Elegantly beautiful Memento Mori

I have a beautiful new image and card to share with you today.

Today is the new release of this image called, 

Memento Mori, from Aurora Wings.

I decided to deviate from the classic orange or red poppies,

and went with purple. Since these are the Opium variety, I thought

something more decadent was in order.  

I even broke out with some sparkly bling for the occasion.

And I used my new Morticia Addams quote stamp from Riley and Co.

Thanks for dropping by! 

Be sure to check out all the different looks that can

be achieved with this image at the Aurora Wings Showcase blog.  

The design team have really outdone themselves with this new release. 

Gloomsville, man! Gloomsville.

The calendar tells me it's September, but the weather

says, "It's still summer!" It's supposed to be over 100 degrees today,

which means it's a good day to watch paint dry. 

I'm working on some new projects for my Etsy shop. 

Think Haunted Houses.  

Speaking of Haunted (Design) Houses, it's the 

beginning of the second week for our,

"Hallowe'en in your face!" 

challenge sponsored by The Octopode Factory.

I made a new addition to my Hallowe'en themed, paper bag book.

This is the cover. I still need to add all of the ribbons to the

binding side, but I'll wait until the book is complete first.

I have a bunch of charms. I rarely remember to use them though.

This time I used three in one shot. I popped some Firefly Stickles into the

eyes of the skeleton key for a nice, eerie glow. I love the newer neon Stickles! 

I made a little scene of sorts using the new Gloomsville spider and web,

along with the Terrence and the door from The Octopode Factory.

I'm finally starting to get the hang of using Gimp.

One of the cool things about these paper bag books is that they have

pockets for inserts. I made this one using the tab punch from Stampin' Up

and a spider brad with a purple rhinestone on it. Oh, and some fancy

coordinating ribbons, too. It just kind of screams, "Pull me!", doesn't it?

Not quite sure what I will be doing on the insert, but it looks pretty 

cool so far. 

A quick shot of the spider webbing I extended out from the

original image, using a Stardust Gellyroll pen. I just eyeballed it.

I wanted it to look like the spider had webbed over the door.

I don't think Terrence gets many visitors....

Stop by HDH and see what the Minions have made for this

fun and easy challenge. We are offering a $10 gift cert to 

The Octopode Factory to one lucky winner!!!

And I totally forgot to post this on Saturday, but the current challenge

over at Wicked Wednesday ATC is to celebrate our 

100th challenge!

We have multiple sponsors as well. Lots of goodies to be won if you play 

along and help us celebrate this milestone.

Don't these guys look like they're having a party?

Or maybe they're crashing one?

This is another of my favorite images from

Rick St. Dennis. I'm not sure it's available anymore,

but he has a TON of awesome images to choose from!!   

I'll admit it.

Okay, I'll just admit it. I am smitten with Rick St. Dennis' images.

I can't help it. He has the most amazingly drawn digital images.

But mainly, I am drawn to his Hallowe'en designs, and now he has some incredibly

wicked Christmas characters that are to die for!

I just picked up 5 new images today, so keep an eye out for some amazing

RSD eye candy colored by yours truly. 

 

Say hello to my little fiend, "Dear Aunt Spidey".

Isn't she delightful? 

I colored her with Copics and tried to keep her nice and bright.

In retrospect, I should have used the fluorescent purple as well.

Might have made her a bit more radioactive looking.

 

I used various webbed papers and a EK web punch in keeping

with the spidery theme. 

Finally, I added some orange rhinestones along the border and

in the center of the main web.

Fancy.

 

Check out Rick St. Dennis' Etsy shop

for some awesome designs for the coming holidaze!!



Dilly Beans tag challenge

Today's challenge theme at Dilly Beans Friday challenge is

tags.

I can count on one hand how many tags I have made

in my entire crafting career. Not that I have anything

against tags, I just don't use them much in my gift

giving. I usually just include a handmade card.

Until now.

I love making tags! So flippin' fun!!! And so much

faster to create than my marathon (2 hours minimum,

but usually even longer) cards. I am trying to work on

limiting my time spent on coloring to under 30 minutes,

but I can barely finish most images in less than an hour.

I'm kinda a slow sculptor too.

Anyhoo,

here's my tag.

I used my favorite Dilly Beans image (shhhh! don't tell the others),

Monster Boy

 He colors up like a dream and is so darn cute and versatile!

For a monster boy, anyway.

I used a coffin image from Tiddly Inks as my tag base,

and then just added a cool tombstone ad stamp,

and an all occasion rhinestone spider brad. 

This is not the last coffin shaped tag you will see from me!

Stop by Dilly Beans Friday challenge for some inspiration

and maybe get addicted to tags yourself. Even better, enter

the challenge and you could win not only the envy and accolades

of your peers, but you could win some free Dilly Beans images of

your very own!

Quick sgraffito update:

It's slow going, but this is the back of the skull.

I started this a few months ago, and I had hoped to have it

completed in time for National Skull Appreciation Day, but

that did not happen. I'm shooting for Hallowe'en at this point.

I kinda hated the bat when I first did it, but there is no going back

once you scratch into the skull. So, I figured by adding all the other

flourishy schtuff, the goofiness of the bat wouldn't be so pronounced

(to me anyway - a Virgo and an insecure artist! Egads!).

I'm having fun adding as many "S" shaped flourishes as possible.

My last name begins with an "S", so I think it's kinda cool. 

Overall, I'm likin' it.

Have a great weekend, and

Keep it Creepy!