Manga Blue for Lost Coast Designs

Happy Saturday Everyone!

Today I'm sharing a Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda DT project I made for our current monthly challenge over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, our dedicated event and challenge blog!  

The theme this month is Single Layer.  The challenge ends on Sept 25 so there's still time to get in your entries!  I hope you'll join us!

I used the following 2 of our newest stamps to make my Single Layer card

Lost Coast Designs' Manga Goth Dots 

Carmen Veranda's Grunge White Swirl

 

 I started out by stamping this lovely new lady to our Lost Coast Designs Manga collection with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto Neenah solar white cardstock and coloured her with Copic markers and added metallic silver detailing with a gel pen.  I love working with the blue/purple colour combo and miss Manga Goth Dots is looking super sassy in those shades!  I used a torn piece of scrap paper to mask her area off and stamped the background swirl design, which is also new to our Carmen's Veranda line and has a nice grungy feel to it, with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.  I then used a water colour pen to blur and bleed the design a bit as well as adding more ink with an ink applicator sponge and also worked in some Tea Dye Distress Ink too.  I removed the mask and coloured the exposed background with a brown Derwent Pastel pencil that was blended with a Dove Blender pen and then I added a touch of Peacock Feathers Distress Ink too.  Boy was it hard not to add some kind of embellie to this project coz it was for our Single Layer challenge after all so I blinged it up a bit while adding the illusion of layers by adding Crystal Stickles glitter glue lines over the 2 masked edges and a touch of sparkle to the roses on her Alice band.

I hope I've inspired you to try your hand at creating a single layer project and look forward to seeing your projects in our challenges!

In case you didn't know, something wicked is heading our way...wink wink!  October is just around the corner so become a follower of our Lost Coast Portal to Creativity blog so you don't miss a thing, there's going to be tons of prizes up for grabs ;0)

Plus, we are so excited about Halloween that we jumped the gun a bit and gave you tons of time to play in our very first Facebook Challenge!  Click the links below and read all about the challenge in the pinned posts at the top of the wall on both of our Facebook Pages!

LCD/CV Facebook Challenge #1 - Sept 7 - Nov 2, 2015

 enter on our Lost Coast Designs Facebook Page

enter on our Carmen's Veranda Facebook Page

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Steampunk Grumpies - Smeared and Smudged blog hop & new digi release

Howzit Everyone!
Today is our Smeared and Smudged FB group's monthly member blog hop and the theme this month is Steampunk!  We, the Smeared Ink design team, are also excited to introduce you to the newest members of SI's Grumpie collection, Steampunk Grumpies.

I had the pleasure of creating with Top Hat Steampunk Grumpie and made 2 projects for this hop and the new image release.  You probably got here from Susan's blog and your next stop is Rebecca.  Here's the blog roll for you to hop along with us!  Enjoy!

SMEARED AND SMUDGED MEMBER BLOG HOP

Smeared Ink
Black Dragon
Shell
Susan R.
Leigh - You are here!
Rebecca
Lyneen
Fiona
Elenor
Leslie Rahye
Susan S.
Nan

   I had fun creating this Grumpie Mob card announcing the arrival of the new Steampunk Grumpies...they're Heeeeere!  LOL

 My 2nd project is an ATC with a very Gentlemanly sentiment from a quote by Brian McKnight that I thought was perfect for my Top Hat Steampunk Grumpie.

I created both projects in Photoshop CS6 first and then printed them out on Neenah solar white cardstock.  The Grumpies are coloured with Copic markers with metallic gold gel pen and Promarker details.   The backgrounds are done with a sienna brown Derwent pastel pencil and a Dove Blender pen.  I distressed the edges of both with Tim's Paper Distresser tool and edged with gold Promarker and I applied Tea Dye Distress Ink to the Grumpie mob background.  The ATC is mounted onto black cardstock and the card panel is matted onto lime and apple green cardstocks, borders cut with my Perfect Layers tools, then black cardstock folded to make the card.  But before I adhered it to the black card I pressed the edges of the panel inside a long Cuttlebug cogs and gears embossing folder and highlighted the embossed design with metallic silver rub-on cream.

Perfect Layers by Perfect Paper Crafting - use coupon code LBrunton to save 10% on your entire order!

Thanks for hopping with me today & leaving me some love, much appreciated :0)
Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Something Wicked this Way Comes" a Smeared Ink DT project

Howzit Everyone!
We're midway though our current challenge over at Smudgy Antics which is always Anything Goes with a twist and this month it's
 'FEELING A LITTLE GRUMPY'
If you haven't heard yet, Smeared Ink's store is BACK and open for business so pop over and check out all the fabulous new digi images and then come and join us over at Smudgy Antics!

 Here's my DT share for this week!  I'm getting into the mood for Halloween so made a project using one of SI's new digi images called East, she is the witch floating in on the night breeze.  She's really scaring my Lil Grumpie, one of SI's orginal Grumpie digis and the landscape is a partial of SI's Rusalka digi.  The Grumpies are now available in a Grumpie rubber stamp pack HERE!  

I designed this entire project in Photoshop CS6.  I started with creating the foggy background for my sky then added in the various digi layers.  Here's a close up of the East witch and you can also see the drifting "Something Wicked this Way Comes" text I added to the sky which I blurred and manipulated to look like it's drifting in the breeze.  Cool huh ;0)

See you over at Smudgy Antics!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Marie Antoinette" for Forever Dark Challenge #4!

Howzit Everyone!
It's time for a new challenge over at Forever Dark Challenges!
#4 has begun and as always it's anything goes as long as it is "DARK"!
But now, please don't let that 'word' put you off because just like art is subjective, so is the definition of dark which really can be anything from just plain odd, creepy cute, eerie, spooky, scary, sinister or downright horrifying!  We welcome it all so stop by and join in the fun....if you dare bwahahahaha ;0)

Our fabulous sponsor this month is
Jade Dragonne
Did you know that she allows you to use her images for free as long as you credit her and link to her Deviant Art page?  Her digi images are to die for so pop on over and grab some and enter your makes in our challenge!

Here's my DT share for September!
I could not resist "Marie Antoinette" and she did not let me down, what a fabulous image she proved to be.  I'm going to enjoy doing a million different colour schemes with her!  

Even though she's definitely got a dark and twisty vibe I decided to side step my fave dark colour palette and went for pastels!  I started out by creating the background in Photoshop CS6 with a gradient colour palette, manipulated an image of spidery lace, added Marie, worked lots of digi magic with light, shading and shadows and printed it out on Neenah solar white cardstock.  I then coloured her with Copics, added metallic gold details with a gel pen and embellished with Magic Transparent White details with a Vive Pearl 3D pen...which you can see on her buttons, the little bugs and in the dots on spider web corners. 

I completed my card by matting her on pastel pink cardstock and cut the narrow border with my Perfect Layers tools and added the panel to a sheet of black cardstock folded in half to make a card.
Click HERE to order your Perfect Layers tools and use coupon code LBrunton to get 10% off your entire order!

I'm entering this one in the following Challenges:
Dream in Darkness

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Feeling Grumpie" Smudgy Antics Challenge time & Smeared Ink DT blog hop!

Howzit!
First the big news, Terra, Tori and the SI ink DT announce that
SMEARED INK IS BACK!!!!
You can now buy SMEARED INK digi images, rubber stamps will be available again very soon, from the brand new
SMEARED INK SHOP.

To celebrate the re-launch of SMEARED INK
we, the DT are having a blog hop starting today and ending 14th AUGUST...
All you have to do is visit every DT members blog and leave a comment on their SMUDGY ANTICS DT project....
everyone who does that will  have a chance to win
4x DIGI IMAGES of their choice from the new smeared ink shop
AND
....4x REAL RUBBER STAMPS
(These will be a surprise.... but the amazing quality is guaranteed!)

It's September already and time for a new challenge over at Smudgy Antics!
Our challenge this month is as always 

ANYTHING GOES....
with a TWIST OF
 'FEELING A LITTLE GRUMPY' 
if your mojo needs a little prod!

The only requirement is that you use a 

SMEARED INK image....

REAL RUBBER or DIGI.

I had a blast creating this not so happy birthday card, isn't he a real grumpie-puss, he perked up when he saw his presents and birthday cake though ;0)

This one is pretty much a CAS card (clean and simple), by my standards anyway coz there's no layered cardstock, no fussy cutting and no 3D embellies.  I stamped Smeared Ink's Birthday Grumpie onto white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and coloured him with Copics.  The birthday sentiment is part of the Occasions Grumpies set and I stamped it a few times and crossed them out to show you just how grumpie this little guy really is...maybe he really wanted a pink balloon, who knows?  I drew a rectangle around the one Happy Birthday and coloured the interior with Copics too.  I used a brown Derwent Pastel pencil to add the shadow shading around him and blended it with a Dove Blender pen.  For just a touch of birthday sparkle I added yellow glitter glue to the tassel on his hat.  He is really cute in his grumpie-ness isn't he LOL!

Here's the Smeared Ink DT blog roll for the hop!
BLACKDRAGON

 SHELL

 ELENOR

 LEIGH - you are here!

FIONA 

 REBECCA

and 

 a MASSIVE Welcome back as a guest designer to....

GDT CREEPY GLOWBUGG

See you over at Smudgy Antics and thanks for stopping by today and leaving me some love!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Dream in Darkness
Ike's World

Haunted Design House

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

A Walk in The Woods - Lost Coast DT card

Howzit Friends
It's my turn to share a DT project over on Lost Coaster's Review, our DT blog where we share a new project every 2nd day.  I've made a whimsical manga card.

Today I'm featuring two of Lost Coast Designs newest stamps, Manga Goth Dots and Grunge Tree.  Both are available on the New Images page HERE!  I hope my card will tempt you to add these 2 to your collection!

I stamped Manga Goth Dots with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto Neenah solar white cardstock suitable for Copics, then again on scrap paper which I fussy cut out to use as a mask.  I used a small removable adhesive glue dot to keep the mask in place and stamped the Grunge Tree background with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.  To create the watercolour effect I used a Dove Blender pen and controlled the amount of bleed just by how much I rubbed over the areas.  I coloured the Manga girl with Copics and added metallic gold detailing to her dress, jewelry and boots.  I just love how fun the buckle and details make her boots, I'm a boot junky so I think these rock LOL!  To add to the whimsy I used a Vive Pearl Magic Transparent White pen to add sparkle to the roses and to create the 3D water droplets in the top and bottom right hand corners.

I trimmed the panel to the size of the Grunge Tree frame and distressed the edges with Tim's paper distresser tool to reveal raw white edges.  The panel was then adhered to black and then dark red mats which were cut using my Perfect Layers tools by Perfect Paper Crafting.   If you're not familiar with these tools then you need to check them out ASAP coz they're awesome!  They completely eliminate the need for measuring and cardstock waste coz you get the perfect sized mat every time!  Click HERE to order and use coupon code LBrunton to get 10% off your entire order!

To complete my card I added the gold cord and tiny bow before adhering everything to a folded card blank.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Memorial Hop for Lily Chilvers of Octopode Factory

Hello Everyone!

Today we are remembering Lily Chilvers a truly beautiful artist and soul taken from us too soon.

To honour Lily we are sharing projects we have made in her memory using the wonderful, whimsical and wacky art she shared with us all.

Today I'm sharing 2 notecards featuring Lily's quirky Alice with a Long Neck and Cheshire Cat and the matching verses.  I just adore these designs! More photos and deets are below the Blog Hop list.

Blog Hop List

The Octopode Factory

Suzi McKenzie

Alison Heikkila

Hazel Thomson

Teresa Morgan

Susan Renshaw

Maureen Scott

Leadonna Fritts

Sharon Rogers

Erin Stewart

Susan Salyer

Black Dragon

Julia Vazquez

Kristina Deyette

Kelli Green

Kim Rippere

Gloria Palmer-Steiger

Donna Mundinger

Miranda Van Den Bosch

Fiona Randall

Elaine Hughes

Kezzy Art

Nan Bourdeu

Sue EisenHauer

Janet Klein

Deborah Johnson

Tit Belsoeur

Jenn Borjeson

Wendy Waldorf

Stephanie

Sandra Botham

Tabbatha Ljungberg

Trish Latimer

Arielle Gordon

Carol Plume

Anne Marie Healey

Serena Bee

Leigh Snaith-Brunton - you are here!

Laura Holland

I designed the layout of my notecards in Photoshop CS6, the Cheshire Cat is ATC size (2.5 x 3.5") and the Alice is slightly longer than an ATC and printed them out onto white Neenah cardstock.  The images are coloured with Copic markers and the backgrounds coloured with a Derwent chalk pencil and blended with a Dove Blender pen.  Tea Dye Distress Ink was applied with a foam applicator and I applied Vive Pearl Magic Transparent White to small areas of each image to add a touch of magical sparkle.  Both panels were then mounted onto white folded cards with Scotch Quick Dry glue.

Thank you for hopping with me in loving memory of Lily and sharing your wonderful creations.
Lily will live forever in our hearts and in our art!  

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Here cometh the Night" Forever Dark Challenge DT project #2

Howzit Friends!
Our August Challenge over at Forever Dark Challenges started on Tuesday!
We have THREE fabulous sponsors this month, what a pleasure to create with their images! 

Today I'm sharing another one of my 100% digi projects.  This time I combined Poppyseed Graphics - Reach for the Stars digi stamp with one of my altered skyscape photographs of clouds.
I just adore fairies!

...here cometh the Night...

click for a closer look

I do all my digi designing and colouring in Photoshop CS6 and thoroughly enjoy combining digi stamps with my own photography which is always a blast to alter for inclusion in my art.

Check out my 1st DT project for August HERE if you missed it!

I hope I've inspired you to pop on over to Forever Dark and join the fun!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsors!

Oddball Art

Poppyseed Graphics

 Rosey Hearts

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"The Scary Shadow" - Forever Dark Challenge #3

Howzit Friends!
It's time for our August Challenge #3 over at Forever Dark Challenges!  
We have 3 fabulous sponsors this month and it was a pleasure to get to create with their images!

Today I'm sharing my 100% digi project featuring Oddball Art's
Fran Tick and Dave the Bat digi stamp combined with one of my altered photographs of a tree.

...Dave, I think there's a scary shadow creeping up behind us!...

 I do all my digi designing and colouring in Photoshop CS6 and thoroughly enjoy combining digi stamps with my own photography which is always a blast to alter for inclusion in my art.
Stop by again on Thursday for my 2nd DT project!
I hope I've inspired you to pop on over to Forever Dark and join the fun!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsors!

Oddball Art

Poppyseed Graphics

 Rosey Hearts

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Forever Dark DT shares for our July Challenge!

Howzit Friends!
We've had some unfortunate setbacks to our Forever Dark Challenge blog that launched with our 1st Challenge in June but we're back without much of a hiccup.  Nothing else has changed besides our blog name, from Forever Dark Challenges to Forever Dark 2 and new challenges still start on the 1st Tuesday of every month!

Now for our July Challenge #2 Anything Goes!   
We have THREE fabulous sponsors this month and it was a pleasure to get to create with the images they provided us with!  Thank you so much sponsors!

Kenny K

Limited Runs

Lacy Sunshine stamps

  I'm sharing two of my projects here featuring Kenny K and Lacy Sunshine and my 3rd project can be found on my DominoART Blog so I hope you'll pop on over to see it :0)

Featuring Trixie Treat by Kenny K

Here's Trixie coloured with Copics and the background is done with Derwent Pastel pencils and a Dove blender pen and she was printed onto Neenah solar white cardstock.  I just adore her, she's so gorgeous! 

I used a Spellbinders Deckle edge die to die cut her out and then applied Pumice Stone Distress Ink to the edges.  I used my Perfect Layers tools to cut the border mats and make the black folded card base.  I just wanted to feature this beautiful girl and keep my embellies simple so just added two paper flowers and the 3 self adhesive pearls. 

Lacy Sunshine stamps - Puzzle Fairy

 My 2nd project features Lacy Sunshine's Puzzle Fairy.  She's a real cutie, I just love her puzzle wings, totally up my alley coz of my passion for altered game art!  Here she is coloured with Copics and Pastel pencils.  Click on the photo to see her better.  But as my project is for our Forever Dark challenge I needed to grunge her up a bit with Peeled Paint Distress Ink and gave her a little bit of "attitude"!  Beware the cuties, they have sharper teeth!

 I actually printed her out twice and coloured her wings and the background on one and her entire image on the 2nd but changed my mind on what I was going to do with her so she's layered on top of the 1st with pop dots for dimension.  The background is a jigsaw puzzle die cut with a Cuttlebug puzzle die and I edged all the pieces with a black marker and added metallic purple faux stitching...which you would have seen more of if I'd stuck to my original plan but I didn't have what I needed at the time.  Anyway, I adhered all the pieces to a black mat and layered onto dark red cardstock and also matted the single separate puzzle piece on red and fussy cut it out.  The sentiment I wrote by hand.  

So don't forget to check out my other project on DominoART and I'll see you over at Forever Dark Challenges!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

"Design Outside the Box" Zentangle Art for Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

Howzit Friends!
It's time for a new challenge over at
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!
The July Challenge theme is Zentangles and we challenge you to create your own Zentangle art by incorporating rubber stamps into your design!  You are also now very welcome to enter our challenges using any stamp companies but if you do use any of Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps then your entry will be count as TWO during our DT faves random winner drawing. 

Here's my LCDesigner's project to inspire you!  I used a variety of Tangles and Lost Coast Designs Pencils Background stamp as the starting point of my design. 

Design Outside the Box
and let your imagination soar!

I stamped the Pencils background with black Memento Ink onto white cardstock, trimmed, distressed the edges and then matted it onto a black mat.  I adhered the pencils panel to another full sheet of white cardstock and just started to Zentangle with a black .05 Micron pen and let the design grow and completed the design with shading in pencil to add shadows and dimension to each section.

 If you're unfamiliar with Zentangling or think it's super complicated then trust me it isn't!  Each Tangle is created by performing some basic steps and when you're done you've created a wonderful fractal pattern consisting of repetitive shapes!  You can learn more about Zentangle from the creators Rick and Maria HERE and you can find tons of easy to follow Zentangle patterns on Google!  Give it a go, you'll be surprised at how fun and relaxing it really is and then come and enter our challenge over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  You've got until July 25 to submit your Zentangle projects to be in the running for a prize!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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