31 Days of Halloween - Day 2 - Monster Football

 Day 2 of Smeared and Smudged Forum's 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop!
Below are all the fabulous bloggers:

Terra,Tori,Kristy,Kapree,Alison,Christine,Kelli,Windy,Susan,Alex,Monique,Jane,Sugar,Black Dragon,Lisa,Shell,Jean,Julia,Jennifer,Loren,Christy,Vee,Lady Brayton,Lindsay,Little Black Kitten,Celeste,Leigh,Pam,Donna,Valerie,Helen,Sharon,Lisa,Karen,Carolyn,Pam

Here's a Halloween project for the kids - A paper football built around a set of vampire teeth that they can paint and glue faces on and will hold up to rough play!

My oldest kidlet (my brother's grand kids) is 11 and the youngest is 6. We recently started having one party a month where one kidlet gets to pick the theme, help with the invitations, plan the meal and come up with a craft. We drew names to see who got which month.

Stevie had the month of September. He couldn't decide between a football theme or a monster theme, hence the monster football.

My daughter and I put the balls together in about an hour and the only thing I had to buy was the teeth, so this is a pretty economical project.

Materials:

• Plastic vampire teeth - the cheap kind with upper and lower teeth connected
• Hot glue
• Felt in various colors
• Lots of cheap masking tape - painter's tape won't stick when you start painting recycled paper Scissors

	I started with teeth and red felt. I traced around the teeth on the felt leaving 1 1/2" on both sides. The side pieces are 1" and you can see I've marked the center for cutting. Glue the upper and lower curves of the felt to the inside of the teeth.  Cut the side pieces as marked. Fold the pieces over the sides of the teeth and glue in place.
	Cut a strip of felt to fit all the way around the outside of the teeth with the teeth partially closed. Glue in place.
	You can see that the mouth is secured here and can't open any more than this.
	Begin building the paper football around the mouth, securing the first piece with glue. I used recycled packing paper, but anything will do.
	Tape down every layer of bunched paper with tape, but not this blue tape as it's designed to come off easily and you don't want that for this project. Shape as you go.
	This is as far as my daughter and I went. The kids got to paint it before dinner, then design the lips, eyes and stripes from felt. I did the gluing, because my new hot glue gun is way hot!
	After we were done, my brother and I went outside to be the ghoulposts for the kids. It was a hoot!

Stevie is demonstrating his scary football face! Eeek! Too much fun!

31 Days of Halloween - Kick off!

Happy first day of October and the awesome 31 Days of October Blog Hop! 

Below are all the fabulous bloggers:

Terra,Tori,Kristy,Kapree,Alison,Christine,Kelli,Windy,Susan,Alex,Monique,Jane,Sugar,Black Dragon,Lisa,Shell,Jean,Julia,Jennifer,Loren,Christy,Vee,Lady Brayton,Lindsay,Little Black Kitten,Celeste,Leigh,Pam,Donna,Valerie,Helen,Sharon,Lisa,Karen,Carolyn,Pam

 

You won't believe how easy it is to make this delicious mailable cake art!

Part 1 - Carve and paint a sponge to look just like cake, then attach a post card

Part 2 - Frost your cake mail with painter's caulk and add Halloween bling

Come back tomorrow for another Halloween treat!  Moohoooaahahah!


Materials:
Aleene's Super Thick Tacky Glue
Large sponge
Painter's caulk
Card stock
Acrylic paint
Paint brush
Craft knife
Plastic disposable pastry bags  - sandwich bags are not strong enough for this
Embellishments
1. Cut sponge into wedges/cake slice shapes.
2. Cut a slot down the center of one side, horizontally and cut away the sponge in the slot.
3. Paint the sponge and allow to dry.
4. Cut card stock to the size of one side of the cake and glue on.
5. Squeeze caulk into a disposable pastry bag, tie the end off with a baggie tie and snip off the tip.
6. Squeeze the caulk  into the slot on the side and all over the top and back of the cake.
7. Add embellishments to the icing.
8. Allow to dry until the caulk is hard.  That may take a few days.

31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop

It's almost here! The Halloween blog hop begins Monday!  Terra of The Smeared and Smudged Forum has organized a HUGE blog hop with fabulous prizes for readers! Sweet!

Here's what Terra has in store for you:

Horrifying Hopper

What You Have To Do:
Hop through each of the Wicked Blogs that are participating and leave a comment on each project. No need to sign up, just start on the first day and work your way through all the blogs. All Horrifying Hoppers will receive a Survival Button at the end of the month to proudly post on their blog.

The Rules:

You must leave a comment on EACH participating blog EVERY day in October to qualify for the grand prize drawing. Your comment should be about the project or something related (i.e.-no "Here's my comment for today" or "I'm here!"...these types of comments won't count!) If you miss a day or a blog, you will still qualify to receive a survival button, but will not qualify for the grand prize drawing.

Sinister Lurker

What You Have To Do:

Some of you can't participate all month long, and that's okay! Only Wicked Bloggers and Horrifying Hoppers are up for the grand prize drawing, but if you can't do either of those you will still have the chance to win some Lurker prizes! We will be hiding scavenger hunt pictures randomly throughout the month on various participating blogs...if you find one on any given day, you will be put in for that day's freebie drawing. It may be a coupon, a free digi, or a Halloween goodie, who knows! We are working on some great sponsor prizes for the scavenger hunt this year, and it will be well worth your time to visit every once in a while.
The Rules:

Scavenger Items will be hidden randomly on the Wicked Blogs, and are not guaranteed to be available every day. You will have to visit blogs to find them. If you find one, you will email and let us know exactly where it was and your name will go into that scavenger item's drawing. Each person who finds the "hidden" picture will get one entry. The drawing for each scavenger prize will be the day after it was posted and winners will be chosen by random number based on who emailed. Wicked Bloggers are able to participate and find scavenger pictures as well, unless it is hidden on their own blog.

Grand Prize Drawing
Doesn't this all sound like fun? I know WE can't wait!!
But wait, I know you are now asking yourself "What huge prize drawing at the end of the month are they talking about?" In addition to some awesome scavenger prizes provided by some pretty amazing sponsors, we are offering up a glorious concoction of 31 Days goodies worth over $300!


Prize Pack Includes:
*Anatomy 101 Ribcage Sticky Note-Pad 
*Skull and Roses Women's Tee (sizes available- S, M, L, XL, XXL)
*Candy Is Dandy Heart Women's Hoodie (sizes available-S,M,L,XL,XXL)
*Goth Fairy Women's Nightshirt- features Lord Byron saying on back "She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies, and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes" (sizes available S,M,L,XL,XXL,XXXL)
*Raven Collage Throw Pillow
*Li'l Grumpies Flip Flops (sizes available include womens, mens, and kids)
*Suck It Up Messenger Bag
*Suck It Up Large Thermos
*5 Digi Sets of Winner's Choice from Smeared Ink

How To Win It:

Each person who successfully completes the 31 Days as either a Wicked Blogger  or a Horrifying Hopper will receive one entry toward this prize drawing. If you successfully complete both, you will receive two entries. (Meaning if you are a Wicked Blogger and you comment on every blog every day, you have successfully completed both)

That just about covers all the rules and regulations for this year's celebration. If you represent a business and are interested in sponsoring 31 Days of Halloween by providing a scavenger prize and getting awesome advertising for your website, please contact us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com. We will feature you during the whole month of celebration!

If you'd like to spread the news about 31 Days, feel free to grab one of the buttons below and post it on your blog or website, share on facebook,or email it to your favorite stamper friends. We can't wait to share 31 Days of Halloween 2012 with you, so sit back and enjoy the ride!

Wordless Wednesday - 9-11 Remebrance

I'm sure they meant well.
Sharing with The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann
And Mom Caboodle

Small Town Girl Makes Good...Coffee

Okay, I didn't make the coffee, but I did design the labels for our local coffee shop, Grounds for Coffee.  The labels just arrived and I am over the moon excited! 

I did not design the logo in the center, which I just love!  I blew it up, traced it and drew it with opaque gel pens, the same medium the label was created in.

The owners, Suzy and Dan Daily, like some of my radiating pattern designs (like Hot Pot) and thought it would work well with a sunflower motif.
They receive their coffee bean blends in large bags, put them in the 1 lb bags and write the blend in the blank space.  Below is the cup sleeve I designed for them.  I think I'm way too excited about this, but I can't stop jumping up and down!

New on the Bone Tree - Pale & Bloody Coffin Pendant

a pale small coffin grew within the dying tree

as the tree opened to embrace the sweet dream of mortality
the sigh of a thousand moons rushed in
and the pale small coffin filled with drops of her precious blood
and swelled with  the joy of so many seasons lived and loved

In her appreciation the tree adorned the pale and memory-filled coffin
with her sparkling amber tears

You can find the pendant in my Etsy shop - Delicious Mischief 

I'm sharing with Inspire Me Monday

Amber Moon Earrings

New on the Bone Tree - Amber Moon Earrings

I made these little guys from polymer clay.  The base color is black and I brushed on iridescent powders in amazing colors.  I added glitter and finished with a glossy sealer.  The dangles are a white iridescent moon and an amber glass  teardrop.  You can find them on my Etsy shop - Delicious Mischief