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Thursday, February 4, 2016

"Dark Etchings" Domino Book for Rick St Dennis EDT!

Howzit Dominoians!
I'm super stoked to now be on the fabulous Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team!  Rick's images in both digi and rubber are simply stunning and there's a huge variety of imagery to suit every possible taste!  Check out all the digis in his Zibbet and Etsy stores and some real rubber is available Here!

This is my first EDT post for the Rick St Dennis Fans and Friends Facebook group.  February sees some changes regarding our challenges which you can read about HERE!  We also have 2 fun blogs for more EDT inspiration:
Airless Chambers and Sparkle and Glitter

 My project today is a Domino Book and is another addition to a series of "Dark Etchings" I've been having fun with for a while now.  I call them 'dark etchnings' because I create monochromatic black and gray pieces that remind me of inked etchings.  Previous ones were done with Black Soot Distress Ink on watercolour paper and this one is done with Copics and Sharpie markers.


The dominoes are stamped with black StazOn ink and coloured with gray and black Sharpies.  The edges and sides with the dots are coloured solid black.


 Here's the pages of the book.  The scene is a compilation of Rick St Dennis "Haunted Places #1" digis coloured with Copics in shades of gray.  Sadly the rubber is no longer available and the digis aren't up in the RSD stores so ask for the digis if you need them but this technique is well suited for lots of the images that are available!  Check out all the digis in the Zibbet and Etsy stores.

UPDATE:
Haunted Places is now available at the RSD Zibbet store here:  
https://www.zibbet.com/rick1949/haunted-places-one-digi-sheet


The edges of each page have Black Soot Distress Ink applied and the black background has a metallic silver edging which you can see in the photo below.


Here's the completed Domino Book with a black ribbon tied in a bow, the ribbon has silver wire wrapped around the ends.


 Thank you for visiting with me today!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Day 10: Shocking Good Fun!

Welcome back for Day 10 of


We are counting down to Christmas Smeared Ink style with our annual 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop!  What a freaktastic hop we are having!  Stop by every 2nd day throughout December and hop your way through the Jolly Bloggers blog roll over there in my right sidebar.  You will want to stick around and feast your eyeballs on all the creeptastic Christmas themed projects!

Thank you so much for hopping with me and leaving me your lovely comments ;0)

Now for my Day 10 project!

Shocking Good Fun!
an altered domino that could be a tree ornament, a magnet or a pendant, but it isn't...Clue #1 was PRICKLY and clue #2 was it's ROUND...now for clue #3 it's BLACK ;0) Who can guess what I'm doing with all these dominoes?


I couldn't resist using my fave Grumpie again for this one!  I stamped the Smeared Ink Christmas Grumpie from the Occasions Grumpie rubber stamp set onto the white domino with jet black StazOn ink 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 tied around an old Xmas fairy light, a snowflake and added crystal Stickles glitter glue to his hat, the light's wire 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, see you again on Dec 21!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Day 9: Creepmas Tree!

Welcome back for Day 9 of


We are counting down to Christmas Smeared Ink style with our annual 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop and are now officially half way!  What a freaktastic hop we are having!  Stop by every 2nd day throughout December and hop your way through the Jolly Bloggers blog roll over there in my right sidebar.  You will want to stick around and feast your eyeballs on all the creeptastic Christmas themed projects!

Thank you so much for hopping with me and leaving me your lovely comments ;0)

Now for my Day 9 project!

Creepmas Tree!
an altered domino that could be a tree ornament, a magnet or a pendant, but it isn't...need another clue?  Clue #1 was it's PRICKLY and #2 is its ROUND ;0)


Today's altered domino features Smeared Ink's Creepmas Tree from the Gothic Christmas rubber stamp set as well as a single snowflake by All Night Media.  I created this one the same way as my previous 8 by stamping with black StazOn ink and coloured with Sharpies after heat setting.  I then edged the domino with a DecoColor metallic silver paint pen and coloured the sides too and finished off with a metallic gold wired ribbon bow, a snowflake and added crystal Stickles glitter glue 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, see you again on Dec 19!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Day 8: Skellie Snowman!

Welcome back for Day 8 of


We are counting down to Christmas Smeared Ink style with our annual 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop!  What a freaktastic hop we are having!  Stop by every 2nd day throughout December and hop your way through the Jolly Bloggers blog roll over there in my right sidebar.  You will want to stick around and feast your eyeballs on all the creeptastic Christmas themed projects!

Thank you so much for hopping with me and leaving me your lovely comments ;0)

Now for my Day 8 project!

Skellie Snowman!
an altered domino that could be a tree ornament, a magnet or a pendant, but it isn't...figured out what I'm up to yet? ;0)


I had you running for your lives from killer Snowmen on Day 7 but today's Skellie Snowman seems friendly, maybe!  I'd still BEWARE if I were you!

I had an absolute blast assembling this cutie!  I used two of Carmen's Veranda stamps to create my very own skellie snowman by stamping the head of the Snowman and then masking and stamping the skellie body from the Winged Skeleton.  I'm totally thrilled with how he turned out! 

Just like my previous 7 altered dominoes, I stamped with black StazOn ink, coloured with Sharpies after heat setting and edged the domino with a DecoColor metallic silver paint pen and coloured the sides too.  I finished off the piece with a metallic gold wired ribbon bow, a mother-of-pearl snowflake for a heart and added crystal Stickles glitter glue 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, see you again on Dec 17!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Day 7: Fear the Walking...Snowmen?

Welcome back for Day 7 of


We are counting down to Christmas Smeared Ink style with our annual 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop!  What a freaktastic hop we are having!  Stop by every 2nd day throughout December and hop your way through the Jolly Bloggers blog roll over there in my right sidebar.  You will want to stick around and feast your eyeballs on all the creeptastic Christmas themed projects!

Thank you so much for hopping with me and leaving me your lovely comments ;0)

Now for my Day 7 project!

Fear the Walking Dead Snowmen!
an altered domino that could be a tree ornament, a magnet or a pendant, but it isn't...did yesterday's clue give the game away? ;0)


Eeeeeek!!!  It's a Snowman Apocalypse!  Run for your lives!  Daryl is doing his best to take out this killer snowman with a few well placed arrows!  These guys move faster than Zombies with all that ice around and he had difficulty getting a head shot.... but, will that stop a Snowman, do they have brains?

This scary snowman is another one from the Rick St Dennis rubber stamp set he designed for Smeared Ink (FYI:  the rubber is no longer available from SI though).  Just like my previous 6 altered dominoes, I stamped with black StazOn ink, coloured with Sharpies after heat setting and edged the domino with a DecoColor metallic silver paint pen and coloured the sides too.  I finished off the piece with a metallic gold wired ribbon bow, a snowflake and added crystal Stickles glitter glue 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, see you again on Dec 15!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, December 11, 2015

Day 6: Skellie Reindeers Dream of Sugar Plum Snowflakes + DominoART Challenge Winter Wonderland reminder!

Welcome back for Day 6 of


We are counting down to Christmas in Smeared Ink style with our annual 12 Days of Creepmas blog hop and are now officially half way!  What a freaktastic hop we are having!  Stop by every 2nd day throughout December and hop your way through the Jolly Bloggers blog roll over there in my right sidebar.  You will want to stick around and feast your eyeballs on all the creeptastic Christmas themed projects!

Thank you so much for hopping with me and leaving me your lovely comments ;0)

Now for my Day 6 project!
Happy Smeared Ink Friday and as it's Friday this is also my reminder post about DominoART's current Challenge - #17 Winter Wonderland, come and join the fun, Creepmas projects are totally welcome too!

Skellie Reindeers Dream of Sugar Plum Snowflakes!
an altered domino that could be a tree ornament, a magnet or a pendant, but it isn't...okay...how about a clue as to what I'm doing with these dominoes...it's PRICKLY teehee ;0)


Today's altered domino is a skellie reindeer skull dreaming happily about pink sugar plum snowflakes!
 For this one I did what I shall call reverse masking...I stamped Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous ATC "Reindeer Games" Christmas collage rubber stamp in red StazOn ink and directly over it I stamped Smeared Ink's skellie Reindeer from the Gothic Christmas rubber set.  I then carefully removed the parts of both images I didn't want with an old Marvy Le Plume colourless blender alcohol marker.  You can use a Copic one too, it doesn't damage the marker nib, just stains it whatever colour ink you're removing!  I then coloured with Sharpies after heat setting and edged the domino with a DecoColor metallic silver paint pen and coloured the sides too.  I finished off the piece with a metallic gold wired ribbon bow, a snowflake and added crystal Stickles glitter glue 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, see you again on Dec 13!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, November 6, 2015

DominoART Challenge #17 "Winter Wonderland"

TGIF Dominoians!
Oh My Ghoul, can you believe that it's November already and time for a new DominoART challenge!  DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest in October was truly spooktacular, if you missed seeing all our the faBOOlous altered game art shared for 31days straight then sit back for a spell and check them out in the Inlinkz collection HERE!
  
Now for the winner of Challenge #16
4 faBOOlous projects were submitted in the GHOSTS challenge, thank you so much for playing with us :0)

The Winner of Challenge #16 is
IKE

 Congrats Ike, grab your winner's badge HTML code from my left sidebar for your blog to make and I'd love to have you as a DominoART Guest Designer soon!


Now for the November and December's challenge I know the holiday season is a crazy busy time for all so this challenge is for November and December and closes January 8 2016.  So that gives you lots of time to come and join the fun here whenever you get a spare moment to get some crafty me time in over the holidays :0)

DominoART Challenge #17
"Winter Wonderland"
Altered game art of any kind with a winter/Christmas theme!

I want to see what the theme "Winter Wonderland" means to you, whether it be a snowy woodland scene, snowmen, snowflakes or Jack Frost nipping at your nose!  You can alter any kind of game or game piece(s) for this challenge!  
5+ entries are required to win a DominoART prize!
For 4 or less, one entrant will win a Guest Designer spot on DominoART in a future Challenge and get a snazzy badge for their blog!

 For today's inspiration I'm sharing one of my altered domino ornament.





I used 4 travel sized ivory dominoes to create my ornament with 2 holes drilled through each one.  The image, small Winter Hearth Mice, is  stamp by Blockheads Paper Arts who are sadly no longer in business.





Now it's your turn, I can't wait to see your Winter Wonderland creations!


Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Day 31 of 31 Days of Halloween - "Raven Amulet" by Leigh S-B!

Welcome to Day 31 of DominoART's 
annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 
and blog hop presented by Smeared Ink!

my Gothic beauties Halloween display this year - Evangeline Ghastly and friends! From left: Living Dead Doll E.A Poe, Bright Moon EG, Divine Moonlight EG, Beautiful Nightmare EG, My Tell Tale Heart Ellowyne Wilde, All Hallow's Eve EG, Unspoken Words EG, Long Ago, Far Away EG and EG's pets, Bella, Mouette and Valentine.
My Coven from left: Tonner Absolutely Wicked Witch of the West, Pullip Wilhelmina, Tonner Fiery Skies Witch and Tonner 22" Goth American Model
YAY, we did it, we have officially survived another one of Smeared Ink's fangtastic 31 Days of Halloween blog hops!  Wooooohoooo!

I want to thank my clawesome DomnoARTist's Val S and Black Dragon for participating again with me this year and a huge THANK YOU to all my faBOOlous Wicked Players for making DominoART's 5th Scarefest a spooktacular success!  Round of applause to you all!  One of you will win this year's Grand Prize of a Smeared Ink digi set of your choice sponsored by Smeared Ink and be crowned DominoART's Queen of Halloween!  Plus, if DominoART snags Smeared Ink's blog hop prize this year my top 3 voted Wicked Players will receive some of the haul too!
GOOD LUCK

The poll opened yesterday so if you haven't voted for your favourite projects yet then sit back and relax for a spell and enjoy seeing all 31 of this months spooktacular projects again in the Inlinkz collection below and then cast your votes!  You all get 10 votes each!  Some projects don't qualify to win coz of affiliation, etc, but feel free to still vote on them if you just absolutely love them!  The winner will be announced here on DominoART on Monday Nov 2nd so you'll have a few days to get your votes in! 

http://www.smearedink.com/#!shop/c199t
 
 Don't forget you can join us here on DominoART for 15 Days of Terror - Half-O-Ween in May 2016!  Click HERE for details and then sign up to be one of my 13 Petrifying Players...you could even make your projects now while you've got your spooky stamps out ;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 just popped in for the first time today and want to know what all the excitement is about then you'll want to 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!

Today's finale project is by me, Leigh S-B!
I made an amulet with altered Bendominoes featuring the Raven stamp from my Zentangle inspired Autumn's Pencil rubber stamp set designed for Smeared Ink.  This set is currently not available through Smeared Ink but you can still order it from me, email me for details!


Supplies used
Autumn's Pencil rubber stamp - Raven 
Bendominoes
Swarovski crystal
Large metal leaf and jump ring
Metal necklace
black StazOn ink
Sharpie markers
Liquid Silver DecoColor paint pen
Judikins Diamond Glaze


***IT'S NOW TIME TO VOTE***
Simply click on the little hearts to vote!


Don't forget to get your votes in and come back November 2nd for my winner announcement!
Have a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween!

Challenges entered:
Dream in Darkness
Left of Center

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Day 24: Llorona - Day of the Dead Domino Coaster by Leigh S-B!

Welcome to Day 24 of DominoART's 
annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 
and blog hop presented by Smeared Ink!

why is there a skunk in my photo you ask...well, her name is Mouette, she's French you see and you know how the folk down in New Orleans enjoy celebrating the dead!
 My Wicked Players and I are still going strong in DominoART's 5th 31 DOH scarefest and this spooktacular blog hop brought to us by Smeared Ink!  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.  It's not too late to join the fun if you just stopped by for the first time today, all the hop info can be found on Terra's blog.  There's lots of sponsor prizes to be won each and every day!  The Smeared Ink Blog Hop roll is over there in my right hand side bar if you'd like to join the fun! 


It's me again, Leigh S-B, and I'm back today to share another one of my altered domino coasters.  This time I've got a very colourful Day of the Dead coaster featuring one of Smeared Ink's Llorona rubber stamps and the border stamp from the Autumn's Pencil Zentangle inspired rubber stamp set I designed for Smeared Ink. 

Autumn's Pencil is unavailable from SI at the moment but if you're interested in adding my stamp set to your collection then please contact me ;0)

showing the sides of the dominoes and the cork coaster
Supplies used
Smeared Ink - Llorona rubber stamp
Leigh S-B Designs (SI) - Autumn's Pencil
8 standard size white dominoes
Sharpie markers
StazOn Jet Black ink
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Cork Coaster - Michaels
E6000 adhesive

The dominoes were stamped with StazOn ink and coloured with Sharpie markers in my signature Sharpie Domino Queen style.  The dominoes are adhered together with Judikins Diamond Glaze and then adhered to the cork coaster with E6000 adhesive.  The sides of the dominoes are coloured with black Sharpie.  The entire coaster is sealed with Judikins Diamond Glaze for a glass-like finish (done after the photos were taken to avoid the glare in my pix).

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 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!

http://www.smearedink.com/#!shop/c199t
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!

See you again tomorrow for Day 25!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Day 1 of 31 Days of Halloween with Leigh S-B

 Welcome to Day 1 of DominoART's
annual 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest 
and blog hop hosted by the spooktacular Smeared Ink!

October is finally here...time to get our fright on!

I'm thrilled to be hosting DominoART's 5th 31 Days of Halloween Scarefest and playing as a Wicked Blogger in the 7th annual blog hop brought to us by Smeared Ink again this year.

You're in for a real treat here at DominoART where we count down to Halloween with spooktacular altered game art by different artists every day so prepare to be thrilled to death!

Click video to get in the mood ;0)
This is Halloween - Nightmare Before Christmas

My Wicked Players this year are in the running to win DominoART's Grand Prize 
sponsored by
 As well as being crowned
DominoART's
Queen of Halloween for 2015!

 I know you've seen a lot to get here already so I will keep my posts as brief as possible all month long!  If you don't know what the hop is all about or want to know more about how you can hop and win prizes each day then stop by Terra's blog.  The Smeared Ink Blog Hop roll is below and will also remain over there in my right hand side bar throughout October in case you get lost along the way!  

You will also be seeing more of my projects over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity the Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda event and challenge blog, which is your next stop on the hop ;0)  Be sure to enter your Halloween projects in Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's Boo! a 31 Days of Halloween Linky Party as well as in our LCD/CV Facebook Challenge #1 Something This Way Comes, plus our new monthly Challenge starts Oct 5 so there's tons of prizes up for grabs over there too! It's going to be frightfully good fun with prizes galore so hop each day and Stay to Play with us!

Now for my Day 1 project!

"Creepy Grumpies Luminary"

the little guy on the lid is from the Love Grumpies rubber set
6 x standard white dominoes
1 x Lexicon game piece
hexagon glass jar
Sharpies
Black Archival Ink
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Krylon gloss sealer
Krylon Artists Workable Fixative
Tim Holtz spiderweb paper tape
black silk ribbon
orange flameless tea light


See my LeighSBDesigns blog for more info on my project and different photos too!


Thanks for hopping with me today and leaving me some love, I appreciate all your comments :0)
1 Day down just 30 to go, bwahahahahaha
See you again tomorrow!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Sunday, February 22, 2015

"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!

Domino Hugs!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
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