31 DOH - Day 25 and Punk You Girl and Smeared & Smudged Forum and Chromatic Craze Challenges

You are now at Shoni aka Crafty Inknik's Blog. 

Roni just shared and Jenn is next.

DAY 25 of the 31 Days of Halloween event.  

To find out who the daily winners are click HERE, also Terra's Blog.  She is the first one on the Wicked Blogger List located to your left.  

If you have not realized by now, I tend to have lots in posts.  Well this one is eeeexxxxtttaaaa loooooonnnngggg...so get ready.  There are many more photos of my project for today that will be in the later part of this post.  I will make them small so that you can scroll quickly.  You can click on pics to enlarge if you would like to take a close look.

It is Smeared Ink Friday, so only Smeared Ink images only on your project today for 31 Days of Halloween.  Which is also the challenge over at Smudgy Antics.  Get those stamps out and come and play.

Punk You Girl has their Halloween #5 theme challenge on til' the end of the month.  Great how one project can fit a number of challenges.  You need to check out the DT (design team) inspiration...wonderful!

Smeared and Smudged Forum has month long challenges as well.  Awesome themes and so much creativity over there, gotta join!  I am going to enter this in the Rock N Rolla Challenge.  This month is a song called Ava Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Chromatic Craze is a challenge blog using a combo of colors for inspiration.  You must use 3 out of the four colors in your project.  Small amounts of other colors may be used.  This is Challenge #4 that I will be placing my project.  Check out the DT's work...they have done some fabulous pieces for this color challenge.

The project today is a Halloween themed Explosion Box.  I have used only Smeared Ink stamps from a past Smeared Ink Rubber Club offering, Morte (June 2013).  The song inspired me by all the different rooms and the cool weirdness throughout.  Also the main singer in every scene.  My main screaming head is seen from inside and out throughout all the different layers, sliders, and folds.

I pulled out the coveted Halloween paper and got down to business.  It is a lot of work, but once you get going they are so fun.  I think that I am going to try to collect pictures of all family members through out the years, looking creepy or funny or weird and place them in the box.  Only so I can hear others say "What's in the box?!" David Mills, Seven.

TNT of Details

Designer Paper Pack

Ghostly Greetings, Frightful Sight, Cast A Spell and Witches' Brew.  First 3 are retired Stampin' Up!.

Card Stock

Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Naturals White.

Ribbon

Whisper White Organza, Whisper White & Smoky Gray 1/4" Stitched, Basic Black & Pumpkin Pie 1/8" Taffeta, White Bakers Twine, and Natural Trim.

Embellies

All buttons, brads, Rhinestone Jewels, and clothes pin are current SU! items except for the orange brad on 2nd Layer and Rhinestone brad in flower top center and on 2nd Layer.  They are retired.

Dies

Fun Flowers

Blossom Party (retired)

Punches

Curly Label and 3/4" Circle.

Ink

Basic Gray

Whisper White Craft

Stamps

Morte, June 2013 drawn by Rick St. Dennis - Smeared Ink Rubber Club past offering.

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

And more pictures......

 

 

31 DOH - Day 10 & Smeared and Smudged Forum & Punk You Girl Challenges

Hello again and welcome back to another day, Day 10, of 31 Days of Halloween, held by Smeared Ink and the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  You should have just left Roni and are now here, at Shoni aka Crafty Inknik's Blog.  The Wicked Blogger list is to the left and if you need more info on this awesome event, click on Terra's blog to help answer any questions.  Next, you will be off to Jenn's.

 

 The Smeared and Smudged Forum has lots of fun, month long challenges.  You can get free digital images, see some wonderful projects, and win amazing prizes.  Check it out!  This card will be in the Junk Funk Challenge.  You have to use envelops somehow in your project.  Either new or old, but old is better.

Can you guess what Punk You Girl's Challenge is??  Hum....October...It is Challenge #5, Halloween!  So for all you who get inspired to create a project, enter!  You've got til' the end of the month.

I admit it.  I am in love with the Smeared Ink Rubber Club set Creepy Lil' Grumpies.  They have stolen my heart.  This lil' grumpie was screaming to be used, but how?  

The new October challenges were posted on the forum.  A couple of years ago I got into Iris Folding.  I love the foil papers, but tend to be a little expensive.  

One smart lady said she uses the insides of her bill/junk mail envelops.  Have you ever noticed the security pattern on the insides?  Well these make perfect Iris Folding papers w/ really cool patterns.  And are FREE!  "Ding" went my brain and so this card was created.  I forgot how fun Iris Folding was.

Mesmerizing Deets & More Pics

Click on the pics to enlarge if you like.

I stamped the image of the 'shadow'.  

Cut out stamped image.

Cut my envelope strips into 1" width.

Fold in half.  The folded edge of the strip will face the center of your cut image.

I used Snail (Stampin' Up! adhesive, tape runner) all around cut 'shadow', and while making the folding pattern.

It is good to have 3 or 4 different patterns/colors of paper.  I used 3.  

Alternate A pattern, B pattern, and C pattern when adhering down.

Last picture is when all pieces are placed and the entire image is covered.

I did use scotch tape to extra secure pattern pieces down.

That's it.  Lots of free patterns out there and really fun.

Grumpie and candle were stamped onto main card and separate piece of card stock with Black Staze On.  Fussy cut body and candle then used dimensional to adhere and give a little depth.
Markers and Blender Pen to color in.
Crystal Effects on eyes and flame.

Background is stippled and sponged, then gone over with an Aqua Painter.

I used the same pieces of pattern to create a small frame edging.

Grumpie stamp and saying are from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club set Creepy Lil' Grumpies, August 2013 #2.
All materials used are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Don't forget the CIP!

Want to win a crocheted Mummy Candy Bag made by me?

 Leave a comment every day for 4 days (Tuesday - Friday) 

on each of my 31 Days of Halloween (DOH) posts AND

Tell me your favorite candy.

So...Post a comment for Days 8 (Tuesday) through 11 (Friday) 

AND

A different favorite candy each day. 

 

Yes, you can go back and comment if you forgot a day. 

I will do the bean counting on Friday evening...late.

 

  Your name will be entered into a drawing for this handmade candy bag.
Click HERE for post and picture.

I will have a separate blog post on the 12th of October, Saturday morning, announcing the winner.

Good Luck!