Smeared Ink Weekly Design Team Project

Every week I will be posting a Design Team Project using only Smeared Ink images, rubber or digital.
You can also check out my team mates wonderful work as well.  They are listed on the left side under About Me section.

This project can also be seen on the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  I so encourage you to join this wonderful community and free forum.  I am inspired pretty much every day by all the talent and out of the box creations there.

I have recently been trying to attempt an Art Journal (AJ).  I love to get my fingers inky and it seems that this is just the thing for that.  My project today is two pages in my AJ.  These pages have been inspired from a group on the Smeared and Smudged Forum called Art Journal Every Day.  It is Technique #3 from the Mixed Media University Group (on Forum), where you use your left over paint.  I cheated a little and used new paint, but the applying process was the same.

Smeared Ink just came out with a new images called It Could Be.  So gorgeous and had to use.

First photo is with flash

Second photo is no flash

Hands On Deets

Top Page
Technique #3 was used and then let dry.
White Guesso for under the words was put on with a paint brush and let to dry.
I used stamps from past offerings of the Smeared Ink Rubber Club set Prints (March 2013).  Large hands stamped with Black Staze On. Small hands around border are stamped with Silver Encore Ink.
Black Sharpie fin tip pen used for words.
Markers for the bits of red.
Entire page was inked with Versa Mark ink and then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder and set with heat gun.
Blue eyelets from stash and Crop-a-dile to set eyelets.

Bottom Page
It Could Be image was printed onto Whisper White card stock.
When background, using Technique #3, was dry I used White Guesso to printed side of image and on background.  I then pressed image side down and let dry.
When dry, I used a wet cloth and got rid of the extra card stock by rubbing off.  Image stayed.  This technique was also found on the forum.  (I rubbed a little to hard and pieces of the image did come off, so be careful!)
She is colored in with markers and Blender Pen.
Hand stamps from past offerings of the Smeared Ink Rubber Club set Prints (March 2013).  Small hands around border are stamped with Silver Encore Ink.
Black Sharpie pen used for words.
Entire page was inked with Versa Mark ink.  Embossed with Clear Embossing Powder and set with heat gun.
Eyelets from Stampin' Up! (retired) and Crop-a-dile to set eyelets.

All materials used are Stampin' Up! and are current unless otherwise noted.

IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGES - Challenge #3, Anything Goes and Musically Challenged Challenge

Looking for Day 15 for the 31 Days of Halloween?   Next post please!

That is heading is correct!  Anything Goes for Challenge #3 here at Ike's World Challenges.  The Design Team members have used one of Ike's wonderful images from her shop to create our projects for this challenge.  There are such a variety and each DT has done a fabulous job.  Please check out each, get inspired, get to Ike's Shop, and create something!

I have used Wolf 3 to make my 12" x 12"  scrapbook page today.  Two things inspired this page.  One, my son is starting Boy Scouts and is in the Wolf pack.  Two, Musically Challenged blog has Bark at the Moon by Ozzy, Challenge #11.  "...create something inspired by the song, the name, the video, a character, a feeling you get from the video...anything! good luck!"

I wanted to create a pack of strong and confident wolves walking in the moonlight and mist.  Eventually I will add my sons' pic and the rest of his fellow pack members to the page.  For the song, main 'wolf' has a hard time accepting what he has become.  In the end he walks away and I believe, knowing that he is now accepting that part of him.  So again the strong and confident wolves that know who they are.  BTW, Team Jacob!!

Howl It Out Deets
I printed out Wolf 3 image onto copy paper and fussy cut.
Inks and Aqua Painter to color in each.  Then used Log Cabin Smooch Spritz to help add some texture.  Went over once more with markers and Aqua Painter to give a bit more detail and depth.  Added a bit of yellow to backs for light from the moon.
Small Pearl Jewels for eyes.

Background is on Whisper White 12" x 12" card stock.
Cut out moon from scrap paper and places into corner.
Used Brayer and 3 blues to ink background.
Removed moon scrap and added ink to make yellow.
Used scrap paper and Basic Gray ink with sponge to make clouds.
Ink up a template from The Crafters Workshop called Branches with Early Espresso ink.
Placed on page and used Brayer to press ink from template on page.
Aqua Painter and light blue ink to mix in brayered lines and give mist look.
Whole page was spritzed with Gold Smooch Spritz.
All materials are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.