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 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

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

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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

New Release Today at Smeared Ink!

Smeared Ink is happy to announce that we've added in 9 new digi stamp sets to our shop today! Swing by to check them out when you have a chance. We'll be featuring projects made by our DT on the Smeared Ink Facebook Page throughout the day, and I have a little something in the works that I will be posting later.

If you'd like the direct link to the images in our shop, just click on the pictures below. Have a great day!

Zodiac 1

Zodiac 2

Hidden

Queen

Circus Procession

Fallen

Septem Liberalis

Venice

Specimen Jar