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Thursday, February 28, 2013

DominoART Challenges Kick off with Rick St Dennis in March!

Hello Dominoians! Don't forget that I'm launching DominoART Blog Challenges on Friday March 1st!  Challenge #1 is sponsored by Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps!  Rick is providing a freebie digi Domino Book Kit and sponsoring the prize! 


Romancing the DominoART Finale: Love is in the Sewing by Leigh S-B!

 Welcome to the finale of
Romancing the DominoART!

Thank you to everyone for sharing your wonderful altered game art with us!  It's been a real treat :0)  Romancing the DominoART 2014 will be here before we know it so get creating and email me your projects any time from now till January 10 2014! 

Don't forget that our official DominoART Challenges start tomorrow, March 1st, with a super special freebie digi Domino Book Kit and a prize all being sponsored by Rick St Dennis!  To give you all time to spread the news far and wide the freebie kit will be available for download here on DominoART for TWO DAYS ONLY starting Wednesday March 6 at 7am PST, until midnight March 7!  Don't forget now coz you don't want to miss out ;0)  It's going to be soooo awesome ;0)

I will reveal the winner of Romancing the DominoART 2013 tomorrow too so I hope everyone will stop by for the grand announcement and challenge launch!

I've got one more project for you all!

Today I'm sharing a mini sewing kit I made from a small Altoid tin featuring a travel domino and a super cute tiny domino bead!


Materials:
Mini Altoids mint tin
Sand paper
Delta Ceramcoat Metal Primer
Delta Ceramcoat gloss varnish
Acrylic paint – black and burgundy
Paint brush
Heart and I love You stamps by All Night Media
Love Letter by Hero Arts (D2217- discontinued)
Opalite ink pad - Orchid Ice
Ancient Page dye ink – Pink Pizzazz and Cardinal
Heat tool
Scissors/craft knife
Metallic gold paint pen - broad point
Aleene’s Clear tacky glue
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Tiny domino bead
Mini travel sized domino
Rhinestones
Brass charms:  heart lock, key and ladybird
Thin silk red ribbon
Two oblong magnets
Patterned paper
Real cancelled postage stamp – LOVE
Stamped ephemera
Mini sewing kit


Stop by tomorrow to see who has won and for the launch DominoART Challenge #1 ;0)

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 8: Love Domino Magnet by Black Dragon!

Welcome to Day 8 of
Romancing the DominoART!
Welcome back for the art of Black Dragon part 2 ;0)
Yesterday I was thrilled to share one of Black Dragon's altered dominoes and here's her second domino magnet for your enjoyment!

 Don't forget that Thursday will be the finale with one more project by me and then I will be announcing the winner of Romancing the DominoART 2013 on March 1st when our brand new challenges start!  We launch with a big Rick St Dennis bang with freebies and a prize too!  It's going to be soooo much fun so I hope you'll come and play with us!


Black Dragon used the following supplies:
standard size white domino
Stamp source unknown
Jet Black StazOn ink
Heat Gun
Promarkers
Rub-Ons text
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Ribbon for the sides
Magnetic Tape

 Have a fabulous day and see you again on Thursday!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 7: First Love Domino Magnet by Black Dragon!

Welcome to Day 7 of
Romancing the DominoART!

I can't believe our little event is nearly over, it's been so much fun sharing all the love!  Thursday will be the finale with one more project by me and I then I will be announcing the winner of Romancing the DominoART 2013 on March 1st when our brand new challenges start!

For the next 2 days I'm thrilled to share some stunning altered domino magnets created by Black Dragon so stop by again tomorrow to see her second contribution too!


Black Dragon used the following supplies:
standard size white domino
Stamp source unknown
Jet Black StazOn ink
Heat Gun
Promarkers
Rub-Ons text
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Ribbon for the sides
Magnetic Tape

 Have a fabulous day and don't forget to stop by again tomorrow!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 6: Domino LOVE Card by Pat C!

Welcome to Day 6 of
Romancing the DominoART!

Today I'm thrilled to share a stunning domino embellished card created by Pat C!


1.  Edge card with Black Sharpie.
2.  Cut smaller card and Emboss.
3.  Colour smaller card with screwed up plastic bag which
     has been dipped in Metallic Pink 'Ink It Up' ink and attach to larger card with double sided tape.
4.  Cut third card, using the Heart by Third Coast Rubber Stamps, and colour with Sharpies and Promarkers and finger dab background with Metallic Pink.
5.  Die cut 2 mini Sizzix tags and colour using pink Promarker pen, then stamp as seen.
6.  Stamp Domino and colour with Sharpies and Promarkers.
7.  Embellish with 3 gem stones, adhere the Domino and Heart with pop dots.
8.  Attach the tags with red ribbon.
 
 Have a fabulous day and see you all again on Tuesday Feb 26 for more romantic game art!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, February 22, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 5: Heated Pearls Domino Love Necklace by Leigh S-B!

Welcome to Day 5 of
Romancing the DominoART!

Today I'm sharing a domino pendant I made using the Heated Pearls technique and I'm dedicating this project in the loving memory of my Daddy whom I miss so very much!


I just want to remind everyone that my Design Team call is still open!  DominoART challenges launch March 1st and I'm looking for stampers who are eager to create altered game art and have it featured here on DominoART!  Check out the DT page for more info!

Heated Pearls is a fun paper arts technique that translates easily to dominoes!  This is the perfect technique to try on your stash of dominoes that got messed up in some way or other!  I recycled a white domino and started off by colouring the sides with a black oil based Sharpie paint pen.  Now for the fun part...apply a generous amount of white craft glue to the surface of the domino with a toothpick or your finger and spread it around making sure to cover up anything you want to hide.


Sprinkle Perfect Pearls or Pearl Ex powder randomly onto the glue.  You can have fun experimenting with different colour combinations and the amount of glue and powder you use.  For my domino I used Perfect Pearls Perfect Pearl (white), Perfect Copper and Due Red-Blue Pearl Ex with a generous dollop of glue.  Mix the powder into the glue with a brush or your finger and apply a lot of heat to the glue mix with a heat gun.  As the glue heats up it will bubble and ooze and you can stop applying the heat once all the powder has melted into the glue and you're happy with the result.  Let everything cool down for a few minutes coz the domino and the glue do get quite hot then you can dab the surface and squish the glue down in places if you need to and then put aside to allow it to completely cool and harden.  The result is this wonderful crumpled up looking surface that's so textural and pretty.  I think I shall call this domino technique 'Textured Pearls'.


I embellished my domino with some Making Memories metal alphabet charms and a stamped Smeared Ink Winged Heart from their Smeared Ink Rubber Club which I coloured with Copics, fussy cut out and coated with Judikins Diamond Glaze.  Everything was adhered to the domino with the Diamond Glaze too.  I adhered a pin-bail combo to the back of the domino with E6000 glue and hung the pendant on a silver ball chain.

This project will be up on the Smudgy Antics blog as their guest designer on Monday Feb 25 for their new challenge!  Pop over and join the fun ;0)

Have a great weekend everyone and see you back here on Sunday for another Romancing the DominoART project!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 4: Awesome News + a Domino Book by Monique!

Welcome to Day 4 of
Romancing the DominoART!

Today I've got some awesome news to tell you all!

I'm super excited to share that DominoART is entering the world of Challenges and will kick off March 1st with a Rick St Dennis bang!  

I'm thrilled to announce that Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps is sponsoring digi image prizes for both the March and April challenges!  Woohoo!  But continue reading coz there's more ;0)


For our grand challenge launch on Friday March 1st, Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps will be providing freebie digi images that will be up on the DominoART Blog for 2 days only!  DominoART readers will get to download them and use them for their challenge entries!  Yippie!  So keep a close eye on DominoART coz you don't want to miss when the images become available! 

But wait there's more...for DominoART's Birthday Celebrations and the April Challenge Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps is also creating very special Alice in Wonderland digi images especially for us!  WOW, how awesome is that!  DominoART readers will get a special discount code to use in Rick's store!  So add the dates to your calendars, bookmark the DominoART Blog and spread the word!

Now you're in for a real treat coz I'm thrilled to give you all a preview of our first challenge and a peek at the freebie digi images!  The images are dual themed...more about what that means when I announce the challenge theme, heehee...now you can oooh and aaah at the fabulous romantic domino book that was designed by Rick and Monique!  You can visit Monique's blog to see her detailed tutorial and spoiler alert see the 'dual imagery'!







Aren't those images adorable!!  Are you all excited?  I know I am :0)

Don't forget that I'm still accepting your romantic themed altered game art throughout the Romancing the DominoART event!  Email me your creations at any time to participate in the fun!  For more details click here!

See you all again on Friday for more romantic altered game art!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Monday, February 18, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 3: Poem Booklet by Val S!

Welcome to Day 3 of
Romancing the DominoART!

First of all I've got a very special surprise coming soon for all DominoART readers!  Stay tuned over the next few days because there will be a special freebie for you to download specifically for you to use for this event PLUS news about an absolutely fabulous Alice In Wonderland Celebration!  You don't want to miss a thing!

Today I'm thrilled to share a stunning domino embellished exploding Poem Booklet created by Val S!


Val used the following supplies:
Regular white domino -Michaels
Rubber stamp - Michaels
Spellbinders Iron Works dies
 Black stock card
Patterned 6x6 paper
 White cardstock suitable for Copics
 Gold Brad
 Red/Pink ribbon
 Tape Adhesive Pen - Crafters Companion
Double-sided tape
 Red Sakura Glaze Pen
 Tuxedo Black Memento
Peel Off Stickers


Just a reminder that you can email me your creations at any time to participate in the fun and they do not have to be new either, just not ones previously shared here on the blog!  For all the details click here!
 
 Have a fabulous day and see you all again on Wednesday Feb 20 for more romantic altered game art!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 2: The Kiss by Charlotte F!

Welcome to Day 2 of
Romancing the DominoART!

Today I'm thrilled to share a stunning domino pendant created by Charlotter F!


Charlotte used the following supplies:
Cover the Dom with Vintage GlazOn
Stamp by Oh Domino (out of business now)  The Kiss
StazOn Saddle Brown and Bronze Sharpie on the edge.

If you missed Day 1's project you can check it out here!  Don't forget that you can email me your creations at any time to participate in the fun!  For all the details click here!
 
 Have a fabulous Valentine weekend and see you all again on Monday for more romantic altered game art!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Romancing the DominoART Day 1 by Leigh S-B!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone and welcome to Day 1 of DominoART's annual 
Romancing the DominoART!
(plus all similar game pieces too!)

 I'm accepting romantic themed altered game art throughout this event!  I'm hoping to share your art with our readers every day until the end of February.   But that depends on how much art comes in of course!  It might end up being every other day or we'll just have a week of sharing so we'll see how it goes!  Click the banner on the left for more information!

I will be awarding a surprise DominoART prize and a snazzy winner blog badge to my favourite altered game piece so get creating :0)

To kick off Day 1 of our love affair with altered game art I'm sharing the DominoART tag I've made for my hubby.  I usually make him a card so I think this tag attached to his present will be a pleasant surprise for him ;0)

"Bee My Honey" DominoART Tag
Featuring Blockheads Paper Arts' ATC Honey Bees and Nature Medallions


Make a tag out of black cardstock and tatter the edges with Tim's Paper Distresser tool.  Stamp the honeycomb with Perfect Pearls Medium and dust on Perfect Gold powder for a luscious metallic background.  Spritz the tag with a fine mist of water to set the PP powder.  Apply Tarnished Brass Metallic Distress Stain to the distressed edges.  Emboss a piece of red cardstock with Craftwell's 8.5 x 11" Regency embossing folder (my new favourite coz I love the versatility of the large format) which I ran through my eBosser machine (available at Crafter's Companion).  Tatter the edges and dab Tarnished Brass DStain onto a craft sheet and apply the stain to the embossed design and the edges with a piece of paper towel for a vintage distressed effect (see photo below).  Adhere the black tag to the red cardstock with craft glue and use a Perfect Layers tool to cut the 1/8" border.  For more info on all the Perfect Paper Crafting tools pop on over to my ambassador page and don't forget to use my special coupon code Leigh5% to get 5% off your entire order!  Punch a 3/16" hole in the top of the tag and attach a red flower eyelet with a Crop-A-Dile.  Apply Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink (Spring Limited Edition) to a scrap piece of heavy weight white cardstock with paper towel and stamp the text with Red Magic VersaMagic.  Cut out the text and adhere them to scrap pieces of red cardstock and trim.  Stamp the small bee onto another scrap piece of white cardstock with Cantaloupe Memento Ink and add the black detail by hand with a Micon Pen.   Fussy cut out and apply Judikins Diamond Glaze and put aside to dry.  Now for the game pieces...


Stamp the honeycomb design onto 4 hexagonal Lexigo game pieces with Jet Black StazOn ink and heat set.  Colour the pieces with Sharpies:  Dandelion, Marigold, Brown, Red and Black, using my favourite technique...my 'Sharpie Domino Queen' technique of course ;0)  Apply Judikins Diamond Glaze to the surfaces and put aside to dry.  Apply Inkssentials Matte Accents to the large bee on the tag and add a tiny red bow while it's still wet.  Adhere the game pieces to the tag with Judikins Diamond Glaze...I like the way the pieces look like half a daisy and mirrors the shape of the flower eyelet ;0)  Adhere the text pieces to the tag with KoolTak dimensional transparent foam tape, the small bee to the game pieces with a drop of Diamond Glaze, attach some decorative ribbon and you're done...well nearly...write your message on a piece of coordinating cardstock and adhere it to the back of the tag...now you're done!

I hope you enjoyed Day 1 of Romancing the DominoART and will consider emailing me your altered game art so I can share the love with everyone!  Stop by again on Saturday for Day 2!

I've entered my creation in the following challenges:
 Tuesday Alchemy #50 - My Hearts All A Flutter
Hiding in my Craft Room #84 - Super Scraps Saturday
Craft Us Crazy #37 - Show Us Your Favourites
 365 Cards #44 - Word Wednesday...LOVE
The Three Muses - Red
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, February 8, 2013

Romancing the DominoART starts Feb 14th! Need players!

Hello Dominoians!
It's time for our Romancing the DominoART event!


Initially this was planned to start Feb 1st but unfortunately I've had sporadic internet access and then nothing at all for over two weeks, urgh!  But the issue has been sorted out and I'm eager to get things going...finally :0)

So I'm now putting the call out for Romantic Players who are willing to put their hearts on their altered game pieces ;0)  The plan is to feature 14 days of Romantic altered game art but because its now such short notice we'll see what happens.  Even if we just have a week or a few days of LOVE I'll be happy!

I will be awarding a DominoART Treat and a snazzy winners blog badge to my favourite altered game piece :0)

I've already received some creations...THANK YOU SO MUCH, you will be hearing from me in the next few days to let you know I did get them eventually!!!

 Everyone is welcome to play regardless of your level of stamping or domino altering experience.  So who wants to play in our annual Romancing the DominoART event? 

1.   Email me to sign-up (email located on my profile page).  You are welcome to share more than one piece too!

2.  Make your Valentine/Love/Romance themed DominoART creation and email me your photo as soon as possible and please provide all stamp credits and a materials list with your photo.  I'm not assigning days this time and will share your art as I receive them.

3.  You can use any Dominoes or domino-like game tiles for your creations.  You can incorporate any other game related paraphernalia into your creation like playing cards and puzzle pieces, etc!

4.  You can make cards, tags or ATCs with the altered domino attached or DominoART magnets, jewelry pieces or you can just simply alter/decorate the domino!

5.  You can use rubber stamps, digital imagery and any stamping technique or altering method.

6.  Spread the word and grab our Romancing the DominoART blog badge for your blogs!

So who wants to celebrate our love of altered DominoART with me?

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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