Wednesday, August 13, 2014

New Delicious Darkness Challenge #1!


I'm very excited to announce that the very first Challenge at The Delicious Darkness Challenge Blog is now LIVE and I am on the team!!!  Our first theme is ATG, (as long as it's DARK or alternative) and you needn't even use a Delicious Darkness stamp. It runs from the 13th of every month to the 10th of the next so there's plenty of time to play.  I've created a wall hanging which started out as a fairly simple project but just grew and grew.  And so did this post, so grab a cuppa, you're gonna be here awhile.



This inspiration came first from one of Teri's newer stamps, Disturbia, with it's giant pile of creepy characters.  A good portion of the DD team also resides in the dungeon with me at HDH (imagine that!) so this reminded me of them.  xx I printed this stamp 5 times so I could fussy cut the crew and add the dimension I so love. (Better pic of that later.) Fortunately, there was minimal coloring to do, just my usual fave combo of WG! and G21 for Zombie flesh, some more warm grays for shadowing, and a couple of other greens for the lovely snakes slithering about.  After distressing the edges, I chose one of the digi papers from the Beastly Paper Pack (a total "must have").



When I saw this sentiment from Ginger's House I couldn't believe the luck! We're a tight knit bunch and this really fit the bill.  Cut and matted with Spellbinders Labels One and inked with Distress.  OOOH, notice the google eye?  They're splattered throughout.



However, the hanging was a bit lob sided now with that large sentiment, so I looked to the papers of balance it out a bit.  Ah yes, Teri's Pentagram did quite nicely.

This weekend, I went to the Scrapbook Expo in Santa Clara hoping to score, among other things, some more of the Melissa Frances hangers I so love.  However, much to my dismay, they no longer make them in black.  Bummer!  Not that I can't paint the, but...  Anyway, I bought a number of them and tried a few and this, a new style for me, looked the coolest.  However, it needed something to darken it up a bit (besides a bit of Distress Ink).  So on with the Ram's Skully (also from the DP).  WooHoo!



But, of course, I just could leave it flat.  Printed 5 times and fussy cut, here's the dimensional shot.  By the end of this project my hand was in spasms!



And finally, the dimensional shot of my bunch of crazies.  I considered naming them but didn't want to cause any more chaos. (But I'm the one middle left with her mouth open, big surprise.)  Thanks for hanging in there with my longer than long post, but, as you can tell, I really, really, REALLY love this project.

So, if you haven't visited the new Delicious Darkness Challenge Blog, you're in for a treat.  Go meet the team and check out the fabby makes and by all means, come play along.

I'll be adding it to the following dark themed blogs:  Left of Center ATGPYG August ATG Challenge, A Step in the Dark ATG.  And the mainstream Oldie but Goodie Black and White Plus One (Green and my oldies are the google eye's that are so old, some of them have turned a bit cloudy.), All Crafts Anything but a Card Aug/Sept, and Anything But a Card Repeating Motifs

20 comments:

  1. An amazing project Donna, love the dimension you've added...just fabulous!! xx

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  2. Absolutely creep-tastic! Love it all. That dimension is great! Can't wait to play along!

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  3. Wow, I love it!! So many detail and dimensions!! Hugs Kate

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  4. Holy Cowww, girl... one fabby picture after another. I love it all....
    Hugs
    Carole

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  5. This is fab Donna...the detail and dimension are perfect...love it hun.
    Huge Hugz, Lorraine xx

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  6. You certainly went to town here gal! fabulous wallhanging and love that your crazy friends were the inspiration xxxxhugsxxxx

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  7. Wow !! This is fantastic Donna love it Thanks for joining in at Punk you Girl xx

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  8. Donna,
    Amazing art work!! I love the sentiment! I love all of the Delicious Doodles images that you have used, and WOWZERS!!!! on all of your layers. I always love looking at your art work. You are very clever and talented! Not to mention a good friend! Stay crafty GF!
    Peace,
    Kristy

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  10. Fabulous project - love the images and the dimension you have added through layers is awesome. Thanks for joining in at Anythin But A Card this time.

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  11. Very impressive wall hanging. Thankyou For sharing at Craft My Life. Hugs Mrs A. (D.T.)

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  12. Hi Donna, Wow this is amazing as always. Fabulous colours, love the image and great design. Thank you for joining A Step In The Dark.

    Hugs Erin x

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  13. Those pips of green are spot on. Love the images. Love it Donna x

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  14. Amazing project Donna! Fabulous images and the pop of green is just stunning. Thank you for joining us at Anything But A Card this month. Jennie

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  15. Amazing project Donna! Fabulous images and the pop of green is just stunning. Thank you for joining us at Anything But A Card this month. Jennie

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  16. Oh that is just amazing! All the fussy cutting and layering - Fabulous! Thanks for joining our Dark Themed Anything Goes Challenge at Left of Center. Mo dt coordinator xxx

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  17. Very unusual, and such a lot of skill and work, I think it's wonderful. Thank you for joining in at an OBAG, keep using up the old stash and come back and join us for our next challenge. Good Luck!

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  18. Wow, this is something different, I love it! I'll pop over to the challenge site and take a good look. Thanks for joining us at All Crafts Challenge.

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  19. I can't believe I haven't left my two cents here yet. This is amazing, Donna! No cutting corners for you. Love the hanger idea and to use that ram skull is perfect. I wanna know which crazy is me in that bunch. I know I'm in there somewhere. So glad to be working alongside of you again. I think I've served on four DTs with you already. Birds of a feather...

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  20. Just popping back to thank you for entering at PunkyouGirl and A Step in the Dark with this project too! Mo xxx

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Thanks for making my day!