burlesque mermaid

Over at the Bombshell Stamps they had a few challenges, one was a sketch and the other was to make a card, layout, altered item,etc inspired by Burlesque. So I combined them!
this is what was said about Burlesque

By the 1880s, the genre had created some rules for defining itself:
* Minimal costuming, often focusing on the female form.
* Sexually suggestive dialogue, dance, plotlines and staging.
* Quick-witted humor laced with puns, but lacking complexity.
* Short routines or sketches with minimal plot cohesion across a show.

so I used a bunch of sparkles and bling, then used some "sexually suggestive dialogue" it says "you only wish you had fins like this!"

PINK dragon

Here is my latest and greatest...for hating pink I sure did make a sweet card!
I'm going to enter this into the Haunted house Pink on the brink challenge (the only reason I used pink in the first place) and I also used the Midnight Madness sketch...so ya double trouble....:) oh ya....I got this stamp from someone at S&S thanks...

Welcome to my party

Over at the HDH the challenge was to use at least 3 stamps (stamp it crazy) and at S&S there was a rock n rolla video challenge...so here is my card for both...
I love love this image...if you can't tell
oh and here are images I took from the video in case you were wondering

ovals suck!

here is my card for the S&S oh the horror challenge (color inspiration) and the Midnight Madness sketch challenge... I know it was suppose to be an oval and not a circle but UGH I tried and tried to make an oval and just couldn't and who woulda known that I don't have a single thing in my house with an oval shape to trace!!!! I hope this works...I'll go hunt at my mother-in-law's for an oval and try this sketch again...

S&S hidden hop

here is my card for the Smeared and Smudged Hidden hop...this is my first hop ever so I sure hope I do everthing right...sorry if I messed up...but I'm glad my first time was with smeared and smudged ;) this is the coolest network I have ever been in evryone is so nice and dark and creepy I love it! They are all about crafting and my favorite part of it...STAMPS S&S specialize in the edgy, wild, distinct, and fun! check them out...after the hop of course...

...I did a creepy house getting myself ready for Halloween (what am I talking about...I'm always ready) :) and when you pull the roof....

oooohhhhaaaa

it becomes a haunted house!!! YAY so fun!

now "hop" over to Sugar's blog and see what she has hiddin for ya!

here is the list if you get lost...or if you started here go to terra's blog...she is the master mind behind all things S&S...

Terra

Tori

Kelli

Alison

Meredith

Jean

Danielle

LadyB

Shelly

Kimberly

Kely

Helen

ME

Sugar

Jane

Alex

hedgehodg cuteness

This is my new CTMH stamp...I just love these lil hedgehogs they are so cute... I used the Skipping Stones sketch and I had so much fun with it... I stamped him on beleive it or not...sandpaper...it was just sitting there when I was looking for brown paper...and the texture to it made him look fluffy... I love it!

vintage dog

I found another awesome image at digital 2 for Tuesday (I had to search a bit for it...it was added back on June 16, 2009) and I used another priscillastyles sketch....I just love the whole look of this card (so proud of myself:)) I added a lil bling to the dog's collar

Foul Fluttering bats

made a few new cards...this one I had so much fun with... I did allot of embossing :)... I got the sketch from priscillastyles and I used bats allover it for the Haunted design house's Foul Flutterings... the little bats are shrinkydink-ed

sketch challenge

I made this bombshell card last night...using this sketch (flipped of course) from whimsicalinksorority ...can I tell you how much I love this stamp! I wish I could have made the "anchors away" a little fancier but this will do...I'm planning on sending it to my dad...or maybe I'll keep it for myself...we'll see

Cards, Cards, Cards

here are a few new ones I made today...one for a bloggin' buddy's wedding (it was also for a challenge here) I used the Skipping Stones sketch,
This one is that awesome Cowboy stamp from Stamp it crazy...I love this one, and the sketch is from Midnight Madness (again...I just love these sketches)
and then for the Burtonesque Dolls the inspiration was the movie Big fish...and I took this from the movie cover....(this was actually really hard for me to think of something)

vintage love

I love this image and with the glimmer mist it looks so cool...I hope it comes through on the picture...I got the image from Digital 2 for Tuesday and the sketch from the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge

Neclaces

ok, yesterday my mom came over and we decided to make some necklaces out of bottle caps...she bought them here but I had so much fun and I realized I could stamp in them and use them for some challenges....they turned out so cute...I'm actually wearing the owl today I have already had some great complements on them..
I used my mom's owl stamp for oh Alice and the embossed spider is for Haunted Design House

don't emboss without it!

ok I have to tell you about this awesome new product I found over at my new friend Stacie’s blog…she is so talented and has made an Embossing bag..I had no idea what this was and when I asked her about it she explained to me that it was something you rubbed on the paper before you stamped with versa mark…so I just had to try it and let me tell you what….I don’t know how I could have gone my whole embossing life without one of these…I used to get so light headed trying to blow off all those pesky flakes of embossing powder and I’d just get a project that would have to work….and now….wow! I have to admit I was a little skeptical about this…thinking oh how good could it be and after I tried it and got ready to blow away the flakes imagine my surprise when there weren’t any!!! Stacie wants to open her own etsy shop but you can buy them now for only $3 (plus shipping) compared to other brands that cost $7... so here is her link if you would like to contact her to purchase one of your own or one for a friend or both! you wont be sorry, here is a link to her blog...don’t you just love the cute fabric too….
here are some of the pics I made using it…it worked so well on black and white paper…
oh and here is another very well done comparison with Stacie's vs store bought
I will be posting more pictures using this so stay tuned

Bombshell Stamps

ok I have to talk about this really cool stamp company I found! its called Bombshell Stamps! and they have the cutest images! I was lucky enough to win this Mermaid Anchor stamp from the Smeared and Smudged, and because I'm so lucky I won the Bombshell June prize also!! so I have all sorts of new stuff to work with... and I will trust me...oh so cute!!
so here is my first Bombshell creation...I got the sketch from their July sketch challenge...I colored her with this watercolor technique I saw somewhere...sorry I don't remember where but what you do is rub your ink pad on some wax paper and spray it with water then paint your image...super easy and made it so cute! I put the sparkles on her tail for just an extra touch...I hope it all comes across in the picture well because it is so cool in person!
Thank you Smeared and Smudged!!!!

Christmas in July

here are some christmas cards I made using the same cbc sketch. one is for a haunted Christmas for over at TBD I love that haunted house and adding snow just made it so much cooler, and the other is a snowy Christmas just a cute simple lil snowflake!

The Black Widow

Here is a card I made for the Haunted Design House…the challenge is called Wayward Words with words as the main focus, and this stamp popped right into my mind when I read that…I love the words behind the spider I know you cant see it very well in the pic but it says Black Widow all over behind him…so cool…The sketch came from Skipping Stones Design.

Tuesday Tribute to Gary Oldman

I would just like to make a quick post about an amazing actor! His name is Gary Oldman and he is so wonderful (there is something really cute about him too...) I just watched The Book of Eli and can I tell you how good that movie is? OMG I loved it! So worth the purchase! Gary is in this movie and he did such an amazing job (as he does in every movie) but you wouldn’t really recognize him…although you have probably seen him in many movies…he can just transform so well not only his looks but his acting…he just gets so into it! Here are some pics I found on the web from some great movies… you’ll see what I mean… This is him in the book of Eli

Buford Dill (Nobody's Baby) & Mason Verger (Hannibal)


Sirius Black (Harry Potter) & Sid Vicious (Sid and Nancy)

Stansfield (The Professional) & Zorg (The Fifth Element)


Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK) & Ludwig Van Beethoven (Immortal Beloved)

Jim Gordon (Batman) & Drexl Spivey (True Romance)

And the ever so wonderful Dracula! by far his best!!!

*-*-*-*-*-**I love this movie**-*-*-*-*-*

Cuttlebug thank you

This is a card I did for the Cuttlebug challenge...I love the sparkly wings...don't you?

CTMH news

NEW IDEA BOOK!

Our Idea Book is changing! We will no longer have an Idea Book three times annually, but are moving to twice annually instead, with an extra 24 pages being added to each idea book. They are doing it for a few reasons - ease in product release with the convention year, and the ability to decrease cost for all of us (which is awesome!).

SOME OF THE NEW PRODUCTS!
There are 8 NEW colors that are now in both of the Summer Palettes!
The Summer Carnival is now Gypsy, Holiday Red, Pacifica, Sunny Yellow, Sunset, Topiary
The Summer Celebration is now Cotton Candy, Dutch Blue, Lagoon, Pear, Sky, Smoothie.

This means the colors being retired are:
Hydrangea, Ocean, Orange, Star Spangled Blue, Clover Meadow, Watermelon, Bubblegum, Citrus Leaf.
Stock up on supplies now for any of these items you want to keep for your own personal stash.

Brand New Albums that are now FAUX LEATHER and come in 6 colors: Black, Dark Chocolate, Dark Cranberry, Dark New England Ivy, Hollyhock, and Outdoor Denim

This means, all of our current albums will be retired - no linen and no expensive leather. NO 6x6 albums and no 9x9 albums. The new albums are gorgeous and a wonderful price of just $24.95.

New Consultant Kit on August 1st!

WOTG kits will now be featured in the catalog

Hostesses can now start receiving a half-price item at the $250 level instead of just $350!!

EZ-INVITE:
Beginning October 1 EZ-Invite will no longer require a face to face gathering for the hostess to receive product credit. You must have at least 2 people minimum who order from the website and sales must be of at least $150 for it to count! WOOT WOOT!!!! This means that you can host parties ANYWHERE - basically, we now offer book/catalog parties or online/web parties. You can set up an EZ-Invite for people out of state, they can invite people to shop from the website!!

please ask if you have any questions...

Goth Wings

here is my take on the Burtonesque black and white challenge...I did make her eyes red but that was just to cool of an idea to pass up...hope the pic shows well...I also used the SSD sketch, and the girl came from Stamp it Crazy (love their stuff!)

Betty...franks's bride!

another new card...I used the SBS sketch and I'm going to enter it into the haunted design house
also the S&S oh the horror.

I love you card

This is a card I created for a new blog I found offthewallcraftiness it was to use the colors teal and tangerine, I also used the Oh Alice sketch, and because I used a Stamp it Crazy oh so cute stamp I'm going to try to win some Stamp it crazy blog candy... I love all there stuff and I want so much more I could cry!

S&S sketch

I took the sketch from the smeared and smudged challenge and made this layout with it...but it turned out really girly and I'm not sure if I like it...but I do like the sketch so I think I'm going to try again...I do have until the end of the month so...we'll see if I get around to it...I did this one because I realized I don't have any scrapbook pages of my cute little niece...and this paper was perfect because her name is...Paislee...awww cute huh?I also have to get a better picture this one really sucks...but hey you get the idea! Also if anyone knows a good quote that would go well with this it would be much appreciated...its a grandpa and his granddaughter...

New Cards!!!

I was busy last night...making cards for challenges
This one is for the Haunted Design House "Wacko Jackos"I was going to post a pic of the pumpkin I carved last year but couldn't find it but it was close to this one I found online so I guess it will have to do.
and this one is for Simply Betty's Sketch challenge.

Happy B-day candy

its Jodi's birthday and for it she is giving away lots of blog candy go check it out, and make sure you check out her whole blog she is amazing!

you have until midnight July 31

New cards

I made this one for the Burtonesque Doll's challenge
the challenge was to add a Burton Boy to your project...so I chose Zero (the nightmare before Christmas) his lil nose is even red:)...before he died of course...or I guess it could be Scraps (corpse bride) before he died. either way the puppies seem to always be my favorite!
I also got the sketch from Skipping Stones Design.
the second card I'm entering into the Oh, Alice challenge...the challenge was to use Red, White and Blue. so this is what I did and I absolutely love it!
I got the dog stamp at Close To My Heart (links on the sidebar) and the cowboys are from Stamp it crazy.