Scary Fairy Blog Hop with Smeared & Smudged!

Howzit Everyone!
Today I'm thrilled to be participating in the Scary Fairy Blog Hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged!  This is the 1st Scary Fairy hop we're hosting and will hence forth be an annual event so now you've got yet another fabulous hop to look forward to every year!  Yay!

I'm sharing 2 projects today, this one and a second over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity which you can see on your next stop :0)

If you just happened to stop by my blog today and would like to start the hop from the beginning then here's the blog roll for you to follow.


Black Dragon
Dream In Darkness
Teresa
Harp
Leigh - You Are You!
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity
Katie
Susan
Kat
Moth Fae

I used Lost Coast Designs Spread your wings and fly and Tall Trees to create my scary fairy project.  I stamped the fairy image onto neenah solar white cardstock twice, 1st in flannel grey Memento ink and then again with black Memento ink.  I created an eerie misty scene behind the fairy with Prismacolor pencils and you can just make out the architectural building shrouded in the mist that is actually behind her.  It was hard to capture the eeriness of it but it's there!  I also cut the wings to add dimension. 

I fussy cut out the 2nd fairy I stamped in black and coloured her and the moths with Copic markers and added white dots to her eyes to enhance the eerie effect and layered her over the misty background.  The trees were stamped with black StazOn ink onto a sheet of acetate and adhered to the top edge of the fairy panel to form the folded card.  I then adhered the two fussy cut moths to the outside of the acetate panel.  I just love how spooky she is as she peers out at you between the trees!

I appreciate your visiting me today and leaving me your love, thank you!!
Your next stop is Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!
Enjoy!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Pretty in Pink" Dark digi art for Smudgy Antics!

Good morning, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

We're now entering week 4 of our current Smudgy Antics challenge!  Here's my DT inspiration project using the "twist" part of this month's anything goes challenge which is use only 3 colours!  I'm also featuring the Smeared Ink digi image "Toxic Ballerinas" which is the digi prize for one lucky winner this month, plus there's also a SI real rubber stamp up for grabs to so pop on over and join the fun!

My project is completely digital and the ballerinas have been added to the photo of a very surreal looking long corridor I took on a cruise ship!  I worked in shades of pink, red and grey.  The movie "The Shining" is my inspiration for this piece!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

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

"Spirits of the Dead" Poe art for Forever Dark Challenges DT

Howzit Friends!

I'm back today to share the 2nd project I made for the launch of our new 'dark and twisty' challenge blog called Forever Dark Challenges!  We have TWO fangtastic sponsors this month and we had the pleasure of creating with the digi images they provided us with!  On Tuesday I blogged about the card featuring digi stamps by ArtiDoodles, click HERE to go check it out if you missed it, Teri's images are simply divine!  Now I'm thrilled to share the card made with Ike's fabulous digis!

June 22 Update:  Yay!  This Poe project won the Ike's World #39 Challenge, Squeeee! :0)

Ikes Art

Ike is offering 3 digi images

ArtiDoodles

Teri is offering 3 digi images

 "Spirits of the Dead"

 "Be silent in that solitude,

   Which is not loneliness—for then

The spirits of the dead who stood

   In life before thee are again

In death around thee—and their will

Shall overshadow thee: be still."

E.A. Poe "Spirits of the Dead"

And just for fun my beautiful Gothess, Evangeline Ghastly, wanted to pose with her favourite poet ;0)

I combined the image of the women with the raven "Poe's Death Bed" with "Candle Poe"

in Photoshop CS6 and printed out the image onto Neenah Solar White cardstock.  To create the fancy fold card I scored where I wanted the fold on either side of Poe's head and then fussy cut the portion that was above the scored line with an Xacto knife.  Once his head was free I folded the card in half. 

I coloured the images with Copic markers and the background was done with Derwent Pastel pencils and blended with a Dove blender pen.

Come and indulge your dark side and play in our Forever Dark Challenges!

I'm entering this one in
Ike's World Challenge #39 - Lyrics

Qoth the Raven #45 Picture Inspiration

Dreaming in Darkness #2 Anything Goes 

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared and Smudged - 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

"Coralyne and the Dragon" - Forever Dark DT project for Challenge #1

Howzit Friends!
Woohoo, the big day is here!  Our Forever Dark Challenges launch today!  Yeah Yeah!
 We have TWO fangtastic sponsors this month and we had the pleasure of creating with the digi images they provided us with!

Ikes Art

Ike is offering 3 digi images

ArtiDoodles

Teri is offering 3 digi images

Everybody has a Dark Side and whether you indulge it daily or occasionally let it out to play, or you've never dared to go dark before but want to give it a try then Forever Dark welcomes you, just leave the cute at the door please ;0)  Our challenges are monthly and start on Tuesdays at 9am UK time so do stop by and check us out!  I and my fellow teamies look forward to seeing your dark and twisted creations!

 I've got two Forever Dark DT projects featuring digi stamps by both sponsors and I'll be sharing one today and the 2nd tomorrow.

Up first is a fantasy card I made using digi stamps by ArtiDoodles.
Celtic Dragon Frame and  Corvus Coralyne

  I made this aperture card by printing out the dragon on a sheet of white cardstock, folded it in half to form the card and cut out the center of the frame.  Coralyne was also printed and I cut out just the portion I wanted seen in the frame.  All the images were coloured with Copics and the backgrounds treated with Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks.  The design on the Celtic frame, the dragon's spikes and claws and Coralyne's jewelry all have metallic silver detailing.  I used Cheery Lynne's Spiderweb die cut in black cardstock to decorate the two corners and the inside of the card.  Now for the magic part....stand the card open and put a flameless votive candle behind it and the whole card comes to life with a magical glow! 

The magical glow!

 

 A closer look at the details

A closer look at the silver metallic details on the central image

The view inside the card with the candle glow

I hope I've inspired you to come and play with us and enter Forever Dark Challenge #1!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

DT inspiration for lots of New Fabulous Challenges for June!

Howzit Friends!

WOW, Can you believe it's June 1st already!  Instead of dwelling on how fast Time seems to be slipping by here's some fabulous new Challenges to play in this month ;0)

DominoART

Lost Coast Designs rubber stamps:

 Raven with Tree Branches and large Tree Branches

First up is DominoART's June Challenge - #14 is "Any Theme + Any Game Goes"!  This one is wide open and perfect for you to get your feet wet if you've been wanting to try your hand at altered game art!

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge

Lost Coast Designs rubber stamps:  Time Flies, ATC Misc 7 Set and Numbers Border

It's also time for a new Lost Coast Designs challenge which are now being hosted over on our brand new Event and Challenge blog - Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!  We're having Grand Opening Celebrations right through to the end of July so pop on over and check everything out!  We've got loads of prizes up for grabs so STAY TO PLAY!
 

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge #13 is NUMBERS and my DT inspiration is this "Universal Language" Game Art trinket box which I'll feature in more detail on Wednesday over on DominoART!
 

Altered Eclectics

I used Lost Coast Designs Manga Goth with Top Hat

It's also time for our new challenge over at Altered Eclectics challenge blog where it's always Anything Goes as long as it's altered or mixed media art but no cards/tags/ATCs allowed!  My DT inspiration project is "Maddy Hatter's Wonderlandian Sugar Bowl" Game Art trinket box which you can see HERE and HERE! 

Forever Dark - Sneaky Peek

 PLUS I'm super excited to announce that I'm on the Forever Dark Design Team and our first Challenge starts June 2nd over at Forever Dark where you will be able to indulge your dark side!  I've got 2 DT projects to share this week coz we've got TWO sponsors so be sure to stop by and check us out!

Did I tell you there's lots of new fabulous Challenges to play in this month or what LOL ;0)
 Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

The Other Side of Fear - Digital Art for Smudgy Antics!

Hello Friends!
It's my turn to share some Smeared and Smudged aka Smeared Ink DT inspiration today for our current Smudgy Antics "Anything Goes" Challenge!  We're now entering week 4 so hurry on over and enter to be in the running for the prize of a Smeared Ink digi as well as a Smeared Ink rubber stamp!

Here's my digital art featuring the Smeared Ink digi prize, one of the Other Side of Fear ladies, plus wings from one of the Heart Wings digis and the sentiment is also from the Other Side of Fear set.  Everything was done in Photoshop CS6.

Don't forget that DominoART's current challenge RAVENS ends on Wednesday so hurry and get in your Raven themed altered game art of any kind!

I've entered this one into
Haunted Design House May Challenge

 Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Wonderland Sugar Bowl" Doublecross Domino Trinket Box & Launch of Lost Coast Designs new Event & Challenge Blog!

Hello Friends!
I'm super excited to tell you about the launch today of our new Event and Challenge Blog called

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

Where the stamps of Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you Twice the Inspiration and Double the Fun!

We've got so many fabulous events planned for you with lots of Design Team eye candy and lots of chances to win prizes galore!  PLUS our Lost Coaster's Review Challenges will now be hosted on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity blog starting with the June Challenge on June 1st and they will continue to start on the first Monday of every month!  Exciting times ahead but today we're kicking off the grand opening celebration with a 10 week long event (approx. 2 months) to showcase the stamps featured on the NEW IMAGE pages of both stamp lines so you've got plenty of time to come and play with us and be in the running to win a $20 gift certificate to spend at either LCD or CV or a combination of both!  Check out the new image pages via those 2 links below!  Pop on over and let me know what you think of the blog coz I designed it :0)

Check out our new Lost Coast Designs stamps!

Check out our new Carmen's Veranda stamps!

Now for my LCD DT inspiration make for the launch!  I used Lost Coast Designs Manga Goth with Top Hat.  I couldn't resist making a Wonderland themed project coz LCD's stamp looks just like my Ever After High Madelaine Hatter doll created by Mattel!
 

 I made a "Sugar Bowl" altered Doublecross domino trinket box (which just happens to also be a portal to Wonderland) and used one of Madelaine's Tea Party accessories as the handle for the lid..it's a cupcake! Isn't it cute!

 The lid and the base are Pairs in Pears alphabet game tiles.  The image was stamped with Jet Black StazOn ink and coloured with Sharpie markers.  I decided to have the pip side of 2 of the dominoes facing out so that you can see the game pieces and to carry on the dotty theme I wrapped all the domino edges with polka dot paper tape.  Plus I used a black die for the lid stopper too!

 Thanks for visiting with me today!  I hope you'll pop on over to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and join our "New Stamp Release" event plus our Lost Coaster's Review Blog also has a new look and is now our official Design Team blog where we share creations every 2nd day so pop on over and follows us there too for fabulous LCD and CV inspiration!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Putting the Pieces Back Together" Smeared and Smudged DT inspiration!

Hello Friends!
Today I'm sharing some Smeared and Smudged DT inspiration over on our Smudgy Antics Challenge blog.  The current challenge is Anything Goes and projects must always be dark and twisty.  Even though Smeared Ink has ceased trading as of May 5th 2015 we are still offering Smeared Ink prizes!  There's been some other changes to the challenge rules to give you more creative freedom too so pop on over and check it all out!

The digi image I'm featuring today is from the Other Side of Fear set and is one of the prizes up for grabs plus there's also a rubber stamp from SI ATC Letterbox set up for grabs too!

I've called this one "Putting the Pieces Back Together" after a broken heart so I assembled only some of the pieces and displayed the others in a partially fragmented pattern.

I printed out the image and then coloured her with Copics markers.  I adhered the white cardstock to black cardstock to give the image more weight before running it through my Cuttlebug and die cut out the jigsaw puzzle pieces.  I applied Fired Brick Distress Ink to all the puzzle edges and adhered them to the card front with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive.  The folded card was prepared with a mat cut from Valentine patterned paper which I toned down and darkened with Black Soot Distress Ink and I also applied the Fired Brick to the edges of the white card as well.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!  Also, don't forget to stop by DominoART and check out my 15 Days of Terror - Half-O-Ween in May scarefest currently underway!  There's lots of wicked altered game being shared all month long ;0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Seahorses ATCs with Lost Coast Designs!

Howzit Friends!
Lost Coast Designs May Challenge began on Monday and here's the two ATCs I made as my DT inspiration!  First a quick note that the May Challenge will be the last one hosted on the Lost Coaster's Review Blog coz I'm thrilled to give you the heads up that we will soon launch a brand new combined Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda Events and Challenge Blog by mid May!  Exciting times ahead, Woohoo ;0)

Now for my ATCs featuring Lost Coast Designs Seahorse and large Bubbles background stamps.
I used the same two stamps but used the Bubbles stamp differently to achieve different effects!

For the ATC above I inked up the Bubbles background stamp with a combination of Versafine Ink Sea Breeze and Turquoise Gem and removed some of the ink by stamping on scrap paper first and then onto the ATC for a softer effect.  The Seahorse was then stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink.
For the ATC below I stamped the Seahorse first and then the Bubbles was stamped over the top without removing any ink first.

Both ATCs were then coloured with various Copic markers to achieve the watery effects and the Bubbles of the background stamp were enhanced with Vive Pearl Transparent Magic White dimensional paint which also takes on the colour underneath and adds a beautiful sparkly shimmer to each bubble.  My photos just don't do them justice, it was hard to capture how magical and shimmery they look in person!

I hope I've inspired you to create some ATCs this month and join our Lost Coast Designs Challenge!  I look forward to seeing all your gorgeous creations featuring LCD and even Carmen's Veranda images!  Tell you friends to come and play coz if we get 10 entries you are all in the running for a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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