Original Sin GD spot for the Monster Madness hop. Something less creepy next post down

Original Sin

by Rick St. Dennis

May Monster Madness 2014 Another of Rick's Demons, aren't they just amazingly creepy! Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers, backgrounds made in mcs. I made this as part of the Monster Madness bloghop.

Sea Sprite with friend

 Sea Sprite 2 on Zibbet

Sea Sprite 2 on etsy

by Rick St. Dennis

This gorgeous young Sea Sprite is available in both the etsy and the zibbet store. A delight to colour and will be framed alongside Sea Sprite 1 which I will be showing in a few days. There are so many underwater images to choose from but this image is new to me so I couldn't wait to try out my new 'marine' promarkers.
We've just arrived home from paint shopping and I noticed the most beautiful tiny purple flowers peeking through nextdoors fence... if they grow on our side and they're purple or just very pretty they can stay.... Colin told me it is deadly nightshade! Oh well, they're gonna have to go! (but they are so pretty)
I would like to enter this into the following challenges
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/    filigree
http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/                    May challenge creatures
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/                         ch 73 anything goes optional metal

Morning Goddess Betty

 Morning Goddess Betty

by Rick St. Dennis

Here is another of Rick's Morning Goddesses. Printed onto neenah and coloured with promarkers. A little gloss on the coffee pot and mug. Background by mcs.
I hope you're having a good Bank Holiday, the weather has stayed lovely here, in fact it has been too hot and sunny to do any gardening. Because we had quite a lot of rain a few days ago the flowers are growing like mad... so are the weeds! The veg patch is looking good, everything is as it should be but this year Colin has fitted netting over the raspberries and a poly-tunnel over the delicate 'tasty to birds and slugs' beetroot. We haven't seen our family for a couple of weeks now, Colin gets exhausted easily after all his cancer treatment and I am just making him small meals that he doesn't always finish.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/        ch 20 Anything goes

Pollyanna

 Pollyanna

by Rick St. Dennis

 

 The Vicarage

by Rick St. Dennis

By the window

Part of Home Sweet Home collection

by make it crafty

This sweet little girl in this indoor scene is Pollyanna. It is the first time I tried to cut away the background of an image using Serif Craft Artist... with a little more practice I should be able to make it seamless. The Serif itself was so inexpensive and it works alongside other designing discs beautifully. Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers, papers and ribbon from mcs. 

DJIN

 DJIN

by Rick St. Dennis

Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. Fussy cutting completed in Serif Craft Artist. Backgrounds made in mcs.

This is for you

 This is for you

by Rick St. Dennis

He only did as he was asked... printed onto neenah, I still haven't found a paper I like better. And I use promarkers because that is all I have. I may like to try some of the new pens and pencils but until then I am happy with the ones I already have. Papers from the new range by mcs.
It is a gorgeous day today, Colin is painting his shed (man cave) and I have been weeding since about 8am but it is too hot and sunny to be out there at the moment. I may do some more after tea.

The Vicarage

 The Vicarage

by Rick St. Dennis

This beautiful Vicarage scene would look gorgeous as a background for so many images. This time I just had fun. I printed it onto neenah, colouring it with promarkers and used a paper from Alice in Wonderland... this time a set from mcs called 'A very important date'.

Morning Goddesses

 Morning Goddess and Morning Goddess Clara

by Rick St. Dennis

 

Clara

The Original Morning Goddess

Two more of the Morning Goddesses by Rick. This time I have placed them onto part two of the kitchen set from make it crafty  Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. Gloss added to the mugs, papers by mcs.
I hope you had a good weekend, we visited Lisa and the family and stopped for tea. There is something about having tea cooked for me that is so sublime, the roast chicken with all the trimmings was gorgeous! I made a rhubarb and apple crumble to take with us. The rhubarb was out of our garden-the first harvest of the year and I was quite chuffed with how it tasty it was. We are exhausted after playing with our grandchildren, they are great fun and as bouncy as kittens! I like to sit on the floor with them but as I get up they leap on me like that fella who spars with Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther films.
  

Heather Standish in Bruges

Heather Standish in Bruges
by Rick St. Dennis

One of Rick's lovely ladies, a very fashionable lady about town. Printed onto neenah and coloured with promarkers.

Mrs. Pete in Blackpool GDT trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk

Mrs Pete in Blackpool on etsy

by Rick St. Dennis

Here we have Mrs Pete on holiday in Blackpool. Always looking so smart... maybe for the Bingo, maybe for afternoon tea, wherever she goes all her accessories match perfectly.
Rick is a sponsor for   trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk  annual blog hop. There are some amazing prizes so I do hope you follow the link and visit them.
Mrs Pete has been printed onto neenah and coloured with promarkers. All the papers and fancy stuff made in mcs.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Fairy Queen Palace with Lamplighter Fairy

 Fairy Queen Palace

by Rick St. Dennis

The Lamplighter Fairy

by Rick St. Dennis

I adore this image of the Fairy Queen Palace with the little Lamplighter Fairy. Many of Rick's images can become almost a story in themselves. These two images have been a delight to colour due to the way Rick has drawn them with slight cross-hatching to show where shading could appear. Printed onto neenah coloured with promarkers, papers, lamplight etc made with mcs.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges
http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.co.uk/   April ch Spring colours
http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/  ch 32 favourite colours
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/         Not quite straight
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/  May anything goes
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/   ch 34 Anything goes
http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ ch 40 anything but a square

Lady St. John-Smythe

Lady St.John-Smythe shopping in Harrods

by Rick St. Dennis

This wonderful lady is off to meet up with her chums, shopping in Harrods then maybe a light lunch before a stroll in the park. I have printed her onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. The flowers, papers and book are made in mcs.
During our hospital visit today I hope to be able to go into the operators room next to Colin whilst he has his radiotherepy. I am trying to be with him at every stage of his treatment. I think when someone has cancer it does involve the whole family... only eight more sessions to go...

We had the normal trip to the hospital for Colin's treatment and this time I went in with him. Colin put on one of those attractive backless gowns over his trousers, put his clothes into a basket and waited to be called. When the nurse came to collect us we meandered round a maze to the treatment room where he took off his glasses and got onto the bed. His gown was lowered and then the fun started. The bed was raised to chest height and the lights dimmed. Colin laid with his arms above his head holding onto a bar and a green laser grid appeared on Colin's chest and with a nurse either side of him (and me getting in the way) Colin was moved slightly to line up his tattoos and the ink lines drawn on him until the screens read the correct position. This was all explained to me and of course I hadn't a clue what they were talking about. They took their time to get everything perfectly aligned and said we are now we going back to the 'control room' One nurse pressed a button and a loud beeping noise started. I followed the nurses but one said 'you may want to hurry a bit' ... eek!! it was like a spy film where we have to escape the baddie! So I rushed after the nurses round the maze to the control room where they said they had to secure the room because of the radiation. They have to have corners in the maze and it is made of concrete lined with lead because x-rays flow in straight lines. Then they started the treatment which was all explained to me and which of course all went over my head. The nurses both took the time to show me everything they were doing and the control panel really looked like something out of a sci-fi film. This huge machine circled Colin one way and then round the other way, I commented on the size of the machine and was told that even more of the machine was the other side of the wall to where Colin was laying. The treatment was then over and we went in to collect Colin... I was able to tell him all about what was happening whilst he was just laying there, or at least a simple version. It was all quite exciting really. Now we have the weekend off and treatment starts again on Monday.

'Steampunk' The first Rick St. Dennis Progressive challenge

Captain Jaquline Starling

by Rick St. Dennis

We have a progressive challenge in Sparkle and Glitter starting MAY 1-The first challenge will be Steampunk and you must use a Rick St Dennis DIGI image in order to enter-this challenge is in honour of Volume 5 of Just Steampunk which will heavily feature the EDT ladies projects...
All those who enter the May challenge (with an RSD image) will receive a special 'FREE' image in order to do the June Challenge and the BIG WINNER of the June Challenge will get a free image and a discount code.
I have printed Ms. Starling onto neenah and coloured her with promarkers. Frantage around the image. I bought the frame in the Range, gave it a bit of a white-wash then embellished it with cogs and Steampunk bits and pieces.  

Gandalf

 Gandalf

by Rick St. Dennis

Isn't he just magnificent! Here is Gandalf the magician in all his glory. I do like to almost complete my cards except for the sentiment then I have some ready to send out, I think this is a striking image to use for a male card. Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. The background papers are  a new mcs set which I am going to enjoy browsing through.

Sunday We have been working in the garden. I have been weeding today, right round the first mound and along the rose border, I am about half way round the patio and things are looking good in the garden. Colin has put netting up round the raspberries, and planted the tomatoes in the greenhouse. The potatoes are in the veg patch and the rhubarb is poking out the top of it's container. He hasn't been overdoing it and we sit on the swing with a cup of tea quite often. It makes a change from not being at the hospital... the treatment starts again tomorrow. Colin has been very tired due to the treatment and has awful indigestion although it isn't indigestion as I would experience... Colin says it feels like something is stuck in his throat, so he is on fairly soft food at the moment... food without corners. Just chicken casserole and mash tonight with a fruit smoothie before the meal to chill the throat.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/               ch 216 hats
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/                ch 155 for the boys
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/    ch 54 anything goes
http://open-mindedcraftingfun.blogspot.co.uk/   ch 9 Sports and activities
http://panpasteluk.blogspot.co.uk/                       ch 12 grungy  

I hope you have a good week.

Morning Goddess Edie

 Morning Goddess Edie

by Rick St. Dennis

I have been quite busy with this project. In the background (through the window) is Rick's digi  Three Chimney Cottage  then the digital path is by make it crafty called Cobblestone Path. The sprightly lady digi with the brolly is by Rick -  Euro Girl Susan (yes...it's me drawn by Rick). The wonderful Kitchen Wall digital image with the cooker, cabinets fridge, everything is by make it crafty and is part of a set, I used a digital punch to clear a space in the wallpaper for the window 'glass'. The wallpaper is made in mcs. And the gorgeous lady with the coffee is Morning Goddess Edie  by Rick just flipped to face the other way..
This was printed onto neenah and coloured with promarkers.
I had so much fun colouring all these elements and can't wait to complete the second part of the kitchen set.
I have several more Morning Goddesses to post, eventually I am going to frame each image to go in my kitchen..

Little Frost Dragons

 Frost Dragon Birthday

by Rick St. Dennis

This gorgeous little dragon is available with or without the Happy Birthday in the background. I will link up the second image as soon as I find the listing. I think these cards show how different images can look in another colour. Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. Background made in mcs.

Stepdaughter Lisa and husband Manwai with Poppy, Jasmine and Jaydn

Selfie

Making stuffing balls

Part 2

We had a lovely time Easter Friday, I really, really  love this little family I just wish my thoughts didn't turn into butterflies - I know what time to put things into the oven but when I am surrounded by little voices who all want to tell me the news and to pinch bits of chicken and cheese and I need to keep Poppy away from the oven and try to rescue the gravy from boiling over and to find Jasmine's knife (dinosaur on handle) and to make sure everyone's got a drink...bit like painting a bridge... once I finish I have to start again. And then we had races on the Wii and toddler Poppy was given a steering wheel but gave it back 'cos it didn't have buttons. Then mid race (with a steering wheel with buttons) she kept shouting I won! and pressing the buttons before Granddad was ready, then team Tinkerbell (Jasmine and me) are really looking good this season with Baby Peach as a driver. Then having Wii breaks for more drinks and Poppy finding a little bag of sweets... tiny teeth and toothbrushes!! Handing round these little sweets so the kids don't have a sugar rush then back to the race and finding a very sticky half chewed sweet toothbrush sticking to my arm so I was distracted (butterfly brain again) and we came 10th. There's nothing like a accusatory stare from a granddaughter to put you in your place! We are going to their house next week for Colin's birthday so we can just relax although Jasmine's new game is to hide behind us when we are looking for her, then when we turn she moves round so we still can't see her....note to self - must lose weight

Bitsy on the beach snapshot

Bitsy at the Beach on Zibbet

by Rick St Dennis

I am loving this image. Here is Bitsy on her holiday posing for a photo. Looks like she has caught the sun a bit. Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. I don't know if it shows up very well but I have glossy accented the swimming ring, bucket and spade. The gorgeous beach scene is called  Island Hideaway  by make it crafty, link to the company on my sidebar. Background papers made in mcs.
We have been dashing round like flies with blue bottoms today. Colin had radiotherepy this morning at 8' ish then I had a dentist appointment at 11.30 (I'm still without several teeth... he used a little blowtorch!!! eeek!!) then it was back to the hospital later this afternoon for more radiotherepy. Colin is positively glowing... but we're both pooped. I've still got housework to do and potatoes to peel for tomorrow. We're having the kids over for a roast so I won't know if I'm Arthur or Martha tomorrow. The children all help with the meal, even toddler Poppy helps by carrying in the tablemats.  It's going to be noisy and a bit messy and we are going to be so happy to have them round, as long as no-one interrupts me when I'm counting the potatoes. I think it will be a lovely photo opportunity.

Baby Dragon for Easter

Birthday Dragon

by Rick St. Dennis

Isn't this the cutest little dragon ever! printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. Background made in mcs.

I will be entering this into the following challenges

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/     243 All creatures great and small

Aurora Wings Secret Kisses

Dark Goth Mermaid with skull

by Aurora Wings (link on my sidebar)

An absolutely wonderful mermaid drawn by the amazingly talented Mitzi Sato-Wiuff. This image is hypnotic and such a pleasure to colour. I will be making this into a framed project so you'll see her on my blog later. Printed onto neenah and coloured with promarkers. Then frantage in the corners with ribbon and oyster shell. Script and papers made and colour changed in mcs.
Colin has been making smoothies. We have had banana and raspberry and banana and chocolate, and today it was blueberry and banana - it was so thick Colin balanced a couple of blueberries on the top. The smoothies are wonderful  and count towards my 5 a day, Colin has just said it should be 7 a day now... I'll look like a flippin' banana soon.

It has been a beautiful day here, not too much driving around. Just a blood pressure test for Colin, a couple more days and our road trips to the hospital start so I will be packing sandwiches and a drink.. on at least one day we have two hospital visits with several hours between appointments. I wouldn't be surprised if Colin glows after all this radiotherepy.

Garden Wedding

Garden Wedding on Etsy

by Rick St. Dennis

This beautiful image by Rick shows a young woman attending a Spring garden wedding. Hats. I love Rick's hats. He has drawn many ladies wearing the most spectacular hats... really worth a look see. Printed onto neenah, coloured with promarkers. I take these images and pens with me when I go to the hospital with my husband Colin. He now has his radiotherepy appointment list... goodness, every day except for weekends. It's going to be quite tiring for Colin having the treatment so I will get comfy in the waiting room and time will go by much quicker.I would like to enter this into the following challenges

http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/    ch12 Anything goes
 http://fairieschallenges.blogspot.be/          ch 23