31 Days of Halloween - Day 5

Welcome back, it's day 5 of the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  For all the rules you must visit Terra's blog. She's also posting the daily winners so if you are participating the scavenger hunts you'll want to check that out to see if you've won anything.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Next stop on the hop.... Trisha. 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 4

Happy Friday! It's day 4 of the 5th annual Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop! Since it's Friday it's also Smeared Ink Day, woohoo!  What that means is you'll be seeing lots of creations using images from Smeared Ink.  I have used one of my favorite SI sets, Quoth The Raven.  It is only available now to the Rubber Club members under Past Offerings. Check out their store for more info.

Another one of my visions that was awesome in my head and not so much once I got it on paper, lol. Played with my water color crayons  to create the background (can you tell I LOVE this) Then I use cross hatch stamp for added texture. The skull I stamped on white CS, cut it out and then sponged with orange ink until it was dark enough for me. In case you haven't guessed, the skull is supposed to be a jack-o-lantern. I used some brown ribbon as the stump and some green wire for the vines.  Can ya kinda see it???  hehe  Oh then I doodled a little bit with a white gel pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by and all the wonderful comments that you've left. Don't forget if you need a refresher on the rules head over to Terra's blog, plus she has the daily hint for the scavenger hunt. Complete blog list is on the left if you get lost.

Next stop on the hop...  Trisha.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Make sure to stop by Terra's blog for the hint of the day.

My journal page today didn't turn out like I had envisioned. I made my own cloud stencil but I think I should have made the sky darker.  Oh well, lots more days to play / practice :)  Sponged the sky, stamped and then colored with pencils.

Next stop on the hop...  Trisha

Don't forget, if you get lost the entire list of Wicked Bloggers is to the left.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 2

Welcome back my Halloween Loving Friends!  It's day 2 of the Smeared & Smudged 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. If you get lost all the Wicked Bloggers are listed on the side.  Don't forget to start at Terra's blog so you can get your hint for the hunt :)  Here's my mini-journal page for today.

Same type of background as yesterday, just different colors and I let it drip more. Some stamps and some washi tape and a gem for my crows eye.

Happy Hopping!

next stop Trisha.....


see way less wordy ;)

31 Days of Halloween - Day 1

Happy October 1st!!  You know what that means right?!?!?  It's time for the Smeared & Smudged Annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop! This is year 5 and I'm so excited to participate once again. You can find all the rules and info on this super fun hop over on Terra's blog.   If you just happened upon my blog you'll want to head over there to check it out and start the hop from the beginning.  If you get lost along the way I have the complete list of Wicked Bloggers over on my side bar.  Not only will you be able to feast your eyes upon Halloween goodness all month long, you can win stuff too, how awesome is that?!?! Like I said before you can find all the deets on Terra's blog.

Now to my first project.  My mom and I found these mini journals at the craft store a while back and we thought these would be great since sometimes we are intimidated by a giant journal page.  So I decided to break it in on the Halloween Hop :)

Oh my gosh this size is perfect for a little bit of artsy fun!  It's approximately 3ish" x 4ish".  I started by gesso-ing the pages. Once dry I added some color with my water color crayons. These are so fun to play with when you want to create backgrounds. I used yellow and vermillion to get the orange color I wanted, after all what's Halloween without a little bit of orange.  You just blend your scribbles with a wet paint brush and voila - a background!

Then I stamped in black directly on the pages (once dry) using a few of my older CTMH stamps.  I added some dots with a metallic sharpie and added my journaling.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I promise I wont be so "wordy" the rest of the month, I know there are lots of stops for you all to make.

Next stop on the hop is Trisha....

LOC Challenge #15

Welcome back my friends! We have a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges, this time around you need to include some element of water in your creations.
Our generous sponsor this week is Delicious Doodles and we all got to pick a mermaid to play with. :)  For my creation I've used Unchained Melody.

I've used colored pencils on my image and a couple shades of blue CS and blue ink to stamp my background.  I was hoping my circle stamps would represent bubbles :)
Please make sure to stop by the LOC blog to meet our newest DT members and to check out everyone's mermaid creations. Then grab your tamps and join in the fun!  Don't forget you can either follow the given theme or create something left of center.

LOC Challenge #14

Hello Friends! There were so many awesome entries for the last LOC challenge I hope you all join in again for this one :)  The theme for this weeks challenge is LOC or NO DESIGNER PAPER.  Our sponsor this week is Rick St. Dennis and I chose to work with Angry Annie.

I've made a fat book page to showcase Annie and her anger :) Since part of the challenge is to not use DT I decided to make my own. I pulled a page from a book and stamped onto it.
Please join us over at Left of Center Challenges, I can't wait to see what you make :)

LOC Challenge #13

Good Morning my Crafty Friends! Its time for another challenge over at Left of Center Challenges.  This week our fab sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs. I chose to work with the Cowardly Lion Sassy.  Did you know that SSD also has a challenge blog, you should check that out too while visiting their shop.

I colored the not so cowardly lion with pencils and added her to a kraft CS base. I stamped my sentiment with dark cocoa ink and added a bow to match the one in her mane. We've got lots of changes going on over at LOC so please stop by for a visit and maybe join the team and stay awhile :)

LOC Challenge #12

This weeks sponsor over at Left of Center Challenges is Floppy Latte Digital Designs, and the challenge is to use something metal on your project.  I've used this image I've had for a while from Floppy Latte called Funky Floral VII.

This image is so pretty I wanted to keep the card design simple.  I colored with pencils then cut out to mount on cocoa colored CS onto a white CS base.  The metal I've used are the 3 antique gold studs on the bottom of the card.
This challenge is going to run for 3 weeks instead of the usual 2 so there are no excuses, you have plenty of time to join in the fun. Head on over to the LOC blog and check out the wonderful samples from the DT and get some inspiration to create your own card using the LOC theme or the challenge theme of something metal. 

Bad to the Gills

It's time for another fun facebook challenge with Simply B Stamps. This month we able to choose Roxie the Good Mermaid or Spika the Bad Mermaid. 

This is Spika, I colored her with pencils and added some metallic scales to her fin and some purple glitter glue here and there. She was so fun to color!  You should go check out the new mermaid collection at SBS.

LOC Challenge #11

Welcome back my stamping friends! It's time for another challenge over at Left of Center Challenges this week.  Our sponsor this time around is the amazing Rick St. Dennis.  I grabbed this cute little freebie from his blog Sparkle and Glitter. Since our theme over at LOC is Christmas/Winter in July I turned this "Summer Fairy" into a Christmas Fairy.

I colored her with pencils and cut her out. I stamped some stars on my card and then popped her on top with some foam tape. I will also be adding this to his July Freebie Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, please visit LOC for fabulous samples from the DT using Rick's St. Dennis images and check out his Etsy store and his blogs, Sparkle and Glitter and  Airless Chambers.

LOC Challenge #10

Time for a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges. The theme this time around is to use polka dots and/or stripes. Or as always you can create something left of center and don't have to follow the theme.  Check out the blog or ask me if you have questions :)
Our fab sponsor this week is Limited Runs. I have several of her images and chose to use this Eyeball Cupcake from my stash.

I colored with pencils then fussy cut my cupcake out. I used a round CS base and sponged some color on.  I didn't feel like digging through my stash for a dot stamp so I used a pencil eraser :) This created my polka dots.  I used foam tape to pop my cupcake off the cake and taadaa.... a super cute cupcake card ;)

Now head on over to LOC to join in the fun and check out the awesome samples from the DT.

Summer the Fairy

It's time for another Simply Betty Stamps Facebook Fan Page Challenge.  This month we were asked to use Summer the Fairy and to create our own background.  

 I started with a round CS base and sponged, distressed and stamped to make my background. I colored her with pencils and added some glitter to her wings and dress.

Thanks for stopping by!

LOC Challenge #9

Hello my crafty friends!

It's time for another fun challenge over at Left of Center Challenges. Our sponsor this time around is Ike's Art.  She's has an amazing variety of images so I encourage you to check out her store and her blog.  I made a card with an old image of her's that I got ages ago as a Friday Freebie. I've had her colored up for a while now and figured it was the perfect time to add her to a card.

I colored with pencils and used gel pen for some accents.  The theme for this weeks challenge is to have a sentiment on the front so I've used some other stamps from my CTMH stash to complete my card.

Also happening over at LOC is a DT Call.  If you are interested in becoming a part of our team as a regular or guest DT member please check out our blog for details. We'd love to have you - no DT experience necessary and all skill levels welcome :)

Happy Stamping!

LOC Challenge #8

Hello my Crafty Friends!

The new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges this time around is sponsored by Dilly Beans Stamps. I have many Dilly Bean images in my collection so I chose to work with Adrianna's Mask. I may have mentioned a time or two that I'm gong thru a crazy polka-dot phase and this image fits my mood perfectly with her polka-dot dress :)

The theme this week is to use embossing in your project, either dry or heat. I chose dry and used a cuttlebug folder. Once it was embossing I used the direct to paper technique and swiped my ink pad across my embossed panel until I got the coverage of color that I wanted.  I mounted the panel on a black CS base and then added Adrianna using some foam tape to pop her off the page. A cute little spider image and she's good to go.  I love how the bright blue and lime green coloring turned out.
Now hustle on over to Left of Center Challenges to join in the fun!

SBS Challenge

The current (soon to be over) challenge at Simply B Stamps this past month was a color challenge.  We were provided with this gorgeous image and were asked to use only yellow, orange, white and black.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to join in the fun at SBS for the next challenge. They are also celebrating the 3rd Birthday of SBS so there are a few fun challenges already happening for June.

Skull Appreciation Day 2013

Do you know what day it is?!? Skull Appreciation Day, wahoo!  The fabulous gals over at Smeared and Smudged Forum have organized another hop for this year and I think it's the biggest one yet. 

My first project is an ATC. The image I used is Anatomy 101-skull Front from Smeared Ink. I cut her out and layered onto a black CS base that I added dots to with a metallic sharpie. I also choose a light green ribbon for her to wear as a headband because what skull doesn't want to look pretty once in a while :)

For my second project I wanted to create a journal page. I do this every year for Skull Appreciation Day and it's always fun to look back. I used the skull again, just printed larger and cut her out.  I added her to my page that I used some glimmer mist on to add color and texture to the background. You can't really tell in the pic but I also used shimmer mist on the skull to make her sparkly.  Butterflies have been on my mind lately so I added a bunch to the page. I curved their wings so they would pop off the page a bit.  The quote I found while surfing the web.  "Life's true face is the skull." Nikos Kazantzakis

Thanks for stopping by, wishing you and your skull all the best on Skull Appreciation Day!

Here's the blog list, I hope you join in and hop along. Don't forget to leave a little love along the way, we all appreciate comments :)

Terra
Tori
Laura
Kapree
Kristy
Sandy
Jacki
Rick St Dennis
Airless Chambers
Wendy
Julia
Susan
Lady Brayton
Black Dragon
Kay
Miko
Creepy Glowbug
Aletha
Ike
Miranda
Hazel
Monique
Shoni
Suzi
Leigh S-B Designs
DominoART
Alison
Donna M
Donna W
Jane
De Stempelwinkel
Evil Edna
Jenn
Steph
Anna
Bombshell Stamps
Helen
Shell
Movie Magic Monthly Blog
Fiona
Serena
Little Black Kitten
Maureen
Karen
Milo
Teri

For more information about Skull Appreciation Day please visit Skull-A-Day. 

LOC challenge #7

Welcome back, it's time for a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges. For challenge #7 our sponsor is A & T Digital Designs. I got to work with this adorable image Ally & Beeble.

She's colored with pencils then I fussy cut her out. I layered my DP on a white CS base then added a layer of vellum.  The image is popped off the page with foam tape.

LOC challenge #6

It's time for a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges. This weeks theme is red & black and our sponsor is LEJ Designs.  I've used the lovely Desire digi stamp that can be found in the Halloween section of the LEJ Designs online store.

I've colored her with pencils and sponged around the edge. Then I spritzed some glimmer mist to give her some sparkle.

Make sure to head over to the Left of Center Challenges Blog to join in the fun!

LOC Challenge #5

Hello my crafty friends! It's time for a new challenge over at Left of Center Challenges, this weeks theme is to use a digi image. How easy is that?!?  Our sponsor this week is Delicious Doodles and I was so excited to pic out one of her images to play with.

This is Steampunk Sally, isn't she gorgeous?!? I found some really cool paper last week at Hobby Lobby and I just knew it would be perfect with this image.  I colored her with pencils using mostly brown tones with a splash of teal and reddish brown for her hair.

Thanks for stopping by, I really hope you will play with us over at Left of Center Challenges this week!