Smeared and Smudged: More from Smeared Ink

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Day 2- 31 Days of Halloween

Welcome to Day 2 of 31 Days of Halloween! We will be announcing the winners of yesterday's scavenger hunt later today. Each day the scavenger winners will be visible above the first post, see that spot up there with the link to the rules? Yep, that's where the winners will be listed, so be sure to check back after about 9:30 am PST (that will give us time to draw from the entries after the 9am deadline).

Yesterday was a mind-blowing first day and we hope you enjoyed your hopping and all the fabulous projects. Today I'm sure will be another stunner, so let's get right to it. Here are our amazing sponsors for today!

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Be sure to visit the Delicious Doodles site:

http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com

The winner of today's prize from Delicious Doodles will receive 1 digi stamp of their choice from the Delicious Doodles shop.

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Kenny K is getting ready for the holiday season and is releasing new digis from their Christmas, Kid Nation and Critterz Collections, so be sure to check them out!

Visit their site at

http://www.kennykdownloads.com

The winner of today's prize from Kenny K will receive 5 digi images of their choice from the Kenny K shop.

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Be sure to visit Rick St Dennis on their sites:

http://rickstdennis.blogspot.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/rick1949

The winner of today's prize from Rick St Dennis will receive an exclusive Halloween digi stamp sheet similar to the one below.

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For those of our German friends, De Stempelwinkel will be at a show Oct. 5-7 Leipzig, Modell-Hobby-Spiel. Be sure to visit them there or at their sites:

www.De-Stempelwinkel.nl

www.nonsequiturstamps.com

http://destempelwinkeldesignteam.blogspot.com/?zx=cda30f425277ca57

The winner of today's prize from De Stampelwinkel will receive an Aanzoek rubber stamp.

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Be sure to visit Dilly Beans on their sites:

http://www.sillydillybeans.blogspot.com

www.etsy.com/shop/mycreativebliss

The winner of today's prize from Dilly Beans will receive a Stitched Frame Ghoul digi stamp.

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To qualify for the Scavenger Hunt prize drawing, all you have to do is visit the Wicked Blogs and find our hidden scavenger image. We will be hiding one each day and giving you a clue, and anyone who finds it will be entered into a drawing for one of the prizes. Each sponsor for the day will have a different winner, so today we will have five winners!

Once you find the image, EMAIL US and tell us whose blog it is on.

(smearedinkstamps@gmail.com)

To qualify for today's drawing we must receive all guesses by 9am PST tomorrow morning. If you guess correctly you will get one entry into the daily drawing. The winner will be drawn using randon.org and we will announce the winner tomorrow.

Here's your clue for Day 2:

The darkened night I long to see

But sounds help steer the way for me

As I go forth, so shall you flee.

Email us when you have the answer, and have a blast hopping today!
Check out the Wicked Blog Roll in my sidebar.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Day 1- 31 Days of Halloween

Welcome to Day 1 of 31 Days of Halloween! I'm so excited to be your blog roll host for our 4th annual event, and boy do we have a doozey for you! This year we have 37, yes I said 37, Wicked Bloggers ready to showcase their superb Halloween and Day of the Dead projects.

Hopefully you will be participating as either a Horrifying Hopper or Sinister Lurker, and we hope you enjoy the month full of powerful inspiration. You are sure to see projects that range from creepy cute, to beautiful, to gory, to downright scare your socks off, but we know we have an amazingly talented group of bloggers this year and we will enjoy every second of it! To refresh on the rules and regs of the hop and the Scavenger Hunt, please see my previous post.

Now for the bad news, well at least for me, although I am hosting this years blog roll, I will not be participating every day with projects. I am getting ready for yet another big cross-country move in December and just won't have the time, but I am going to try my darndest to share anything I can. Be sure to visit my blog daily though because I WILL be announcing our freakin' awesome sponsors and prizes for this years Scavenger Hunt!!

In fact, without further adeu, here are our sponsors for today!

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For those of our German friends, De Stempelwinkel will be at a show Oct. 5-7 Leipzig, Modell-Hobby-Spiel. Be sure to visit them there or at their sites:

www.De-Stempelwinkel.nl

www.nonsequiturstamps.com

http://destempelwinkeldesignteam.blogspot.com/?zx=cda30f425277ca57

The winner of today's prize from De Stampelwinkel will receive a Doordenker rubber stamp.

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Be sure to visit Rick St Dennis on their sites:

http://rickstdennis.blogspot.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/rick1949

The winner of today's prize from Rick St Dennis will receive an exclusive Halloween digi stamp sheet similar to the one below.

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Be sure to visit the Queen Kat sites:

http://www.katstamps.com

http://qkd.blogspot.com

Queen Kat Designs has two upcoming events to share with you:

October 3, 2012 Queen Kat will have a new stamp release on their Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/queenkatdesignsstamps starting at 7pm pst complete with prizes!

Queen Kat will also be hosting their own Halloween Blog Hop: 13 Days of Halloween Oct 1-13! To get all the info, visit this facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/notes/queen-kat-designs/13-days-of-halloween-customer-blog-hop-sign-ups-open-now/354070691329242

The winners of today's prize from Queen Kat will receive one each of the following unmounted rubber stamps:

Wicked

Monster Hand

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Be sure to visit the Delicious Doodles site:

http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com

The winner of today's prize from Delicious Doodles will receive 1 digi stamp of their choice from the Delicious Doodles shop.

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Once you find the image, EMAIL US and tell us whose blog it is on.

(smearedinkstamps@gmail.com)

Here's your clue for Day 1:

Just look at me you'd think I'm dead.

Two limbs a crossing behind my head,

Where I am seen grows fear and dread.

Do you think you have the answer? Be sure to find the image and email us!

Also, not only is today the 1st day of 31 Days, it is also a release day at Smeared Ink! We have some awesome new digis for you to enjoy in our shop today, here's a little peek:

Dance With Death

Danse Macabre

Movie Madness

Freaky Girl

Halloween Henna Digi Single

Hope you like them!

Well, I think that was enough info for one day, don't you? Get to hopping and check out all the amazingness, and if you are participating as a Horrifying Hopper don't forget to leave your comments on each blog each and every day to qualify for the grand prize drawing at the end of the month. Above all, have a blast!

Here's our Wicked Blog Roll:

Terra (you're here)
Tori
Kristy
Kapree
Alison
Christine
Kelli
Windy
Susan
Alex
Candace
Monique
Jane
Sugar
Black Dragon
Lisa
Shell
Jean
Julia
Jennifer
Loren
Christy
Vee
Lady Brayton
Lindsay
Little Black Kitten
Celeste
Leigh
Pam
Donna
Valerie
Helen
Sharon
Lisa
Karen
Carolyn
Pam

Welcome to 31 Days of Halloween 2012- Rules and Regs

Yay! It has begun! Welcome to the fourth 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), 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.

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Prize Pack Includes:
*Anatomy 101 Ribcage Sticky Note-Pad
*Skull and Roses Women's Tee (sizes available- S, M, L, XL, XXL)
*Candy Is Dandy Heart Women's Hoodie (sizes available-S,M,L,XL,XXL)
*Goth Fairy Women's Nightshirt- features Lord Byron saying on back "She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies, and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes" (sizes available S,M,L,XL,XXL,XXXL)
*Raven Collage Throw Pillow
*Li'l Grumpies Flip Flops (sizes available include womens, mens, and kids)
*Suck It Up Messenger Bag
*Suck It Up Large Thermos
*5 Digi Sets of Winner's Choice from Smeared Ink

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 37 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 pretty 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 in 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 Blogger Roll: