No pranks, April 1st New Challenge at Dream in Darkness with SLS Lines!

Hey there, 

This April day brings the start of many new challenges and I'm sure a buncha fun pranks too! Though I don't have any April Fool's  Day play, I do have my creation for the new challenge starting at Dream in Darkness.

As many of you know, at Dream in Darkness is our challenge blog and we love to see any creation you care to make and share. Dark and Moody, Weird or Odd, Quirky or Macabre, those projects that just don't quite fit into mainstream blogs or challenges, we love for your to share and play along in our challenge.

This month we are sponsored by SLS Lines digital stamps. They offer a great variety well suited for any creative soul.

I was given the fabulous Sugar Skull with Heart Eyes to play with this month.

You can click each photo to see it a bit larger.

I printed out the digi on Neenah cardstock with an inkjet printer. I used Derwent Inktense pencils and Sharpie markers for the colors on the skull.

The background substrate is a damaged CD covered with layers of DecoArt goodness. 

My DecoArt Media Ingredients:

DecoArt Gesso

DecoArt Matte Medium

Media Misters

DecoArt Crackle paste

SLS Lines Shop

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Thanks for reading!

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