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Sunday, 14 October 2012

Simply B Stamps, 13 Days of Halloween Challenges -Day 5

So how are you liking these 13 days of Halloween Challenges? Are you ready for Day 5??

This time we want to see spiders and cobwebs!

WHAT A WICKED WEB WE WEAVE

For those of you who follow my blog and know me through the FB, you will know that I am trying hard to steer away from cards at the moment and get messy with bigger projects.....

...... well this is no exception!

I have no idea at all why I decided to do this but I am so glad I have.

I have made a Mad Hatters Hat!!!

Yeap, made from scratch!! This started life as one of my large cardboard pattern cutting mats from when I used to make wedding dresses!! It was a fair amount of work and yes, it is huge!!!

I paper mached over the cardboard with black crepe paper then gave it a good coat of black spray paint.

I then covered it in black organza by hand sewing it to fit the shape of the cardboard base. I used some fabulous black and silver spider covered organza to wrap around and make a band for it.

I used Spiderella from the Spooky Hollow digis.

I tucked this in the band, just as the Mad hatter has cards tucked in his!

I had to add some small creepy crawlies!!

And how about this for a spider? I thought he was perfect for this hat. Huge and silver! This sits right at the very back.

So what do you think?? Spiders don't have to be creepy, they can be fun as well and I hope I have achieved that by doing something different.

Don't forget the great prizes that we have up for grabs and to visit the challenge blog to see the other creepy crawlies that the girls have been playing with and to add your entry!

xxx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ - Halloween

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Simply B Stamps, 13 days of Halloween Challenge 4

So are you ready for another challenge?

Day 4 of our 13 days of Halloween challenges is here and this time its ...

MAKE IT GLOW

I used the digital image Winnie from Wickidz available in the shop. I thought she was perfect for this challenge. I have used two different techniques to add glow to my shadow box.

The first was basic colouring using my copics.... I started using a pale yellow around the flame of the candles and worked in a light grey. I used flicking strokes to help create the illusion of flickering candles and graded the colour from light to dark.

The second technique ...... ok not a technique at all but its great all the same!!

My lovely friend Sheri in America sent me some fabulous Glow in the dark paint in a squeezey bottle!

I am so in love with this stuff!!!!

It doesn't photograph to well but you get the idea!!

I used it to highlight the liquid in Winnie's potion bottles, smoke puffs and the drips on the drippy goo border (a pressie from the gorgeous Erin!).

I also part filled a Tim Holtz alterations glass vial with it as I love the depth of glow it gives.

Hope you like and this has given you some ideas for your Glowing projects!

Check out our challenge blog for other DT creations and to enter yours......

xxxx

Monday, 8 October 2012

SBS, 13 Days of Halloween Challenges, Day 3..... Where's my Mummy!!

Here we are with our Day 3 challenge!

Wheres my Mummy??

The idea of this challenge is to use gauze or bandages to 'wrap' up your projects.

And here is mine

I wrapped and decorated a bottle of wine! After all, what 'Mummy' doesn't love a bottle of wine!!

I got a brand new crepe bandage which was far to clean, so I 'dirtied' it up by rubbing my distress ink pads over it.

The tag is actually made to resemble a dead body tag.... you know, the sort that gets tied around the toe of a dead body!

The brad says 'Truth Serum' and is from My Minds Eye, Lost and Found collection. Obviously drinking to much wine makes you tell the truth!!!

The image I used was the gorgeous Rio Mummy and she is coloured using my copics.

I used the My Minds Eye papers and co-ordinating die cuts to make the bottle label.

So there you have my project! ........ and now to drink the wine!!

Pop over to the challenge blog to see what some of the other girls have been up to and to enter your project.

Don't forget we have some great prizes on offer, including a DT slot for one lucky person who enters all the challenges!

xxxxxx

Friday, 5 October 2012

Simply B Stamps 13 days of Halloween challenge 2

So who is ready for challenge number 2 then??

I just want to say we had some amazing entries for challenge 1 and I am sooooooooooo looking forward to seeing what you do for this and the up and coming challenges!

This challenge is ........

Witches Brew

Create something witch related.....

there are some fantastic examples on the SCC blog made by the DT again.

And here is mine

I altered a diary and made it into a

BOOK OF SHADOWS.

For those of you who don't know, a book of shadows is where a witch would write down all her spells and potions. No self respecting witch is without one!!

I covered the diary in strips of brown wrapping paper after distressing them a bit with my Tim Holtz distress inks, I also used his grunge board shapes for the decorations and lock.

The image is the stunning 'Beatrix the Witch' from the Halloween Steampunks.

So what will you make?

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/-Halloween

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/- Anything goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://www.craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.co.uk/- Boo to You Halloween

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

13 Days of Halloween Challenges is here!!

It's BACK! Our annual 13 days of Halloween Challenges! Whoop whoop! Many of you will remember this from the previous two years. We will be replacing all challenges for this month with the 13 days of Halloween!

Hold on to your broom sticks gals as this is going to be one fun and funky ride! Each for each challenge, you will have just a few days to participate! That's right just 3-2, maybe 2-1 at times, days to complete the project! It's fast paced and made to challenge you to get it done fast! It will force you to use all your fun new Halloween images from SBS! Nope, SBS image not required to play along, but is required for the prizes! What are the prizes? Well, each day will have a special prize, but the best prize will be a spot on the Simply Challenged Challenges DT for 2013!!! Waaahooooo!

Here are a few guidelines for that DT spot:

1. You must participate in all 13 Challenges

2. You must use SBS images

3. Place the 13 days of Halloween Badge on your site

4. HAVE FUN!

The winner will be chosen by most votes by the DT. Winner will be announced Nov. 10th-hey that's my birthday but one of you will get the SURPRISE!

So get ready for one Funky good time! Let's kick it off with our first Challenge...

Trick or Treat for a Tot, anything for a child

Guidelines:

1. Make anything suitable for a Child, a treat bag, a page layout, card, anything as long as it is Halloween and for a child!

2. There must be at least 6 entries for the prize.

3. Winner will be determined by popular vote by the DT

4. Must be a new project never posted on any online sites

Opens/Closes:

Opens 10/2 and Closes 10/4 at 6:00pm PST

Prize:

1 Secret image from our next Jude and the Rockers release and Guest Showcase Designer for the preview day of that image.

That's it! Now get to crafting as you have less than 3 full days to upload your projects!

I don't have a project to show you for this but if you go to the Simply Challenged Challenges blog you will be able to see some inspiration from some of the other DT girls.
Don't forget the digis are for sale in the shop so you can grab any image you want to use!!

There is no excuse!!!!

This time last year I was getting ready for the challenges to start and so wanted to be on the DT and now I am here!! Next year it could be you!!
xxxx