Hearts and Love at Dilly Beans

I had taken a bit of a break with Dilly Beans, but I'm back!

I had almost forgotten how much fun it is to create with 

Megan's wonderfully quirky images. They lend themselves to

so many occasions, color schemes, and level of crafter. 

The theme for the start of this (now) bi-weekly challenge is

LOVE AND HEARTS.

Now, you know I don't go in the for the really lovey-dovey schtuff,

so I created a sweet tag using #579 Frankie and his Bride.

I thought it depicted true love, no matter the state of decay.

How sweet. Makes my black heart tremble, ever so slightly.  

Ahhh, the sweet couple!

I colored them up with Copics, and embellished their eyes with

Glossy Accents. I used my tiny attacher to attach the eyeball ribbon to

the side of the tag. I am so glad I have that handy attacher/stapler.  

I stamped a sentiment from Paper Make-up Stamps, 

and a cling eyeball stamp from parts unknown.  

I also used my Goosebumps for the first time. It gives a cool,

almost toad-like texture to the project. Nice! I'll be using it

again very soon! Me likey. 

Lastly, I ran some neat, purple ribbon through the tag.

I can't believe I've never used it before, it's so nice to

work with.

That's it for me today.

If you want to see more Dilly Bean creations, please drop by

the challenge blog here. And did you know that Dilly Beans has

a face book page? Check it out here. 

Keep it creepy!

Kick Start Your Art Day 2

Well, I'm back!

I am really enjoying these random prompts from

Smeared and Smudged for this week long challenge.

I am two for two, as far as creating outside of my box using 

the prompts. Although, when I saw that today's prompt was,

HEARTS

I about choked, and considered skipping this one all together.

BUT, I didn't quit. I just let the idea percolate all day, until I came

up with something fitting my style and mental state.

Not an easy task on my best of days....

I began my page with some Dylusions Inks.

I've tried to make my own spray inks in the past, using TH Distress re-inkers,

but they were no match for the vibrancy and opacity of the

Dylusions sprays. Spend the money and buy the real deal.

Here are those hearts that the prompt called for. 

Not a fan, but they'll do pig. They'll do.

And here we have the dark and sinister side of me that I take

such pride in. I found the heart diagram on the interwebs, and added

the saying over the top of it using Gimp. I felt that the page also called

for a demon, so I added the laughing imp stamp, and some stitches around the heart. 

I have just enough pages left in my current art journal 

to complete this week's challenges.

Then I can begin working in a new one! How exciting!!

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

It has been rumored that maybe I have fallen ill, or that my 

good twin as commandeered my blog. Rest assured, it is me 

that has been creating cute, girly, and sweet cards lately.

It is no big secret that I am a Hello Kitty worshipper,

and that also means that I do enjoy pink and girly schtuff. 

To a certain extent though. Let's not get crazy here.  

So it was kind of embarrassing when Megan released these new 

adorable images at Dilly Beans, and I started reaching for pastels 

and lacy things to make cards with. Hey, I was inspired! 

It's not a bad thing. Is it?

This week the challenge at Dilly Beans is HEARTS.

I'm not a big fan of hearts outside of the body, but I put on my pink, 

big girl panties, and started coloring Cinnamon (circle #536) anyway. 

I think she turned out lovely, and would be the perfect card for a 

sweet little girl or a dainty friend for Valentine's Day.

I added a handmade polymer clay heart, some MS doily border punch, 

and a big lavender, grosgrain bow. 

Girly? Yes? Cute? Yes? My normal style? 

No, but it sure looks fabulous anyway. 

Drop by Dilly Beans and check out the new digis and then pop over to

the challenge blog to play along and win some digis of you own!

Martin's Heart

This week at Dilly Beans the challenge is hearts.

This makes me sad. I am not a heart kinda gal. 

I have never dotted an "i" with a heart, and I don't really

even consider using one that isn't still beating after being freshly ripped

from a chest cavity. I have my standards.

 

I was pleased to use this sweet zombie boy image though.

He is called, " Martin's Heart" #377.

I backed Martin on an ATC sized archway image from

Itkupilli, that I distressed a bit with black soot distress ink.

I added a MS punched iron fence at the bottom and some

co-ordinating rhinestones in the corner.

Another ATC in the bucket!

I am getting quite the collection of ATCs. They are so fun to make!

 

Drop by the Dilly Beans challenge blog and join in on the fun. Maybe even

win some free digis of your own! Megan has just recently

added some new designs to her the shop! Check it out!