31 Days of Halloween 2012 Winners!

Hello Everyone!
I hope you all had a hauntingly good time last night with lots of spooky goings on!

The day you've all been waiting for is finally here!  Time to announce the winners of DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween 2012

Thank you for voting for your favourite creations!  I won't keep you all in suspense for much longer, heehee, but first lets give a round of applause to all of DominoART's Wicked Players!  Everyones projects were truly spooktacular and it was an honour to feature each and every one all month long!  Thank you for making DominoART's 2nd annual 31 Days of Halloween event a spooktacular success!  I'm announcing lots of prizes today so make sure you read the whole post ;0)

A huge Thank You to Blockheads Paper Arts and SkyBluePink for sponsoring this year's event!

Ok, here it is folks!

The Grand Winner is

Drum rollllllllllllllllllllllllll please!

The Queen of Halloween
is
BLACK DRAGON!

Day 21: Dragon's Breath Cabinet Box

Congratulations!  Here's your snazzy winner badge to proudly display on your blog!
Please link up to your creation here on DominoART!

Please email me to claim your $50 Gift Certificate from
Blockheads Paper Arts
Grand Prize $50 Gift Certificate!

and the 2nd place prize goes to

JENNIFER W

DAY 30:  RIP Domino Pendant
 
Here's your snazzy badge to display on your blog!

 and the 3rd place prize goes to

SANDRA Y

Day 28:  Doing Strange Domino Art

Here's your snazzy badge to display on your blog!

Congrats ladies!  You've both won a $13 gift certificate to

SkyBluePink

Cool Stuff for Non-Fancy Prices

Please email me to claim your prizes and please link up your badges to your Days here on DominoART!

Thank you to everyone who shared their Halloween creations in 
DominoART's Halloween Readers' Gallery!  
There were so many wonderful creations and I've picked a winner to receive a surprise DominoART Treat!

Congratulations to SHARON SAHL!
 

 Please email me to claim your surprise DominoART Treat from me and here's a snazzy blog badge for you too :0)

I also want to give an Honourable Mention to Jennifer W who created this spooky tree for all the domino ornaments she made throughout October!  You can see all her fab ornaments in the Readers' Gallery!
 

 

  Here's a snazzy Honourable Mention badge for your blog as well ;0)

 Oh but I'm not done yet...I've got one more surprise DominoART Treat to hand out!

Congrats to Lady Brayton!  You left this wonderful comment on Day 22 for Val!

"I'm loving all the altered domino art and jewelry I've been seeing. It really makes me want to play with some game pieces! Fabulous pendant! I love the vibrant color and the cool texture on the cat :) Awesome work!"

Please email me to claim your DominoART Treat!  You'll be receiving the Scaredy Cat domino pendant from Val S :0)

That's all folks!  Congrats to all the winners and thanks again for making DominoART's 2nd annual 31 Days of Halloween so much fun!

I'm not done though with all the fun we're having here on the DominoART Blog!
This is what you can expect to see in coming months and on into 2013 so stay tuned so you don't miss a thing!  I hope to see you all visiting often :0) 
 

DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival which starts Dec 1
Romancing the DominoART which starts Feb 1 2013
DominoART's 31 Days of Half-o-ween which starts May 1 2013

Plus DominoART's brand new Design Team will debut in 2013
The DT call is still open, see here for the details!
 And starting in 2013 I will also be hosting DominoART challenges with some fabulous sponsors!!!!  The challenges will be listed with Feline Playful to ensure you don't miss out ;0)

On to the 24 Days of Christmas Festival we go, Wooohoooo!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 31 Finale: Clockwork Queen of Halloween Necklace by Leigh S-B

The Witching Hour draws near, what do you Fear?  Happy Halloween Everyone ;0)

Wow, can you believe it's the grand finale of  
DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween 2012 already!

A round of applause to all my Wicked Players, thank you so much for sharing your scariest, darkest and ever so cute altered game art with us this year!  Also, a round of applause to everyone who took part in the Smeared and Smudged blog hop.  I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the spooktacular eye candy each day and enjoyed participating as a Wicked Blogger.  DominoART will definitely be taking part again next year!  I'm excited already LOL!

Before I share my finale project I want to remind you all to cast your votes for your favourite projects!  The inlinkz collection poll is below, at the end of my post and also on the 31 Days of Halloween 2012 page.  Everyone has 10 votes each!  I will announce the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners on November 1st!

A huge Thank You to the sponsors of this year's event!

Blockheads Paper Arts
is sponsoring the 
Grand Prize of a $50 Gift Certificate!

and

SkyBluePink
  is sponsoring two 
$13 Gift Certificates 
for the 2nd and 3rd place prizes! 

Cool Stuff for Non-Fancy Prices

I've also got two surprise awards to hand out tomorrow too!  I'm going to select a winner from everyone who has shared their Halloween creations in DominoART's Halloween Readers' Art Gallery so if you haven't linked up your project yet you better do so before the collection closes!  You can see the deadline next to the inlinkz button!  I'm also going to select a random winner to receive a DominoART Treat from all my wonderful followers or from all the fabulous comments received throughout the month!  Tomorrow's post is going to be bristling with surprises :0)

I'm also over the moon right now and I just have to share heehee!  I received my complimentary issue of Just Steampunk Vol 2 yesterday and all 6 of my creations I submitted have been published, WOOHOOOOOOO!
You can find 2 of my DominoART necklaces on page 27 featuring Third Coast stamps, plus my two Fine Art self portraits featuring Blockheads Paper Arts stamps on page 99 and two cards featuring Third Coast stamps on page 99 too!  I'm tickled pink right now, LOL ;0)

Now for my Day 31 creation!

Perfectly fitting for today's finale is my 'Clockwork Queen of Halloween' altered Doublecross domino necklace!

The image is called Halloween Queen VB-299-P by Third Coast Rubber Stamps.

I used a wooden Doublecross domino for this pendant and drilled a hole in the top edge so I could screw in a tiny brass eye-screw.  Sorry guys, this game has been discontinued for many years now but keep your eyes peeled at garage sales coz you just never know!  The image was stamped with Jet Black StazOn ink and coloured with a combination of Sharpie markers and Adirondack Alcohol pens:  Black, Burgundy and Pink Lemonade Sharpies, Rust, Slate, Butterscotch and Stream Alcohol pens.  Metallic copper, silver and gold details were added to the image with Letraset markers.

The domino was edged with a metallic copper paint pen and all 4 sides of the domino were pounced onto a Brilliance Mineral tri-colour ink pad.  I deliberately allowed the imperfections in the wood game piece to show through, which you can see in the photo below.  The top of the dagger looked like a heart so I added a jeweled heart sticker and then sealed the entire piece with Judikins Diamond Glaze.  She'd totally work for an Alice in Wonderland themed project don't you think!  While the glaze was still wet I adhered the large silver clockwork key (Bead Landing, Found Objects Charms) to the bottom of the domino.

I completed the project with various charms (Bead Landing, Found Objects) added to chain which I attached to the clockwork key holes.  I screwed in the tiny eye screw and threaded a chain through it and also embellished the top with a brass cog gear from SkyBluePink.  The cog gear on the charm chains is also from SkyBluePink too.

Stay tuned for my post tomorrow announcing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of  
31 Days of Halloween 2012 and don't forget you can now sign up for DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival which starts Dec 1!

Happy Trick or Treating!  Beware all that goes bump in the night ;0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 30: RIP Domino Pendant by Jennifer W

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

Scroll down for today's project but first a quick reminder about the Poll!  The Poll is now open but isn't located in the sidebar like I said it would!  The Poll can be found in this post below today's project and in Day 31's post too!  There's also a PAGE with the same inlinkz collection where you can vote too!  Please cast your votes for your favourite projects and yes, you can vote for more than one!  Everyone should have 10 votes each.  Please let me know if you can't vote more than once!  I had to edit the Poll so I could include today's project so, sorry, you might need to re-vote if you voted earlier this morning.

I will announce the winners on Nov 1st!

Boohoo, only one more day left in our spooktacular  
31 Days of Halloween

 event and blog hop with Smeared and Smudged!  But don't worry, our 2013 event will be here before you know it and I'd like to invite you all to come and participate again!  You can even reserve your spot today or any time during 2013 if you want to!  Just email me to reserve your Day(s) before someone else grabs them!  Please put 'DominoART 31 Days of Halloween 2013' in your subject so I know what you're signing up for.  You can even email your project photo with stamp credits and materials list any time too!

   Now for today's offering!

Jennifer W joins us today for Day 30 with an oh so creepy yet elegant Domino pendant!

Here's a closer look!

Materials used:
Stamp - Inkadinkado
Bic Markers to colour the domino
Crystal Effects sealer

See you tomorrow for the grand finale of DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 29: Haunted Tag by Pat C

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

First I just want to send out best wishes to all my East Coast readers!  Be safe, you're in my prayers!

Only 2 more sleepless nights until the Witching Hour..bbbrrhhhaaaaaaaa!
Can you believe how fast the days are flying by, Christmas will soon be here but in the mean while we're going to have a DominoART Christmas Fesitival, woohoo!  
Click on the badge to visit the 24 Days of Christmas page!  Thank you to everyone who has already emailed in the Days you'd like, I will be replying to you all next week!

 
Scroll down for today's project but first a quick reminder about the Poll!

The Poll will not be in the sidebar like I mentioned previously!  It is now located in the body of the post and you can see it below already!  I'm adding all the entries today and the Poll will open for voting tomorrow, Oct 30!  The Poll will then be in the Oct 30 and the Oct 31 post for your convenience!

Starting tomorrow please cast your vote for you favourite projects from 
DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween 2012
Yes, you can vote for more than one!
I will announce the winners on Nov 1st! 
Blockheads Paper Arts
is sponsoring the 
Grand Prize of a $50 Gift Certificate!

and

SkyBluePink
  is sponsoring two 
$13 Gift Certificates 
for the 2nd and 3rd place prizes! 

Cool Stuff for Non-Fancy Prices

Now for today's quirky DominoART offering!

 ~*~

Pat C joins us again today for Day 29 of
DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween 
 with a spooktacular tag featuring a wicked altered domino!

Here's a closer look at the wicked kitty domino

I used Hobbycraft brand black ink pad with a sponge for the first Tag and masking tape for the moon.
On the small Tag I used a creased up plastic bag with the same black ink pad, then adhered it onto the larger red tag with double sided tape.
I then used a template for the house, ghost and bat and coloured with black and
orange Sharpies.

 Supplies used on the domino: 
Cat with Cauldron DT-356-J by Third Coast Rubber Stamps
Purple Sharpie marker was used on the domino and then  edged with a Black Sharpie marker.
Image stamped with a Hobbycraft brand black ink pad and redrawn over with a black Sharpie marker.

See you tomorrow for Day 30 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 28: 'Doing Strange Domino Art' by Sandra Y

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

!Voting Poll news!

On Oct 30 you will see a voting poll for 
DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween 
in the left hand side bar.  You will have until midnight on Oct 31 to vote for your favourite projects and yes, you can vote for more than one project! 

I will announce the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners on Nov 1st!

~*~
 

I'm so proud that Sandra Y, the winner of DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween 2011, is back again for Day 28 to amaze us with yet another one of her horrifyingly fantastic creations ;0)

The background on the card was coloured with liquid inks.  The spider webs by Stampers Anonymous were embossed with silver embossing powder.  The open mouth on the domino is by StampaFe Art Stamps and the hand stamp source is unknown.  The bats border was made with an EK Success punch and the arms and legs on the domino are parts of a MC Gill punch.  A white gel pen was used to added some of the details.

Here's a closer look at her freaky altered domino!
Notice the eyes are the 'pips' which is the technical term for the dots on the domino!

Sandra followed a tutorial on how to create her wicked beaded spider - check it out here!

See you tomorrow for Day 29 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 27: 'Fright Night' by BonnieBlueDenim

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

Welcome to the final days of  
DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween!

BonnieBlueDenim joins us again today for Day 27 with a frightfully good altered domino project that involves some digital altering too! 

In the words of BonnieBlueDenim....Stamp image from My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Halloween. I love to stamp images and take photos of them and then add effects in Photoshop Elements. I layered the domino on a piece of scrap paper, took a photo, uploaded, cropped and added various paint brush elements and the word Fright in PE.

Don't forget that my Game of Thrones challenge over at the Third Coast Creative Challenge blog started yesterday!  I'm looking for all sorts of projects inspired by or loosely based on the books and the HBO TV series!  Pop on over for all the details!

See you tomorrow for Day 28 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!
 

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 26: Deadly Spider Domino Magnet by Kapree C

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

Welcome to DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween!  
Kapree C joins us again today for Day 26 with a stunning and oh so deadly spider domino magnet!

Spider and web stamps - Inkadinkadoo
Glitter glue on the web
Red and orange Sharpies - spider
Black Sharpie border around the sides
Liquid Glass sealer
 Self-adhesive magnet attached to the back

See you tomorrow for Day 27 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 25: Coffin Candy Box by Mrs Swandog

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

The final days of DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween are counting down so fast, boohoo!  But I'm so happy you're all still hanging in there and enjoying the spooktacular DominoART creations each day and leaving us all much appreciated love!

ATTENTION: NEW CHALLENGE NEWS!

Before I scare you silly with today's project I want to quickly tell you about the new challenge I'm hosting over at the Third Coast Creative Challenge Blog!  The new challenge, TCCC#8, is called 'Game of Thrones' and the theme is based on the books and HBO TV series by that name!  The challenge starts this Friday, Oct 26 and ends Nov 7!  So pull out your medieval inspired stamps coz I'm looking for projects featuring knights, dragons, castles, kings and queens with a touch of sorcery for good measure!  You can use any stamp company images but you must use at least one Third Coast stamp to be eligible for the prize of a $25 Third Coast gift certificate and qualify for the Coterie Top 3!  Non Third Coast entries are in the running for 'Honourable Mention' accolades!   

Hope to see you all over there on Friday and now on to today's project....prepare to be scared ;0)

~*~  

   Mrs Swandog joins us again today for Day 25 with a gruesomely gorgeous coffin candy box embellished with two wicked cool altered dominoes!

Supplies List:

 Mini Domino
Regular Domino
paper mache' coffin box
Moss
rolled roses
memory box rolled flower die
silver metallic deco pen
Staz-on black ink
Martha Stewart Halloween stamps
Body parts gummy candy

See you tomorrow for Day 26 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 24: Halloween Domino Box by Karen McAlpine

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

Welcome to DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween!  

My fellow Blockheads Paper Arts Design Team mate, Karen McAlphine, joins us today for Day 24 with a fang-tastic Halloween Domino Box!

Stamps:
Fall Scene - Memory Box
Bat, Pumpkin, Sentiment, Tree - Stampin’ Up
Candy Corn, Frankenstein - Studio G
Clothes Line - Recollections

 Materials List:
Ink: Jet Black Stazon
Decorative Paper: K & Company
Ribbon: Michaels Craft Store
Glossy Accents
Copic Markers
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Small box: 4 ¼ x 5 inches

Instructions:
Stamp on dominoes with Stazon ink.  Let dry.  Color with markers.  Add the glossy accents when marker ink is dry.  Cover box with decorative paper and ribbon.  Glue dominoes to box top with hot glue gun.  Tie two bows and attach with hot glue.

See you tomorrow for Day 25 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 23: 'Eeeeeek......A Spider!' by Barb B

Hello my dear Wicked Bloggers and Followers!

Boohoo, our spooktacular 31 Days of Halloween is nearly over but the DominoART fun will be continuing with a magical new event ;0)

You are never too 'grown up' to feel the magic and wonder of Christmas so this year I'm starting a new DominoART tradition - the 24 Days of Christmas Countdown Festival!

Let's celebrate Christmas DominoART style with magical creations for 24 Days straight and countdown the arrival of Santa! There will be prizes up for grabs and the Sponsors will be announced soon!  

24 Days of Christmas starts Dec 1 and ends Dec 24 

Taking signs up now! 

There's a PAGE with all the details but the formatting on the list won't stay put so I'm going to start creating the players list in the sidebar this week.

Email me to grab the Day(s) you'd like to create either a Christmas or Winter themed altered game art project for and you can have more than one day if you love Christmas as much as me ;0) 

Now for today's fang-tastic 31 Days of Halloween project! 
Barb B, my fellow Blockheads DT mate, joins us again today for Day 23 with a frightfully creepy crawling creation that MOVES eeeeeeek ;0)

Stamps used are by Penny Black (spider) and Third Coast Designs (Pumpkin Princess).

I call this a slider card. The spider can slide up and down the cord - fun for kids to play with.

The princess was stamped using Jet Black StazOn and was colored in using a Dove blender pen and Distress Inks. I used Chrystal Stickles on the fringe of her hat. I sponged blue ink onto the cardstock to make the sky.

For the domino, I used a wooden bamboo domino again. I sponged on StazOn Cotton White Ink and a bit of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain. Then I stamped the image using Jet Black StazOn. I went over the spider web with a metallic silver gel pen and colored in the spider using a bright green sharpie. I also added Chrystal Stickles to the spider.

I threaded the silver cord through the holes in the domino and attached it all by gluing the cord ends to the back of the cardstock.

See you tomorrow for Day 24 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  I've already won 4 Scavenger Hunt prizes and I'm over the moon with glee ;0)  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 22: Scaredy Cat Domino Pendant by Val S

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

Welcome to DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween!  
Val S joins us again today for Day 22 with a wicked scaredy cat altered domino necklace!

 Supplies used:
Scaredy Cat and Flourish stamp by Inkadinkado
Super-sized Domino
Bamboo beads
Brown cord
Terracotta Adirondack Alcohol Inks
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Amber rhinestones

See you tomorrow for Day 23 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 21: 'Dragon's Breath' Cabinet Box by BlackDragon

Greetings Wicked Bloggers!

Welcome to DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween!   

Thank you to everyone for visiting every day and leaving us all your wonderful comments :0)
They are greatly appreciated and we enjoy hearing how our DominoART projects are inspiring you to adventure into altering your own game pieces too!  That's high praise indeed!

We also have some fabulous creations in our Halloween 2012 Readers' Gallery!  There's a link in the DominoART sidebar or you can click on the page title near the Home button above to go and check them out!

Now for today's project!  
You're in for a real treat today coz the fabulous BlackDragon joins us for Day 21 with a wicked cool cabinet box featuring 4 altered dominoes assembled on the lid!

 The stamps and papers are
MY MINDS EYE-LOST AND FOUND- HALLOWEEN
The dominos are stamped, coloured with sharpies and diamond glazed (Judikins Diamond Glaze). The 3d skull is 6x stamped images, fussy cut, decoupaged up and dipped in clear UTEE in my melting pot.

The inside contains Dragon's Breath room freasher!

See you tomorrow for Day 22 of 31 Days of Halloween and don't forget to visit all the blogs in the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop for the chance to win lots of SAS prizes!!  See Terra's blog if you're late to the freak show!

Happy Haunting and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations