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

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 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

"Beating Hearts" ATC Challenge with Smudgy Antics!

Hello Friends!
As the Spotlight Guest Designer for February over at the Smeared and Smudged Forum I also get to create for their Smudgy Antics Challenges :0)  Starting tomorrow its an ATC challenged called Beating Hearts and here's mine featuring stamps from Smeared Ink's Heart Wings set for your inspiration!  FYI, Smeared Ink now has a Rubber Club so pop over and join to get your hands on some of their classic digi images made into rubber as well as completely new images that will never be added to their digi line!

I base coloured a white ATC card with Fired Brick Distress Stain.  Then puddled some Black Soot Distress Stain onto a craft sheet and pressed the ATC down onto it to create the dark blood splats.  Then stamped the words in White Cloud VersaMagic ink.  I tattered the edges of the ATC with Tim's Paper Distresser Tool and applied Black Soot Distress Ink to the whole ATC with a foam ink applicator.  I stamped the broken heart image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink onto a scrap piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and coloured it with the following markers:  Copics R39, R46 and Fired Brick Distress Marker and added crack lines with a white gel pen.  I fussy cut out the image and coated the entire piece with Judikins Diamond Glaze.  I attached a glass heart to the ATC with black thread then adhered the ATC to a scrap piece of black cardstock with dimensional glue dots and used my Perfect Layers #2 tool to cut the 1/8" border.   Then used a blunt pair of Kraft Edgers scissors to cut a ragged 'picket fence' border that I decided looks more like grave stones but ended up looking more like a postage stamp border...damn!  I completed the ATC by adhering the broken heart with a dab of silicone glue to give it even more dimension and added tiny black faceted gems to each corner.
 

 Also starting tomorrow is a 3 day extravaganza into the macabre!
I'm taking part in the Smeared and Smudged Bloody Valentine blog hop from Feb 11 until Feb 13.
My Beating Hearts ATC is actually going to be part of the cover of the 3 page Bloody Valentine book I'm making so check back tomorrow to see page one and then do the creepy blog hop if you dare ;0)

I've also got a call out for Romantic Players for my DominoART Blog's Romancing the DominoART event which starts Feb 14th!  Check out all the details here and show us your romantic side DominoART style and join the fun!

Now for a challenge or two...
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

Steamy Alice in Wonderland Valentine - Gate-fold card

Hello Friends!
 It's my turn to post over on the Third Coast Creative Coterie blog and today I'm sharing a Valentine gate-fold card with a Steampunk Alice in Wonderland theme.

update: this one received an Honourable Mention at

I always have so much fun when I can combine Steampunk with Alice in Wonderland and Third Coast Rubber Stamps' Steamy Alice KG-060-Q is definitely one of my favourite stamp images.  I also used Third Coast's Be My Valentine WS-102-C, Heart Rose CK-152-I and the seriously cool winged Steampunk heart rubber stamp from Smeared Ink.

"Through the Looking Glass" a Wicked Valentine Gate-fold Card

Howzit Everyone!

Today I'm sharing an Alice in Wonderland themed gate-fold card.   I'm honoured to be the Spotlight Guest Designer for February over at the Smeared and Smudged forum and I'm having a ball creating with Smeared Ink's edgy AIW digi images!  The sexy Queen of Hearts featured on the front would make this one a quirky Valentine if you so desired ;0)  Check out my Mad Hatter's Top Hat project too if you missed it!

"Mad Hatter's Top Hat" Spotlight Guest Designer over at Smeared and Smudged!

Hello Everyone!

I'm super excited to be February's Spotlight Guest Designer over at the Smeared and Smudged forum!  What an honour to be invited, Woohoo :0)  As their featured artist I also get to host February's GDT Challenge!  Of course I could not resist doing an Alice in Wonderland theme and here's my creation for the challenge ;0)  Everyone is welcome to join the forum and take part in the challenge so I hope to see you all there!  Here's the links if you'd like to go and check everything out!

Spotlight Guest Designer

The Challenger