I've given up

today I have an art journal page to share with you...inspired by the Rock N Rolla challenge over at Smeared and Smudged...someone picked an awesome music video by Tom Petty, don't come around here no more...I love that video its so fun...now who is the awesome, smart, gorgeous person that picked that? oh ya it was me :) well since I picked it I guess I better play along :) here is my page

I had a blast making this...so to start off I gesso'd my page with white then I took some tea (thinking of the AIW tea party) and sprinkled it all over my page and got it super wet then let it dry...this made my page all tea died and spotty...I then took the same tea and brushed it into a cup and added a bit of water and dripped it down the page...then I wanted more drips so I took black paint and put allot up top and dripped it down the page and it didn't dry fast enough so I took my heat gun to it and this caused some awesome texture, I did some black masking, colored my Mad Hatter image and glued it on modge podged the whole thing, added my die cut words and doodled over them...wrote some more lyrics to the song and added my swirl from the circus procession set and I think that's it...fun fun fun




you still have a day to enter the challenges over at smeared and smudged...see ya there :)



I would love to enter my page in the following challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown: inspired by your fave book
Simon Says: anything goes
Crafting by Designs: anything goes

Tooth and Claw

I got to participate in the Smeared and Smudged DT throwdown again...incase you don't know what that is...its where Design Teams get together and compete against eachother and the team with the most votes wins! any DT can join here is the link if your interested LINK

and this time the theme was Tooth and Claw so I created this

with my zipper "teeth" and the claws of my Cockatrice I think it fits the challenge very well. my image came from Smeared Ink and I took my bottle and added some modeling paste, then painted it all the colors of my cockatrice and put it all together added more paint and tied it up with a lil ribbon and added some feathers dangling on it...I really like how this turned out...altering bottles is so much fun for me!

be sure to check out what my other teamies have created there is even a tutorial! then go cast your votes!


I would like to enter my bottle in the following challenges:
Party Time Tuesdays-anything goes
Through the craftroom door- anything
anything but a card- old supplies (paints, zipper, ribbon)
use it tuesday- anything goes (horded supplies are feathers and the zipper)

jjj jaded

I'm so excited my challenge blog is finally up and running...Today is the first challenge of MusicallyChallenged and the video is Jaded by Aerosmith
for the challenge you just have to be inspired by the video...the images the lyrics anything...and you can create anything...alter something, create a card, scrapbook page, necklace, anything so open and free I love it!

here is what I have created

I finally finished the cover of my art journal...its just a composition note book and I covered it, and misted it then added some modeling paste through a circle screen added some yellow paint, went around the edges with brown paint added my circus people...the two trapeze people, the diver, a clown and my elephant then I typed some words from the video added some mesh and then made some beads and added them to the side and there I have it...yay I'm so happy! be sure to check out the other girls have created! and please join in the fun...so much inspiration in this video!

Feather or fur

Over at Smudgy Antics We want to see feathers or fur or a combination of the two. I went with feathers and the whole feathers theme and made a lil steam punk bird house

 isn't it cute? I painted it black then added some copper, added some different things for texture and my digi from smeared ink's Heavy metal set (transferred it using a technique I saw on the Smeared and Smudged forum from Shell) I then added more paint and some more cogs/gears and then I added my feathers dagling right there front and center...with a lil key....

off you go to create your own masterpiece thanks for looking

last day Digi sale

today I have two simple dominoes to share with you....just to remind you that there is only one more day for the big sale at Smeared Ink..then these Digis will be gone forever.

this one is made with pink sharpies and a dream stamp I got from....somewhere and the heart wings stamp from the heart wings digi set...I used some sparkles on the heart and liquid glassed the whole thing

this one is my man Poe I used him and the Nevermore senti from the quoth the raven digi set and the lil red raven is from the holy city stamp set and the background is green alcohol ink.

but see you cant make dominoes with rubber they aren't small enough but with digis you can resize...think of the possibilities....here is a link to the store you know you want some ;)

I would like to enter my POE domino in the current Quoth the raven challenge...anything poes.

May Member Hop

welcome to the May Member hop at Smeared and Smudged!!!
today I created a card for your viewing pleasure

I have been seeing all sorts of clean and simple cards so I thought I'd give it a go and created this with an image from Smeared Ink's wonderland set! I made this lil belated birthday card. I colored my image in pencils added some glitter and liquid glass to the clock, and typed up my senti and went around all the borders with different colors! it was way fun and I think its kinda cool how it turned out...not my usual but still cool.

now off you go to see what the other members of the forum have created. here is the list incase you get lost

Black Dragon
Laura
Kristy
Kapree
Hazel
Kay
Rick
Monique
Rocio
Jane
Shell
Lady Brayton
Fiona
Ike

Specimen jar Box

this week at Smudgy Antics we want to see your Altered Boxes!!!!

"You may use any type of box.  The box can be big or small, cardboard or wood, or even plastic.  The shape can be creative as well.  Do you have any leftover heart shaped boxes from Valentine's Day?  If so, you may be a hoarder, but you will have a cool box to work with!"

 here is my creation:

I took an altoids tin and painted it brown then added some modeling paste and panted that copper and then added some gold highlights  then I colored up my man from the Specimen Jar set at Smeared Ink and I added him to my box and covered it with butterflies and swirls....I had allot of fun with this just filling it up with butterflys...now what to go in it....a butterfly neclace perhaps...hmmmm

go check out what the other ladies have created for you at Smudgy Antics then find a box and start decorating! :D 

have a great week everyone!!!

Farewell Forever- Retiring Sets

Visit Smeared Ink today and get your hands on these digis before they are gone!

King Friday the 13th

 today I have an art journal page to share with you

 ya my daughter has been watching allot of Mr. Roger's and when I saw this Cole stamp at Smeared Ink I thought...hey he kinda looks like King Friday...so I made a page inspired by that :) I used some mesh tape I found in DH's stash :) I painted the page brown then put that tape down and added some blue paint...then I added my image and words and birds (kind friday had pet birds) then I went over the whole thing with some bee's wax and some gold paint and some glitter...I just had fun with it...and it was I was giggling the whole time...I love my creepy king :)

don't forget the DT call is still going for my Musically Challenged blog! link on sidebar :D

 

also, I would like to enter this page in the LOC challenge- Digi image