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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Day 8 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: Skellie Box by Wendy W

Welcome to Day 8 of

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

We're having a spooktacular time all May long by celebrating Halloween half way through the year and on May 30 THREE WINNERS from DominoART's Petrifying Players will receive Gift Certificates to spend at Lost Coast Designs! Starting May 27 everyone will get the chance to vote for their 3 favourite scary creations!

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

Today Wendy of Paper Whims is joining us again to share her paper mache skellie box featuring an altered domino!

Supplies
paper mache box

black paint
pom-pom trim
regular size domino
alcohol inks
cobweb rubber stamp (Hampton Art)
arms from plastic skeleton
black checkers game piece
skeleton face (partial Smeared Ink Stamp - Flying Skeleton)
paper punched halo
chalk

See you back here bright and early on Frriday May 17 for Day 9 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween featuring DominoARTist Black Dragon and for Week 4's inspiration by DominoARTist Val S for our 3rd Challenge sponsored by Smeared Ink - Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards!

I'd also like to remind you about the blog hop for Skull Appreciation Day with Smeared Ink that's happening on June 4th! DominoART is making a day of it by featuring skull altered game art by readers who would like to join in on the fun! Click the link above for all the details and to sign up!

You can now sign up by going to my new Contact Me page which is located above with the other page tabs!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Monday, May 13, 2013

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!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

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!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Friday, May 10, 2013

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

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Day 5 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: Half-O-Ween Tag by Pat C!

Welcome to Day 5 of
15 Days of Half-O-Ween!

There's still dates available if you want to win these fab prizes sponsored by Lost Coast Designs so hurry out your email to me NOW and sign up. The participation roster is located in the left side bar!

Also don't forget that this month's challenge is also Half-O-Ween themed so come and play 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!

Pat C of Projects by Pat is sharing her spooktacular tag with an altered domino as an embellishment with us today!

Supplies used:

I used a background paper, then edged tag with a red Sharpie, cut a moon out and coloured with yellow Promarker. Hobby Craft Stamp for spider, then embellished with Domino, bat, ghost and black cat. I then attached red ribbon!

Stop by again on Saturday May 11 for Day 6 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween for a spooktacular creation by Charlotte C!

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

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Day 4 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: Batty Altered by Wendy

Welcome to Day 4 of
15 Days of Half-O-Ween!

Wendy of Paper Whims is sharing her wicked cool bat themed altered game art creation with us today!

Wendy used a domino sized image from the Gecko Galz Spooky Jewels collection for her bat image. It is glued to an antique brown wooden domino she picked up at a garage sale. The "display stand" consists of two large dice and two poker chips. The bat design is a rubber stamp from the Tim Holtz Halloween Blueprint collection. The bat is embellished with glitter, three golden half pearls and three sequins. She added some color with chalks and colored pencils.

Stop by again on Thursday May 9 for Day 5 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween for a spooktacular creation by Pat C!

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

There's still dates available if you want to win these fab prizes so hurry out your email to me NOW and sign up. The roster is located in the left side bar!

Also don't forget that this month's challenge is also Half-O-Ween themed so come and play us!
DominoART Challenge #3 Scary Half-O-Ween Playing Cards

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Monday, May 6, 2013

Call for Players: 15 Days of Half-O-Ween and Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop with Smeared and Smudged!

Greetings Dominoians!

I'm still needing more players for our spooktacular 15 Days of Half-O-Ween!
The dates still available are as follows:
May 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25.

If you'd like to have your scary altered game art piece featured on DominoART then CLICK HERE for more info! There are 3 awesome prizes up for grabs sponsored by Lost Coast Designs so who wants to play?!

DominoART is also going to take part in Smeared and Smudged forums Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop for the first time this year! So I thought we'd make a day of it and feature more than one skully creation here on DominoART! The hop takes place on June 4th so email me now and sign up. Then get creating! Please email me one photo of your project no later than Wednesday May 29th so I can prepare the post for the day! If you plan to post your project on your own blog on or before June 4th then also give me your blog URL so I can link up. If you'd like to participate in the hop yourselves then the details from Smeared and Smudged are below!

Do you love creating amazing projects that showcase skully goodness? Wanna get some traffic to your blog and share your obsession? Join us on June 4th for one wild blog hop event! We will be celebrating Skull Appreciation Day 2013 by featuring handmade projects that spotlight the much-loved cranium. We will also be giving away lots of freebies during the hop!

How can you participate, you ask? Well, there are a couple of ways to get in on the action. To spread the word, grab our button here and post it to your blog, facebook page, or website and share the info. Then come hop through the amazing projects on the 4th starting on the More Smeared Ink blog.

To join in, simply make a homemade project or craft that features a skull and sign up to be included in our hop list. This is open to any crafter or artist who would like to feature a handmade skull-themed project, it does not necessarily have to use a stamp. You can sign up by leaving a comment with your name and blog address on the Smeared and Smudged Forum here. All participants will receive this awesome free Smeared Ink Skull Appreciation digi image to add to their collection, drawn by Alexandria S. (to claim your freebie, please email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com after you sign up to participate in the Smeared and Smudged Forum Blog Hop).

You can still join the fun even if you don't share a project!  During the hop Smeared and Smudged will also be giving away freebies, so that is even more incentive to participate or hop along with us on June 4th!

Domino Hugs!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Day 3 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: Witch Chekit Card by Val S

Welcome to Day 3 of
15 Days of Half-O-Ween!

Val S of Val's Craftings is sharing her spooktacular card embellished with an altered Chekit game piece with us today!

Supplies:
White Card Stock
Witch and Flourish stamps by Inkadinkado
Chekit Game Piece
Lilac Gems
Italian Flourish Die by Cheery Lynn Designs
Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Dusty Concord and Stormy Sky

Stop by again on Tuesday May 7 for Day 4 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween for a spooktacular creation by Wendy!

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

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Leigh S-B Designs Blog

Velvet Paw Creations

Friday, May 3, 2013

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.

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

Day 2 of 15 Days of Half-O-Ween: Scrabble Tile Necklace & Gift Box by Monique!

Welcome to Day 2 of
15 Days of Half-O-Ween!

Monique of Pretty Dark Art is sharing her spooktacular Scrabble tile necklace and matching gift box with us today!

Monique made a pendant using a scrabble tile and a Rick St. Dennis digi called Strega . She coloured the digi at normal printed size, scanned it and printed it to scrabble tile size.

She used glossy accents to glue it on the scrabble tile and then added some glitter glue on all sides including the back side which still has the letter on it. Sealed it with a layer of glossy accents on all sides to protect it.

The jewelry box has a rubber bat stamp on it, it was coloured using distress ink. On the lid of the box there is also the Strega image and also on the inside of the lid. The Strega image on the lid was covered with clear embossing powder and heat embossed. She added some glitter around it to match the scrable tile.