December 2015~Creepmas at Dream in Darkness

Today starts our last challenge of 2015 at Dream in Darkness! It is always anything goes except cute. We do hope you will play along!

Our fabulous sponsor is Rick St Dennis! We the creative team were fortunate enough Rick gave each of us an image to play with anddddd the winner of the December Challenge will get a gift from Rick's Digi shop, too!

I used the Creepmas Gender BeNder fantastic image, handcolored, in a digital canvas.

The background has elements from Mischief Circus, kits by Marta van Eck and Holliewood Studios.

All month long we have a fantastic story by Sue and awesome inspiration from my fabulous teamies at Dream in Darkness. Come back each odd day to see our odd!

EyeFly~Meep!~MailArt Postcard

Hi!

Today once again I am cross posting my project on my moodier blog from my moodier challenge blog, Dream in Darkness. It is my project made for the Smeared Ink 31 Days of Halloween spectacular!

This is a mixed media postcard, just about 4 by 6 inches. I layered it up with some DecoArt Media Misters and acrylic paints. The stamps used are Unity Chicken Wire, Splats by Visible Image and the super cool eye fly creature by Viva Las Vegas Stamps.  The dots and eyeflies are heat embossed to make them really POP with my favorite shine and texture.

Thanks for hoppin' by!

I am also sharing this on the Viva Las Vegas Facebook Group and
on the Viva Las Vegas Challenge, October: Inspired by dots, always! and Fabulous Halloween colors.
~kim

Weeping Angel Baby ATC

Over on our weirdly odd and dark Challenge Blog, Dream in Darkness, all four of us have stepped up to the Smeared Ink annual event, 31 Days of Halloween 2015! We are playing as Wicked Bloggers and our part of the challenge is to post a new project each day during October! Don't forget to add your creepy odd makes to our challenge, too!

To feed the frenzy and share the celebration, I am cross posting my projects here and more on my Tangled Blue Rose blog! Hope you enjoy the trip each day along the Smeared Ink blog hop, it is amazing. The blog roll can be found at Dream in Darkness and on Smeared Ink's blog, too.

The background started life as a failed stamping item, set aside and not tossed at the moment. Never throw away things hahaha!  I gave it some life today for this ATC. The background is stamped using Lost Coast Designs on a Distress Ink colored base. The awesome angel baby and wicked zombie dude are Viva Las Vegas Stamps, they are heat embossed in black, colored with Distress Inks. The white skeleton is a Tim Holtz image rub on.

I am also entering this at Viva Las Vegas Stamps challenge blog. I am using the warm October sky colors for the haunting background and spooky Halloween theme. Someone hug the sweet angel baby!

Love to know what you think!

~kim

Beware! Art Tag Ahead

Over on our weirdly odd and dark Challenge Blog, Dream in Darkness, all four of us have stepped up to the Smeared Ink annual event, 31 Days of Halloween 2015! We are playing as Wicked Bloggers and our part of the challenge is to post a new project each day during October! Don't forget to add your creepy odd makes to our challenge, too!

To feed the frenzy and share the celebration, I am cross posting my projects here and more on my Tangled Blue Rose blog! Hope you enjoy the trip each day along the Smeared Ink blog hop, it is amazing. The blog roll can be found at Dream in Darkness and on Smeared Ink's blog, too.

I stenciled the skull and drips in white. The stamps are Viva Las Vegas Stamps and Lost Coast Designs 

Hell's Garden

Over on our weirdly odd and dark Challenge Blog, Dream in Darkness, all four of us have stepped up to the Smeared Ink annual event, 31 Days of Halloween 2015! We are playing as Wicked Bloggers and our part of the challenge is to post a new project each day during October! Don't forget to add your creepy odd makes to our challenge, too!

To feed the frenzy and share the celebration, I am cross posting my projects here and more on my Tangled Blue Rose blog! Hope you enjoy the trip each day along the Smeared Ink blog hop, it is amazing. The blog roll can be found at Dream in Darkness and on Smeared Ink's blog, too.

"Hell's Garden" Postcard sized canvas.

Today I used ink splat stamps by Visible Image and an awesome skull butterfly by Carmen's Veranda

All images were stamped and heat embossed in black. I used Distress Inks to color them.

Have a creepy day!

~kim

Crazy Bat Art Tag

Over on our weirdly odd and dark Challenge Blog, Dream in Darkness, all four of us have stepped up to the Smeared Ink annual event, 31 Days of Halloween 2015! We are playing as Wicked Bloggers and our part of the challenge is to post a new project each day during October!

To feed the frenzy and share the celebration, I am cross posting my projects here and more on my Tangled Blue Rose blog! Hope you enjoy the trip each day along the Smeared Ink blog hop, it is amazing. The blog roll can be found at Dream in Darkness and on Smeared Ink's blog, too.

This is my tag. It is colored with Distress Inks. The wicked Bat is a stamp by Stampendous, the fence is Viva Las Vegas Stamps, Spooky is Hampton Arts and the dead tree is Visible Image. I heat embossed the bat, sentiment and fence with Ranger Super Fine EP, black.

Can't wait to see what you make, don't forget to enter your creepy weird oddities with us at Dream in Darkness, the challenge theme is Anything Goes except cute!

~kim

September 2015~New Challenge at Dream in Darkness~Pirates

Welcome September!

To gear up and get into the Spirit  for the best holiday season of the year...Halloween of course:
Our newest challenge at Dream in Darkness is always Anything Goes, this month the optional theme is Pirates! Nice and moody fun, right?

Let's see what you can make, LINK with us or you gotta walk the plank matey! Ahoy thar....Dark makes, matey!

Digital Canvas Elements by Graphics Fairy and Marta Van Eck at Mischief Circus.

Anything Goes as long as it is Dark, no pink pirates and skeletons, please....use the LINK up widget and be in it to win a special prize this month!

Day 7~SmudgeFest 2015~Finale~Super Villain!

woo whoooo!

This is day 7 of the 7 day SmudgeFest 2015!

Today's challenge: create a super hero or super villain!

Of course following along with my favorite Smeared Ink inkling, I had to use a Grumpy :)

All set to go, images picked out and voila! Printer refuses to print, hehe!

So onwards, all digital today. Grumpy and sentiment are Smeared Ink, which is re-opening soon! yes!!

Digital background TangledBlueRose, digital elements by Marta van Eck of Mischief Circus.

Sir Supreme Sparkle is set to rule the known and unknown Universe. Don't be deceived by the glint in his eyes and sparkle of his armor, he has sinister plans to subvert all things CUTE!

The next time you behold cuteness, just know the Supreme Sparkle has a plan...

Hop on over to see the magnificent collection of heroes and villains born today, HERE. Are you brave enough?


~kim

SmudgeFest 2015~Day 6~ Stencil Saturday

Six days down and one to go!

SmudgeFest 2015 Day 6~Stencil Saturday

Art Journal page with lots of painty stencils and a favorite Grumpy!

Hop over to Smeared Ink to see all the projects and deets.

Have a super smudgy day!

~kim

Day 5 SmudgeFest 2015~Fiber Friday

Mad it, just as Day 5 is winding down to a close!

Check out Smeared Ink HERE and see the funky details of SmudgeFest 2015!

Bats just want some love, too! Fiber Friday is a wrap!

Be back for Day 6 tomorrow!
~kim

Day 4~SmudgeFest 2015~Thrashed Thursday

Awesome!

Made it to Day 4 of Smeared Ink's SmudgeFest 2015!

Hop HERE to see the awesome makes and get the daily prompt. The catch is you have till midnight to create a new project and use a rubber or digi stamp to celebrate the day's theme.

Day 4 is Thrashed Thursday!

poor Grumpy, love has him in pieces...

An ATC using Distress Inks, embossing powder, stencil and some Distress paint and oh yea, obviously scissors and fabulous rubber with Jet Black Archival. 

Who will rescue poor Grumpy??

tomorrow!! TGIF~

catch ya then!

~kim

Also shared with Smeared Ink's Challenge Blog, Smudgy Antics: August Anything Goes

Day 3~SmudgeFest 2015~Wet Wednesday

Welcome to Wet Wednesday, Day 3 of Smeared Ink's Smudgefest 2015!

Today's prompt is make it wet......you can see all the fabulous makes and info HERE

Smooshed Distress Ink, acrylic paint, Jet Black Archival Ink, DecoArt modelling paste, clear embossing powder add rubber stamp and it is something like a postcard for today!

Have a fabulous mid-week! See ya tomorrow!!

I am also supporting and entering this in the Smudgy Antics August Challenge.

Thanks for visiting!

~kim

SmudgeFest 2015~Day 2 ~HeartBreaker

Hi!

Made it in for Day 2 of Smeared Ink's SmudgeFest 2015!

Today's creative prompt is Tape Tuesday, come check it out!

ATC, Washi tape, Tim Holtz die cut and a love sick Grumpy, another fabulous fun day! Thanks so much lovely ladies of Smeared Ink, this is wicked fun and a great warm-up for 31 Days of Halloween!

Check back on Wednesday for Day 3....

~kim

Also playing at Smeared Ink's Smudgy Antics August Challenge, ooo you guys are gonna get sick of my entries :)

SmudgeFest 2015~Day 1~Right on Target

Today is Day 1 of Smeared Ink's SmudgeFest 2015! It is a week long challenge, each day there is a creative prompt and we are given until midnight of that day to create a project following the theme and using a rubber or digi stamp.

I am going to do my best to play each day, let's see if Fate will permit it this week :)

Hop over HERE to see the prompt and all the awesome makes! Care to play? Get going....


Day 1: Metal Monday

My favorite(!!) metal tape, embossed and distressed.

Wild Honey Distress Ink, Smeared Ink rubber...it is a good day!

And while I am here, I am also playing and supporting the Smeared Ink Challenge Blog, Smudgy Antics: August Anything Goes, optional Creepy Creatures

Also sharing and supporting the amazing Ike and her fabulous Challenge, Ike's World Challenges #43: All about the Night!

See ya tomorrow!

~kim

August 2015~New Challenge at Dream in Darkness~Fabulous Sponsor Teri Sherman

Welllll we survived July! Where has the time gone!!

Today starts a new challenge at Dream in Darkness where our theme is always Anything Goes except cute! Our wonderfully talented sponsor is Teri Sherman, the crowd goes wild!! Yea we are super excited too!  You can shop and check out her shop HERE


I was given this awesome image to play with, Eva the Witch

Eva is colored with watercolor pencils. The background uses DecoArt stencils, Viva Las Vegas Stamps, Unity Stamps and Lost Coast Design Stamps. The background color is fingerpainted, so fun!, with various acrylic paint. The sentiment is from a song, lyrics by Paul Hewson.

Hope to see in at Dream in Darkness soon...

As always the theme is Anything Goes, please no sugary sweet cute, okay? Darksiders like a playplace, too.

Mid Month fun at Dream in Darkness~ More Ike, Yay!~Party Time with Miss Frankie

Hi!

Happy Wednesday!

Back with mid week mid month (ok just a tad beyond MID) Challenge Inspiration!

Last week a fabulous freebie was posted at Ike's World Challenge, and I think it may still be there...so hop to it and grab it. While you're at it, create and link up, Dream in Darkness and Ike will love you forever.....well you will have our undying gratitude and a chance to win something snazzy, ok??

Like peanut butter and frog hearts, Ike and Dream in Darkness are a great match up. We at Dream in Darkness are so honored Ike agreed to sponsor us new kids on the block. We all loveeeee Miss Frankie and as a creative team we HADDDD to play along.

May I present Miss Frankie!

She is all ready for the fabulous Ball, no crystal slippers for Miss! No way, cool punk all the way!

Miss Frankie is colored with Sharpies and magically transported across space and time to land in the really dusty hallway. Said hallway, cat, ghosts and creepy sticky stuff are all from HOTEL HELL, a fabulous digital kit by Marta van Eck...come on you know you want it.....did you know the images in the kits are so clean and awesome you can print them out and  create whatever artistic mayhem suits you?

Have a creepy day and I adore all comments, thank you so much for hopping by!
~kim

Dream in Darkness NEW Challenge~Ike's Art!

Happy July!

Today starts a brand new challenge at our Dark Challenge Blog, Dream in Darkness, Challenge #3!

Link with us HERE

It is always anything goes as long as it is DARK....CREEPY....ALTERNATE......

Our amazing sponsor this month is IKE and her amazing images were given to the CT and to our fabulous FIRST Guest CT, Wendy!!! Please hope along and show some creepy good support to these awesome ladies!

Here we go!

I was given this fabulous image by Ike, "Goblin"


"Falling Apart" art tag :)

I printed the digital stamp several times. I colored using dollar store watercoloring pencils.

   

I started cutting pieces apart to layer and make him 'fall apart'. Even goblins have bad days...

I found a Ranger Melting Pot on clearance and could not pass it up! Soooooo everything got a shiny coat of UTEE....till I ran out of it!

The sentiment is a fabulous New Release stamp by Visible Image that arrived in the nick of time and I thought was sooo much better than what I had originally planned :) The tag background is covered in distress ink with more Visible Image Ink Splats, Drag & Drip and Plasma, heat embossed. 

Thanks so much for coming by today! Cannot wait to see what you make for our fabulous Challenge #3 sponsored by super IKE!

~kim

Last Day to play Challenge #2 sponsored by Mischief Circus

Today is your last day to get your dark art in for our fabulous Challenge #2! We have a Mischief Circus gift certificate up for grabs...

Mischief Circus Holliewood Studios Void 2 and Art Dollies Halloween Digital kits

Click HERE to transport to the linky place :)

Scary Fairie Digital Hybrid

Just a quick post today!

I had shared this over on my Challenge Blog, Dream in Darkness for the Smeared Ink Scary Fairie blog hop.

This is a digital canvas I made using the "Honey" digital image by Smeared Ink as well as some backing papers made by Smeared Ink. Layered in the papers are some actual physical papers I made and digitized to play, too :)

Have fun!

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Skellie Fest 2015~ATC Play!

Thanks so MUCH Lost Coast!

Coming in under the wire! Wow the Summer is on full time and fully hot here! Hope the weather is not so hot in your part of the world!

Today I wanted to share a fun ATC I made using the Day of the Dead Headdress Lady by Lost Coast Rubber stamps, you can see her HERE

On their new blog Lost Coast Portal to Creativity they are running some fabulous challenges!

This one is for the Skellie Fest 2015
There is also a stamp New Release party Challenge you can find HERE
And there is a fun Numbers theme challenge HERE



I am submitting this ATC to the Skellie Fest :)

I am also sharing this with Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge: #163 SEEING RED

Thanks for stopping by!
~kim

New Challenge at Dream in Darkness~June~Anything Goes with Mischief Circus!

Today begins a new month and it brings many new challenges!

Welcome to June First!!

We begin a new Anything Goes at Dream in Darkness! As co-founder of the Dream in Darkness Dark Challenge blog I wanted to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone for making a fabulous debut month and submitting so many awesome projects! It is so awesome that so many of you are having a blast trying something new and just enjoying a place to share what make you happy! Well done!

As always at Dream in Darkness, the theme is Anything Goes. All we ask is you leave the cute at home, let cute take a rest and free the darker side to come out and play! Dark means something different to each person, so just give it a try!

Onwards!

Our awesome sponsor this month is Hollie of Holliewood Studios at Mischief Circus!! Hollie generously gave us kits to play with and is giving a gift certificate to spend in her Holliewood Studios Shop to the winner of June at Dream in Darkness! The digital kits available are amazing and you can really spend hours browsing then playing with the images. They are great quality and can be printed out for physical crafting as well!

Here is my canvas, made digitally with Photoshop Elements and the digital kits Void 2 and Welcome to my Nightmare

I hope your June is creepy wonderful! Come have a playdate with Dream in Darkness!

Can't wait to see your dark makes!

~kim

Rick st Dennis Facebook Group Tag Challenge~May 2015

DT Choice at Smudgy Antics! Thanks so much!

Hello!

Today I wanted to share a tag I made for an art tag Facebook challenge hosted by Rick st Dennis MFA.  The challenge is short and sweet, make a tag and include this sentiment, "Summer is Fine, but I am ready for Halloween". This is sooooo true, I love Halloween!

I used the digital stamp Lizzywhigs, which you can see HERE at his Zibbet shop. This was lots of fun, have been wanting to use this image from my stash for awhile.

This is also the first play I have had with my new DecoArt supplies, I received through the wonderful Blogger Outreach Program. I included some extra photos I did along the way to show some of the steps.

I used DecoArt Modeling paste on the Dreamweavers Jack-o-lanterns. It was very smooth and easy to apply with a palette knife.

I used some Zing Orange embossing powder and heat melted it once the paste was dry.

I love the slightly bumpy texture it made once heated, almost like a real pumpkin :)

 While the paste was drying I played with the misters to make the tag. I cut a manila folder down into the tag size I wanted. I misted the back of the tag with water so it would stay more flat while I sprayed the front.

I sprayed the Carbon Black, Primary Cyan, Purple and misted a bit with water to make it run. I applied some Shimmer Mister White onto before it was dry to get the nice clouding you see on the middle right.

The colors stayed pretty much as I saw them as sprayed, they really dried fairly fast on the manila tag. The best thing, once dry they are permanent! I added more Shimmer Mist White once it was dry for more 'stars'.

I printed the sentiment out using Photoshop Elements.  I used Distress Ink to color it a Halloween orange! Then cut it all up.

I used the Tim Holtz mini movers Halloween dies for the Bats, they are layered with pop up dots.

I love Lizzywhigs, she is colored using Sharpie Markers and Bic Mark It markers.

She is ready for Halloween, are you?

I love these new to me art supplies and had a lot of fun using them on this tag. I plan to keep playing :)


~kim

I am also linking to and sharing with the Smudgy Antics Challenge Blog: May Anything Goes