My soft underbelly is hanging out...

In keeping with my attempt to use previously unused

images from my stash, I have come to the slightly

embarrassing conclusion that I have amassed quite

a collection of cute and sweet images. It's no wonder I haven't

had a chance to play with them. What with my dark side

almost always in the creative driver's seat. 

Today's project uses a sweet, yet slightly maniacal image.

With Valentine's Day on the horizon I figured I'd play with

pinks and grays for a soft and girly Valentine look. 

Seemed like a good time to use some Martha Stewart punches.

The bat fence, and the skulls and crossbones are a couple of

my absolute favorite MS punches. I think I use the drippy goo

punch the most, though.

This image is called, "Buttons", from Make It Crafty.

She's super cute! I've had her for quite long time.

I'm glad I finally colored her up.

I kinda have a crap-ton of this sickly sweet sheer rose ribbon.

I chopped off a couple of buds, and then rubbed some gray ink

over the tops of them to grunge them up a bit. That pink was

just too bright for me in the beginning.

I'm on a frantage kick lately, and since I have some in pink that never

gets used, I figured, "why not?". I also dropped some color fragments in black, 

white, and gray into the frantage, but it barely shows. Well, actually it showed 

too much, so I added more frantage over the top to help it blend in a bit.

I also broke out my envelope punch board to make the tab that says, "loved".   

Hope I didn't lose any of my darker fiends who stop by to see my

creepier concoctions. Have no fear!

I'll be back next Monday with the antithesis of this card. 

What is the opposite of loved? 

I have a feeling you've guessed it already. 

Thank you to everyone who left me a message on my last post.

I didn't mean to sound quite so pathetic, like "No one ever stops

by to see me anymore! Boo hoo". It just seems that with the popularity

of face book and other social media sites, the traffic from blogger has really

slowed down quite a bit. I'm glad to to know you're still out there

like a silent stalker. Watching...

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

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Choose your challenge

*ink, ribbon, punching, heat embossing/ frantage, and bling* 

Monday Morning Challenge - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze - Love is in the Air

That Craft Place - Love/Valentine

Kit and Clowder Ning Group - January Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Have a Heart

Hallowe'en is on it's way!!

I'm running a bit behind, but for a good cause.

Cause I was busy getting ready for the best holiday ever,

HALLOWE'EN!!!

It's no big secret that I bleed orange and black,

or that I was born into a family who relished the season.

It's in my DNA to be an Autumn People.

So first up, is my guest DT make for the Hallowe'en release at Simply B Stamps  

and for the layers challenge at Simply Steampunk challenges.

I have used the new "Jude Spook" image available here.

After a ridiculous amount of time, I got the boa trim to stay

behind the cool bat brad. Sometimes I spend way too much time on 

the teeniest of things. But I like how it looks, and that makes all of the

cussing and fussing worth it.  

I am stuck in a coloring rut of sorts. I just can't seem to color anything

in a Hallowe'en scheme, without the use of yellow greens, violets, and

yellow reds. Those colors just scream, "Happy Hallowe'en!" to me.  

I hope you'll stop by the Simply Steampunk blog to see the other

marvelous samples using the new images from Simply B Stamps,

and maybe make a layered project as well. 

Next up, is my make for the current challenge at Dilly Beans.

The new theme is buttons.

See what I mean about the color scheme?

I just can't help myself. It's a sickness.... 

I have a TON of buttons that I rarely ever use, so I tried to get as many

as possible on here. I managed to use six buttons. Not bad. 

 I have used the #406 "Worried Skellie" image.

I took some liberties with his eyes and the heart on his

shirt. I replaced them all with buttons in keeping with the theme. 

I also went to town with the white gel pen, too. Still getting the hang of it.

I hope you'll drop by the Dilly Beans Designer's challenge to see

all of the other wonderful samples and maybe even play along

using your Dilly Beans images and some buttons.  

Keep it creepy!!!