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

Blog Hop Roll- Bloody Valentine Hop Tomorrow!

Just a quick post, for those of you who have signed up to participate as a blogger in our Bloody Valentine event you can find your blog roll here:

http://moresmearedink.blogspot.com/p/blog-hop-rolls.html

We cannot wait to see what our bloggers create for this, and hope all of you can join us tomorrow for our annual bloody hop!

Bloody Valentine Is Coming! Sign Up Now...

Each year on Smeared and Smudged we celebrate out holidays just a tad differently that the norm, and Valentine's Day is no exception. As promised, once again we will be hosting our three day long BLOODY VALENTINE BLOG HOP event and we would like to encourage everyone to join in. Our hop will be held on February 11, 12, and 13.

The theme, of course, is Bloody Valentine so break out those drippy red inks and get to crafting! Use your imagination and have fun with it. Each year the projects range from a little quirky to downright horror movie gorey, so please prepare yourself! One project per day - so participants will have to create three different projects for this hop. We can't wait to see what our fabulous bloggers come up with! Also, don't forget the S&S rule that is has to be stamped somewhere (digi stamps are fine).

Here's the low down on the rules and how to participate:

*To sign up for the Bloody Valentine 3-Day hop event, leave a comment under this post with your name and blog address by February 9, 2015. 

*The blog roll will be posted here on February 10, 2015. All participants will need to copy and post the blog roll either in their blog sidebar or in their daily post during the hop.

*Participants should create three Bloody Valentine themed projects and post one to their blog each day during the hop, starting February 11.

*Blog Posts must go live by 9am PST

That's it! We hope you will join us this year and can't wait to see what your creative minds have in store for us! 

To chat about the hop with other participants, and see all our other upcoming events, check out the Smeared and Smudged Group on Facebook. We have added in a few more special blog hops that we're sure you'll LOVE! In the meantime, don't forget to add your info below for Bloody Valentine.

See you again soon!