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!!

July Bombshell Blog Hop!

Hello!  Today you should have hopped here from the abundantly awesome Alison’s blog.  If not, you can go back to the beginning at the Bombshell Blog to start this super cool hop!  Our theme this month was “Iconic”.  What’s that mean?  Well, Alison instructed us to focus on our fabulous little Bombshell stamps.  You know, the tiny shapes and “icons” that come with the stamp sets.

Well, I used a bunch of those little stamps!  I used stamps from Retro Cowgirls, Butterfly Queen, Bombshell Angel, Homeward Bound, Hula Girl, Vintage Raceway, and Lotus Garden.  That’s a lot of Bombshell Stamps!

So, what did I make?  I decorated a little round box…

I stamped the images on to tissue paper…

Then I colored them, or colored around them…

Then I Mod Podged them on to the box I had painted…

But wait!  There’s more!  I got overly ambitious and decided to play along with Ms. July’s Challenge to make a piece of jewelry with one of my stamps, so I made this…

Thanks for looking!  Your next stop on the hop is the tremendously talented Torrey!

Here’s the full hop list, just in case you need it…

Bombshell Blog

Alison

Laura – That’s Me!!

Torrey

Sparkly Engineer Mary

Stempelientje

Glittery Katie

Kelli

Jodi

Alaine

Kim

Kathi

Happy Hopping!

Bombshell Party – Wearable/Usable Art Challenge

Hi!  I’m back with a challenge for you!

We all know that Bombshell Stamps are versatile, but let’s see just how versatile they can be!  I am challenging you to use your Bombshell Stamps(rubber or digi) to create a project that is either wearable or usable.  There are tons of possibilities for this.  Jewelry, headbands, barrettes, shirts, candles, wall hangings, clipboards, etc.

You can have a lot of fun with this!

I made a sample for you.:)  I made some charms using Bombshell Angel.

If you win this challenge the charms are yours!(I’ll even make them into jewelry if you want!)

Be sure to post your project in the Bombshell forum before Wednesday night at Midnight(PDT).  Just go to the Gamblers Annon section and look for the Wearable/Usable art thread.

Don’t forget to head over to the forum to check out all of the other challenges and games, too!  There are lots of prizes up for grabs!

Thanks for looking!  Hope to see you over there!

-Laura