My 666th post - a VDay card for hubby and Day 3 of Bloody Valentine

It's the last day of the Smeared Ink 3-day Bloody Valentine blog hop, and it's been so much fun to see what the other artists have created along the way. My last piece uses Gemini Horrorscope by Delicious Doodles. Teri now sells some of her stamps at Smeared Ink, but I don't believe that this is one of them yet. If you'd like to hop along, here's the list.

Black Dragon Julia
Monique
Jessica
Nan B
Jane
Susan S (you are here)
Susan R
Lisa
Teresa
Leigh
Fiona
Rebecca
Lady Brayton
Sharon
Kristy

I'd also like to enter this into the following challenges. I've read the rules on all, but if my creation doesn't qualify because of either the format or the style, just let me know. 

Naughty or Nice - love or anti-love

Addicted to Stamping and More -  #131 anything goes

Crafting From The Heart - #46 anything goes

Make My Monday - Valentines This is my VDay card to my husband that I'll be posting on his FB wall tomorrow. It may terrify him ;) It's also my 666th post and it's Friday 13th. Portentous! :P

Bloody Valentine, Day 2

It's the second day of the Bloody Valentine hop, and I made another digital moo. A moo is a piece of art that's 2.8cm by 7cm, so I made my digital piece 280 pixels by 700 pixels., and I've been having fun with this new-to-me format. I've used two stamps from Smeared Ink and some newsprint from wiki commons.

Black Dragon Julia
Monique
Jessica
Nan B
Jane
Susan S (you are here)
Susan R
Lisa
Teresa
Leigh
Fiona
Rebecca
Lady Brayton
Sharon
Kristy

I'd also like to enter it into the following challenges, both of which are new to me. If it doesn't qualify because of either the digital format or the darker style, just let me know and there will be no hard feelings.

Naughty or Nice - love or anti-love

Colour Q - black, red and newsprint

You thought they were personality faults?

I've made two pieces that I've enjoyed tonight, but I can't show you one of them until tomorrow. This one, however, I'm free to share now, so yay for me :P The girl head and the bitchy unstable and mystique words are all from Mischief Circus and the backing paper and other text is by me.

I made it for a few challenges, a couple of which I haven't entered before, so I'm hoping it's acceptable, but if not, just let me know and there won't be any hard feelings. I have read the rules, and haven't seen anything that would obviously disqualify me, but you never know.

Moo Mania - Circles A moo is a piece of art that is 2.8cm by 7 cm. The blog does accept other sizes, but I've made my digital piece to fit as it's 280 by 700 pixels.

Top Tip Tuesday - your favourite colour combo. I've had a soft spot for purple and green for as long as I can remember, so that's what I've gone for with this piece.

Left of Center - glamourous girls

Not Just Cards - #12 anything goes

Bloody Valentine, Day 1

This year I'm joining in the the stupendous Bloody Valentine hop organised by the ever-awesome Smeared Ink. For 3 days, you'll be able to peruse some amazing creations based on the theme of Bloody Valentine, so if you're already sick of sweet pink cherubs and traditional roses, here's your wonderful alternative.

Black Dragon

Julia
Monique
Jessica
Nan B
Jane
Susan S (you are here)
Susan R
Lisa
Teresa
Leigh
Fiona
Rebecca
Lady Brayton
Sharon
Kristy

Here's my piece for Day 1. All the posts in the hop will be live by 9am PST, so go and feast your eyes on some fabulous alternative projects. I've used one of the Li'l Grumpies from Smeared Ink for my first creation, because you just can't beat a Grumpie, no matter the occasion.

Fifty shades of what, now?

Please note - you may end up offended or embarrassed if you scroll down. Or you may end up in fits of giggles :P
The lovely ladies at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers have challenged us to create something based around the film or the book Fifty Shades of Grey, with an alternative option of using the colour grey. I haven't read the book and I don't plan on watching the film, so originally I thought I'd do a piece in shades of grey. But then the DT samples inspired me, and I came up with these two creations. And after forcing the snarkessers to visit my blog far too many times for the last challenge, I thought I'd make it easier on them by doubling up with both creations in one post. (And frankly, this way I can put the one that looks pretty and pink in first so that some of my tamer followers won't get distressed by seeing the BDSM one in the blog list. :P)
I've used Snowflake from Mischief Circus  and "You. Are. Mine" shows up in a list of quotes on Google. Once I realised I was going to have her talking to a cocktail instead of a man, the bottom text seemed perfect.

Everything in this piece came from various kits at Mystical Scraps, Exquisite Scraps and Tiny Turtle Designs.

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - SOSS 27 G is for Grey
I'd also like to enter the Glamourous Ladies challenge at Left of Center

A mother of a day!

I've made this piece this morning (I seem to be speed-creating at the moment) Everything I've used  came from the Misfit Dollhouse collection at Mischief Circus, except for the painting on the wall, although the frame for the painting is from the Misfit Dollhouse stuff as well.

These are the challenges I'd like to enter - 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - SOSS26 Snarker's Choice. This one is Y is for Your Momma. I really shouldn't keep promising to slow down my entries; it seems that I always find time for "just one more" :P

Left of Center - One for the kids. Hmmm, I'm not really sure if this should qualify or not, but it IS aimed at kids who might be wondering what to buy their beloved Mother on her special day ;)

Crafting From the Heart - #45 anything goes

In the pink at Halloween!

I've managed to squeeze in a couple more pieces for the Snarky Stampers. One of their challenges last year was H for Halloween, with an added challenge to make it mostly pink. So I've been amusing myself this evening by creating these two pieces.
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - SOSS26 Snarker's Choice
The girly in this first piece is from the Misfit Dollhouse Collectibles at Mischief Circus..

The elements in this second piece came mostly from Tiny Turtle Designs/

What's it all about?

Here's something I made for a few more challenges. The girl image is by Xquizart and everything else is by me.

These are the challenges I'd like to enter - 

Digi Sketch Challenge - For the girls and/or pick any sketch (pictured below)

Ssterhood of (Patient) Snarky Stampers - SOSS26 Snarker's Choice. These poor ladies will be getting so sick of me, but I promise I'll be more reasonable next challenge. This time I've gone for Q is for Queen  (crown or bling) and G is for Glitter

Crafting When We Can - favourite quote or saying

A Step In The Dark - #14 anything goes

This is the sketch I used, from Digi Sketch's Feeling Blue challenge last June.

Not even the crazy personality!

Here's my latest creation, Which makes me snort with laughter.

These are the challenges I made it for - 

Left of Center - #63 left of center

Use Your Stuff - Inspired by a song. This piece was inspired by Christine by Siouxsie and The Banshees, which was written about Chris Costner Sizemore, about whom the film and book The Three Faces of Eve were produced and written.

Crafting From the Heart - #45 anything goes 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - SOSS 26 Snarker's Choice. This is another take on A is for Anti-Valentine

Macabre Monday - It's a Love/Hate thing!

It's time for a new Monthly Macabre Monday challenge at the Haunted Design House blog, and this month's theme is "It's a Love/Hate Thing"
This means you can enter a piece that's about love, or a piece that's about hate, OR you can use something you love or something you hate. And, lol, being a curmudgeonly sort, I've ignored the "love" options :P I hate not being able to colour in very well. I couldn't do it when I was using paper products and frankly, I'm not much better at it digitally. And, no, this isn't a self-pitying plea for sympathy. I'm truly in awe  of people who can colour images so beautifully with shades and highlights and lowlights, and I'm fully aware that mine is "adequate" in comparison. I need to find some tutorials and then practice, practice, practice. This is also a preemptive strike against the flood of cutesie Valentine projects that Blogland will be subjected to over the next few weeks.  Why isn't there a Valentine equivalent of "Bah, humbug!"? Ho hum. You can find me in the grumpy corner. :P Which is probably why I LOVE these Grumpies from Smeared Ink so much. :P See, there is a little bit of love, even in the midst of my rants!

These are the challenges I'd like to enter
Smudgy Antics - February Anything Goes with a Smeared Ink image
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Snarker's Choice. I've gone for A is for Anti-Valentine this time
Not Just Cards - #12 Anything Goes

Inspired by FaceBook

Here's what I've made today. And yes, I know it looks incredibly simple, but I've spent hours on it trying to decide between various shades of practically-indistinguishable green for the bg and every single font on the pc and exactly how ginger or brown to make her hair and what colour her outfit should be and all the other myriad decisions that keep me too busy to properly plan out a killing spree :P I've also posted this on FaceBook, so if you'd like it on your own timeline, click HERE and share :)

These are the challenges I'd like to enter -
A Step in the Dark - #14 anything goes
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Snarker's Choice This time I've gone for U is for Unused Stash (the frame by Dilly Beans has actually been in my collection for a few years now, shame on me for only just using it) and L is for a One Layer card. Layers are funny in digital creations, because they're created so differently, but I've created a piece that "could" be a one-layer card, if it was real, as it's one plain bg with the equivalent of three stamps placed on top.
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - no pink and no red
Digitally Sweet Challenges - #125 anything goes