Crazy Craniums

Wicked Wednesday ATC has a new challenge!!!  We would love for you to play with us too!!! Our Sponsor this week is :

We were able to work with some of their cranium images which are crazy cute!!!  

I used the Cranium Captain Digi for my project:

Here is my project:

To see what the other WWATC DT members have made for you please head on over to the blog and don't forget to play along!!!

I am also going to enter this over on the Smeared Ink ning group called Smeared and Smudged!!  Go check them out!!

Day 16 of 31

Hello Lovelies, it's time for my last swap decoration of the month!  It's another cat box but different as well as this one is wearing a clown collar!  I hope you enjoy!!!

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Day 9 of 31

Hello lovelies today I have for you another decoration I made for the swap the S&S had recently! Today it is a dress form and it’s simply elegant at least I think so!

The images are from Smeared Inks Quoth the Raven set!

 

 

 

Remember to leave some love and the blog roll is on the sidebar!!!

Letting Go….

Hey all , today I want to share with you one of my art journal pages I have been making lately.  Smeared and Smudged has weekly prompts and has for a few weeks.  They are wonderful prompts and I don’t necessarily sit down with their prompts in mind but when I sit down to a background that was made weeks ago or a blank page and don’t really know what I am going to add to it or do, having those prompts is a little helpful.  The good thing about these prompts is that there is no time limit on when to submit your pages.  I like that… So if I work on a page I can always go back and see what one of the previous prompts was and see if my page works for that.  You can read all about it on the forum.


There isn’t any journaling on it right now for two reasons.  The first is because you all know that I think journaling is a private things, but secondly because I think what I did write on there says all I needed to say at the time that this was flowing.  I may add more later who knows but right now for me it says it all!

Bloody Valentine Hop

Hello everyone, welcome to the last day of the 3 day hop!  This month Smeared and Smudged decided to do a 3 day hop instead of just the regular monthly hop!  Again I will keep it short and sweet.  Today I have for you a journal page I made to go with this weeks prompt for art journaling on smeared and smudged! 

I used the Inky Dreams stamp set from Smeared Ink on this one as well.  That set is awesome for journaling/mixed media because it can create some wicked sweet backgrounds!

Remember to go and see what everyone else has for you today!  Thanks for hopping with us this weekend!

Blog Roll

Tori

Ike

Sara

MaryKay

Alison

Helen

Jane

Black Dragon

Kapree

Sugar

Monique

Lady Brayton

Kelli

Lisa

Kristy

Steph

Jennifer

Susan G.

Jamie S.

Fiona

Shell

Trisha

Dianne

Smeared and Smudged Bloody Valentine hop

It’s day two of the Bloody Valentine Hop and I hope you are enjoying your hop so far!  I know I have a busy day and I think you may also so I am just going to keep this short and sweet! 

This is another tag for the other child!  Again using Inky dreams and Urban Decay from Smeared Ink!  I hope you enjoy!

Remember to go and see what everyone else has made!

Blog Roll

Tori

Ike

Sara

MaryKay

Alison

Helen

Jane

Black Dragon

Kapree

Sugar

Monique

Lady Brayton

Kelli

Lisa

Kristy

Steph

Jennifer

Susan G.

Jamie S.

Fiona

Shell

Trisha

Dianne

Smeared and Smudged Bloody Valentine Hop

Hello Lovelies, What would Valentines day be without a Bloody Hop!!!! LOL  This month Smeared and Smudged has decided to have a 3 day hop instead of a normal monthly hop!  I hope that you all enjoy everything you have seen so far and continue to come back for more!

Today I have for you a tag I made for a Valentine’s day gift for one of my kiddos!  I have been doing a lot of mixed media/art journaling lately so decided to incorporate it into these tags.  I used Inky dreams and Urban Decay stamp sets from Smeared Ink. 

Enjoy…

Here is your blog roll and remember to have fun during this 3 day hop!

Blog Roll

Tori

Ike

Sara

MaryKay

Alison

Helen

Jane

Black Dragon

Kapree

Sugar

Monique

Lady Brayton

Kelli

Lisa

Kristy

Steph

Jennifer

Susan G.

Jamie S.

Fiona

Shell

Trisha

Dianne

Simply Betty Smeared and Smudged Style

Hello Lovelies, Today my Smeared Ink DT friends and I are having a blog hop featuring one of this months sponsors Simply Betty.  Betty and a couple of her DT girls are joining us for this hop as well! Betty offered out DT some free digi images of her Zombie Teens or Summber Zombie Teens.  I chose to get the Christian Zombie teen, but couldn't resist sneaking back over and purchasing a couple of the summer zombies as well!!!!  I love those zombies!!!!  Anyway, Simply Betty is sponsoring a couple of the challenges over on Smeared and Smudged so if you want some wonderful digi images from her you better come on over there and play!!! 

So as I said I chose the regular Zombie teen Christian and for some reason I love this dude.  I also have a couple of rubber Christian images as well as a few other digi images of him.... there is just something about this image that reminds me of my son....maybe its the personality that comes out of his eyes when I look at him... who knows.  Anyway I have him and I couldn't wait to play because the first thing that popped into my head wasn't the fact that he was carrying his head in his hands, it was the look in his eyes that said, My mom is gonna kill me for ripping my brand new jeans!!!!!!  Maybe that is just my wicked sense of humor coming out who knows... I am sure his mom would be just as upset about his head falling off, you know blood on the carpet and all, but who knows... depends on how much the jeans cost.!

So here is my project, it is my take on the sketch challenge on Smeared and Smudged! Like my good friend Lady Brayton said, not all scrapbook pages need pictures...I think the image is wonderful and should be the focal point! 

So leave me some love then continue on with your hop... If you started with me make sure to go back to the top of the list and see what everyone has made....

Betty:

Terra:

Tori:

Alison

Kelli That's Me!

Black Dragon:

Lady B

Kapree:

Sugar

Dianne:

Paula

Helen:

Cheri:

Nicole:

Jennifer

Suzi (Mrs. Weyermeyster):

Grumpily Graduating!

Hello Lovelies, Today I have to share with you a card I made using the card sketch, from the sketch challenge on Smeared and Smudged. I used Artie, a graduating Grumpy for my card, he is this months freebie for participating on the forum! Now you may be thinking,Kelli that doesn't say anything about graduation. Well you would be right, I made this card for a friend of my daughter who loves Alice in Wonderland almost as much as I do, therefore the sentiment! Today is also my day to share on the Smeared Ink DT blog, Smudgy Antics, so head on over there and see what all the other DT members have been up to as well!!!

Oh and one other thing.  Skull appreciation day is June 4, 2011 and we over at smeared and smudged have joined in on the celebration with a blog hop! It's open to every forum member so come on over and join the forum to participate!!!  You will get a free digi image of a skull to play with(available later this week) and meet lots of new friends!!!!! You can find more information here!

Smeared and Smudged Member Hop May

Hello Lovelies, Welcome to the hop!  This month I set forth a challenge for this hop, it was to use a technique, new or well known to you, the catch was though that no technique could be repeated!!!!  I chose to do the masking technique that I learned just recently from my friend Katie! 

I would like to introduce to you The Glam Vamps:  Ann-Marie, Anya, Christine, Clarice, and Rachel.  They are not new, although kinda newish to the Smeared Ink line up and they are all digi images.... Now you may be thinking how in the heck do you do the masking technique with digi images....well that's simple you just print them out twice!!!!! Of course if you want to have a scene like I have created then you need to tweak the size a bit and maybe play around with the way they are in the scene like I have done using photoshop, or whatever your favortie program is!!!  Once I got them to stand the way I wanted I printed them out twice, once on cardstock, once on printer paper.  Then when they cardstock was covered with the printer paper I pulled out my Holy city set from Smeared Ink and stamped over top of them!  I kinda wanted my vamps to be the focal point so I left the background without much, if any color! 

Now hop on over to see what everyone else has made, with there techniques!!!!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Smudgy Antics
Kelli
Lady Brayton

Meredith

Black Dragon

Jane

Judi

Jennifer

Sugar

Kapree

Dianne

Paula

.

Smeared Ink New Release Blog Hop

Hello Lovelies, I hope this day finds you all doing well and recovering from a wonderful mothers day!  Weather you were the mother or the child, I hope you had a wonderful day!

Now on to the Smeared Ink new release hop, now before I go much further I wanted to pass on a little secret, today only May 9, 2011 Smeared Ink is having a digi sale... Buy 2 get 1 FREE!!!!!  This is a small release as Terra and Tori are gearing up for a major Halloween release in July, exciting, exciting!!! I can't wait and I know you can't either!  So on with today's show, the two releases for today are called

Von Bayros

Stitchy Situation

I got to work with one of the stitchy situation images, the one that is kinda flopped over with his bum in the air!  I made a card with him but if I could have found the empty bottles I wanted to use I would have added a whole new meaning to Bottoms Up!!! LOL  Alas, I am still coughing like there is no tomorrow and digging through dust and boxes was not on the agenda!!!!  :((  Oh well there are always more projects to do!

Here is my card, now I have added the words digitally using photo shop but they are part of the digi set.  The image was printed out and colored with copics and quite honestly there are so many colors on top of colors to acheive these "patchwork" effect that I can't remember them all right now and wasn't thinking clearly enough at the time to write them down...sorry!  I used Brilliant Blue card stock from SU and the patterned paper is one I received in a RAK so I do not know the name...

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my little part of blog land today and I really wish you would head on over to see what all of my lovely DT partners in crime have created!!!! You know there is going to be some wonderful creations out there!!!!

Terra

Tori

Alison

Kelli Thats me!

Black Dragon

Lady Brayton

Kapree

Sugar

Dianne

Paula

Hello My Pet

Hello lovelies, I have missed you so.  Being sick SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Alas I have returned with my offering for the Smudgy Antics DT Blog.  If you haven't been there yet you should go!  It's full of wonderfully wicked art work, simply because we have wonderfully wicked DT membes!!!! Make sure to check out the new challenges over on Smeared and Smudged also, we have some wonderful sponsors this month, Simply Betty and Sweet November Stamps!!!!!! You know you don't want to miss out on those!!!

Today I have for you a bookmark/tag I made using Smeared Ink digi set Fedom.  I didn't do much to the image itself except add a little chalk here and there(thanks Alison for turning me on to that!).  The tag on the other hand I distressed the hell out of and then added a really cool background (from Itkupilli) I have had for a while!  My image i popped up for some depth.  No it's not quite finished as I haven't added ribbon and bling yet.  I know what I want to use and I know I have it, it's just a matter of digging it out and as I was a sick one this past few days that didn't happen!!!

Forever

Hello Lovelies, it's Tuesday which means it's my turn to play on the Smeard Ink DT blog Smudgy Antics!!!  I have for you today a card I made using a couple of my favorite things....vampires and ummmmm vampires....LOL  I used an image from the Glam Vamps set from SI.  These are digi images that I printed out then colored with my copics.  I then used this cool digi scrapbook set I found featuring another of my favorite things, the Twilight series!  I think it turned out wicked cool! It also follows the Smeared and Smudged Sketch challenge card sketch for April!!!

Shake it up!

Hello Lovelies, Today I have to shre with you a card I made using Smeared Ink stamps.  I love shaker cards cause they are fun!!!  I mean who doesn't love to shake things!!!   My card is featured today on the Smeared and Smudged DT blog, Smudgy Antics, you will also find this weeks challenge over there!

Ingredients used:
Smeared Ink stamps, Fae's and Killer Bo Peep
Pennywise Arts Microbeads
Versafine Ink
Su cardstock
SU black embossing powder!

Smeared and Smudged Member Hop

Hello lovelies and welcome to this months version of the S&S member hop.  This month we were set to use the colos brown and green, any shade of either color.  Pretty simple right!  I love color combo challenges, because I always(well almost always) try to  use the most opposite of those colors I can!  Not today though, today I decided to make something that wasn't out of the norm.  When you first see it, you will think, now that's not the Kelli I know and love!!!  What the hell is she doing with that flower!!!  BUT upon closer look you will notice that I took that lovely flower and grunged it up!!! 

This month our hop has a little twist!  We have an awesome blog candy!!!  Strange Skin, one of our sponsors on the forum this month, has offered 2 digi stamps as a blog candy for one lucky winner!!!  All you have to do is coment on each bloggers project!  That's all!  Now since there is quite a list of particiants this month I will get on with the viewing....

Now remember to win the blog candy leave a comment on each and every bloggers project!  Hop on over and see what everyone else has made!!!

Tori

Alison

Kelli (That's me)

Ladybrayton

Sugar

Black Dragon

Monica

Kapree

Alex

Tiffany

Jane

Meredith

Dianne

Judy

Lisa

Kimberly

List of Ingrdients:

glimmer mist caramel apple

mini microbeads pennywise arts

SU cardstock

Stamp set Smeared Ink

Ink  Distress ink Ranger products Peeled Paint

Smeared and Smudged February Members Blog Hop

Hello lovelies, So today is the day for the February blog hop.  I bet your going great more Valentines crap to look at I am so sick of pink and hearts its not even funny!!!  WWWEEEELLLLLL  you would be wrong!!!  Our challenge this month was: to create a Valentines project but we couldn't use hearts, red , pink, and Nothing ‘cute’ unless you make it uncute of course :)!!!!  So thats what I did!!!  I used the Killer Bo Peep set from Smeared Ink. 

Now I like to call my card:  "Here's your Freakin Flowers!"  Now what better way to let someone know you love them than to give them flowers?!?!?  Well IDK if these flowers say love, but I kinda like Killer's garden!!! 

You know you want some of those!!!

A close up!

So now hop on over an see what everyone else has made!

Terra

Tori

Alison

Lady B

Helen

Kymberly

Berenice

Kelli thats me!!!

Lisa

Dianne

Teri

Rebecca

Steph

Jane

Sugar

Kapree

Black Dragon

Alex

We sure would like for you to join us over at Smeared and Smudged!  If you are looking for Alternative, Vintage, and Gothic Art Rubber Stamping then you will find a home there!  We have wonderful challenges every month with wonderful prizes from wonderful sponsors!  And  new this month, if you participate in a challenge you can receive a free digi image.  Just follow the simple guidelines! 

Smeared Ink Tuesday

Hello all,


Today I am offering you a creation inspired by Jane - who is our fabulous Guest Designer for February. Her challenge is to make or alter a box or bag to hold a valentine gift or card. I also want to tell you about the new blog that the Smeared Ink Design Team has started it is called Smudgy Antics and everyday a different member of the DT will be posting projects.  Tuesdays just so happen to be my days!!!   This box will be for my lovely daughter because this is one of her favorite sets, and the boys would just look at it and say, naked lady!!!LOL

I used the Nymphs set from Smeared Ink which is very lovely and some papers the DT received from our very own Lisa. It's a simple box really, but the images are wonerful, and I love using the pattern paper as a wall paper sort of technique.

For my box I used:
Nymphs- Smeared Ink
paper pack from Lisa
acrylic paint
stazon Jet black
peeled paint distress ink

Smeared and Smudged Monthly Member Hop

Hello Lovelies,

It's baaaacccccckkkkk!!!!  The S & S monthly member hop is here again!  This month our hop is all about New!!!  That just means that something on your project has to be new to you!  It can be a technique you haven't tried before, or a new stamp that you just haven't had time to use yet. 

So for my project I used 2 new things.  A envelope album that I got from Graphic 45 and a new Digi image from Smeared Ink!  Now not only did I double the newness, I tripled the challenges for this one project!!!  You all know that over on Smeared and smudged we have several challenges every month where you can win some wonderful items from some awesome companies!!  The challenges I made this project for are the S&S scrapbook sketch challenge, the challenge issued by out lovely Guest DT Alex, and for this Hop!!!

front cover

front cover open

now you can see the full scrapbook sketch!!

inside pages

back cover

So my idea for this hop/challenges came from desperation quite honestly.  We started another group over on S & S about Art Journals and I love the idea.  I have wanted to do one for a while so was very happy when it was suggested!!!  Of course as soon as we start this everything goes haywire in my house.  In a good way of course.  My hubby is retiring from the Navy, which we have known for a while, what we didn't know was that he would get a job and have to start so quickly.  So long story short, we got a call on December 28th saying he got the job and you start on January 19th. Now we have been scrambling around, packing, finding a place to live, getting the house ready to sell, getting the kids ready to move(which isn't possible mentally I think) and just a whole lot of hoopla!!!!!  Long story short I wanted to make a book for Alex's challenge and also start an Art Journal.  Sooooo  I did!  I started the art journal then realized that I wouldn't have time to work on it everyday, what I do have time to do everyday is write something down.  Knowing myself though I would write it on whatever I had, like a couple of daily notes are on the backs of receipts!!!, so I needed somewhere to keep those pieces of paper!!!  Therefore the Envelope Album.  The Mad Scientist I think just represents my life perfectly right now!!!  I do know that I will add more pictures to the different pages, but right now I just have the one image!!  HEY all the pages are decorated though!!!!!that's gotta count for something!!!  Where does the scrapbook sketch come in you ask.... I just made it miniature to put it on the cover of my album!!!

Now hop on over and see what all my other lovely S and S hoppers have done!!!


Terra
Tori
Helen
Jane
Black Dragon
Steph
Meredith
Alison
Teri
Kristie
Paula
Monica
Diane
Shelley
Diane
Lady Brayton
Kelli  That's me!!!



Ingredients used:

Mad Scientist by Smeared Ink
Kraft Envelope Album from Graphic 45
Copics
Bo Bunny Mama Razzi paper
TPC studio School Days paper

S&S DT blog hop featuring Tellen's Place

Hello lovelies,  Today we, the Smeared and Smudged Design team, are having a blog hop featuring images from Tellen's Place images. Tellen's Place is also one of our sponsors this month over on the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  I got to work with Gretchen, and she is just the most adorable little girl around.  As soon as I saw her I knew she was the one I wanted to work with!!!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE her!  Can you tell I like her???!!!???!!! 

So it being the Holiday season, I figured she needed to have some sort of Holiday spirit, I just couldn't convince Gretchen of that... So she is Bah Humbugging it today....I think it might be because I made her wear those "christmassy" colors.  Who knows.   

Now I hope that you hop on over and see what all my other DT members have made.
Terra
Tori
Kelli
Black Dragon
Lady Brayton
Meredith
Kapree
Lisa
If you notice a couple are missing, that's ok.  We know that they will return to us as soon as possible.  We send our love and positive thoughts to them and their families during their time of need.

On the 5th day of Christmas...

Hello Lovelies, I hope your morning is a little warmer than my morning!!!!!  Today I have for you a card I created using Bombshell Stamps.  Now you all know that I don't stitch on my cards but something about this one just called for it.  Don't go thinking I hauled out my sewing machine for this one, cause you would be wrong, this card is hand stitched!!!  I started with some gray card stock as the base of my card.  Added some decorative paper and a piece of brown card stock and that is what I stitched together.  My pirate is colored with copics and the sentiment is printed out from the computer and then stitched onto brown card stock. This is also my interpertation of the Bombshell monthly sketch for December!  I'm not quite sure this is what Kathi had in mind when she made the sketch, but it's what my brain started screaming at me to make once we saw it!!!  You can find more detail on this months Bombhsell sketch here!  Also if you haven't already head on over to the Bombhsell blog and enter our follower contest! 

Before you do that though, hop over to the side bar and see what all the other jolly bloggers have made for todays hope.  Then hop on over to Smeared and Smudged to see all the wonderful new contest for December!!!!!  Ok so here is my card....

This card will also be used for challenges issued by:

stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com

peartreedesigns.blogspot.com