Thursday, 4 June 2015

Smeared and Smudged Skull Appreciation Day

SKULL APPRECIATION DAY
Blog Hop
Black Dragon
Katie
 Lisa
Tit Belsoeur
 Anna 
Sue
 Nan
 Dream In Darkness
Harp
 Maureen 
Ike
Monique
Fiona
 Teresa
Leigh S-B
DominoART
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity
Julia
 Susan R.

 If you have hopped to me - well done! - I am the end of the list!!

 If you have arrived at me by chance, do go back to Black Dragon and the start -
 there are some amazing creations to see!!

 This Blog Hop is an event created by Smeared and Smudged - you will find the facebook group here
Everyone on the hop will be showcasing a handmade project featuring at least one skull
 and a stamp somewhere.

 I added skully goodness to a couple of ATCs...seems to be my favourite make at the moment!

I started with my background - several Distress Inks smeared onto my craft mat and swirled about with a wet brush - then mopped up with watercolour paper.

Was just looking at this - do you think it looks a bit skull-like?

 Anyway I trimmed it to make two rectangles just slightly smaller than my ATC bases
 made of shiny purple card.I distressed the background rectangles around the edges with Black Soot.

So far so good...

The stamp set I decided to use was this:


I stamped a skull on each of the ATCs with Versafine -
 and added a charm and a couple of gems.


  
Happy Crafting!



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15 comments:

  1. Katie4 June 2015 at 19:38

    Beautiful ATCs and love the background

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  2. Unknown4 June 2015 at 21:06

    Great backgrounds fab idea - Harp

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  3. Teresa4 June 2015 at 21:27

    Love making messy backgrounds myself, and these are perfect for the stamps you chose. Brilliant x

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  4. Monique's art4 June 2015 at 21:46

    love the backgrounds fabulous

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  5. blackdragon4 June 2015 at 21:57

    Superb backgrounds Susan...made into extra superb ATC's... Gorgeous pair!
    Thank you for joining in with the SMEARED AND SMUDGE fb forum SKULL APPERCIATION DAY blog hop. BDx

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  6. ike4 June 2015 at 22:32

    Beautiful AND creepy !!! Such fabulous makes and that background is awesome ! :-)

    Hugz
    IKE xx

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  7. applejack cards by sue5 June 2015 at 00:01

    Brilliant ATC's wonderful sugar skulls and yes, I did see a skull shape.

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  8. Anonymous5 June 2015 at 03:33

    Susan these ATC's are stunning, love the backgrounds just fabulous.

    Hugs Anna xx

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  9. Fiona (anubis 1 )5 June 2015 at 05:16

    OH MY such a stunning background. Fabulous ATC's Susan. Love em :) xx

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  10. valscraftings5 June 2015 at 05:57

    Love your ATC...wonderful background and skellie!

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  11. My Side of Oz5 June 2015 at 06:22

    How you make so many details on these small spaces if amazing to me!! I love these so much! That paint on that card looked like a skull without anything else being done! How cool! Fabulous ATC's and keep on making these wonderful makes!! hugsxx

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  12. Leigh S-B - The Sharpie Domino Queen5 June 2015 at 08:04

    And what a treat to end the hop with your two fabulous ATCs Susan! Your background is drop dead gorgeous and then you achieved perfection with the imagery and embellies! Happy SAD day!

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  13. DonnaMundinger5 June 2015 at 09:33

    EEEK, these are gorgeous! LOVE the backgrounds you've created for the fab stamps and the charms add the perfect finishing touch. xxD

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  14. LisaVeronica6 June 2015 at 13:19

    Very cool and creative atcs!

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  15. maureenjscott9 June 2015 at 07:42

    sorry I'm late to the hop! These ATCs are fabulous! Loving the Dylusions stamps you've used and the fab embellies! mo x

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