January S&S AJED Prompt

Hello!  I’m here today to show you the page that I created to go along with Julia’s art journal prompt for this month within the Smeared and Smudged FB group.  If you haven’t become a member yet, please do.  We would love to have you playing along with our challenges and prompts.

Julia’s prompt this month is SKULLS.

Here’s the page that I made, using one of Rick St. Dennis’ rubber stamp designs from Smeared Ink.  This stamp is from the Morte set.

The words are from “La Vie en Rose”.  My grandmother is from France and she used to sing this song to me. 

Thanks for looking!

AJED Technique and Prompt #33

Hello!  Today I’ve posted a new technique and prompt in the Art Journal Every Day group at Smeared and Smudged.

Technique #33 – Charcoal and Eraser Backgrounds

Prompt #33 – Ruins

Here’s the page I created, using the Heart Wings set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

And here’s the page I made, using the Haunted Places 1(drawn by Rick St. Dennis) set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

Thanks for looking!

New Journal Prompt and Technique

Hi!  Today I’ve posted a new journal prompt and technique in the Art Journal Every Day group at Smeared and Smudged.

The prompt this time is Good and Evil.

Here’s the page I came up with…

The stamp I used is from the Morte set(drawn by Rick St. Dennis) from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

My technique can be found HERE.

Thanks for looking!

Musically Challenged–Challenge #17

Hello!  Today begins a new challenge for us over at Musically Challenged.  This time around we are being inspired by songs that are inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

Our amazing sponsor this time is Rick St. Dennis

I just love his images.  I used the image Isabelle as Alice with the Cheshire Cat

I was inspired by the song Very Good Advice by Robert Smith

Thanks so much for looking!  I hope you can find the time to play along with us.

Journal Pages for Smeared and Smudged

Hello!  I just wanted to share a couple of journal pages I’ve made to go along with some of the prompts and techniques that my fellow Art Journal Every Day DT members have come up with over at Smeared and Smudged.

Tori had posted the prompt of Music Notes, so I came up with this page…

The colors are truer to life in the following picture, but the metallic paint was giving me issues…

I used the Poe stamp from the Quoth the Raven set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

Susan posted a prompt and technique that was called “Save it”, and this is the page I created for that…

I used a stamp from the Haunted Places 1 set done by Rick St. Dennis for the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

If you’re curious about what the techniques or prompts involve, then I encourage you to head on over to the Smeared and Smudged forum to see what we’re up to in the Art Journal Every Day group.  The forum is free and friendly, and full of helpful info!

Thanks for looking!  Tomorrow I will be posting a new prompt and technique over at Smeared and Smudged!

Chromatic Craze Challenge #4!

Hello!  Today begins our fourth challenge over at Chromatic Craze!  Here are the colors we are working with this time around…

And here is what I made…

I made an ATC, then attached it to a burlap tag and added an embellishment to the top.

This awesome image is from Rick St. Dennis.(This link goes to his new shop that has a ton of images in it!)

Thanks for looking!  I hope you have time to play along with our color challenge this month!

Musically Challenged Reminder

Hello!  I made two ATCs for our current challenge at Musically Challenged, so I shared one last week and now I’ll share the other one with you.

This one also uses rubber stamps from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.  These were drawn by Rick St. Dennis.

Here are both of the ATCs together…

Thanks for looking!  You still have several days to play along with us!

Musically Challenged #11!

Hello!  Today began a new challenge for us at Musically Challenged.  This time around we are drawing our inspiration from Ozzy’s Bark at the Moon.  This video really had a lot of visual inspiration for me.  At one point you see an old fashioned hearse in the video, so that’s what inspired this ATC that I made.

Our sponsor this time around is the fabulous Smeared Ink.  The death cab is a digi from their store, and the background stamp is from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.  It’s one of the awesome stamps designed by Rick St. Dennis.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can play along with us!

DICC #61: RSD!

Hello!  Today begins a new challenge for us over at DICC.  This time around we are sponsored by the amazing Rick St. Dennis, so that’s where all my cool images are from.

Here’s the itinerary…

1. Rick St. Dennis Image
2. Create a Scene - Create background for your image, tell us a story!!
3. Make it Spooky - Spooky atmosphere, Spooky colours, Spooky Characters!!
4. Favourite Fairytale 
5. Fantasy & Mythical Creatures
6. Monochrome
7. Show us some Metal - Metal embellishments/Faux Metal Embossing 
8. Layer it up - Create a layered scene or decoupage your image, or add lots of layers of background papers.
9. Ribbon and pearls
10. Sparkle and Shine - Add Glitter/ Pearlescent mediums/ Glossy Accents

I used 1, 3, 8, 9, and 10 for my little set of ATCs.

Haunted Castles Ghostly Tower 2013 Scene Digi

The last of Mordred's Lair 2013 Scene Digi

Haunted Houses PHantom ManoR 2013 Scene Digi

Haunted Carnival MIDWAY 2013 Scene Digi

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can find time to play along with us!

Smudgefest Day 2!

Hello!  Day 2 of Smudgefest has the following challenge:

“TERRIFYING TUESDAY

Create a project that showcases your favorite scary Smeared Ink image. Go ahead, pull out all the stops and give us the willies!”

I used three images from the Circus Procession digi set from Smeared Ink, and a rubber stamp from the Morte set that Rick St. Dennis did for the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

It’s a 5.5” square card.

The clown is mounted on a wobble, so it looks even creepier when it is in motion…

I’d also like to enter this into the current regular challenge at Smudgy Antics, which is to use fussy cutting.  I fussy cut the clown and the banner.

Thanks for looking!  Hopefully I’ll see you again tomorrow!

Beware the Grumpy Dragon!

I’m back again!  This one is another gatefold card.  This card was made for the Airless Chambers July Freebie Challenge and for the HDH Macabre Monday Challenge – Freaker’s Free For All.

Image from Rick St. Dennis.

I used some Distress Ink for the “blood” around the bone paper and on the inside.  You just don’t mess with grumpy dragons, you know.

Thanks for looking!

July Freebie Challenge at Sparkle and Glitter

Hello!  Today I’m going to show you a card a made for the July Freebie Challenge at the Sparkle and Glitter Blog.  The freebie this month is an adorable little fairy from Rick St. Dennis.

I am addicted to gatefold cards right now, so that’s what I made.

Thanks for looking!

The Green Fairy

Hello!  Only a few more days left to enter our current Romeo & Juliet vs. Moulin Rouge challenge.  Here’s a card I made using a beautiful image from Rick St. Dennis.  It reminded me of the green fairy.  I always loved that part of Moulin Rouge when they drank the absinthe.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can find time to play along with our challenge.  If you do, don’t forget to link up here.

Sparkle and Glitter June Freebie Challenge

Hello!  So the freebie this month on the Sparkle and Glitter blog is absolutely gorgeous!  Rick St. Dennis draws such beautiful ladies.  The challenge is “Anything But Square and no sharp corners”.  I decided to try a “different” shape for my card.

Thanks for looking!

Airless Chambers June Freebie Challenge

The June Freebie on Airless Chambers is such a fun image from Rick St. Dennis.  So I just had to play along with the challenge, which is “Anything But Square and no sharp corners”. 

I made a heart-shaped card…now I don’t consider the point at the bottom of the heart a “sharp corner”, so hopefully they won’t consider it one either.

For whatever reason, when I saw this guy a song started going through my head, so I just went with it.

 

He was so much fun to color!  Thanks for looking!

Speak “Friend” and Enter

Hello!  I’m here today with a reminder post about our current challenge at Movie Magic Monthly, which is Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter.  I have a new project to show you that contains two gorgeous new images from the incredibly talented Rick St. Dennis.

I made a door hanger/sign that uses a quote from the movie and book of Lord of the Rings.  The background of the sign was made by using some modeling paste, and then applying some sparkly and metallic acrylic paints.

And in use…

Aren’t they amazing images?  You can find Galadriel here, and Gandalf here.  Be sure to check out some of the other awesome images while you’re there.

Also, be sure to stop by the Movie Magic Monthly blog to see more creations using these images.

Thanks for looking!