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!

New Smeared Ink Release Blog Hop

Thanks for visiting today! The Smeared Ink Design Team has a WONDERFUL hop for you, featuring a new image from Smeared Ink! That's right, we have three fabulous new sets that are available in our shop today! Here's a lookie...

The Symbology of Angels

Teen Style Sayings

Teen Style Backgrounds



Aren't they great! I LOVE them all of course, but for the hop we all worked with one of my favorites from our new set The Symbology of Angels, his name is "Praise". He is such an awesome image to work with!! I know I'll be using him all the time. So without further adeu, here's my project!

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When I saw this card in my head, I pictured a bright burst of "light" in the center between his arms; which is where the idea for the circle came into play. I used some images from another Smeared Ink set, Shadow Thingies, to stamp and emboss the heart and whymsical swirls around the circle. I used feathers to make my rays of light coming from the circle, and attached a Karma charm.

The background of my card was made by sponging ink through a scrap piece of punchinella, then adding some accents with the gel pen. I also darkened the card behind my center light circle. "Praise" is colored with prismacolor pencils and gel pen. I added shadows around him, and popped his wings off of the card.

For me, even though this card is pretty simple, it really is a standout! The image just invokes a sense of beauty to me, and I adore it.

So now I'd like to invite you to hop on to the other DT members blogs to see how they interpreted the image "Praise" into their own project! Then come on by our shop to see all three new sets in detail.

Terra

Tori

Alison

Kelli

Jean

Sarah

Danielle

Black Dragon

Lady Brayton (oh no! Lady B is having problems with her internet, but I'll leave the link here just in case she can get her project up later. It is gorgeous and worth the wait! Check back later)

Meredith

Thanks for hopping with us! And be on the lookout toward the end of August for another hop dedicated to our Halloween Release! It's gonna be a doozey!

What's Going on This Month?

There are so many exciting things happening this month with Smeared Ink and Smeared and Smudged that I thought it warranted a news post all to itself!

First, Smeared Ink is hosting a brand new weekly gallery challenge! You can find all of the information on the Smeared Ink Website on the news page. The best part of the challenge is, YOU will get to pick the winner! That's right, after the entries are posted, you get to leave a comment and vote for who you think should be added to our gallery. Then at the end of the month, the four weekly winners will battle it out for a chance to win the monthly prize! Even if you aren't interested in participating, we'd love to have you come on over and vote. We are in week one right now, so hurry on over and join in the fun! Our first entries will be posted and voting session will begin this Thursday.

Next I'd like to mention that Smeared Ink is sponsoring the May sketch challenge over on Rubber Stamp Chat this month. If you don't know what RSC is, it's a wonderful forum where stampers commune to share all their fabo rubber stamping creativity! We are offering a free stamp set as the prize, so check it out when you have a sec. Also on RSC this month, their bi-annual rubber stamping online convention. Lots of amazing stamp companies will be running virtual "booths" with wonderful specials! Smeared Ink will be participating and offering some specials, and it is well worth the visit! It runs from May6-10 and you can check it out HERE. Just click through to the virtual convention thread on the 6th.

Finally, here is some Smeared and Smudged Forum news. All of our May challenges have been posted, which include our Very Sketchy sketch challenge, our Oh! The Horror Inspiration Challenge, Rock N' Rolla Inspiration Challenge, and our Twisted Tutorials Challenge. You can view all of these by visiting The Challenger group in the forum. We have two fabulous sponsors this month, Stamp It Crazy and Stamp Happens, who are offering some wicked prizes! These challenges last through the month of May, so be sure to take a gander.

Also, in case you haven't heard yet, the Smeared and Smudged forum will be moving to it's own website very soon, so be on the lookout for an update. If you are already a member, you should receive an email over the next couple of weeks that invites you to join us at our new location. If you're not a member, now's a great time to join us! We have lots of exciting things going on and great people to inspire and be inspired by!

So I hope you get the chance to take a look at all the exciting things happening this month, and I look forward to seeing you at the challenges and convention!