DominoART's 24 Days of Christmas Festival has begun!

Today is Day 1 of my  
DominoART blog's 24 Days of Christmas Festival!
Come and join me and my Merry Players every day and count down Santa's arrival DominoART style :0)

The Festival is being sponsored by Blockheads Paper Arts and Delicious Doodles with a 3rd sponsor to be announced soon!  There's also a DominoART Readers' Gallery were you can upload your own altered game art to the Christmas 2012 inlinkz collection for the chance to win a prize too!  Plus there just might be some surprise giveaways for those of you who stop by each day and leave a comment and follow us too!  It's going to be a festive December with lots to see and prizes to be had so I hope you'll come and join the fun ;0)

 DominoART Christmas Tree Bauble
Check out my full mixed media creation with more photos on DominoART!

Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

Steampunk Ella Sitting Pretty - InkStained Roni Altered Altoid Art Festival Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone!

Today we're celebrating my friend's 5th blog anniversary/birthday!   Congrats Roni on your awesome milestone!

 Roni of Ink Stains is hosting an Altered Altoid Art Festival blog hop today!  See the linky collection below to continue on your altered tin hop and check out Roni's post about the event here!  She's giving away prizes so come and join the fun!

Here's my altered altoids tin contribution to the festivities.  I used two altoids tins, a regular one and a 'Smalls' one too, which Roni graciously provided for me to alter. 

The star of my Steampunk themed tin is this gorgeous lady, Ella Sitting Pretty KG-041-T by Third Coast Rubber Stamps.  She's stamped on Strathmore Bristol Smooth heavy weight cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and fussy cut out.  I coloured her with the following Copic markers:
E000, 00, 01, 02, 13, 15, 43, V01, 06, BG02, 05, 07 and added some metallic gold details with a gel pen.

 I applied Tim Holtz Idea-ology Nostalgic Tissue Tape to the bottom edges of both tins and cut up pieces of Ranger Inkssentials adhesive back silver foil tape sheets to the lids.  I used a stylus to draw attention to the word 'Smalls' and other details on the tins that I liked and the lid of a pen to impress 'faux' rivets into the metal.  I then applied Jet Black StazOn re-inker to a piece of Cut & Dry foam and covered all the metal areas and then buffed away most of the black so it stayed in all the grooves.

 I then randomly applied Adirondack Alcohol Inks Current and Stream to both lids.  I adhered the small tin to the lid with E6000 adhesive and then Ella with Aleene's Fast Grab Glue with a pop dot behind her to prop her up.

 I had a ball adding all the various Steampunk-esque embellishments to my altered tins and plan to keep this one on my desk with all my loose embellies tucked inside!  I finished off the look with screw head brads, with the arms removed, adhered to the sides of the larger tin.  I love it!  FYI:  a lot of these embellies and loads more goodies are available at SkyBluePink.com and Blockheads Paper Arts!

 Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!  I hope you're having loads of fun hopping around Roni's Blog Hop Art Festival ;0)  See the linky collection below to continue on your adventure!
 

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

CAS Christmas Tree Bauble Card - one day left in the CAS Blockheads Challenge!

Hello Everyone!

Blockheads Paper Arts' Clean and Simple challenge ends tomorrow, Nov 21.  Here's another example of the CAS technique to inspire you!

You can read all the details about how to enter the challenge and check out the challenge tutorial HERE!  There's two prizes up for grabs!  A $25 gift certificate if you enter the Blog Hop or 4 x 5.25 inch stamp set of your choice if you enter on the Blockheads' Facebook page!

For this super easy CAS Christmas Card I stamped the greenery with Forest Moss Distress ink and the baubles with Aged Mahogany Distress ink.

I drew in the hanging string lines with a black Copic Multliner pen and finished off each bauble with baker's twine bows.

I used the following exclusive Blockheads Paper Arts' stamps on this one:

Mouse Bauble - Figgy Puddy Mice, 

Holly Bauble - An Illustrated Christmas 

Greenery - Leaves set.

 I hope I've inspired you to create some Clean and Simple cards this season and I look forward to seeing your entries in the challenge ;0)  You can link up to the Blog Hop in the inlinkz collection below!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Thanksgiving to all my USA readers!

I'm going to enter this one in the following challenges:
 Christmas Blog Challenge - Oh Baubles
Clearly I Stamp #64 Clean and Simple
 Paper Creators Crafts #1 All About Christmas
 The Crafty Pad #197 Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Crafty Bloggers Network #5 Christmas Anything Goes
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Fridays #85 Anything Goes

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

"Fox Riders" A White Shabby Chic Third Coast Card

Hello Everyone!

It's week 2 already of the White Shabby Chic challenge over at the Third Coast Creative Challenges Blog!

Here's my 2nd creation on the theme and hopefully provide you with some inspiration!  I encourage you all to give it a try and enter the challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Third Coast Rubber Stamps!  You do need to use at least one Third Coast rubber stamp to be eligible for the prize!

Fox Riders
a White Shabby Chic card

I used Third Coast's fantasy image called Fox Riders FT-218-J as the focal point of my white shabby chic project this week.  The image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on to a sheet of heavy weight Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock and fussy cut out with detail scissors.

 

The image was coloured with Copic markers E41, 43 and 44 and blended with the Colourless Blender.  I also removed colour with the Blender marker as well to achieve the vintage sepia tone effect.

I used an ornate pattern 5 x 7 Cuttlebug embossing folder from their Paper Lace II set to emboss the entire folded white card and layered an embossed mat with Cuttlebug's Stylized Flowers on to it.  Both the card and the mat edges were distressed with Tim's paper distresser tool to give the card the shabby feel.  I also added touches of Copic E41 to the daisy flowers and along the edges on the mat and faded it out with the Colourless Blender to add to the vintage feel.

I embellished the card with a piece of white netting my onions came in many moons ago and a white organza ribbon which I tied in a bow and crinkled with a quick zap of my heat gun.  I added two die cut Spellbinders leaves which I also treated with the Copics E41 and Colourless Blender and 3 sprigs of off-white pearls.  The Fox Riders were adhered with pop dots for even more dimension.  I love the wonderful play of shadows created by all the embossing and the varied layers which you can see in the photo above and adore the ethereal feeling of the finished piece!

Thanks for visiting with me today, I truly appreciate all your comments :0)

I'm entering Fox Riders in the following challenges:
Stampavie and More #181 - Swirls and Pearls
 Simply Create Too #26 - Use Your Stash - Used the Net and Cardstock Scraps
 Card Mania Challenges #7 - Embossing
Through The Craft Room Door Challenge #44 - Anything Goes
 Tuesday Alchemy #40 - Anything Goes
Divas By Design #61 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Challenges Linky Party #10 (maybe its supposed to be #11?) - Anything Goes

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Lost Coast Designs * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

"Believe in Christmas" CAS #2 for Blockheads Paper Arts!

Hello Everyone!

Christmas is fast approaching and if you say every year that you want to make all your cards months in advance and end up rushing at the last minute then here's the perfect solution for you!  Create some Clean and Simple cards that are quick to make, super fun and very elegant too!

 Here's my second Clean and Simple project for Blockheads Paper Arts current Technique Challenge!
 If you missed my first CAS card, which is the taller one, you can click on the photo above to go to that post.

"Believe in Christmas" CAS #2

This time I didn't go as minimalistic as my first CAS card!  I incorporated some layering, a touch of distressing and some dry embossing into my design.  But it's still definitely a CAS card ;0) 

For more info on the Blockheads Technique Challenge please visit Karen's fab CAS Tutorial and check out my fellow design team mates projects as well as all the wonderful entries we've received so far by clicking on the thumbnail photos in the inlinkz collection below my project for today!

The challenge ends on Nov 21 so you've got just over a week to create and enter for a chance to win two awesome prizes.  Details below!

I used the same Blockheads medallion stamp from their Ancient Ornaments set and the lower case word 'believe' from the Verses full sheet for my design and stamped both in Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto white cardstock.   I drew in the line with a Copic Multiliner to turn the medallion into a hanging Christmas tree bauble.   This time I cut down the panel and distressed the edges with Tim's paper distresser tool and layered it onto a black mat.
 

I embossed an entire white folded card, front and back, with a snowflake design from Cuttlebug's Winter Wonderland embossing folder set and adhered the panel to the lower right hand corner.  

 For the finishing touch I added a bow made from red/white baker's twine for a dash of festive colour.
 

I hope you'll come and play with us over at Blockheads Paper Arts for the chance to win two awesome prizes!  You can enter the Blockheads Blog Hop part of the challenge and be in the running for a $25 gift certificate to their onlline store or share your creations on their Facebook page for the chance to win a 4 x 5.25 inch stamp set of your choice!

Check out all the details HERE and you can submit your entry into the blog hop by adding it to the inlinkz collection below or on the Blockheads blog!

I'm entering my CAS #2 card in the following challenges:
 Card Mania Challenges #7 Embossing
 House of Gilli #45 Celebrations
Crafty Bloggers Network #5 Christmas Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin #36 Anything Goes
 Fat Pages (and Cards) Challenge #26 Add Sentiment/Anything Goes
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Fridays #84 Anything Goes

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Lost Coast Designs * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

'Believe in Christmas' CAS #1 with Blockheads Paper Arts!

Hello Everyone!

It's Technique Challenge time again over at Blockheads Paper Arts!  This month we challenge you to create Clean and Simple (CAS) creations!  This technique is definitely a fan favourite but we know some of you really struggle too so don't worry coz Karen has a great CAS Tutorial for you and we, the design team, have some fabulous projects to inspire you too!  The challenge ends on Nov 21 so you've got plenty of time to play!

I've got two projects to share so far, one now and the other in a few days!  I've got a few more up my sleeve too so stay tuned ;0)

This one is "Believe in Christmas" CAS #1

I enjoyed being as minimalistic as possible with this one and clever with my image at the same time ;0)  I used a Blockheads medallion stamp from their Ancient Ornaments set and the word BELIEVE from the Verses full sheet for my design and stamped them in Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto a white folded blank card.

I drew in the line with a Copic Multiliner and turned the medallion image into a Christmas bauble...clever hey :0)  To give my design more of a festive feel I added the bow made from baker's twine.

So festive, so Clean and Simple and so much fun ;0)

I hope you'll come and play with us over at Blockheads Paper Arts for the chance to win two awesome prizes!  You can enter the Blockheads Blog Hop part of the challenge and be in the running for a $25 gift certificate to their onlline store or share your creations on their Facebook page for the chance to win a 4 x 5.25 inch stamp set of your choice!

Check out all the details HERE and you can submit your entry into the blog hop by adding it to the inlinkz collection below or on the Blockheads blog!

I'm entering my CAS card in the following challenges:
 House of Gilli #45 Celebrations
Crafty Bloggers Network #5 Christmas Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin #36 Anything Goes
 Fat Pages (and Cards) Challenge #26 Add Sentiment/Anything Goes
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Fridays #84 Anything Goes

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Lost Coast Designs * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

'Time To Dance' A White Shabby Chic Challenge with Third Coast!

Hello Everyone!

I'm hosting the new challenge over at Third Coast Creative Challenges and this one is
White Shabby Chic!

Here's my project demonstrating the theme!  I hope you'll come join us for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Third Coast Rubber Stamps!

I enjoy playing with white on white layering of embossed and die cut cardstocks and particularly love the depth created by the play of shadows!  I used 3 different shades of white on this one!  You can have so much fun with this theme and its a great way to use up your off cuts from your cardstock stash too!

The background of my card is embossed with Tim's Bingo/Patchwork Texture Fade embossing folder with a narrow panel of embossed Cuttlebug daisies down the right hand side and attached with two white brads.  I also roughened the edges with Tim's paper distresser tool.  The large Weathered Clock die cut, Tim Holtz' Alterations, is layered on top with pop dots.  The image, May I have This Dance? (VB-239-P) by Third Coast, is stamped onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth heavy weight cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  I chose to add just a touch of Copic B23 and blended it with a Copic Colourless Blender.  I also added touches of B23 to the white paper daisies and diluted it with the Blender pen.  I completed the card by fussy cutting out the image and adhering it to the card with pop dots and added the daisies with craft glue.

I hope you'll come and play with me over at Third Coast Creative Challenges blog and enter TCCC#9 White Shabby Chic!  I'd also like to give you a heads up on the next two challenges for this year!

TCCC#10 Advent Calenders - either functional or the Xmas countdown can be the theme of your projects! 11/23 - 12/05

TCCC#11 Baby It's Cold Outside! Winter theme only + use Glitter! No Santas! 12/07 - 12/19

Stay tuned for my next two projects featuring the new challenge over at Blockheads Paper Arts too!  The new challenge is Clean & Simple!  It couldn't be easier to win some awesome prizes!

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz Challenge #44 - Feeling Blue
Simply Create Too Challenge #26 - Use Your Stash
I used white cardstock scraps and the paper flowers from my stash
Joyful Stamper Inspire Me Fridays #84 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps - Addicted to Flowers

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents

"Daenarys" GAME of THRONES Art Collage

Hello Everyone!

First I just want to send out best wishes to all my East Coat readers!  Be safe, you're in my prayers!

I'm hosting the new challenge over at the Third Coast Creative Challenge blog and this one is truly epic!  The theme is GAME of THRONES and I challenge you to create any kind of project based on the books by George RR Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO TV series based on the books, Game of Thrones!

If you're unfamiliar with the story then all you need to know is I'm looking for medieval and fantasy inspired imagery of dragons, sorcery, knights, kings and queens!

Here's my art collage I created for the challenge!  My inspiration for this piece is Daenerys.  She is one of the main characters in the books/series and with her is her horse and you can see one of her three dragons in the background.
ps:  Yes, I spelt her name wrong in my title but now I've linked up to some challenges and don't want to risk changing it :0(

All the stamps are from Third Coast Rubber Stamps.
Bromberrie's Web VW-019-N plays the part of Daenerys, Windswept CH-697-J is actually a Unicorn and I removed the horn by masking plus the Stone Castle on Cliffs CM-255-T, Zip (dragon) CH-705-C.

All the images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and collaged with the aide of a Stamp-a-ma-jig onto a sheet of Strathmore Bristol Smooth heavy weight cardstock.  I coloured the images with the following Copic markers:
E0000, E00, B01, C0, C3, W1, W3, W5. YR00, YR02 and YR09.  I added white highlights and white details to the images with a White Gel Pen and coloured the background with Derwent Pastel Orange and blended it with a Dove Blender Pen.

I scanned my art piece into Photoshop and completed the collage with some digital additions.  I could have added the darkened edges with Distress Inks but decided to use the Burn Tool to create the same effect.  Then finished off with black and variegated orange/red mats and frame.

Here's a closer at everything.

Daenerys has white hair so I used the white gel pen to give her beautiful white flowing hair.  I coloured the leaves in her hair so that they look like fire which is very fitting for the Mother of Dragons!  I also like the feeling of Fall radiating from my art too which is also fitting for the story theme coz Winter is Coming!

Thanks for visiting and I hope I've inspired you to come and play in my GAME of THRONES challenge!

I've entered Daenarys into the following challenges:
 Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Autumn Leaves (my leaves are very Autumny)
 Forever Night Challenges - #51 Use Orange/Black/Grey/Anything Goes
Opus Gluei Challenge #142 - I Leaf It Up to You - A Blog Hop - see linky collection below!
Great Impressions Stamps October Challenge - Fall
Addicted To Stamps Challenge 42 - Things with Wings

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

Book of the Dead - Altered Game Art for the Dark & Twisty TCCC#7 Challenge!

Hello Everyone!

Woohoo, my project was the Gruesome Twosome at Haunted Design House :0)

I hope you're all enjoying the spooktacular altered game art eye candy being shared on my DominoART blog during our 31 Days of Halloween event plus the blog hopping going on for Smeared and Smudge's 31 Days of Halloween too!  If this is the first time you're hearing all about it then hop on your broomsticks and dash on over to DominoART for all the gorey details!

My project I'm sharing today is for the Third Coast Challenge I'm currently hosting called
TCCC#7 Dark & Twisty - A Macabre Halloween!
The challenge ends on Oct 24 at 7am!  So if you've got some Third Coast Stamps that fit the theme then hurry in your challenge entry for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate!

I had major surgery with some nasty complications on Oct 2 and its taken all my energy to keep up the posts on my DominoART blog's 31 Days of Halloween but I'm improving with each day and wanted to share this wicked cool project I made before my surgery!

Book of The Dead
Altered Rummy Tiles Project

All supplies are available at Blockheads Paper Arts
the sponsors of DominoART's 31 Days of Halloween grand prize!

All the rubber stamps are from
Third Coast Rubber Stamps!
Grave Digger FA-494-K, Tree of Dread sm VB-054-C, Halloween Queen VB-299-P, Pumpkin Princess VB-300-J, Batty for Halloween VB-291-P, Spider Web AP-522.

I used 2 Rummy tiles to make the cover for my book and drilled 2 holes into the top of each tile.
I coloured the 'back's of the tiles with the following Alcohol inks:
Earthtones - Slate, Lights - Lake Mist, Mixative - Silver and Mixatives - Snow Cap.  The sides and the 'fronts' of the tiles are coloured with a metallic silver Sharpie marker.  The images were all stamped with Jet Black StazOn ink and the surface sealed with Judikins Diamond Glaze.  The glaze actually changed the colour of the alcohol inks and made the brown hues appear!
I made the spiral wire embellies from silver wire and adhered them over the holes on the front cover with a dab of Judikins Diamond Glaze and added the Making Memories metal Randsom Letter D too.
I used Vellum Alphabet stickers by NRN Designs to form the rest of the word.

View of the back with the olive green ribbon threaded through the book and tied in a bow on the back.  The photos below show all the pages I made for my book.  I used white cardstock and tore the paper to make the pages and coloured them with Distress Inks Peeled Paint and Black Soot.  All the images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  I created a little pocket on each page and stapled the sides of each pocket with a tiny staple.  Holes were punched through the top edge of each page with a pick tool.  The pages are hung on silver jump rings and inserted between the Rummy covers and the ribbon threaded through the jump rings holds the pages inside the book.

 I plan to hand write spells on some tiny pieces of paper and/or tags and insert them into the page pockets to complete my project!

Thanks for visiting my blog today, now hop on your broomsticks and zoom on over to my Third Coast blog and enter the TCCC#7 Dark &Twisty challenge then back on over to DominoART to continue feasting your greedy eyes on the eye candy and blog hop your self silly with Smeared and Smudged!

I've entered my Book of the Dead into the following challenges:
 Haunted Designs House - Macabre Monday #155 - RIP
Smudgy Antics - Dia De Los Muertos
Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Joy's Eerie Inspiration Board

Joyful Stamper - Inspire me Fridays #80 - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts #96 - Halloween

Poisoned Peas #8 - Sugar Skulls/Day of the Dead

Lexi's Creations #76 - Halloween

Divas by Design #57 - Something Spooky

Happy Haunting!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

31 Days of Halloween with DominoART and Smeared and Smudged and the start of Blockheads Paper Arts October Technique Challenge!

Hello Everyone!

'Tis the start of the Haunting Season and Best Witches to you all!

 I'm super excited coz it's Day 1 of my 2nd annual 31 Days of Halloween over on my DominoART Blog!  It's going to be a grand spooktacular event with 31 gloriously scary altered domino creations for you to feast your greedy eyes on!

DominoART's Wicked Players list is located in the left hand side bar.  Each Day links directly to a petrifying project so you can browse them all to your hearts content!  The links will be added periodically.

I've two fabulous companies sponsoring 3 wicked cool prizes! 
Blockheads Paper Arts
is sponsoring the 
Grand Prize of a $50 Gift Certificate!

and

SkyBluePink
  is sponsoring two 
$13 Gift Certificates 
for the 2nd and 3rd place prizes! 

Cool Stuff for Non-Fancy Prices

 All of DominoART's Wicked Players are in the running for some scary good prizes plus there will be some sneaky prizes provided by me throughout October too!  I might pick a random winner from DominoART's followers or from everyone who visits and leaves a comment each day!  I might hide a DominoART Treat that you have to find...who knows, anything could happen!

But the fun doesn't end there, keep reading!

Are you being inspired by all the wicked DominoART eye candy and would like to share your own creations with us?  Then I'd like to invite you to link up your Halloween altered game art in the Readers' Art Gallery!  Add your project URL to the inlinkz collection on the 31 Days of Halloween Readers' Art Gallery page and you never know, I might just award a DominoART Treat to my favourite entry ;0)

You'll have to haunt us all month long to see if you're a winner of any of the prizes up for grabs ;0)

But wait...there's more!

Just in case spooktacular DominoART Eye Candy and Treats galore aren't enough for you, DominoART is taking part as a Wicked Blogger in the 4th annual Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop!  Woohoo!!



You can participate as a Horrifying Hopper or as a Sinister Lurker for the chance to win even more prizes from Smeared and Smudged!  You don't have to be a member of their forum to play either!
Also keep your eyes peeled coz one day when you least expect it DominoART will be hiding their Scavenger Hunt pic for you all to find!  When you see it you must email them to be included in the drawing for that day :0)

The Smeared and Smudged Blog Hop roll is located on DominoART's right hand side bar!  For all the gorey details on how to play in their Blog Hop please visit Terra's blog which is the first one on the list! 

Oh I'm not done yet, this post is just packed with frightfully good news ;0)

Here's a peek at my spooktacular domino creation for
Day 1 of 31 Days of Halloween!
which is also the first project I'm sharing for Blockheads Paper Arts October Technique Challenge hosted by me called

Precious Metals - A Compendium of Leafing Techniques

This project features one of 6 techniques demoed and shows you how to create a plaid design using various widths of double sided tape with gold and silver Leafing applied.

Pop on over to DominoART to see my full project (Oct 1st post)!

Then hop on over to Blockheads for all the gorey details and take the Precious Metals challenge for a chance to win even more prizes!  There are two prizes up for grabs via their Blog and Facebook page!  Challenge starts Oct 1 and ends on Oct 21.

You will see examples featuring the various techniques by the Blockheads Design Team and all the challenge entries in the inlinkz collection below!

Phew, there's a lot going on this October with plenty of ways for you to get your freak on!

  Enjoy ;0)

Happy Haunting!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents