Day 11 of the 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog.  We are on the Christmas countdown here at my house.  My daughter has finished her Christmas shopping and has all her presents wrapped and under the tree.  I am not finished shopping, nor do I have anything wrapped yet.  I do have all my cards made and ready to be dropped in the mail..yeah, they are going to be late :) and I have finished all my hand made Christmas presents.  I will be posting pictures after Christmas because my mom and my mil both read my blog and I don't want the surprise to be revealed.

For today's card, I have used an Ike's Image.  I just Suzy's images.  She's so creative.

I was feeling not so Christmasy when I made this card.  I have been feeling this way for the past few weeks.  And now, I have been diagnosed with Shingles.  I am in lots of pain but I am pushing through.

I used some papers from the Harper's Bazaar paper pad from The Paper Studio to make this card.  I used my Crayola's to color in this chick.  The sentiment is mine and the card stock is Recollections and GP.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great day.  Make sure to stop in on Monday for the final card in the Smeared and Smudged 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop.  I have received my first set of rubber stamps from the club and I am going to use it to be able to participate in Smeared Ink Day.  Stay tuned.

Day 1---12 Days of Creepmas

Hello and welcome to the first day of the 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop sponsored by Smeared and Smudged.  For those of you who participated in the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop in October, y'all know how this works.  For those of you who are just visiting for the first time, let me explain.  There will be 12 days between now and Christmas that the Jolly Bloggers will be posting a gothic, horror, or just a little bit off center Christmas card.  You can take up the mantle of Merry Hopper by visiting each blog listed to the right of this post on the days listed for the hop.

Here are the scheduled days of the hop:
Sunday December 1st
Tuesday December 3rd (Smeared Ink Day)
Thursday December 5th
Saturday December 7th (Smeared Ink Day)
Monday December 9th
Wednesday December 11th
Friday December 13th (Smeared Ink Day)
Sunday December 15th
Tuesday December 17th (Smeared Ink Day)
Thursday December 19th
Saturday December 21st
Monday December 23rd (Smeared Ink Day)

Each person on the blog roll will have a project posted on these days.  Make sure to stop on by and leave some love for each one.  The complete list of rules and sponsors can be found on the Smeared and Smudged group.

For my first project, I chose to use the master of the macabre...Poe.  Yes, I know, most people don't consider him as part of Christmas, but remember, this is Creepmas.

This image is from Ike's World.  I love it.  It's my first ever Edgar Allen Poe image.  The background paper is also designed by Ike.  I colored him with BIC Markers and printed off the sentiment from my computer.  It's a very simple card as I wanted Poe to be the focus.

I hope y'all enjoyed your first visit to my blog for the 12 Days of Creepmas.  Make sure to hop along the rest of the blogs to see what my blogging friends have for you.  I'll see you back here on Tuesday, December 3rd for another Creepmas card.

Challenges Entered:
Creative Craft Challenges 2--Non traditional Christmas
Shopping Our Stash--Holiday/Winter

Day 18 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Happy Friday, Horrifying Hoppers.  Are y'all ready for the weekend?  I am.  My husband and his father left this morning around 8am for our church's annual men's retreat.  He won't be home until late tomorrow night, so Kierstynne and I are going to take her great grandmother out to dinner.  Chinese...yes!!

So, for today's project I decided to use an image from Ike so that I can enter her challenge for this week.

I think there is something very sinister and sexy about her.  Maybe it's the whip??  I colored her with colored pencils and OMS.  One of these days I will remember to do skin tones first.  There are a few spots where the black bled over, but hopefully it looks just like shadows.  I added some Sakura Glitter pen to the whip and the buckles.  The patterned papers are Recollections and so is the polka dot ribbon.  The sentiment was already on the image, so I didn't add another one.

Remember to stop by Terra's blog to see if you are winner for the Scavenger Hunt.  You can also find today's sponsors and a refresher on the rules.  If you need it, the blog list is on the side of this post.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I am so grateful for all the wonderful comments that y'all have left for me.  You ladies sure know how to boost a girl's self esteem.