Monday, June 4, 2012

Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop

Thank you for joining in on The 2nd Annual Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop sponsored by Smeared Ink !!! This day was made special by Noah at Skull-A-Day blog, who has done exhibited his artwork for several years. During the past 12 months he has painted over 100 skull paintings! His blog is also a depository for others' artwork, skulls found in miscellaneous objects like toast aka simulacra, anything to do with the human skull. There's a link to his page on my sidebar.

To go along with this hop, Smeared Ink & the Smeared & Smudged Forum have many, many sponsors who have offered prizes (we all love prizes, right?). See listowner Terra's More Smeared Ink for the list of those generous sponsors.

Here is my paltry offering:



First of all, please forgive the poor quality of the scan. Had hoped to get my dd to take a pic, but she got home long after I went to bed, and if and when my dd rises, I'll get a proper pic of the entire coffin & the "goodies" inside. I painted a chipboard coffin black, put feet on the bottom using spools. I took black aluminum craft foil ran it thru with an Cuttlebug embossing folder of gears and clocks, then sanded it down to reveal the silver color. The skull image is from Smeared Ink's "Quoth the Raven" stamped & cut out 6 times, fussy cut, glued together w/silcone glue & dipped in clear UTEE. I also added an Idealogy metal plaque with the word Time stamped & used Crackle Accents. The insides will be revealed...

There is a blog hop list to your right -----> on my sidebar, in case you veer off the beaten path. I'll be entering this in Smudgy Antics Challenge Anything Goes.

**hope to have pics soon**

41 comments:

  1. Awesomely Creepy! Fantastic job!
    Hugs

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  2. I love this so much! I wanted to do something like this, but I didn't have a lot of time to get something together. Awesome project!

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  3. Fabulous! Loving the embosses metal and I'm dying to try the Utee dipped skullies, etc. Can't wait to see the inside. xxD

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  4. I love your skully creation! I need to get my melting pot out of storage and start using it. Your skull turned out AWEsome!

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  5. I love your project..I would so love to try this..awesome .
    hugs,
    susan s.

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  6. Love your coffin fantastic work xxx

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  7. FAB coffin Dianne...... love all the texture :)

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  8. this is amazing Dianne, love what you made, super spooky.

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  9. Dianne,
    OMG I so love this! I just love every thing about it, the texture, the skull, the coffin, just awesome girly!
    Peace,
    Kristy

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  10. *swoon* I LOVE the coffin!! Great embossing~Cool Skull!!!

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  11. Dianne - this looks fabulous. Love the embossing. Looking forward to seeing the insides. TFS

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    1. and thank you for sharing at Smudgy Antics this week x

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  12. FANTASTIC! I love the embossing and the skull is awesome indeed! :)

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  13. I love the texture you've got on this piece, it's really beautiful, such a wicked coffin.
    hugs
    Suzi
    xxx

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  14. What an awesome coffin! It's great piece!

    Happy Skull Day! Visit my blog if you have some time, there’s a giveaway for the blog hop!

    Kisses from Nydia.

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  15. A coffin! Fantastic idea!! Turned out great!

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  16. Oh my heck!!!

    I love, Love, LOVE this! The cuttlebugged silver on the coffin, the image*, the nameplate, just everything! Wow.

    *I can't believe you fussy cut it six times. My hand aches for you.

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  17. I can't wait for you to put the better quality pics, cause if this is how it looks and it 'poor' quality, it will look even more amazing. Great work, I love the coffin, goes perfect with the theme

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  18. The embossing really adds to it. I agree, it looks good so I can't imagine how much better it will look in other photos.

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  19. No worries about the photo. This is a fabulous little coffin with all the textures.
    Hugz,
    Christine Garner

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  20. WOW! Awesome coffin! Spectacular!

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  21. What a magnificent final resting place. All your hard work paid off.

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  22. Absolutely Mind-Blowing! Stunning coffin! I love the gears and the texture and everything! Perfection! I can't wait to see more pics :)

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  23. LOVE, Love, love this! quite UN paltry!
    Brava!!
    Susan

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  24. Awesome! I love how the craft foil looks, will have to give that a try. Groovey little coffin, can't wait to see more pics :)

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  25. this is so stempunk-ie I love it! such a fab creation...and so metallic...WOW

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  26. Great creation!!!!
    Hugs,
    Julia

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  27. Ooh...I am so digging this!!! Those fabulous gears...and then that rad skull on top of it. I don't need a better picture to see that I want this!!! :) Great job!!!

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  28. Loooooove it, already told you that :-) thank you for sharing at Smudgy Antics

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  29. Nothing paltry about this.....a Stunning piece Dianne. Thanks for sharing with us at Smudgy Antics this week :)

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  30. this is so wonderful Dianne. Love it a TON!!!

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