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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Day 1: "The Other Side of A Broken Heart" Luminarie & Card - Bloody Valentine Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone!
What would Smeared and Smudged be without an event to celebrate Valentines Day - OUR WAY! Welcome to Day 1 of our annual three day long  
 BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP 2015!

"The Other Side of a Broken Heart"
  We have 16 stampers participating this year and you arrived here from Teresa's blog!  If you just popped by my blog first today and would like to hop from the beginning or get lost along the way then you can find the entire blog hop roll below my project and over there in my right sidebar!

Candle luminary
Today I'm sharing a candle luminary with a matching card that would be the perfect inspirational gift for someone suffering from a broken heart!

Featuring Smeared Ink's Other Side of Fear digi stamps available in the SI store as both a set and as individual images!  The Winged Heart is from SI's Heart Wings rubber set.

Please click on the photos below to enlarge them for a better look!

Candle luminary
 I designed the panels for the luminary and the matching double-sided card in Photoshop CS6 and printed them out on medium weight paper to give the luminary the look of parchment when the flameless candle is lit.  The panels were assembled into a square and adhered together with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive and then all the seams hidden under Tim Holtz Idea-ology "measuring tape" paper tape.  I applied Black Soot Distress Ink to edges of all the luminary panels and the card panel before adhering the double-sided card panel to black cardstock.  I scored and folded the card in half, added the same paper tape to the card spine and completed the design with 3 self-adhesive pearls I coloured black with my Copic marker.

the matching double-sided card
Thanks for hopping with me today :0)
Your next stop on the hop is Fiona!  See you again tomorrow for Day 2 of


Black Dragon
Julia
Monique
Jessica
Nan B
Jane
Susan S
Susan R
Lisa
Teresa
Leigh - U R HERE!
Fiona
Rebecca
Lady Brayton
Sharon
Kristy

Happy Stamping!
 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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17 comments:

  1. Ooooh - breathtakingly GORGEOUS - that is just stunning :-D

    Hugz
    IKE xx

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  2. I'm with Ike! AMAZING! What a fabulous idea! xxD

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  3. Leigh this is absolutely amazing and brilliant!! Love the sentiments the card the panels....love, love, love it!!

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  4. LOVE this Leigh! You are so brilliant and creative. Love the imagery and everything!~kim

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  5. OH WOW!!!! This is just badass..................Absolutely Love it. :) xx

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  6. Wow. when I saw this posted on face book I wanted to tell you wow! wonderful art work.
    hugs

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  7. Wow stunning creations for the Bloody Valentine Hop!

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  8. Leigh,
    Uber great project! Great images, I just love liminaries! Love your art work!
    Peace,
    Kristy

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  9. What a beautiful gift set and wonderful sentiment. It's a genius idea to make a luminaire as well, so the recipient can spend time staring at it and being inspired by the message :)

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  10. Fabulous Leigh, must be quite the centre piece in your lounge at home. LOL Love it x

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  11. Perfect for the Bordello that has everything!

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  12. Fantabulous make! Such a cool idea and awesome execution! LOVE this!

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Happy Stamping!
Leigh S-B