HDH168 - Hangman's Handiwork

Our challenge at Haunted Design House this week is to use knots or a noose anywhere on your project.

I used one of my digis called Gimpo and made him in to a shrink plastic brooch covered it with 3d glaze then added a little noose I made.

 

Hope you get a chance to pop by and see the Minions work as always it blows me away.

 

Andrea C x

HDH167 - Emergency Embellishment

This week at Haunted Design House the challenge is to pick your favourite embellishment, and use ONLY that embellishment on your project.

I went with gems and spelt out the word Shh... I think it speaks for itself ha!

 

The front of a notebook.  Well if you dared to read it after the warning on the front mwahaha.

 

Go check out the minions and don't forget to check back next Monday for the second instalment of creepy.

 

 

Andrea C x

Wild Orchid Chalenge - Autumn Colours

I managed to make a little tag using some Wild Orchid Crafts flowers for the wild orchid challenge blog, some leaves and one of my pumpkin digis. I then added some posh metallic inks to the edges of the card.

Very simple but will come in handy in October me thinks.

Anyway two brill prizes up for grabs.

Andrea C x

Smudger Challenge 6 - Reduce Reuse Recycle.

This month at the  smudger challenge blog we thought it would be good to do a recycle challenge.  Create anything with at least one recycled product used.

I have recently started doing some ATCs after seeing one of my blogging buddies cool cards.  Anyway my recycling is I used the packaging from the kids school shirts to make the ATCs.

All images used are from the smudgetastic digi site.

This ATC has a flame which has been done on shrink plastic and coloured with promarkers/copics.  The background for that is a nestie and I have put various inks and shimmers and mised them for a flame effect.

 

This guy has a stake and hammer at the side and a coffin that I made.

Anyway would be great if you could join in the challenge this month at Smudger Challenge Blog, we only had three entries last month boo hoo hoo, hehe.

Andrea C x

HDH148 - Bad Moon Rising

For Haunted Design House this week we want you to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that depicts a BIG BAD MOON.Make it full, waxing, waning or crescent. Just make it big
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I used Little Red from my digis and added bat wings.  I might just add bat wings to her and upload it to the digi site.  I also added porkchopsows bats and one of the moons available from his etsy shop.  The background I was going to make the moon but it didn't look as I wanted but I sprayed yellow cosmic shimmer and a light spraying of blue.  I also added glitter glue to the edges of the frame.  Little red is also finished with 3d gloss.

 

 

I was going to use this moon with Ike's Witchymou faded in to it but never got a chance to print it off.

 

Anyways what can you do with a big bad moon?

 

Andrea C x

 

 

 

 

Mum's Birthday Card and Baby Card

It was my Mum's birthday today and this is the card I made for my Mum using one of my digis.  I thought I would put Queen Jean as her name is Jean and she would be thinking all soppy lmao.  She loves green too.

 

 

The inside is because well she is a little bit trumpy and not embarrassed by it at all and it rhymes with Queen Jean.

 

This is a face I sculpted with Sculpey living doll (I think).

 

And the card I made for one of the girls I know who had a little baby girl.

 

Andrea C x

Vintage Elusions Cards and Crafts - Bling

It's challenge 3 over at Vintage Elusions Cards and Crafts and the challenge is bling + anything.  I made a card and an atc.

The card was made using an image I haven't put in the digi store yet.  I also used some jewellery for bling and some teardrop gems although the bottom ones are askew.  I really need to find out what glue everyone else uses cos I have tried loads of different types to no avail.

Below is my seahorse digi with lots and lots of glitter glue and sparkly shells.

Anyway that is my offering for the challenge.  There are so many challenges I want to enter but have literally no time at all.

Andrea C x

Pandooh dooh dooh

Yes The Police are knocking at your door.  I made a rather simple card using my panda image.

HOpe you are all having a good summer.  We are taking the kids camping soon for the first time for a night to try it out.

Andrea C x

New Digi at Smudgetastic

New digi at Smudgetastic digis.

Andrea C x

More New Digis at Smudgetastic

My daughter at the moment is obsessed with hearts, so I have been adding hearts to everything haha.  My hubby and I keep noticing heart stickers on each other that she has put on us.

These images are available at smudgetastic digis.

Andrea C x

New Digis at Smudgetastic

New in over at Smudgetastic Digis blog.

New Digis

I have done some more digis, well actually quite a few. I have been having problems working on them cos when I scan them they go thicker lines then when I turn them in to digis they go even thicker so I lose a lot of the details, but I will eventually work it out.

I am so sorry I haven't been commenting but I have now figured out how to get the old version of blogger up with the dashboard so will be perusing the blogs probably tonight.

Anyways heres a couple of the digis that will be going in the Smudgetastic Digi Blog.

Andrea C x

Smudgetastic Card - Heart Fairy

This is a card I made using my Heart Fairy digi that I drew for my little girl.  She loves hearts, faeries, mermaids, unicorns, horses blah blah girly girly girly which is great for  me cos I never did the girly thing, so I get to see both sides of the spectrum. 

Anyways I thought by now I would have had a bit  more time but my little one refuses to go in to nursery without me so I am with her at nursery and since she started she has been having nightmares (which she never had before).  So we are all tired and grumpy and super moany haha the joys!

Oh and I hate this new blogger at the moment, don't know how to get the blogs I follow up.  yadayadayada.

Andrea C x

New Digis at Smudgetastic

I have put some new digis up on the blog.  They aren't showing on dashboard for some reason so thought I would pop some of them on here.  You know me so as usual they are a bit weird.

The digi blog is here.

Anyways I will hopefully get a chance to get something made with them soon as the kiddie winks go back to school.

Also just a little reminder that the challenge this month at the Smudger Challenge Blog is The Feast of Fools and the prize is the Jester Digi (which can be won using any image or thing created) or the handmade prize which can only be won by those using my digis.

Andrea C x

Smudger Blog Candy part 2

This is the second blog candy for the smudger challenge blog and the smudgetastic digi site.  The same rules apply as per previous post.

This is one of the pics there is more stuff if you go over to the smudger challenge blog then you can see the other pics.

HDH-073 Smudgetastic

Haunted Design House Challenge - Smudgetastic


You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based project using images that have been colored/rendered with charcoal, pencils, pastels, or chalk.

(similar digital techniques allowed)

Well this week Barb isn't very well and in her weaker moments she decided to use some of my images for the challenge (when she regains strength eek hahah!).

This is my Banshee and is she coming for you I hope not!  Anyway I smudged up her hair and cheeks charcoal style and added some screams to the background as the Banshee whails when she is coming for you.  Banshees really creep me out especially is you read the old folk lore.

I can't believe how amazing the design team made my images look I was well chuffed.  I kept calling my hubby to look at their work.  Oh how we oo'd and ah'd haha seriously go check out their stuff they are in the words of my American friends AWESOME (I always feel weird saying that and usually put on a silly voice).

The selected Gruesome Twosome win some of my images and there will be a little craft prize for the prize winner.

Andrea C x