Day 31 - 31 Days of Halloween & Smudgy Antics Challenge

Hello, all! Today is the final day in the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged! And today is the beginning of another awesome challenge over at Smudgy Antics. This week's challenge is Dark & Gruesome! So I created some Halloween decor using some Smeared Ink digital stamps to share with you!

31 Wall Decor. I created this with some wall sconces my daughter gave me (I think they were made in the 70's). I spray painted them black and dry brushed some gold Adirondack paint on the edges. The numbers are paper mache numbers I bought at a local craft store. I addes several stamped pieces for decorations and some Glam Vamp digi stamps from Smeared Ink. I used a diecut house from Tim Holtz as decor for the number one. Below are some close ups of each number.

I have had so much fun participating in the 31 Days of Halloween and I hope to see you all next year!

Day 12 - 12 Days of Halloween

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Hello, all! Here is the last project for the 12 Days of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the twelfth day of Halloween...
...My true love gave to me
Twelve bats a-flying
Eleven casks a-leaning
Ten ghouls a-groaning
Nine ghosts a-booing
Eight monsters shrieking
Seven pumpkins glowing
Six goblins gobbling
Five scary spooks!
Four skeletons
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Batty 4 You Card. The papers are from Me & My Big Ideas and the bat stamp was a freebie from Anita Be Stampin. The Corpse Bride stamps are from Simply Betty Stamps. The alphas are from Thickers.

Day 30 (11) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! We're so close to the end of the 31 Days of Halloween over Smeared and Smudged! Whew! This has been such a fun experience and while I will love to do this again next October, I am glad that it is almost done for this year! Lol. Today I have a card I created for the 11th Day of the 12 Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the eleventh day of Halloween...
...My true love gave to me
Eleven casks a-leaning
Ten ghouls a-groaning
Nine ghosts a-booing
Eight monsters shrieking
Seven pumpkins glowing
Six goblins gobbling
Five scary spooks!
Four skeletons
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Halloween Party Invitation Card. The casks are out of a coloring page that I scanned and replicated. The stamps are from The Greetings Farm. The sentiment is "You're Invited to a p*AARGH*ty - With plenty of RUM!"

Day 29 (10) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! It's Day 29 of the 31 Days of Halloween! Today I have a project for both Day 29 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged and for Day 10 of the 12 Days of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the tenth day of Halloween...
...My true love gave to me
Ten ghouls a-groaning
Nine ghosts a-booing
Eight monsters shrieking
Seven pumpkins glowing
Six goblins gobbling
Five scary spooks!
Four skeletons
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Ghouls Rule Card. I used my October Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve kit for this card. The tombstone paper is from Moxxie. The gravestones and tree are images I got from an old coloring book. The ghoul is from Simply Betty Stamps and the alphas are from Thickers.

Day 28 (9) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Today is Day 28! Can you believe it!? Today I am sharing a project for Day 9 of the 12 Days of Halloween at Simply Betty Stamps for my Day 28 project.

On the ninth day of Halloween...
...My true love gave to me
Nine ghosts a-booing
Eight monsters shrieking
Seven pumpkins glowing
Six goblins gobbling
Five scary spooks!
Four skeletons
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

 

Have a Bootiful Night Card. The papers are from the DCWV Ghosts & Goblins paper stack. The image is from Simply Betty Stamps. The ribbon and skull are from my stash, and the title alphas are from Pink Paislee's Phantom line.

Day 27 (8) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! We're are getting really close to the end of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged. Today I am going to share a project I created for Day 8 of the 12 Days of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the eighth day of Halloween...
...My true love gave to me
Eight monsters shrieking
Seven pumpkins glowing
Six goblins gobbling
Five scary spooks
Four skeletons
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in spooky tree!

The Addams Family Layout. The papers are from the Pink Paislee Phantom line. I printed the Addams Family theme song on the green paper. I used Seedless Preserves Distress Ink to ink the edges of the damask paper. The "SPooky" and the "Ooky" are fussy cut out of some more Phantom paper. The candleabra is from Scrapmatts colored with Ingvild Bolm liquid chalk in Coal Black. The Wednesday stamp is from The Greetings Farm and the Morticia lool-a-like stamp is from Simply Betty. The flowers are Prima misted with Hermit the Frog Shimmerz mist and inked with Seedless Preserves Distress Ink.

Day 26 - 31 Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Day 26 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged. Today I have a card created with a Kenny K digi stamp. I thought it would be fun to bring a little steampunk into Halloween for this one.

Steamy Halloween Card. The digi stamp is Scarlett West from Kenny K Downloads. The gear papers are from Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutante line. I ran a strip of the paper through my Vagabond using a Cuttlebug gears embossing folder. The gears on the left side were made with the Tim Holtz gears die. The 3 dimensional stickers are from Jolee's. I used Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to ink the embossed paper and the edges.

Day 25 (7) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Here is the project for both the 25th Day of 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged and the 7th day of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the seventh day of Halloween...

...My true love gave to me

Seven pumpkins glowing

Six goblins gobbling

Five scary spooks!

Four skeletons

Three black cats

Two trick or treaters

And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Carve Out Memories Card. This card is made of papers from the DCWV Autumn Splendor paper pack. The photo is one I took of a pumpkin we hat on our porch last year. I used a boy digi from Simply Betty Stamps and pumpkin digis from Smeared Ink and borrowed from the Internet. The alphas are Thickers and I added some Stickles in Orange Peel to give the pumpkins a little shine.

Day 6 of 12 Days of Halloween

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Hello, all! Time for the Day 6 project of the 12 Days of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the sixth day of Halloween...

...My true love gave to me

Six goblins gobbling

Five scary spooks!

Four skeletons

Three black cats

Two trick or treaters

And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Not Scared Of You Card. The papers are from The Paper Studio and the goblins are fan art I found on the Internet of World of Warcraft (colored with Copics). The girl stamp is from Simply Betty Stamps.

Day 24 (5) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Day 24 of the 31 Days of Halloween for Smeared and Smudged which I am combining with the Day 5 project for Simply Betty Stamps.

On the fifth day of Halloween...

...My true love gave to me

Five scary spooks!

Four skeletons

Three black cats

Two trick or treaters

And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Spooktacular Card. Very simple. This card is made with DCWV's Ghosts and Goblins paper stack. The ghost stamp is a digital from the Octopode Factory. The alphas are from Thickers. I colored the ghosts with Copics.

Day 4 of 12 Days of Halloween

For Day 23 of the 31 Days of Halloween, see the post below.

Hello, all! Here we are for the 3rd Day of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.


On the fourth day of Halloween...
...My true love gave to me
Four Skeletons
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Cute Skelly Layout. This is my son when he was about nine months old with one of his toys, a monkey Skelanimal. This page is really simple and I used a sketch from Creative Scrappers for it. The papers and stickers are all from the Apothecary line from Echo Park. The skeletons are from Bombshell Stamps.

Day 23 (3) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Lots of preparations still going on around here for Halloween. Lots of decorating and shopping still to do. You know I've been thinking I should really get a black Christmas tree and decorate it every year as a Halloween Tree. I think it would be a lot of fun and one more reason to buy more Halloween decorations! Lol. So today is the 23rd Day of Halloween for Smeared and Smudged and I'll be sharing the project I made for Days 3 of the 12 Days of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the third day of Halloween...
...My true love gave to me
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Many Shades of Black Card. I used my Scraps of Darkness Oct. All Hallows Eve kit for this card. The paper is from Fancy Pants, cardstock from Bazzill, and the bling from Zva Creative. The stamps are (from left to right) a freebie from Ike given out on October 8, 2011, a digi from Simply Betty Stamps, and a digi from the Octopode Factory. The flowers are from Prima, the alphas from Thickers, and the rub ons are from Kaisercraft.  I inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink.

Day 2 of Halloween at Simply Betty

If you're looking for Day 22 of the 31 Days of Halloween, it's in the post below this one.

Hello, all! Here is my entry for the 2nd Day of the 12 Days of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps.

On the second day of Halloween:
...My true love gave to me
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree!

Here For Candy Card. These two cuties are stamps from Simply Betty Stamps that I colored in with Copics. The candy corn paper is from my stash and the background paper is stamped with Smeared Ink candy stamps and filled in with Stickles in Picket Fence, Orange Peel, Yellow, and Lime Green. The title alphas are candy corn cut from a scrap piece of paper and from Thickers covered in yellow Stickles.

Day 22 (1) - 31 (12) Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Can you believe we've gotten through three weeks of the 31 Days of Halloween already!?! I know I can't believe I've hung in there this long! Lol. Today I am combining the 31 Days of Halloween from Smeared and Smudged with the 12 Days of Halloween from Simply Betty Stamps.

On the first day of Halloween:

...My true love gave to me
An owl in a rotten oak tree!

All Hallows Eve Card. I used my October Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve kit for this. The paper is from Fancy Pants, the cardstock is Bazzill, and the owl stamp is from LeBlanche (inked with Staz On black ink). The tree is a sticker from the Apothecary line from Echo Park (which did not come from my kit). The kitty stamp is from Simply Betty and the flowers are all Prima. I also added some Stardust Stickles for some shimmer.

Day 21 - 31 Days of Halloween & Scraps of Darkness

Hello, all! Day 21! Can you believe we've been through three weeks of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween?! The days have gone by so fast! Today I have another layout to share with you. I used another of my favorite art pieces from Victoria Frances for this. Now when you think vampires, you don't usually think Pink but when I saw this image I knew I had to have some softer colors in there. She looks kind of innocent...in a weird way.

Vamp Layout. For this page, I used my Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve Kit and a sheet of Prima Daisy Dreams paper. The crocheted flowers are from The Paper Studio and the pink bling is from Prima. The flowers are Petaloo Color Me Crazy misted with a combination of Lindy's Stamp Gang Alpine Ice Rose  and Ghouly Gargoyle White, and Tattered Angels Coffee Shop Mist. The inking was done with Distress Inks in Black Soot.

Day 20 - 31 Days of Halloween & Scraps of Darkness

Hello, all! Ready for Day 20 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged? Here we go! Well, I must tell you I am loving my Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve kit because I am getting so much use out of it! All the papers are gorgeous and since I love Halloween, I seem to be using this kit for everything! Here is another 8 X 8 layout for my Cemetery Photos Album. In this photo, you can see an orb over and to the left of the angel's head (for those of you who are interested). There is actually two orbs but one is so light and layered on top of the other that I don't know if you'll be able to see it on the screen.

Eternal Rest 8 X 8 Layout. I used my Scraps of Darkness October Kit for this and the only things that are not from the kit are the tombstone stamp I used (got it for $1 at Big Lots) and the printed out part of the title. The leaves and orange flower are from Prima, the chipboard tree is from Scrapmatts, and the title alphas are from Pink Paislee's Phantom line. The patterned paper is Fancy Pants Spell paper. I used Tim Holtz's Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink.

Day 19 - 31 Days of Halloween & Scraps of Darkness

Hello, all! Day 19 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at the Smeared and Smudged Blog and today I have a frame to share with you. I've been wanting to use this stamp from Tiddly Inks for a while now but didn't know what to put it on. Then I found this square frame in my stack of alterable items and I thought it would be perfect for a couples' frame. I used my Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve Kit for this.

Vampire Couple Frame. The papers are from my Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve Kit; Fancy Pants and Pink Paislee. The bats were cut off a Prima Vine Embellishment. The stamps are from Tiddly Inks colored with Copics and some Stardust Stickles.

Day 18 - 31 Days of Halloween & Scraps of Darkness

Hello, all! Time for Day 18 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged! Today I have another layout for you created from my Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve Kit (mixed with a few things from a previous S.O.D. kit). This will be entered in the Monochrome Challenge - for the Burgundy Week (twist of teal), the Colour Challenge, and the ABC Challenge from over at scrapbook.com.

Masquerade Layout. For this page, I used items from my Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve and Marrakesh Express Kits. The cardstock papers are from Bazzill and the diamond paper is Fancy Pants Witching Hour paper. The other papers are from Creative Imaginations. I colored one flower with Tattered Angels B Positive Glimmer Glam. I made a couple of ribbon roses and added them to the Prima flowers. I used Ingvild Bolm's Liquid Chalk from Prima in Coal Black to color the lace and the chipboard. The bling is from Prima and the frame is an acetate shape from Kaisercraft. I used Liquid Pearls in Peacock throughout. I used some Fleur d'lis stamps in some of the diamonds.

Winners of the Scraps of Darkness Halloween Blog Hop

For Day 17 of the 31 Days of Halloween, scroll down.

Hello, all! I am here to announce the winners of the Scraps of Darkness Halloween Blog Hop!

First, here is the announcement for the winners of the Scraps of Darkness kits being given away at the Scraps of Darkness Blog!

We gave away two grand prizes here at the Scraps of Darkness blog!! Each winner will receive an October main kit called All Hallow's Eve!! So if you see your name mentioned below as one of the winners, please contact us here at scrapsofdarkness@yahoo.com to claim your prize!! Winners were chosen using random.org!!


Winner #1 - aaveiro said... OMG I had so much fun on this blog hop!!!! I absolutely love the October Kit!!! OCTOBER 15, 2011 11:01 AM


Winner #2 - maxell said... Instant love with this kit! Soooo nice! Been hopping around and I think I managed to comment on every stop - if I wasn't distracted by all the dark amazing inspiration I saw :) Yes, I follow. No other way to go! OCTOBER 17, 2011 3:08 AM


Now for the winner of my giveaway here at Scrap Vamp!


ldfdesign said... your layout is great! very lovely! all the elements you have put in this! gorgeous!  OCTOBER 15, 2011 8:00 PM


Congratulations! Please email me your address at forevervampress@aol.com so I can send you your prize!

Day 17, Smudy Antics Challenge & Scraps of Darkness

Hello,all! It's Day 17 of the 31 Days of Halloween! And today is another fun Smudgy Antics Challenge! So I created a layout with my Scraps of Darkness October - All Hallows Eve Kit including a Smeared Ink stamp for today! The Smudgy Antics Weekly Challenge this week is Skull Time! Here is a photo of one of my favorite tv families: The Munsters. Can you guess what other family was a favorite of mine? Lol. You'll be seeing them some time this month, too.

The Munsters Layout. I used my Scraps of Darkness All Hallows Eve kit for this page, including some Pink Paislee Phantom papers, Kaisercraft acetate shapes and rub ons, and some Fancy Pants Oct 31 Witching Hour paper. The skull stamp is from Smeared Ink. I love how gruesome it is compared to the "pretty-ness" of the layout. The trims are from my stash of Websters Pages products. The flowers are Petaloo Color Me Crazy misted with a mixture of Shimmerz Hermit the Frog Mist and Lindy's Stamp Gang Yellow Rose of Texas, and some Petaloo Black flowers. I used Lime Green Stickles for some dots and printed out the title from my computer. I will be entering this page to the Monochrome Challenge at scrapbook.com for the Lime Green week.   

Day 16 - 31 Days of Halloween & Scraps of Darkness

For the Scraps of Darkness Halloween Blog Hop post, click here.

Hello, all! I've got another Scraps of Darkness layout for you, for Day 16 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged! The image I used here is from one of my favorite gothic artists, Victoria Frances. The woman in the photo reminds me of all things related to nature (in a witchy way)so I went with a nature-inspired color scheme.

Wiccan Layout. The papers are I used are orange cardstock, and Moxxie's Apothe-scary and Dead on Arrival from the Midnight Dreary Collection. The fence die cut is from the Moxxie Midnight Dreary Die Cut Pack. The chipboard tree is from Scrapmatts as are the chipboard flowers, which I inked black with Ingvild Bolm Black Coal Ink. The orange leaves are from Prima and the green from my stash. The branches are Kaisercraft Acetate Shapes. The white and orange flowers, metal embellishments, and Peeled Paint Distress Stickles on the alphas are from previous Scraps of Darkness kits. I used an Inkadinkado cobweb stampon the background web paper and inked the edges of the cardstock with Tim Holtz's Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink.

Scraps of Darkness Release & Halloween Blog Hop, & Day 15 - 31 Days of Halloween

Hello, all! A lot of stuff to share with you today! Today is the 15th and that means the October release for Scraps of Darkness. Not only do I have the release to share but today is also the first ever Scraps of Darkness blog hop - The Halloween Blog Hop! AND today is the 15th day of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged, too!

I'll only be sharing one page from the release today but I'll have a new one for you each day for the next few days to coincide with the 31 Days of Halloween.

So to begin, here is the Scraps of Darkness October Kit - The All Hallows Eve Kit.  This kit is full of papers from Moxxie, Kaisercraft, Fancy Pants, and Authentique! There are embellishments from Pink Paislee, Petaloo, and Scrapmatts; just to name a few! This kit can be used for all your wildest Halloween pages or your most elegant fall memories! It's so versatile!

Scraps of Darkness October All Hallows Eve Kit.

October All Hallows Eve Kit Sketch by Suepup (aka Charlotte).

Queen of the Damned Layout. I love this photo. In my opinion, Aaliyah made one of the prettiest vampires I've seen in movies and I wanted to create a page for her with this All Hallows Eve kit. I based this page on the Monochrome Challenge over at scrapbook.com, which includes for week 3 the use of Orange and Red. I used the Authentique Afterglow paper and a couple of different oranges, plus a red, cardstocks. I distressed the edges and inked them with Ingvild Bolm Black Coal Ink. I painted the papers with Shimmerz Orange Sherbert as well. The flourishes were cut out with my Cricut Expression and covered in Orange Peel Stickles. The bling flourishes were made by hand with Liquid Pearls in Cantaloupe. I used one of the Kaisercraft Acetate Shapes from the kit to assemble my title tag. The black flowers are from Petaloo and the orange flowers are Petaloo Color Me Crazy flowers misted with Lindy's Stamp Gang Hag Wart Orange Mist and Shimmerz Terra Cotta Mist. I stamped the background with Tim Holtz's Limited Edition Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink and some starry stamp from Inkadinkado.

And now for the Scraps of Darkness Halloween Blog Hop!

Rules: To win a prize you must become a follower on the Scraps of Darkness Blog and leave a comment on each blog in the hop including the Scraps of Darkness Blog. For the individual blog prizes (given by each design team member) you must become a follower of each individual blog as well. So to be eligible to win your all prizes in the blog giveaway you must become a follower over at the Scraps of Darkness Blog and each blog in the hop.

Now don't forget that there will be tons of prizes being given away! Here is a photo of the prize I will be giving away here at my blog for The Scraps of Darkness Halloween Blog Hop! (Open to U.S. and International Participants - International participants are responsible for shipping.)

Tim Holtz Prize Goodies!

Now the blog starts at the Scraps of Darkness Blog and ends at Lisa's (aka Raining) Blog. If you get lost, here is a blog roll to follow along:

SOD Blog - http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/

Mandy - http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com

Charlotte - http://suepup.blogspot.com/

Nancy - http://justaboutthedetails.com/

Karen - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/

Renea - http://www.myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com/

Cheryl - http://www.cherylspassion.blogspot.com/

Celina - http://scrapvamp.blogspot.com/ <---You are Here!

Jennifer - http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/

Have fun hopping, enjoy the October Scraps of Darkness Release and my Day 15 project, and Good Luck!