Day 12 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Merry Creepmas and welcome back for Day 12 and the finale of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

What a fabulous hop it has been!  Thank you everyone for playing and hopping with me again this year!  I've had a blast seeing all your freaktastic Creepmas creations and I'm pleased you've all enjoyed seeing the pages of my chunky altered book each day :0)  Today is also the last Smeared Ink Day of 2014 so here's the back cover and then I thought you'd like to see my finished book in it's entirety too!

On the 12th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
12 Skellie Drummers Drumming

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen 3D Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive
• Mint green self-adhesive pearls

Now for the whole story and a closer look at my finished book!

On the 1st day of Creepmas

my true love gave to me

A Skellie Partridge in a Scare Tree

2 Skellie Turtle Doves

3 Skellie French Hens

4 Skellie Calling Birds

5 Bloody Nooses

6 Skellie Geese a-Laying

7 Skellie Swans a-Swimming

8 Skellie Maids a-Milking

9 Skellie Ladies Dancing

10 Skellie Lords a-Leaping

11 Skellie Pipers Piping

12 Skellie Drummers Drumming

 
In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  Your next stop is Lisa! 

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to you all!
See you again in 2015 for a fun filled Smeared Ink New Year!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

Day 11 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 11 of our freaky fab

12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

Second to last day already, so sad but so happy coz that means Santa will soon be here, I sure hope it's Santa and not Sandy Claws ;0)  Here's my page for today...

On the 11th day of Creepmas

my true love gave to me

11 Skellie Pipers Piping

Pipe playing, another rather difficult thing to accomplish as a skellie I'm sure ;0)

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen 3D Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  Your next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Tuesday Dec 23rd for our Creepmas finale!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

Day 10 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 10 of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

Only 2 more Creepmas days left already, WOW, our hop has flown by!  Here's my 10th page...

On the 10th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
10 Skellie Lords a-Leaping

he's doing quite the festive jig isn't he ;0)

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  Your next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Sunday Dec 21st for Day 11 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

Day 9 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 9 of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

Only 3 days left until Creepmas, what fun we are all having on our freaktastic hop!
I'm on my holidays now, I'll still be checking in when I can but if my blog posts stop working shoot me a Facebook pm please, THX ;0)  Smeared Ink Day again today & here's my page...

On the 9th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
9 Skellie Ladies Dancing

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

 In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  Your next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Friday Dec 19th for Day 10 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

Day 8 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 8 of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

Creepmas is creeping closer!
Thank you for all the wonderful comments you've left me so far, I truly appreciate them all!  Now for today's page from altered chunky kiddies book!

On the 8th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
8 Skellie Maids a-Milking

buckets of blood? what in the world has she been milking...never mind, I'd rather not know!

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen 3D Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

click for a closer peek if you dare!

In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  Your next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Wednesday Dec 17th for Day 9 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

Day 7 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 7 of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

Today is Smeared Ink Day again and if you don't know by now that means Smeared Ink challenged us to only use SI images on our creation today!  I'm using
Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis

On the 7th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
7 Skellie Swans a-Swimming

I can quite imagine swimming might be a tad difficult when you're a skellie!

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen 3D Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

click for a better look

 In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  Your next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Monday Dec 15th for Day 8 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

Day 6 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 6 of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

We are now half way through our hop!  So many freaktastic Creepmas creations have been shared so far and there's plenty more where they came from ;0)

Thank you for hopping with me and leaving me so much love!  Now for today's page...

On the 6th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
6 Skellie Geese A-laying!

Skellie Geese apparently lay human skulls with glowing red eyes..who knew! Eeeeek!

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen 3D Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

click for a closer look at those skulls!

 In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  Your next stop is Lisa! 

I've entered my 12 Days of Creepmas altered book in the #1 "grand re-opening" challenge at the Smudgy Antics challenge blog!

See you again on Saturday Dec 13th for Day 7 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

Day 5 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 5 of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

On the 5th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
5 Bloody Nooses

Thank you for all the compliments I'm getting on my backgrounds I created for each page so I thought I'd tell you a bit more about it ;0)
I used Cuttlebug's Gear Box narrow embossing folder and placed the areas I wanted to emboss into the folder and hand pressed with my fingers.  I simply applied more pressure in some areas more than others to control the amount of embossing to achieve some variation.  I then applied Fired Brick Distress Ink with a sponge applicator to bring out the embossing and added more ink on the deeper embossed areas for even more variation.  This was all done after I coloured the image with Copics.  Black Soot Distress ink was applied to the distressed edges and then I randomly spritzed with pearl white Smooch spray and because Distress Ink is water based I got a sparkly Steampunk-esque background and a cool bleeding effect at the same time!
 

click to enlarge

Other supplies used

• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Neenah cardstock
• Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen 3D Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

See you again on Thursday Dec 11th for
Day 6 of 12 Days of Creepmas!  

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges * About Art Accents

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Day 4 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 4 of our freaky fab
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

What a fabulous hop it's been so far with lots of wonderful Creepmas creations to feast our eyes upon!  Thank you for all the wonderful comments you left me so far, I truly appreciate them all!
Short post again for you today which is also Smeared Ink Day which means SI challenged us all to only use their images today...no prob, I'm using SI for the whole hop ;0)

On the 4th day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
4 Skellie Calling Birds

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

click to enlarge

 In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  You're next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Tuesday Dec 9th for Day 5 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

 Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

Altered Eclectics DT announcement :0)

Hello Everyone!
I'm thrilled to announce that I have joined the Altered Eclectics design team!  SQUEE :0)
My 12 Days of Christmas domino garland was my first project share over on their challenge blog!

If you're not familiar with Altered Eclectics then here's the scoop!
We run monthly challenges that start on the first of each month and it's for altered art only and the theme is always ANYTHING GOES!

The current challenge is the final one for 2014 and is the exception to the time frame coz it runs until February 1st 2015 so you've got plenty of time to come and play with us over the holidays ;0)

Here's my 12 Days of Christmas domino garland project if you missed seeing it during my DominoART's 12 Days of Christmas blog hop on Dec 1st!

See you tomorrow for Day 4 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

Day 3 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 3 of our freaky fabulous
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

Thanks for all the wonderful comments you left me so far, I truly appreciate them all and please feel free to ask me any questions ;0)  Shorter post for you today...

On the 3rd day of Creepmas
my true love gave to me
3 Skellie French Hens

In case you're wondering how small my mini chunky altered book is here are the dimensions!

2 5/8ths square x started out 1 1/4" wide but finished it's now 2" wide coz of the dimensional elements of each page.  I created page 3 the same as the other 2 and used the following supplies:

• Recycled metallic gold Christmas gift wrap from my stash
• Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas by Ike digis
• Image edited in Photoshop CS6
• Printed it out on Neenah cardstock
• Coloured it with Copic markers
• Cuttlebug Gear Box embossing folder
• Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks 
• Tim's Paper Distresser tool
• White pearl Smooch spritz spray
• Inkssentials Matte Accents
• Viva Pearl Pen Magic Transparent White
• Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

click to enlarge

In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  You're next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Sunday Dec 7th for Day 4 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

 Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

Happy Birthday Mom ;0)

Hello Everyone!
I'd like to wish my Mom, Val S, a very Happy Birthday for Dec 3rd and share the card I made for her :0)

 The stamp I used is by Stampourri! Inc
Stamped on Neenah cardstock with black Memento Ink and coloured with Copics.
I fussy cut the image and layered it onto black cardstock and fussy cut that out too.
Adhered the DP to a white blank folded card and corner punched the top and bottom right corners with a Marvy corner punch. 
The image was then adhered to the front with black pop dots.
I used a hand held punch to make the ribbon holes and added the sheer purple ribbon.
The inside of the card and the matching envelope were both stamped with the same image in a light pink Memento ink and finished off by embellishing the front with black self-adhesive pearls.

See you tomorrow for Day 3 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

Day 2 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Welcome back for Day 2 of our freaky fabulous
12 Days of Creepmas blog hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!

Day 1 on Monday featured lots of festively scarey creations, what a clawesome start to the hop!  Thank you for all the wonderful comments you left me, I'm thrilled you like the start to my mini chunky altered book :0)  Today is Smeared Ink Day which means Smeared Ink challenged us to only use their imagery!  So here's my page 2 using Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas.  I'm actually using the entire set to create my book!

Two Skellie Doves

Just like the front and back of my book, I've also covered the pages with the same gold Christmas gift wrap from my recycle stash, you can see more of the snowflake design on this page.  I also applied Brushed Pewter Distress Stain to all the edges of the book too.  I shrunk down the image in Photoshop CS6 and printed it out on Neenah cardstock and coloured it with Copic markers.  For a bit of a Steampunk flair I hand pressed the image inside a Cuttlebug cogs and gears embossing folder and applied Distress Ink Fired Brick to the background.  I roughed up the edges with Tim's Paper Distresser tool and applied Black Soot Distress Ink to the edges.  For a touch of sparkle I sprayed it with pearl Smooch spritz spray and then added Inkssentials Matte Accents to the skellie doves and some Viva Pearl Pen Magic Transparent White to give the red 'berry' areas and the number "2" some dimension too.  The image is adhered to the page with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive.  Don't you think the birds look like they're made out of a weird transparent gellatin...it's creepy and I love it bwahahahahaha ;0)

click for a closer look

In case you get lost along the way or visited me first and would like to hop from the beginning then the blog roll is up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side!  You're next stop is Lisa! 

See you again on Friday Dec 5th for Day 3 of 12 Days of Creepmas!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

Day 1 of 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop with Smeared and Smudged!

Happy December 1st Everyone and welcome to
Day 1 of our 12 Days of Creepmas Blog Hop with Smeared and Smudged!

Before I share my Day 1 project I want to let you know that I'm also hosting a one day mini blog hop today over on my DominoART blog too, there's just 3 blogs to visit there so I hope you'll stop by for a visit and enjoy some Christmas creations that won't scare you half to death LOL ;0)

 Now back to Creepmas....I'm a Jolly Blogger again this year and we've got lots of dark and twisty Creepmas creations to share with you!  The blog roll is below today's post as well as up in my sidebar over there on the right hand side in case you get lost along the way!  All the Jolly Bloggers are in the running for a grand prize and YOU can be in the running too by hopping and commenting on each blog every single day as a Merry Hopper!  There's more info about how to win the prize below my project ;0)

12 Days of Creepmas
Skellie Partridge in a Pear Tree

For Day 1 I'm sharing the cover of a mini chunky altered kiddies book.  The book has 6 pages including the covers totaling 12 sides, couldn't have got any more perfect for what I wanted to make ;0)  I'll be sharing a page every 2nd day and the blog hop ends on Dec 23rd.

I'm using Smeared Ink's 12 Days of Creepmas digi images which I think have been discontinued coz I couldn't find it on their website I'm afraid.

Here's the Partridge in a Pear Tree decorating the cover of my book which I started out by sanding and then covering the outside with gold Christmas gift wrap from my recycle stash.  I shrunk down the image in Photoshop CS6 and printed it out on Neenah cardstock and coloured with Copic markers.  For a bit of a Steampunk flair I hand pressed the image inside a Cuttlebug cogs and gears embossing folder and applied Distress Ink Fired Brick to the background.  I roughed up the edges with Tim's Paper Distresser tool and applied Black Soot Distress Ink to the edges.  I spritzed the entire panel with pearl Smooch spray for a touch of sparkle and then added Inkssentials Matte Accents to both the skellie bird and the pear plus some Viva Pearl Pen Magic Transparent White to give the red 'berry' areas some dimension too.  I adhered gold ribbon to the covers and then adhered the image and finished it off with green self-adhesive pearls, Christmas greenery and metal cogs and gears.  I also added the title of my book to the spine which I made with my Dymo Buddy label maker.

12 Days of Creepmas Merry Hopper

What You Have To Do: Hop through each of the 12 Days Blogs that are participating and leave a comment on each project.

The Rules: You must leave a comment on EACH participating blog every scheduled day to qualify for the prize drawing. Your comment should be about the project or something related (ie-no "Here's my comment for today" or "I'm here!"...these types of comments won't count!) and cannot be a copy/paste comment. If you miss a day or a blog, you will still qualify to receive a survival button, but will not qualify for the prize drawing.

Grand Prize Drawing

At the end of the 12 days, we will be drawing for an awesome shopping spree from Smeared Ink!

 

Don't forget to stop by my DominoART 12 Days of Christmas mini blog hop today too ;0)
See you again on Wednesday Dec 3rd for Day 2 of 12 Days of Creepmas!  You're next stop is Lisa!

Terra- Hop Hostess
Black Dragon
Maureen
Teresa
Julia
Sue The Nanny
Jane
Susan
Nan
Shell
Kim
Monique
Airless Chambers
Keren
Sarah
Leigh - U R HERE!
Lisa
Lady Brayton

 Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectics Challenge blog * About Art Accents