Day 2: Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop: "Nevermore" Altered Poe Box

Howzit Poe Fans!
What a splendid turn out we have had so far in this fab hop!  I'm so loving all the Poe sharing going on, keep the gloriousness coming ;0)  Thank you for your wonderful comments you left for me yesterday, I love hearing what you think of my altered game art ;0)

I'm back to re-share another one of my altered game art projects today but first a quick reminder about what this hop is all about and how you can still play!

Recently the Mayor of Baltimore declared Poe's birthday, January 19, an official city-wide Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day so I decided to celebrate with an impromptu blog hop!  The hop starts today and because it's spur of the moment this will be a progressive hop spanning over the next 5 days and you can join the hop at any time, no need to sign up!  You have until midnight PST on January 23 to join the fun!

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda are sponsoring this hop, but ALL stamps of Poe and related imagery by other companies can be used, and one participating blog will be randomly selected to win a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV!  For all the info on how to join in the hop please click HERE!

"Nevermore" 
Altered Poe Box with domino feet

You can see my original project post HERE!

Thanks for stopping by again today! Happy Hopping!

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Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop: A Tribute to Poe by Leigh S-B!

Welcome to my Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

 Recently the Mayor of Baltimore declared Poe's birthday, January 19, an official city-wide Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day so I decided to celebrate with an impromptu blog hop!  The hop starts today and because it's spur of the moment this will be a progressive hop spanning over the next 5 days and you can join the hop at any time, no need to sign up!  You have until midnight PST on January 23 to join the fun!

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda are sponsoring this hop, but ALL stamps of Poe and related imagery by other companies can be used, and one participating blog will be randomly selected to win a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV!  For all the info on how to join in the hop please click HERE!

Today I'm sharing a few of my E.A. Poe altered game art projects!

"A Tribute to Poe"
Domino Necklace and Coffin Trinket Box

Annabelle Lee, my Bleeding Edge goth doll, is modeling for me

  Featuring my Zentangle Halloween/Autumn inspired rubber stamps called Autumn's Pencil.  This set was designed for Smeared Ink and is now available from me.

 There's Egyptian-styled Vampire cats, a Raven, Pumpkins, a Witch's Hat, a large background plus a narrow border stamp too!  Look closely at all the details coz there's dripping blood, eyeballs and human teeth mixed in there too, oh my, Bwahahahahahaha!

For the domino I used:

A standard sized white domino, Autumn Pencil and Smeared Ink's Quoth the Raven, Pencil, Black Sharpie, Archival Jet Black Ink, 2 grey Memento inks, DecoColor Liquid Silver paint pen, Necklace/Brooch combo bail, silver chain, E6000 adhesive, Double sided tape, Delta Ceramcoat matte sealer, Black metal rose and alphabet embellies.

For the Coffin Trinket Box I used:

Wooden coffin trinket box, a scanned page from Tales of Mystery by Edgar Allen Poe, Archival Jet Black ink, Black Soot Distress Stain, Black Soot Distress Ink, Pencil, Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Inkssentials Black Enamel Accents, Black metal rose and alphabet embellies, Delta CeramCoat matte sealer and Black Pop Dots.

I made this cute lil Poe Domino for 12 Days of Creepmas 2015
featuring Smeared Ink's Poe

How about some Quoth the Raven POEfume!
featuring Smeared Ink's Poe

Poe, A Tortured Soul

 Hanging Halloween Domino Ornament also featuring Smeared Ink's Poe

Thanks for visiting with me today, I'll be back with more shares later in the week!  I hope you enjoy my Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!  We will do this again next year so mark your calendars ;0)  Now off you hop to the next project in the Inlinkz Collection below and don't forget to comment each day for the chance to win that $10 LCD/CV spending spree!

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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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Day 10: Poe Solitaire by Black Draogn!

 Welcome to Day 10 of DominoART's 

annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 

and blog hop presented by Smeared Ink!

Happy Saturday!
We're now into our 2nd week of this truly spooktacular blog hop!

DAY 9'S POP QUIZ ANSWER!
 Well done to those who answered my question correctly of why I used 2 Ace and 2 Eight playing cards on my Frankenstein themed project yesterday!
The answer is...Frankenstein was published January 1st, 1818..hence Ace, Eight, Ace Eight ;0)

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 are 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 want to join the fun and start hopping from the beginning!  There's lots of sponsor prizes to be won each and every day!

Today's featured project is a POE-FECTLY spooktacular altered solitaire game by DominoARTist Black Dragon!

Supplies used
SOLITAIRE GAME
PHOTO OF POE
STAMPS FROM TATTERED ANGELS
COSMIC SHIMMER EMBOSSING POWDER
BLACK ACRYLIC PAINT
BLACK VELVET
GREEN ALCOHOL INK
MOWED LAWN DISTRESS INK

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

See you again tomorrow for Day 11!

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Day 5: DominPoe - altered domino mosaic by Shari!

 Welcome to Day 5 of DominoART's 

annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 

and blog hop presented by Smeared Ink!

What a fangtastic hop we're having so far!  Thanks so much for lasting this long already and all the wonderful comments you've been leaving us!  My Wicked Players are seriously bringing their A-Game don't you agree ;0)

Today's featured project is a wicked cool domino mosaic dedication to the Master of Macabre by Shari!

Supplies used
Stamps:

Edgar Allan Poe - Carmen's Veranda

 Cats Quotes- Lost Coast Designs 
Crows Border - Lost Coast Designs (Used on the back - see Shari's blog) - currently on sale for a $1 !!!!

Haunted - Oxford Impressions

6 Dominoes

Tissue Paper

Archival Inks

Shrink Plastic

Drawer Pull & Brads

Tiny Tattered Florals

Kraft Core

Manila Stock

Distress Spray Stains

Perfect Pearls Mist

Thank you for the wonderful comments you left for Nan yesterday and for hopping with us again today!
See you tomorrow for Day 6!

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"Poe Key" Smudgy Antics Challenge + Smeared Ink news!

 Happy Monday Dominoians, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!
We're now entering the 2nd week of our current Smudgy Antics Challenge so pop on over and enter if you haven't had chance yet to be in the running for 2 fab little prizes!

AUGUST 2015  '' ANYTHING GOES...WITH AN OPTIONAL TWIST''
The TWIST this month is
'' CREEPY CREATURES''

Plus, some awesome news, Smeared Ink is BACK with a whole new website and blog, YAY!  Stop by and check out their whole new look HERE!

My DT share is in celebration of Poe, the master of macabre....and yes, I do consider him a Creepy Creature LOL!
I made a "Poe Key....to unlock your dark side" using Smeared Ink's Poe and quote from the Quoth the Raven rubber set, a key and 2 altered Pairs in Pears game tiles.  A really cool way to jazz up your boring keys!

To alter the game tiles I first applied Platinum Planet metallic silver Brilliance ink to the blank side of one and the letter side of the second, of course I chose P for Poe.  I heat set the ink before stamping the image of Poe and the quote in black StazOn ink and heat set again.  I then edged and coloured the sides and the opposite sides of each piece with DecoColor Liquid Silver paint pen and spray sealed them with Krylon Artists Workable Fixative and gloss sealer.  I completed my project by sandwiching the key between the 2 tiles with E6000 adhesive.

Challenges entered:
Dream in Darkness challenge #4
The Artistic Stamper - August Anything Goes
Ikesworld challenge #43 - all about the night
Anything But a Card #50 Celebration
Create and Inspire challenge 26

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Day 10: A Tribute to Poe + Introducing Rubber Stamps by Leigh S-B aka The Sharpie Domino Queen!

Welcome back to DominoART for
Day 10 of our 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest!

  Woohoo, we're now into the double digits on our mammoth blog hop with Smeared and Smudged!  For all the info and to start hopping go to Terra's blog!  The 39 Wicked Bloggers list is over there on the right side bar in case you get lost!

 Thank you everyone for all the love you are leaving my featured artists and I each and every day, we really do appreciate them! 

Now for Day 10's project by Leigh S-B aka The Sharpie Domino Queen, yep, that's Me ;0)
Today's post is photo heavy so please scroll all the way down to see everything!

"A Tribute to Poe"
Domino Necklace and Coffin Trinket Box
by Leigh S-B

  Today is Smeared Ink Day and I'm excited to introduce you to a sheet of Zentangle Halloween/Autumn inspired rubber stamps I designed exclusively for Smeared Ink called "Autumn's Pencil"!

Autumn's Pencil by Leigh Snaith-Brunton - September 2014 Smeared Ink Rubber Club exclusive now available to the public for order in November!

 There's Egyptian-styled Vampire cats, a Raven, Pumpkins, a Witch's Hat, a large background plus a narrow border stamp too!  Look closely at all the details coz there's dripping blood, eyeballs and human teeth mixed in there too, oh my, Bwahahahahahaha!

Annabelle Lee, my Bleeding Edge goth doll is modeling for me

October 7, 165 years ago, Edgar Allan Poe was sadly taken from us.  Using my new stamps plus Smeared Ink's Poe I created a coffin trinket box with an altered domino necklace nestled inside.

For more details please pop over to my other blog, LeighSBDesigns, once you've finished hopping!

Domino, Smeared Ink stamps Autumn Pencil and Quoth the Raven, Pencil, Black Sharpie, Archival Jet Black Ink, 2 grey Memento inks, DecoColor Liquid Silver paint pen, Necklace/Brooch combo bale, silver chain, E6000 adhesive, Double sided tape, Delta Ceramcoat matte sealer, Black metal rose and alphabet embellies.

Rubber Stamps used:
Autumn's Pencil by Leigh S-B
Sept 2014 Smeared Ink Rubber Club exclusive now available to the public for order in November!

Edgar Allen Poe: Quoth the Raven - Smeared Ink Rubber Club 
Feb 2013 past offering which is now available to the public!

Wooden coffin trinket box, Scanned page fromm Tales of Mystery by Edgar Allen Poe, Archival Jet Black ink, Black Soot Distress Stain, Black Soot Distress Ink, Pencil, Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Inkssentials Black Enamel Accents, Black metal rose and alphabet embellies, Delta CeramCoat matte sealer, Black Pop Dots,

Entered my wooden coffin into the challenge over at Haunted Design House - You Wood Do That!
Entire project over at Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes

 See you again tomorrow for Day 11!

You're next stop on the hop is Steph

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Day 28: "Poe Domino Book Marker" by WendyLynn for 31 Days of Halloween with Smeared & Smudged!

Welcome to Day 28 of our  
31 Days of Halloween scarefest!

Thank you on behalf of all my Wicked Players for the wonderful comments you've been leaving us!  We're batty with delight that you're enjoying all the DominoART eye candy :0)

Don't forget you can share your own spooktacular altered game art with us in this year's 31 Days of Halloween Reader's Gallery collection!  Only a few more days left to get your submissions in for a chance at winning a surprise DominoART Treat ;0)

Quick reminder about DominoART's two upcoming events too!  
I need more players for the Xmas Festival!

12 Days of Xmas Festival in December 2013 and DominoART's 15 Days of Terror in May 2014! 

Click on the links above for more deets!  

Today spooktacular project comes to you from WendyLynn!  Stop by her blog for more deets!

Supplies

Standard domino
Large craft stick

Alcohol inks
Permanent black ink
Stamps: wings + face - Smeared Ink Quoth the Raven set 

Crown - Tim Holtz

Patterned paper

Three gems

Lamination film (for extra durability)

Eyelash trim

See you back here tomorrow for Day 29's clawesome project by Charlotte F!

Your next stop on the hop is Jessica!

DominoART's Wicked Players are in the running for these spooktacular prizes!

1st prize is sponsored by

The 1st place winner will get to pick their choice of a sheet of Smeared Ink rubber from their Rubber Club plus a gift certificate to their digi store!

2nd and 3rd prizes are sponsored by

The 2nd place winner will receive a 2 pound kit of
Mold Making Putty
The 3rd place winner will receive an amazing product called
Instead-A-Glove! 

If you're just joining us today for the first time and want to know what all the horror is about then stop by my Day 1 post for the scoop and also check out Terra's blog!   Happy Hopping and Domino Hugs!

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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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