LOC #88 - use textrue

 This week's challenge over at Left of Center Challenges is to use texture!  and our wonderful vendor this week is Rosey Hearts.  I've made a journal page using Voodoo.

I started by covering the page with gesso and once dry I spritzed the page with a few different colors sprays from my collection.  I colored the image with pencils and used Perlen Pens in copper and creme to add texture to her headdress. Once everything was dry I fussy cut her out and added to her to the page. Oh and I added a bit of stamping up at the top of the page as well.

Here's a close up so you can also see the texture in the gesso and the metallic Perlen pens.  I also used a whie gel pen on the skulls but that doesn't show up a well in the photos.

Jump on over to the LOC challenge blog to see what wonderful creations the DT has made and don't forget to play along. We all love to see what you share with us.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 28

It's day 28 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I have done a journal page today.  The image is from Crafty Moments, one of the gals on the hop last year used these images and sent us over to her friend Vince's blog.

I've colored with pencils and fussy cut out. I was going to create a page but as I was flipping thru my journal I found this one that I made and never used. It has a layer of water color crayons and then several glimmer mists sprayed on top.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 3

It's day 3 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners. Since it's Friday it's also Smeared Ink day.  I have used this beautiful image from the  Smeared Ink  Calaveras Digi Set. and colored her with pencils then fussy cut her out.

I created the background by spraying a couple differetn glimmer mists and then once that was dry I stamped white paint on a Unity background stamp.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left. 

LOC # 45 - no designer papers

Hello my crafty friends!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Left of Center Challenges.  This week our sponsor is Ike's Art and the challenge is to not use any designer papers. I happen to have a massive paper stash but sometimes it's fun to not use those papers.  I got to play with Robot ~1 at Ike's Art.

I decided to play in my mini journal.  Since we couldn't use designer papers I decided to make my own.  I used one of my Cuttlebug folders to create the background.  I inked up the folder with chocolate ink and then pressed it down onto each of my journal pages. I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out as it's the first time I tried it, but it worked great I think.  Since the page still looked a little stark with the chocolate on white I sprayed tattered leather glimmer mist over both pages. I colored my Robot ~1 image with pencils and added some bronze glitter glue. I cut her out and added her to my page. 

I really love how my journal turned out. I hope you join us over at LOC and show off what you can create without using any of those designer papers from your stash.

Smudgefest Day 6 - Saturday Splatter

Only a couple more days of Smudgefest 2014 at Smeared and Smudged :(  Today's challenge is Saturday Splatter - we get to have some messy fun!  I've been pretty messy all week long and it's been so awesome!

For this project I started with a piece of chipboard and cut it into a giant tag shape. I smeared some gesso on it to create a textured background. Then (when it was nearly dry) I used about 7 different color glimmer mists until I achieved the back ground I wanted. While that part was drying I colored Luna from the Women of Power set at Smeared Ink. I attached her with foam tape and then added a few gems, glitter and ribbons with some bones from my stash. I love how this turned out and the picture just doesn't do it justice. I may have to add another pic in the morning when I can shoot it outside in the natural light.

Smudgefest Day 2 - Terrifying Tuesday

Welcome back for day 2 of Smudgefest at Smeared and Smudged.  You still have time to join in the fun, there are prizes everyday!!  For day 2 the challenge is to create a project showcasing your favorite image. Well I have so many favorite Smeared Ink images it was hard to choose.  I finally decided on one of the Zombie Pinups - Shy.

I've made a journal page to showcase this image. I've used glimmer mist sprays to create the background. To me it almost looks like rotting flesh, but when I asked my son he couldn't see it. He said "well maybe sunburned flesh"   ug boys!  Anyway I'm happy with my fleshy page and my Shy zombie.... what could be more terrifying than a beautiful woman who turns into a zombie when you least expect it?!?

31 Days of Halloween - Day 23

 Hello once again my friends! It's day 23 of the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. To see what this is all about or to see if you are a winner please hop over to Terra's blog.

I've made another mini journal page today. This zombie businessman is another one of my friend Charina's images she drew for me, and exciting news she's working on getting a blog up and running with her images for sale.  As soon as she's all set up I will let you all know :)
I colored him with pencils and fussy cut him out. For my journal page I started with stamping 'beware' in grey and black all over my pages. Then I swiped the pages with my purple ink pad then around the edges with my lime ink pad.  I have this cool stencil from The Crafters Workshop called Mini Branches (TCW208S).  First I sprayed grape glimmer mist then moved my stencil slightly and sprayed with black dylusions. I was messy fun :)  Then I added Mr. Zombie with some foam tape so he pops off the page.

Thanks for visiting and all the kind comments all month long.

Next stop..... Anna.

Skull Appreciation Day 2013

Do you know what day it is?!? Skull Appreciation Day, wahoo!  The fabulous gals over at Smeared and Smudged Forum have organized another hop for this year and I think it's the biggest one yet. 

My first project is an ATC. The image I used is Anatomy 101-skull Front from Smeared Ink. I cut her out and layered onto a black CS base that I added dots to with a metallic sharpie. I also choose a light green ribbon for her to wear as a headband because what skull doesn't want to look pretty once in a while :)

For my second project I wanted to create a journal page. I do this every year for Skull Appreciation Day and it's always fun to look back. I used the skull again, just printed larger and cut her out.  I added her to my page that I used some glimmer mist on to add color and texture to the background. You can't really tell in the pic but I also used shimmer mist on the skull to make her sparkly.  Butterflies have been on my mind lately so I added a bunch to the page. I curved their wings so they would pop off the page a bit.  The quote I found while surfing the web.  "Life's true face is the skull." Nikos Kazantzakis

Thanks for stopping by, wishing you and your skull all the best on Skull Appreciation Day!

Here's the blog list, I hope you join in and hop along. Don't forget to leave a little love along the way, we all appreciate comments :)

Terra
Tori
Laura
Kapree
Kristy
Sandy
Jacki
Rick St Dennis
Airless Chambers
Wendy
Julia
Susan
Lady Brayton
Black Dragon
Kay
Miko
Creepy Glowbug
Aletha
Ike
Miranda
Hazel
Monique
Shoni
Suzi
Leigh S-B Designs
DominoART
Alison
Donna M
Donna W
Jane
De Stempelwinkel
Evil Edna
Jenn
Steph
Anna
Bombshell Stamps
Helen
Shell
Movie Magic Monthly Blog
Fiona
Serena
Little Black Kitten
Maureen
Karen
Milo
Teri

For more information about Skull Appreciation Day please visit Skull-A-Day. 

LOC challenge #6

It's time for a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges. This weeks theme is red & black and our sponsor is LEJ Designs.  I've used the lovely Desire digi stamp that can be found in the Halloween section of the LEJ Designs online store.

I've colored her with pencils and sponged around the edge. Then I spritzed some glimmer mist to give her some sparkle.

Make sure to head over to the Left of Center Challenges Blog to join in the fun!

QKD 13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of the QKD Halloween Blog Hop.  Today's theme is flowers.  I've used this lovely image from Monica N Galvan's Visions Collection called Masquerade Fairy, you can find her at the QKD Store.

I've colored her with pencils and added a little bit of everything else.  I made the flowers from patterned paper and a die from MFT.  I used black glitter glue in each of the flowers and regular glitter glue on her wings. Also some gel pen on her mask and trim of her dress.  The background was spritzed with purple glimmer mist and the flowers with white glimmer mist.  I made the stick pin with beads from my stash.  I had a lot of fun with this creation.

QKD Blog
Aletha   
Vikki   
Beth   
Pat   
Janie   
Stephanie L    
Emily
Teresa
Kristi  
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Saturday's Song

Welcome to day 6 of the SmudgeFest over at Smudgy Antics Challenge Blog!  Today we were asked to create and ATC based on the song lyrics from Blackbird by the Beatles.  I found a cool youtube video if you'd like to hear the song. :)  Or visit Smudgy Antics as they have the lyrics there also, and while you're there join in the fun!

My image is from Smeared Ink, I stamped it in black and then used a black gel pen to add some dimension and shine. I cut her out and layered her on the blue CS that I stamped the tree on.  I can't remember who the tree is from at the moment.  Then I spritzed with blue glimmer mist to make the sky shiny and then used a blue and silver metallic sharpie to add the "stars" to the sky.
Thanks for stopping by!

Thursday Throwdown

It's day 4 of the Smudgefest over on the Smudgy Antics Challenge Blog! Today's challenge (or throwdown) has to do with color.  We are asked to use at lease 3 colors from this swatch.

These aren't usually my first choice when playing with my Smeared Ink stamps, but it turned out to not be as bad as I thought it might be.  I remembered I have some lovely fae stamps that would work perfectly with this color story.  I decided to work in my art journal again. 

First I stamped this sweet fae and then colored her with pencils.  I stamped "curiosity" down the side of the page in blue, pink and purple.  Then I scribbled with my water color crayons and added water to blend them.  I added some more color to my fae with gel pens and then spritzed the entire page with some glimmer mist.  Fun, fun fun!

Here's another shot of the page in the sunshine and a closeup so you can see the shimmer of the glimmer mist.  My camera really doesn't do justice to the colors I used.
Thanks for visiting!  Don't forget to come back, there are still 3 more fabulous days of Smudgefest!  If you really like these challenges you should also check out the Smeared and Smudged Forum for monthly challenges and lots of inspiration and way cool people :)

Freaky Friday 42

Have you been over to Forever Night Challenges lately?  Each week we have a fun new challenge for you to join in on.  This week for challenge #42 the theme is "Steampunk and Metal".   Our fabulous sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs and I got to play with one of their super cool steampunk images.  

Aren't these ladies sexy!?!  I colored them with pencils and sponged ink around them.  My metal is in the form of brads.  I also spritzed my edging and flowers with a bronze color glimmer mist.

It's also time for a new term at Forever Night Challenges and some of our DT are moving on and we are gaining some new talent as well.  Make sure to stop by to check out this weeks creations and say goodbye to a few of the gals and send a warm welcome to the newest members of our DT.

The winner this week will win 4 images from Sassy Studio Designs so start creating your steampunk and metal projects now!

SSD #83 sketch challange

I was hoping around this weekend in blog land and stopped by to visit Skipping Stones Design

and noticed they had a fun little sketch challenge going on, so I rummaged around my stamp table that is in bad need of some organization and found my SSD stamps and created this card. I used Bras Volume #1 set. I had created this background a while back using stencils and mist and never found anything I liked to go with it. Well I stamped this cute polka dot bra and thought it would work perfectly.