Smudgy Antics SIDT Check Book Cover

The weekend is almost here and I do hope that you get some time to get crafty, inky, and creative!  I thank all of you who do visit to find out more about my SIDT projects.

My project for today uses one of the Smeared Ink Rubber Club Past Offering sets:  Danse Macabre and a bit of Jack.

If you happen to use Smeared Ink's unique stamps, we would love to see your project and get it entered into the Smudgy Antics Monthly January Anything Goes Challenge. 

I do not know about you, but for some reason the covers for my checks are all blue.  When reaching into my bag to dig one out I always grab the wrong one.  Well...NO MORE!  Here is my new check book cover:

Doop-da-doop Deets

Printed music is from ACDC Whole Lotta Rosie, which was a project that I never got around to making...sound familiar anyone??  But now it got used, woohoo!



Cut and adhered to outside of blue check book cover with Sticky Strip.


Main Image
Background
On Whisper White card stock, used distress inks and sponge w/ a spray bottle with water.  Blended and re-inked here and there to get colors to blend.  Let dry.
Used a small dot stencil and same process to add some pattern.  Let dry.
Sponged around all edges.

Stamped dancing skellies with Versa Mark ink, covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set.
Words and music notes were stamped with Black StazOn ink.

Adhered finished piece to front of check book cover with sticky strip.
Used some gold dotted washi tape around edges.
Went over entire cover with light amount of Crystal Effects to help keep papers down.

Day 23 - 31 Days

DAY 23 OF 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 

The Wicked Blogger Roll is on the left side bar <-------

Scavenger hunt rules and guidelines can be found HERE for 31 Days of Halloween.

 

You may have just arrived from the ghoulish Wicked Blogger Kapree and are now here at Shoni / Crafty Inknik.  The next frightful blog is Altered Pages.

 

I have decided to make some Spell Books.  I am still working on the covers so you will see those and more pages this next week, maybe even one finished book...kinda.  You know how it goes when you need to add more pages, or accumulate more stamps that need to go in.  Yes, another book that will never be quite "finished".

 

Now that I have made a couple, I am hooked.  Watch out after Halloween sales, I am  ready!!

Okay, on with the post.  I am showing two sets of pages from the altered phone book.  

 

Section 13 - The Deets

Pages were found on GOOGLE, saved, and printed out on full sheets of copy paper.

Cut to measure phone book.

Pages are slightly thicker because when I Gesso-ed the outside, did pages as well and many stuck together.  So pulled apart the width that I liked.

Printed pages were Tombow-ed to the book pages.

Maya Red Mist Spritz in centers.

Smeared Ink Rubber Club stamps used and all from Rubber Club Past Offerings.

Morte (June 2013)

Haunted Places #1 (Sept 2013)

Jack (May 2014)

Raven is from SU! polymer stamp set, Paper Pumpkin October 2014 Kit.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

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 SI DT Project and QTR #34

Since it is July, America is feeling a little patriotic this month.   Quoth The Raven, Nevermore blog is celebrating its Quest #34 - POE-triotic all month long.  Poe was/is one of America's, and especially Baltimore's, proud writers.

With the stars, stripes, Poe, and a Fat Book Page Tutorial, I have created my project.  The stamps are Smeared Ink.  You can find Quoth the Raven (Feb 2013) and Jack (May 2014) sets in the Rubber Club Past Offerings.  This Fat Book Page was created from a tutorial on the Smeared and Smudged Forum in the Swap Shop.

The Phat Details

Fat page and pockets made from Brights Designer Series Paper Pack (retired SU!).
Real Red and Pacific Point for inks and card stock.
Whisper White card stock on tags.

Fat page background images are stamped in Cherry Cobbler.
Poe is stamped with Versa Mark Ink.  Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder over stamped images and then heat set with gun.

Nevermore and stars are stamped with Pacific Point ink.
Drippy Goo Martha Stewart Punch used to line bottom pocket.
1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon to line bottom pocket as well.

Tags
Stars and Stripes are made with sponge and stencils.
Decorative Label and Scalloped Tag Topper punches used for tag ends.
1/4" Cotton Whisper White and Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine on Poe tag.  Adhered with staples.
White Organza Ribbon and1/4" Marina Mist Cotton Ribbon on raven tag.

Aqua Painter and inks on Poe tag.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Smeared Ink Weekly DT Project

This week I have made an Art Journal Page using Smeared Ink stamps from the Rubber Club Past Offerings and the wonderful Prompt #25 Acrylics by Susan Salyer from the Smeared and Smudged Forum.

"Faster, faster ever faster
and yet faster now they race,
winding, whirling, ever swirling
in the frenzy of their pace
and they shimmer in the moonlight
as they spin themselves through space."

Tune Full of Deets

Stamps are from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club sets Danse Macabre (Jan 2014 #1) and Jack (May 2014 #1).

Background is from the AJED Prompt #25.  I used blues, brown, and gold acrylic paints.  White Gesso as my base.
Stars stencil and blue and white acrylic paint for sky.
Black StazOn ink with stars stamp.
Gold Encore Ink for music swirls.

Skeletons inked and stamped with Night of Navy ink pad.  Main Skellie inked and stamped with Versa Mark Ink then heat embossed with Black Embossing Powder.

The full version of the poem can be found HERE.  Poem is called The Dance of the Thirteen Skeletons from Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by Jack Prelutsky.

Journaling pen for doodles around edges and black Sharpie for words.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted