Day 17: "Halloween" Square Domino Book by Val S!

Welcome to Day 17 of DominoART's 

annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 

and blog hop presented by Smeared Ink!

Can you believe we're now starting the third week of our spooktacular 31 DOH blog hop already!  If you've been 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 you 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'd like to join the fun!  There's lots of sponsor prizes to be won each and every day!

DominoARTist Val S is back today with another one of her spooktacular altere game art projects!
This time Val has a wicked cool Square Domino Book to share!

 Supplies used
Square white domino x 2
Carmen's Veranda Halloween Background
Embossing powders - Sapphire and Silver
Distress Inks - Sapphire
Sakura Pens
Sharpie Pens
Black Ribbon
White card stock

Val used portions from the same Halloween image to create every detail of this GOREgous little domino book!

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 me yesterday and for hopping with us again today!

Have a faBOOlous weekend and see you again tomorrow for Day 18!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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D'ART Challenge #11: Harlequin Diamonds & Any Game Goes WEEK 2!

TGIF Dominoians!
I'm bit late posting today, where did this week go??  So yes, TGIF, need I say more LOL ;0)

We're now entering week 2 of

DominoART Challenge #11
Harlequin Diamonds
and is 
Any Game Goes!

I challenge you to incorporate the Harlequin Diamond pattern into any altered game piece(s) of your choice...that means dominoes, playing cards, jigsaw pieces, etc, all are fair game!

DominoARTist Val S is here today to inspire you with a fabulous altered square domino fridge magnet!  Doesn't it look almost like snakeskin!!  Stop by Val's blog for more details!

Have a great weekend!
Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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Day 18: "Creepy Cute Grumpie" Square Domino Magnet + Tag by Leigh S-B for 31 Days of Halloween with Smeared & Smudged!

Welcome to Day 18 of our  
31 Days of Halloween scarefest!

Before we move on to today's Halloween project I'd like to tell you about my upcoming 12 Days of Xmas Festival here on DominoART!  Starting Dec 1st I would like to feature Christmas Altered Game Ornaments created by you!  They do NOT have to be based on the 12 Days of Christmas carol but you can do that theme if you want to!  I will be away for most of December so I'd like to get ALL projects in and scheduled to auto-post by the end of the second week in November otherwise we'll have to skip Christmas this year....eeeeek...NOOOOO!
So who wants to get festive with me?

Unfortunately the Wicked Player that was supposed to be featured today didn't make it so I'm sharing one of my Smeared Ink creations instead coz today is Smeared Ink Day :0)

"Creepy Cute Grumpie" 
Square Domino magnet giftie plus Tag by 
Leigh S-B aka The Sharpie Domino Queen

click to enlarge

I created an altered domino magnet that can either be worn as a brooch or it can be displayed on the fridge and the tag is a great way to present the little giftie.  The magnet I used on the back of the square domino is a metal bar in two parts.  One side is adhered to the back of the domino and the other part has the magnets attached and it goes on the inside of your clothing and attaches just with the magnets.  The pumpkin top and eyebrows of the Grumpie were coloured with Copics and fussy cut out of cardstock and Judikins Diamond Glaze was applied to it as well as the Sharpie coloured pumpkin.  I coloured the whole domino in my signature "Sharpie Domino Queen' technique and stamped the text 'Trick or Treat' on all four sides too.  Click on the collage of photos to see all the details.

click to enlarge so you can see all the details!

Supplies

Square Domino

Smeared Ink Rubber Club exclusive:

 Pumpkin Grumpie, Happy Halloween and Trick or Treat text

Smeared Ink Digi Papers:

I used papers from the following 3 sets:  

Caught in my Web, Creepy Tree and Honor the Dead

Creepy text is from the Creepy Tree digi paper and reduced in Photoshop CS6.  

I also created the word 'Cute' in Photoshop too.

StazOn Ink Jet Black
Tea Dye Distress Ink
Sharpie markers

Copic markers

Neenah Solar White cardstock

Tim Holtz Idea-ology spiderweb paper tape

Judikins Diamond Glaze

Fibers and Trick or Treat ribbon

Assorted buttons with lime green thread

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser tool

Tiny staples

Magnet Brooch Bar

Quick Dry Adhesive

See you back here tomorrow for Day 19's clawesome project by Charlotte F!

Your next stop on the hop should be Jessica but she's still having blog issues so check in on her otherwise your next stop is probably Sandy!

DominoART's Wicked Players are in the running for these clawesome prizes from DominoART's sponsors!  YOU get to vote for your top 3 favourite scariffic creations on Oct 30!

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! 

  Happy Hopping and Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

DominoART Challenge #6: Week 2 of Sun Memories + Any Game Goes!

Howzit Dominoians!
Week 2 already of our new challenge and we've got two awesome entries already so keep them coming ;0)

DominoART Challenge #6

Sun Memories + Any Game Goes!

Sponsored by Lost Coast Designs!

I challenge you to alter any game of your choice with a sun theme.  You MUST use a real game piece of any kind in your creations for example:  jigsaw puzzles, dominoes, dice, playing cards, checkers, chess pieces, Monopoly money, Bingo cards, etc!  If its a game then you can alter it!

This challenge will end September 18 at 7pm PST so you've got plenty of time to enter!

THE PRIZE!

A $5 Gift Certificate to spend at Lost Coast Designs!
A fabulous prize indeed!

 

Now for some inspiration from DominoART's design team!
DominoARTist Val S created this amazing piece with a Square Domino! Stop by her blog for more deets!
 

Supplies used:
Stamp by Personal Impressions
Archival Brilliance Ink, Peacock
Archival Black Ink
Square Domino
Sharpie Pens
3D Glaze
Tan Cord
Tan Wooden Bead

Now it's your turn!  I look forward to seeing all your fabulous altered game art :0)
Submit your creations via the inlinkz collection below! 

 Have a fabulous Labor Day weekend!





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, if there's enough entries, will be announced when the next challenge starts
• A min of 3 entries is required for the sponsored prize to be awarded 
• 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 #2: Week 2 of Alice Domino Books with Rick St Dennis!

Hello Dominoians!

Happy Friday!  It's week 2 of

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

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 soon)!  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 got plenty of 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 won't be a waste coz you can do plenty with it and aren't limited to just making books...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 still!

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!!!!!!

Here's some DominoART design team inspiration for you by DominoARTist Val!
Val has created a fabulous Alice Domino Book using SQUARE dominoes!

Supplies used:
2 x white Square dominoes
Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Slate
Cosmic Shimmer - Black Pearl PVA
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Stormy Sky
Papermania Water Colour Pencils
Black Ribbon
White Tacky Glue
 

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

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

ps....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!

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

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Emboss Resist Dragon Pendant made Top 3 at the Craft Room!

Happy Friday Dominoians!
Woohoo!!  My Emboss Resist Dragon Pendant made Top 3 in the Emboss It Craft Room Challenge!

Thanks for the great challenge :0)

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

New DMT Challenge - D'ART Emboss Resist Technique! Come join us!

Howzit Bloggers!
It's DMT Challenge time again with a chance to win prizes if you take part in the current technique blog hop over at Blockheads Paper Arts!

May's DMT (DominoART's monthly technique) is called Emboss Resist.  The link takes you to the tutorial created by my Blockhead team mate, Colleen, for doing this technique on paper but as always I like to put the DominoART spin on things and now I challenge you to alter your favourite game tiles using this technique too!  You can enter the Blockheads Challenge with a paper project or a game tile project, that's totally up to you but I would LOVE to see some game art so what do you say...up for it?

So here's my take on the Emboss Resist technique...DominoART style.

The chinese dragon I used is available at Blockheads on their Chinese Princess set or you can get it on its own.  Judikins has the same dragon but Blockheads' one is way bigger, I've got both of course coz this is one of my absolute favourite dragon images ;0)
ppsst...the Chinese Princess set is currently on sale so dash over quick!

New DMT Challenge - Magic Metals Technique for creating faux embossed metal Game Art!

Howzit Bloggers!
It's time for April's DMT Challenge!  This technique coincides with the current technique challenge blog hop over at Blockheads Paper Arts so you've got a chance to win a $25 gift certificate!

April's DMT (DominoART's monthly technique) is called Magic Metals aka Faux embossed Metal and I challenge you to alter your favourite game tiles using this technique!

To demonstrate this really cool technique I created a pendant featuring a Square Domino.  For all the details regarding the Blockheads Challenge please stop by their website and check out Karen's awesome tutorial and technique sample as well as my two design team card projects too!

 

Day 26 of 31 Days of Halloween - 'Skulls' Square Domino Piece by Kathy S!

Howzit Stampers!

Kathy S, who is a long time member of our DominoART Yahoo Group, is back to share another scary Square Domino creation with us today!

Kathy applied Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks Expresso and Raisin onto the domino to create the background and embellished with 2 skull beads.  The skulls are threaded onto pink sheer ribbon and adhered to the domino with pop dots that she coated with green glitter.  She then included today's date in gold self-adhesive letters and numbers!

Stay tuned for Day 27 to see what Betsy has cooked up in her cauldron for you!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 25 of 31 Days of Halloween - 'Ghost' Domino by Charlotte F!

Howzit Stampers!

On the 25th Day of Halloween Charlotte F, who is a member of our DominoART Yahoo Group, joins us again to share her oh-so-spooky 'Ghost' domino.

SUPPLIES
Ancient Page Coal Black ink
Ghost Stamp by Inkadinkado
Purple Sharpie
Krylon Clear Glaze
Confetti stars

Charlotte stamped the ghost with Coal Black Ancient Page dye ink onto the domino and colored the background and sides with a purple Sharpie.   She then sealed it with a coat of glaze spray then adhered the confetti stars to the domino once the glaze was dry.

Stay tuned for Day 26 coz Kathy S is back to share another one of her cauldron concoctions!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 21 of 31 Days of Halloween - 'Wicked' Square Domino by Kathy S

Howzit Stampers!

Kathy S, formerly known as Kathy L ;0), is a long time member of our DominoART Yahoo Group and she is sharing a wicked Square Domino creation today!

She applied Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks Expresso and Raisin onto the domino to create the background and embellished with the tiny witch's hat, ribbon and included today's date in gold self-adhesive letters and numbers!

Stay tuned for Day 22 coz Pilar F is back to share another one of her cauldron concoctions!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Day 14 of 31 Days of Halloween - 'One Spooky Evening' Square Domino Ornament by Leigh S-B

 Happy Day 14 of Halloween!

Today I'm sharing a hanging ornament I made from a Square Domino.  These dominoes are awesome game pieces coz they're double the width of a single standard sized domino.  But unfortunately the manufacturer of the Square doms has discontinued them so I apologize for getting you all excited if this is the first time you're seeing them!!  Booo!  Booo!  Booo to the people who used to make them!

SUPPLIES
Square Domino that you just might be lucky to find some where!

Rubber Stamp by PSX

Ancient Page dye ink pads:  Coal Black
Sharpie markers:  Yellow, Red, Orange, Purple, Brown
Silver Paint Pen
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Black Sharpie
Bat and pumpkin confetti
Black ribbon
Black fiber and cotton
Heat It embossing gun

For this project you're going to need a Square domino straight from the tin but if you can't get your hands on some then try playing with two dominoes glued together!  No surface preparation is needed because you're going to be using my 'Sharpie Domino Queen' Technique for all the colouring!  Stamp the image onto the domino with Coal Black Ancient Page dye ink and heat set.  Use Sharpies to colour in the entire design but use an extra-fine metallic silver paint pen on the moon.  Edge and colour the sides of the domino with a broad point metallic paint pen and seal the surface and the sides with a coat of Judikins Diamond Glaze.  While the glaze is drying cut a length of black fiber and a length of black cotton.  Thread the confetti bats and pumpkins onto the cotton and tie it onto the fiber at about the center mark.  Form a loop on one of the black fiber and tie a knot.  Apply a thin line of Diamond Glaze all around the sides of the domino and wrap the fiber around it.  Secure the other end at the top of the domino at the base of the loop with more glaze and let it dry.  Cut a length of black ribbon and tie a bow around the loop base and this will also help secure the glued end in place.

Want to see more of my 'Sharpie Domino Queen' Technique projects then check out my blog, Leigh S-B Designs too!

Stay tuned for Day 15 to see what Val S has cooked up in her cauldron for you!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations