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The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 31

Welcome to the final day!! Wow, I can't believe I actually made it. You know 31 projects are a lot, especially when you consider that is probably what I make in a years time, lol. Today I have a super cute project to share, those cool skeletal hands are back, I happened to buy about a dozen of them off Amazon for ten bucks. I think I will CASE those zombie hands in a flower pot with a few next year.

Anyway, I saw these great hair dohickies the other day, I think over at Retro Art Gallery using these hands holding a little cameo. This is my take -

The stamp is from the ching chou kuik collection at Sweet Pea Stamps. I used Amazing Goop Adhesive to hold it all together. To begin with I adhered about six inches of a inexpensive beaded necklace to the hand. I stamped the image on white cardstock, punched it out and also punched another oval from cereal box to adhere it to to sturdy it up. I colored it with copics and then gave it a good coating of Diamond Glaze and allowed it to dry overnight. The next day I attached some ecru, ruffled lace around the oval on the backside and adhered it to the palm of the hand. On the back of the hand I attaced a sturdy rubberband and allowed it all to dry overnight.

this has been a lot of fun, I have really enjoyed all your comments and hope that you will continue to stop by from time to time - good luck trick or treating tonight!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 30

Today I have a card that uses Nikki Burnette's Angelique from Sweet Pea Stamps. It was colored with copics and the papers are Basic Grey. Thanks for stopping by! 

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 29

At the beginning of the hop there were several wonderful coffin projects and I wanted some of them so much. But living out in the middle of nowhere I thought I was doomed to go without. But then I came across the site called instructables and found a coffin pattern. Now I can have them whenever I want!

This one was printed on white card stock. I stamped the Smeared Ink spider webs over the top and then colored the paper with copics (my favorite colors for wood are sepia, chamois and sand). I have a skeleton collage sheet from Retro Art Gallery that worked perfectly. He is a bit bigger than the coffin but I think he looks better than the small one that would fit.

I think he may make a great addition to a Halloween wreath someday. ttfn!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 28

Today I have a Witch's Secret Force Vessel to share with you. This is a very special container forged from the witch's bloodstone, created to hold her special power once she has moved on to the next plane. To create this vessel the very stone from the table which the witch worked til her fingers bled, toiled, and practiced her magic is carved into small slabs and formed into the vessel shortly before her demise. A spell is cast upon it calling the witch's spirit into it and then it seals shut, storing her life force for eternity. This box was found deep within a witch's cave still clutched in her hand, although many have tried no one has been able to separate the two.

Ok, so it is a box made from dominoes but I thought it was a pretty cool idea. It takes eight dominoes and Amazing Goop adhesive to assemble the box. I took henna colored Ancient Page ink and distressed the edges, then using a brown and tan fine point bic marker I did hash marks all around the edges of each domino and then inked over them with the henna.

For the lid I stamped Secret Force in runes from Third Coast RS in henna, colored with the hash marks and distressed over it all.

Next came the heat gun to dry and set the ink, then I took a Versa Dazzle Champagne inkpad and wet aside of the box and sprinkled a bit of UTEE (just a sugaring, it gives it a cool bubbly texture). Heat set the ep and move on to the next side. I did the same thing with the lid. Afterward I hit the whole thing with some Rust-oleum crystal enamel and allowed it to dry.

On the under side of the lid I positioned some sticky flat back pearls to keep it from sliding around too much.

You can pick up the hands from a party supply store, they have them listed on amazon.com. Just attached it with the goop and you have a spooky prop.

Hope you enjoy it, the blog roll is over there, to the right. ttfn!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 27

Today I have a card featuring a Joanne Schempp image titled Dreatha from Sweet Pea Stamps. The papers are Basic Grey eerie. The sketch is from Card Positioning Systems.

thanks for stopping by!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 26

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

I wanted to share a great deal, today you can pick up the digi version of Echo Parks Apothecary papers and elements for only a dollar each! Check out Jessica Sprague's One Buck Wednesday. There are several other items for a dollar also, but I have been wanting Apothecary for a while!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with Head Hag from Third Coast RS. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 25

A couple days ago I was asked about the neat little skull beads on my wall hanging. They came in a little box of Halloween themed beads, it was a kit to make necklaces geared towards kids that found it's way into my stash a year or two ago.

Today my card features Anna Marine's Pumpkin Queen from Sweet Pea Stamps, the papers are Memory Box, it's colored with copics, thanks for stopping by!

the sketch is from the Forever Night Challenges.

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 24

Today I have an altered domino to share. It was inspired by the 365Spiders blog, if you haven't stumbled across this blog I highly recommend it, there is some awesome work there!

and I even have some instructions for you today.

Stamp Credit: Spider Web - Smeared Ink

Supplies:

KrystalKraft Black ink pad

Ranger Eggplant Alcohol Ink

Dore Gold Leafing

Rusto-leum Crystal Clear Spray Enamel

Jewelry Bale

Amazing Goop Adhesive

Chain-like Material

Directions:

Lightly sand the domino and clean.

Stamp the web and briefly dry with heat gun.

Lightly dab the purple alcohol ink over the web.

Edge the domino with double sided tape and apply gold leafing.

Seal the domino with the clear enamel and allow to dry.

Create a beaded spider with directions from http://www.instructables.com/id/Beaded-Spider-Tutorial/

Attach the jewelry bale and spider to the domino with the adhesive.

Hang from a fancy fiber, ribbon, or other preferred chain material to wear.

ttfn!~

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 23

Today I have another Terra Bidlespacher image to share, it is fittingly titled Halloween. You can find it at Sweet Pea Stamps. The papers are Cosmo Cricket (Matilda). Thanks for stopping by!

Challenge Submissions

Today I have  a few cards to share. If you are here for the 31 Days of Halloween it is around here somewhere, try scrolling down a bit please.

The images are from Sweet Pea Stamps Elisabeth Bell collection.

This is titled Posing. The papers are Bobunny, flowers are prima and it was colored with copics. I am entering it into the ICSketches challenge.

 This is Sitting with Teddy, it was also colored with copics, the papers are Cosmo Cricket and flowers are Wild Orchid. I am entering it into the Sweet Sketch challenge.

This is Little Curls, the papers are Cosmo Cricket, it was colored with copics and the flowers are Wild Orchid. It uses the Willow Sketchie Challenge.

Elisabeth Bell's Kiki with Dolly, colored with copics, papers are unknown. The challenge is the deconstructed sketch.

thanks for stopping by!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 22

Day 22 already, wow, how time flies. First off I need to apologize to the other bloggers/hoppers, I kind of fell off the boat last weekend with comments. But I hope to get back into the swing of things for a little while at least. I just became overwhelmed with all the things I had to do lately.

Now for today's share, my card features paper from Memory Box, a stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps Terra Bidlespacher collection and the ribbon is like Little Black Dress or something like that. I am entering this into the Repeat Impressions DCC1012 Designer’s Choice Challenge.

Here's wishing you have a great weekend, see you tomorrow!

The 31 Days - Day 21

For today's card I used Pumpkin Light from Sweet Pea Stamps, the papers are Basic Grey's Eerie and it was colored with copics. I loved reading all the comments the past couple days, they were really funny. Thanks for stopping by!

The 31 Days - day 20

3:00 in the morning and no post...yet. What is a girl to do? How about get lucky! Well sort of, I happened to come across this neat witch image in my stash, no name on it, and an bag of old Halloween themed papers and embellies. Put it all together with my go to layout and here we are. It isn't much but hey I made it!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 19

Wow, Day 19 already! Well I am still moping along, today I have an odd little ATC to share. ATCs are a bit hard for me because they usually look like a part of something bigger, like focal image of card. So I always feel like they are unfinished, but I honestly couldn't think putting this on a card or anything else for that matter, lol.

The stamps are all Smeared Ink, the paper is Basic Grey and I used some Tattered Angels Chalkboard Black around the image with a touch of some Emerald mist from some other co. that slips my mind. And the green color is a copic, can't live without using them every day.

The blog roll is over there ----->  have a great day!

A note to Susan, I dug around in my inbox and found the receipt for the digi papers (which by the way I am not a big fan of either) and found they are actually from My Memories and are FREE! I have gotten some from Crafty Chaos too and they are really neat, especially when you need something more along the goth line. hths! You know I always heard Chinese food was made with chihuahuas, lol, or at least the strays out behind the restaurant, so I guess cats wouldn't be immune either. But you know I have heard in other countries it isn't unusual to find people that eat dogs, cats and even rats ;-) ttfn!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 18

Here's another quickie, the image is Smeared Ink and I think the digi papers are from Crafty Chaos....

and here is a little treat for you, it is an oldie but goodie that I had pop into my head last night -

the blog roll is in the sidebar. Have a great day!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 17

Well I made it halfway through the hop before having nothing to post made ahead...sigh. I put together this simple card, it is what the trick or treaters that stop by my house will get, lol. The stops are in the sidebar, have fun!

The stamps are Smeared Ink, papers are Basic Grey's Eerie and it was colored with copics. ttfn!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 16

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with Bat Dog from Third Coast RS. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

Here are the hop stops:

Terra
Tori
Sara
Christy
Celina
Donna
Susan
Kapree
Lisa
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Jane
Alex
Monique
Jennifer
Alison
Sugar
Heather
Dragonfly Jane
Kelli
Dianne
Steph
Ike
Fiona
Kristy
Freddie
Sharon
Mary Ann

31 Days of Halloween - Day 15

The sweet is seeping in again. Today I have a card from the Sweet Pea Stamps Karen Middleton collection.

 

The blog roll is in the sidebar, hope you have a great weekend and thanks for all the great comments. j

31 Days of Halloween - Day 14

For all the cute stuff I have shown this far, today's card is the closest to my true nature than anything else. The sentiment was just typed up, the image is from Third Coast, papers are Immortal DCWV stack. Have a great day!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 13

This piece features an image from Third Coast also. I am thinking it will be a neat hanging. Ideas???

It was colored with copics and the papers are from the DCWV Immortal stack.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 12

Yesterday I was asked where I shop for papers, next to acquiring rubber is adding paper to my stash - which, if stacked would be really close to hitting the ceiling....anyway, my favorite place to get papers from is a site called Part Time Sally. They offer a bunch of different lines, most of them are last years, I guess, but they have some awesome specials at times and if you sign up for the weekly newsletter occasionally there are coupons included.

Another site I like is Cosmo Cricket's Miss Paper Jane. They offer a lot of  their older lines and occasionally have some swell sales.

If you enjoy Webster's Pages lovely offerings, check out their website and join either their group, I think it is ning...anyway they have been offering grab bags of their goodies which include papers and embellishments for a pretty good price.

Two other groups on yahoo to check out are Collage Stuff and Frantic Stamper. Join the groups for newsletters, Collage Stuff offers free shipping occasionally and members only specials. Frantic Stamper has grab bags of stuff that they discount occasionally for group members and her boxes are fantastic - stuff to the gills.

Taking a break from the cute little trick or treaters, I thought I would share this door hanging. The image is from Third Coast RS. Isn't it fantastic? I just love it.

 Hope you enjoy it, don't forget to visit the other blogs in the hop, the links are in my sidebar!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 11

Hey! It's me again, today my card features Karen Middleton's Floating Frog from Sweet Pea Stamps. It was colored with copics, the papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Matilda.

ttfn!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 10

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with images found at Third Coast Rubberstamps. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

Here are the hop stops:

Terra
Tori
Sara
Christy
Celina
Donna
Susan
Kapree
Lisa
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Jane
Alex
Monique
Jennifer
Alison
Sugar
Heather
Dragonfly Jane
Kelli
Dianne
Steph
Ike
Fiona
Kristy
Freddie
Sharon
Mary Ann

31 Days of Halloween - Day 9

Here we are at Day 9, I don't know about anyone else but I am pretty surprised I have made it this far! Up until a couple days ago, the cards I had posted I actually made back in August when the hop was first announced and I knew I would need a big head start since I tend to wait until the last minute to do anything....no I am at that point, so wish me luck!

Today's card features a Sweet Pea Stamps image found in the Karen Middleton line titled HalloQueen, isn't she cute? The image was colored with copics, the paper is Matilda from Cosmo Cricket.

ttfn!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 8

Today I am mixing it up a bit - these are a pair of ATCs. The papers are Basic Grey Eerie, Stamps are from VivaLasVegas Stamps (yes, I have other stamps besides just Sweet Peas ;-), they were colored with copics. I added the broom to the floor the cat is sitting on so he could fly, the hat on the witch was also done freehand, not the most perfect, but I think they work pretty well.

Btw, I call the set Beauty and the Beast.

I hope you have enjoyed today's stop!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 7

Today I would like to share Terra Bidlespacher's Grendalyn image which can be found at Sweet Pea Stamps. It was colored with copics, the papers are Matilda from Cosmo Cricket. Just something simple I put together last weekend for the hop. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 6

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

I have had a few comments or questions rather about a few of my projects over the past few days. First is yesterday's card, a few deets:
The image is colored with copics, the  papers are from Memory Box and the doily frame is an acetate doily I don't know who makes them but they come in packs with several...thinking webster's pages, bobunny or ? The flowers are prima and the ribbon is real, lol.


Next question was the size of the Day 4's card is 8x8.

Day 2 I believe I did use a sketch for that one, I find a lot of inspiration on the Feline Playful blog and if you scroll through their history you will find all kinds of wonderful sketches. This one is from about a month or so ago.


Thanks for all the wonderful comments so far, this is a really fun hop!

Melissa Dawn's Autumn Cat Magic from Sweet Pea Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 5

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with Katerina Koukiotis's Wicked Moon. This image can be found at Sweet Pea Stamps. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

Here are the hop stops:

Terra
Tori
Sara
Christy
Celina
Donna
Susan
Kapree
Lisa
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Jane
Alex
Monique
Jennifer
Alison
Sugar
Heather
Dragonfly Jane
Kelli
Dianne
Steph
Ike
Fiona
Kristy
Freddie
Sharon
Mary Ann

31 Days of Halloween - Day 4

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with Katerina Koukiotis's Halloween Night. This image can be found at Sweet Pea Stamps. 

 

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

Here are the hop stops:

Terra
Tori
Sara
Christy
Celina
Donna
Susan
Kapree
Lisa
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Jane
Alex
Monique
Jennifer
Alison
Sugar
Heather
Dragonfly Jane
Kelli
Dianne
Steph
Ike
Fiona
Kristy
Freddie
Sharon
Mary Ann

31 Days of Halloween - Day 3

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with ching chou kuik's Devine. This image can be found at Sweet Pea Stamps. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

Here are the hop stops:

Terra
Tori
Sara
Christy
Celina
Donna
Susan
Kapree
Lisa
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Jane
Alex
Monique
Jennifer
Alison
Sugar
Heather
Dragonfly Jane
Kelli
Dianne
Steph
Ike
Fiona
Kristy
Freddie
Sharon
Mary Ann

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31 Days of Halloween - Day 2

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with Katerina Koukiotis's Pumkin Pixie. This image can be found at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

Here are the hop stops:

Terra
Tori
Sara
Christy
Celina
Donna
Susan
Kapree
Lisa
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Jane
Alex
Monique
Jennifer
Alison
Sugar
Heather
Dragonfly Jane
Kelli
Dianne
Steph
Ike
Fiona
Kristy
Freddie
Sharon
Mary Ann

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Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween!

Welcome to the first day of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!




Today I would like to share with you a card made with Conie Fong's image titled Kiki's Pumpkin. This image can be found at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

Here are the hop stops:

Terra
Tori
Sara
Christy
Celina
Donna
Susan
Kapree
Lisa
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Jane
Alex
Monique
Jennifer
Alison
Sugar
Heather
Dragonfly Jane
Kelli
Dianne
Steph
Ike
Fiona
Kristy
Freddie
Sharon
Mary Ann