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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Day 6 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: "Castle Ghost" by Charlotte F!

 Welcome to Day 6 of
15 Days of Half-O-Ween!

We have made it half way through Half-O-Ween already and there's only one more open spot if anyone would like the chance to win some fab prizes sponsored by Lost Coast Designs?!  So hurry out your email to me NOW and sign up.  I've now made a Contact Me page to help make it easier for you to reach me, look above at the Page Tabs and its there at the bottom!
 
Also don't forget that this month's challenge is also Half-O-Ween themed so come and play with us!
DominoART Challenge #3 Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards
and
June 4th is Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop with Smeared Ink!
DominoART is making a day of it by featuring skull altered game art by readers who would like to join in the fun!  Click the link above for all the details and to sign up!

Now for today's Half-O-Ween project!

Charlotte F of My Pixie Pond is sharing her spooktacular creation featuring an altered domino    with us today!


Supplies used:
One domino
      Rick St. Dennis Digi stamp "Castle Ghost"
      Collage Page
      Tissue paper
      Prisma Color pencils
      Red Stickles
      Black Alcohol ink
      Silver Mixative
       Krylon triple thick crystal clear glaze

Stop by again on Monday May 13 for Day 7 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween for a spooktacular creation by me, Leigh S-B :0)

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

Three Winners will receive Gift Certificates to spend at Lost Coast Designs!
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

See you here again on May 13 for more scary altered game art!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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Friday, April 19, 2013

DominoART Challenge #2: Week 4 of Alice Domino Books!

Hello Dominoians!
It's Friday again and we're in the middle of celebrating DominoART's 11th Birthday :0)
We've got a Doll Contest and a Scavenger Hunt happening right now!  Click the links for all the details!

And now for week 4 of the
 D'ART Challenge #2 
Alice in Wonderland Domino Books
generously sponsored by 

We've received some fabulous entries already and if you're just joining us for the first time today here's the scoop!  Rick St Dennis is sponsoring us again this month but this time round is even more special because he designed this Alice in Wonderland digi kit especially for DominoART in celebration of our 11th Birthday (more about our bday celebrations coming soon so stay tuned)!  Rick has provided us with a special discount code, use ALICEspecial13 to get 20% off his new fabulous Alice Domino Book Kit!  Click the pic below to go shopping and don't forget to use coupon code ALICEspecial13!


The challenge is to create Domino Books using Rick's digi Alice Domino Book Kit!  You MUST use real dominoes for the book covers and you can combine other imagery and embellishments too.  Any dominoes will work if you're able to re-size the images accordingly.  If cute really isn't your style then you are welcome to creep them up!  The digi pages include two stories:  Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.  You can make your books double sided or just pick one of the stories to use, it is totally up to you!  This challenge will end April 24 at 7pm PST so you've still got time to enter!
I know some might not like the fact that you have to buy the images this time round, I promise that this won't be the case for my other challenges and I really think that the awesome prize up for grabs makes up for it especially if you're a huge Alice in Wonderland fan!  Also, adding the Alice domino book kit to your digi collection is a plus coz you can do plenty with it and aren't limited to just making books with them...you can alter and edit the images for future use in many of your other projects too!  So I really hope you'll play in this one :0)

THE PRIZE!
 To celebrate DominoART's Birthday the winner of Challenge #2 will win a complete set of Rick St Dennis' Randi Dandi Alice images!  This set includes Alice, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Red Queen, Tweedle Dee and Dum, Caterpiller, Door Mouse and possibly a few more might make it in by the end of the month!  I do declare...that's one truly fabulous prize!!!!!!

Looking ahead to Challenge #3 I hinted last week that the featured game will have pictures of royalty on them...did you figure it out?  It will be Playing Cards of course ;0)
You'll be creating with Playing Cards and the theme will be scary coz for May we are celebrating Half-O-Ween ;0)  Click the link if you'd like to participate in our 15 Days of Half-O-Ween event! 

For this final week of Challenge #2 we've got 2 Alice Domino Books to inspire you!

First up is a fabulous Alice Square Domino book by DominoARTist Val S!


This time Val has used the 'Falling Alice' image for her covers and the 'Through the Looking Glass' pages.  Stop by ValsCraftings for more info on Val's book!


I'm sharing another one of my books today too.  Last week I made a book with Doublecross Dominoes and my theme was 'Down the Rabbit Hole'.  This time I've made a vintage Alice illustration book with vintage Spinner dominoes and the 'Alice' image for my covers and the 'Through the Looking Glass' pages for my book.


I also used the pips (that's what the dots are called) side of the dominoes for my book covers and put the brass Spinner back in after adhering the cover images.


Stop by my blog, Leigh S-B Designs, for more details about my domino book!


If you haven't made a domino book before then check out the tutorial on Monique's blog too!
Monique co-created the design of the Alice domino book with Rick.

Now it's your turn!  I can't WAIT to see your entries!!!
Submit your entries via the inlinkz collection in the WEEK ONE post! 

 Have a fabulous weekend and stay tuned for more about our Birthday Celebrations Bash and for more Rick St Dennis fun stop by his blog too!

All of DominoART's Challenges will have the following guidelines with some simple rules!
  • New Challenges start on Fridays
  • Challenges will run for 3 weeks to give you plenty of time to play
  • One Winner and a Top 3 will be announced when the next challenge starts
  • Entries must follow the challenge theme
  • Entries must use the specified game pieces
  • You can enter a max of 5 pieces per challenge, in separate posts please
  • There is no limit to how many other challenges you can combine your entries with 
  • List the DominoART challenge with a link in your blog post
  • No back linking - your project must be posted on your blog on or after the challenge start date
  • Add your entry to the inlinkz collection below with a direct link to your post, not your blog home page!
  • Please leave a comment after you link up!
  • Don't have a blog?  Share via photo sharing sites and Facebook pages and include the challenge tag, eg: DART#2, then link up via the inlinkz collection below!  I must be able to see your project photos so make sure they're public!
Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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Friday, March 29, 2013

DominoART Challenge #2 + Winners of Challenge #1!

Hello Dominoians!

Happy Friday and welcome to the start of DominoART's 2nd Challenge which also kicks off DominoART's Birthday Celebrations Bash for April!  But before I tell you all about it I'm excited to announce the winners of challenge #1 :D

Thank you to everyone for playing!  I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all your fabulous entries, each and every one is worthy of winning so I let Mr Random do his thing!  A huge THANK YOU to Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps for being such an awesome sponsor!

Mr Random has spoken and in no particular order, the 3 WINNERS of DominoART's 1st official Challenge are.....


#4 Jane's Craft

 #2 Charlotte

#6 Kapree
 
 Congratulations...you have all won 3 digis of your choice from Rick's Etsy store!  Please email me to claim your prizes and display this snazzy winner's badge on your blog and please link it up to DominoART!  You have until the week before the next challenge to contact me!


On to our next challenge!
But first I just want to assure you that not all the challenges will be domino books or even dominoes!  You can look forward to challenges that involve all sorts of games like playing cards, chess pieces, jigsaw puzzles, etc!  If it's a game and we can alter it then its fair game so start stalking the yard sales!

 DominoART Challenge #2 
Alice in Wonderland Domino Books
generously sponsored by 

Yes, we are truly blessed to have Rick St Dennis sponsoring us again this month but this time round is even more special because he designed this Alice in Wonderland digi kit especially for DominoART in celebration of our 11th Birthday!  How honoured are we :0)  This time Rick has provided us with a special discount code, use ALICEspecial13 to get 20% off his new fabulous Alice Domino Book Kit!  Click the pic below to go shopping and don't forget to use coupon code ALICEspecial13!

click the pic to go shopping!
The challenge is to create Domino Books using Rick's digi Alice Domino Book Kit!  You MUST use real dominoes for the book covers and you can combine other imagery and embellishments too.  Any dominoes will work if you're able to re-size the images accordingly.  If cute really isn't your style then you are welcome to creep them up!  The digi pages include two stories:  Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.  You can make your books double sided or just pick one of the stories to use, it is totally up to you!  This challenge will end April 24 at 7pm PST so you've got plenty of time to enter!

THE PRIZE!
 To celebrate DominoART's Birthday the winner of Challenge #2 will win a complete set of Rick St Dennis' Randi Dandi Alice images!  This set includes Alice, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Red Queen, Tweedle Dee and Dum, Caterpiller, Door Mouse and possibly a few more might make it in by the end of the month!  I do declare...that's one truly fabulous prize!!!!!!

For your inspiration I'm pleased to share Monique's fabulous Alice Domino Book!

If you haven't made a domino book before then check out the tutorial on Monique's blog too!


You just have to visit her blog to check this one out in more detail and get all the info on the techniques and supplies she used ;0)  Now it's your turn!  I can't WAIT to see your entries!!!
Submit your entries via the inlinkz collection below! 

 Have a fabulous Easter weekend and stay tuned for more about our Birthday Celebrations Bash and for more Rick St Dennis fun stop by his blog too!

All of DominoART's Challenges will have the following guidelines with some simple rules!
  • New Challenges start on Fridays
  • Challenges will run for 3 weeks to give you plenty of time to play
  • One Winner and a Top 3 will be announced when the next challenge starts
  • Entries must follow the challenge theme
  • Entries must use the specified game pieces
  • You can enter a max of 5 pieces per challenge, in separate posts please
  • There is no limit to how many other challenges you can combine your entries with 
  • List the DominoART challenge with a link in your blog post
  • No back linking - your project must be posted on your blog on or after the challenge start date
  • Add your entry to the inlinkz collection below with a direct link to your post, not your blog home page!
  • Please leave a comment after you link up!
  • Don't have a blog?  Share via photo sharing sites and Facebook pages and include the challenge tag, eg: DART#1, then link up via the inlinkz collection below!  I must be able to see your project photos so make sure they're public!
Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN


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Friday, March 22, 2013

DominoART Challenge #1: Week 4 of Rick St Dennis Domino Books!

Hello Dominoians!

This is it, we're now entering the final week of DominoART's first challenge!  Time sure does fly in the Realm of DominoART when you're having fun ;0)  I'm absolutely loving all the entries we've received so far for
DominoART Challenge #1 - Rick St Dennis Domino Books
 sponsored by

If you're just stopping by for the first time today here's the scoop!  D'ART Challenge #1 closes on Wednesday March 27 at 7pm PST so there's less than a week left which is still plenty of time to enter!  To play in this challenge you need to create domino books specifically using the Easter/Valentine Domino Book kit provided by Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps!  The digital kit was available as a freebie for two days only and is now on sale and available for a limited time in the Rick St Dennis Etsy store!  Click the store banner above to go shopping!  Stop by the week 1 post for all the challenge info and to enter!

THE PRIZES!
For the challenge launch there will be THREE WINNERS!  Each winner will receive 3 digis of their choice from Rick's Etsy store!  How absolutely awesome is that!

To enter the challenge please click HERE and add your entry to the inlinkz collection located at the end of the post!

Today I'm sharing another one of my domino books and this time I did the Easter theme.  I was well and truly inspired by the colours of Easter eggs so chocolate browns and bright candy colours is my colour scheme for this vintage style book ;0)  Don't forget that there is a detailed tutorial on how to construct the book by Monique, the co-creator of the kit, on her blog here!    

Update: my book was awarded Featured Artist over at Anything But A Card Challenges :0)
 

Print out the Easter/Spring page images twice and one of the covers of the RSD domino book kit onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and colour the images with Copic markers and the backgrounds with Umber Derwent Pastel and blend with a Dove Blender pen.  Add some highlights to the images with a white gel pen.  Use a standard sized domino as a template and trace around it onto the image of the rabbit with the kitty and the Spring 2013 cover and cut out.  Cut the pages so that they fit inside the domino covers.  Dominoes come in various sizes and standard generally means 1 x 2 inches but it's best to eyeball your page and cover sizes based on the actual dominoes you use coz they can vary slightly by manufacturer!


Run a strip of patterned polka dot paper (with glitter dots) through a Xyron to add adhesive and adhere it to the back of the pages.  Distress the edges of the book covers and the pages with Tim's Paper Distresser tool and edge with Tea Dye Distress Marker.  Score the folds on a scoreboard and accordion fold the pages.


Wrap both dominoes with Tim's Nostalgic Tissue Tape....I love that it says De Chocolat on the tape so HAD to feature it on both covers!  Adhere the images to the covers with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive....I'm really loving this glue!  Put a small piece of double sided sticky tape in the center of the back domino book cover and adhere a length of ladder fiber to just one of the book covers.  Apply glue to the right hand page flap and adhere it to the domino, then adhere the front domino.


Apply Inkssentials Matte Accents to the book cover images only to emphasize and make them stand out a bit more from the background.  Close the book and wrap the fiber around both dominoes a few times and secure with a bow and you're done!  Wouldn't this make a super cute Easter gift instead of a chocolate egg....ummm scrap that....this would make a super cute gift WITH a chocolate egg, LOL!


Now it's your turn!  I sure hope to see some more of your fabulous entries so tell your friends to come and play with us!!!

 Have a fabulous weekend and don't forget you can enter the challenge via the inlinkz collection located in the WEEK ONE POST!

All of DominoART's Challenges will have the following guidelines with some simple rules!
  • New Challenges start on Fridays
  • Challenges will run for approx. 3 weeks to give you plenty of time to play
  • One Winner and a Top 3 will be announced when the next challenge starts but for the launch there will be 3 winners announced on Friday March 29
  • Entries must follow the challenge theme
  • Entries must use the specified game pieces
  • You can enter a max of 5 pieces per challenge, in separate posts please
  • There is no limit to how many other challenges you can combine your entries with 
  • List the DominoART challenge with a link in your blog post
  • No back linking - your project must be posted on your blog on or after the challenge start date
  • Add your entry to the inlinkz collection below with a direct link to your post, not your blog home page!
  • Please leave a comment after you link up!
  • Don't have a blog?  Share via photo sharing sites and Facebook pages and include the tag DART#1, etc, then link up via the inlinkz collection below!  I must be able to see your project photos so make sure they're public!
CHALLENGES I'VE ENTERED
Anything But a Card #15 Spring
Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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Friday, March 15, 2013

DominoART Challenge #1: Week 3 of Rick St Dennis Domino Books and Design Team member intro!

Hello Dominoians!

WOW I can't believe we are in to Week 3 of DominoART's brand new Challenges already!  I'm absolutely loving all the entries we've received so far for
DominoART Challenge #1 - Rick St Dennis Domino Books
 sponsored by

I will be visiting all your blogs to leave you some love over the next few days! 

For those of you who are stopping by for the first time today here's a quick recap! 
D'ART Challenge #1 closes on Wednesday March 27 at 7pm PST so there's still plenty of time to enter!  To play in this challenge you need to create domino books specifically using the Easter/Valentine Domino Book kit provided by Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps!  The digital kit was available as a freebie for two days only and is now on sale and available for a limited time in the Rick St Dennis Etsy store!  Click the store banner above to go shopping!  Stop by the week 1 post for all the challenge info and to enter the challenge! 

THE PRIZES!
For the challenge launch there will be THREE WINNERS!  Each winner will receive 3 digis of their choice from Rick's Etsy store!  How absolutely awesome is that!

To enter the challenge please click HERE and add your entry to the inlinkz collection located at the end of the post!

I'm now super excited to introduce you all to the second member of my new DominoART design team
"The DominoARTists"

Please give a warm welcome to Val S!  
I'm sure many of you are already very familiar with Val's absolutely awesome creations here on DominoART!  But you might not know that she's actually my Mom ;0)  I'm so lucky and totally thrilled to have a Mom that's into rubber stamping and allowed me to drag her into the world of altered game art too ;0)  Please visit Val's blog to see more of her fabulous art!

I'm now thrilled to share the two amazing Domino Books that Val has created for D'ART #1!
  Don't forget that there is a detailed tutorial on how to construct the book by Monique, the co-creator of the kit, on her blog here! 
 
Val decided to make two domino books so that she could feature both themes separately!  How awesome are these books, I totally adore them both ;0)  Click on the photos to enlarge them.


Spring/Easter Book supplies:
2 x std white dominoes
Sakura Pens
Tim Holtz Distressed Inks - Stormy Sky and Bundled Sage
Gold Cord
Gold Patterned Peel Offs
Scotch - Quick-Dry Adhesive


Romance Book supplies:
2 x std white dominoes
Sakura Pens
Tim Holtz Distressed Inks - Black Soot
Rhinestones
Red Silk Ribbon
Scotch - Quick-Dry Adesive

Please visit Val's blog to see her Domino Books post!

Now it's your turn!  I can't wait to see your entries :0)

 Have a fabulous weekend and don't forget you can enter the challenge via the inlinkz collection located in the WEEK ONE POST!

All of DominoART's Challenges will have the following guidelines with some simple rules!
  • New Challenges start on Fridays
  • Challenges will run for approx. 3 weeks to give you plenty of time to play
  • One Winner and a Top 3 will be announced when the next challenge starts but for the launch there will be 3 winners announced on Friday March 29
  • Entries must follow the challenge theme
  • Entries must use the specified game pieces
  • You can enter a max of 5 pieces per challenge, in separate posts please
  • There is no limit to how many other challenges you can combine your entries with 
  • List the DominoART challenge with a link in your blog post
  • No back linking - your project must be posted on your blog on or after the challenge start date
  • Add your entry to the inlinkz collection below with a direct link to your post, not your blog home page!
  • Please leave a comment after you link up!
  • Don't have a blog?  Share via photo sharing sites and Facebook pages and include the tag DART#1, etc, then link up via the inlinkz collection below!  I must be able to see your project photos so make sure they're public!
      Domino Hugs!
      THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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      Wednesday, March 6, 2013

      DominoART Challenge #1 freebie Domino Book Kit available NOW!

      Hello Dominoians!

      DominoART's brand new Challenges launched on Friday March 1st with D'ART#1 sponsored by
      Rick St Dennis Digital Stamps!

      DominoART Challenge #1 - Rick St Dennis Domino Books
       The freebie Domino Book Kit and Prizes are generously sponsored by 


      THE PRIZES!
      For the challenge launch there will be THREE WINNERS!  Each will receive 3 digis of their choice from Rick's Etsy store!  How absolutely awesome is that!

      ...The Domino Book kit is no longer available as a freebie but is now on sale for a limited time in Rick's Etsy store, click the sponsor badge to go shopping!...

      To enter the challenge please click HERE 

      For your inspiration I'd like to share my "Love is Magic" domino book featuring both book cover images and the Valentine pages from the digi kit.         For a detailed tutorial on how to construct the book please visit Monique's blog! 
       

      Colour two white standard sized dominoes with dark purple DecoColor Paint Pen.  Print the images out onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and colour with Copic Sketch markers:  E000, 01, 02, BV000, 01, 04, 08, R46.  Colour the background with Derwent Pastels Geranium Lake, Umber, Ivory Black and blend with a Dove Blender Pen.  Back the pages with decorative paper. 


       Hand write the words 'Is Magic' on the back cover with a black Micron pen and go over all the words and the red hearts on the covers with a red glitter pen.  Apply Fired Brick Distress Ink to the edges of the cover pieces and the pages with a foam ink applicator.  Embellish the covers with mirobeads and a flower coloured with Copics to match.  Seal the covers with a coat of Judikins Diamond Glaze.

      Now it's your turn!  I can't wait to see all your fabulous little books :0)


      All of DominoART's Challenges will have the following guidelines with some simple rules!
      • New Challenges start on Fridays
      • Challenges will run for 3 weeks to give you plenty of time to play
      • One Winner and a Top 3 will be announced when the next challenge starts but for the launch there will be 3 winners announced on Friday March 29
      • Entries must follow the challenge theme
      • Entries must use the specified game pieces
      • You can enter a max of 5 pieces per challenge, in separate posts please
      • There is no limit to how many other challenges you can combine your entries with 
      • List the DominoART challenge with a link in your blog post
      • No back linking - your project must be posted on your blog on or after the challenge start date
      • Add your entry to the inlinkz collection below with a direct link to your post, not your blog home page!
      • Please leave a comment after you link up!
      • Don't have a blog?  Share via photo sharing sites and Facebook pages and include the tag DART#1, etc, then link up via the inlinkz collection below!  I must be able to see your project photos so make sure they're public!
       Have a fabulous day!
        Domino Hugs!
        THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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