24 Days of Christmas Festival 2012 Winners!

Happy New Year Dominoians!

Well, not quite yet but it will be a bright and shiny New Year in a few days!  I hope Santa was really good to you all ;0)

It's the day you've all been waiting anxiously for...who has snapped up the 3 prizes in
DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival 2012?

All our Merry Players did an amazing job.  Each masterpiece was creative and unique and truly amazing! Thank you each and every one of you for making the festival so much fun :0)

A big THANK YOU to our wonderful sponsors for providing these awesome prizes!!

You all voted on your favourites via the inlinkz collection so without further delay the winners are...

Congratulations to #22 BlackDragon!

You won the grand prize of a fabulous Mystery Sheet of exclusive Blockheads Rubber
sponsored by
Blockheads Paper Arts

Here's your snazzy badge for your blog!

Congratulations to #14 BlackDragon again! Wowweeeee!

You won the 2nd place prize of FOUR awesome digital images of your choice from 
Delicious Doodles

and here's your snazzy badge for your blog ;0)

Congratulations to #19 Charlotte F!

You won the 3rd place prize of TWO digital images of your choice from
Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps

Here's your snazzy badge for your blog!

Congratulations ladies! Please email me for details on how to claim your prizes! Please display your winner badges on your blogs with pride and link them up to DominoART!

I've got a surprise prize to give out too!  One amazing stamper left love on all 24 Days of Christmas and that feat deserves a little DominoART Treat ;0)

Congrats DonnaMundinger!
You are officially our 'commenter extraordinaire' ;0)  Drop me an email and include your snail addy!

Upcoming in 2013!

Now you can start looking forward to all the wonderful events that will be taking place throughout 2013!  Sign-ups are now open for all of the following events!  Email me now to grab the Days of your choice! You can email me your projects throughout the year too so you don't have to hang on to them!

"Romancing the DominoART"
14 days dedicated to our love of altered art!
Starts Feb 1 2013

DominoART's 15 Days of Half-o-ween!
Starts May 1 2013

DominoART's 12 Days of Christmas in July! 
Starts July 1 2013

DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween!
Starts Oct 1 2013

DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival!
Starts Dec 1 2013

DominoART's brand new Design Team will debut in 2013...Woohoo!
My design team call is still open! If you're interested in being on DominoART's DT then please visit this page for the details!

Plus DominoART enters the world of Challenges with some fabulous sponsors!
The challenges will be listed with Feline Playful to ensure you don't miss out ;0)

We have a fun new year ahead of us so I hope to see you all joining in and visiting often ;0)

Have a safe and festive New Year's Eve!

Domino Hugs!

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Day 24: "Amethyst Snowflakes" Domino Ornament Finale of 24 Days of Christmas by Leigh S-B!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Wow, can you believe it's Christmas Eve already...Yippie Santa's coming tonight ;0)
But I'm sad too coz it's the finale of 
DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival 2012! 

All our Merry Players did an amazing job and delighted us with visions of sugar plums and even a few Creepmas creations too. The DominoART has been truly amazing and I thank each and every one of you for making the festival so much fun :0)

There's also still time to enter your own Christmasy domino creations in the Readers' Gallery for the chance to win a prize...no one has shared one yet, bah humbug :0(

It's now voting time so snuggle up, put on the holiday music, sit back and enjoy a cup of eggnog and feast your eyes on all the magical DominoART eye candy one more time and pick your favourites! Voting starts today and there will be 3 winners!  You can vote more than once via the inlinkz thumbnail collection below or go to the 24 Days of Christmas page.  Everyone has 10 votes each and you will have until Dec 28 noon PST to decide on your 3 favourites! The winners will be announced on Dec 29!

Our wonderful sponsors are...

Blockheads Paper Arts
is sponsoring our grand prize and the winner will receive a fabulous Mystery Sheet of exclusive Blockheads Rubber!  Woohoo!

The 2nd place prize is sponsored by  
Delicious Doodles
The winner will receive FOUR awesome digital images of their choice!  Yippie!

The 3rd place prize is sponsored by
Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps
The winner will receive TWO digital images of their choice! Woohoo!

~x~

Before you get on to voting here's my Day 24 creation :0)

Amethyst Snowflakes

The snowflakes are from the Stackable Tiles Christmas stamp set by Blockheads Paper Arts.
Stamped on the white standard sized domino with Jet Black StazOn and coloured with the following Sharpie markers in my signature 'The Sharpie Domino Queen' technique:  Ocean Blue, Sky Blue, Purple, Violet and Plum.  Metallic details added with a Silver Sharpie marker.  The sides of the domino are coloured with Violet DecoColor paint marker.  The back of the domino is covered with a piece of white cardstock embossed using an embossing folder by Cuttlebug, then coloured with Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks and adhered to the back with a coat of Judikins Diamond Glaze. 

The entire domino, front and back, was spritzed with Vanilla Smooch Spritz for lots of yummy sparkle (which you can see in the photo above).  Two metallic silver snowflake stickers by Stampendous were added to the centers of the stamped snowflakes.  The domino edges were wrapped with 1/4" ice blue/silver ribbon and adhered with red liner double sided tape.  Two silver jump rings were added to the top and bottom edges while adding the ribbon.  The silver snowflake charm was attached to the jump ring first so that the ring join could be hidden under the ribbon.  I added a purple Stampendous jewel sticker to the snowflake charm's center on the front and the back and embellished the ornament with a bow then added the silver swirl hanging hook.  

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my finale ornament and now it's time to vote!  The inlinkz collection is below. Good luck to my Merry Players :0)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Keep safe and see you back here on Dec 29 for the winners announcement!

I've entered my ornament in the following challenges:
 Sparkle and Glitter with Rick #6 Last Minute Shopping
Simon Says Stamp - Merry Christmas
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #200 - Deck the Tree Trimmings
Fashionista Challenge #10 Winter
Crafty Blogger Network #6 Anything Goes

 Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 23: UTEE Embossed Domino Ornament by Pam S!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

It's Day 23 of
DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas

Pam S joins us again to share her stunning UTEE Embossed Domino Ornament!

Supplies Used:
Black Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel
Clear Embossing Ink
Black Staz-On Ink
Perfect Pearls - Metallic Green and Metallic Gold
Red GEO Dots
Background Rubber Stamp "Swirls"
Ball Chain

I used the Staz-On ink and inked the edges of the domino and set it used a heat gun.  I then used the clear embossing ink and covered the entire back of the domino ad poured the black UTEE onto that while wet.  I used the heat gun to melt the UTEE and, while hot, poured another layer on top of that.  I shook of the extra and heated it up again to melt.  I repeated one more time for a total of three layers.  I allowed it to cool before the next step.  Once cooled I stamped the black UTEE with the embossing ink once again and carefully applied some green and gold Perfect Pearls until the top was completely covered.  Then I heated the top up again allowing the UTEE to once again get molten and then used my background stamp and stamped onto the hot UTEE using pressure to get a deeply etched image.  I allowed the stamp to cool in place and then removed it.  Once cooled completely I added some tiny red GEO dots to smaller swirled areas of the design to give a more Christmas ornament feel.  I added the chain to the back and now I can hang it from my tree using an ornament hook or add it to a necklace for a holiday night out.  Merry Christmas one and all may God Bless you and your family this season.
See you tomorrow!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 22: A Trinity of Traditional Christmas Domino Ornaments by BlackDragon!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to Day 22 of DominoART's 24 Days Christmas Festival!
Only 3 more sleeps 'til Santa arrives..Woohoo!  We're having so much fun counting down the days in DominoART style :0)

BlackDragon is back to WOW us with a trinity of absolutely stunning traditional Christmas domino ornaments!  Yes you read that right...no Creepmas creations from the Queen of the Macabre today ;0)

Supplies used:
These 3 dominos are the real meaning of Christmas.  I stamped onto the dominoes with timber brown and saddle brown StazOn ink.  Coloured the images with Sharpies and sealed with Judikins Diamond Glaze.  I trimmed the edges with braid and ribbon....and used it to make loops to hang the dominoes on my tree with.  The stamps are from Stampsmith.

Stop by tomorrow to see more wonderful Chrismtas creations by DominoART's Merry Players!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 21: Christmas Multi-Domino Wall Hanging by Heidi Q!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!
I sure hope its not the Mayan end of the World where you live ;0)

It's Day 21 of DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas and
Heidi Q joins us today with a stunning multi-domino wall hanging! Keep scrolling down to see this one in all its glory, the photo is looong and you don't want to miss a thing ;0)

Supplies used:
Stamps by Viva Las Vegas Stamps and Tim Holtz
Alcohol inks: eggplant and silver
watermark stamp pad
embossing powder
black staz-on ink
diamond glaze
acrylic spray in satin (for the non-shiney pieces)
ribbon
curtain hanger
Golden extra geavy matte medium (used as glue)

Thanks for visiting and leaving DominoART's Merry Players lots of love!  We appreciate your comments!  I definitely hope we're all still here tomorrow so you can see Day 22's DominoART delight ;0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 20: Doll Ornament by Kelli G!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

It's Day 20 of DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas and
Kelli G is back to WOW us with another quirky Creepmas ornament!

Supplies used:
A Triomino game piece,
A wooden domino,
Nicole Crafts beaded garland,
Felt,
Glaze pens and gelly pens by Sakura,
Americana turquoise acrylic paint,
Diamond stickles,
A snowflake charm and Paperclay molded into the face.

Thanks for visiting and leaving DominoART's Merry Players lots of love!  We appreciate your comments, see you tomorrow ;0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 19: Santa Chekit Ornament by Charlotte F!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to DominoART's 
24 Days of Christmas Festival!

I hope all the fabulous DominoART creations you've seen so far have inspired you to create some of your own Christmas projects!  I invite you to link up your Christmas, Winter or Creepmas creations in the DominoART Readers' Art Gallery all month long for the chance to win a prize too :0)

Charlotte F joins us again today to share her stunning Santa Chekit Ornament!

Supplies Used:
Chekit
GlazOn by Tsukineko
Santa is Christmas Miracle  Stamp by Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection
Black Staz On Stamp Pad
Yellow and Red Sharpie
Gold Metallic Office Marker
Paper Rosette made from dye from Tim Holtz
Edged with Barn Door Distress Ink and Gold Stickles on
Spokes
String for Hanging

Thanks for visiting and leaving love for all of DominoART's Merry Players!
See you again tomorrow ;0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 18: Christmas Robin Domino Ornament by Leigh S-B!

Season's Greetings and welcome back to  
DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival!

Only 6 more days left until the festival finale and you all know what that means... Santa will soon be here...Yippie ;0) The poll for you to vote for your favourite DominoART creations will open on Dec 24 and you will have until Dec 28 noon PST to get in your votes! The winners will be announced on Dec 29!

Here's a quick reminder about our wonderful sponsors!

Blockheads Paper Arts
is sponsoring our grand prize and the winner will receive a fabulous
Mystery Sheet of exclusive Blockheads Rubber!  Woohoo!

The 2nd place prize is sponsored by Delicious Doodles and the winner will receive FOUR awesome digital images of their choice!  Yippie!

The 3rd place prize is sponsored by Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps and the winner will receive TWO digital images of their choice! Woohoo!

~x~

 Now for my Day 18 domino creation!

Christmas Robin Tree Orament

I used a white standard domino to create this hanging tree ornament. The wonderful little Robin image is an exclusive stamp by Blockheads Paper Arts!

The image was stamped with Jet Black StazOn ink and heat set before colouring with various Sharpie markers using my signature Sharpie Domino Queen technique.  I edged and coloured the sides of the domino with the new gold Sharpie marker.  I embellished the domino with metallic silver snowflake rub-ons and spray sealed the entire piece with first Krylon Artist's Workable Fixative and then matte Krylon sealer.  I wrapped the sides of the domino with 1/4 inch red liner double sided tape and adhered a length of gold cord to the top edge before wrapping the entire domino with red and gold braided trim from Michaels.  I finished off by securing the elegant gold ornament hanger to the top of the domino by tying the gold cord into a bow.

Here's some more views of my ornament!

Come back tomorrow to see another wonderful creation by a DominoART Merry Player ;0)

I've entered my ornament in the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations #20 - Anything Goes
Craft My Life - All Crafts Challenge

Crafty Bloggers Network #6 - Anything Goes
Fashionista Challenge #10 - Winter
Lexis Creations #80 - Snow
Love To Create #46 - Winter Fun
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #200 - Deck the Tree Trimmings

 Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 17: Holly Domino Ornament by Val S!

 Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival!

Val S joins us again today for Day 17 to share her gorgeous Holly domino ornament.

Supplies used:
Standard white domino
Holly stamp by Blockheads Paper Arts
Jet Black StazOn ink pad
Sharpie markers
Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue
Ice Blue and Silver Eyelash Fiber
1/4 inch Red Liner double sided tape

Visit again tomorrow for more magical creations!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 16: Domino Goes Skiing by Sandra Y!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to Day 16 of  
DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival! 
You guys are in for a real treat again today coz the amazing  Sandra Y is back to share another one of her jaw dropping domino creations :0)

First, the domino was stamped with the beautiful "sea bubble" from DesignsByRyn. I chose some green Stazon ink for the bottom, and some black Stazon for the top. Then the motives have been highlighted with markers (red) and gel pens (gold and white).

I glued two beads for the legs and a strip of cardstock for the arms. By chance, I found these funny beads (shaped hands and feet) in my daughter's bead box...thanks, honey :)  Finally, I glued a pink pompom, and two skis cut from a piece of cardstock.

The big pine tree on the left is a stamp from Inkadinkado. I inked it with both Shabby shutters and Pine needles distress inks, cut it out, then added some spots of textured paste for the snow.  The outdoor scene was stamped with a set from Vendible Stamps, and a row of pine trees from PSX.  The snow on the floor is made of Gesso and textured paste.

The “Joyeux Noël” stamp comes from Denim Tampons (a French company), and the snowflakes border was made with a Martha Steward punch.

See you again tomorrow for even more wonderful Christmas creations...DominoART style ;0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 15: Christmasy Double Domino Ornament by Pat C!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

It's Day 15 of DominoART's 24 Days Christmas Festival!

Pat C joins us today to share her wonderfully whimsical hanging double domino ornament!

Supplies used:
Two white standard sized dominoes
Stamp, EP and Glitter glue are all Hobbycraft brand
Santa was stamped with StazOn and coloured with Sharpies
Spellbinders dies and various cardstocks.
Silver ball garland and gold cord

Stop by tomorrow to see what else the Merry Players are up to!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 14: Christmas List Domino Book by BlackDragon!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

It's Day 14 of DominoART's 24 Days Christmas Festival already!
We're having so much fun counting down the days to Santa's arrival in DominoART style :0)

Speaking of Santa...feast your eyes on this glorious little Christmas List Domino Book that BlackDragon is sharing with us today!

Supplies used:
I stamped directly onto the dominos, coloured the images with sharpies, a used diamond glaze to seal.
I used ribbon to neaten the domino edges as well as for holding the book together. I've left the pages blank so that it can be used for writing CHRISTMAS LISTS in.

Stop by tomorrow to see more wonderful Chrismtas creations by DominoART's Merry Players!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 13: Creepmas Elves Ornament by Kelli G!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

It's Day 13 of DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival and
Kelli G joins us again today to share another one of her wickedly wonderful Christmas tree ornaments with a sparkle of Creepmas!

Supplies used:
 A wooden domino,
Garland beads from Nicole Crafts,
Diamond Stickles,
Images from Dilly Beans coloured with Sakura Gelly pens and Glaze pens.

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 12: Santa's Helpers Domino Ornament by Jennifer W!

 Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to Day 12 of
DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas!

Jennifer W joins us today to share her wonderfully whimsical elf domino ornament!

Stamp credit is Sweet Pea Stamps Bill Plank's Santa and His Helpers.
I stamped the image, colored with Martha Stewart markers, added Rangers White Opal liquid pearls and Star Dust Stickles for the snow. The hanger is a large snowflake brad. I curled one leg for the hanger and cut the other leg off.

Come back tomorrow for more wonderful Christmas creations!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 11: Creepmas Domino Pin by Charlotte F!

Seasons' Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to DominoART's 
24 Days of Christmas Festival
proudly sponsored by  
Blockheads Paper Arts,
Delicious Doodles Digital Images and  
Rick St Dennis Digital Images!

I hope all the fabulous DominoART creations you've seen so far have inspired you to create some of your own Christmas projects!  I invite you to link up your Christmas, Winter or Creepmas creations in the DominoART Readers' Art Gallery all month long for the chance to win a prize too :0)

Charlotte F joins us today to share her fab Creepmas Domino Pin!
 

Supplies used:
Domino
GlazOn by Tsukineko
“Oh Joy” stamp by Stampotique
Black StazOn
Purple, green, yellow, black and silver Sharpies
Tiny green bell and a Pin back

See you back here bright and early tomorrow for more magical DominoART creations!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 10: The North Pole by Sandra Y!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival! 
You guys are in for a real treat coz  Sandra Y joins us today for Day 10 to share another one of her unbelievably creative domino creations :0)

Santa Claus: I glued a half-nutshell on my domino, and I wrapped it with scraps of red tissue paper. The “secret” of this technique consists in adding some glue during the process, (like you'd do with  “papier maché”). Two pips of the domino figure are the eyes, the others are hidden with the nose (half bead), and the belt. The hands are parts of a Quickutz die-cut.  Eyebrows, fur on the costume and belt were made with textured paste.

Mrs Claus:  She was created following the same process.  I glued two half beads on her body - Yes, I know, I have exaggerated their size a bit, but it was by Santa’s explicit request ;D - and a little bead for the nose, painted with gesso first, then acrylic paint.  I wrapped her with scraps of red tissue paper to form the dress. The fur on the dress and the hair were made with textured paste. The “Makeup” was applied with a marker.

The penguin (my favorite):  A chess pawn was painted with black and white gesso.  I then glued the feet (punched leaves), the “nose” and one wing (scraps of cardstock).

 Surroundings: The North Pole sign is made of FIMO.  The outdoor scene was sponged with distress faded jean ink, and the penguins stamps come from Third Coast Rubber Stamps. The snow is made with textured paste.

Here's a closer look at the amazing details Sandra put into her North Pole creation!

See you again tomorrow for more Christmas DominoART creations!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 9: Snowflake Ornament by Silvia H!

Season's Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to Day 9 of DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival!
I hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful domino creations so far :0)  Thank you for leaving us your comments each day, we love hearing from you!

Silvia H joins us today to share her fabulous snowflake domino creation!  Her ornament is so sparkly that she had trouble with the photos.  Her beautiful domino says Winter Wishes ;0)

 Supplies used:
Alcohol Inks
A Unity stamp
Blue Moon beads
Dress It Up snowflake buttons
A snowflake
White Glitter Paint
Turquoise Slick Paint

See you again tomorrow :0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations