Day 21 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Hello there, Horrifying Hoppers.  Welcome to Day 21 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  I'm so glad y'all are joining me for today's post.  Remember to stop in over at Terra's blog for the list of sponsors, winners and rules.  Also, you can find links to the Smeared and Smudged store, monthly stamp club and lots more.

Today's project is a recycled, altered project.  I bought a set of SU stamps from a friend and they were brand new, unmounted on their blocks.  I use cling foam (to save space) and thought to myself..'What to do with these blocks'..then it hit me..use them for one of my 31 Days projects.  So, that's just what I did.

I began by staining them with Walnut Stain.  I only put one coat on them because I wanted some distress.  I used papers from Authentique's Thrilling 6x6 pad and DCWV.  I inked all the edges and used sticky tape to adhere everything.  I had all the papers on, and was ready to glue on the spiders and hand when it dawned on my  lightening fast mind.."Hey, dummy, you forgot to add a stamped image."  Oh, dang.  I had somehow forgotten that each project has to have at least one stamped image...so, what to do? What to do?  Turn them over and stamp on the backs. I used a spider web from an Inkadinkado set and the bats and moons from the same set.  I stamped the spider webs with Staz On White and the bats with Staz On Black.  I added few little spiders and cute little bat to the backs.  So now, they do double duty.  I can mix and match them when I display them.

Thank so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all are enjoying this hop.  Jump on over to Lisa's blog now and see what's she's done up for us today.  See ya tomorrow.

Mondays with Digi Darla

Good morning, friends.  Welcome to a Mondays with Digi Darla segment.  This week, our challenge is "Anniversaries"
There isn't a specification on what type of anniversary, so it could be a birthday, a wedding anniversary, a job anniversary, etc.  

I chose to do a wedding anniversary because when I saw this sentiment, I knew I had to use it.  Then, I just had to pick an image to go with it.  Most people do it the other way around, but hey, I like to think outside the box. :)

I just love this sentiment because I do this to my husband all the time.  Having diabetes makes my feet cold, even in the summer, and he's like my own personal hot rock. So, I always stick my feet on him to warm them up..lol

I used an EK Success label punch on the sentiment and added two blue rhinestones to each side.  It's on pop dots.  The image is called "Happy Couple #5" and I colored it with Crayola colored pencils and OMS.  I love orange and blue together.  It's such a refreshing combo I think.  I used a BIC marker to add some polka dots to the comforter. I cut it down and inked around the edges with Memento Bahama Blue. ( I did the same thing on the sentiment)  I used a piece of orange card stock and a piece of turquoise card stock from Recollections to mat the image.  The DPs are all from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all enjoyed my funny little anniversary card.  Make sure to jump over Digi Darla's blog and check out the challenge.  Hope to see y'all there.

Day 20 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Howdy y'all.  It's Day 20 and we only have 11 more to go.. That is so sad.  I am really diggin' this blog hop.  I'm going to miss it when it's over.  I am learning so much and seeing so many great projects.   My Wicked Blogger buddies so totally ROCK!

For today, I have made a cute card.  I used a Doodle Pantry image called "Frankenbirdie."  I think he is so totes cute!

I used a precolored digi for this card.  I die cut him with Spellbinders and added a sentiment from the set.  The card stock is Recollections and the patterned paper is DCWV.  There's not too much to say about this card.  It was pretty quick and easy.

Thanks for stopping today.  Make sure to hop on over to Terra's blog for all the winners, sponsors and rules.  And don't forget to leave some love for all the other Wicked Bloggers on the roll to the right of this post.  See y'all tomorrow.

Day 19 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Welcome to Day 19 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  I'm so glad y'all could join me.  

OK..Ladies..y'all have done it again.  I have been seeing so many art journal pages on this hop that I felt the need to try one myself.  I found a small 5x5 notebook hidden amidst all the junk in my scrap room and thought..huh..this might work. I took it apart  and made my first page. 

I realized after taking it apart that the pages were very thin.  It's just a regular notebook. So, I glued two pages together and added a piece of Black Recollections card stock to the back.   I think I need a different style of journal.  If  you ladies have any suggestions, please leave me a comment and let me know what I should get.

So, to start, I painted the whole page with Mayco's Softees Acrylic paint in Flat Black.  I only put one coat on it.  I then took a sponge brush and smeared some Mayco Softees Acrylic Orange Rust on some of the areas.   I then crumbled up a piece of copy paper and dipped it in Folk Art Pure Gold Metallic paint and daubed it all over the page. While that dried, I colored in this Sugar Skull from Opal Manor with Sakura Glitter pens and then fussy cut it out.  When the page was dry, I adhered the skull and used a White Gelly Pen to write my sentiment.

I'm not sure if this is what I should have done, but I did it .  Thanks for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate it.  Make sure to stop by all the blogs on the roll (posted to the right of this post) and make sure to stop by Terra's blog for the rules, sponsors and winners of the Scavenger Hunt.

Day 18 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Happy Friday, Horrifying Hoppers.  Are y'all ready for the weekend?  I am.  My husband and his father left this morning around 8am for our church's annual men's retreat.  He won't be home until late tomorrow night, so Kierstynne and I are going to take her great grandmother out to dinner.  Chinese...yes!!

So, for today's project I decided to use an image from Ike so that I can enter her challenge for this week.

I think there is something very sinister and sexy about her.  Maybe it's the whip??  I colored her with colored pencils and OMS.  One of these days I will remember to do skin tones first.  There are a few spots where the black bled over, but hopefully it looks just like shadows.  I added some Sakura Glitter pen to the whip and the buckles.  The patterned papers are Recollections and so is the polka dot ribbon.  The sentiment was already on the image, so I didn't add another one.

Remember to stop by Terra's blog to see if you are winner for the Scavenger Hunt.  You can also find today's sponsors and a refresher on the rules.  If you need it, the blog list is on the side of this post.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I am so grateful for all the wonderful comments that y'all have left for me.  You ladies sure know how to boost a girl's self esteem.

Finally Friday with QKR Stampede

Hello there friends.  Today is the start of a new challenge at QKR Stampede.  We had so many great entries for last week's Anything Goes with Circles.  I wouldn't want to have to pick the winner..whew..but, that winner is #28, Leslie Turner.  Make sure to email Jackie for your prize..You can find the email addy on the challenge blog.

This week's challenge is #61, Halloween Fun.  Boy, that opens a lot of possibilities.  Here's what I created:

I used digi #12306 Trick or Treat.  I colored the image with Crayola colored pencils.  I want a full set of Prisma colored pencils, but that's going to take a while..maybe my darling husband  will get me the 72 pencil set for Christmas.  I do have three...two skin colors and a pink.  I used Harvest Gold and Slate for the bandages.  I used Brown and Black for the bear and Red, Orange and Yellow for the punkin'.  The patterned papers are from DCWV and the card stock is Black Recollections.  The sentiment circles are from two sets...an old Inkadinkado set and a word set from The Paper Studio. I stamped the words with Versa Magic Puple Hydrangea.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all enjoy your Friday.  Have a wonderful day.  God bless y'all.

I have been Spotlighted

Good Morning, friends.  Guess what? 

I sent Teri three of my projects that I had created for the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop sponsored by Smeared and Smudged using her images.  I thought she might think them worthy of using in her gallery or something...well, she did and she put them on her challenge blog for the world to see.  I am so excited!  A whole new set of bloggers are now able to see my work.   

If you didn't know that Delicious Doodles has a challenge blog, please check it out HERE.  There are new challenges every Friday.  Entering the challenge gives you the chance to win 5 wonderful images from the store and if you use a DD image, you can enter twice.

I just want to say thanks to all the Horrifying Hoppers and Wicked Bloggers who have given me the confidence in my dark art to submit my work to Teri and DD.  Thanks so much!!

Day 17 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Welcome back for Day 17 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Make sure to check out Terra's blog for all the rules, sponsors and winners of the Scavenger Hunt.  And, if you need it, the entire blog roll is to the right of this post.

Today's card is a cute one.   I actually had this little image from Inkadinkado's Halloween Cat and Friends colored and just waiting for a project to put it on.   I found that project today.  

I have to apologize for the darkness of the picture.  My camera decided to break on me tonight and I had to scan in the image.  Nope, you're not seeing double.  I did a drop shadow on the sentiment using Versa Magic in Purple Hydrangea and stamp it twice.

The papers are all from Recollections Halloween collection Haunted Estates from last year.  I rounded the corners of the Orange Glitter Dot paper.  I used pop dots to add the image, which was colored with colored pencils, OMS and Sakura Glitter pen.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  Make sure to come back tomorrow for Day 18.

Day 16 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Howdy y'all.  Welcome  to Day 16 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop sponsored by Smeared and Smudged.  For a complete list of the blogs, please see the links to the right of this post.  Also, make sure to visit Terra's blog for the winners of the Scavenger Hunt, today's sponsors and, if you need it, a refresher on the rules.

Today I have a Heather Valentin image called "Voodoo Priestess" for y'all.

I used my colored pencils and OMS to complete this image.  I wasn't thinking when I colored this one, or I would have added some gray and black to the background for a spooky sky.  I may still go back and add some.  Don't ya just love her pet?  I think he gives the image an added creep factor.  I colored the skull's eyes with a Red Sakura Glitter pen, because you know those Voodoo Priestesses, they can make anything happen.  I inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo and matted it onto a piece of Black Recollections card stock.  The patterned paper is from a fall stack by DCWV that is probably 4 or 5 years old.  The sentiment is from an old Recollections stamp set.  

Thanks so much for hopping by my blog today.  I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Day 15 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Hello there, Horrifying Hoppers.  Welcome to Day 15.  It's almost the midway point of our hop.  Can you believe that? Half way to Halloween already?  Man, it's flying.

Today's card uses an image from Jade Draggone.  I love her work.  If you haven't had a chance to see any of her artwork, check out her work here at Deviant Art.  

This one is pretty creepy.  I don't think I could work at a Zombie Farm.  There's too much of me and I think they would enjoy the feast.  

I used a mix of colored pencils, BIC Markers and chalk to create this card.  The papers are from Recollections and a tag cut out of a piece of patterned paper from last years Teresa Collins Halloween pack.  I added a fabric flower, pearl in the center and some tiny clear gems to  finish off this one.

Remember to visit Terra's blog for today's sponsors and the winners of the Scavenger Hunt.  If you need it, the complete blog roll is on the right side of this post.  We did update the roll so you won't have as many to hop to, but there will be a project on each blog.  

Have a wonderful day and I'll see ya tomorrow.

Day 14 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Happy Columbus Day, to those of you who live here in the U.S.  I hope y'all are enjoying your day off...if you have to work, I'm sorry..:)

Welcome back to Day 14 of our fabulously creepy 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop sponsored by Smeared and Smudged.  Remember to hop your way down the blog roll at the side of this post.  Make sure to stop in a see Terra at her blog for a list of sponsors, rules and the winners of the daily Scavenger Hunt.

I have been seeing quite a few ATCs on our hop and I haven't ever tried one.  So, for today's project, I thought I would give it a go.  I wasn't too sure of the correct size, so I think I made it a bit large.  Oh well...the first time isn't always perfect, right?

I used one of Teri's images which can be found at Delicious Doodles.  She's called "I'm Baaack!"  I think she is creepily gorgeous.  I used colored pencils and OMS on her. I wanted her spider veining to show better but I didnt' have a marker with a fine enough point, so I used a #2 pencil.  I worked great!  I used a white colored pencils to highlight the bone in her arm and her teeth.   I fussy cut part of the image and inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo.  The card stock is Colorbok, the patterned paper is DCWV and the gems are Queen and Co.  

I hope y'all enjoyed your stop at my blog along the way.  Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for another project.  Have a wonderfully creepy day!

Day 13 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Welcome back, Horrifying Hoppers, to our next installment of the Halloween Blog Hop sponsored by Smeared and Smudged.  I am so happy that you stopped by.  

Today's card is a pretty funny one.  I found this cute image as a freebie at Opal Manor.  If you haven't ever been to their site, please do..you can check it out here.  Annie has some cutsy images as well as some wicked cool ones.  This little guy is a Voodoo Doll.  When I first saw the image, I just thought he was cute.  I didn't realize until after I had colored him exactly where the stick pins were....

I was going to add a sentiment about feeling like a pin cushion until I realized the strategically placed pin.  Then, I just couldn't resist this sentiment.  

Image: Opal Manor
Colored Pencils, OMS
Card stock: Recollections; Coordinations
Patterned Paper: DCWV
Sentiment: my own
Gems: Queen and Co.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all are having a horrifyingly great time hopping through the blog roll (which will remain on the right of my posts for the duration of the hop).  Remember to stop by Terra's blog for a full list of rules, sponsors and the winners of the daily Scavenger Hunt.  C-ya tomorrow for another great project.

Sketch Saturday's 2000 Follower Giveaway

Good Morning friends.  Just a little plug about Sketch Saturday's giveaway.  They have reached the 2000 follower milestone.  Yea!!! Congrats!  In honor of that, they are hosting a giveaway.  You have until the end of the month to enter your link.  What are the rules?? You must be a follower of their fabulous blog.  That's it.  

For the entire month, there is a permalink on the right side of my blog below the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Roll.  Click the link and you will be taken to their blog. 

And remember, every Saturday they have a new sketch challenge posted with some wonderful sponsors.  How about give it a try?

Day 12 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

Hello there Horrifying Hoppers and fellow Wicked Bloggers.  Welcome to Day 12.  Thanks for taking the time to hop with us.  Our hop is sponsored by Smeared and Smudged and is put together by the fabulous Terra.  Please visit her blog if you need a refresher of the rules, want to see the sponsors for today or are curious to see if you are a winner of the daily Scavenger Hunt.  Remember that the blog roll is listed to the right of this post if you get lost along the way.

For today, I did another cute card.  The images are from Anne Fenton.  If you haven't seen any of her work, please visit her HERE and check out her artwork.  She also has an Etsy shop.  The two images on my card are freebies from Through the Craftroom Door emag.  

I used colored pencils and OMS to give some life to this cute witch.  I used my chalks to try and give the background some spooky gray clouds.  I fussy cut out the witch and used pop dots to add her to the card.  The card stock is Recollections, the patterned paper is also Recollections (from last years Halloween stack) and the sentiment is a freebie that I got online.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.   I truly appreciate all the visits and the wonderful comments that y'all leave for me.  Have a creeptastic Saturday!

Sassy Saturday with The Outlawz, Paper A la Mode

Hello there friends.  Thanks for joining me for a new challenge over at the Outlawz, Paper A la Mode.  Last week our challenge was Doodling.  Theresa threw me for a loop with that one.  I'm not a doodler.  But, I managed to get a card done.

This week, Miranda, has come up with a pretty nifty challenge.  It's a color challenge, but the trick is you have to use colors that begin with the first initial of your first name.  For example, my name, Emily, I used Eggplant and Evergreen.  If you have one of those names that just doesn't have a color associated with it, you can use any color.

Here's what I came up with:

I used a stamp set from Close to My Heart to make this flower.  I stamped each petal twice, once in Purple Hydrangea and once in Bamboo Leaves.  I used glue dots to put it together.  The centers are die cut from a Cuttlebug set of dies.  I used Eggplant and Evergreen card stock and a piece of patterned paper from my stash.  Adding some pearls finished off this card.

Thanks again for joining me.  I hope to see some of y'all's work at the Outlawz this week.  God bless and have a great Saturday.