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

DominoART 15 Days of Terror Half-o-ween May Day 4

HI!


Today I am sharing a project I have posted at DominoART to celebrate the Half-o-ween May, 15 Days of Terror! DominoART is a fun place to play and you might have guessed, all the art is centered around altered game pieces!


This is my project, a first for me attempt at an altered Altoid tin.

I used some black Core'dinations paper for lining and covering the box. I love the kraft core it has, makes it look like cracked leather.

The stamps and embossing folders are Tim Holtz.

The images on the inside are a Smeared Ink digital stamp. Sadly, Smeared Ink is on hiatus for the time being.

Thanks so much for looking! Please stop by DominoART to see all the amazing art there.

~kim

Dream in Darkness is now OPEN, a new dark themed challenge blog. Our first sponsor is Rick st Dennis. Come play soon!

May 1, 2015, Dream in Darkness NEW Dark Challenge Blog Launch Today!

Today we launch our very first Challenge at our new DARK Challenge blog, Dream in Darkness! This is intended as a new dark playground, where it is always Halloween and all things creepy.

We welcome all media and the theme is always Anything Goes. The creepier the better, just about the only thing we will turn away is cute, there are plenty of places to share cute. So come join us, indulge your darker side! The challenge runs the entire month.

Our fabulous first sponsor is Rick st Dennis! We are so happy and honored to have him onboard for our first challenge. We have a Creepster Feature page on the Dream in Darkness blog and you can read more about him, HERE

Rick generously provided some images to each of our Creative Team to play with. It would be awesome if you can make time to visit each of us :)

I was given this image, it is called "Rum Poison Bottle Label for Monique". I think is is a wicked reaper...

Click Mr. Reaper if you dare to see the canvas larger....

This is a digital hybrid canvas. I colored the image with Sharpies markers. Then I scanned it into my PC. All the layering was done using Photoshop Elements.  

The pocket watch images over the skulls and crossbones are by Marta van Eck at Mischief Circus, you can find them in her wildly fun kit, Cabinet of Curiosities.  Some of the background papers are by Shadowhouse Creations by Jerry, a fabulous artist who shares such wonderful images.

I am so excited it is finally May 1st and Dream in Darkness is Open :)  I really am looking forward to seeing what all of you will come up with and share!

The linky to link up is HERE at Dream in Darkness Challenge #1

Happy Hauntings,

~kim

So excited to be a Rick st Dennis Pick of the Week Nominee!

I am also sharing and linking this to Smudgy Antics May Challenge, Anything Goes