Smudgy Antics DT Post & ASID#16

Ahhh, the beginning of a new month.  So much to get caught up on, get done, and prep for! 

Today is my day over at Smudgy Antics for the Smeared Ink Design Team to get you an inspirational project.  As you may know, I am a huge American Horror Story Fanatic.  So I have another project that is has been inspired from the show and from the wonderfully drawn image by Rick St. Dennis for Smeared Ink called Pickled Punkz.  On my page I have also used the stamp set Carnies, but of course!

I am also going to enter this into the current Challenge #16, over at A Step In The Dark Or Not blog.  

FLASH

NO FLASH

Eye Catching Details

Pickled Punkz was printed onto Whisper White card stock and colored in with Copics and Blendabilities.
Eye was gone over with Crystal Effects.
Image was fussy cut and adhered to page.

Page is watercolor paper.

I used inks, watercolor crayons, and water to make first layer of background.
Sponges, inks, and 3 templates (circles, stars, and stripes) used randomly on page.

Soft Suede ink was used to stamp all words from the Carnies stamp set.
Black Journaling Pen for the hand written quote at the top.

Gold Smooch Spritz over entire page, before image was placed.

Extra eyes were hand drawn, colored, Crystal Effect on each, and fussy cut.  Each is adhered with a small bit of dimension adhesive. 
Movement lines are hand drawn with Black Journaling Pen.

Clear Skies, Updated SA Post, and QTR #41

The storm seems to have moved on a bit and I see blue skies for the first time in over 4 days.  I have a post from a DT project that I did over at Smudgy Antics that needed to get done on my blog.  Sorry it's a bit late.

Post was from February 23 - I heart Poe Boy
I am also going to enter this notebook into the Quoth The Raven, Nevermore blog where Quest #41 is For the Love of Poe.

Knotted Deets

Base is Basic Black card stock, trimmed to fit front of notebook.

The digital paper is from a set called Poe Boy.  Printed onto Whisper White card stock and trimmed to fit on front of notebook.

 

Words "lost without you" from the Carnies rubber set are stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink.

Eyes are small Pearl Jewels that have been colored black with Sharpie.

Red marker to hand draw hearts around Poe.

Basic Black Candy Dots on lower right corner.

All kinds of ribbons from stash knotted around binding.

Smeared Ink DT Monthly Blog Hop & ASiD #8

SMEARED INK DESIGN TEAM

BLOG ROLL

Black Dragon
Shell

Shoni - Crafty Inknik (YOU ARE HERE) 

Creepy Glowbugg

Elenor 
Rebecca

This month the Smeared Ink Design Team had the theme VINTAGE.

Please be sure to stop by each blog and share your thoughts.  

We have some wonderful projects for you today and to get you all in the crafting mood! 

To see more fab work by our team please check out the free Smeared and Smudged Forum.  We would love to see you there.

I have created a vintage box with a great little topper that I have altered from one of my kids old toys.  I believe that this was from a Happy Meal from McDonalds. 

The Smeared Ink sets I have used are:

Circus Procession Digital Set

Jack (May 2014) - Rubber Club Past Offerings

Carnies (Dec 2013) - Rubber Club Past Offerings

This project will also be entered into A Step In The Dark blog challenge:

 Challenge #8 - Anything Goes 

CLOSE UP OF TOP

SIDE 1 

BACK

SIDE 2

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry for the Deets

Digital stamps from Cirus were resized and printed out onto Very Vanilla card stock.

Mixture of inks, water, and alcohol inks to add aging to images, randomly on box, tickets, ribbon, cloths pin, bakers twine, watch trinket, and doily.

Images were fussy cut, sponged with inks around edges and then adhered to finish box.

Box

Box was made with WeR Memory Keepers Gift Box Punch Board.  It measures 4" x 4" x 4".

Paper is from Me & My Big Ideas.

Gold Encore ink for stamped stars.

Cajun Craze ink for words.

All edges are sponged with ink.

Alcohol ink for random sploches.

Gold Smooch Spritz on all sides and top.

Topper Body

Found a great tutorial on Split Coast Stampers using foil papers to make chipboard or 3D items vintage.  It called for foil paper already w/ the sticky stuff on the back, which I did not have.  I used average foil from my kitchen and sticky strip.

Toy was covered with sticky strip and cut up foil pieces.

Black Gesso over entire covered toy.  Let dry.

Holtz Alocohol inks (Butterscotch & Latte) and Blending Solution with sponge over entire toy.  This helped take off some of the Gesso and color the foil.

Added some Lava Red Inka Gold Metallic Rub for a bit more color.

Head is a digital stamp resized and printed twice and fussy cut.

Adhered together, sponged around edges, used alcohol inks to give a bit of color, and then Crystal Effects.

Extras

Collar is Chantilly Crochet Trim Ribbon (retired).

Metal button is a brad from stash.

Cloths pin has washi tape and was inked and sponged.

Tickets are from stash and inked up and distressed.

Safety pin is from stash.

Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine which was inked.

Metal Clock from Tea Time Trinkets (retired) was also inked.

Doily 

Sewing pattern for layer on top of Doily.   

All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Weekly Smeared Ink Design Team Project

Oh no, I think that I am going to have A LOT of Art Journals.  But that's okay, the only thing is where am I going to put them!  Not to worry, I will find a spot. 

For this week's Smeared Ink Weekly Design Team Project I have made a new Art Journal.  This was inspired from the Art Journal Every Day Group on the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  I have used Prompt #13 & #16 along with Technique #16.

Prompts #13 is be inspired by the Big Top.  Prompt #16 use a Manilla folder for your Art Journal/page.  Technique #16 is building with ink, watercolor, and Gesso.  Thank You Laura B. and Susan Slayer for your prompts and techniques!

Stamps are from the Past Offerings of the Smeared Ink Rubber Club, Carnies (Dec 2013) and Dedicated to Art (Dec 2013).

Behind the Curtains

I cut my Manilla folder in half so that I could get two half folders out of it.  They measure 5 3/4" x 9".

Used Envelope Board to make more file tops on ends for each of the folders.

Layers of Ranger Distressed Inks, Watercolor crayons, White Gesso, Staz On inks, and Stampin' Up! inks. 
Aqua Painter, paint brush, Tombow Glue, and stencils also used.

Gold Smooch Spritz.

Fine tip Black Sharpie for written words.

Designer Paper is from a set called Big Top (SU! retired).

Images were stamped onto copy paper, fussy cut, and adhered on.

Snake Charmer was gone over with Versa Mark ink, Clear Embossing Powder and heat embossed.

Note:  Next time I think that I am not going to go over my main images with Gesso.  Tried to do it lightly but really lost color once Gesso was dried.

Weekly Smeared Ink DT Project and Junk Funk Feb Challenge

February is going to fly just as quick as January I believe!  Lots of projects up ahead for you this month and am getting excited for the Bloody Valentine Blog Hop that Smeared Ink is hosting once again. 

The Smeared and Smudged Forum is loaded with great new challenges all month long and I was so happy to already have an entry for the Junk Funk February Challenge which is using Bubble Wrap in some way.

I have combined this project with my Smeared Ink Weekly Design Team project in which I can only use Smeared Ink stamps.  Which is not a problem because I just got my sets from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club and am only tooo happy to get crafty with them.

I participated in the Kickstart You Art Challenge this past week and for some reason can not stop.  So in an un-offical Day 8, I have another page for my "ladies journal" to share.

No Flash

Flash

Inseperatable Details

Image is from a Smeared Ink Rubber Club past offerings stamp set called Carnies.

Black Staze On ink used to stamp image onto white tissue paper.

Color on images was markers.

Fussy cut as best I could and used Crystal Effects to adhere down onto art journal page.

Crystal Effects on top to help adhere edges down and give the see through look.

Background

Acrylic paints, brayer, and homemade gelli plate.  

Bubble wrap for texture and impressions of the circles.

Stamp from Voodoo (August 2013) past offering Smeared Ink Rubber Club, used with Azure Staze On.

Cut a small tear drop shape from extra rubber from set and stamped with Black Staze On.

Fine tip black Sharpie to go around stamped tear drip and make swirls inside each.  Also used for writing around girls.

Medium Rhinestone Jewels randomly placed for sparkle.

Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), which is along the left side.

All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.