Lunar Eclipse Page

Today I am sharing this post here and on our Smeared Ink DT blog, Smudgy Antics, which is a great blog to follow if you want daily inspiration from the whole awesome Smeared Ink Design Team!

As you all know (or should know), we had a full lunar eclipse on this past Winter Solstice, which is the first time that has happened in 372 years. Unfortunately with me being in one of the rainiest spots in the US, we had overcast skies that night at my house. But, my uncle came to the rescue and shared some awesome pics of the eclipse that he took.

Even though we didn't get to see much of it, we definitely felt the effects. Some say that the "crazy" comes out during the full moon, and I have personally witnessed first hand how some people just loose control the closer the moon gets to being full. It's especially evident in all the dumb decision making (including my biggest pet peeve: stupid drivers) that seem to plague some as the full moon rises each month.

Anyways, I decided to make a scrapbook page that honors the lunar eclipse and the "crazies" that come along with a full moon. This page features my uncle's pictures and the Crouching Wolf digi and Staring at the Moon sentiment from Smeared Ink's Part of The Pack digi set. I do have to warn that my pics are kinda blurry, I will try to take better ones in the morning.

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I am entering this page into Scraps of Darkness: Darkest/Weirdest Layout Challenge of April/May. I think it's both dark and weird enough. What do you think? I hope you like it and that it gives you some inspiration for your own dark weirdness! Thanks for visiting.

"Haunted" Scrapbook Page

Good Tuesday afternoon to you all! I have something to share with you today; it is a scrapbook page that I have been working on. If you know anything about me, you know that I haven't scrapbooked very often because I was always under the impression that scrapbooking had to be one of two things- either cute or vintage.

The first time I tried to scrapbook at a crop, I completely lost interest and haven't really ever taken it up again except for a random page here or there. Well, I must tell you that I am now in love. I've basically said screw the "rules" (like I do with most of my art) and have been scrapbooking my way with lots of paint, untraditional materials, and mess. WOO HOO!!

So, here is the page I have to share with you today.

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It is a page that uses a technique I like to call "ghost" transfers. I will be teaching the really easy technique this Sunday in the Mixed Media University on the S&S Forum. It's basically just a different way to do an image transfer. After I did that with my photo, I used wax to cover it (I'll also be showing how to do that in the class). Here you can see a little bit of my journaling and some of the embossing powder flecks that I added to the wax.

Here's are some closeups of the transfer and my paper flowers

I think this page is really neat looking. It's creepy but not in a traditional way, so to me it adds a lot of character. What do you think?

Here are some of the materials that I used:

Holy City stamp set from Smeared Ink

G45 papers

Papers from The Scrap Factory

acrylic paint

wax

nail polish remover

scrap newsprint

buttons

beads

gold wire

UTEE

Pearl Ex powder

Prismacolor markers

Gutter Girlz August Challenge Winner

Wow! I just have to share some great news. I was chosen as the winner for the August Prompt at Gutter Girlz! There were so many great layouts and I am truly honored that I was chosen. Many of you saw my Zombie Killa page that I made for my sister, but if you haven't seen it yet you can scroll down or click here to view the page. I can't wait to start my project for next month; scrapbooking is a very new thing to me and I am really enjoying the cool prompts at Gutter Girlz! Whether you are or aren't a scrapbooker, their blog is definitely worth checking out!

Zombie Killa- Gutter Girlz (Prompt #28)

I am not a scrapbooker.(The first step toward recovery is admitting you have a problem) But, I joined a really cool scrapbooking group called Gutter Girlz and they put out a challenge that I loved. Part 1- use the words "Eat Me", part 2- use the chosen song prompt as inspiration, and part 3- use food labels. My sister's birthday just passed (on the 18th, happy b-day Tori!) so I decided to make her a present.

A little background about my sister: she is deathly afraid of zombies. I mean, irrationally afraid, she thinks about them all the time. And not just afraid of watching zombie movies, she is actually afraid that zombies will eventually kill everyone on earth and it's only a matter of time before it happens. She knows how silly it is, but still has this fear that she cannot help. During her recent pregnancy her hormones were way out of whack and she confessed to me that sometimes she was afraid to go or look outside of her house at night for fear that zombies would eat her. Those preggo hormones can really play some tricks on you!

Although I know some of you are laughing right now, as me and my other siblings and sometimes my sister do, it is in fact a very real thing for her and I wanted to empower her by giving her a little scrapbook page that she can either put in a book or frame, whatever. SO, Happy Birthday Tori!!! I hope you like it.