LOC #59 - Black Christmas

Hello Friends! Today begins a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges with the theme Black Christmas. We have two awesome sponsors this time around, Delicious Doodles and Smeared Ink.  I have used Watchful Eye from Smeared Ink for my card.  

After coloring him with pencils I've layered him on DP from the Paper Studio (Deck the Halls with Chalk paper pack) and CS from my stash.

Please check out all the amazing creations the DT have made at LOC and join in the fun with your own creepy Christmas cards.

LOC # 57 - Fears

This weeks theme for the challenge over at Left of Center is 'face your fears'.  Our wonderful sponsor is Ike's Art and I've used Deamon for my project. I imagine anyone would be quite fearful if this face loomed out to you in the darkness of the night.

I've colored the deamon with pencils and then cut him out to add to my ATC.  I've used liquid glass over the eyes so they really do glow.

I was playing around in photoshop and altered my ATC and found this way to be terrifying as well.

Yikes!  Please join us over at LOC and show us your fear creations or any of your LOC projects :)

PunkYouGirl - # 19 Creepy Christmas

Hello my creative friends!  It's time for a new challenge over at PunkYouGirl Challenges.  This month's theme is Creepy Christmas and our sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps.  I have used Eric the Zombie to make my card.  

I've colored him with pencils and cut him out to layer on my card.  Eric looks rather sad to me, I'm thinking he must have been bad this year and Santa isn't going to leave him any brains or body parts to snack upon, poor Eric.

Now head on over to PYG Challenges to see what the rest of the DT has created for their Creepy Christmas cards and I hope you join in the fun.

LOC #55 - Gremlins

Hello Friends! It's time for a new challenge at Left of Center Challenges.  This week our sponsor is Rick St. Dennis and our theme is 'gremlins'.  I've used this darling little monster Swixtus.

I've colored him with pencils and cut him out to add to my journal page. I made the back ground with several glimmer mists, white acrylic paint and the dots are stamped in black ink.

Please visit the LOC blog and check out all the creations from the DT and then find some gremlins and join in the fun!

LOC # 53 - Celebrate/Fireworks

Hello my crafty friends! Today over at Left of Center Challenges it's time for a new challenge. This week we have a brand new sponsor, SLS Lines.  They have so many amazing images, you really need to go check them out - plus play along this week and you have a chance to win some of their awesome images!

I have made a 6x6 fat page using Mad Court Jester. I've colored her with pencils and have fussy cut her out to layer on my page. I started with a black CS base then added a black design paper that has little glossy dots all over.  I thought they kind of look like fireworks in the night sky. I also added some green glitter glue but that doesn't really show up in the picture.

Now hurry over to LOC and check out all the DT makes - we have some new DT members joining us woohoo!

Punk You Girl - November Challenge

Hello Friends! It's time for challenge #18 - Inpired By Poe over at Punk You Girl Challenges.  Our sponsor this month is the amazing Ike's Art.  I have used Poe Skull Bust for my card, I've colored him with pencils then cut him out to add to my card.

Wouldn't you like to win your own fabulous images from Ike's Art? Well what are you waiting for, head over to PYG to join in the fun. Remember that anything project dark and scary will be accepted, but you get brownie points if you go with the theme :)

Happy Stamping!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 31 & LOC #52

It's day 31 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

This month just flew by, I wanted to say thank you once again to all of you who have been visiting and leaving such wonderful comments each and every day.  We had the largest number of participants ever for the 31 days and there are so many amazing projects. I've really enjoyed this year, altho I'm happy that I will be able to go to bed earlier next month :)

For my last project for the 31 Days of Halloween Hop I have made a card using Back Bend - Toxic Ballerina from Smeared Ink. 

It's also time for a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges and our sponsor happens to be Smeared Ink!  The theme for this week is Vintage Halloween.  Plus there are still a few more days to get your entry in for the DT call at LOC.  I've you've had fun on this 31 Days Hop, imagine the fun you'll have creating these types of projects all year long!

Thanks again and Happy Halloween!

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 30

It's day 30 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

Today I have used an Demonic Babe from Simply B Stamps. She was offered as a FB freebie. Isn't she a beauty?! Sh'es no longer available as a freebie, but you can still get her in Betty's shop.  You should also join the  Simply B Stamps FB page so you don't miss out on any future challenges and freebies :)

I couldn't decide which picture I liked best so I'm posting my top 2 :)  The first one I like the colors better, but it looks a bit blurry. The second one is less blurry but the colors look faded. I really should do my crafting during daylight hours so I can take better pictures.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 29

It's day 29 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

Today I have made a card using the wonderful Druscillia the Demoness from Simply B Stamps. I have colored her with pencils and cut her out to layer on my card.

I ran over to Target on my lunch hour today and was picking up candy for the office when I came across some Halloween washi tape, woohoo!  I have added some to this card, the dots are really orange even tho they look red in the picture :(

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 28

It's day 28 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I have done a journal page today.  The image is from Crafty Moments, one of the gals on the hop last year used these images and sent us over to her friend Vince's blog.

I've colored with pencils and fussy cut out. I was going to create a page but as I was flipping thru my journal I found this one that I made and never used. It has a layer of water color crayons and then several glimmer mists sprayed on top.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 27

It's day 27 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I have used Calypso from Smeared Ink. Many years ago I had a pet rat, Cleo, and she was the smartest rat ever.  So I colored Calypso to look like my Cleo.  I've added a hat that I cut out from a printed designer paper because even rats love Halloween and like to get in on the fun.

This is a 4x4 fat page on a black cardstock base.  Papers are from my stash. You can't really see in the photo but I've added liquid glass to her eyes.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 26

It's day 26 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

Today I have mad a tag using Edgar from the Octopode Factory. I've colored him with pencils and cut him out to place on my that that I have embossed with a bingo folder. I rubbed a purple ink pad (altho you can't tell in the picture) over most of the design and orange over the 31. I also stamped some bats from MFT and added them.

I can't believe that the month has gone so fast, only a few more days left of the hop.  Thanks again for stopping by, your wonderful comments encourage me thru all of my late night stamping :)

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 25

It's day 25 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I have a quick rolodex card for you today as I've got lots to do and I'm running out of time :)  I have used the lovely Smeared Ink raven from Quoth The Raven, the tree and fence are from an older CTMH set.

I sponged the night sky in various shaded of blue. I attempted to highlight my tree with with gel pen but failed so ended up doodling all over it instead.  Then I doodle some more on the raven with purple gal pen.  I added drops of glitter to the sky to act as stars and when I thought they were dry I flipped the card over to stamp the date on the back and when I flipped it back to the front all my stars were smooshed....sigh  so they look bigger than they were supposed to so now they look like rain drops to me...  but I still like it. You can't really tell from the photo but they do sparkle.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 24 & LOC # 51 (and DT call)

It's day 24 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I have a couple of cards to share with you today.  First of all it's Friday so that means it's Smeared Ink Day!

I have used Masquerade 1 and colored her with pencils. Then I added some glitter and once dry cut her out.  The paper is from my stash. (I think she's no longer available)

My second make for today is my DT card for Left of Center Challenges.  This week our sponsor is Limited Runs and our theme is Halloween.  I have used Brad Nailed Zombie and colored him with pencils.

We are also having a DT call over at Left of Center, if you are having a blast with the 31 days hop .then you should seriously consider joining our friendly little group, We love all things Halloween, steampunk, goth, dark, horror and creepy all year long!  The call is open until November 2nd so hurry on over and see what you need to do to apply.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 23

It's day 23 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I've made another rolodex card today using a rubber stamp image from After Midnight Art Stamps.
I"m not sure if they have her in their online shop as I picked her up at a convention several years ago.

I've used the TH stencil again this time with orange and then stamped a border stamp around the edge before adding my lovely DOTD girl and a candle.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 22

It's day 22 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

As I was hopping on Tuesday I saw a really neat card on Susan's blog.  It was her DT card for Sketch-n-Scrap and I just new I wanted to use that sketch.

I've used this freebie image from A Day For Daisies (so I could join in their challenge too), the papers are from my newest CTMH stash, the sticker is from one of the local craft stores.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

Challenges I will be entering:
Sketch-n-Scrap  - October Card Sketch Challenge #36
A Day for Daisies - Anything Halloween

31 Days of Halloween - Day 21

It's day 21 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I have a quick CAS card for you today.  I have used Mrs. Skellington Framed from Dilly Bean Stamps.  I've colored her with pencils and layers her on some purple polka dot paper from my stash.  I've had the ribbon out on my table since the beginning of the month and have tried it on many projects and it just didn't work.  It finally worked!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 20

It's day 20 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

Just a quick post for you today. I'd like to say thanks again for continuing to visit and comment each day, it really means a lot to me :)

I've made a card using this cute batty about you girl from My Favorite Things.  Yes I love dark images, but once in a while I just love the cutesy stuff :) I've colored her with pencils and cut her out to put onto black CS. I used a white gel pen to draw my stitching and then mounted that on a fun dotted paper from my stash.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 19

It's day 19 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.  Thank you for hanging in there all month long!

Today's project is a card using a freebie image from Simply B Stamps Facebook Fan Page.

This is Bat Queen Betty, isn't she fabulous?!  I've colored her with pencils and used foam tape to pop her off my card.  I kept it simple cause I love how she turned out in her Halloween colors.

If you aren't a member of the SBS fan page on facebook you're really missing out.  If you would like to get this freebie you need to hurry as time is running out. Head over to facebook and join the SBS fan page and request your image by 10AM on Sunday the 19th.  Then create your project using this image by 8:00PM on Sunday the 19th. Easy Peasy AND you'll make lots of new friends at the SBS fan page.  If you miss the deadline to request the free image don't worry she's available in the SBS shop. 

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 18

It's day 18 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

Today I have made a 6x6 fat page. The main image is from Creepie Cute Stamps, who happens to be one of the fabulous sponsors for the 31 Days Hop. I got this image from her old shop so it varies slightly from the Little Batling she offers in her shop now.

I've colored her with pencils and sponged the sky.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamps and the bats are from one of my older CTMH sets.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 17

It's day 17 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop, and it's Friday!  You know what that means - Smeared Ink day on the hop :)  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I've made another rolodex card today.  I covered it in gesso (yesterday) and today I scribbled on it with my watercolor crayons.  I used a small paint brush to add water until I was happy with the background. I was so happy with it I wanted to squeal. I've used Black Widow digi from Smeared Ink and colored her with pencils. I used foam tape behind her body so she's popped up a bit. A strip of washi tape and a quick stamp of beware up in the corner and I'm done.  Oh and I added a bit of black gel pen on the legs and around the edge of the body.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 16

It's day 16 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.  Can you believe that we just past the halfway point? This month is flying by. I want to send a big thank you out to all the hoppers that have stopped by.  You all make this even more fun than it already is. Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment :)

For my project today I working in my mini-journal.   I started by gesso-ing the pages and since I'm not very patient I went ahead and sprayed my glimmer mist while it was still wet.  It looked awesome after spraying Jack Frost and Cornflower Daze and I was so happy, then I added black and it sprayed out in one big clump :(  So I ending up taking a paper towel to dab most of the black away and since the gesso was still wet it all blended together. It's not the first time I've done this so you'd think I'd learn, but oh well I still like how it came out looking like night sky, which is what I was going for in the first place.

My images are all from MFT. Very little coloring needed. Then I realized I forgot to add a moon so I cut a small circle and added some gesso on it for my moon texture and glued that to the page.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 15

It's day 15 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

It's been a while since I've done a rolodex card so I thought today was a good day to play with one.  The witches legs are from Unity Stamps and the 31 is from CTMH.

First I stamped the legs and then masked over them to use my distress marker blower thing (too tired to remember the correct name) to spray orange ink over the card. Then I colored in the legs with pencil but it wasn't that bright so I colored over the socks with gel pens, you can see the shine in the photo.  Then I doodled around the edge.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 14

It's day 14 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I have a quick little ATC for you today. This lovely image is from a company that is no longer open,  Queen Kat Designs.

I've colored this bat with pencils, added some green glitter to the eye and then some liquid glass to make the eye pop out. Paper is from my stash.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 13

It's day 13 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

For today's project I have created something that I have never attempted before.  A pop up box.

After watching a couple of videos I decided to give it a try as Simply B Stamps is having a challenge and are asking for a pop-up box. I have used Steampunk Witch from Simply B Stamps. The cauldron and bats are from MFT and the sentiment is from Unity Stamps. This was a fun little project to work on, I might have to try another during the hop :)

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

Challenges:
Simply B Stamps - Boo, did I scare you? (pop up box)

31 Days of Halloween - Day 12

It's day 12 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

For today's project I have made a card using an image from The Octopode Factory.  I've colored her with pencils and added some sparkle to the polka dots.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 11

It's day 11 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged blog for the daily clues and all the rules to  qualify for prizes and to find out about the daily winners.

I played in my mini-journal for today's project.  I liked the background from my ATC yesterday so much that I wanted to start off with that as my background again. Once that was done I drew in my border with sharpie and a bit of white pain pen.  My skull image is from Wonderstrange and the candles are from CTMH.  I colored it with pencils but it wasn't bright enough for me so I went over with gel pens. Then cut them all out to add to my mini-journal.

Next stop of the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left in the side bar.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 10 & LOC #49

It's day 10 ofthe Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners.

For my 31 Days project today I have made an ATC using Anatomy 101 Skull from Smeared Ink.

I've used a Tim Holtx stencil to create the background and my beware is from an older CTMH set.

I am also sharing my Left of Center Challenges DT project today. Our sponsor over at LOC this week is Ike's Art and I've used Pumpkin Fairy to create my journal page. I colored her with pencils and added glitter to her wings. The background was created with gesso and green spray. I just kept adding a little of each and mixing it over the page until I was happy with the color and texture.  The bats are from an older CTMH set. 

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left.

And don't forget to stop by LOC to check out the DT's awesome samples using Ike's images and to join in the fun.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 9

It's day 9 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners.

Today I have made a card using Bella The Vampire from Simply B Stamps. I've colored her with pencils, fussy cut her out and popped her onto my blood soaked background, bwahahaha.

I would like to enter my card over at Simply B Stamps in their for their 2nd day of 13 Days of Halloween.  The theme is Blood Curdling and you have until 11:55PM PST October 9th (today!)

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left.

Challenges I would like to enter:
Simply B Stamps - Blood Curdling
A Step In The Dark - #12 Anything Goes

31 Days of Halloween - Day 8

It's day 8 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners.

Today I have used an image drawn by my friend Charina.  If you hopped last year you might remember that I used a few of her images.  Well now Charina has her own shop, yipee! This image is Succubus and you can find her here.
I've colored her with pencils and fussy cut her out to use over paper from my stash.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 7

It's day 7 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners.

I've made a card today with an image from Beccy's Place. This image was available a while back as a freebie, isn't she great! Papers, washi tape and spider are from my stash.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 6

It's day 6 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners.
I made an ATC today using Ali Mummy from Simply B Stamps. I've colored her with pencils and cut her out to pop onto some various papers from my stash.

I would also like to enter this into the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge this week.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left.


Challenges:
Wicked Wednesday ATC # 126 - Something Girlie

31 Days of Halloween - Day 5

It's day 5 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners.

For today's project I have made a card using Little Monster & Bat from Dilly Beans Stamps.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 4

It's day 4 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners.

For today's project I have made an ATC.  This handsome skellie biker is from Wonderstrange.  He was one of thier freebies a while back. I colored him with pencil and then cut him out to layer onto my ATC.  The BOO arrow is from Unity Stamps.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 3

It's day 3 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Please visit the Smeared and Smudged Blog for the daily clues and all the rules to qualify for prizes and to find out the daily winners. Since it's Friday it's also Smeared Ink day.  I have used this beautiful image from the  Smeared Ink  Calaveras Digi Set. and colored her with pencils then fussy cut her out.

I created the background by spraying a couple differetn glimmer mists and then once that was dry I stamped white paint on a Unity background stamp.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 2

Welcome back!  It's day 2 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. Were you just amazed at all the wonderful stops along the hop yesterday, so inspiring!  Make sure you are stopping by the Smeared and Smudged Blog everyday to get the daily clue or to get a reminder on rules to qualify for the amazing grand prize.

For today's project I've made a card using this cute zombie image from Opal Manor. My sentiment is from Unity Stamps.  I've colored him with pencils and then cut him out to add to my card.  Papers are from my stash.

Next stop on the hop is Sandy.  If you get lost along the way the complete list of Wicked Bloggers can be found to the left. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 1 and PYG #17

Hello my Halloween loving friends! It's time for the 6th annual 31 Days of Halloween with Smeared and Smudged. We have 39 wonderful Wicked Bloggers participating this year, the longest blog roll yet! Since there are so many blogs for you all to visit I really will try to keep it short :)
Even if you aren't a Wicked Blogger you can still win some wonderful prizes by participating as a Horrifying Hopper or Sinister Lurker. You can find more details and all the rules over at Terra's blog so make sure you stop there everyday to get your clues :)

My post for day one is also my DT post for Punk You Girl Challenges and the theme for our monthly challenge is Halloween. Since I know you will be inspired by all the blogs I really hop you'll share your creation with us over at PYG as well.

I have made a card using Christian Count Drac from our sponsor Simply B Stamps. I've colored him with pencils and I've used papers from echo park.

Thanks so much for stopping by, you can find the complete blog list over to the left.  Next stop on the hop is Sandy.

LOC #47 - Fairy Tales

This weeks challege at Left of Center Challenges is Fariy Tales and our sponsor is Delicious Doodles.  I've used Eva The Witch.  I've colored her cloak red so she looks like Little Red Riding Hood.  I think this is one gal that the big bad wolf would not want to mess with.

After coloring her with pencils I cut her out and added to a mini journal page.  I used a Tim Holtz stencil called Shatter and sprayed with Black Marble Dylusions ink. I added a spider sticker for a little bit of sparkle.
Stop by the challenge blog to find out what other fairy tales the DT team have decided to share this week.

LOC # 45 - no designer papers

Hello my crafty friends!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Left of Center Challenges.  This week our sponsor is Ike's Art and the challenge is to not use any designer papers. I happen to have a massive paper stash but sometimes it's fun to not use those papers.  I got to play with Robot ~1 at Ike's Art.

I decided to play in my mini journal.  Since we couldn't use designer papers I decided to make my own.  I used one of my Cuttlebug folders to create the background.  I inked up the folder with chocolate ink and then pressed it down onto each of my journal pages. I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out as it's the first time I tried it, but it worked great I think.  Since the page still looked a little stark with the chocolate on white I sprayed tattered leather glimmer mist over both pages. I colored my Robot ~1 image with pencils and added some bronze glitter glue. I cut her out and added her to my page. 

I really love how my journal turned out. I hope you join us over at LOC and show off what you can create without using any of those designer papers from your stash.

PYG #16 What Creeps Under The Sea

Hello my crafty friends!
This month's challenge over at Punk You Girl Challenges is "what creeps under the sea".  Our wonderful sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps.

Please head over to the PYG Challenge blog to see what the DT has created and then join us at in  creating something that "creeps under the sea.

Happy Stamping!

LOC # 43 - Upcycle

Hello my crafty friends,

This weeks challenge over at Left of Center is to upcycle, and our sponsor is Meljen's Designs. So many wonderful images to choose from but when i saw Steampunk Girl I knew she would be perfect for my upcycle project.

I've used a sardine tin to make a little shadow box for my steampunk girl. This one is different than the other tins I have collected as it's goldish in color.  I have also used old book pages for my back ground and my butterflies.  If you've stopped by the challenge blog you will notice that my sample has changed from when I sent in my pic there.  I felt my first attemp was too plain. So I added some bronze glitter glue around the inside of the tin. Punched out more butterflies, changed my flower color and added a bunch of browntone gems. A lot more fun I think.
Please join us over at LOC in upcycling somethign this week!

A Friendship Hop For Lisa

Hello my crafty friends,

Today a group of us are having a surprise hop for our friend and fellow crafting enthusiast Lisa. I hope you can join in the fun and hop around to see all of our creations for Lisa. 

I've used an image drawn by my friend Charina.  You can visit Charina's blog to see what else she's working on and visit her shop to see what digital stamps you are going to want to add to your wish list.

I've colored this lovely mermaid with pencils and fussy cut her out to add to several layers of DP on my card. 

Here's the blog hop list, make sure to visit and give a little love to everyone :)

Maureen

Jackie

Vicky

Zoe

Teresa

Bettina

Pauline

Karen W.

Linda S. 

Kay R.

Erin

Kath

Kristy

Susan

Kay M.

Fiona

Kyra

Catherine

Sheena

Lisa

LOC #41 & PYG #15

 Hello my crafty friends, today a have two new challenges to share with you.

The first one is from Left of Center Challenges. The theme this week is "inspired by a song" and our amazing sponsor is A Day for Daisies.  My project isn't LOC this week, I went with the theme instead. I've used Freehand Butterfly 1.  I printed the butterfly 3 times and cut out. I've used glimmer mist to color my butterflies and then added them to my journal where I've used water color crayons to make my rainbow background.

My song for this page is The Rainbow Connection.

My next journal page is for the new challenge at Punk You Girl Challenges.  The theme is anything goes but I decided to go ahead and be inspired by a song again. Our fabulous sponsor this month is The East Wind. I've use Lucy-Loo Attitude. I thought she fit perfectly for one of my favorite songs by Halestorm.

I used glimmer mists to create the background. I colored Lucy in pencils and cut her out to add to my page. I wrote the song lyrics on some CS and cut them out to add to the page too.

So what are you waiting for, come join the fun.   LOC - inspired by a song and  PYG - anything goes.

Smudgefest Day 7 - Synonymous Sunday

It's the last day of the Smudgefest over at Smeared and Smudged, I've had a blast creating everyday.  For today's challenge they gave a Smeared Ink image to play with, Mary.

I've colored her with pencils and fussy cut her out to layer on my card.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you've enjoyed Smudgefest as much as I have.  Happy creating!

Smudgefest Day 6 - Saturday Splatter

Only a couple more days of Smudgefest 2014 at Smeared and Smudged :(  Today's challenge is Saturday Splatter - we get to have some messy fun!  I've been pretty messy all week long and it's been so awesome!

For this project I started with a piece of chipboard and cut it into a giant tag shape. I smeared some gesso on it to create a textured background. Then (when it was nearly dry) I used about 7 different color glimmer mists until I achieved the back ground I wanted. While that part was drying I colored Luna from the Women of Power set at Smeared Ink. I attached her with foam tape and then added a few gems, glitter and ribbons with some bones from my stash. I love how this turned out and the picture just doesn't do it justice. I may have to add another pic in the morning when I can shoot it outside in the natural light.