Day 16: Quoth the Raven Poefume by Leigh S-B!

Welcome to Day 16 of DominoART's 

annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 

and blog hop presented by Smeared Ink!

We're now in the third week of our spooktacular blog hop and DominoART's scarefest!  If you've been hopping with us from the beginning then you arrived here via Sue and your next stop is Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  If you don't know what the hop is all about and dying to know then stop by Terra's blog.  The Smeared Ink Blog Hop roll is over there in my right hand side bar if you'd like to join the fun!  There's lots of sponsor prizes to be won each and every day!

Smeared Ink is the clawesome sponsor for DominoART 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest's Grand Prize this year!  One of my Wicked Players will win a Smeared Ink digi set of their choice and be crowned DominoART's Queen of Halloween!  You will all get to vote for your favourite projects starting on Oct 30th.  The winner will be announced here on DominoART on Monday Nov 2nd so you'll have a few days to get your votes in!

Today is Smeared Ink Friday and the featured project is by me, Leigh S-B!
Altered perfume bottle and Doublecross dominoes featuring stamps by Smeared Ink
I've got lots of photos today ;0)

 I'm introducing my new fragrance today called
'Quoth the Raven' Poefume by House of Raven ;0)

a fun magazine advert for the launch of my Poefume ;0)

 Every ghoul needs to smell of crushed Black Roses with just a hint of Pale Moonlight on All Hallow's Eve so hurry in your order today!

Altered perfume bottle

 Supplies used
Smeared Ink - Quoth the Raven rubber stamps
Perfume bottle
2 Doublecross dominoes
mini shipping tag and gold cord
 Ranger Adirondack Brights Alcohol Ink - Watermelon and Sunshine Yellow
StazOn Jet Black ink
Archival Versafine Onyx Black ink
Brilliance Rocket Red Gold ink
Gold embossing powder
DecoColor Liquid Gold paint pen
Metallic gold gel pen
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Black ultra fine Sharpie

The Doublecross Dominoes and front and back of the tag.  I applied the Alcohol Inks to the dominoes and the tag with a felt applicator and stamped the dominoes with StazOn black ink and the tag with Versafine black ink.  "Quoth the Raven" was stamped with Brilliance pigment ink on both the domino and the tag and embossed with gold EP.  The other text was handwritten with a gold gel pen.  I used the metallic gold paint pen to edge the dominoes and tag and also coloured the sides of the dominoes.

I hand wrote Poe on the top of the lid with a black Sharpie and stamped Nevermore and the portion of The Raven on the side of the lid with black StazOn.  The crosshatch stamp design was stamped on the glass bottle with StazOn too.  The dominoes were adhered to the bottle with Judikins Diamond Glaze.

Smeared Ink is holding a very special sale to help you get your hands on more images! Purchase any four single digi images and get 1 FREE! ...Valid in our shop at http://www.smearedink.com

Thank you for the wonderful comments you left for Shari yesterday and for hopping with us again today!

Have a faBOOlous weekend and see you again tomorrow for Day 17!

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Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop with Smeared and Smudged!

Howzit Dominoians!
Welcome to the 2nd of my blogs playing in this year's Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop hosted by the fabulous Smeared and Smudged team!  Thanks so much for hopping with us today!

a peek at my entire S.A.D collection

Here's the blog roll to keep you going and if you stopped by here first then start the hop at the beginning on Black Dragon's blog, you do not want to miss all the fangtastic skullie eye candy being shared today!

SKULL APPRECIATION DAY
Blog Hop
Black Dragon
Katie
Lisa
Tit Belsoeur
Anna
Sue
Nan
Dream In Darkness
Harp
Maureen
Ike
Monique
Fiona
Teresa
Leigh S-B
DominoART
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity
Julia
Susan R.

 Here's my 2nd Smeared and Smudged DT project for today - an Amazonian Amulet found in the clutches of a doomed treasure hunter!

Doublecross Domino "Amazonian Amulet"

I used one of Smeared Ink's feathered skull rubber stamps from their Fringe set on this one.
I stamped the wooden Doublecross domino with black Archival Ink, heat set the image and then coloured the design with Sharpie markers in my signature Sharpie Domino Queen technique.  I then added a red and gold tear drop sticker jewel to the feathered head piece.  To complete the necklace I wired wrapped the domino a few times with thin black craft wire with the skull charm attached and added the bail by twisting the wire on one of the passes round.  The skull charm was silver toned so I coloured it with a brown Sharpie to give it a more aged gold tone and then added the brown suede cord necklace to complete the look.

click to enlarge the photo for a closer look at the details

Hop on over to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity to see 3 more of S.A.D projects and one of them is another domino ;0)  Today is also the start of our 1st Skellie-Fest event that runs through to June 18th with a $20 gift certificate to spend at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
Don't forget to return after the hop and play to win!

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"Maddy Hatter's Wonderlandian Sugar Bowl" Doublecross Domino Trinket Box

Howzit Dominoians!
Our new challenge over at Altered Eclectics starts today!  As always our challenges are Anything Goes BUT they must be mixed media altered art projects, NO cards, tags or ATCs are allowed!

My DT inspiration for June is this Wonderland inspired "sugar bowl" made with Doublecross Dominoes, Pairs in Pears game pieces plus a dice bead and features Lost Coast Designs Manga Goth with Top Hat.

I also made this project for the launch of Lost Coast Designs new Event and Challenge blog called Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!  Pop on over and join in our fabulous Grand Opening Celebrations!

I featured my project in more detail over on my other blog, Leigh S-B Designs, so pop on over for more info on how I made my game art trinket box!
Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week!

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"Autumn's Pencil" Doublecross Domino Bookmarker - Smeared Ink DT

Happy Sunday!
I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend so far!  Today I'm sharing my Smeared Ink DT inspiration project I posted over at our Smudgy Antics challenge blog yesterday!

 At the beginning of February I shared my Daily Planner featuring Smeared Ink's Grandmaster chess set digis on the cover and today here's the Doublecross Domino bookmarker I made for my planner!  This time I used the tall and narrow stamp from my Autumn's Pencil rubber stamp set I designed for Smeared Ink.

 Before I started stamping I hand screwed the brass eye screws into both ends of the wooden Doublecross domino (a game that's been discontinued for many years now).  Then stamped the image onto the front and sides with Jet Black StazOn ink and heat set before colouring the design with Sharpie markers.  I'd normally apply a varnish or Judikins Diamond Glaze at this point to protect the domino but I did that after I took the photos, the glare from the glaze makes it tricky to get good pix!  I made the jewelry dangle and included a tiny black domino bead to complete my piece, I just love those beads!  I threaded a length of black sheer ribbon through the top loop and adhered it to the back page of my daily planner and it works and looks great too!  Here's a closer look at the details!

 Don't forget you've got DominoART's first challenge of the year to enter, #10 Hearts plus it's an Any Game Goes and also come and join us at Smudgy Antics for our always Anything Goes challenges too!

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Day 17: Forget-Me-Not Apothecary Bottle & Domino by Leigh S-B!

Welcome back to DominoART for
Day 17 of our 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest!

  Thank you everyone for all the love you are leaving us each and every day, we really do appreciate them coz we know it's no small feat hopping through 39 Wicked Bloggers each and every day during our mammoth blog hop with Smeared and Smudged!  For all the info and to start hopping from the beginning go to Terra's blog!  The Wicked Bloggers list is over there on the right side bar in case you get lost!

Now for Day 17's project by moi, Leigh S-B 
aka The Sharpie Domino Queen ;0)
I've got lots of pix to share and I hope you enjoy them!

Evie Witchie's "Forget-Me-Not" Potion

Altered Bottle and Doublecross Domino
by Leigh S-B

modelled by Evie Witchie my 19" Absolutely Wicked Witch of the West BJD doll by Tonner

Evie Witchie is peddling her wares outside the cemetery gates today!  She has a fangtastic potion for the absent minded but alas she needs to take some herself because she forgot to include the directions so I'm passing them on for her!  She says...
 

"Three Drops No More At The Strike Of Midnight,

Too Many And Your Thoughts Will Wither Into Twilight"

I hope you'll take heed of her warning!

 Today is Smeared Ink Day!  I used their
Rubber Club stamps

"Killer Bo Peep" and a Skull and Scroll image from their "Fringe" set

Green wine bottle, Das Air Dry clay, Black acrylic paint, Metallic Green and Gold Rub-On creme, Archival black ink, Pumice Stone and Tea Dye Distress Inks, Black Sharpie and Handwrote the bottle label, twine, Scotch Quick Dry adhesive, White cardstock, Krylon Artist's Workable Fixative Spray.

Doublecross Domino coloured in my signature Sharpie Domino Queen style, StazOn black ink, Sharpie markers, White shrink plastic, Delta CeramCoat Matte varnish, Judikins Diamond Glaze, brass eye screws, jewelry findings, wooden beads, metallic gold ultra fine paint pen.

a closer look at the details, click on the photo to enlarge: The sides of the domino say "Killer Bo Beep Has Lost Her Sheep and Doesn't know Where to Find Them".  There's a peek at the back so you can see what the wooden Doublecross domino looks like.

Challenge entered:
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Anything But a Card - Autumn or Spring seasons
Haunted Design House - You Wood do That
Left of Center #50

See you again tomorrow for Day 18!

You're next stop on the hop is Steph

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Day 11: Spookty ATC featuring a Doublecross Domino by DominoARTist Val S!

Happy Spooktacular Weekend to you all and welcome back for Day 11 of DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest blog hop with Smeared and Smudged!

You probably arrived here from Creepy Glowbugg but if you visited DominoART first and would like to start the hop from the beginning then got to Terra's blog, all the info about the daily Scavenger Hunt prizes can be found there too!  The entire blog roll is over there on the right side bar if you get lost along the way!

Thank you so much for all the wonderful compliments you left me on my Tribute to Poe yesterday :0)

Now for Day 11's project by one of my DTs, DominoARTist Val S, and my Mom :0)

I know you're all enjoying finding out about all the kinds of dominoes so here's some info on today's altered game piece, a Doublecross!  This one is made of light coloured wood and has 3 dot sections instead of 2 and is tall and narrow like a bandaid.  Unforunately it was discontinued many moons ago but they pop up on evilBay occasionally!

Those of you looking for regular standard white dominoes....you want the ones that come in tins and are called Jumbo for some unknown reason coz the BIG ones are called Super-sized, and you can find them in stores like Target, pharmacies and even in the toy section of your grocery stores as well as evilBay.  The ones in wooden boxes are generally the black wooden dominoes and those are fun to alter too!

Spooky ATC 
featuring an altered Doublecross Domino
 by Val S

 Material used
Wooden Doublecross domino
Background Trees Stamp by Inkadinkado
 Little Bats, Tree and House die-cuts by Impression Obsessions
Tim Holtz Aridondack Ink - Terracotta
StazOn - Black
White Rhinestone
Clear embossing powder
 

See you again tomorrow for Day 12!
You're next stop on the hop is Steph

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Finale of 15 Days of Terror: Killer Bo Beep Domino Necklace by Leigh S-B!

Welcome to Day 15 of

 Boo! It's the finale of our spooktacular Half-O-Ween in May festival!  May sure flew by and all my Petrifying Players really outdid themselves with absolutely spooktacular projects!  A big THANK YOU to you all for making this year's festival a huge success!  Now you can all look forward to our annual 31 Days of Halloween blog hop with the Smeared and Smudged forum in October ;0)

Voting opened on Tuesday but unfortunately there's no inlinkz collection for you to vote on coz they've disabled thumbnails and text links can't be voted on either on free accounts, I'm not impressed :0(  Blogger is also being a pain and their Poll gadget isn't working for me, ugh!  So to vote I'd appreciate it if you'd all please email me with your top 3 faves in order of preference.  I know that's a huge inconvenience so I plan to do a random drawing to determine the winners if I don't get enough votes.  You have until June 3 at midnight to vote coz I'm having surgery on May 30th and I will announce the winners during the first week of June!

I've got one more project to share, my finale creation featuring Smeared Ink's Rubber Club stamp set "Killer Bo Peep".  Scroll down for my project but first another big THANK YOU to our sponosrs! 

15 Days of Terror is sponsored by

 
Lost Coast Designs is sponsoring our
 First Place Prize
a $10 gift certificate to spend on LCD rubber!

 
Smeared Ink is sponsoring our Second Place Prize
a $10 gift certificate to spend at their SI digi store!  

and Smeared Ink is also sponsoring our Third Place Prize
a $5 gift certificate to spend at their SI digi store!

Killer Bo Peep Doublecross Domino Necklace 
by Leigh S-B, The Sharpie Domino Queen

Smeared Ink's Rubber Club stamp set "Killer Bo Peep"

Doublecross Domino
White Shrink Plastic
Jet Black StazOn ink
Sharpie markers
Metallic Gold Paint Pen

Jewelry findings
Gold chain
Black cord
Brass Eye Screws

Photo below shows the size of the skellie sheep compared to the small charms after shrinking.

Thank you everyone for visiting us all month long and if you haven't had chance to comment yet we'd love to hear from you as you re-visit each project again before casting your votes!

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Day 15 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: Death's Door Trinket Box & Doublecross Necklace by Leigh S-B!

  Welcome to Day 15 of

15 Days of Half-O-Ween!
Sponsored by Lost Coast Designs!

Wow, May sure flew by fast here on DominoART coz we've been having a scary good time seeing all the spooktacular altered game art!  Thank you to all my Petrifying Players for making DominoART's first 15 Days of Half-O-Ween possible and you can definitely count on this one being an annual event :0)

A big THANK YOU to Lost Coast Designs for sponsoring our three awesome prizes!

 
1st Place Winner will receive a $15 gift certificate
2nd Place Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate
3rd Place Winner will receive a $5 gift certificate



Don't forget that voting closes today at 4pm PST.  Everyone gets a max of 10 votes each but try to narrow it down to your favourite 3 if you can ;0)
The winners will be announced on May 30!  The voting poll is the inlinkz collection below today's project.  You can click on the thumbnails to view each project and click on the little stars to cast your votes.  Voting is now closed and the collection has been moved to the winners post...see May 30 post.

 I'm excited to finish off Half-O-Ween with one of my creations and this is an extra special one too coz it's part of Smeared Ink's design team celebration of Rick St Dennis' fabulous imagery coming to Smeared Ink's Rubber Club!  Woohoo!  The exclusive new rubber sheet designed just for Smeared Ink is called Morte and it's June's exclusive Rubber Club set so dash on over and join the club!

Death's Door Trinket Box

Please visit my Leigh S-B Designs blog for more photos and info on how I made my trinket box and altered Doublecross Domino necklace!  My post will be up by the end of the week ;0)

Death's Door 
Doublecross Domino Necklace

Smeared Ink - Rick St Dennis image - Common Grave

Supplies
Copic markers
Neenah Solar White cardstock
Colorbok Black Textured cardstock
DecoColor Liquid Gold paint pen
Inkssentials Matte Accents
Tonic Paper Distresser Tool
Sakura Hobby Craft Antique Gold Sun Bail
Upholstery brass tak brad
Halloween Skull and Crossbones decoration
Foam core board
Black Acyrlic Paint
Xacto Knife
Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive

I've entered this one into:
Anything But A Card #20 Dust Off Your OLD Supplies Anything Goes
 old supplies - my vintage doublecross domino, brass tack, pendant cord and the foam core board

If you've enjoyed all the DominoART fun and don't want it to end then I'd like to remind you that DominoART now has monthly challenges and the current one is #4 Any Game Goes with any theme and is sponsored by Blockheads Paper Arts!  This is a super easy one coz you can alter any game you want with any theme so come and play with us!!!

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"Quoth the Raven" Domino Magnet and Smeared Ink DT News!!

Greetings Dominoians!

Welcome to a sunny Monday morning here on my DominoART blog :0)
I'm super excited to announce that I was invited to join the Smeared Ink design team, truly an honour, and today I'm sharing my first project as an official DT member and as inspiration for their current Smudgy Antics challenge - Anything But A Card!

I used Smeared Ink stamps from their exclusive rubber club set 'Quoth The Raven' and it's also available as a digi set too.  The center portion of my magnet is a real wooden domino called a Doublecross which has been discontinued for years now I'm afraid but you might be lucky to find a game at a yard sale so keep those eyes peeled!

Stamp Mr Poe with Jet Black StazOn ink onto the domino and heat set or leave over night to dry.  Dab clear embossing ink onto the left side and apply silver embossing powder.  UTEE is better coz it's thicker but regular EP will work too, you just need to add another coat or two while the EP is still hot.  Heat the EP with a heat gun, ink up the SI 'Quoth the Raven' text stamp with the clear embossing ink just to protect the stamp and press the stamp into the molten EP or UTEE while its still hot.  Leave it alone for a few seconds to harden and then gently remove the stamp.  Wrap Recollections washi tape with a bird silhouette design (Michaels) around the edges of the domino and trim away the excess.  Stamp the SI raven wings onto heavy weight cardstock and fussy cut out.  Dab clear embossing ink onto the wings and add silver UTEE and then add lots of craft glue to help build up a sturdy joining point.  Adhere the wings to the domino with craft glue and colour over the dried glue with a metallic silver paint pen.  Darken the text with a fine point Sharpie marker and adhere a magnet to the back and you're done. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you over at Smudgy Antics...you can win a $5 gift voucher to Smeared Ink if you take the challenge!  Don't forget about DominoART's current challenge too - Rick St Dennis Easter/Valentine Domino Books!

Challenges entered:
Quoth The Raven Quest 19 - Anything Poes

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Day 29 of 31 Days of Halloween - 'Pumpkin Head' Doublecross-Chekit Monster Ornament by Charlotte F!

Howzit Stampers!

On the 29th Day of Halloween Charlotte F, who is a member of our DominoART Yahoo Group, joins us again to share her spooktacular monster ornament that is part Chekit and part Doublecross Domino.....eeeek!  Run for the Hills!

SUPPLIES

Chekit Game Piece

Doublecross Domino (a wood domino that has been discontinued)
Ancient Page Coal Black ink
Black ribbon

Green wire
Image from Sun Spirit and words from Inca Stamps (Both of whom are out of business)
Green, Blue, Orange and Black Sharpies
Red Distress Stain
Krylon Fixative and Glaze

Charlotte stamped the image and words onto the Doublecross domino with Coal Black Ancient Page dye ink.  She then stamped just the head portion on the Chekit and colored with Sharpie markers.  

She stained the back of the Doublecross domino with Red Distress Stain.  Then she hand wrote the number '29' onto the Chekit for the date.  She sprayed both pieces with fixative and then the
glaze and glued the two pieces together with the ribbon sandwiched between to form the hanger.
She finished off by drilling a tiny hole for the twisted wire and glued it in place.

Stay tuned for Day 30 coz Pilar F is back to share another one of her cauldron concoctions!

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