Day # 31 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 31 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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 the rest of the day until the hop has finished.

 

 

 

Well it is the final day and I am so glad I made it to the end. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Terra and Tori at Smeared Ink for hosting a Fabulously Wicked hop this year and  a big Thank You to all of the fabulous sponser's for giving away some awesome prizes, the wicked bloggers for showcasing some awesome and inspirational projects each day and last but not least a huge Thank You and appreciation to all the wonderful visitors to my blog each day for your wonderful comments to which I am grateful for. Thank You.

 

Well enough blabbering and onto my final project for today. I decided to alter a Jewellery box that I picked up from a charity shop for £1. Here is the before photo before I altered it more to my liking.

 

 

 

I started by removing all the brass hardware and sanding it back to remove the varnish. I then gave it two coats of DecoArt media fluid acrylic in carbon black and when dry a coat of DecoArt media satin varnish to protect. I then created my focal image in photoshop with digi stamps from my stash and printed out on my laser printer ready for an image transfer for the box top lid. Before applying to the box I stamped a Raven to the forefront of my design with Versafine ink in onyx black. I then applied my image transfer to the box lid and left overnight. Once dry and rubbed back  I applied a layer of DecoArt  Media Crackle glaze  to the box lid and left to dry. When dry I applied a coat of DecoArt Media Antiquing cream in black and wiped back to highlight all the lovely cracks. I then applied a coat of DecoArt Media satin varnish to protect. I added new silver hinges and attached the box lid back onto the base. The Brass handles for the front of the box were given a coat of pewter metallic paint and DecoArt Media Antiquing cream which was wiped back to age them, then re applied to the box front. I now have a Jewellery box more to my taste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today and your comments are so very much appreciated. Have a Fabulously Wicked Day. Happy Haunting



 

 

 



Day # 30 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 30 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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Well the witching hour is nearly upon us. One more day to go and I must say I am exhausted.

 

My project for today is an ATC Hanger and as it's Friday it is Smeared Ink Day. I have used one of the  Halloween Grumpies from the Real Rubber set available at Smeared Ink. I stamped the pumpkin grumpie on Neenah solar white cardstock with black versafine ink. I then coloured up the image with copics. I then fussy cut the image and embossed with triple thick clear embossing powder. I then created my ATC background and attached to a mount board base. I stamped the grumpie again onto the atc base and layered up my coloured and embossed grumpie on top with 3d foam. I then attached copper brads in all four corners of the atc before attaching the atc to a mixed media board which had been given a coat of DecoArt media fluid acrylic in carbon black. I then stamped my sentiment and mounted onto another chipboard base which had been given the same treatment. Attached copper brads to all four corners. I then punched holes into the sentiment board and attached to the main board with fine black chain. A ribbon hanger and bows were added to finish.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow for the final post.Happy Hopping

 



Day # 29 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 29 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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For my project today I have another ATC Tag to share. I created my background with some tim holtz lost and found paper which was attached to a mount board Tag base. I inked some splats through a stencil onto the tag background and then inked the edges. Next I created my ATC using digi stamps from my stash, printed out and attached to an ATC base cut from mount board. I stamped my sentiment frame with black archival ink and then stamped the sentiment in the frame. I then coloured with Rusty hinge distress ink and attached both the ATC and sentiment to the tag base with 3d foam. To finish some skull and cross bone ribbon was added.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping

 



Day # 28 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 28 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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For my project today I have created a Halloween themed Lumiere. I used a sizzix Lantern die to die cut the parts from 300gsm cardstock for stability. I then inked up all the parts with Rusty Hinge Distress ink. I then Stamped all over the parts with a Tim Holtz stamp with black Archival ink. I stamped the skull image four times onto vellum with stazon ink for all the panels on all four sides. I then assembled. To finish black organza bows added to all four corners and a triple bow of pumpkin ribbon for the top. A pumpkin element was added to the front. A battery operated tea light fits snugly inside.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping

 

 

Day # 27 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 27 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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I cannot believe I have made it this far. The end is nigh !

 

 

For my project today I have created a wall hanging using A stampendous stamp as my focal image. I started by stamping the crow in versa mark ink and heat embossed using black glossy embossing powder. I then went over the whole o the background with distress inks. As the image is embossed it acts as a resist. I then applied distress ink through a harlequin stencil to the right side. Water droplets were then splashed all over the background and dried. To finish the edges were inked with black. The same treatment was given to the sentiment piece of the hanger. Both the the background and the sentiment were then attached to chipboard bases which had been coated with DecoArt media fluid acrylic in Carbon Black. Holes punched in the corners and ball chain added for hanging. To finish a length of ribbon was stained and added.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping

 

Day # 26 of The 31 Days of Halloween

Welcome to DAY # 26 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project for today is an ATC Box to store all the ATC's I have made during this month long hop and space for a few more to boot. I created the box from scratch and constructed from chipboard. I them painted the whole box inside and out with DecoArt media fluid acrylic in carbon black. Whilst drying I printed off some Abigail Larson paper ( I love this paper ) to cover the whole of the box. Attached all the paper to the box. Added some paper to the inside box lid. I then attached Antique brass feet to the base and an Antique brass  closure to the front  of the box. I then die cut a frame and stamped my image inking the background with distress inks. Attached the stamped image to the box top and added the frame. Quite pleased how this turned out.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping



Day # 25 of The 31 Days of Halloween

Welcome to DAY # 25 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN

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For my project today I have another set of four ATC's. I used  Real Rubber stamps from Tim Holtz. I started by inking up my backgrounds with distress ink In Twisted Citron, Rusty Hinge and Wilted Violet. I then stamped my images and sentiment. Went around the edges of each atc with this cool speckle stamp from one of Tim Holtz's sets. I highlighted the sentiment on each ATC with a white gel pen to make it pop. Attached to mount board bases for stability and inked the edges to finish.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.

 

 

 

Day # 24 of The 31 Days of Halloween

Welcome to DAY # 24 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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For my project today I have a set of four ATC's. I used digital stamps from my stash and real rubber stamps from Tim Holtz. I started by printing out my digital images. I then inked up the backgrounds with distress ink in antique linen and hickory smoke. I then stamped the sentiment and the corner figure stamps. Attached to ATC's bases cut from mount board for stability and inked the edges to finish.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.



Day # 23 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 23 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project for today is  a sweet treat holder I made for the grandkids . So cheap and simple to make , but let me tell ya POUNDS to fill with sweets LOL. As it's Friday it's Smeared Ink day so I used a stamp from their Real Rubber set Danse Macabre as the focal image for my project. I created the base of the box with black 300gsm cardstock for stability. Matted the papers on all four sides. Stamped the image and embossed with black embossing powder, then coloured in with a white gel pen to make him pop. Fussy cut and attached to black cardstock before attaching to the front of the box. A Tim Holtz sentiment was stamped, fussy cut and attached to black cardstock then added to the box front. A paper rosette was cut using a Tim Holtz die and attached to the top box lid. To finish it was filled with sweet treats for the Grandkids. Think they might like this.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.

 

 

Day # 22 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 22 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project today is an altered box chest that I constructed from a kit. I have named it The Undertakers Chest. This is a picture heavy post so bear with me today folks.

 After constructing the chest it was base coated with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic in carbon black.  .

 

 

 

I then covered the whole box with Papers from my stash inside and out.

 

 

 

 

 Die cut trims were then added as well as die cut frames. The undertaker images from Tim Holtz were stamped and applied to the box top and sides within the frames.

 

I then embossed and used gilding wax to create my Registry of Deaths Book. A die cut frame and label were then added to the book cover.

 

I then fired up photoshop and created my Death Certificates. Printed onto parchment paper and rolled up and applied black organza ribbon to tie. These store safetly within the box draw for when needed.

 

To finish an a Tim Holtz ink splat stamp was used over the whole box to finish.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping

 



Day # 21 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 21 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project today is a wall hanging that I picked up at the pound shop and altered to suit my style. I started by base coating the whole thing with DecoArt chalky finish paint in carbon . When dry I roughly went over the whole piece again with DecoArt chalky finish paint in Primitive. Once dry I stamped the Scratchy Raven from Tim Holtz and the Sentiment from Quoth the Raven Rubber set from Smeared ink. Gave it a coat of clear wax to finish. Simple but effective.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping

 

 

 

 

Day # 20 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

Welcome to DAY # 20 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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Today I have an altered Tea Light holder using Stampotique Rubber stamps. I painted the whole tealight holder with DecoArt Media fluid acrylic in Carbon Black. Whilst this was drying I stamped my images twice to give me four one for each side of the tea light holder base. and coloured up using copics. I then cut out and mounted onto a chipboard base. I then gave them a triple embossed treatment using ultra thick clear embossing powder to give them a mini tile effect. I then mounted again onto another chipboard base which had been given a coat of DecoArt Media fluid acrylic in carbon black. The tiles were then attached to the Tea Light holder base. Done.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.

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Day # 19 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

Welcome to DAY # 19 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project for today is an altered pencil pot. I am always looking for creative ways to incorporate ATC's into my work. So I thought why not add them to a pencil pot. Neat Eh....... I created my four ATC's with a Poe theme using Digi images from my own stash and Real rubber images from Quoth the Raven set from Smeared Ink. Attached them to mountboard bases for stability and inked the edges. Next I painted my pencil pot with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic. Once dry I then stamped all four sides with an Andy Skinner Mixed Media  Crackle stamp in black Archival ink. Gave it a coat of DecoArt Media Satin Varnish to protect. I then attached my ATC's to all four sides. They fit a treat. To finish I covered some pencils in spooky Washi tape and gave them a coat of stain varnish to finish. Am quite pleased how this project turned out. Below is pictures of all four sides.

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.

 

 

 

Day # 18 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 18 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project for today is an ATC. I have used a fabulously creepy cat image by Keith Mills. His cat images appeal to me as they look bedraggled and rough and ready. I coloured him up with copics scanned into photoshop and added to my created background and then printed off. Stamped a Halloween sentiment in black archival ink. Attached to a mount board base for stability. To finish the edges were thoroughly inked.

                                                                                

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.

 

 

 

 

Day # 17 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 17 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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I have two projects sharing today. One on the Airless Chambers blog as part of my commitment on the Rick St Dennis EDT. So all the details are over their on how I created the tag below.

 

 

 

 

Next up is my project or today. A tag with a difference an ATC Tag. I decided to combine the two as I love making tags and also ATC's. I started with a mount board tag base and ran through a letterpress embossing folder that had been inked up with black archival ink. Inked  up  the remainder of the background and edges with distress ink. Created my ATC base in co-ordinating colours. Then stamped the skull from a Dylusions set of stamps. Coloured up with distress ink, fussy cut and mounted onto black cardstock to make it pop. Attached to the ATC base with 3d foam. Added 3d foam to the ATC and then attached to the tag base. Finally added ribbon to finish.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.





Day # 16 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 16 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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I can't believe we are over halfway and I'm still going Sheesh.................

 

My project today is an ATC and as it's Friday it's Smeared Ink Day. So I used Anatomy 101 Skull from Smeared Ink in my project. Totally created in photoshop, printed out and attached to a mount board ATC base for stability. Edges inked to finish.

 



Day #15 of The 31 Days of Halloween

 

Welcome to DAY # 15 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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you can find all the details of this fabulous hop HERE.

The full blog roll is on my side bar and shall remain there all month long.

 

Also don't forget that Smeared Ink is holding a very special sale to help you get your hands on more images! Purchase any four single digi images and get 1 FREE! ...Valid in our shop at http://www.smearedink.com

 

 

First up a Sneaky Peak of what I created for Smudgy Antics DT Blog. Head on over there to take a full look. It's an altered Tealight Holder.

 

 

Now onto my project for today. I created a tag using one of Teri Sherman's fabulous images over at Delicious Doodles. I coloured up the image with copics, scanned into photoshop and created my background and printed out. I added to a mount board tag base for stability. Inked the edges and added ink splats and the words using a Tim Holtz stencil. Added ribbon to finish.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping





Day #14 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 14 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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First up Great news everyone! Smeared Ink is holding a very special sale to help you get your hands on more images! Purchase any four single digi images and get 1 FREE! ...Valid in our shop at http://www.smearedink.com

 

 

 

My project for today is a coffin shaped card. I cut the base from 300gsm cardstock. Cut and applied the background paper. Trimmed the edges with fancy trim. Stamped the small undertaker image from Tim Holtz and used distress ink on the background. Die cut the frame and applied DecoArt Metallic lustre and buffed to give a nice shine. Attached the image and the frame to the card base. Stamped The sentiment from Tim holtz ad used distress ink in the background. Matted and layered onto black cardstock. Attached to the card base at a jaunty angle.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.



Day #13 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

 

Welcome to DAY # 13 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project for today is a notebook and pen holder using Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Paper and Rubber stamps set. I started by cutting the chipboard covers and spine. I then applied paper to the outside  and inside covers. I added a pocket to the left side to hold items of interest if needed. Added the ribbon to hold the pen. Then attached the notebook to the right side. I then used one of the postcards from the Rare oddities set and matted and layered onto black cardstock and applied to the front cover. Then to finish the skeleton was stamped with black archival ink, fussy cut and matted onto black cardstock and applied to the front cover with 3d foam to make him pop.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping.



 

 

Day #12 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 12 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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My project for today is an altered notebook using Smeared Ink's Quoth the Raven Real rubber set. I started by embossing some black cardstock using a spellbinders embossing to cover the notebook covers. I then die cut a frame from black cardstock and applied Decoart Metallic lustre to give a pewter effect. I stamped one of the Raven images and the quote from The Quoth the Raven set onto white cardstock. I inked up the images with distress ink in Hickory Smoke to take away the starkness of the white. I mounted the image onto the front cover, added 3d foam to the frame to raise it up from the image. Then added the matted and layered sentiment to finish.  

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow. Happy Hopping

 

 

 

 

 

Day #11 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

 

 

Welcome to DAY # 10 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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Todays project features a little ATC holder which houses not one but four ATC's and using the
 Danse Macabre set from Smeared Ink. I created the holder base using 300 gsm black cardstock for sturdiness and then assembled. I matted and layered papers and then added die cut frames with DecoArt Metallic Lustre added to pretty them up giving a nice pewter colour. Stamped the sentiment in the in the frames both on the front cover and inside. I then created the ATC backgrounds in photoshop added the Images from the Danse Macabre set and printed out. Attached to the ATC bases cut from mountboard and Inked the edges. Voila all done.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

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Day #10 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

 

It's DAY # 9 OF THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN 

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I have two projects to show today. The first an ATC hosted on the Airless Chambers blog as I am participating there too being a Part of Rick St Dennis MFA EDT.  You can find all the details when you hit the Airless Chambers blog during your hopping.

 

 

 

 

Next up my project for day 10 using Real Rubber stamped images from Smeared Ink's Quoth the Raven set. I altered a pound shop wooden hanger and made it more to my liking befitting the season of Halloween. I base coated the whole thing with Decoart media fluid acrylic and then stamped with black archival ink using One of Andy Skinners mixed media stamps. I then Took apart a Happy Hallowenn banner that I bought for a pound. and scanned the letters I wanted into photoshop altered the colour and printed out onto heavy cardstock and fussy cut. I then glittered around the letters using black ultrafine glitter and put aside to dry. I cut a piece of black mount board and glued to the hanger base. I then stamped the Raven and Poe image inked  the background with distress ink and mounted into two die cut frames. The letters once dry were then mounted onto the banner and the framed images added. Two black satin bows were then attached to finish. Looks lovely hanging in my craft room.

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow and don't forget to visit all the other participants blog s for more Halloween Inspiration.



Day #9 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

Welcome back to day 9 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

 As it's Friday today is Smeared Ink Day.  So I have made a card today featuring the wickedly delightful Pumpkin Head from the Hallocuties set at Smeared ink. I coloured her up using copics, scanned into photoshop and created my card base. I also used the sentiments from the Hallocuties set but cut the letters I wanted to make my own sentiment. I then printed the card base and an extra Pumpkin Head image. Matted and layered the base onto black cardstock and attached to an 8x8 card base. I then fussy cut the extra Pumpkin Head image and attached to the card with 3d foam to raise up off the card. Love how this turned out.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. I so appreciate all the lovely comments. See you tomorrow with some more Halloween Goodness.



Day #8 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

 

Welcome to day 8 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

I have a tag to share today for my daily project using a delightfully creepy image from Stampotique called Mink. I started by stamping the image onto my tag and then masked off the image and coloured  the background of the tag with distress ink in Twisted Citron and the edges in Hickory smoke. I then coloured up the image with copics. I created the sentiment blocks matted onto black cardstock and attached to the tag. I die cut some little bats and added to the sentiment blocks. Black ribbon was added to finish.

 

 

 

A simple project but I like it. Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow and don't forget to visit all the other participants blog s for more Halloween Inspiration. The blog roll is in my sidebar.



Day #7 of The 31 Days of Halloween.

Today I have some handmade Jewellery to share in the form of a pair of Earrings for my daily

 31 Days of Halloween post.

 

I have this cool Skull stamp image that I bought last year and had yet to use it. So I thought I'd better dust it off and get stamping with it. I stamped the image twice with black Staz on ink onto frosted shrink plastic. Cut around each skull leaving a border and then Punched a hole top and bottom before shrinking with the heat tool. I then added pewter jump rings and the earring hooks. To the bottom pewter jump rings, black chain and pewter crosses and mini skull charms. Quite like how these turned out.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today. See ya tomorrow with some more cool Halloween stuff.