D'ART Guest Designer: "Roses" Altered Domino punk style Jewelry set!

Howzit Dominoians!
I'm very pleased to have a very talented Guest Designer sharing a tutorial with us today plus she will return again in June with another fab creation!

Please give An English Lady a very warm welcome and I hope you enjoy her "Roses" altered domino punk style jewelry using one of her favourite techniques, clay stamping!
Please click on each photo to enlarge and follow along with her tutorial!
We would love to see your projects using the clay technique too so feel free to share links to your projects in the comments of this post!
Enjoy!

Metallic Gilding Wax by Creative Expressions - Colour Patina, Alcohol Pen by Spectrum Noir Colour IB3

 Don't forget that DominoART's 3rd annual 15 Days of Terror - Half-O-Ween in May Scarefest begins on Friday May 1st!  I've got 4 spots available if any of you are interested in joining the fun and be in the running to win a $15 gift certificate to spend at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Plus, in celebration of DominoART's 13th Birthday I'm hosting the Dominique Doll contest on DominoART's Facebook Group for the search for DominoART's Next Top Mascot ;0) 
Come and join the fun!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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BDay Celebrations - DominoART's Next Top Mascot "Dominique Doll" Contest!

In celebration of
DominoART's 13th Birthday I'm hosting

How to enter the Contest

1. Become a follower of the DominoART blog.
2. Join my new DominoART Facebook Group where the contest will be held!
3. Create a fabulous altered game art doll of any kind, shape or form - take a closer look at DominoART's blog banner photo for lots of glamorous inspiration!
4. You can use any kind of game pieces and other embellishments but you must use at least one altered domino in some way! 
5. Your doll must be rubber stamped in some way!
6. Digi stamps can be used too.
7. Submit your entry on the DominoART Facebook group no later than June 2nd by midnight PDT!
8. Members of the Facebook group will get to vote for their favorites and from those finalists I will select the winner!
9. The winner will receive a fab prize (sponsor will be announced soon) and a glamorous Winner's blog badge!
10. The entry that wins will then come and live with me where she'll join my royal court, be treated like royalty, participate in numerous photo shoots and join the elite group of ladies adorning DominoART's blog banner photo, the FB group's banner and be featured on our various blog badges!

Who will win and become DominoART's next Top Mascot?  

I can't wait to see all your fabulous game art dolls! 

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Happy Birthday DominoART!

Happy Weekend Dominoians!
Today we celebrate DominoART's 13th Birthday!  Woohoo!!

WOW, it just seems like yesterday when my original DominoART Yahoo group was founded!  I've been altering dominoes and other game pieces for 13+ years now and I'm still addicted and loving it!

copyright: Domino Dude - Leigh Snaith-Brunton

To celebrate I've launched DominoART's new Facebook Group where I will now be hosting DominoART's Next Top Mascot, the "Dominique Doll" Contest!
See my next post for all the details!

I hope you'll come and join the fun!

 Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Week 4 of D'ART Challenge #12 "Dominoes to DYE for"

TGIF Dominoians!

We're now heading into the fourth week of

 DominoART Challenge #12
"Dominoes to Dye for"

I challenge you to DYE your dominoes using only the Egg Dye kits sold for colouring eggs!  So dash on out to your grocery store and grab a few different kinds before they're gone for another year!  Click HERE to enter Challenge #12!  5+ entries required to win a prize!  For 5 entries or less I'm now offering Guest Designer spots to the creators of my fave projects!
 

Last week I showed you the dominoes I altered using a metallics egg dye kit and today I'm sharing some "Alien Landscape" dominoes I made using 2 of my faves from those dominoes. I loved those 2 from the middle, they reminded me of deep space photos of magical celestial-scapes. So I used those 2 and added the stamped Lost Coast Designs columns from the ATC Misc. 7 Set. The columns were stamped on Neenah cardstock and coloured in shades of Cool Grey Copics, fussy cut out and just the bases adhered to the dominoes so that the columns stood away from the domino surfaces to add some quirky dimension.  I completed the celestial sky with self-adhesive silver starts.  

Sadly there's been no entries yet, I'm surprised coz this challenge was a fan favourite in my DominoART Yahoo group over the years.  Hopefully you're still working on your projects though and I'll see some fab ones this week ;0)  There's still plenty of time to enter, the challenge closes on the 29th at noon PST!  I saw some kits in the Easter clearances at 90% off at Walmart the other day so hurry and grab some while you can! There's no right or wrong way to dye dominoes so just have fun and play around with the kits and see what results you get.

I'm DYE-ing to see your challenge entries ;0)

Click HERE to enter Challenge #12!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

DominoART Has A New Facebook Group!

Howzit Dominoians!
I'm very pleased to announce that I have launched our new DominoART Facebook Group in celebration of the DominoART's original Yahoo group's 13th Birthday/Anniversary!
I'm no longer accepting any new memberships to the Yahoo group and will be transfering the wealth of info and tutorials etc over to my new FB group.  Lots of work ahead for me LOL but it's going to be all Fun Fun Fun with swaps, challenges and contests galore for everyone!!!!

Are you GAME to alter anything from dominoes to jigsaw puzzles?
Then I sure hope you'll come and play with us ;0) 

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Week 3 of D'ART Challenge #12 - "Dominoes to Dye For"

TGIF Dominoians!

We're now heading into week 3 of

 DominoART Challenge #12
"Dominoes to Dye for"

I challenge you to DYE your dominoes using only the Egg Dye kits sold for colouring eggs!  So dash on out to your grocery store and grab a few different kinds before they're gone for another year!  Click HERE to enter Challenge #12!  5+ entries required to win a prize!  For 5 entries or less I'm now offering Guest Designer spots to the stamper of my fave projects!

 For your week 3 inspiration I've been playing with metallics!

This egg dye kit consisted of a gold opaque glaze and some semi-transparent colours.  I used a combination of new dominoes straight out the box as well as some old ones from my stash of doms set aside for re-use.  The opaque metallic glaze covers up any previously stamped images nicely and gives them new life!  I had loads of fun mixing and creating patterns.  The above photo shows some of the variations I made.  Hopefully you can still find some kits in the Easter clearances and remember, there's no right or wrong way to dye dominoes so just have fun and play around with the kits and see what results you get.

I'm DYE-ing to see your challenge entries ;0)

Click HERE to enter Challenge #12!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Week 2 of D'ART Challenge #12 - "Bunny Blue domino magnet" Presentation Card

Happy Easter weekend to you all!
We're already heading into week 2 of

 DominoART Challenge #12
"Dominoes to Dye for"

I challenge you to DYE your dominoes using only the Egg Dye kits sold for colouring eggs!  So dash on out to your grocery store and grab a few different kinds before they're gone for another year!  Click HERE to enter Challenge #12! 

Smeared Ink Occasions Li'l Grumpie rubber stamp

 On Wednesday I shared Bunny Blue the fridge magnet I made using one of the dyed dominoes. Today I'm sharing the Easter card I made for my sister featuring Bunny Blue.  This card is a cute and clever way to present a magnet project. 

 I cut a hole into the embossed panel the same size as the magnet on the back of the domino and attached the panel to the front of a folded card with pop dots.  The magnet slots into the hole and can be easily removed later.  The domino is quite heavy though so to prevent the card from falling forward when open I cut the bottom edge of the back of the card at an angle to create an easel type card.  The card now slants backwards when on display!

I used Peacock Pearlescent Brilliance ink to highlight the embossed design on the front of the card and also to stamp the sentiment (Michaels brand) on the inside.  To finish off the card I added the cream sheer ribbon and bow and 4 topaz self adhesive jewels attached to each corner.
 

I hope you'll grab some of the eggy dye kits and come play with us!
I'm DYE-ing to see your challenge entries ;0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

"Bunny Blue" domino maget is to DYE for!

Happy April 1st to you all!
Today is the start of the new challenge over at Altered Eclectics and Bunny Blue is one of my DT shares for today!  Altered Eclectic challenges start on the 1st of every month and are always Anything Goes but your projects must fit into the following criteria: Altered Art, Mixed Media projects, Upcycled, etc!  NO standard paper projects like cards, ATCs and tags are allowed!

Isn't Bunny Blue the cutest altered domino you ever did see!? ;0)

You saw his beginnings on Friday March 27 when my new DominoART Challenge #12 "Dominoes to Dye for" started!  We're playing with Easter Egg dye kits this month so click that link above to check it all out!  Continue reading below the long collaged photo for more info on Bunny Blue!

  For Bunny Blue's body I actually used the domino that looks more green on the left bottom row

and I also preferred it the other way round to the pic below too.  I used Smeared Ink's Li'l Bunny Grumpie from the Occasions Li'l Grumpie rubber stamp set.

The bunny was stamped with jet black StazOn ink onto the domino after I had sealed the surface with a few light sprays of Krylon Artist's Workable Fixative.  I stamped him again on heavy weight cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, coloured with Copic markers and fussy cut out the big paws and the ears with the eyebrows attached.  The parts were adhered to the domino with small dabs of Judikins Diamond glaze.  I added white paint to his eye highlights with a toothpick and once dry I applied Vive Pearl Transparent Magic White dimensional paint to his eyes and for even more Easter Egg sparkly fun I added Crystal Stickles glitter glue to his ears, eyebrows, paws and a little dab on his little belly button.  I added the round magnet to the back so he can liven up a fridge with his super cuteness!

But I didn't stop there!  Stop by on Friday to see what else I did with Bunny Blue for my week 2 post of the  "Dominoes to Dye for" challenge ;0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations