Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop!!!

Hi!  Welcome to the Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop With Smeared Ink!  If you are following the hop list order then you should have arrived here from Tori’s awesome blog!  If not, the entire hop list is in my right sidebar for your hopping pleasure.  If you would like some background info on how Skull Appreciation Day got started, then check out Skull-A-Day.

So, I kind of got carried away this year with my project ideas.  Please bear with me through my many explanations and pictures.

When I signed up for this year’s hop I started doodling, trying to figure out what I was going to do…

And then there was this guy…

I looked at him and thought, he would make such a cool cross-stitch pattern.  So I turned him into a cross-stitch pattern…

But he was so lonely, so I made him a girlfriend…

Here are the patterns, if you would like to use them.  I would love to see what you make with them.  All I ask is that you give credit to me for the pattern, and if someone else would like the pattern, please provide them with a link back here.

Here’s The Dapper Gentleman

and

Here’s Comtesse de Cranienne

(note:  the backstitching isn’t actually shown on the pattern, but I’m sure you can figure it out…I used 2 strands of floss, and 14-count Aida cloth)

And because I’m a total nutter, I came up with tea blends inspired by their characters.  See here…

(note:  I do not make any money if you buy my tea blends from Adagio Teas, but I do get points towards free tea.  There is always a link in my right sidebar to my tea blends if you ever just want to see what kind of blends I concoct.)

And the Movie Magic Monthly DT decided to play along with this hop, so I made something movie inspired for that.

I made a jewelry set inspired by the singing skulls from the opening song in Muppet Treasure Island.

Here’s the pendant, using a digi from Smeared Ink…

And here’s the bracelet, using a stamp from Bombshell Stamps…

Background paper on both is from 7 Gypsies.  Edges have Antique Gold Perfect Pearls applied to them.

If you have made it this far, you are a treasure, and you have my thanks!  xoxo

Your next stop is the fabulous Kapree!

Happy Hopping!  And Happy Skull Appreciation Day!!

A Freebie…Just Because

Hi.  I felt like sharing today.:)  I made this a while back from a picture I took of my dad’s first sunflower to bloom this year.(he plants sunflowers every year along the edge of his garden)

I used the image to make a set of ATCs to swap at Stampaway in August.  See here…

I enjoyed playing with the image, so I thought you might like it too!

Click on the image and right click to save it.  Feel free to use it in your crafting projects.  All I ask is that I get credit for the image, and a link back here(if possible).  If you do make something with it would you please let me know?  I would love to see how you choose to use it.:)

Thank you!

-Laura

It’s a Sassy Masquerade Ball!(and Freebie!)

Welcome to the Sassy Masquerade Ball!  We’re celebrating over 400 followers on the Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet group!  If you’re hopping with us you should have arrived here from Lindsay’s blog.  If you just stumbled on this post then you will want to go back to the beginning at the Sassy Studio Designs blog.  Believe me, you do not want to miss the lovely goodies all along this hop.;)

(sorry, the freebie isn’t here anymore)

This is Ariel.  Isn’t she cute?  I think all of the Little Honeys are so cute.  Grab her while you can, she won’t be here for very long.  But if you want more freebies just remember that every Friday is Fabulous Freebie Friday over on the Sassy Studio PCP group.  There’s a new image available for download there every week.

Now on to my project.  I colored her up and my 7-year-old daughter fell in love with her, so I decided to make a journal for her.

Here’s the full hop list for you, just in case you’ve lost your way…

Sassy Studio Designs

Rebecca

Kathy

Julie

Sara

Regan

Lindsay

Laura – That’s Me!

Paper Craft Planet

Definitely make sure to head over to the PCP group.  There is a challenge, trivia, prizes, and more!  And make sure you comment on each blog for extra chances to win!

Thanks for partying with us!

-Laura

Smudgefest Day 7!

Yes!  I made it through all 7 days of Smudgefest! 

Today we were given a wonderful freebie over on the Smudgy Antics blog.  Our challenge was to use this cute creature in our projects.  (I think she’s cute anyway)

BEWARE:  This post is picture heavy.  Stick with me and I’ll give you a freebie of my own!

Here’s the first page of my card…

And underneath that page this is what she’s thinking about…

Next rat/page…

And what she’s thinking about…

Next…

And finally, the rat who dyes her fur purple…

And she really doesn’t care for dairy, she’d really just like a good spot of tea…

Inside view of card…

And the sentiment reads…

Whew!  Thanks for sticking with me through all those pictures!

Here’s a photograph I took and turned into a digi.  Feel free to use it in your creations.  It’s just a chrysanthemum.  I tried to clean it up a bit.  It’s pretty colored in a chartreuse color.  Just click on the image and right click to save.

Now for some project details.  The Calypso rat digi is from Smeared Ink.  The other images are from The Graphics Fairy.  The paper is DCWV Tattered Time.  Other doodads from various places.(I lose track sometimes)

Thank you so much for looking and for all of your great comments this past week!  Be sure to head over to Smudgy Antics tomorrow to see who the winner of the grand prize is and to see what the first regular weekly challenge is there.

hugs,

Laura