Who are you calling a Dilly Bean?

ME!!!

That's right, I am an official Dilly Bean DT member!

I have been a fan of Megan's art style for quite some time.

I own a few (only four so far) of her gorgeous paintings,

and I enjoy using her fun and quirky images for my crafting projects.

I was so honored for her to invite me to be a part of her

design team, and I am looking forward to making all kinds of

cool schtuff with her images.

The new Friday challenge this week at Dilly Beans is

STRIPES.

I cannot tell you how long and hard I looked for striped paper

in my immense paper stash. Apparently, stripes don't jump out at

me while choosing new papers to buy.

I'll have to change that going forward.  

I guess I didn't have to use every striped paper I could find,

but somehow I think they all play nicely with one another.

The red striped vellum was stuck in a used paper organizer

I bought at a yard sale years ago. Glad to finally make use

of it.

I just had to use one of  Megan's newer images,

Worried Skellie.

So sweet.

In a "stitched-closed-mouth" sorta way. 

Personally, I think all boys should come with this option.

I accordion folded the panel behind the main image, and

then hit it with a sanding block for stripes and distress.

I managed to work in some twine (that I have had for far too long),

by wrapping it around the panel in a random fashion. 

Lastly, I added some stick on brad heads, but had to modify

them a bit to match the color scheme. 

Viola!

Hope you are inspired enough to enter, but if you still need

some more inspiration, check out what the rest of the DT

came up with over at the

Dilly Beans challenge blog! 

The Bruise Brothers

Here is my latest creation using another one of my Torrente images.

This card is for the fabulously gruesome, "Ode to the Bruise" Macabre Monday challenge at Haunted Design House,

and the first challenge from The Burtonesque Dolls, to use stripes.

  

Barb at HDH, challenged us to use 'bruise colors' like,

black, purple, yellow, and teal(?).

Done, done, and done!

I really wasn't feeling the teal until I happened upon this perfect shade of

putrification.

I shredded up the ends a bit to keep it creepy.

I used some striped vintage paper I found at a yard sale years ago. It came in a huge roll and I also got a roll of the most wickedly delicious red, flocked, whore house-type/boudoir, haunted mansion, wallpaper. Can't wait to use that!

Anyhoo, the striped paper is really old, but it is so cool and it also has a really neat texture to it.

I'm pretty sure it's not acid free, but then again neither am I.