Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

Its finally time for the first annual (hopefully) SKULL appreciation day Blog Hop! Today should be quite a wickedly fun adventure! If you arrived her from Teri's blog then you are right on track!

Via my friends Suzi, aka Mrs Weyremester, and Alison of 21st Century Pillow Book, I found out about this wild day over at Smeared and Smudged...a fun place to hang out for the alternative artists. Interpret that as you may but go check out the forum, theblog, and the store if this sounds fun to you!

So I have struggled with what to create…mainly because I seem to have a lack of skull stamps in my stash. And I couldn't decide between a more whimsical skull image or a more detailed one. I finally settled on doing 2 projects!

First up, the more whimsical of the two, and the more like "me" is Cut-throat Lizzie from Kraftin' Kimme Stamps. I was inspired by the bright bikini my daughter wore today and thought it would be fun and different pirate colors.

And then I created a layout which is a bit more the darker (grungier) side of me :) Skulls abound in this one...from the grungeboard, the last of my skull flower stash, Jack Skellington, and even skullish looking designs on the letters!

From here you want to head to Pamela's blog!!

Here's the hop order in case you get lost along the way! (I have supplies listed at the bottom of the post if interested). Thanks for coming by today! Don't forget to check out all the FABULOUS sponsors we have for this hop...there are LOTS of prizes to be won!

Terra

Tori

Alison
Kelli

Jane

Alex

Judi

Kathi

Steph

Lisa

Feddie

Heather

Kapree

Susan

Dianne

Barb Foster

JenniLynne

Teri

****Cyndi.. you are HERE****

Pamela

Prissy

Trisha

Dawn

Lady Brayton

Donna

Black Dragon

Paulette

Creepy Glowbugg

Susan’s Crafty Chaos

Andrea

Helen

Kate

Fiona

Sugar

Linda

Dragonfly Jane

Debbie

My little man even got in on the fun, when he saw this "Horned Skull" from Smeared Ink he was just dying to color it! So here is Michael with his skull:

Dead Man Tell Supplies:

• Stamps: Cut Throat Lizzie & Kimmie's Pirate Sentiments (Kraftin' Kimmie)
• Paper: Summer Days pp (Echo Park); Bazzill cs
• Ink: Palette Noir
• Accessories: Circle Nesatbilties (Spellbinders); circle punches (EK); ribbon (Bo Bunny)

Nightmare Page Supplies:

• Paper: Bazzill Red Devil, SU! Basic Gray
• Ink: Palette Noir (Stewart Superior); Moonlight White Briliance Dew Drop (Tsukineko); Pewter Spritzer
• Accessories: Chipboard frame (Technique Tuesday); Grungeboard (Tim Holtz for Ranger); flowers (Prima); brads (Basic Grey); spiderweb punch (Martha Stewart); sticker letters (Fiskars)

And finally for the sponsors!!

That's it for now! Have fun hopping and leave lots of love at each blog for your chance to win!!

Get in Gear!

I was in a bit of a Pirate mood the other day, but when I pulled out my Pirate Kimmie Stamps, this little cutie asked me to please stamp her instead! This is Lavinia, a Steampunk darling from Kraftin' Kimmie! This was from one of her very first releases and I still LOVE her!

I dressed Lavinia up in some lovely SteamPunk Debutante papers from Graphic 45. I even added a few ears in the corners with the cute gear stamp that comes with Lavinia.

This weeks Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge is "Text Me" and I used the text papers from the paper line for the main panel. The layout is based on this weeks CPS sketch Challenge, which Kimmie just happens to be sponsoring!

For the center strip I used a Tim Holtz border die, spritzed with lots of Glimmer Mist and then rubbed with Metallic chalks.

After I colored Lavinia with Copics, I also used some of the metallic chalks on her too. I used a tiny paint brush to get it on her dress and goggles.

Challenge List:

Kraftin' Kimmie: Text Me

Card Positioning Systems: sketch

Stamp Something: Something Sentimental

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew: Anything Goes

Supplies:

Stamps: Lavinia, Kimmie's Steampunk Sentiments (Kraftin Kimmie Stamps)

Paper: Steampunk Debutante (Graphic 45), Core'dinations

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Metallic pastels (Craf-T Products); Glimmer Mist; Oval Nestabilties (Spellbinders); Tim Holtz border die (Sizzix); ribbon; copics; word punch (SU!)

So that's it tonight! Some reminders:

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge til next Wed night

Desert Island Crafters Challenge til My 31st

Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop June 4th

Stampendous! New Release Blog Hop June 11th

-Cyndi

Girls can do ANYTHING!

Meet Lavinia. She is such a hoot! I have wanted to get this image along with a bunch of other Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps ever since Kim Reid started her new line! and guess what?? While I went blog hopping through the KK DT's blogs during the last release a couple of weeks back, I won some Kraftin' Kimmie images! Can you say Hot Dang!!

So, of course I had a reeeally hard time choosing and had to get a couple more. I know, twist my arm.. But shipping was free, right?! So, I picked up a couple of the newest Pirate stamps and this adorable Steam Punk chickie I had been eyeballing. Now I want more from this line to go with the Gears die that I have preordered at work by Tim Holtz!

OK, so I made this card for this weeks challenge...Buttons and Bows. No problem there. do I ever make a card without either? Rarely. I used this weeks Friday sketchers sketch for my layout. The papers are from a K & Co pad called Wild Raspberry that I got at Michael's a whole back. They were perfect for the color combo over at the Deidrich dare last week (I was a week off there, oopps!) But I was in the mood for pinks and green, so it worked!

Once again I got to use my new Labels 10 Nestabilities and also my new Big Scallops Borders petite which I of course had to airbrush through immediately! Lavinia is popped up on dimensionals which you can see a bit better from the side view below.

The sentiment is from Steampunk Sentiments. also from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. It is the most adorable and fun collection of sayings! There are 21 for only $9! A steal. All the rest of my supplies are listed at the bottom of the post. Copics are pictured below.

OK, so I did get some stamping done today! Yeah!! That means I have stuff to post for you for a couple of days! Thanks for dropping by! Have a great night!

-Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Steampunk Sentiments & Lavinia (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
• Paper: Ocean Dot (Bo Bunny); white cs (Neenah); Wild Raspberry pp (K & Co)
• Ink: Palette Noir (Stewart Superior); Warm Red & Olive Pastel cats eyes (Clearsnap)
• Accessories: Labels 10, Big Scallop Border petite, Trio of Tags (Spellbinders); white ribbon (SU!); brads & buttons (Basic Grey); Copic markers: C0, R30, R35, R37, R81, R83, BG11, BG13, YG0000, YG93, YG95, E000, E00, E11, E53, E57, E59 & Gold spica (Imagination International)