New stuff in my shoppe!!

Incase anyone noticed, I have been rather light on the posts lately.

I have been busy working on DT project set to debut next week, and I have

been trying to stock some new goodies in my Etsy shoppe.

This is "Fat Batt".

He's a little sculpture that was inspired by my tattoo

that I designed and drew.

Kinda cute, right?

My friend Katt and I share this tattoo,

meaning we both have the same one.

I actually share the devil Hello Kitty with my friend, Chris.

I'm really not one of those, "Hey! Let's go get matching tattoos!"

kinda gal, but it just worked out that way,

...three times.

I've also got a butterfly tatt

that I share with my friend, Deanna.

Anyhoo, I digress... back to my Etsy shoppe.

Here is a double Skully snowflake ornament that no Goth/Vampyre tree

 should be without this season.

And then we have a single Skully snowflake ornament.

{please note that there is a teeny tiny spider

hanging from the left side, cool.}

Please drop by my shoppe and check out my wares.

Who knows?

 You might find a one of a kind, handcrafted item that you

just can't live without.  

Oh Alice! Chapter 30: Hey there, Nice stems...

Just as Alice said this, she noticed that one of the trees had a door leading right into it. `That's very curious!' she thought. `But every thing's curious today. I think I may as well go in at once.' And in she went.

Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the little glass table. `Now, I'll manage better this time,' she said to herself, and began by taking the little golden key, and unlocking the door that led into the garden.

Then she went to work nibbling at the mushroom (she had kept a piece of it in her pocked) till she was about a foot high: then she walked down the little passage: and THEN--she found herself at last in the beautiful garden, among the bright flower-beds and the cool fountains..."

Hello out there! It's a lovely day here in Wonderland and we are celebrating the summer with a nature theme today! Well, TREES and FLOWERS and BIRDS to be more exact! We scored a GREAT sketch sponsored by PAGEMAPS today that is just perfect for today's theme.

Check it out over at the Oh Alice! challenge blog.

Being that the challenge was to incorporate trees (I only have Halloween trees), and birds (I only have vultures and ravens and such), and fleurs, I went with the fleurs.

I do have quite a bit of flowers and fleury bits, so this was a good way to use some of my

hoarded goodies.

I even broke out with the fancy schmancy half pearls!

I finally managed to work Willow, from Tickled Pink, into a project!

I've had her stamped for months(?), and had fun finally bringing her to life.

What did I ever use before Copics?

This was a fun sketch that I wasn't familiar with and it took me outside of my box.

I am pleased with how it turned out and promise to never speak ill of any of my projects

for Oh Alice! again.  

Hogs and Sketches and Ribbon. Oh, my!

This month's Hogs and Sketches challenge sketch is here!

I really like to follow a sketch since the less options for me the better.

I can spend way too much time toiling over the images and the papers as it is.

I don't need the added stress of juxtaposition as well.

  

I used this cute Halloween kitty and sentiment from Hambo.

Hambo has opened the challenge up to any images (not just Hambo images) and only require that you use the provided sketch. They offer fabulous prizes for their challenges and sometimes you get a prize just for playing.

You even have the entire month to play! C'mon, what are you waiting for?!

Hambo is also running an awesome sale right now on all of their ribbons,

   

and 30% off on selected summer images as well.

The sale is for a limited time so stop by and check out all of the gorgeous ribbons, the adorable images (both rubber and digi),  and the hilarious sentiments to finish it all off!!

In Memoriam... 2nd post today

COSMOS

1991 - 2006

Four years ago today, I said to goodbye to a huge piece of my heart.

Cosmos, or as I used to call him, "Moso-Pusso" was my first pet as an adult.

He was my room mate when I moved to Southern California all by myself.

He kept me sane in a very insane point in my life and I will always love him for that in particular.

This is the tattoo that I got to to memorialize "da 'Mos".

I miss him tons and still cry when I look at his picture for too long, but he is free to 

chase all the shadows he can chase and I know he is keeping his dog, "Bodie" company

until I get there.

I love you 'Moso.  

HDH055 Elegantly Evil

I don't know what is going on with me lately, but I just can't seem to get my creative groove flowing. I have managed to keep a small trickle going but this is starting to get 

ridiculous! I have way too much schtuff to do!!!!

The challenge for this week's Macabre Monday is "Elegantly Evil".

I toiled and fussed and finally just went with a photo as my focal point.

I went through at least 50 pics before I settled on this one.

His name is Gary and he lives in my front yard.

I felt that Gary personified the whole evil elegance idea, although gargoyles weren't 

ever evil, but rather they protected against it. For the sake of this card, let's say Gary is evil. 

  

I bought a bag of feathers the other day and felt this was an appropriate use for them.

I embossed some blood drips, which now resemble cow spots to me for some reason.

I do like the feathers though.

Please join us over at The Haunted Design House for this week's Macabre Monday challenge.

I'm gonna go try and locate my mojo. I hope the zombies didn't get a hold of it..... 

Oh, Alice! CH.29 What makes You Shine or Sparkle?

That's right!

I am a DT newbie on the fantastical Alice in Wonderland inspired challenge blog,

"Oh Alice!".

I was floored when Jessica asked me to be a part of this awesome team of hers.

I kinda feel as though I "owe" Jessica a little bit for my blogging and challenge card making.

Ya see, a little over 2 years ago I received an email from my friend MacKenzie, showing me this card with an incredible altered TGF Ian image that turned him into the guys from The Ramones. That card was the beginning of my stalking Traci aka "Wicked Pixie" (she's awesome!), and I was inspired enough to enter TGF's "Rock Out Ian and Anya challenge.

I needed to create a blog to enter (or so I thought), so I did, and I made a really cute Alice Cooper, "Welcome to my Nightmare" Ian, complete with hand drawn boa constrictor.

Well, I won the contest and have kept some sort of contact with Jessica ever since.

By winning that contest, the first contest I ever entered in blog land, I had the confidence to forge forward into what I now consider to be a full blown addiction and creatively enriching way of being.

I owe a huge thank you to MacKenzie, Traci, and Jessica for (unbeknown to them) getting me started on this exciting path.

Now, that being said, here is my slightly less than spectacular debut DT card for Oh, Alice!

    

`Why, what are YOUR shoes done with?' said the Gryphon. `I mean, what makes them so shiny?'

Alice looked down at them, and considered a little before she gave her answer. `They're done with blacking, I believe.'

`Boots and shoes under the sea,' the Gryphon went on in a deep voice, `are done with a whiting. Now you know.'

`And what are they made of?' Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity.

`Soles and eels, of course,' the Gryphon replied rather impatiently: `any shrimp could have told you that.'

`If I'd been the whiting,' said Alice, whose thoughts were still running on the song, `I'd have said to the porpoise, "Keep back, please: we don't want YOU with us!"'

`They were obliged to have him with them,' the Mock Turtle said: `no wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.'

`Wouldn't it really?' said Alice in a tone of great surprise.

 

Now this card did not turn out at all like I had envisioned, or in the end, had hoped.

My son's name is Gryphon, so I have quite a few Gryphon stamps, and statues, and stuff, and figured this was going to be a real no brain-er.

Make it sparkle and shine, and use a Gryphon. Not so hard right?

So very wrong! Not sure if it's newbie jitters or what, but this card is not my best work.

    

It is sparkly though.

This week's sponsor of the Oh, Alice! challenge is Sparkle Creations.

The images over at her site are adorable and I want some! She is generously offering a $20 store credit to one lucky random winner. Not to mention a coupon code for all that enter this week's challenge (drop by the Oh, Alice! blog for more details).   

Just show us what makes you SPARKLE or SHINE.

Remember , you have until FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10th at 8pm CST to enter this contest! Winner will be posted on Saturday 9/11's post and good luck to all who enter!

!!!New Hobby Alert!!!

Most all of my friends and family know I collect masks.

Most all of my friends and family have seen my masks.

A friend of my husband's, who has been to our house and has seen my mask collection,

dropped off a couple of ceramic masks for me to add to my collection.

How thoughtful right?

Not exactly my kinda mask.

In fact, I am not a fan of the Harlequin clown at all.

So, I thanked my husband's friend, and mentally added them to the yard sale box in the garage.

Then, I got an idea.

What if I cover the masks with polymer clay and re-make them into something that I consider to be cool?

Worth a shot. What did I have to lose?

About 50 cents from the yard sale.

  

This is my witch mask.

She's not even close to being finished yet, but I just had to share.

I still have to paint her and add some hair, and then mount her on a plaque for hanging.

I'm really pretty stoked that she came out so good considering I have never sculpted something like this before.

I can see where I need to make improvements on the next mask, but overall, I am very pleased with how it turned out so far.

This is my zombie.

LOVE him!

I managed to make him pretty gross with rotten teeth and an exposed brain and rotted nose cartilage. He may end up as a mummy instead, but I'm going to try and make him a zombie first.  

I am anxious (and nervous) to get some paint on this guy.

Will post them again once they are complete.