My 3-Stamp Project

Ok, as promised, I have finished (finally) my three stamp project from yesterday's end of term hop. If you missed the hop, be sure to scroll down to my post below and visit everyone, all of the projects are EXCELLENT! I know that Tori just posted hers this morning as well, so if you haven't seen it you definitely want to give her a visit.

So, because of my time contraints right now, I decided to make a quickie ATC. The background uses paper from My Mind's Eye, onto which I stamped the spiderweb and "Scream" stamps from Smeared Ink's Lonely Boy and Puff set. I distressed with ink, and then added 3 brads and some glow in the dark puff paint to one of the spiderwebs. (I can't wait to see it glow tonight, and if I can get a good pic, I will share.)



The skull is from our Quoth The Raven set, and he was stamped and shaded with distress ink, and then highlighted with my prismas. He is attached on pop dots. The last stamp I used is from our digital set, Mad Science. It is the quote from Aristotle, and I think it completely encompasses me! Ha ha! I cut each word out, distressed, and attached wonky on the bottom. Finally, I added a jewel to the middle of my glow spiderweb.

So, I hope you enjoyed looking, and be sure to visit on Friday for the begining of 31 Days of Halloween on Smeared and Smudged! We have 16 Wicked Blogs participating this year to bring you a project each day, plus some really amazing sponsors and giveaways all month long! You won't want to miss it!

S&S End of Term Design Team Hop

Hi everyone! Today the Smeared and Smudged Design Team is bringing you their end of term hop. Since a new term will start on Oct 1st, the lovely ladies of this term's team decided to have one last hoorah and share with you some outstanding projects!

The theme of the hop is to use at least 3 different Smeared Ink sets to create one project. That is definitely a cool challenge, and I for one can't wait to see what everyone created!! If you're wondering where my project is, well, I actually did not have the free time to make one. My two oldest daughters had a huge competition this weekend and I was not home at all. BUT, if you swing by sometime tonight or tomorrow, you may just find a surprise as I am pulling out all of my stamping supplies today to begin working on 31 Days of Halloween, and I may just throw a 3-stamp project in as well!

Speaking of 31 Days of Halloween, if you haven't heard of it yet, PLEASE read all of the info here on my blog or over on the S&S forum... today is the LAST DAY to sign up as a Wicked Blog Participant (you'll know what I'm talking about after you read about it). And you'll definitely want to be either a Hopper or Lurker, because we have some AMAZING prizes and projects in store for you all throughout the 31 Days!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!

Also in October, the Smeared and Smudged blog is participating once again on Mrs. B's Haunted Blog Tour!! Join me on October 12th for a very special tour project.

So, now it's time to hop on through the Design Team list to see their creativity at work!! Be sure to leave them some love, and let them know how amazing their work has been throughout this term. I'm off to hop as well, and I know we'll find some great inspiration!


Tori
Alison
Kelli
Lady Brayton
Meredith
Danielle
Kathi
Black Dragon
Jean

Smeared and Smudged Member Blog Hop

Today the Smeared and Smudged Forum is hosting it's monthly Member Blog Hop, and you're really going to love what we have in store for you! Since the fall season is upon us and colors are changing all around us, we decided to theme our hop around one of our fave fall colors- ORANGE. All of our projects that we have to share with you today use the color orange in some way.

Orange is not a color that I use very often in my stamping, unless it's paired with rust, OR unless it's Halloween!! So, of course as soon as the theme was set, my mind wandered to my favorite holiday. It took me a while to come up with something to make, and I kept flip-flopping on what I wanted to do. Then I saw the designs from our newest Smeared Ink artist, Irma Diaz, and my project basically slapped me in the face!

If you haven't heard yet, we have added our very first artist (besides ourselves), Irma, to the Smeared Ink family. We are at this very moment taking preorders until Sept 20 for her amazing first set, Candy Is Dandy, which will be available in mid October. If you want to read all the details, be sure to visit our shop before the 20th!

So, like I was saying, when I saw Candy Is Dandy, I knew exactly what I wanted to make first. And since I have access to the images before they are actually on rubber ( I know, lucky me!!!!) I decided to give you guys a sneaky peeky of one way you can use the set.

For my project, I made a shrine. This is the first one I've ever made, and I LOVE it! I found the little shadowbox at Goodwill for $1.50; it was off-white and had a stuffed fairy doll glued to the inside. My youngest daughter wanted the fairy, so we pried it off, and I got to keep the box. Since then, the box had been sitting and waiting for the perfect inspiration to come. SO, after alot of paint, glitter, and ribbon, here is my finished product...

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This picture was taken at a slight angle so the flash would not shine on the images. You can see that I used different layers of paint, tons o' ribbon, and of course, the freakin' awesome cool images from Irma!

The inside has alot of black-purple glitter, and I painted some chipboard letters for my saying. My images are on glossy cardstock, and colored using paint pens so they would be very vibrant.


Here are some close-ups of the chipboard saying, "Candy Is Dandy".




And finally here is a closeup of the little black skull that is in the top-center of the shrine. It is placed over layers of ribbon that I pleated.


I forgot to mention that the "foot" of the shrine is a painted candle holder that I attached to the bottom. I may do a few more things to the shrine before I display it, like add a gloss coat to the top portion of it and maybe crackle the back, but for now I think it really rocks! I'd love to hear what you think of it too.

Now, orange you glad you came to visit today? You got to see my very first shrine AND you get to hop to all these fabulous forum member blogs to see what they did with the color orange...

Tori
Alison
Kelli
Kapree
Black Dragon
Meredith
Jane
Sugar
Danielle
Lisa
Steph
Lady Brayton
Shelley
Jean

Hope you enjoy!!

Smeared Ink New Release Hop

Thanks for joining us in celebration of our new Smeared Ink Halloween Release. The members of the Smeared Ink Design Team have gotten together to show off exciting projects that feature some of the fantastic new images you can get in our shop today. We have released five new rubber sets and five new digi sets, all themed around the scariest time of the year, and hope that you will love them as much as we do! We'll also be adding in digi's throughout the month.

For my project, I used an image and sentiment from our new digi set "Part of the Pack". I made a pocket card that has a pull out insert. The background was created using paint and inks, and the little tree on the front was stamped using a plastic button. My sentiment was cut out and added to the top of a metal distressed tag.


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What a pretty creepy scene, right? But wait, what does that saying mean? Let's see what's on the inside...



Ha ha! I just love this image, and think she looks really wild! I colored her with my prismacolors, and made sure to keep the coloring really shadowy and dark. Her eyes were dotted with bright yellow paint pen to bring them out. Then I took one of the sayings included in the set and altered it to the one you see here. What a Howling good, time, right?



I hope this gives you some ideas for using "Part of the Pack". I myself CAN'T WAIT to see what the rest of the team has done with their images! They all have different ones than me, so be sure to check them all out! Then come by the shop and see what we've added in for your Halloween pleasure!

Tori

Alison

Kelli

Kathi

Danielle

Black Dragon

Kim

Lady Brayton

Meredith

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to swing by the Smeared and Smudged Forum to get information about 31 Days of Halloween, and all the September challenges that will be posted by the end of the day today. Have fun hopping!