The Snowman from Hellgnome

I don't know about you, but that title sounds like a great

Christmas movie. 

And by great, I mean watchable since I will watch damn near

any scary movie that is on TV. Case in point, I just sat through

2 1/2 hours of 'The House That Jack Built', starring Matt Dillon as a serial killer.

BORING! There were a few scenes worth watching (see taxidermy scene), but

overall a total snooze fest. Then there's 'Mandy", starring Nicolas Cage. 

I was left thinking and audibly asking, "WTF did I just watch?".

Makes me give 'The Nun' another star. 

Which brings that total up to three stars now.

Okay, back to my card...

Doesn't this just make you all warm and fuzzy inside?

No? Just me then. 

I began my creative foray by coloring this killer Horned Snowman

image from Inked Artist/Hellgnome Death Digis . 

I used Copic markers for my coloring of the snowman.

I just can't seem to use anything else to color with these days.

My Zigs are missing me...

I took some designer paper that resembles wooden planks,

and used some Dylusions sprays in Cherry Pie and Post Box Red for 

blood splatter. This guy looks kind of messy, so I splattered him as well.  

I used a die cut from the same paper pad and splattered that with

Dylusions sprays also. These reds are perfect for blood splatter.

Just sayin'... 

I popped everything onto some black card stock using foam tape

on the snowman and his festive sign.

I managed to find some still intact Xmas candy to use as props

for my photo shoot. I like it.

Thanks for popping by today.

Hope everyone had a magnificent Creepmas!!  

And all the best for 2019!!  

   

Merry Oddball!

I'm back again with what will be my last post for 2018.

I can't think of a better way to go out than with an Oddball Xmas!!

I have had a great time guest designing for Lizzy at Oddball Art Co.

I couldn't resist playing with some of the CCC freebies, 

like this simple, yet perfect holiday image from CCC#27.  

Such a fun and easy gate fold card with a Stickled and stitched die cut, 

some snowflakes, and some white Nuvo drops.

This is one of two images in this set of versatile digis #339.

I paired this one with a simple gold embossed sentiment and gold pearls.

The vibrant Copic coloring really pops against the black.

Same thing for this one, but I used silver embossing with a different

sentiment, and silver pearls and rhinestones for accents. 

Another Copic colored image from CCC#27, stitched die cuts,

and some sequins.

I love this one! Image #137 colored with Copics, against stitched die cuts,

backed onto some very busy, yet complimentary paper. Black Nuvo drops

added for texture.

Lastly, I couldn't resist these wacky critters from CCC#14 that I merged with

the jar in digi set #447.  I added their names onto the tags as well.

I added some iridescent Nuvo drops on the fronts, backed the tags onto 

black cardstock for stability and contrast, and strung them with baker's twine.

I used a white gel pen to add the "To: and From:" on the back of each tag.

It is going to be an Oddball Xmas, indeed!

Thanks for stopping by today and all year long.

Hope to be a bit more present with my art in the new year.

Happy Holidaze and Happy New Year!!

  

Vera Lane Xmas Snark

I am still not done trying to make Halloween schtuff,

but I'm coming to the dreaded realization that Christmas is eminent.

Gah!

I decided to have a go at transforming some Vera Lane digi images 

from their everyday quirkiness to Holiday Cheer Quirkiness.

I am always in need of last minute Christmas cards, and this little lady seemed

like the perfect focal point for a fun and simple holiday card. 

I used the Wednesday image and added a hat from the 

Boutique Hats set. I also gave her a cool sweater that was

offered as a freebie on the Vera Lane Studio facebook page.  

I went completely non-traditional with a purple and black color scheme,

and a snarky sentiment for this card. I used some TH snowflake border

and a MS skull border punch to mimic  a sweater design.

I am having a blast transforming these deliciously fun and quirky images

for Christmas cards. I may have forgotten to mention that I am using Gimp

to manipulate the images. I think I need to look for an update as my version is pretty

dated, but it still works for what I need.

I'll be back soon with a couple more cards using Vera Lane images and Gimp.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

ABC Challenge - V is for Violet 

Whimsie Doodles - Naughty or Nice? 

Glitter N' Sparkle - #164 purple and black 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas

Christmas in July?!

I'm gonna shake things up a bit today

and post a Christmas card!

It's never too early to get started on making Xmas cards.

Before I know it, December is here and I'm buying ready made cards

from Target to ashamedly send out to everyone.

Been there.

So there is a really awesome challenge blog called,

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. 

Every week is a new Christmas themed challenge that helps

keep you inspired to make all those holiday cards.

This week the challenge is "Heavy Metal" and the sponsor

is Kenny K Downloads. 

Now with a challenge like Heavy Metal, I figured it would

be a breeze! I grew up on the metal music scene, but once

I started digging for metal Christmas embellishments, I started

to worry. I found some things to work with though.

I pulled it all together and made this really cute card! 

The image is from Tiddly Inks. Too cute.

I made her fur on her outfit all sparkly with glitter.

These metal snowflake charms were all I could

manage to find as far as metal embellishments.

The centers of each one were a blue pattern that didn't

match, so I added a pile of Stickles to cover the offending,

mismatched centers. Voila!

There is still a little time to make the current challenge

at CSAYL. Kenny K images are up for grabs!