Mucha's Secret Garden - SPA

Greetings, 

This is my entry to this week's spa challenge which is dual -Mucha and secret garden, this is a digital delight
back ground -Astrid's freebie
image - mucha vs photoshop elements in a smack down with no lycra.
sunflowers and flourish - ilikupti golden collection on deviant scrap

tootles
EE

living on the edge....

Dearest minions,

The latest challenge at TIOT is use 3 different types of edges, so here is mine, torn, pinked and straight. look forward to seeing what you come up with...

Tootles
EE

Smeared and Smudged Blog Hop

Greetings,

This is my entry to the Smeared and smudged August blog hop Hurrah!

I have used Specimen Jar by smeared ink printed on acetate, I coloured the wings of the moth and butterflies with markers and then bleached back some of the colour. I then mounted it on bark background paper that I had put a few pieces of old book print on. I painted over the pages with a thin layer of concrete fresco paint. I wanted something to highlight his eye so I used a piece of a book page untreated.

Now do go forward to the other magnificent bloggers.

tootles
EE

Terra

Shell

Maureen

Jane

Evil Edna

Kay

Madeleine

Kapree

Ike

Lisa

Horrorscopes

Dearest Minions,

Pisces and the Twins below are last minute entries to the Astrological Atrocities challenge at Macabre Monday. I am also entering the twins to the punkyougirl challenge which is dark humour I think eurovision crime and punishment qualifies. The pun is from an awful English band who featured on Eurovision called Jemini Chewbacca gargling draftpunk would have sounded better.

So for Pisces I used steampunk mermaid from delicious doodles -don't call her tuna- coloured with fleximarkers, copics and water colour pencils I framed her using a die cut piece of packaging which I embossed and then sprayed with Dylusion inks.

Gemini, I used Agatha and Thelma from the Ocotopode factory and a Gemini symbol, coloured with Water colour pencils and splatted with my water pen for a slightly testured look. I am entering this one into Sunday stamper  challenge which is sunset colours.

Tootles
EE

TIOT challenge - create a scene

 

Normally the hissed instruction is DO NOT create a SCENE so it was pleasing to get asked to do the opposite. This is my latest offering for the TIOT scenic challenge which is an under water postcard, cause sharks need loving too.....

I used my stamps of the moment all of these are all design by Ryn stamps which I was lucky enough to get my mitts on.hhhhhhmmmmm.  I painted an old thesaurus page with a pale layer of concrete fresco paints and then stamped and masked over this. I then coloured the weedy seadragon ( a v cute pipe fish family member) and sea with watercolours.

Tootles

EE

Smudgefest day 7 - garden invaders

Greetings,

It is the final, sniff, day of Smudgefest and for an extra treat we have been given Ghoulipop as a freebie to use. I have been out for a long walk in the beautiful Suffolk fields today, using my new camera and getting very snap happy. I love the evil smiles on ghouliepops, so I combined nature (my back garden) evil ghouliepops and my camera, below are the results.

I printed out the ghouliepops and stuck them on to toothpicks not only do they look excellent in the garden but they would also grace a cupcake with well a nice evil smile....

I am also entering these little monsters into the following challenges:

punkyou girl - dark humour - I think this is funny....
Inspiration Avenue - fun easy crafts - these certainly brightened up my garden and can so easily be adapted.

tootles
EE

 

Smudgefest day 6 - sketchy saturday

Dearest Minions

It is day 6 of Smudgefest and it is a sketch challenge.

 I don't play well with sketches, they are to me, a group of meddling kids with a great Dane thwarting diabolical plans.

But I had a go and here is the result. My favourite bit in the books of Lord of the Rings is when the party are in Moria reading from the great book and the drumming starts..... so inspired by that I used the fabulous Anya I just used her splendid glare and thought my self a touch of paranoia and here is the result.

I am also entering this into the Smeared and Smudged freebie challenge as the delightful Anya is this month's freebie.

tootles
EE

Smudgefest day 5-flowing Friday

Greetings,

Today's Smudgefest challenge is "Create a project using a flowing medium." I reached for one of my new purchases, my luscious shell stamp and the alcohol ink and this is the result. I printed the beautiful speicemen jar lady on actate, then I dribbled some alcochol ink and let the actate and let it stand up. While it was drying I stamped  piece of white card with the shell stamp-Designs by Ryn. I then stuck the piece in a frame which I embossed smeared distress ink over, it sprayed and flicked water and dried it and stamped over it-guess what stamp I used- clue not clowns.

I am also entering this into:

Craft stamper challenge-4 use actate.
Brown sugar - anything goes
Delious doodles- Butterflies

Tootles
EE

Smudgefest day 4 -twisted ATC

Greetings,

Today's challenge at Smudgefest is a twisted ATC so here is my shadow box ATC, you look at it, it looks at you. That is my weenie twist. The images are all from Smeared ink, stumpie grumpie, twisted grumpie and dandy is candy, the background is from deviant scrap.

I am also entering this into the smudgey antics challenge which is fussy cutting.

tootles
EE

golden ratio

Deearest Minions,

I have recentley discovered designs by Ryn they are really rather awesome. I needed a card to wish someone well after heart surgery and I think this strikes the correct tone. I am entering it into:

Less is more -colour palate challenge
Sunday Stampers -Diamonds are forever

tootles
EE

Smudgefest day 3- Wicked wednesday

Dearest Minions,

it is day 3 of Smudgefest and here is my offering: Another grumpie from the smeared ink stable. I love grumpies and this one is a star, Elvis to be precise. Todays challenge is a colour challenge.

as you can see I managed to use all of these hurrah!(the green does not show up much - eyebrows and lower tail. I felt inspired and here is another card on the same theme coloured with my beloved promarkers the Elvis thanks are peg letter stamps and the sentiment is from ginger's house.

I am also entering these cards for the following challenges :
passion for promarkers - clean and simple
lawnscaping challenges - one layer

tootles
EE

SMUDGEFEST day 2 - terrifying tuesday

Dearest Minions, 

Greetings it is day 2 of the wonder that is Smudgefest, I am very happy to say that I was randomly selected and won the prize on day one SO HAPPY!

Today's challenge is to spotlight your favourite scary Smeared ink image - mine is this laughing skelton, I have used it in many pieces, today it makes a beautiful Gimore. The book is chipboard covered in painted tissue paper and then aged, come and join in the fun.

Tootles

EE

Smudge fest - bio polar natures

Dearest minions,

it is the first day of the great SMUDGEFEST! hurrah and here is my first entry.

Todays challenge is bio polar natures- two oppersites so this is my beautiful air and water twisted grumpie, the back grounds are from two of my digital packages Dances with Zombies -cloud and memaids- sea image, the wings are from an old graphics fairy image, the bubbles are by designs by Ryn - (AWESOME! stuff.)

Tootles
EE

endless possibilities

Dearest Minions,

Greetings I love this card, it is often how I feel!

I had a excellent birthday recentley and was spoiled rotton, so i would like to thank everyone for making bloody marvelous. Stamps used are Dilly beand main image and Dylusions for the words. I am entering this for the most recent Dilly Beans challenge which is creepy cute.

I hope everyone has a great day.

Tootles
EE