31 Days of Halloween with Smeared and Smudged - Day 28

The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is my post for today:

I'm finishing up this month long Halloween celebration by going out in a box...a Cosmo Cricket Blackboard Photo Box, that is. No photos in this one, just some fun Halloween cards from this past month. Each have been designed to fit this box so that a fun portion of the design shows through the window.

I paste-embossed in Matte Black the Dreamweaver Stone Wall over the box and lid, breaking it up a bit as I went, and smearing extra paste around the edges. When dry, I brushed on some Metallic F/X powders and white ink to highlight the stones. I also paste-embossed the Romantic Rose so that it trailed up the sides of the stone wall. When dry, I ink-stenciled color from the Tsukineko Splendor pad.

A stamped and cut out set of headstones from the Stampendous Tomb Elements was adhered with 3D foam tape.

The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness!  

Dreamweaver: 31 Days of Halloween with Smeared and Smudged - Day 25

The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is my post for today:

 Today's card features the large Tapestry/Damask stencil machine-embossed on Core'dinations cardstock, and sanded to reveal the gray core as the base. The large focal panel is the Mirror Mirror image from Stampendous, stamped in black on white cardstock, and ink and edge distressed. The center of the mirror is the witch profile, but just to channel my inner Disney Haunted Mansion leanings, I embossed in white the Dreamweaver Cameo on Core'dinations vellum, framed in black, and popped up over the top. If you look carefully, you'll see the pretty cameo profile, with the witch silhouette underneath. Bwahahahahaha. To add to the ambiance, the Dreamweaver Bats and the Raven were cut from paper stamped in black using the Stampendous Ornate Border. More ink-distressing, and red rhinestones, a strip of May Arts Chevron ribbon, and the card had the eerie feel that I was aiming for.

The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness! 

Dreamweaver: Smudged and Smeared's 31 Days of Halloween-Day Seventeen

The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is my post for today:

It is great when you can use a item in your craft stash for more than just the obvious usage...case in point, this Lock and Key Stencil. Perfect for Valentines, Weddings, and Anniversaries, right? But why not the lock and key to a crypt or a dungeon or a haunted house? All it takes is a change in color scheme to blood red and raven black, with plenty of ink and tool distressing. The design itself was paste-embossed in Gold and sprinkled with Aged Gold Embossing Enamel from Stampendous. While the paste was still wet, it was heated with a heat tool until bubbling, creating the antiqued chunky metal appearance. Smears of red embossing powder over the panel, and swipes of foggy white pigment ink adds to the creepy feel. The item that cinches that is the "Enter if You Dare" sentiment from the Stampendous Tricky Words clear set.

The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over to the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness!

Dreamweaver: 31 Days of Halloween with Smeared and Smudged - Day Twelve

The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is my post:

Going with a steampunk ghost idea here. I used the Dreamweaver Gears machine-embossed into the Core'dinations' Vintage Cardstock, with the embossing sanded lightly to reveal the design. The black panel features the Dreamweaver Damask Background, paste-embossed in Matte Black, sprinkled with Stampendous Aged Black Embossing Enamel, and heated until textured. The edges were torn, and with the help of a glue marker, sprinkles of Color Fragments were added on the edges. The focal piece has a dual frame...one a scalloped oval, and the other one of the Dreamweaver Nested Frames. The ghostly cameo was actually a mistake from a previous project. I had attempted to ink the Cameo stencil itself, and transfer the ink to a piece of acetate. This was sprinkled with black embossing powder and heated. However, the ink was splotchy, and the embossing powder clung in areas that I didn't want due to the fact that I hadn't wiped the surface with my usual anti-static medium...talcum powder. However, when I backed her with a piece of white tissue, the result was...haunting, and therefore fitting for the sentiment used from the Stampendous Tricky Words clear set. The brad fasteners shaped like screws added to the industrial feel, and the chevron striped ribbon from May Arts added a bit of a "Beetlejuice" feel to the card.

 The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over to the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness!

Dreamweaver: Smeared and Smudged 31 days of Halloween-Day Eight

 
The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is my post for today:

This card got a bit of inspiration from New Orleans, hence the black and lacy umbrella with pompoms and the fleur de lis background. I used the Dreamweaver Umbrella stencil, and paste-embossed it in Matte Black. When dry, I ink-stenciled the Lace Doily stencil with white ink over the top. The background is Core'dinations cardstock, machine-embossed with the Dreamweaver Fleur de Lis, sanded, and distressed. Of course, one of the focal points has to be the Stampendous Skull Roses, stamped and embossed in Shabby Pink embossing powder twice, and layered. Extra roses were created, cut out and adhered as well. The Fright Night sentiment stamped in black was from the Stampendous Tricky Words clear set.

The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness!

Dreamweaver: Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween-Day Three

 
The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is my post:

It takes a bit of creativity, but it can be so much fun to think outside of the cute box. Almost any stamp image or stencil design can be creepified if you put your mind to it. This card features the Dreamweaver Gothic Cross ink-stenciled on the inside of the card, along with a stamped and embossed Valentine Kiss from Stampendous, embossed in Aged Black Embossing Enamel. I used a Versamark pen and White EP to create fangs, along with some dripping Glossy Accents with Micro Red Glitter on top. The front of the card is created with Core'dinations cardstock, and a portion machine-embossed with the new Dreamweaver Quatrafoil stencil. The window and the sign were cut using Dreamweaver Nesting Frames. The sign was created by stamping the Stampendous Vintage Alphabet, with clawed through marks from a glue pen and red glitter. "Biting" was die cut with Dreamweaver's Dual Alphabet, and adhered ransom-style. One more strip was stamped with a warning from the Perfectly Clear Stampendous Tricky Words. Everything has been smeared and smudged, and punched dripping blood added for effect along with a section of webby ribbon from May Arts.

 

The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over to the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness!