Left of Center~LOC DT Call~October 2014

Hi!

If you are looking for my 31 DOH post, day 22 October 22, scroll down or click HERE

Welcome to my page! I am setting up this post in response to the Left of Center DT Call. I saw a mention of the call on Teresa's blog The Fat Cactus, while I was hopping to each of the Wicked Blogger's pages for the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Challenge 2014.

I am a Wicked Blogger participant and this is the most fun I have ever had! It is a real burst of creative energy to create a new item each day and do all the things necessary to share on my blog. There is so much inspiration on all the blogs along the Hop and so many fun things to discover! I have a wicked long list of techniques I want to try and projects I want to make.

I have not played with any LOC Challenge's sad to say, I only found you recently>.< I love the varied styles of all artists I see on your current DT and wonderful participants.  My go-to style I feel is towards the dark, moody and grungy. Truly, I don't feel I have a set style, I like to play in mixed media.  I won't rule out any style or genre, it is too fun to try new things!

I currently provide 1-2 projects per month for the DT of Mixed Media Mojo and that commitment will not interfere with LOC. I work best with deadlines!

I would love to join this team because I love to create and play. I think my body of work fits very well with LOC and it looks like an awesome community to be a part of. I am not a seasoned pro at blogging or art, it is all an ongoing learning process!

Below is a small sampling of my favorite projects recently. Almost all of them have been created during October 2014, this has been a super fantastic creative time! I love the energy I feel within me and from all the other artists out there.

ooo so wordy! Onwards!

Some pictures from recent posts, October is very full of things I am proud to share!
The links below the picture should take you to the specific post.



October 19, 2014




October 20, 2014




October 9




October 10 2014


September 24, 2014 MMM DT




September 11, 2014



Thanks for visiting and your consideration :)

~kim

October 22~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 22~Mixed Media Mojo DT

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!

Welcome to Day 22 of 31 Days of Halloween, Smeared and Smudged's wicked 31 day challenge! To find your way on the 31 Days Hop, you can follow the list there on the right sidebar under Mr. Neon Skele. Also make sure you visit Terra's blog for the rules and daily Scavenger Hunt clue and prize list.

This is also my DT post for Media Media Mojo, I invite everyone to play along with us in this challenge. The theme is fun, Fall/Halloween and the twist, use fabric. Many, many pieces of everyone's art could be entered, come see when you have a chance!

For today I made a fabric hanging. I wanted something I could hang up in the window or on my door. This is the play I made.

I have really loved seeing Sandy's banner pieces this month, that has been part of my inspiration to play with stamping on fabric. You can find her blog HERE to see what I mean.

I chose to use some white crinoline fabric I had on hand. I love the edge it has so I made it the bottom border.

I stamped all the black images with Archival black. The orange-yellow is Distress Paint. The brown fence,(I love this stamp!), is Distress Ink.

Once the stamping was done, I filled in the sky using Distress Ink and a water brush. Sponges show too much of an edge so I used a brush on the fabric, it is not as forgiving as paper.

One hint of caution, the Distress Ink is water based, so when it gets wet it runs. I believe Archival is permanent, at least as I went over it with the blue, it did not lift like the brown did.

The witch, ghosts, and bats stamps are Unity. The sentiment is Inkadinkado. The crow is Recollections-Michaels $1 bin:)  The fence and bottom border is Hampton Arts. Inks are Ranger.

I really like how the inking brings up the texture of the fabric. This is a play I would like to do more with.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the wonderful comments and visits! It means so much and makes my day!
~hugs~

~kim

October 21~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 21~Beware ATC

Tuesday! ....already!

Day 21 of 31 for the ongoing 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! Love it!!!

Please visit Terra's blog for the details of the challenge and the daily Scavenger Hunt clue for this fabulous Smeared and Smudged event. We have some awesome sponsors and you can see them at Terra's blog.

My brain is mushy today, so I opted for simple color and stamping. I had no brain stamp to make a mushy one, so I just went with a Haunted House and my trusty Distress Inks to make an ATC.

I don't know if I did the inking in the right order or not....I stamped all the images. Then decided I wanted a cobweb too. It kinda obliterated the Beware sentiment.  I stamped using Ranger Jet Black archival.

Then I applied the Distress Inks. I did the yellow first to make the interior glow and carried it up into the web. Then I used Wild Honey, my go to and only orange Distress Ink. Inked that corner downwards a bit. Then I inked the dark blue around the edges as you see. I use the round spongy dauber, spongy like my brain.

Then I decided it needed a black edge.....I dropped the inked dauber onto the blue corner. Thank goodness it was not on the orange:( Soooooooo I had a lot of black there. I kinda smooshed it inwards then took my wet washrag that I wipe down my craft mat with, and dabbed that corner. Kinda sorta maybe mhmmmsureeeee looks sorta ok.

Sorry for the ramble.

Hop on!

~kim

October 20~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 20~APCC Week 7 Lost Souls Madness

Monday!

Day 20 of 31 for the ongoing 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! Love it!!!

Wow this is winding down or revving up? What do you think??

Please visit Terra's blog for the details of the challenge and the daily Scavenger Hunt clue for this fabulous Smeared and Smudged event. WE have some awesome sponsors and you can see them at Terra's blog.

This is also my altered playing card for week 7 in Claudine's 26 week ongoing play along for altering an entire deck of playing cards. You can see this week's inspiration HERE and to join us go to this PAGE.

I made a pair of cards today. I added some creep I think or maybe it is just haunting, not really gruesome. The inspiration prompt was a nautical theme. My stash is small and very non-nautical, mostly grungy, darkness. 

Really straightforward this time. The standard sized playing cards were covered in gesso awhile ago. The Madness card has some tape embedded to add texture.

I masked the plain gesso before inking with Distress Inks. Also did some stamping. Then I removed the tape mask and stamped the angsty lady and skull.

This one is fun. Take a piece of plastic, shrink plastic, plastic from a package, any thin one will do. I have a stash of the thin sheet that come with the cling stamps so that is what I used. Emboss it using a folder. Claudine used a bubble folder which is awesome for the underwater theme. I used the Tim Holtz bubble wrap one. I love the shadows you can see on the card from the embossed layer. The line above the card is a shadow, I cut the plastic flush to the card.

I stamped the lady 3 times only inking once. 

Thanks so for all your awesome time and comments!

~hugs~

~kim

I am also linking to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:Anything Goes

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