DragonDreams TAG IT ON Challenge

The Theme this week for

 TAG IT ON

 is

"Willow Pattern Story"

Here is my entry:

 I loved this challenge and the story was so sweet. 

 I  would like to make a mini-book about this theme! 

I will post the story as soon as I turn my entry in

so that you can read it and understand

what our theme was all about!

The Willow Pattern Story

The Willow Pattern represents
a beautiful love story....


....In ancient China a powerful nobleman lived
in a palace with his beautiful daughter.
The Palace was surrounded by gardens
with fruit trees & a lovely willow.
But the daughter fell in love with her father's
humble clerk, against her father's wishes.
The clerk was dismissed & they were forbidden to
see each other.  A zig-zag fence was built around
 the gardens so that the poor clerk could not enter.
However the two lovers fled & escaped
across a bridge, with her father chasing them.
The lovers traveled to a distant land but the
 nobleman sent his men to kill them.
When the Gods saw what was happening,
they transformed the couple
 into a pair of lovebirds....

Thanks for looking at my art work

and have a pleasent evening!

Here is the link back to DragonsDream TIO Challenge:
http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.com/

***Credits***
The teal background on the tag
 is from Gary's free images at :
http://artefacts-antiqueimages.blogspot.com/

The Japanese images are from Julia's free images at:
http://cemerony-share.blogspot.com/

Macabre Monday Challenge

The Theme for

 Macabre Monday Challenge

 is

"Oh You Devil" 

Here is My Entry:

"Oh YOU...  Sweet Little Gothic Devil"

 Thank you for looking at my

 "Spooky"Entry

and have a really "Spooky" evening!

Darkness Inspiration Challenge

The Theme for this Challenge is

"Scary Clowns"!

I made this a 3-dimensional piece of art! 

I'm afraid my pictures do not

 do this project much justice!

The front of the piece has a canopy
that stretches out about two inches
from the images on the inside of the image!

Maybe a better view of the canopy!

CLOSE  UP!

"Little Anne" just had to have her

picture taken with the clowns!

I wanted to build a small

stage to attach to the

 bottom of the  piece to

support it's edges

 and give viewers a better

 look at the unique features

of the clown images

 but...

 I simply ran out of time!!!

  Oh well, another day, perhaps?

I couldn't leave out this beauty! 

Dulcamara's Fierce Feline!
Mr. Pied Piper

Thank you for looking at my entry
 and please have a great day!

Hello to all Smeared and Smudged Members!

We are having  our 1st Annual Blog Hop!!

Visit Smeared and Smudged

Isn't this so much fun!

I am having a great day today!

Thank you for stopping by

and visiting my blog !

I hope you like my art work and

I am looking forward to visiting your blogs

to see all the great pieces of art you've created!

A "Special Thank You"

goes out to Terra, our Host,
for organizing this super event !

I am so glad that I joined this group!

YOU guys made me feel

so welcome and comfortable!

I am looking forward to all of the

art tutorials and challenges that

we will be doing in the future!

Have a great day!

***VISITORS***

I am so glad that you

stopped by today to visit my blog

because you will get the chance to

learn about this fanastic

new group I just joined!

If you especially love

creating art with stamps,

then this is the group for you!!

We create Alternative art,

Gothic art, and Vintage art

but with one condition...

a stamped image must be

placed somewhere on the project!

Here is my PROJECT that I created

just for this "SPECIAL BLOG HOP"

for everyone to see!

I first found out about this group

from one of my dear friends,

Lyn at Blackdragon's Crafts!

I knew I didn't want to miss out on

all of the fun and immediately posted to join!

There are so many interesting sub-groups to join

to spark our imagination with new ideas

for creating mixed media and altered art!

There are also challenges and contests to enter,

which is my all time favorite thing to do!

 I love art challenges!

Especially their challenges--very cool!!

They also offer classess and tutorials

on the latest art trends and ink /stamp/ projects.

What I liked the most about the group

was the warm welcome from the other members

and the willingness to share ideas and knowledge

about techniques that some of us newbies

may not know about or had much experience with!

If you want to begin a journey on the

Path of Fulfillment as a successful artist,

 you join in with the others that

are going down the same path.

Your life will become enriched by the

 encouragment and inspiration you

 will receive from your fellow artists!

As they begin share their

 different perspectives

and feelings about their own art,

you will feel the urge to delve deeply

 in your own soul to explore your talent

and examine your own true convictions

 about what makes your art

 such a big part of who you are!

Go back to when you felt that first

  "LITTLE NUDGE" to pick up a paint brush,

 paint, ink, glue, scissors, paper, etc.,
to create what you soon learned

that you couldn't live without!

That's why joining a group is so important!!

Everyone has one thing in common

--it's huge--

We love to create

&

We create what we love!

No Holds Barred!

Here is a list of the MEMBERS of

Smeared and Smudged

that are participating in the Blog Hop!

Meredith http://www.papercanteen.com/

Kathi http://kathstales.blogspot.com/

Kim http://www.offthewallcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Alex http://paperandstring.blogspot.com/

Kelli http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/

Monica http://www.giddygreetings.com/

Alison http://www.alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/

Amberlee http://supermomscrappin.blogspot.com/

Steph http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Michelle http://mylifemydreamsmyscrapping.blogspot.com/

Kas http://www.artloveschaos.blogspot.com/

Keely http://www.keelyy.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://ldfdesign.blogspot.com/

Lyn http://lynsblogger.blgospot.com

Lynda http://cre8tiveme.blogspot.com/

Sarah http://www.sarahscrazycreations.blogspot.com/

Jean http://daretobedifferentchallenges.blogspot.com/

Terra http://moresmearedink.blogspot.com/

Just click on the blog address

and go visit these talented ladies

to see all of their wonderful

art work and their amazing blog sites!!

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If you'd like to join our

"happy art smearing ink smudging "group,

just click the Smeared And Smudged blog button

at the top of the post and it will take

you to the home group where you can sign up !