October 19~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 19

Hi Happy Sunday!



Welcome to Day 19 of 31 Days of Halloween! The Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Challenge is to create a daily project using a stamp, rubber or digi, and run from there. Remember to pop over HERE to Terra's blog to see the daily Scavenger Hunt prizes donated by our awesome sponsors and find the daily clue. You can also see all the rules there, too. For your reference I have the Wicked Blogger Hop list on the ride sidebar:)

Wow time is flying, doesn't it seem like we just started this journey? Where have the days gone??

Today is a bit different well maybe not I dunno. I chose to incorporate my love of photography with the stamping into a collage. I really want to work at meshing the shiny photo with the textures around it.

Please let me know what you think, I really do appreciate all your feedback!  I have my piece, "Watchers" for you today.

As always, click to see better, bigger:)

Okay, the substrate is my texture of choice right now, I love cardboard:)  The right side is deli paper, the kind they wrap sandwiches in, that I painted with Distress Paints, then crumpled, then inked with Distress Inks. Then stamped on it with Ranger Archival. 

The left side under the photo is another piece of paper printed and distress in pretty much the same manner.

The photograph. The dark underneath and against a tree trunk with the yellow flowers is my own image I photographed myself.  The orange leaf shadows is also my own image, just cropped down. Using Photoshop Elements, I added some free public domain images, the gorgeous raven and the wicked green cat eyes. I found them at PublicDomainPictures. I did some layering and masking quickly to make the collage since it was late in the day, time really ran away from me!

The stamps are Inkadinkado Nevermore and Hampton Arts. The black around the edges I used a watersoluble graphite pencil, Sketch & Wash by General's, I love it and it is made in the USA. It was $3.49 at Michaels in a 2-pack with a sharpener.

I think I have taken enough of your time! Thanks for reading this far down!

Hop on! and I love all of your comments!

~hugs~

~kim

October 18~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 18

Hi! 

Welcome to Day 18 of 31 Days of Halloween! The Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Challenge is to create a daily project using a stamp, rubber or digi, and run from there. Remember to pop over HERE to Terra's blog to see the daily Scavenger Hunt prizes donated by our awesome sponsors and find the daily clue. You can also see all the rules there, too. For your reference I have the Wicked Blogger Hop list on the ride sidebar:)

Today is my Bat Tribute! I used a free piece of clip art I found at The Old Design Shop Blog for the picture on the piece. The Old Design Shop is another super fun place for clip art of the vintage variety!

I tinted the clip art with Distress Inks after I printed it out on cheap photo paper. The Night Terrors clip is from an Altered Pages collage that I was fortunate to win in the Scavenger Hunt also printed and tinted the same way. The bats in flight stamp is Unity. 

Have a spooky Saturday!

Thanks so much for looking and your comments make my day! If you have any questions, just ask:)

*big hugs*

~kim

October 15~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 15

Happy Wicked Wednesday!

Day 15 of 31 for the awesome 31 Days of Halloween Challenge by Smeared and Smudged. See the cool shop HERE. If you are wanting to see all the wickedly cool art by all the super talented artists, you can follow the blog hop Blog Roll there under the Neon Skele on the right sidebar.

Make sure to stop in at Terra's blog to get the daily clue for the Scavenger Hunt, you can click HERE.

For your consideration today I have this portrait. This poor lady is always in a state of mourning. Don't feel sorry for her, she knows exactly what she is doing this spooky season.

Click image to see it larger:)

The lady and strawberry are free clip art images from The Old Design Shop. The lady image is dated 1889. The skull is a vintage anatomy free image from The Graphics Fairy.

I layered them and then printed them out on heavy paper. I used Distress Inks to watercolor them lightly.

The floral background I made using the bottom part of a bunch of celery, makes fun rose shapes! I dipped it in acrylic paint and stamped onto tissue paper.

The frame is painted with Distress Paint and layered with tissue stamped bats. The Love Potion stamp is by Graphic 45. The tag is inked with Distress Ink Vintage Photo and sprayed with water to make it blotchy.

If you have any questions, just ask:) I don't mind.

Thank you for spending some time here today! Now Hop on!

~hugs~

~kim

October 12~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 12~APCC Week 6 Card 1

Greetings this Sunny Sunday!

We are at Day 12 of 31!

Thanks for hanging in there and coming back for more Halloween/Day of the Dead inspiration along this 31 Days of Halloween Challenge by Smeared and Smudged. As always you can start your journey at Terra's blog, pick up the Scavenger Hunt clue for the day then Hop along! I have the Wicked Blogger Hop List posted on the right sidebar should you get lost!

Today's project was inspired by the Altered Playing Card 26 week challenge I have been playing along with as well. This week's play inspiration can be found off the link HERE and if you want to play along see this PAGE. Claudine is awesome and this play is truly great fun!

Please click the image to make it bigger! :)

This is so fun partly due, well especially true since the playing card is about the size of an ATC. I am really lovin' smallness.

This play's basics are acrylic paint and washi tape. Run from there! All the layers are pretty clear. I used another playing card to add the red acrylic paint. I spread it on then started pressing it down and pulling it back up. It made a fun 'bloody' look!  Then I used a toothpick to scratch the white lines.

Once the red was there and the images, it just had to be toxic!

Thank  you all truly for your kind comments! It really keeps me inspired to keep playin'

~hugs~ 

Hoping you like what you see!

~kim

My Favorite Stamp, Umbrella Man Card with Spots and Dots Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday

Happy Day!

Thanks for stopping by, I just finished a simple card and love to share it with you!

I used my favorite Tim Holtz stamp, for the moment anyways, the Umbrella Man. Yes it is true you see it everywhere, 'cuz it is soooooo awesome:) I have had this idea in my head seems like forever and really wanted to create more with this image. So much fun to just play!

I used my embossing folders with foil tape. Then I used alcohol inks to color the tape. I stamped the imagery on deli paper and layered it on top of the embossed tape with gel medium. Then a simple attach to the card, done! Fun and easy.

Please let me know what you think! This is entered into the Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday Challenge: Spots & Dots! I loveeeee polka dots! must get more and use more....off to play some more:)


Please click each image for a larger view.

Just rotated a bit to catch the texture and color.