Day 3 Finale: Grumpie Horde - Altered Dominoes

Happy Friday the 13th and welcome back for the 3rd and final day of Smeared Ink's 

 BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP 2015!

  

Thank you so much for hopping with me over the last 3 days and leaving me your wonderful compliments!  I've had an absolute blast and enjoyed all your dark and twisty Valentines too!  If you've already been hopping with us then you arrived here from Teresa's blog but if you'd like to start from the beginning then pop on over to Black Dragon's blog!  The blog hop roll is below my project and over there in my right sidebar!
 

UHO!  Watch out, there's a love sick Grumpie Horde creeping up on us in the dark!!!  

Eeeek RUN!
 

Wanna Balloon?

 Oh No!  One love sick grumpie has broken away from the horde and has headed over to the Smudgy Antics challenge blog where it's my turn to give you your daily dose of Smeared Ink DT inspiration!

Hopefully you'll get a better look at him when you pop on over there ;0)

Love Sick Grumpie hiding out at Smudgy Antics!

UHO!  It's chaos, yet another one has dashed off to my DominoART blog!  Looks like he's trying to entice you into joining my current DominoART challenge, the theme is HEARTS + Any Game Goes!  Pop on over and see if you can catch a glimpse of Love Hurts grumpie too ;0)
 

Love Hurts Grumpie hiding out at DominoART!

 Thankfully two grumpies have stayed behind!  Here's a better look at these two cuties!

I used super-sized white dominoes to create my balloon toting horde which feature Smeared Ink's Love Lil Grumpies rubber stamp set.  The balloons I drew myself and the text on each one is also from the Love set!

Stalker and

I used Jet Black StazOn Ink to stamp the images onto the dominoes and heat set before colouring the images with various Sharpie markers using my signature Sharpie Domino Queen technique.  I edged and coloured the sides of each domino with a black Sharpie marker.  The balloons were drawn on Neenah Solar White cardstock and the text was stamped on each balloon with Tuxedo Black Memento ink before I coloured them with Copic markers.  The balloon string is black craft wire adhered to the backs of each domino and balloon and randomly bent and twirled for a fun and quirky look.  I took photos of the altered dominoes first before applying Judikins Diamond Glaze to protect the stamped surface because it's tricky to get a good photo without the glare on the glaze.
 

Off you go on the rest of the hop and don't forget to stop by both Smudgy Antics and DominoART to see more scary cute Love Grumpies!

Have a freaky fabulous weekend and see you again for Bloody Valentine 1016!
 

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

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

Day 2: "Love me or....." Valentine Card!

Welcome back for more dark and twisty Valentines!
We're on Day 2 of Smeared Ink's three day long  
 BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP 2015!

 If you've already been hopping with us then you arrived here from Teresa's blog but if you'd like to start from the beginning then pop on over to Black Dragon's blog!  The blog hop roll is below my project and over there in my right sidebar!

Love me...or Die...Your Choice!

My share for today is a rather ominous Valentine...do you think they've got a "stalker" card section at Target?  But I don't think you'll need to dial 911 with this one, who can resist this cute lovable lil Grumpie offering his heart and a pretty rose balloon ;0)

 The background with the rose is from my stamp set I designed for Smeared Ink called Autumn's Pencil and the Lil Grumpie is from the Love Lil Grumpies stamp set.

see, you've totally got a choice, nothing to worry about!

 Both images were stamped twice onto Neenah Solar White cardstock in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, coloured with Copic markers and details and highlights added with a white gel pen.  The background was coloured with Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks applied with a foam ink applicator.  The panel edges were distressed and left raw to contrast with the black card the panel is adhered to.  The rose balloon was cut out and curved to achieve the rounded 3D effect and adhered to the background with very thick 3D glue dots...I normally use dimensional silicone glue but discovered mine had crystallized inside the tube, damn, it was only half used too!  I coloured the background around the grumpie with black and red pastel pencils and blended with a Dove Blender pen before fussing cutting him out.  I also fussy cut out just his little antenna holding the heart and adhered the ends to his head with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive, curved the antenna and adhered the heart section with a another thick 3D glue dot.  I glued the ends of the balloon string under the balloon and Grumpie's heart.  For even more dimension I applied Judikins Diamond Glaze to the balloon, Grumpie's eyes and heart.  You can see all the fun dimensional elements in the pix below.  My ominous senti was made on my old fashioned Dymo Buddy label maker..."Your Choice" is inside the card. 

all the cute little details - his eyes are purple but it doesn't show up so well

 All fun and games aside...Seriously, stalking IS a crime so stop doing it immediately!

Thanks for hopping with me today :0)
Your next stop on the hop is Fiona!  See you again tomorrow for Day 3 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

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

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

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

Day 3: Bloody Valentine Blog Hop with Smeared & Smudged!

Welcome back Everyone!
It's Day 3 and the finale of our annual Bloody Valentine Blog Hop hosted by the Smeared and Smudged forum!  Thank you so much for hopping with me and leaving me all your wonderful comments, I truly appreciate them all and I've really enjoyed stopping by to see all your amazing art over the last 3 days too!

I've been having loads of fun creating with Smeared Ink's new digi set called The Keepers and today I used the Second Keeper, here's a closer look at her.

I used another Smeared Ink's digi paper from the Poe Boy pack for the background.  Then I worked with the digi image in Photoshop CS6.  I coloured her and played with various effects and added a lot of burning, dodging and erasing, etc.  The image was layered over the background and this time I also used one of the sentiments from The Keepers set!  I did more manual manipulation, colouring and shading and repeated the fun ghost effect with the number thirteen this time for Feb 13 ;0)

I've got another project for you to see over at DominoART which is your next stop on the hop, enjoy ;0)

SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP ROLL
Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh - U R HERE!
DominoART
Airless Chambers
Ike's World @ Quoth The Raven
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara

See you again next year, Bloody Valentine 2015 will be here before we know it...eeeek :0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Day 2: Bloody Valentine Blog Hop with Smeared & Smudged!

Howzit Everyone!
Welcome to Day 2 of our annual Bloody Valentine Blog Hop hosted by the Smeared and Smudged forum!  I appreciate all the comments you left for me yesterday and I enjoyed seeing all your fabulous dark and twisty art :0)

I'm currently enjoying playing with Smeared Ink's new digi set called The Keepers and today I used the Fifth Keeper, here's a closer look at her.

I started off by combining two of Smeared Ink's digi papers from the Poe Boy pack for the background...the Raven/Skull and the Red Feathers.  The digi image was coloured in Photoshop CS6 with a lot of effects applied.  The image was layered over the background and I did more manual manipulation, colouring and shading, etc.  I repeated the fun ghost effect with the number twelve this time for Feb 12 ;0)

Thanks for stopping by!  Your next stop on the hop is my other blog, DominoART, enjoy ;0)

SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP ROLL
Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh - U R HERE!
DominoART
Airless Chambers
Ike's World @ Quoth The Raven
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara

See you again tomorrow :0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Day 1: Bloody Valentine Blog Hop with Smeared & Smudged!

Howzit Everyone!
For the next 3 days we at the Smeared and Smudged forum are getting down right dark and twisty with our annual Bloody Valentine Blog Hop!  You probably arrived here from my teamie, Fiona, if not then start your hop at the beginning...the blog roll is below!

While I've been in the middle of a MAJOR art study clean out and tidy up I've been happily designing and creating in my Photoshop CS6 and here's my first digi project for the hop which is also one of my Smeared Ink design team projects for this week.

 Smeared Ink recently released a new gorgeous digi set called The Keepers and I used the First Keeper for today's project, here's a closer look at her.

The middle image and the Bloody Valentine sentiment are also SI digis from the Bloody Valentine set.  I started off with one of Smeared Ink's digi papers from the Slasher pack for the background.  I coloured the digi images in Photoshop and erased the backgrounds, added various effects filters and a lot of manual manipulation, colouring and shading, etc and and layered them both over the background.  I also created a fun ghost effect with the number eleven, which is a significant number that keeps coming up in my family AND is also for Feb 11, of course ;0)

Thanks for stopping by, your next stop on the hop is my other blog, DominoART, enjoy ;0)

SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP ROLL
Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh - U R HERE!
DominoART
Airless Chambers
Ike's World @ Quoth The Raven
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara

See you again tomorrow :0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

S&S Bloody Valentine Book and Page Three "Burning Angel"

Hello Friends!

Welcome to Day 3 and the finale of the Smeared and Smudged "Bloody Valentine" Blog Hop!  Here's Page 3 plus a look at my finished book featuring stamps from Smeared Ink.  The inspiration for today's page is another Depeche Mode song titled "In Your Room".

 

Continuing on from yesterday's post...this ATC started out white but this time I only dabbed Fired Brick Distress Stain onto a craft sheet and pressed the ATC into it to get the bright blood splattered effect.  The image from Smeared Ink's "As Death" rubber set was stamped with Onyx Black Versafine ink and the skeletal angel was coloured with Dried Marigold Distress Marker before I applied Inkssentials Matte Accents to make him stand out.  The text was handwritten with a white gel pen.  I stamped the word 'Angel" in White Cloud VersaMagic ink around the edges of the smaller black mat.  Two Winged Hearts from Smeared Ink's Heart Wings rubber set were coloured and coated the same as the others and adhered to the page and to the back cover with a dab of Silicone dimensional glue.

 
All of the red mats and the black one on the book cover were stamped with Smeared Ink's flock of flying hearts stamp.  The backing for all the pages and the book covers were all embossed with Craftwell's 8.5 x 11" Regency embossing folder which I ran through my eBosser machine (available at Crafter's Companion).  All were distressed with Tim's Paper Distresser tool and the red ones treated with Black Soot Distress Ink.  I embellished the front and back covers with Inkssentials Black Enamel Accents and made the book title on my Dymo Buddy Label Maker. 

Here's a closer look at my finished book :0)
 

Thanks for visiting and leaving all your wonderful comments!  I hope you enjoyed seeing my dark and twisty projects ;0)  You've still got a few more blogs to visit so off you go, the Blog Roll is there on the right!

Don't forget that my DominoART Blog's Romancing the DominoART event starts Feb 14th!  I'm accepting new players throughout the event so email me your altered game piece art!  Click the banner below to check out all the details and show us your romantic side DominoART style and join the fun!

Now for a challenge or two...
Hiding in my Craft Room #84 - Super Scraps Saturday
(I used scraps for everything except the large mats)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

S&S Bloody Valentine Book - Page Two "Obsession"

Hello Friends!
Welcome to Day 2 of the Smeared and Smudged "Bloody Valentine" Blog Hop!  Here's Page 2 of my 3 page book featuring stamps from Smeared Ink.  The inspiration for today's page is the poem "The Bride of Corinth" by Goethe 1797.  FYI, I managed to get better photos of yesterday's Page 1 if you'd like to go back for another look see ;0)

I pretty much used all the same supplies I listed yesterday for Page 1 so now I'd like to tell you a bit about how I made them.  All the pages started out with an ATC sized piece of white cardstock but then I treated each one slightly differently.  The Page 1 ATC was done in the same way I described for the "Beating Hearts" ATC cover I shared on Sunday but today's ATC didn't get the blood splats added.  The image from Smeared Ink's "As Death" rubber set was stamped with Onyx Black Versafine ink and the devil girl was treated with a coat of Fired Brick Distress Marker before applying Inkssentials Matte Accents to make her stand out.  The text was handwritten with a white gel pen.  I used my Perfect Layers tools to cut all the black and red mats.  I stamped the word 'Obsession" in White Cloud VersaMagic ink along the bottom edge of the ATC and around the edges of the smaller black mat.  The edges of all the ATCs were then treated with Black Soot Distress Ink.  I stamped the Winged Heart from Smeared Ink's  Heart Wings rubber set with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink onto a scrap piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and coloured it with Copics R39, R46 and Fired Brick Distress Marker.  I fussy cut out the image and coated the entire piece with Judikins Diamond Glaze then adhered it to the page with a dab of Silicone dimensional glue.

Thanks for visiting and leaving all your wonderful comments!  See you tomorrow for Page 3 and the finished book ;0)  Now continue on your creepy hop if you dare! 
Blog Roll is there on the right!


Now for a challenge or two...
Sparkle and Glitter with Rick - #9 Hugs and Kisses
Simon Says Stamps - Have a Heart
Creepie Cute - My Creepy Valentine


Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

S&S Bloody Valentine Book - Page One "Broken Love Shattered Heart"

Hello Friends!
It's time to romance your dark side!  I'm participating in the Smeared and Smudged "Bloody Valentine" Blog Hop!  Here's page 1 of my 3 page book featuring stamps from Smeared Ink's Heart Wings rubber stamp set.  I was inspired by the lyrics from Depeche Mode's song "Lie To Me". Check out yesterday's post if you missed seeing my ATC that's going on the cover of this book :0)

I managed to get better photos today which I've added here at the top of the post!