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Greetings! I have 3 projects to share with you today. Wednesdays can be super busy, huh? I have a new piece for Wicked Wednesday , A Step in the Dark , and Bombshell Stamps . For Wicked Wednesday, the challenge is Cartoons or Comics, and we are sponsored by Alicia Bell. I loved coloring this mermaid. I played with some soft colors that I don't always use together. I colored the image with alcohol markers. I love that she is combing her hair with a fork! The new challenge for A Step in the Dark is Anything Goes and/or Zombies. We have 3 sponsors...Limited Runs, Oddball Art, and he Stamping Chef. My ATC features an image from Oddball Art . My little zombie is also colored with alcohol markers. My last project for the day is for the newest Bombshell Stamps Color Challenge. You can check out the color palate I chose over on the Bombshell Blog . This is a clean and simple card. Honestly, it's only because my mojo decided to run away and I couldn't get anythin...

Hello Horrifying Hoppers! Welcome to the last Wednesday of the month. That means it's time for the Bombshell Stamps Hump Day Hop! This month, I chose the theme "Witching Hour." The witching hour is supposedly the time when witches, ghosts and other supernatural creatures wreak havoc. I say the witching hour can be any hour when you have goblins like mine. Just kidding. My kids are actually really well behaved. But I digress. And after this month, you are probably not surprised. I used Bombshell Angel , and the witch costume from the Halloween Costume digi set for my focal piece. I colored her with alcohol markers. After I cut her out, I glued her to a tag that I had inked with 2 chalk inks (Color Box), and a few smaller stamps. I used the bats from Holiday Accessory , and the scroll from Alter Skulls.   My sentiment is an old image from Basic Grey. I added some tattered yarn for my tassel, and that is it. Below is the full hop list. Please visit everyone, and f...

Greetings and salutations! Today is day 21 (yikes!) of the Smeared & Smudged 31 days of Halloween. Today is also Monday,which means it's Muse Monday over at the Bombshell Blog . So I decided to work again with this month's featured set, which is Alter Skulls . This is a new set for me, and I am really having fun with it! I made a charm using the pre-frosted Shrinky Dinks. I stamped the image with Staz-On (as per the recommendation on the package) and then I colored the image with colored pencils. And boy does my hand ache now! Oh well...its's the price we pay for making our art sometimes, right? ;) The holes were punched, and then I got out my embossing gun and shrunk this bad boy. I added two jump rings and threw it on to a ball chain. Though, I would like to make it a proper beaded necklace (perhaps with some chain), when I have some more time. I love how vibrant the colors get after you shrink a piece. Have you worked with Shrinky Dinks before? I love them. S...

Wow! One week down already?! That's the only part of the 31 Days of Halloween that I dislike. It's the counting. It makes the month go so fast for me. I'd like to thank everyone that gave me such wonderful suggestions on yesterday's slate. When I finish it off, I will post a new pic. For today's offering, I have an ATC that was made with Alter Skulls from Bombshell Stamps . Alter Skulls is this month's featured set for Muse Monday, so that means it's on sale! This set is just perfect for the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. I colored this awesome image with my Spectrum Noir markers. I wanted to play along with this week's Wicked Wednesday challenge, which is voodoo dolls or stitching. So I faux stitched around the edge of my ATC. I really didn't want to do too much to my background, since the image has so much going on. Of course, you should be off to check out the rest of the fabulous Wicked Bloggers, but you should also swing...