Varying Visages of Vincent Price

The illustrious Barb and her minions at Haunted Design House are having a blog hop to celebrate the 100th birthday of Vincent Price. There is blog candy for this challenge & I'm amazed at the awesome entries.

Here is my humble addition to the celebration. I loved Vincent Price, his voice, his movies and was saddened by his death in 1993. One of his last movies, "Edward Scissorshands" is one of my all time favorite movies. Anywho, I took a small shadow box, painted it black & purple, then added miniature photos I found online from some of his movies "The Raven", "Pit and the Pendulum", "Edward Scissorshands", and more. I also used a couple of Making Memories metal letter discs V & P, along with the bloody goo at the top and some little satin bats at the bottom. Please forgive the crookedness of the photo.

Smudgefest 2011 - Day Six!!

Today was the next to the last challenge in the 7 days of Smudgefest, sponsored by Smeared Ink . This has been such fun, and wonderful to see such awesomely talented entries. Today was a little more difficult, and it also took me the most time, since I'm not too swift with sketch challenges. LOL

This is a page I made for my BOS using one of the gorgeous images from Smeared Ink's Nymph rubber sheet. She is so beautiful, an Ocean Goddess to me, more than a nymph or undine, caring for all the creatures of the sea. I colored her with Derwent Inktense pencils, then added some gems withing the water she is playing with. I colored a background piece with pastels, added some rocks & many, many laser cut-outs from Lil Davis that I've had for about 8 years or so. The big fish is from K&Co, and the gems & pearls are BoBunny. The background piece was put on a piece of Navy CS. All of this was placed on a piece of patterned paper that I deckle edged & inked/chalked, then placed on a base of Grey CS. I'm gathering names of Sea/Ocean goddesses which will be written on the opposite side in my BoS.

Only one more day left! Whew!

Smudgefest 2011 - Day Five

This is Day Five of Smudgefest 2011, put on by Smeared Ink. Awesome prizes can be had by completing the daily challenges. All the details of the challenges are found at the Smudgy Antics blog. Today's challenge was Flowing Friday, in which we were to use liquids i.e. inks, watercolors, watered down acrylics, glues to create a project.

For my tag, I took several colors of Distress Ink smooshed on my craft sheet, spritzed with water and created the background. Found the technique in Lord Tim Holtz's "Compendium of Curiosities" which is the bestest book ever! Then I took one of Smeared Ink's "Jack" rubber stamps, stamped with India Ink Black on watercolor paper, colored it with Derwent's Inktense Pencils using my waterbrush. I wanted it sort of subtle. I also used Rock Candy Stickles & amped it up with glittah where Jack's bells are dangling from his jester's hat. I stamped the senti (also from the "Jack" set on vellum and embossed it. I made another little flower from coffee filters spritzed with a concoction of Peeled Paint Distress Ink & various colors of Perfect Pearls in a Mini Mister bottle. Adhered Jack using foam squares. Added various ribbons & mini ric-rac.

Whew! Only 2 days left for the challenges. I, like everyone else, want to win the big prize sooooooooo badly. Nonetheless, this has been a lot of fun, and a great distraction from crap here in Happy Valley, Utah. Tomorrow I'll be posting another project I'm working on - Manga! My DD thinks I'm so weird, if she only knew... Goodnite all!

Smudgefest 2011 - Day Four

Today's challenge during Smudgefest by Smeared Ink was Twisted Thursday, and the project was to be an ATC, aka Artist Trading Card.

I used a base of Club Scrap CS, the senti is from Smeared Ink's "Jack" rubber stamp set which I stamped on colored vellum & embossed. The skull is from Dusty Attic which I embossed with Platinum UTEE. Then I took 3 pieces of different colored craft wire & "twisted" it, wrapping around the ATC. Pretty simple.

Wonder what tomorrow's challenge will be...

Smudgefest 2011 - Day Three

Today's challenge was a Color Challenge - using Mustard Yellow, Pumpkin Orange, Dark Grey & Purple!

I used Smeared Ink's Wicked Witch digi image colored with Inktense pencils, backed with purple cs, mounted on dark grey cs, all over a base of Mustard yellow cs. I then made flowers with white cardstock using markers in orange,mustard & grey. The flying monkeys & compass pieces, as well as the Wicked Witch of the West is from Graphic 45's new Oz line of paper. I LOVE THIS PAPER!!!

I'm entering this as my Sketchy Challenge for the Smeared & Smudged Forum. (I'll add links as soon as I figure it out).

Of course, I had to journal a little on the page about my feelings on witches being portrayed as mean green hags

Smudgefest 2011 Day Two!!!

It's the second day for Smeared Ink's Smudgefest 2011, 7 days of challenges for awesome prizes. Today's theme is Terrifying Tuesday, where we are to create a project using our scariest Smeared Ink image. I used the digi "Open Bust" from the Gross Anatomy set, colored with Derwent Inktense pencils, colored pencils and Tombow markers. The base was colored using various Distress Ink pads with a section masked off for the half human/half raven witch, a stamp from I Brake for Stamps. She was colored with colored pencils. Her minions are Ravens chipboard pieces from Dusty Attic, that I painted, then used embossing powder to give them a little pop.

I just love ravens & crows, and think I'll feature just them in one of my next projects. Looking forward to tomorrow's theme.

Smudgefest 2011 is Here!!! Day One

First of all, a Blessed Lughnasadh & Happy Lammas to all!

All this week, from August 1st thru the 7th, Smeared Ink is having a challenge extravaganza!!! Each day a different challenge will be posted along with guidelines & a special them. Those who would like the opportunity to win awesome prizes, make a project, card, scrapbook page and link it up before midnite that day. A winner will be chosen randomly each day for a cool digi stamp. If you complete all 7 challenges, you will have a chance to win seventeen (17) awesome digi stamp collections worth 275$ Holy Moly!!!! All the particulars can be found on the Smudgy Antics Blog
http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com/

Today's challenge was to create a Bi-Polar project, showing 2 things that are opposites. I chose to do a card which will go in my art journal depicting a woman who to the outside world is submissive, a people pleasing doormat, but on the inside is raging, wanting to kill everyone and anything who treats her as such, even herself. Smeared Ink's Femdom digi image called "Spreader Bar" portrays the submissive woman perfectly, and the larger image inside of the gun-totin' mama is from the rubber stamp sheet "Chicks Dig Guns". The coloring of images is a combo of Derwent Inktense Pencils (I love 'em), colored pencils and Tombow markers. I also used the bullet holes from the "Chicks Dig Guns", as well as a grave stamp from Gazdina's Stamps (no longer in business). The embellishments were from my stash & they were all put on a gate folded card.

Hope I haven't offended anyone.