Day 1 - 31 Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Today is the first day of the 31 Days of Halloween! To get all the information on the 31 Days, visit the blog post below this one or visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog.

My first project is from a set of three. I bought these nesting paper mache coffins at a craft store and decided to decorate them for the Day of the Dead.

This is the set of paper mache coffins I bought.

Day of the Dead Coffin (Large - inside). I papered the inside and outside of the larger coffin with paper from the Echo Park Apothecary Collection.

Day of the Dead Coffin (Large). The papers I used to cover the coffin are from the awesome Apothecary Collection from Echo Park. I used the Calaveras digital stamp set from Smeared Ink and colored it with Copics. The flowers are Petaloo Color Me Crazy flowers, misted with an assortment of Lindy's Stamp Gang mists: Hag Wart Orange, Yellow Rose of Texas, Tibetan Poppy Teal, and Witch's Potion Purple. The red mist is Scarlet Tattered Angels mist.  I also inked around the edges of the coffin with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink.

Smeared Ink Blog Hop ~Pieces & Parts~

Hello, all! This is my first time ever participating in a blog hop, other than hopping around and commenting, and I am so excited! I hope you will visit the Smudgy Antics Blog to take a look around and begin to hop for some inspiration!

Here is the blog roll for the hop, just in case you lose your way:

Terra: http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com

Black Dragon: http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/

Jane: http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/

Kim: http://basementstamper.blogspot.com

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

Kapree: http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/

Heather: http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/

Lady Brayton: http://www.ladybrayton71.blogspot.com

Kristy: http://kristyleesworld.wordpress.com

Monique: http://www.phoebekattebeest.blogspot.com

Lisa: http://www.ldfdesign.blogspot.com

Ike: http://www.suzy-ikesworld.blogspot.com

Jean: http://jean-jeansartdolls.blogspot.com/

Dianne: http://dkspinner.blogspot.com

Kelli: http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Sara: http://WelcomeToMyDarkSide.blogspot.com

The topic for this blog hop is as follows:
The theme this month is Pieces and Parts. Use at least two stamp or digi images combined to make a "new" image or focal point on your project. So, you can combine the top half of one stamp with the bottom of another, or add a part of one to another, or even build a background from several images, it's up to you! Use your imagination and have fun with it. We can't wait to see what you come up with! Also, don't forget the S&S rule that is has to be stamped somewhere (digi stamps are fine), which we're sure you won't miss with this month's theme.

So here is my take on this topic!

Till Death Layout. This is my take on using two stamps to make one focal point in my page. I used the Calavera Bride and Groom Digi stamps from Smeared Ink to create an artistic page that reminds me of how marriage means that each person is two parts to a whole. (A little mushy, I know....Lol.) I used some yellow cardstock with black laser cut paper, lots and lots of flowers from my stash, copics to color the stamps, Stickles, Thicksers, Lindy's Stamp Gang Mists (to color alphas), and different colors of liquid pearls.