Day 20 - 31 Days and HDH

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DAY 20 OF 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 

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Scavenger hunt rules and guidelines can be found HERE for 31 Days of Halloween.

My book mark today will also be entered into Haunted Design House Macabre Monday Challenge:

Hellacious Halloween 

I love the dark side of all our wonderful nursery rhymes and Peter the Pumpkin Eater is no different.  I have heard many morbid alternatives to the "real" story behind this poem.  I choose the one where the cheating wife gets dismembered and is stuffed/hidden in a pumpkin.  
So watch out for those "carving" accidents this Halloween.  You may never know what is hiding in those flickering eyes of those pumpkins...

Once again running late and will post the details this afternoon...

HDH - 666 The Number of the Beast

Calling all Beasties...
Woohoo, Haunted Design House now has a challenge going on where all devils, beasts, 666, etc. is welcomed.  666 - The Number of the Beast.
I for one am IN!
Please go see the fabulously nightmarish creations that the DT has conjured up...AmaZing!

For this challenge I have made a bookmark in hopes to keep the nightmares alive 24-7.

In the Belly of the Deets

Stamp is digital from Delicious Doodles,   Horrorscope - Cancer. 
Printed onto Whisper White card stock.
Colored in with new Blendabilities (SU!) and markers. 
Fussy cut, then covered with Crystal Effects.

Background is Smeared Ink digital paper from set Vintage Grunge.  It is printed out and sponged with blue ink.  Homemade blue spritz also sprayed onto printed paper.

Candy dots for embellies.
Chalk marker for letters on Early Espresso card stock.  Crystal Effects over letters.

Ribbon from SU! (retired) and fibers from stash.
Crop-a-dile to punch holes.

Ike's World Challenges - New Challenge!

How in the heck did I get so far behind on things...

Well here I am finally getting caught up.  I have today a sweet little bookmark that is inspired from the Photo Inspiration Challenge #5, at Ike's World Challenges.  

Please check out all the other wonderful projects that were inspired by this seasonal photo.  Great colors to make an awesome entry for this #5 Challenge.  

Get going this weekend and get crafty!

 

First Side

Second Side 

Stitchy Deets
Card stock and Designer Paper is from Stampin' Up!.  Sweater Weather and the Brights Designer Paper Stack.

Images are from Ike's Art and are the digi stamps Geranium Basket and Stitchy Kats.  Printed out onto Whisper White card stock and colored in with markers.  Fussy cut and adhered to front.

Ribbon is Crumb Cake Seam Binding.

I used the Tulip die (SU! retired) to make the wings behind kitty's.

Button (SU! retired) and some Linen Thread for the top embellishment.
All materials used are Stampin' Up! and are current unless otherwise noted.

Smeared Ink Forum & Smudgy Antics Challenges

On the Smeared Ink Forum there is a great Oh! The Horror!! challenge going on all month.  The other challenge is from Smudgy Antics and ends in 4 days!  Get out those stamps and inks and join in.

Oh! The Horror!! - Black, White, & Green OR Yellow (not both just one of the colors).  The inspiration to be from the movie Bettlejuice.

Smudgy Antics -  Use Fussy Cutting in your project.

I have made a bookmark with these challenges in mind.  My main inspiration for this project was the character Lydia Deetz.  I used the colors black, white, and green and fussy cut my main gal.

The first photo (below) is taken in natural light on one side.  The second (below on right) is with the flash of the camera on the other side so you can see the background stamping a little better.

Details

Lydia Deetz
I used a great stamp from Stampotique called Kamona, by Daniel Torrente, for my main gal.  She is stamped in Black Staze On on Whisper White card stock 4-5 times.  I fussy cut head, hair, body, hands, and shoes.  She is colored in with a Blender Pen and the inks Pistachio Pudding and Always Artichoke.


Background
I used the quote, "I, myself, am strange and unusual.", that Lydia used in the movie.  I changed the font to Gigi and printed out on copy paper.
I added stamped images from the Stampin' Up! set Glorious Grunge and used the two green inks from before.


Finishing Touches
Kamona was again stamped in middle with Black Staze On.  Fussy cut layers were added.
I used a black fine tip Sharpie to make the hair longer to resemble Bettlejuice on her shirt.
Layered the card stock and added ribbon.  I put a beetle and coffin as accessories - both are not Stampin' Up!.
Crystal Effects was used on both main gal images.