It's coming to an end :(

It's been an absolute joy to be on the StampInsanity DT, but all good things must come to an end, and beth has decided to close the challenge blog, although the store will stay open for a while longer, so you have time to buy up any stamps that you've had your eye on.
Beth, you've been a truly WONDERFUL team leader, and I thank you so much for the chance to work with you. I've made my last DT card using Lilith from the Devil Dolls set at StampInsanity because she's always been my favourite and it seemd only fitting, and I computer-generated the sentiment because it reflects my feelings perfectly.
So, what's the final challenge? CASE one of the DT cards (it doesn't even have to be one from this challenge - look back through and you'll see some stunners which will hopefully inspire you. I was inspired by THIS CARD by Kapree. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration Kapree, I loved your card!
Here's my version, using papers from the Symphony of Grey set at Crafty Chaos Designs.


These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Sketch Saturday - sketch 181
Shopping Our Stash - never been inked or neutral colour scheme. I've used this image lots, but I hope the monochrome greys count as a neutral colour scheme. And I do have FAR too many stamps that I've never used, so I'm hoping this challenge will give me the impetus I need to use them.
Paper Sundaes - use a digi
My Time to Craft - take two (I've used two papers, two different colours of gems on the frame, and two pieces of lace placed back to back so that I didn't have a straight edge on one side)
Divas by Design - monochrome
Cutie Sundays - monochrome
Ooh La La Creations - Bingo Tic Tac Toe (I used lace sparkle and metal)

What part of "crazy cat lady" is meant to be an insult?

Here's what I've done today. The girl and the cat are both by Simply Betty Stamps, and the paper and sentiment are both from Crafty Chaos Designs.
These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Simply Betty 12 Days of Halloween - Day 3, three black cats
Deconstructed Sketches - sketch 24
The Crafty Pad - monochrome
Stamptacular Sunday - anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers - cute with a dark twist
Take A Word - childhood
Papertake Weekly - spooky hues
Some Odd Girl - colour your image in black and white
Paperplay Challenges - use black
Simply Create - shades of black

Two projects to share today

Well, it's Monday, and that of course means that it's time for a new Macabre Monday challenge at the Haunted Design House blog, but today I also have another challenge to tell you about, at Paper Creations Ink. I'm hoping to cross-contaminate and get you all to visit both sites by combining my posts.
First up, we have my Macabre Monday offering. Our challenge this week is "Lurid and Looming Landscapes" abd we want to see some kind of landscape featured in your creation. Something dark and desolate and deathly. Or some misty and macabre moorland. Or a putrifying, peestilence-ridden panorama. You get the idea :)



I've used elements from so many different people in my creation today, but credit should go to creations by rain, medi, tootypup, blazter, and The Urban Fairy.
These are the challenges I'd like to enter with this piece:
Scrappy Frogs - something that flies
I Did It Creations - animals
Quirky Crafts - spooky
My Time Made Easy - white, black, bright blue
Shopping Our Stash - spooky
The Paper Shelter - animals
Bling It On - no patterned papers
Collage Obsession - alter egos (I like to think that the black and white horses are both representations of the same animal)

And my second creation for today is to highlight Paper Creations Ink, where I'm a GDT and the challenge is Halloween. We're sponsored by Delicious Doodles, and I've used Spooky Haunted House and Grim Reaper in my piece, as well as paper from the Symphony of Grey set at Crafty Chaos Designs.

These are the challenges I'd like to enter with this piece:
Sparkles Forum Challenges - Halloween
Dream Valley Challenges - Halloween
Here Come The Boys - Halloween
Delicious Doodles - Halloween but NO orange
Card Makin' Mamas - Halloween
Phindy's Place - Halloween
The Poodle's Parlour - spooky Halloween
Making Halloween Cards - haunted house
Simply Create - shades of black
Forever Night - black and creepy
Simon Says Stamp - Halloween or goth
The Pixie Cottage - sketch + dark and spooky
Creative Card Crew - spooky fun
Clear It Out Challenges - Halloween
Everybody Art - Halloween
Scrap Creations Challenges - Halloween
Gingerloft Challenges - Halloween or Fall
One Stop Crafts - Halloween
Drunken Stampers - Halloween
Challenge Up Your Life - Halloween
Pattie's Creations - Halloween
Alphabet Challenges - S for Soon Be Halloween
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge - Halloween

Grungy birthday card

We have an easy-peasy Anything Goes challenge at StampInsanity this week, so why not pop along and enter whatever you're creating? I made this today, and, lol, it's not really polite to toot your own horn, but I really love this one :D The image and sentiment are both by StampInsanity, and the papers are from the Symphony of Grey set at Crafty Chaos Designs.
Here are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Cupcake Craft Challenges - sketch
Birthday Sundaes - at least 3 brads
Pollycraft Challenges - distressing
Incy Wincy Designs - 3 embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - monochrome
Victorine Originals - happy birthday
One Stitch At A Time - anything goes
Dream Valley Challenges - distressing
My Time To Craft - G is for . . . grey and grungy, in my case
A Spoon Full Of Sugar - happy birthday
Anything Goes Challenge - birthdays or celebrations
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Pixie Dust Studio - card for a teen
Stampin' B's DT - distressing
The Pixie Cottage - birthday (and/or sketch)
Divas By Design - birthdays
Catch The Bug - distressing/shabby chic
Simply Create - distressing
Speedy the Cat's Friends' Challenge - distressing
Crazy 4 Challenges - monochrome colouring
Alphabet Challenges - O is for Only 3 embellishments
Forever Night Freaky Friday - mystical women

Spotlight on me! :P

Simply Betty Stamps blog have started a fun new feature called Spotlight On You Wednesday, where they feature creations from one lucky follower. And I was chosen to be the first! *Squeal* PLEASE pop along to the Simply Betty Stamps blog and let me know what you think of my showcased creations. Here's my latest creation featuring an SBS image; this one is Freddy Kruger Boy from the Punky Teens Halloween line at Simply Betty Stamps. The papers are from a new set that I hoped to have finished for today but haven't quite, so they'll be in the Crafty Chaos Designs shop hopefully very soon. Oh, and the sentiment's from there as well.

These are the challenges I had in mind whilst creating:
Paper Sundaes - sketch
365 Cards - Day 162 use an odd number of items on your card. (1 image layer, 3 strips of paper, two pumpkin embellishments and 1 sentiment makes a grand total of 7)
Stamptacular Sunday - photo inspiration
Dream Valley Creations - distressing
Incy Wincy Designs - something old (the image is from one of last year's Halloween releases) and something new (the papers were created this week)
Do You Stack Up - black with a pop of colour. Mine ended up being more grey than black, hope that's ok)
Moving Along With The Times - don't be square (my new favourite card size is 5x4 inches so that's what I've used here)