Day 2: Just a Mild Headache!

Welcome back for Day 2 of

The Smeared Ink 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop is underway, Day 1 was on Dec 1st if you missed it and want to hop from the beginning then click HERE!  Stop by every 2nd day throughout December and hop your way through the 12 Days of Creepmas blog roll which you can can find in my sidebar over there on the right.  You will want to stick around and feast your eyeballs on some creepy, dark and twisty Christmas themed projects by all the fab Jolly Bloggers this year!

Now for my Day 2 project!  But first, a quick shout out to Val S, my Mom, who is also a Jolly Blogger this year...today is her birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM...smooches ;0)

Thank you for the lovely compliments on my Ho Ho Poe...he is quite chuffed you loved him so much ;0)

Just a Mild Headache
an altered domino that could be a tree ornament, a magnet or a pendant, but it isn't...any guesses as to what I'm up to this year? teehee ;0)

This poor dude has a bit of a headache and gone a frightful shade of purple, brain freeze will do that you know, but, I do have a sneaky suspicion that it might have something to do with that axe sticking out of his head...just saying ;0)

This scary snowman is a Rick St Dennis rubber stamp designed for Smeared Ink.  I stamped him with Jet Black StazOn ink onto a white domino and after heat setting I coloured him with various Sharpie markers in my signature Sharpie Domino Queen style.  I edged the domino with a DecoColor metallic silver paint pen and coloured the sides too.  I finished off the piece with a gold metallic wired ribbon bow, a snowflake and added crystal Stickles glitter glue to the snowman, his scarf and the snowflake for some magic sparkle.

Just a few more stops on the hop for you today, now off you go to Lady B!!

Thanks for visiting with me today and see you again on Dec 5!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 8: As Death Altered Domino Necklace by Terra S!

 Welcome to Day 8 of DominoART's 

annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 

and blog hop presented by Smeared Ink!

You've done it!  Congrats on making it through one whole week of 31 Days of Halloween already!  Sit back even for just 5 seconds and enjoy today's DominoART offering, you're in for a real treat from one of the mistresses of Smeared Ink ;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!

DominoART is truly honored to have Terra of Smeared Ink as today's featured Wicked Player!  You already got a little lookie on Terra's blog at the start of the hop but I'm sure you can all agree it is well worth seeing this GORE-gous altered domino necklace in all its wicked BOOtiful detail!

 The Domino!

Supplies used
"As Death" stamp set by Smeared Ink

Stazon Jet Black ink pad

Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks- Rust, Silver, Red Pepper

Golden Acrylic Paint- Burnt Sienna

Ice Resin

Papers- Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland

various dictionary and book pages

Silver seed beads

 

 

Various Metalworking Supplies and Tools:

Copper and silver wires of various sizes

silver solder

hand torch

jewelers hammer and anvil

sandpaper

chisels

metal files

dremel tool with various attachments

 

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

See you again tomorrow for Day 9!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 2: Bloody Valentine Blog Hop altered puzzle piece by Coutureuse!

Howzit Dominoians!
Welcome to Day 2 of our Bloody Valentine blog hop with Smeared and Smudged!
You arrived here from my other blog, Leigh S-B Designs ;0)

Today I'm featuring a fabulous altered jigsaw puzzle piece by Brigitte aka Coutureuse!

click on the photo to enlarge it

Supplies used:
background : acrylic paint
cat stamp
charm
plaster skull
bingo
heart and crown dies
fabric flower
février embossed

Thanks for visiting with us today, your next stop on the hop is Airless Chambers!

SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP ROLL
Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh
DominoART - U R HERE!
Airless Chambers
Ike's World @ Quoth The Raven
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 1: Bloody Valentine Blog Hop project by DominoARTist Val S!

Howzit Dominoians!
Whether you either arrived here from my other blog, Leigh S-B Designs or stopped by on your own, WELCOME to Day 1 of our Bloody Valentine blog hop with Smeared and Smudged!
Stop by for the next 3 days, Feb 11-13 and be amazed and petrified by all the dark and twisty altered game art and take the hop to see all the macabre Valentines too if you dare, the blog roll is below!

DominoARTist Val S is kicking off the event here on DominoART with her domino embellished Valentine card!

Supplies used:
A Jumbo domino
 Public domain digi images found on the internet: Box of Chocolates and sentiment
Glossy Accents
Black Sharpie marker
 Black Cosmic Shimmer glue
 Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Black Soot and Fired Brick
White Card stock

Thanks for visiting with us today, your next stop on the hop is Airless Chambers!

SMEARED AND SMUDGED BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP ROLL
Shell
Sue The Nanny
Susan
Julia
Black Dragon
Kristy
Maureen
Fiona
Leigh
DominoART - U R HERE!
Airless Chambers
Ike's World @ Quoth The Raven
Ike's World Challenges
Wendy
Shoni
Ike
Left Of Center Creative Challenges
Lisa
Violent Kitty
Lady Brayton
Samara

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 7 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: "Nevermore" Altered Poe Box withDomino feet by Leigh S-B!

 Welcome to Day 7 of
15 Days of Half-O-Ween!

Today I'm sharing my Poe inspired altered box which stands on two altered dominoes.  My "Nevermore" creation is also my Smeared Ink DT inspiration piece for week 2 of Smudgy Antics current Alter a Box challenge! 

Also don't forget that this month's DominoART 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!  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! 
 
Now for my spooky altered box!  Have all been watching the tv series The Following with Kevin Bacon?  All the Poe symbolism is just down right creepy isn't it so I hope my altered box doesn't give you too many chills....bbbwaahhhaaa!

Supplies used:

Quoth The Raven rubber set by Smeared Ink
A vintage mini cardboard box with 3 drawers and a cupboard
Two white std sized dominoes
White paperCollage Page
Tissue paper
Jet Black Archival Ink
Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks
Red Rocket Brilliance Pigment Ink
Jet Black StazOn Ink
Black DecoColour paint pen
Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Krylon Artist's Workable Fixative, Matte and Semi-Gloss Sealer sprays
 Tim Holtz Foam Ink Applicator tool

I've had this adorable mini box forever that came covered with a floral and kitty design and I decided it was time to give it a fresh new look into something that suited the decor of my studio more. The current Smudgy Antics challenge and today's 15 Days of Half-O-Ween gave me the perfect opportunity to do my re-vamp ;0)

I collage stamped images from Smeared Ink's 'Quoth the Raven' rubber set, purchased through their new Rubber Club (mention me as your reference if you decide to join), with black Archival ink onto a sheet of white paper. I unscrewed all the hardware and then used the box itself as a template and cut out the different sections and adhered them to the box with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

Once covered I applied Fired Brick Distress Ink to the entire piece including the drawer fronts with a foam ink applicator tool. Concentrating the ink more along the edges and corners and then enhanced them even more with Black Soot Distress Ink. I coloured all the edges on the front of the box and the drawers with a broad point black paint pen.

I used two standard sized white dominoes for the feet on my mini box and applied Brilliance Red Rocket ink randomly to just the surface allowing some of the white to still peak through. After heat setting the ink with a Craft It heat tool I stamped half of the word 'Nevermore' onto one domino and the remainder on the 2nd. Then grunged them up by stamping the cross hatch pattern onto both and heat set again. To protect the surface of the box I sprayed it with two light coats of Artist's Workable Fixative and then two coats of matte sealer. The dominoes also got two coats of fixative and then two coats of the semi-gloss sealer before adhering them to the base of the box with Judikins Diamond Glaze. I then completed my new mini box by re-attaching all the hardware.

Don't forget to come back again on Wednesday May 15 for Day 8 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween for a spooktacular creation by Wendy W!

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

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

DominoART Challenge #3: Week 3 Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards!

Hello Dominoians!

Happy Friday and welcome to week 3 of DominoART's 3rd Challenge - Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards!

 If you're just joining us for the first time today then let me quickly tell you about our spooktacular event happening all through May!  DominoART is celebrating 15 Days of Half-O-Ween sponsored by Lost Coast Designs!  There's still some open spots if you want to have your scary creations featured on DominoART during the event.  There's prizes up for grabs!  All the details are in the Day 1 post.

AND...On June 4 I'm taking part in the Smeared Ink Skull Appreciation Day blog hop on my blog, Leigh S-B Designs and here on DominoART too where we are making an event of it by featuring various projects by D'ART readers!  Read all about it HERE and sign up!

Now on to week 3 of

 DominoART Challenge #3

Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards

Sponsored by Smeared Ink!

The featured game piece for Challenge #3 is Playing Cards and because May is Half-O-Ween here on DominoART I challenge you to create anything you want with a scary or macabre or spooky-cute theme!  You MUST use a real playing card(s) of any shape in your creations.  You can combine other game pieces as embellishments too.  This challenge will end May 22 at 7pm PST so you've got plenty of time to enter!

Submit your scary creations via the inlinkz collection at the bottom of this post or on the WEEK ONE post if you'd like to look back at what my DominoARTists created to inspire you!  

THE PRIZE!

The winner will receive a fabulous full sheet of Smeared Ink rubber called Urban Decay!

For your inspiration today I'm sharing a spooktacular creation titled 'Death Cards' by DominoARTist Black Dragon!

Here's Black Dragon's story that inspired this scary piece....My 'old' Grandad who died when I was in my 20's was very superstitious and believed that the Ace and Queen of spades dealt in the same hand was a death omen.  I have used two Smeared Ink images from ''As Death'' and the raven from 'Holy City''.... two of the digi sets that will be discontinued shortly (see below for the flier). The two playing cards are covered in texture paste with 'findings' embedded, painted black then gilding paste rubbed over. The 3 images and the 'A' and Queen's face are in areas I left semi clean....then used a crackled paint technique over.

Grab these Smeared Ink digital stamp images now before they're gone forever!

Now it's your turn!  I can't WAIT to see your entries!!!
Submit your scary creations via the inlinkz collection at the bottom of this post or on the WEEK ONE post! 

 Have a fabulous weekend!

All of DominoART's Challenges 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

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

DominoART Challenge #3: Week 2 Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards!

Hello Dominoians!

It's a busy Friday on DominoART today!  It's week 2 of DominoART's 3rd Challenge and Day 3 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween!

If you're just joining us for the first time today then check out
Day 1 and Day 2 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween sponsored by Lost Coast Designs --- still got some open spots if you want to have your scary creations featured on DominoART during the event.  There's prizes up for grabs!  The details are in the Day 1 post.

Week 1 of DominoART's Challenge #3 Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards

Now on to week 2 of the Scary Playing Cards challenge.

 DominoART Challenge #3

Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards

Sponsored by Smeared Ink!

The featured game piece for Challenge #3 is Playing Cards and because DominoART is having a 15 Days of Half-O-Ween event throughout May I challenge you to create anything you want with a scary or macabre or spooky-cute theme!  You MUST use a real playing card(s) of any shape in your creations.  You can combine other game pieces as embellishments too.  This challenge will end May 22 at 7pm PST so you've got plenty of time to enter!

Submit your scary creations via the inlinkz collection at the bottom of this post or on the WEEK ONE post!  

THE PRIZE!

 The Smeared Ink prize is going to be awesome but they're busy bees right now and we're still finalizing the prize so stay tuned, but trust me, you're going to love it!

For your inspiration today I'm sharing a spooktacular TagART creation by DominoARTist Val S!
Val used a Joker playing card on her spooky tag.  Please visit her blog, Val's Craftings, for more info about this project. 

 Click on the photo to enlarge it.

Now it's your turn!  I can't WAIT to see your entries!!!
Submit your scary creations via the inlinkz collection at the bottom of this post or on the WEEK ONE post! 

 Have a fabulous weekend!

All of DominoART's Challenges 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

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations