The more peculiar the better!!

Gah! 

Another Halloween season is behind me, and I couldn't feel less 

accomplished in pretty much every aspect of my life. 

I guess that's why I feel so deeply honored to be asked to

create for Lizzy of Oddball Art Co. It has been just the nudge 

I needed to get going creatively again.  

I mean, how can you NOT be inspired by this artwork?

Since really embracing my inner witchiness, 

these kind of images really resonate with me.

This little witch beauty and her accessories 

are the November Creepy Chronicles Monthly Exclusive set

just for premium subscribers at Oddball Art Co.. 

I already had a completed canvas board with a great texture

and crackle finish painted, and ready to go.

It paired perfectly with a spiderweb doily and the

images from this awesome stamp set. And then it was 

obvious that I needed to cut up a TH quote chip.

I sanded the edges, and then inked them using oxide inks

which gave them just the finish I was looking for.   

Lastly, I added some bling and sparkle, some TH clips,

a chain, and some of my favorite and coveted Halloween ribbon.

Oh?! Did I forget to mention that I mounted her head

 on an action wobble thingy? Well, I did, and it's perfect!

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay tuned for more Halloween makes, as I'm not even remotely 

ready to start the Yule season.       

Brewing up some Trouble

Look who's back again!!

I was invited to be a guest designer for 

Oddball Art Stamps 

Creepy Cute Chronicles new image release today.

I have to admit that signing up for the
Creepy Cute Chronicles Exclusive membership was the best

$15 I have ever spent. Well worth the price of admission, folks!

If you haven't heard of it, you really must check out the details here.

The weekly chronicles freebie this week is this fabulous Mer-Witch.

She is quite the stunner!!  

I had to color her up with Copics, as its my chosen medium to color with.

I tried to stay away from my standard orange, lime green, purple, and black

color scheme, but failed. I just don't see Halloween in any other colors.  

I also don't usually "do" scenes, but this little lady was just too

perfect to fussy cut out of her underwater lair. She comes in a set of

images which you can arrange any way you'd like, or use her already in

the scene as shown. She comes with lots of accessories and even a friend.   

I am still on my Nuvo drops kick. I used the green translucent drops

for her potion bubbles. And some White Blizzard glitter drops for some

underwater bubbles. I love these drops!

 Lastly, I mounted the colored panel onto some black card stock

and added a sentiment from my Halloween sentiment collection. 

I actually have an entire binder full of just Halloween words.

It's a sickness, but one I don't mind suffering from.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a great weekend!!! 

And don't forget to stop by the Oddball Art Stamps website and

get signed up for the CCC and even go for it and sign up for the 

Exclusive Membership as well. All the cool kids are doing it!! 

Where's my Witches at?!

Back real quick with another Halloween make using another

Oddball image. Well, actually multiple images.

I love this kitty image that Lizzy drew to help heal 

from the passing of her own sweet kitty.

I fussy cut the kitty after coloring her in with Copics,

and popped her on top of the headstone.

I am also a sucker for witchy things, so this hat was a must for this card. 

I used an acetate ghost, with some TH Halloween words, a punched bat border, 

and the finishing touch of Nuvo drops to bring this card together. 

I was going for the familiar waiting for her witch, kind of vibe here.

I'd also like to enter this card in current challenge at 

Oddball Art Stamps. 

  

Gettin' smudgy

It's time for the newest installment in my 

Smeared Ink board book.  

For this page I have used one of the newer images called,

'East'.

She's pretty amazing. I saw her as a Wizard of Oz witch,

so I kept her skin tone very green. And then it only seemed 

logical to give her red hair and dress her in purple and black.

Standard witch color palette.   

I received some glow in the dark embossing powder for my bday.

Thanks, Dani. How the hell did I not own this stuff before now?!

It is AWESOME!!! 

I used a fabulous red rubber skull pile image for 

the background which is nearly invisible in the daylight.

But once those lights go out, it's full on skullsville, man.

I also learned the hard and messy way that once you gesso your

substrate, heat emboss an image, and add metallic Gelatos, you can't rub 

the surface with a baby wipe or you'll remove all of the Gelato. Not the case

if your substrate is not gessoed or sealed. The pages of this book are kind of glossy

to begin with, so either way I was going to lose my Gelatos on this technique.  

I added some Crackle Accents to a witch tag, and then went over it with

Hickory Smoke distress ink to show off some of those cracks. 

I am really loving the direction this book is going.

It's going to be awesome once it's all done.

Be sure to check out the killer Ink-tober Sale going on at Smeared Ink.

And please stop by the Smudgy Antics blog to check out the incredible

eye candy created by my fellow DT sistahs.