Goodbye!

Goodbye! This More Smeared Ink blog is retiring and moving to our new website. You can find us here:

http://www.smearedink.com/

We will be posting updates, projects, and hosting all of our future events on the new blog. 

See you there!

Smudgefest 2015 Day 7

Oh my gosh, it's the FINAL CHALLENGE! Can you believe it? Congrats to those of you who have been here the whole week and for making it through all the challenges. Before we move on to today's challenge, we have something to let you know about. 

If you missed yesterday's winner post or haven't seen it already on the Smeared and Smudged Facebook group (or don't have a clue what it is), we have posted our information for 31 Days of Halloween 2015!

We are taking sign-ups for Wicked Bloggers and are hoping that this will be our biggest hop to date! It's a fun chance to immerse yourself in a month full of Halloween and Day of the Dead projects, with cool prizes to be had and awesome projects to be seen, so please check out the information HERE. If you're interested in participating as a Wicked Blogger, I suggest you sign up sooner rather than later and get a jump start on your projects. If you don't want to sign up, you can still hop along as a Horrifying Hopper or Sinister Lurker and win great prizes; that information is posted as well. We are also already taking sponsor sign ups, so if you know anyone who would be interested in having their site or company featured during the hop, you can contact us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com.

Okay, now on to Smudgefest

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 7 challenge! 

The Challenge: 

SUPER SUNDAY 

This one is a little different than anything we've done before. Your challenge is to take any Smeared Ink image and turn it into some sort of superhero on your project! We'll be nice and let you choose either super hero or super villain, but in your description or even on your project, you must tell us your super's name and super power. 

The Prize: 

"Tell Your Story" single digi image from Smeared Ink

Remember, be sure to link up by midnight tonight to qualify for the prize. Then check back tomorrow when we will be announcing our Day 7 prize winner . Have Fun and thanks for playing along with Smudgefest!

An InLinkz Link-up

Smudgefest Winner Day 5 plus some NEWS!

Once again I have a winner to announce! Day 5 had some pretty excellent entries- it's amazing what all of you can do with some fiber and stamps. Thank you once again for taking the time to participate with our Smudgefest challenges, we really do hope you are enjoying it! 

 As always, our winners were chose by random.org, and here is our Day 5 winner: 

#3 Ike

Congrats, Ike! 

Send us a quick email at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com and we'll send on over your digi!

Yay! Only two more chances to get in on the daily prizes and fun of Smudgefest, we hope you will join in either today or tomorrow! Good luck everyone!

On another note, we have some news to share with you. Tomorrow's final Smudgefest challenge and winner announcement will be the last entries that you will see on this blog. This is a little sad for me, but I am ecstatic to announce that our future blog posts will be located at smearedink.com! All Smeared Ink shop and blog goodness will be conveniently located in one place! As a matter of fact, if you didn't see our FB announcement yet, head on over to smearedink.com and check out our first couple of blog posts. We are starting 31 Days of Halloween 2015 sign ups now! You will also get a little bit more information about our shop, plus you'll see the new design. Hope you like it!

BTW, I will continue to share my own personal artwork through another blog that's in the makes. I feel it is time to move on from More Smeared Ink into something that encompasses more than stamping for my personal page. You'll see it linked for 31 Days, so please visit me there.

Have a great day everyone!

Smudgefest 2015 Day 6

Welcome to Day 6! So, how are you all feeling about the challenges? We're so happy to see that many of you have hung around for the whole week so far, way to go! We know it takes a lot of effort to even participate once, and we appreciate all of the sharing of inspiration from all of you.

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 6 challenge!

The Challenge:

STENCIL SATURDAY

This one should be interesting! Bust out those crafting stencils if you have them, create your own, or use an everyday object as a stencil on your project. We just love this ribcage one!

The Prize:

"Uni" single digi from Smeared Ink

Here's another outstanding image from our artist Alexandria Serrano. We hope it's worth playing for! Don't forget to link up by midnight.

An InLinkz Link-up

Smudgefest 2015 Day 5

Woo Hoo!!!!! It's Friday, and not only is it the end of the work week (hopefully), it also brings us to the beginning of the end: Day 5. Three more Smudgefest Challenges folks. If you need a refresher on the rules, go back to the first Smudgefest post. Otherwise, let's move on to today's challenge.

Ready to Play? Here it is!

The Challenge:

FIBER FRIDAY

Today your challenge is to incorporate some sort of fiber, string, thread, or yarn into your project. You can use a little or a lot, the choice is yours!

The Prize:

"Dandelion Fairies" single digi image from Smeared Ink 

This is one of our fave fairy duos ever from our artist Alexandria Serrano! Hope they are worth playing for. Can't wait to see your makes!

An InLinkz Link-up

Smudgefest 2015 Day 4

It's Day 4! For all the details on the challenge and the rules, please visit the first post of the week. How are you all feeling today? Is the mojo flowing? We hope so! Today's project should be a fun one!

Ready to Play? Here's your challenge...

The Challenge:

THRASHED THURSDAY

Dig really deep today and bring out your inner thrasher! Create a stamped project that is thrashed, slashed, torn, grunged, or decayed.

The Prize:

"Dedicated To Art" digital stamp set from Smeared Ink

This is the first time we are offering this awesome set in digital form, and we hope you enjoy playing for it! Can't wait to see your Thrashed projects!

An InLinkz Link-up

Smudgefest 2015 Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of Smudgefest! For all the details on the challenge and the rules, please scroll down and visit the first post or click HERE. We are so excited to see all the incredibly amazing entries so far and we can't wait to see what you do next! Hang in there- today's post brings us almost half way through (it goes by quickly, doesn't it?) the seven days of challenges. 

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 3 challenge!

The Challenge:

WET WEDNESDAY

Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty! Derek Zoolander said it best...today's challenge is to use some sort of wet medium in your project. So bust out the watercolors, paints, resins, nailpolish, or inks, and get messy!

The Prize:

"Samhain" single digi image from Smeared Ink

Here's another newbie for you. Once again you'll find it in our shop when we reopen, but for now the only way to get it is to enter. Worth playing for?

Good luck! Don't forget to link up by midnight tonight!

An InLinkz Link-up

Smudgefest 2015 Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Smudgefest! For all the details on the challenge and rules, please scroll down and visit the first post. We are stoked to move on to today's challenge and see what you can muster up, and hope you are as well. 

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 2 challenge!

The Challenge:

TAPE TUESDAY

Whether it's washi, masking, duct, or scotch, we're challenging you to use some sort of tape in your project today! Don't limit yourself to the norm, find a creative use and WOW us!

The Prize:

"Annabel's Stone" single digi image from Smeared Ink

We loved with a love that was more than love...simply poetic, this beauty can be used with or without Annabel! Hope you're up for playing today, can't wait to see your makes!

An InLinkz Link-up

Smudgefest 2015 Day 1

We at Smeared Ink are so excited to be hosting our fifth annual week-long challenge extravaganza called SmudgeFest! Each morning from now until Sunday we will post a different challenge theme. Participants will have until midnight to post their project for that day's challenge. The daily winner will be drawn by random number and announced the next morning, and a new challenge theme will be posted as well. Daily prizes will vary, and the only way to know what they are is to join us each day. Since we're currently working on reopening our shop, we won't be offering a grand prize this year, but we hope you'll enjoy the daily prizes and the challenges!

Here are the rules: 

*Each morning from August 3rd through 9th, a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that day's theme and prize information. 

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to that day's post using Inlinkz. The link to add your entry will be located at the bottom of each post. Your project must be linked by midnight of the same day. Your link must go straight to the post on your blog containing your project, not your blog home page.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. All digital projects are allowed if it fits the theme. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared Ink image on your project to qualify for the daily prize drawing. You are allowed to use anything else that you like. If you just want to play along and aren't worried about qualifying for the prize, you do not have to include a Smeared Ink image.

*The daily winner will be chosen by random number and revealed later the next day in a separate post (not the daily theme post).

So, are you ready to play? Welcome to Day 1 of SmudgeFest!! 

The Challenge: 

METAL MONDAY

Create a project that showcases a piece of metal! It can range from metal scrapbook embellishments, to paper clips, to items you would find at a hardware store. Decorate a metal object, or cut up a soda can. Use your imagination!

The Prize:

"Annabel Lee" single digi stamp from Smeared Ink

 Isn't she beautiful? You'll find her in our shop when we reopen but for now she's only available as a prize for this challenge, so if you want her get into gear and make a project!

Good luck!

An InLinkz Link-up

Smeared Ink Design Team Call!

To view 12 Days of Creepmas 2014, please scroll to the previous post.

Smeared Ink is Having a Design Team Call!

Do you have a different way of looking at things when it comes to rubber stamping? Do you LOVE working with interesting and unusual images and media in your stamped artwork? Do you have the urge to share your projects with others? Smeared Ink is looking for Design Team Members for our elite Smeared Ink Design Team!

We are looking for 1-2 team members who are not afraid to think outside of the box and express themselves in interesting ways through their projects, who enjoy using all types of media in their art, who aren't afraid to try new things, and who have the capability of producing high quality samples that we can showcase on our DT Blog (Smudgy Antics), Smeared and Smudged Facebook Group, and possibly in our shop.

We are looking for artists who have great personalities, who can work well with other DT members, meet deadlines, and who genuinely LOVE our stamps! We are looking for individuals with vibrant personalities, unique perspectives, and various stamping styles. No prior DT experience is necessary to apply.

Here's What You Need To Know:

Requirements for Smeared Ink Design Team Members

*You must have an active blog related to rubber stamping/paper arts or mixed media arts where you can talk about and link to your Design Team projects.

*You must be or become a member of the Smeared and Smudged Facebook Group.

*You must be able to take excellent photos of your projects, and be able to author blog posts.

*You must have consistent access to the internet, and be able to navigate both Blogger and Facebook.

*DT members are required to produce stamped samples based on a posting schedule, approx 1 sample per week. DT members must be capable of posting their samples to the Smudgy Antics Blog, their own personal blog, and the Smeared and Smudged Facebook Group.

* DT Members must actively participate on the Smudgy Antics Blog (project comments are required), in the Smeared and Smudged Facebook Group, and in the Smeared Ink Design Team Private Facebook Group.

*DT members must participate in any New Release hops.

* DT Members must promote Smeared Ink Stamps by adding the Design Team Badge to their personal blog, and whenever an opportunity arises.

*Prior experience not required

*International applicants welcome.

Benefits of Smeared Ink Design Team

* Your projects will be showcased on the Smudgy Antics Blog, Smeared and Smudged Facebook Page, and occasionally in the Smeared Ink shop and other advertisements.

*Your blog will be linked with all Smeared Ink DT badges.

*You will receive free unlimited access to all of our Smeared Ink digital stamps and digital papers, and a discount on Smeared Ink rubber stamps.

*You will receive exclusive DT Member discounts on non-stamp products, including Graphic 45, Tattered Angels, Tim Holtz, Ranger, and any others that we choose to offer.

* You get to network with other wicked awesome stampers who share the same love for out-of-the-norm stamping.

* You get to sport a really cool Smeared Ink Design Team badge on your blog.

To apply, please email the following information to smearedinkstamps@gmail.com:

Name:

Email:

Blog URL:

What do you think you can bring to the Smeared Ink Design Team? We want to know what makes you tick!

What is your favorite type of project to create (cards, scrapbook pages, altered items, digital, etc)? Why?

If you could choose one word to describe yourself, what would it be?

What is your favorite non-stamp product or tool to use in your art and why?

What first attracted you to Smeared Ink stamps?

What is your favorite image/set that we offer?

Do you feel you can meet all the requirements listed above?

Please list past and present Design Team experience. (Experience not necessary to apply)

Please attach 3-5 pictures of your favorite stamped projects. (Any stamped images acceptable)

Deadline for Submissions is Monday December 15, 2014

Winners will be contacted by Friday, December 19, 2014.

DT term will run for 6 months: January 2014- June 2014

For questions please contact us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com

Good Luck!

Terra & Tori

owners, Smeared Ink Stamps

http://www.smearedink.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/smearedandsmudged/

http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com

http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com

Welcome to 31 Days of Halloween 2014- Rules and Regs

Welcome to 31 Days of Halloween 2014- Rules and Regs

Yay! It has begun! Welcome to the sixth annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop hosted by Smeared Ink and the Smeared and Smudged Forum. We are so excited to be bringing you one fantastic month long event! There is a whole lot of information to share with you, so please bear with me as I go over everything.

 First off, if you haven't experienced 31 Days of Halloween before, you are definitely in for a wild ride! Each year at the S&S Forum, we challenge our members to sign up to be what we call a Wicked Blogger. They will share with you one awe-inspiring Halloween or Day of the Dead themed project for the whole month of October, and each year we are thrilled with the variety and talent that is showcased by our Bloggers.

The Wicked Bloggers will have their project posts up each day by 9am PST (Pacific Standard Time) for you to peruse, and to reward them for their hard work and stress (believe me, it's stressful!) any Wicked Blogger who completes all 31 days of posts on time will be entered into our grand prize drawing at the end of the month.

Here's a sneaky-peeky at the grand prize from Smeared Ink.

*click for larger view 

The prize pack includes:

3 Smeared Ink Rubber Stamp Sets of winner's choice 

$25 Smeared Ink Digi Package of winner's choice

Smeared Ink Octopus Pie Fleece Throw Blanket (50" x 60")

Smeared Ink Suck It Up Yellow Messenger Bag

Tim Holtz District Market Numeric Burlap Panels

3 Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains (winner's color choice)

7Gypsies Wicked Gypsy Large Ephemera Pack

Mystery Grab Bag with $30 worth of Awesome Crafting Odds and Ends

Isn't it awesome? There is over $300 worth of amazing stuff in there. But guess what...even if you are not a Wicked Blogger, YOU still have the chance to be entered into our grand prize drawing! You can participate as a Horrifying Hopper this month and have a chance to win.

Here's how it works: As a Horrifying Hopper you must hop through each and every blog on our blog roll and leave a comment on each project. Our Blog Roll is 39 people long, so it's definitely a challenge. If you leave a comment on every blog every day for the entire month, you will be entered into the drawing at the end of the month. It's a big commitment, just like the Bloggers, but well worth it since you get to view all of the outstanding artwork each day!

Just like with the bloggers, all Horrifying Hopper comments must be posted by 9am PST. So if a post goes live at 9am, you have until 9am the following day to get your comment posted. And don't forget, the Wicked Bloggers have until 9am to get their posts up, so if you are an early hopper you may need to come back after 9am PST to see all the projects.

 I know some of you are saying to yourself "I can't possibly commit to that all month long". Well, don't fret, because we have even MORE ways for you to win some impressive prizes! Each year we hold a scavenger hunt with prizes from some pretty amazing sponsors. Our 31 Days visitors, or what we lovingly refer to as our Sinister Lurkers, our Horrifying Hoppers, and our Wicked Bloggers all have the chance to participate in the Scavenger Hunt.

 Each day one of our Wicked Bloggers will be hiding a tiny image on their blog. We will give you a clue about the image, and you get to find it. When you do, just EMAIL US it's location. Everyone who enters will be put into that day's drawing to win one of the sponsor prizes, and we will announce the winner the following day. Easy Peasy! All guesses must be received by 9am PST the following morning.

 So, there you have it, all of the rules and regs for 31 Days of Halloween. Be sure to refer back to them if you need to, enjoy the scavenger hunt and amazing sponsors, and above all, have fun!!

 Here's the Wicked Blog Roll:

Terra
Black Dragon
Lyneen
Maureen
Rebecca
Julia
Lisa
Teresa
Keren
Renee
Alison
De-stempelwinkel Designers Blog
Jane
The Nanny (Sue)
Sarah
Leslierahye
Jessica
Kelli
Karen
Airless Chambers
Sara
Kapree
Shoni
Altered Pages
Shell
Art Jypsy
Alex
Dreamweavers Stencils DT
Kim
Nanette
Erin
Susan
Creepy Glowbugg
DominoART
Steph
Sandy
Sarah
Stefanie
Barbara

New Release Day with Hop at Smeared Ink! (**For Kick-Start Your Art, please scroll down!**)

It's New Release Day at Smeared Ink! We've got two fabulous new digi sets for you available in our shop today, and we're so excited by them that we've decided to invite our Design Team members from our Smeared Ink, Mixed Media University, and Art Journal Every Day design teams to create projects for a fab New Release hop!

First, here is a preview of the new sets:

Octopus Pie

*click pics to view larger

Octopus Pie was drawn by artist Alexandria S, aka Little Black Kitten, and features Octopus Girl and her pet Octopus, complete with top hat and tentacle pie! You can find this set in our shop HERE as both a digital set and as single digi images.

Alex has created a journal page featuring the Octopus Girl Closeup from her new set:

"Several tentacles were lost in the making of this project"- Alex S. To see more details on her page, give her blog a visit later today.

The Keepers

The Keepers is a set of beautiful angels, keepers of lost love, with a Smeared Ink twist. The bleeding hearts and exposed bones are sure to get your creative juices flowing! You can find this set in our shop HERE as both a digital set and as single digi images.

I created an ATC with The Fifth Keeper, as well as a sentiment from the set.

When I see The Keepers, I picture them soft and pretty, so I chose to refrain from adding any blood and gore on this project. I'll probably try that next time. For now I stuck with soft pastels, used a tea-stained canvas background, and just layered my images and sentiment words. I hope you enjoy it.

Now, I hope you enjoy hopping through the blogs of our various Design Team members to check out more projects using these two fabby new sets. Please remember, posts will be live at 9am PST, so if you don't see a project yet, swing by a little later today.

Have fun checking out all the awesome inspiration!

New Release Blog Roll

Terra (you are here)
Fiona

Shell

Leigh

Kapree
Shoni
Ike

LauraB
Titbelsoeur

Susan

Julia

12 Days of Creepmas Prizes

Hello everyone, today I have the winners from our last few days of 12 Days of Creepmas, as well as the Grand Prize winner. I'm sure you noticed that I didn't get my last few posts up, my whole household was hit by the flu and it really, really sucked... especially after being sick just a few weeks before with food poisoning. I guess our immune systems were just blown, but we're finally on the mend which is good. Anyways, I have the prize winners from Day 9 and Day 12 for our Smeared Ink Days. Thank you all for hanging in there for the rest of the hop, as we know this is one of the busiest times of the year.

For Day 9 we gave away a winner's choice of 1 set of Smeared Ink rubber, and the winners are:

Jolly Blogger: Vicky

Merry Hopper: Maureen

Congrats ladies! Please select your set and email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com and let us know.

For Day 12, which didn't get posted, we were offering up a Smeared Ink tee featuring our Skull and Roses design. You can see the different color choices below, which are: Black, Red, Pink, Navy, Caribbean Blue, Heather, Green, Green Camo, B&W Camo, or Pink Camo. The winners will choose their color and their size (S,M,L,XL,2XL). Since there were no comments on my blog, we went ahead and counted all Merry Hopper comments for that day as well as all the Jolly Bloggers who posted Smeared Ink projects. The winners are:

Jolly Blogger: Julia

Merry Hopper: Emily

  

  

   

Congrats ladies, please email your color/size choice to smearedinkstamps@gmail.com.

And finally, we have our Grand Prize announcement! The winner of the Grand Prize will receive a $100 digi credit to use in our shop, which is also fab right now since we have our End Of The Year sale going on...here's the info in case you haven't seen it yet :)

The Grand Prize Winner will definitely be able to get some extra goodies before Jan 1st! We've tallied all the comments and blogger posts, along with Smeared Ink days, and the winner is....

Violent Kitty

Congratulations! Please email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com to claim your code :)

Once again, thank you to all of you who participated this year as either a blogger or hopper, and a special Thank You to our Jolly Bloggers for sharing wonderful inspiration for the Creepmas Season! Please swing by the forum soon and participate in some of our other events and challenges. We will be updating our monthly challenges on Jan 1, we have some member blog hops coming up, some awesome swaps in the Swap Shop, as well as prep for our Bloody Valentine Hop in Feb (that info will be posted in Jan). Also, don't forget about our fabulous group Design Teams who are posting tutorials and prompts for you weekly in the Art Journal Every Day Group, the Mixed Media University Group, and The Cheapskate Crafter Group.

And speaking of Design Teams, just a reminder that this is the last weekend to submit to be a part of our Smeared Ink Design Team who shares their wonderful talent all over the place, including on the S&S Forum, Facebook, and Pinterest. The deadline to submit is Dec 31 and you can find all of the info here.

Hope to see you all on the forum soon, and we hope you had a very Merry Holiday season and that you safely enjoy your New Year's Eve. We'll see you in 2014!