SKELLIE-FEST altered container for Lost Coast Designs!

Happy Monday the 13th!
Today is my turn to share some Lost Coast Designs DT inspiration over on our Lost Coaster's Review DT blog.  My post is a mini tutorial on how I made my Skull Appreciation Day skellie altered container which was also my Day 1 project for our 2nd annual SKELLIE-FEST event over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!  Today is the finale but you've still got chance to win our $20 spending spree at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!  Just enter your skeleton themed projects in the linky party by midnight PST!  You can use any company stamps but you can double your chances if you use Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps, click HERE for all the details!

 I used my fave two Lost Coast Designs skellie stamps on this project:
Skeleton and Roses, Skull Flourish plus the Long Swirl flourish stamp was used to create a subtle background.  For more info on how I created my container please pop over to Lost Coaster's Review for my tutorial.

I found this unfinished wooden container in the craft section at Target and just loved the triangular sides.  The skull feet are from a Halloween decoration, they finished it off nicely don't you think.  I love how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by today to see my project and don't forget to enter your skeleton themed projects in our SKELLIE-FEST event by midnight PST tonight!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Rick St Dennis EDT * Dark Attic Challenges *

Week 2 of Skellie-Fest over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

Hello Friends!

We're now entering Week 2 of our 1st Skellie-Fest over at our new event and challenge blog
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity

"Skellie-Fest" is for our fans who enjoy creating with skeletons of all kinds!
We have 29 skeleton and Day of the Dead themed rubber stamps at Lost Coast Designs alone with even more available at Carmen's Veranda so we have a wide variety to appeal to your every taste and style!

"Skellie-Fest" is also part of our "New Blog Grand Opening Celebrations" and you can enter the same projects in all our current events and challenges to increase your chances of winning a prize!  To qualify please follow the rules for each event and challenge!

• Play in our grand opening "New Stamp Release" event - use ANY LCD or CV stamps!
• Play in our June Challenge #13 - NUMBERS! 

Add your Skellie projects to the link up on the Week 1 post by June 18th at 11:55 pm PST and win a

$20 shopping spree at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Today I'm sharing my Skellie Puzzle Card embellished with an altered jigsaw puzzle piece!

 Featuring Lost Coast Designs stamps

 Skeleton and Roses and Long Swirl Flourish

 Stop by the Week 1 post for more fabulous Skellie inspiration!

I look forward to seeing your skellie projects and don't forget you do need to use either LCD or CV rubber stamps to quality for the prize!

Thank you for visiting me today!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop with Smeared and Smudged!

Howzit Friends!
Oh it's a SAD SAD day...NOT, LOL!
Welcome to the first of my blogs playing in this year's Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop hosted by the fabulous Smeared and Smudged team!  Thanks so much for hopping with us all today!

a peek at my entire S.A.D collection

Here's the blog roll to keep you going and if you stopped by here first then start the hop at the beginning on Black Dragon's blog, you do not want to miss all the fangtastic skullie eye candy being shared today!

SKULL APPRECIATION DAY
Blog Hop

Black Dragon
Katie
Lisa
Tit Belsoeur
Anna
Sue
Nan
Dream In Darkness
Harp
Maureen
Ike
Monique
Fiona
Teresa
Leigh S-B - U R HERE!
DominoART
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity
Julia
Susan R.

 Here's my 1st Smeared and Smudged DT project for today!  I've got another one on my DominoART blog plus 3 more on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity blog which just happen to be your are next 2 stops today!

I used Smeared Ink's rubber stamps on this one.  I decided to pull out my stash of marble background papers created with the shaving cream technique and artists inks in shades of red and grey, I also added Vanilla Smooch Spritz to the marble paper to give it a magical shimmer.  I stamped the skellie for the focal point onto the marble paper with black Memento Ink, trimmed and layered it onto black cardstock and cut the border with my favourite Perfect Layers tools by Perfect Paper Crafting (use my special code LBrunton to get 10% off your entire order).  The large ink splatter background was stamped on white cardstock with Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks and then more Black Soot ink was applied with a foam ink applicator and then adhered to a black mat .  The main panel was embellished with a winged skellie charm and mounted on the background with black foam dots and then I added the self adhesive grey pearls on all 4 corners.

a closer look at the details

Here's some sneaky peeks at my 3 LCD DT projects made for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity part of the SAD hop!  Today is also the start of our 1st Skellie-Fest event that runs through to June 18th with a $20 gift certificate to spend at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
Don't forget to return after the hop and play to win!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared and Smudged - Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Forever Dark Challenges * Altered Eclectic Challenges * About Art Accents