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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Creepmas day 1

Here it is the 12 and 13 days of Creepmas, this is going to be a bit confusing, cause ther are 3 hops.  I tried to make it easy for all you hoppers by putting all 3  blog rolls in the side bar, if you get lost, go and check the side bar and you will be OK.

Starting with the 12 days of Creepmas by Smeared Ink you will find all about the rules and prize here. This hop will be every other day, next day is dec 3rd.

I made a tag using Smeared Inks North Pole digi, the back ground is embossed using a cuttle bug embossing folder, The digi is coloured with pencils and I added some glitter to give it a bit of an icy look.
 
Next is the 13 days of Creepmas by Rick St. Dennis MFA you can find all the details about freebies and prizes and rules at Rick's other blog Airless Chambers, this one is every day  for 13 days starting today.
 
This post is about Alice and 4 simple tags. Most of you know I'm a big Alice fan. What happened was that Rick asked me if I wanted a Creepmas Alice, of course I did, and within the hour I got an awesome Alice digi with a wrapped rabbit, and the message: apron, collar and cuffs white please, rest is up to you.
 
Now that was interesting, rest is up to me, never say that to me, cause why not give her a Christmas dress, so I made this:
 
Alice but not as we know her
 
 
 
When i finished the red dress, it just wasn't Alice anymore, I guess red isn't her colour.
Anyway I showed Rick and told about poor Alice doomed to wear blue for the rest of her life, he gave me some constructive criticism (make the wrapping paper look like wrapping paper!) and told me to have another go.
So I thought ok more extreme and scary after all it's Creepmas. and I coloured a curious Alice.

 
I liked it it was scary and different, and sent another pic to the boss,
again i got some constructive criticism: wrapping paper is better but never do the eyes the same colour as the dress.
Ok so another Alice then, I gave up a bit, all other coloured dresses didn't seem to work, that's why I got back to the good old Alice.

 
 
Sent a pic again to the Boss, and comment was:  now this is Alice..... and this wrapping paper looks like wrapping paper .
 
(so much for the rest is up to you, LOL). But i think it's true, the blue dress is what makes Alice,  Alice.
Still the eye thing was haunting throug my mind, what would curious Alice look like with a different colour eyes, so a few days later I decided to just try and see what happens.

 
This post is really just about the colouring, to see how the different colours would change the look of the same image, that's why I kept the tags very simple.
Question is, which Alice do you like the most, and what you think, can the poor girl wear another colour dress and still be Alice? 
 
Promise tomorrows post will be a lot shorter LOL
you can find the Creepmas Alice Digi here in Rick's Etsy
 
Enjoy the rest of the hop and please  leave all the Creepmas bloggers some nice comments, see you tomorrow
 
 
i will enter Alice in the following challenges:
http://forevernightchallenges.blogspot.se/ challenge 56 Anything goes
 
 
 
 

37 comments:

  1. Fabulous creations and I love your colouring.... don't know why you feel the need to ask for 'constructive criticism' !!! Why not just do your own thing that you are soooo good at ?!!!

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    1. Thanks for the big compliment Ike, please don't take this post to seriously. It was just trying out how different colours would work, and I had lots of fun doing that. It's nice to get an opinion sometimes, never to old to learn anyway LOL
      But i think you know me well enough to know that I always do things the way I like them, wait till you see tomorrows post and if you still had any doubts, you will be confinced:-)

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  2. Lovely tags! Their all wonderful! Great job =0)

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  3. Great tags, Monique! Love the bright North Pole sign against the new fallen snow, although I pretty muh think I'd turn back. LOL And as for Alice, My fave is the really bright middle one, although I think Rick's right about the eyes. However, they might just be picking up the colors in her fab dress! I happen to have wrapping paper in those neon colors and I ADORE her hair. Sooo festive. xx

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  4. I definitely think Alice can wear any color and still be Alice - I like all of your offerings but think the darker bg shows her off better! I know that could just be the light

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  5. Wow. Monique, this are awesome. Lovely coloring. All the tags are great.
    Hugs,
    Julia

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  6. Wow fabulous tags. Just love the different look you can achieve with the same wonderful image!

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  8. oh my gosh Monique they are all so wonderful. wow.Hi to you and love your art.
    hugs,
    susan s.

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  9. Love both Alices, they each look so different

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  10. Wow! Well colored! Love it!
    Hugs,
    Karen C

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  11. Smashing work, Monique! Wow! You have been colouring like mad! It's hard to choose a favorite, but I'm leaning towards Alice in orange on the dark background. I love her multi-colored hair and she just pops off the page! It was so cool seeing all of your different Alice tags and seeing how different the same image can look. I definitely think Alice can wear any colour she wants. Fabulous work!

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  12. fantastisch Monique, ze zijn allemaal perfect, deze Alice is zeker te gek , ze ziet er goed uit in alle kleuren
    SUPERSSSSSSSSSSSS

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  13. Oh my MO, I love your tags, the back-ground on them is awesome, love the snow flakes embossed. I love your coloring and how your decorated them. Your a master at Tag making I LOVE them all!
    Peace,
    Kristy

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  14. ohh Alice in all her glory- and that creepy North Pole tag- love them all.. alll...All the Alice's rock in my opinion!

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  15. Wow!!! Rainbow of colors. Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Hugs Nat

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  16. All of these tags are just fabulous. Alice looks great in all colors and the North pole is delightfully creepy.

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  17. This is a fabulous post-I love how it demonstrates so much and teaches so much very softly-the tags ARE all wonderful but I still love the bllue with the "holographic" wrap---great job!!!!

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  18. Im with Rick and Love the blue dress one. I love them all though and your top tag too so creepy!! Love Hazelxo

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  19. I LOVE both of the orange dress Alices. Superb coloring on all of the images, but the hair and the use of that orange pop of color are inspired!!

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  20. My previous guess is not the right one so I suppose that this is the new image! I really love how you have showcased this Alice digi with a wrapped rabbit

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  21. Wow, how industrious! Love all your tags! Your coloring is fabulous too!

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  22. OMG girl - WOW. You have owned Alice here. Love all the versions BTW and I can't see any reason why not to colour the eyes anyway you want. It happens in real life . Fabby collection of tags as always xxxx

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  23. Lovin' all your tags! The embossed background on your north pole is fab and all your Alice's are just marvelous, no matter what color.

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  24. The background on the tag of North Pole is so pretty. My favourite Alice is the orange dress with the crazy hair, after all the girl just wrapped a rabbit as a present - crazy!

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  25. Monique you do such beautiful work...I liked all of the Alice colorings...great job on the North Pole tag...love how you staged the SI image.

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  26. Hoi Monique,
    Wat een schitterende Tags heb je gemaakt met Alice. En volgens mij is dit ook de nieuwe digi!
    Vind ze ook allemaal super gekleurd, allemaal net even anders! Groetjes, Caroline

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  27. Totally fabulous tags! Love the way you outlined the snow hills in the first one! :)

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  28. Tags are awesome!! Love them.. Just the right amount of creepy

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  29. So much colouring, Monique! I love the crazy creepy Alice and the blue Alice... I don't know why the red Alice doesn't feel like Alice.. . when it feels like the crazy colour Alice does feel like her! Your colour is amazing. Fabulous!
    hugs,
    Pauline

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  30. Fantastic versions of Alice, they all look stunning! =)
    Hugs, Elenor

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  31. Such a wonderful collection of creepy tags, perfect start to Creepmas for sure! Great job!

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  32. Wonderful pole tag :) and i lve the last tag cool colours XX

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  33. Thank-you for sharing you fabulous tags with us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week :)

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