Skull Appreciation Day
:) For the full deets on this, check out THIS POST at S.A.D.
To help spread the word and share a little skulliness (that would be skull happiness) with the masses, Smeared Ink has organized a fabulous blog hop for us creative & crafty types ;) AND there are a ton of prizes to be won along the way! For the full details, list of sponsors & prizes, or if you get lost along the way, just pop over to Terra's blog! Be prepared to see some fan-freakin'-tastic skull action throughout this hop... a myriad of artists and craftsman have created some terrific works!
If you've arrived here from Dianne's blog, you are right on track.
I'll warn you up front... this card is super simple and not nearly as cool as a lot of the other creations you'll see, but it uses my all-time favorite skull rubber stamp from Artful Illusions (in Wichita, Kansas). Love love L.O.V.E. this stamp:
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It's so large that it doesn't leave much room for anything else on the card ;) I heat embossed the background with some Inkadinkado stamps, crumpled & distressed it all. Then I used some Copper Shimmer spray... which is quite delightful, I must say.
I stamped the image, used BG99, BG96 & BG93 Copics to add a little POP to the image before cutting it out and popping it up.
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Told ya'... super simple. But that's how I'm celebrating S.A.D. today :) Now, your next stop on this skulltastic ride is JenniLynne's blog!
So... did you do YOUR part to celebrate today?
36 comments:
That is one seriously cool skull card x
wow this is amazing !!
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LOVIN' that stamp, hon! And your crinkle background with the embossing is just FABULOUS! Gorgeous, Barb! xxD
this is wonderful! love the wrinkled paper you added. such a great card! :)
WOW - truly awesome skull image. LUV it :-)
Hugz
Ike xx
Love the stamp and how you created the crinkled background...
Happy Skull Day...!!! LOL
OH MY WOWZERS!!! I love love love this!!!! Wonderful stamp, wonderful coloring, just wonderful!!!
Fantastic card Barb!! afraid I slipped up, it's my 1 day a year I get to go out dancing today, but I will make something "belated" this week :D XXX
Wow! That really is an incredible stamp! It's so awesome that you really don't want to do much so as to not take away from it. So glad you were able to play along with S&S for this hop, Barb!
Awesome card!! I LOVE it!!
I can see why you love this stamp Barb, it's amazing. A simple but very very effective card, love it!
Awesome stamp!
This is so wonderful Barb, how can it be simple when there's so much detail to look at?
Beautiful card. Thanks for the info for the stamp. I agree it is a great stamp.
Simple yes, but fabulous all the same! I LOVE the crumpled background and your subtle black embossing. Awesome card!!
Barb- you say simple, I say impressive. The background you created is lovely and that stamp IS amazing. So glad you showcased it!
Love your skull what a fantastic stamp
luv Jane xxx
Gorgeous stamp and fabulous execution of your card!
Love the skull stamps and the crinkled paper behind it.
Frith x
I like your card very much, LOVE the crumbling and copper shimmer!
you are right it IS a very cool stamps :)
inky hugs,
Susan
I dont know about anyone else but this is a super card.
Super creepy card. Love the shimmer and the stamp used. Bravo!
this is truly spectacular! simple is sometimes better than complicated.. delicious
I love the penciled in look of your card. Don't knock it, it's lovely!
Hrm, how did I celebrate? Mostly I've felt pretty awful so that's not all that conducive to celebrating, but I *did* watch lots of forensics shows on tv, and skulls frequently are a part of the crime scene, so that's not such a bad ways to observe a cranial holiday after all. :)
Pure class my mistress of the macabre.... perfection.
xxx lynx
I love how you highlighted the image to make it pop and the background is fab too.
love the card! wonderful coloring on the skull!
Your card is AAAAHHHHHmazing! I love the image, colors and especially the textur-ific background!
Happy S.A.D.A. (Skull Appreciation Day After)! :)
Love it!
very cool card...love that image and how you used it!
Adore this image. The backing is genius, but then I'd expect nothing less than gorgeous
How can you resist the beautiful skull and fabulously crinkly background paper - looks amazing!
Fab card! I can see why that is your favorite skull image, i love it! Maybe simple, but stunning none-the-less! :)
oooohh I'm lovin that stamp too! and I love that it is super simple it makes it just wonderful!
This is a seriously awesome card & I LOVE that stamp!!! Love the stamping, embossing, distressed background that sets off the skull. Way cool!! Glad you hopped with us Barb.
I love that image and your textured background is amazing! The embossed spider webs are a great touch! Thanks for hopping with us!
:)tOri
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