My Top 10 Cards of 2010 Blog Hop

Fellow SBS DT member, Suzi, has organized a fun blog hop to round out the year!

All you have to do to join in, is create a  post on your blog entitled

'My Top Ten Cards of 2010'.  Then link that post to Suzi's post, using the inlinkz tool at the bottom of her post... please visit that post to see details about prizes along the hop!

 

 

Sooooooooo, here are my faves for the year:

Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (vampire),

The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment)

Images by:  Kenny K (girl), The Angel Company (sentiment & background)

Image by Stamp It Crazy

Image by Delicious Doodles

Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (vampires), Stampers Anonymous (sentiment)

Images by:  Tiddly Inks (house & fairy), Viva Las Vegas Stamps (sentiment)

Images by:  Stamp It Crazy (fairy), Stampers Anonymous (tree),

The Angel Company (foliage & sentiment)

Images by:  Simply Betty Stamps (boy), unknown sentiment

 

Image by:  Tidldy Inks (witch), The Angel Company (Boo!)

 

And my absolute most favorite for the year has to be this one...

I think it's the hand drawn knife that's the clincher:

Images by:  B-line Designs (boy w/ wagon), Kraftin' Kimmie (dolls),

The Angel Company (fleur), Bombshell (skull), and unknown sentiment

What do you think?

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Kenny K's - Maggie Mayhem & a camera question...

Check it.  This is a just-for-fun card I finished the other day.  Not for classes, not for DT, not for Christmas... just for the hell of it.  Ahhhh.  Cardmaking for the sheer joy... can ya' feel it?!

And since I suck at the whole photo-taking thing, I thought I would show you the difference from my scanner vs. camera.  Let's just say that in real life, the image color is actually in-between these two representations.

 

{photo shot with camera}

Awhile back, Kenny K had a contest to name his newest digi line, Krash Kittenz... and one of my names was selected!  Yeay!  This is Maggie Mayhem... VERY fitting name me thinks :)

 

{scanner version}

 I'm trying out the Latina-esque / sun-kissed skin tone with Copics E11, E13 & E15.  The jacket & shoes:  N1, N4, N7.  Reds:  R59, R29, R24.  Hair:  E21, E25, E29.

{photo shot with camera}

The trim is some pleather belt-ish stuff I found at JoAnn's, along with the black rose trim.  The paper & "beware" are from a Halloweenie MS paper pack... yeah, Martha can rock the paper once in awhile.  I added a touch o' shimmer to her bandanna, armlet, & necklace with a Stardust glitter pen.

{scanner version}

My camera is just a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5... nothing fancy.  Something that can fit into my purse.  I'm thinking of getting a "real" camera sometime this year and I need to know what to get.  I am NOT a photographer-type person.  I don't want to have to read an encyclopedia in order to use a camera, and I'm too lazy to have to manually focus a shot.  Sooooooo... any suggestions?  Please leave a comment or email me at my address in my sidebar.

So.  What do you think of Maggie?

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Kenny K's Krash Kittenz Kontest

I am loving the Kenny K's digi images, and he is having a contest for his latest line... so you know I HAD to give it a shot :)  You can find out how to enter by going to Bearly Mine Crafts!  

Here is a shot of the new image line:

And here are my names for the babes:

A.  Flaming Fiona

B.  Biker Babe Brenn

C.  Krash Over Drive

D.  Wrangler Reba

E.  Finish Line Frannie

F.  Puckered Up Buttercup

G.  Six-Gun Sally

H.  Leggy Layla

I.  Rhonda Rider

J.  Laced Up Lucy

K.  Little Miss Bo Dacious

L.  Maggie Mayhem

Fun stuff... even though it's not Halloweenie :)

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HDH051 - Netherworld Nymphs

HDH Macabre Monday Rules:
1. Create a dark and macabre SOMETHING (card, scrap page, altered item, whatever) that follows the specific Macabre Monday challenge given. Cutesy is fine, but creepy is better :)
2. You have until the following Sunday night @ 5pm central time to post your creation and please leave a direct-link back here.
3. If you upload to any online galleries (TACPCC, S&S, PCP, SCS, etc.), please tag the title using HDH051.
4. Weekly giveaways!  Some weeks will be loaded with loot, others not-so-much... but the thrill is in the win, right?!  Some prizes shall be by random drawing, others hand picked... and I'm not telling you ahead of time :)
5. I'll be selecting a weekly Gruesome Twosome (my top two favorite creations) from all the players. At the end of every month these will be compiled and a Master of Macabre will be selected and will receive a little giftie from me... this could be stamp sets, handmade items, papers, halloweenie embellishments... you just never know.

Ok, my little pretties... your challenge this week:

Netherworld Nymphs

 You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween page, project or card using images of feminine nature spirits from the darkside.  Goddesses, sprites, mermaids, pixies, fairies or fay... as long as they look slightly sinister ;)

I'll have my challenge card for you later this week, Lynx is on vacay,  BUT some of the other Macabre Minions have some wonderful eye candy-corn for you today!!!  Check it:

Chaotic Creepy Glowbugg:

 Definitely pickin' up the nymph vibe here... not to mention, Netherworld :)  Fabulous work, Creepy Glo!


Creepy Cricut Cween Donna:

I just love purple... and pairing it with this lovely sad fairy is perfect!  Beautiful, Donna!


Digital Demon-ess Susan:

LOL!  Love this sentiment and all of that teal... mmmmmm.  She's definitely a bit sassy, which works great around here :)  Great job, Susan!
 
Be sure to go check out the Minions' blogs for more details on these nymphs from the Netherworld!
Now... are you up for the challenge?!

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Kenny K Challenge #4 - Alice Chains

**If you are here for the for the Simply Betty Stamps Victorian Beauties Bloghop, please scroll down to the next post.  Thanks!

Ok, I'm seriously diggin' the latest Kenny K digi's, Gothik Angelz... this line TOTALLY fits in around this blog :)  And I have finally managed to squeeze in a card for one of the KK challenges... bonus!

This is Alice Chains... what do you think is goin' on in her mind?  Me thinks this would make a fun Valentine's Day or Anniversary card... I'm sure the hubbs would like it ;)

A lot of fun to color, but MAN the skirting took awhile, whew.  LOVE how her eyeshadow & bodice turned out!  Please click on photos to enlarge.

Digi:  Alice Chains (Kenny K)
Rubber Stamps:  Background Soup, Spunky Sprite Boys (both TAC)

Paper:  Bazzill & Neenah cardstocks

Ink:  Charcoal Palette, Onyx VersaFine

Other:  Tim Holtz edge die, Scor-Bug, Stardust silver glitter pen, black tulle, garter clasp
Copics:  0, BV20, BV23, C3, C5, E000, E00, E02, E11, R02, V93, V95, V99

I FINALLY got to use this garter clasp that has been in my findings bin forever!  Very fitting for this image me thinks :)

I can't wait to color up a few of the other KK images I purchased... I'm thinking Devastatia or Lady Raven will be up next ;)

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