Skellington card

I think I must have mis-read one of yesterday's challenges; I thought it was to use skeletons, but I was supposed to use Jack Skellington. So, here's my second take, the images are all by PinkBassist3, and they're avaialable on DeviantArt.
Here are the challenges this one was made for:
Simply Betty 12 Days of Halloween - Day 7, use Jack Skellington
Sketchy Colours - followed the sketch
Crafty Cardmakers - use a freebie, all images were free
Crazy Challenges - Halloween
Anything Goes - black and white
Paper Playtime - pumpkins or spiderwebs
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Boo! (Halloween)
Crazy Amigos - black and white
Creative Inspirations - spooky
Fab n Funky - Things the go bump in the night (Halloween)
Stampin' Royalty - ribbons
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Halloween
Your Next Stamp - nicely negative (white image on black bg)

Bring your knees in tight!

This is what I've been working on today, and now of course, I can't stop singing the Time Warp :P The main image is Christian Vamp by Simply Betty, available in digi format until Oct 31st only; after that he'll only be available in rubber (Oooer missus :P) and the dancing skeletons are public domain pieces arranged by me. Well, me and Christian since he's trying to organise a talent show for Halloween night, but sadly he has his work cut out as these skeletons seem to lack even rudimentary coordination skills :P
Here are the challenges I made it for:
Simply Betty Challenges 12 Days of Halloween - Day 7, dancing skeletons
Stamp Scrap and Doodle - followed the sketch
Sentimental Sundays - black and white + one, and a sentiment
My Time to Craft - Ghosties & Ghoulies and Long Legged Beasties (I hope dancing skeletons and a vampire choreographer count)
Raise the Bar - hobby sport or interest
Crafty Catz - inspired by a song or nursery rhyme
Daring Cardmakers - welcome to the dance

It's time for the winner!

And it's Que Bella, comment No. 20 :D Thanks so much to everyone, and Que Bella, I'll be in touch to see what you'd like as your prize :D

Lurid and Lovesick!

Woohoo, it's Monday again, which means it's time for another fab Macabre Monday challenge over at the Haunted Design House blog. And this week, we're challengeing you to create something that epitomises the phrase "A Lil Lurid and Lovesick" We're sponsored by Tickled Pink, who have lots of fabulous goodies in store, go check it out.



My creation uses the wonderful Vamp Lilith from the new Lil Haunts line at Tickled Pink, isn't she glorious? The sentiment is computer-generated, and I'm sure that I saw something very similar to this a few weeks agao, but I can't remember where and can't find it to give credits.
Here are the challenges that I made it for:
Tickled Pink Monthly - sketch
The Pixie Cottage - sketch and/or stitching. I chose the stitching option this week.
Corrosive Challenges - get rid of the white
One Stitch At A Time - embellish it
Totally Gorjuss - pink
Lil Lolita Boutique - skulls
My Partner in Crafting Crime - shine on
Delicious Sketches - metal mania
Sisterhood of Crafters - shine sparkle or glitter
Our Creative Corner - at least 3 different embellishments (skulls, hearts, brads, frame)
Speedy the Cat's Friends' Challenges - stitching
Sunday Postcard - scary fairies
Inspiration Avenue - pink
Pear Tree Designs - free for all
Papertake Weekly - 3 of a kind
(skulls)
Theme Thursday - pink
And I have a giveaway post up at the minute, winner will be anounced and contacted tomorrow (Tuesday 19th) so if you leave a comment on the post before then, you're in with a chance :) CLICK HERE FOR THE GIVEAWAY POST

Pumpkin crazy!

This is what I've made tonight, for a couple of challenges. The image is Pumpkin London by Simply Betty, available as a digi until Oct 31st, so if you want her, grab her now :) And the papers are from the Halloween Howlers set at Crafty Chaos Designs
Here are the challenges I'm entering:
Simply Betty 12 Days of Halloween - Day 6, Jack-O-Lanterns
Gaby Abby Challenges - sketch
The Shabby Tea Room - photo inspiration and pumpkins
Wildflower Wednesday - black orange green
Stampin' For the Weekend - Halloween or Fall
Stamp Something - Halloween
Something Completely Different - orange and black
Colour Q - black, pumpkin, orange, grape
Thanks for looking :)

A Halloween party giveaway!

Woohooo, it's party time! Vanessa over at A Fanciful Twist has organised a blog party for people to celebrate Halloween, whoot, whoot! I'm going to keep the text on my post pretty short, as I know there are lots of other blogs to go and enjoy. I made a couple of cards to celebrate and share with you all, and if you leave a comment here, you have a chance to win three free items of your own choosing from my shop, Crafty Chaos Designs. You don't need to be a follower, or do anything other than leave me a comment, on Tuesday 19th Oct I'll sprinkle a small amount of fairy dust over the names, and wherever the sparkles land, will be the winner. Have fun, go hop, and ENJOY this wonderful time of year! :D

So, on to my creations

This first one uses images from DezinaWorld (the lady and the wings come separately). I wanted to go for the feel of an old theatre card, what do you think?
This one is being entered into the following challenges:

Order of the opus Gluei - 1 circle, one semi-circle and three triangles
Three Muses - vintage
City Crafter - take flight
S2G Twisted Thursday - 1.Halloween Theme
2.Black and white
3.Sketch (see below)
(4.Dash of color is optional)



And this second card uses two images from Stamp It Crazy and the Zombie Catwalk papers from Crafty Chaos Designs. I'm entering this one in to the following challenges:
Friday Sketchers - sketch 124
Sentimental Sundays - Tag, you're it!
Dutch Dare - tagalicious
One Stitch At A Time - use a digi image
Timeless Flourishes - ink and edge distressing
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween and ribbon
Meljen's Designs - tags
Fairy Fun Fridays - Tickets or tags
Sweet Stampin' - ribbon

And both cards are suitable for the following challenges, so just take your pick ;)
Moving Along with the Times - Halloween
Stampin' Royalty - spooky kooky Halloween
Make It Crafty - distressing
I Did It Creations - spooky
Lexi's Creations - spooky
Karber's Weekly Challenge - Halloween
Creative Cottage - Halloween
Crafts and Me - Halloween
Fussy and Fancy - Halloween
Easy Craft Projects - Halloween
Bee Crafty - Halloween
One Stop Crafts - Halloween
2 Sisters - Halloween

Wow, I think my link button needs a break! Thanks for looking :D
ETA: The giveaway is now over, thank you so much to all of you! The winner is Que Bella :D

Just a quick one . . .

I realised today that time was about to run out for the current Catch the Bug challenge, which I wanted to enter, so I made this one for just a couple of challenges. The image is The Gentle One by Bugaboo stamps, and the papers are Mint Choc Chip Muddle by Crafty Chaos Designs
And here are the challenges I made it for:
Catch the Bug - magic themed. And there's also a fab fun hop to go along with this week's challenge :D
Creative Belli - sketch, pumpkins and old stash (mine is the pumpkins, which I got for last Halloween and never used)
Kaboodle Doodles - colours of Fall/Autumn. Muted greens, browns and just a splash of orange is how it looks here at the moment)
Tuesday Taggers - more than two legs
Irish Teddy - fruit or veg. And I just realised I don't even know which category pumpkins fall into)

Trick or Treat with Tellen's Place!

Image is Mummy by Tellen's Place, papers are Shades of Halloween by Crafty Chaos Designs

Woohoo, I got accepted on to the DT at Tellen's Place Challenge Blog, which means I get to work with some fabulously dark and creepy images, hurrah! Now, Tellen's Place is a bi-weekly challenge blog, but since we have so much to show you at the moment, we've gone weekly for a while. Yay! So you can win twice as often! :D
The theme this week is "Trick or Treat", and I got to use the new Mummy image, lol, so fab to colour this one in, no worrying about whether the shoes will co=ordinate with the dress and the bow in her hair, or anything like that :P You can buy this and all the other TP stamps, at the Tellen's Place shop, and Terry's currently running a Buy One Get One Free offer! Double whoot! AND there's a free image on the challenge blog too! Terry regularly gives away free images, become a follower of over there so that you don't miss out :)
Here are the other challenges that I'm entering with this piece:
Quirky Crafts - sketch
Incy Wincy - faux it up - the stitching)
Daisy Doodles - manly with a Fall connection
Ooh La La Creations - nothing floral
Cupcake Craft Challenge - scary creatures
Paper Playtime - orange (I'm in the UK, so don't count me for the draw, I'm just entering for fun)
Karber Weekly Challenges - Halloween
Paper Cutz - anything goes
Fashionista Friday - Ho;iday
Craftalicious - anything goes
Fairy Fun Fridays - tickets or tags
Thanks for looking :)

Live free and die cut!

Woohoo, it's Thursday again, and that means it's time for a new challenge over at the StampInsanity blog. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last week, it was lovely to see all of your fab creations :) Our theme this week is "Live Free and Die-Cut", whih makes me smile. We want you to come up with creative ways to use your die cutter or die cuts. And I thought, why not use fab matting shapes to shape your backing paper, instead of (or as well as) framing the main image? So that's what I did :P The image and sentiment for my piece are both by StampInsanity and the papers are Spooky Fun by Crafty Chaos Designs.
Here are the other challenges that I'm entering:
Friday Sketchers - sketch 126
Freshly Brewed Challenge - purple and black
Moving Along with the Times - Halloween
Fussy and Fancy - Halloween
By the Cute and Girly - spooky
Thanks for looking :)

Spiderella and her ghostly minions

The image here is the digi version of Spiderella by Simply Betty, available in digi for only a limited time, so snap them up while they're available. The bg paper is from Zombie Catwalk by Crafty Chaos Designs, and her dress is paper pieced with another paper from the set. These are the challenges I made it for:
Simply Betty 5th Day of Halloween - ghosts
Really Reasonable Ribbon - include a ribbon and make something Autumn-inspired. Mine isn't in traditional Fall or Autumn colours, but it does celebrate Halloween, which is my favourite part of the season.
Crafts and Me - Halloween
Creative Cottage - Halloween
Lil Red Wagon - something old, something new. The digi image is brand new for me (I bought it this morning) and the ribbon is very old, so I don't even remember when/where I got it.
Penny's Challenges - "So long as it flies!"
Simon Says Stamp - 3 types of embellishment (felt ghosts, gems in the corner and the ribbon), 2 patterned papers (one as a bg, one used on her dress) and 1 image (Spiderella comes with the gravestone, it isn't a seperate image)
Stampin' Royalty - Spooky Kooky Halloween
Karber Weekly Challenge - Halloween
I Did It Creations - spooky
Pile It On - Things in threes (I've got three circles, three gems and three words in the sentiment)
Corrosive Challenges - followed the sketch
Cute Daisy May - paper piece (I did her dress)
Fussy and Fancy - Halloween
Easy Craft Projects - Halloween
Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturadys - Halloween or Fall
Bee Crafty - Halloween or Fall
Wee Memories - Halloween

Please note: For some reason, when entering my projects with linking widgets that don't use thumbnails, it's put (2nd entry) after my name. I don't know how or why, please just ignore it :)

Simply Sinister!

The Macabre Monday challenge at Haunted Design House is Simply Sinister this week, and we want to see your creations that are clean and simple, but, as always, in a dark and sinister way. We're sponsored by the wonderful Simply Betty, and I've used one of her digis for my piece, and very little else :P The image is called Morticia, I think she's fab, and she's availabe at the Simply Betty store. Lol, I really thought I'd have no trouble at all with this challenge - take a fab image, add it to a muted bg and don't stick in anything else. And then the internal dialogue started . . . no patterned papers???? . . .what about some swirly flourishy corner bits??? . . .then surely some bling, or ribbon, or lace, or something . . .lET ME ADD IN SOME FANCY BITS!!!!!!!!! No, no, no, and NO!
I have to admit, I love the way it looks now, but it was sooooo hard to restrain myself as I was creating it, I guess I'm just not a "clean and simple" kind of gal :P
These are the other challenges that I used while creating my piece:
Sketch Saturday - sketch 124
Theme Thursday - red and black
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi stamp
Paper Cutz - red black and white
Totally Gorjuss - not square
Create 4 Fun - use a digi

Thanks for looking, now off you go to create your own Simply Sinister piece :D
It's amusing me greatly that people are calling this a Halloween card . . .I made it for Valentine's Day! :P I'm guessing there's not usually much of a crossover with the two holidays ;)