyone is super busy so I won't keep you to long! I created this card for the Smudged & Smeared Very Sketchy Challenge! You have until the end of the month to get your cards posted and also added to the forum challenge here! (See Sketch Below) They also have a page layout sketch too, so be sure to stop by and take a look at it!

December Card Sketch

Material List

Stamp ~ Smeared Ink - Seriba 2 from The Gothic Fairies Digi Set

Patterned Paper ~ Out Of My Stash & Handmade with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays (Frosty Forest Green & Silent Night Silver)

Card Stock ~ Wausau Papers & Stampin' Up (Basic Black, Handsome Hunter, & Pink Passion)

Ribbon ~ Christmas Traditions by Hancock Fabrics

Stickles by Ranger ~ Diamonds, Silver, & Star Dust

Sponging Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Handsome Hunter)

3M Foam Tape (To Pop Up Image)

Prisma Colored Pencil Numbers

1065, 1067, 949, 928, 1085, 931, 935, & 1009

I will be entering this card into ten different challenges...

• Bombshell Special December Challenge ~ Anything Goes with Any Image
• Drunken Stampers Challenge #80 ~ Glittery Holiday
• Marks Finest Papers - Speedy Cats Friends Challenge #87 ~ Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft Challenge #163 ~ Merry Christmas
• Card Crafter's Circle Challenge #2 ~ Merry Christmas
• Delicious Doodles Challenge ~ Anything Goes
• Fairy Tale Challenge #31 ~ Something Easy
• Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Friday #38 ~ Anything Goes
• Raise The Bar Challenge #86 ~ Merry Christmas
• Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #23 ~ Anything Goes

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message!

Happy Holidays To All!

"Trick or Treat Pumpkin"

Welcome to Day 11 of 31 Days of Halloween Hop by Smeared & Smudged!! We are well on our way into the second week as a Wicked Bloggers, and let me tell you I am having so much fun creating!!! I finally got my mind focused on Halloween and Day of the Dead!!! As a Horrified Hopper it is very exciting to see all of the wonderful creations that all of the other Wicked Bloggers have come up with! I must say this... We have some really awesome talent and mojo happening! So be sure to hop, fly, creep, or crawl through all of the creations each day (you never know where a prize may be hidden)! If you happen to get lost along the way the whole blog roll is in the side bar to the right! If you arrived here from Tori's blog, then you are on track... if you didn't and would like to start from the beginning, head on over to Terra' s blog!!!

My creation today is a cutesy card that I created using a Digi Image by Simply Betty called Pumpkin Mickey Hat Betty. Isn't she just the cutest!?! Okay on to my creations, so you can be on your way...

Material List

Stamp ~ Simply Betty - Pumpkin Mickey Hat Betty

Designer Paper ~ Oriental Trading

Card Stock ~ Wausua Papers 60# (?) & Stampin' Up (Green Galore & Pumpkin Pie)

Stampin' Up Crystal Effects

Exacto Knife

Ribbon ~ Halloween by Michael's Stores Inc.

Sponge Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Basic Black)

Pumpkin Brads ~ Out Of My Stash

3M Foam Tape (To Pop Image Up)

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust (My Favorite)

Please excuse my ribbon in the above picture... we had a bit of an argument yesterday and obviously it won!!! LOL!

Prisma Colored Pencil Numbers

941, 947, 1082, 908, 909, 910, 943, 945, 946, 1032, 1033, 1034, 929, 935, 997, 1018, & 1058

I will be entering this card into five different challenges...

• Forever Night Challenge #12 ~ Trick or Treat (Candy)
• Come And Get It Challenge ~ Color Theme (Orange, Black, and Purple)
• Drunken Stampers Challenge #76 ~ Halloween 
• Quirky Crafts Challenge #21 ~ Halloween
• The Paper Shelter Challenge #34 ~ Halloween

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Hope to hear from you tomorrow!

Have a wicked day!

"Haunted House & Cauldron Set 1"

Welcome to Day 9 of 31 Days of Halloween Hop by Smeared & Smudged!! We are well on our way into the second week as a Wicked Bloggers, and let me tell you I am having so much fun creating!!! I finally got my mind focused on Halloween and Day of the Dead!!! As a Horrified Hopper it is very exciting to see all of the wonderful creations that all of the other Wicked Bloggers have come up with! I must say this... We have some really awesome talent and mojo happening! So be sure to hop, fly, creep, or crawl through all of the creations each day (you never know where a prize may be hidden)! If you happen to get lost along the way the whole blog roll is in the side bar to the right! If you arrived here from Tori's blog, then you are on track... if you didn't and would like to start from the beginning, head on over to Terra' s blog!!!

My creations today are the start of several ornaments; which at the end of the Hop I will post the final picture with all of them hanging on our tree!!! I MUST warn you... painting is the one thing that I have very little experience with!!! LOL!!! Okay on to my creations, so you can be on your way...

The photo above shows side 1.

The photo above shows side 2.

Material List

Plain Wooden Ornaments ~ Bought From Michael's Store's Inc.

Gesso by Golden

Light Molding Paste by Golden

Acrylic Paint by Apple Barrel, Artist's Loft & Folk Art (Black, White, Blue, Green, Orange, Metallic Silver, & Yellow) (I actually mixed all of my own colors from a combination of these!)

Stamps ~ Amuse Artstamps & Rosie's Roadshow

Colorbox Metalextra Pigment Ink ~ Quick Silver (Only For The BOO! Stamp)

Krylon UV-Resistant Clear Acrylic Coating

Ribbons ~ Out Of My Stash

The above photo is a close up of the house, you can see that I stamped at the very end using the Colorbox Ink. Then it was sprayed with the  final spray coating.

The above photo shows the cauldron up close, here you see that I stamped the witches hat right into the Light Molding Paste when it was wet. I painted the hat when I did the rest of the cauldron.

I will be entering these creations into five different challenges...

• 2 Sisters Challenge #60 ~ Halloween
• Catch The Bug Challenge ~ Halloween - Anything But A Card
• Drunken Stampers Challenge #76 ~ Halloween
• Inspire Me Friday at Joyful Stamper #27 ~ Anything Goes
• Our Craft Lounge #86 ~ Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet...

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Hope to hear from you tomorrow!

Have a wicked day!