On The Sixth Day of Halloween......

Well as you know The Burtonesque Dolls are helping out the gals from Simply Betty Challenges with the 12 Days of Halloween. Well we're halfway there and the prizes are FABULOUS - so pop over HERE to check out what's on offer and how to play along. Here's today's challenge...

On the 6th day of Halloween my ghoul love gave to me, six Jack-o-Lanterns!

Create your project making sure you use jack-o-lanterns somewhere.

I used Mo Manning's adorable Halloween image Pirate Kai - available HERE. He's sooo cute hugging his toy parrot and waiting for some goodies in his jack-o-lantern bucket. I paired him with some DP from K&Company and a sentiment from the Tickled Pink Stamps Going Batty digi set.

Hope you're enjoying this fun challenge!!!

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Twelve Days of Halloween - Day 4

If you're interested please scroll down for my Magnolia Down Under Challenges card posted earlier today!

Ooops - It's been a crazy weekend and I nearly forgot to post my card for the Fourth Day of the Twelve Days of Halloween - that wouldn't have helped anyone out would it - LOL. For all the ongoing information about the competition and prizes check out the Simply Betty Challenges blog HERE. Me and the rest of the gals from  The Burtonesque Dolls are helping out our neighbours with this one in place of our regular challenges.

On the 4th day of Halloween my ghoul love gave to me four crazy Ravens

... incorporate Ravens and this line from Vincent...

"His voice was soft and very slow As he quoted The Raven from Edgar Allen Poe: “and my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor shall be lifted? Nevermore…” "

I used a Memory Box DP and cut a raven on a fence out using my craft robo. I added some texture to the bottom of the fence with one of my Tim Holtz embossing folders. The quote was printed out using my computer and then I just distressed it a little with some ink and my thumbnail. I used the gorgeous boy from the "Sweet and Toxic" set from The Greeting Farm - I liked the fact that he has wings - it ties him in to the theme of birds and ravens!

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Twelve Days of Halloween - Day 3

With Halloween being this month The Burtonesque Dolls are joining the Simply Betty Challenges for the 12 Days Of Halloween in place of our regular weekly challenge. Due to other DT commitments I'm joining in a little late - but you can find out how it works and join in the fun over at Simply Betty Challenges HERE. Today's challenge is.....

On the 3rd day of Halloween my ghoul love gave to me - 3 Creepy Rag dolls

Create a card or project using Sally (From Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton) as the main Rag Doll! I found my image by googling colouring pages for the movie - I think Sally and Jack make a lovely couple and think this would make a really quirky engagment card for the right couple - LOL. I used a build-a-brad from SU to attach my heart charm and sentiment - I LOVE being able to customise my brads! The DP is from Martha Stewart.

Hope you can join in the fun and apologies to my followers for the late notice about it...

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #20 - Edward Scissorhands, Cutting Edge Design

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we have a fabulous sketch for you - created by our very own past Doll PaperAddict Catherine. Since the film we are channeling is Edward Scissorhands I knew exactly which image I wanted to use - Freddy Kruger Boy from Simply Betty Stamps Punky Teens collection. I used some K&Company DPs and embellishments to amp up the funky feel and make it look like Freddy was busy carving up pumpkins for Halloween. A computer generated sentiment finishes it off.

Hope you can play along with us this week - after all - everyone LOVES a good sketch don't they?!?!?!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #19 - Trick or Treating

It's coming closer to the time of year when our American friends are thinking about costumes for Trick or Treating - I went into a store while I was there and was AMAZED by the choices!!!! I very nearly bought a cute little costume for my dog Holly - didn't think the kids would be interested but thought Holly would look kinda cute all dressed up - LOL.

Our challenge this week at The Burtonesque Dolls is to create a project for Trick or Treating in Burton's neighbourhood. I used the gorgeous Evie from Tickled Pink Stamps, the sentiment is from TPS too. I combined her with a door to knock on from Darkroom Door and a Doo Hickey lantern die from Magnolia. The DP is Bayberry Cottage.

Now I've had a sneak peek of what the other Dolls have come up with for this challenge and I must say it's an honour to work with these talented gals! If you want to check out what they've done pop over to our blog HERE. So happy Trick or Treating!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #18 - School of Ghouls

This week over at The Burtonesque Dolls we are celebrating back to school for our American friends - but in true Burtonesque style it's back to the School of Ghouls for us - LOL. We have our wonderful sponsor Simply Betty Stamps on board this week too.

For my card I've used School Emo Lola from SBS along with a fabulous blackboard from Tiddly Inks. To embellish I used my Magnolia Doo Hickey lace flower die, a sentiment from Tickled Pink Stamps and a skullie available from SBS and made by the wonderful Creepy Glowbug. My DP is from 7 Gypsies.

I know the rest of the dolls will have some amazing inspiration for you too - so pop over HERE and check it out.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #16 - Willy Wonka

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we have a fabulous challenge - and one close to my heart - CHOCOLATE - LOL. The challenge is Willy Wonka! We're asking you to create a new candy box, candy bag, chocolate bar, any fun and funky new candy you would find in Willy Wonka's factory. You can even create a fun and funky candy Wrapper! The possibilities are endless here.

Now if you check out MY project you'll realise I made a bit of a boo boo. I read the brief AFTER I had finished my card : (  How could I be sooo silly and make a card when I could have done a CHOCOLATE BOX - LOL?!?!?! My only excuse is that I've been madly trying to get ahead with my DT projects as I'm heading away for a couple of weeks. Ah well - at least I made the faux chocolate bars ON the card!

I've used a fabulous Tiddly Inks image for Willy Wonka. The chocolate bar wrappers were made from a photo I found on the internet - I resized it to the size I wanted and made some chocolate to pop inside it.

Now there's a little extra incentive to enter this week - we are going to pick some new DT members from the entrants - so what are you waiting for - go check out what the rest of the Dolls have done to inspire you and then off you go to get your chocolate fix happening - LOL

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #16 - Vincent

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we have been asked to create a card based on Tim Burton's 1982 poem and short film Vincent. The premise of the story is that young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams. I decided to use Creeper Crew Jack from The Greeting Farm to portray the imaginative Vincent. I found the background pattern on the internet and thought is was twisted enough to suit my card - LOL. A quote I also found on the internet became my sentiment - and seemed appropriate as Vincent Malloy struggles with the reality of others!

If you're needing some more inspiration don't forget to check out The Doll's amazing creations at TBD blog HERE.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #15 - Favourite Burton Film

This week my card for The Burtonesque Dolls Challenge is a little less dark than my previous ones. It's your turn to make this challenge whatever you want, take a scene from your favorite Burton film and recreate it on your project. We are also being sponsored this week by Tickled Pink Stamps and the gorgeous Kellie is offering the winner 2 rubber stamps - 80s Sookie and 50s Lilith. The DT have had soo much fun working with these gals this week - be sure to stop by the blog and see what other Burton movies the Lolita's have become a part of.

I've used Sookie to help me recreate the famously beautiful scene from Edward Scissorhands where Edward makes an ice-sculpture as Kim dances in the snow. This was one of the first Tim Burton movies I ever saw and it's story has soo many facets to explore. I used parts of the last lines from the movie for my sentiment - the actual lines are - "Before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren't up there now, I don't think it would be snowing. Sometimes you can still catch me dancing in it." It just seemed perfect for this card.

Hope you decide to come along and play too!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #14 - A Victorian Burton Babe

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we are asking you to showcase one of the female characters from a Burton Movie. We are being sponsored this week by Simply Betty Stamps and the new range of Victorian Beauties. These fabulous images aren't being released until Friday, August 6th when the SBS and TBD DT's are coming together for a blog hop - we can't wait! In the meantime you get to have a sneak peek at these beauties with this challenge.

I've used the gorgeous Darcy here. I thought she reminded me a lot of Sweeney Todd's fair daughter Johanna who is brought up by Todd's arch enemy. She yearns for freedom which I've symbolised with the gate and key!

The gate was cut using my craft robo while the black cat is a laser die cut from Scrapmatts. The mesh ribbon and gold key charm are from Tickled Pink Stamps. I also used 2 new toys that I got for my birthday - my Tim Holtz brick wall embossing folder and my MFT Die-Namics rolled flower die. The DP is from the Kaisercraft Le Chateau paper pad - I've been using this one a lot lately - I LOVE browns with blues!

Don't forget to pop over the The Dollhouse and check out what the rest of the dolls have come up with to inspire you.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #13 - Big Fish

Boy is it me or is time just whizzing by at the moment??? It only seemeed like yesterday that I was announcing last week's challenge for

The Burtonesque Dolls and here we are at the next one!!! This week we have a wonderful sponsor in Smeared and Smudged and they are offering the winner this fabulous prize package from Smeared Ink.

The Dolls DT were lucky enough to be able to play with some of these for the challenge. I've used the Fortune Teller digi for my card - I used her to represent the witch from Tim Burton's Big Fish who shows the main character Edward Bloom his future - specifically the way he will die by a vision in her glass eye - it could be a said this is a glass ball like my fortune teller has - LOL! This means he can carry on through life living all sorts of adventures knowing he will be safe! It's a fanciful movie full of tall tales and fantastic characters - so these carnies from Smeared Ink fit right in!

There is some fabulous inspiration from the DT over at The Dollhouse - and there are also some stills from the movie to help you with the challenge. Hope you can come along and play!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #12 - The Nightmare Before Christmas in July

It's Tuesday so that must mean it's time for another challenge from The Burtonesque Dolls. Christmas in July seems to be a very popular theme this year. But you know us - we have to put the Burtonesque spin on it. So our challenge is The Nightmare Before Christmas in July! We're dying to see how you fuse Halloween and Christmas on this one! And this week we are being sponsored by Michelle Perkett Studios.

We were sooo excited when Michelle asked if we would like her to sponsor us - her designs are just gorgeous and soo different to many others around. Michelle was gracious enough to supply the DT with images and is offering a fab prize - the 4 Digis we worked with! Thank you so much, Michelle!!!!

If you want to see some of the most amazing inspiration for this challenge pop by the Dollhouse and check out how the rest of the DT have interpreted the challenge.

For my card I uses Michelle's Snow Goddess - available in her Etsy store HERE. She's not so snowy white here though. I found this fabulous deep red paper with a black and gold pattern and thought I'd use that as base of my card. Once I had the paper everything just fell into place and I've ended up with a Christmas card that's just a little Burtonesque with the colouring. I kept her muff and collar white and glittered them up - and she's surrounded by a halo of gold - after all she does need to be a little bit festive! I'm not sure she's Burtonesque enough - so if you know the movie you'd know Jack visits Christmas Village - maybe this gal lives there - LOL

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #11 - Ed Wood in B&W

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we are being sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps and we are asking you to go B&W - as in Tim Burton's classic "Ed Wood" - the movie which is the mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors. Kellie from TPS is offering the winner a fabulous prize too - 20s Evie and 30s Lylah could be winging their way to your house in all their rubber glory!

As you can see I went with whole movie theme with Lylah acting out the part of one of the director's friends or stars. I found some fabulous Bo Bunny DP in my stash that had lots of photography terms in so I framed them within a film strip. I also mounted Lylah on a backing paper that has a thin film strip running down the side. Although not strictly B&W I have tried to keep to the theme - a challenge is designed to inspire so I'm hoping a little rule breaking will be forgiven.

Now I just know the rest of the fabulous dolls will have some amazing inspiration for you - so pop over to the Dollhouse and check them out - and remember you have a chance of winning some Lil Lolita rubber by entering!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #10 - Burton Boys

This week's challenge at The Burtonesque Dolls is all about the boys - the Burton Boys! We are very lucky to have Stamp It Crazy sponsoring us this week. With their fabulous Gothic and Halloween stamps they are a match made in Heaven (or maybe that other place!!!) with The Burtonesque Dolls. When I saw the stamp we got to play with I immediately thought printed T-shirt and leather jacket - don't ask me why I have NO IDEA how my brain works - LOL - but what honest to goodness Burton Boy wouldn't have a leather jacket and ghoulish T-shirt!?!?!

I have a vague memory of seeing a card in blogland with a leather jacket that I thought I could use for inspiration - but try as I might I just couldn't find it - serves me right for not saving it when I found it the first time! Alas that meant I had to come up with my own version! It's a little hard to photograph but I hope you get the idea. I used a strip of crimped CS for the neckline of the T-shirt, my embossing folder and clear embossing powder for the "leather" and one of my Martha Stewart punches for the "zippers". Some silver pen "stitching" and silver brads for studs and it all came together. I do wonder if I should have put a few chest hairs peeking over the top of the T though - LOL. 

I used my SU markers in red, burgundy and black to colour the stamp - I wanted to add a little depth to this guy - isn't he too handsome -  in a skeleton kind of way - LOL

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DTs inspiration for you HERE.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #9 - A Vampire Movie Poster!

What a quirky challenge we have for you at The Burtonesque Dolls today. If Tim Burton were to write a Vampire Movie what would the movie poster look like??? Now I may have taken the challenge a little tooo literally - but I often do - LOL.  I also took the liberty of Tim Burton asking TBD to help with the directing (I know - unheard of - but it's all just a bit if fun) and Simply Betty Stamps helped with the Producing! Afterwards I realised I should have let Simply Betty Stamps be in charge of casting as we are showcasing the fabulous new digital range of Vampy Vamps being released at SBS this week. I've used the Count and Countess but there are SIX new Vampire images to choose from. You can check out what the rest of The Dolls have come up with using these guys HERE.

You also have a chance to win the entire SBS Vampire release - that's 6 quirky vamps - if you enter the challenge this week! And don't foget Betty's sale ends Wednesday, June 29, 2010, at 11:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time at Simply Betty Stamps - check out the amazing deal HERE

For my "poster" which is actually a card for someone, somewhere, sometime - LOL - I used WordArt to create my movie title - not very original but all the good ones have been used lately - LOL. I printed the whole poster off as one onto Vanilla CS - and then re-printed the 2 Vampires. I also added the bat from SBS's "My Pets" digis range. I used a CS circle to mask out a "moon" and sponged grey and yellow chalk around it for the lunar glow. Once I removed the circle I added in some details. Some trees stamped from SU's Branch Out set added some more atmosphere. I then coloured up the separate Vamps, cut them out and popped them up on some dimensionals! I just couldn't leave the whole thing tooo flat - LOL.

One of the things I love about being a Burtonesque Doll is the FUN - I would never have made this up otherwise and I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge! Hope you find some time to play along too!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #8 - Toe Tags!

Recently I found this tag album in the bargain bin at my local Scrapbook shop - and of course who can resist a bargain - it would come in handy one day - LOL. Well today is the day! This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we're asking you to create a "Toe Tag" based on the movie Beetlejuice. Think Tim Holtz styled tags - tags on your layout - tag shaped cards - tag albums etc. You can get some FABULOUS inspiration from the DT gals at TBD blog HERE.

I've used this Tiddly Inks bridal couple to represent the wedding between Beetlejuice and Lydia - and created a quirky little wedding album front.

The charm, mesh ribbon, heart doily and rhinestone flourish all came from Tickled Pink Stamps. The patterned acetate scrap was from Delicious Papercrafting.

Hope you can come along and play in the Doll House this week!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #7 - A Burtonesque Birthday with The Lil Lolitas

THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY - ANOTHER BUSY TUESDAY! PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MY SPESCH STAMPS WINTER RELEASE.

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we are lucky to be sponsored by the fabulous Kellie from Tickled Pink Stamps and her Lil Lolita range. You know these gals are near and dear to me - and wait until you see the NEW range - coming soon! But in the meantime one lucky entry this week has a chance to win rubber stamps of Lylah, Evie and Willow - wooohoooooo - what are you waiting for - go create - LOL!

Your challenge this week is to come up with a Burtonesque style birthday card. Here I've used Lil Lolita Lylah and some fabulous Magnolia DP and some cobweb ribbon - all available from Tickled Pink Stamps. Lylah has such a marvellous face - she can look all sweetness itself - or with a change of colour she can turn from sweetie to creepy.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the inspiration from the Dolls HERE.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #6 - Final Cut...And Shave

This week's challenge over at The Burtonesque Dolls is called "Final Cut...And Shave" You need to create a card/project inspired by the movie Sweeney Todd and use decorative scissors or paper distressing tools somewhere on your creation. Our sponsor this week is Simply Betty Stamps with the new range of My Kids Emo World stamps - perfect for Burtonesque and they are INSTORE now - woohooo.

I've used Miller here - and given him a Sweeney Todd hair dye job - LOL.

I used the photo from the DVD as my inspiration for the colour scheme - B&W with slashes of red. The scaredy cat and barber sign were cut using my craft robo. the DP is from My Mind's Eye and I was really lucky to find a shaving cream charm on my travels last week - I was actually looking for a scissor charm but they had sold out! Now I'm not sure who - if anyone - I'll be giving this card to but I must admit it was worth the effort just for the fun I had! It's nice to explore my dark side at times - LOL.

Don't forget to pop over to The Burtonesque Dolls Blog HERE and see what the other Dolls have done to inspire you to explore your dark side!

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Simply Betty Stamps - Rio

Since last Tuesday saw the release of the Simply Betty Stamps "My Kids Emo World" range I thought I would introduce you to another of the group. This is Rio - and I have carded her up to fit in with this week's challenge over at The Burtonesque Dolls - Sleepy Hollow - I've had soo much fun with this theme. For my background I used silver encore ink and the tree from SU's  Branch Out set. To get some depth I've double stamped the tree in places too. It looks fabulously shimmery IRL. For the moon I cut a circle out with a punch and used my copic liner pen to fill in some lunar details before adding some shading. Rio's pet bat is popped up on dimensionals and is flying down to meet her! To add to the moonlight shimmer I've used my clear spica pen on the moon and Rio's skirt.

The lace was coloured with a blend of copics to make it match my colour scheme and I used my spiderweb cuttlebug folder for some finishing detail. The sentiment is computer generated.

AND LOOK - no flowers and no designer paper - how long has it been since I did THAT - LOL.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #5 - Sleepy Hollow

Please scroll down for my Spesch Stamps Summer Images Release DT card! (This is the second of 3 posts from me today - coming soon - release day Blog Hop with Simply Betty Stamps)

Boy oh boy have the Dolls had a blast with this one - creepy forest scenes and fabulous images from this week's sponsor - Tiddly Inks. I also found some fabulous digital DPs last week from one of our TBD entrants - they are from the Gothic Bruise set by Crafty Chaos Designs. I've used the fabulous "dogs R fun" image from Tiddly Inks "Gothic Cute" range - because personally I wouldn't go into a creepy forest without at least one big mutt to keep me company - LOL. I've emphasised this with my computer generated sentiment -  has The Teddy Bear's Picnic song ever had such creepy overtones - LOL.

The trees were cut out using my craft robo - I found a fabulous clipart tree silhouette but it's branches were too thin to cut out. The good thing was I could thicken up the branches in PaintNET and then trace the new outlines before using my robo to cut in a couple of different sizes. I also made it wider and shorter than the original - it looked creepier that way! Some black stickles, a raffia bow and crescent moon charm added the final touches.

Over at The Burtonesque Dolls Blog there are some fabulous pictures from the movie to inspire you - as well as some AWESOME inspiration from the DT! Can't wait to see what you come up with for this creepy challenge!

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