5.18.2011

Simply Betty and Smeared and Smudged!

Today the Smeared Ink design team and Simply Betty's team have come together to showcase some of the fabulous new Zombies! Simply Betty is one of our challenge sponsors this month over on the Smeared and Smudged forum. Come and play along for a chance to win some fabulous prizes!!

I was given this opportunity to work with a lovely dead beach babe!! I really loved coloring her and was inspired to create an apocalyptic fantasy vacation scene. I used acrylic paint washes for my background and made some beat-up buildings...using a dark gray color scheme to give it a gloomy "dead" look. I drew in some wandering zombies to add some depth to my landscape. After all the coloring, I decided to try something new. I used my Gesso to create some neat texture for the sludgy water waves and then painted them with more acrylics (sea foam, green and a touch of black). The final touch was putting it all on black cardstock, cutting the hole for my beach beauty to peak out thru, and adding the sentiment "you deserve a vacation".

Enjoy!

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Also, be sure to hop along and see all the other gals and their wonderful creations!

Tori (YOU ARE HERE)
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14 comments:

  1. AlisonMay 18, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    Very cool! Love the gloopy-ness! ;) Great colors too! Yuor concept is really funny.

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  2. Nicole Wright DesignsMay 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    Oh wow you did amazing! I love Rio on the beach with the world crumbling around her!

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  3. ChelleMay 18, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    I love your card. Very creative.

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  4. Kelli Green aka CajunstampingqueenMay 18, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    SWEET!!! I too love the gloopy-ness!!! Great Idea!!!

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  5. JenniferMay 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    GREAT card. I love the dimension.

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  6. Suzi McKenzieMay 18, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    I love the background scene you've created, wonderful textures too:)
    Suzi
    xxx

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  7. ~Lady B~May 18, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Tee-hee! I'm loving this! Great use of gesso and the peek-a-boo cut out, but I especially love the zombie hoard roaming the gloomy city! Frickin' awesome! The sentiment is absolutely fabulous!

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  8. Betty Boo!May 18, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    Awesome card Tori! I love the window! Thank you so much for the wonderful creation with my Zombie!!

    Betty

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  9. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Fantastic card background is great
    Luv Jane xxx

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  10. ScrappychickMay 18, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    Awesome! Looks like she's sitting out in front of the beach scene in Inception!

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  11. DK SpinsMay 18, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    Wow this is so cool Tori! I love the depth or your city & textures of the waves. Of course, your coloring is impeccable as always. Wonderful!

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  12. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    How amazingly creative are you? This is awesome! Lovin all the texture and fab job on Rio.

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  13. angiesuezMay 18, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    So much going on! Talent to be able to combine so many textures, pics and ideas into one cohesive panel......nice job!

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  14. Andrea CJune 4, 2011 at 3:32 AM

    This is one extremely cool card x

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