Smeared Ink Design Team January Blog Hop

Black Dragon 

Fiona 

Shell 

Leigh 

Kapree 

Shoni - You Are HERE at Crafty Inknik 

Ike 

Rocio - So Sorry but not able to participate this month

Hello and hope you are having a great time on the first Smeared Ink Design Team Blog Hop for 2014.  Be sure to check back the last Monday of every month because we will be getting crafty just for you. 

You may have just arrived from Kapree's fab blog, and are now here at Shoni aka Crafty Inknik.   Up next is Ike and her wonderful project.

Smeared Ink has so many wonderfully fun images and for this January DT Blog Hop we had to choose one of our favorite images.  This was very hard, but I kept thinking about one image.  It was the image I used on my first DT project back in October when I officially became a Smeared Ink DT member.  This rubber stamp is from the set Morte (June 2013 drawn by Mr. Rick St. Dennis) and is from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

The Details are in the Frame

Two things inspired this wall hang.  One was the Junk Funk January Challenge over at the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  The challenge is Packaging.  It can be packaging from Christmas or general packaging you have got ready to go in the recycling bin.  I have a box that did contain a Christmas gift and so decided to use and alter it.

The second inspiration was coffee filters.  I wanted to try something different and something that I have not played with for a while.  Usually I used ink and dye the filters, but saw some great looking frames that inspired me to create mine.

The bottom part of the box was covered with dryer sheets and Black Gesso.  It was then opened to lay flat.  I had folded and twisted a whole bunch of filters to look like little fans.  Each one was then hot glued with a glue gun to make a frame.  I did two layers for the frame.

Grosgrain Black Striped Ribbon (retired SU!) was then hot glued to cover the twisted ends of the coffee filters.

Stamp from Morte, Smeared Ink Rubber Club past offering set, was ink with Versa Mark ink.  I stamped image in the center on the Gesso-ed dryer sheet.  Silver Embossing Powder over image and then heat set with heat gun.  I did use a Versa Mark marker to make the cracks around face go a bit further towards the ribbon.  Repeat with Silver EP and heat gun.

Frame was spritzed with Silver Smooch Spritz all around to give a moldy appearance.

Embellies are from stash and hot glued on.

You know I had to use Crystal Effects somewhere (!!) and did use on eyes of main image and each of skull sockets on frame.

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

Weeky DT Project for Smeared Ink

Have to give a shout out to the Bronco's for making it to Superbowl!  So exciting and you know we'll be watching and cheering on in a couple of weeks.

For my Weekly Smeared Ink Design Team project, I have used a wonderful image from a fabulous artist Ike (Susan Eisenhauer), who did this image called Rollers, for Smeared Ink.  Visit Ike's Art to see more of her outstanding images.
I have used one of the techniques from the Art Journal Every Day (AJED) Group on the Smeared and Smudged Forum, Scrap Paper Background from Aletha J. Williams.  Thank you so much Aletha and other members of the AJED team that comes up weekly inspiration and tutorials for us newbies!

As you may have read in past posts I am trying an Art Journal this year and am seriously enjoying every minute of it.  For some reason all of may pages have consisted of what some may consider women behaving badly.  For others their behavior is totally understandable, you just have to look at it from their point of view.  I am sure you know which side I fall under, lets see what you think of my latest page...

Curling Details
Rollers was printed out onto Whisper White card stock.  Colored in with markers and Blender Pen.  Fussy cut and torn along the bottom.

Background was pieced together with random pieces of designer paper, card stock, and other bits and pieces that I have in "junk drawer".

Crystal Effects is over entire background.  I used Red Maya Mist Spritz.  Martha Stewart bone punch for all the little bones which I sprinkled around main image.

Words were written in blue Sharpie and then cut.  Adhered to page with dimensionals and Crystal Effects over each one.

Swirls on edges were hand doodled with gold pen.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Haunted Design House #180 Challenge

Lucky 13 and Haunted Design House is back with their awesome challenges!
I hear that there is new minion in the dungeon...wonder what happened to the last one...I'm sure they are okay...
Better get over there to see the wicked new DT and great inspiration for this new challenge.

Macabre Monday Challenge #180 - Fresh Blood.  Great way to start out the new year with some fresh blood.  Interpret this as you may, but it's got to be creepy, dark, and downright evil.  My kind of challenge!

I have made a card, yes another one, with a background from my new home made gelli plate, yes another one.  There will be more people, cause I went a little craZy this weekend.  I try to make each one different so please check out the details below.

Image, Zombie Cat Dragger,  is from Rick St. Dennis and I believe that this zombie use to to cook for a Chinese restaurant.  Stop your moan cause you  know its true!!  heheeee....

Pic has No Flash

Cat Rangoon Ingredients

Card base is Pumpkin Pie card stock.

Card front is WhisKer, oops...Whisper White card stock with Acrylic Paint layers from my home made gelli plate.

White Gesso on center of card front and also on printed image of chef Zombie Cat Dragger.  Place image down on card front and let dry.

Once image was dry, used a wash cloth and water to get rid of excess card stock.

Colored image with markers and Sharpies.

Printed out image twice onto Vellum Paper.  Fussy cut one full image and adhered to one on card from with Crystal Effects. 

Colored image with Sharpies.

Wrote words and colored in with pen.

Versa Mark ink over entire page.

Clear Embossing Powder over page and heat set (you can see this better in the Flash Pic below).

Fussy cut and diced off head, arm, and kitty from second printed image on Vellum Paper.  Again adhered with Crystal Effects. 

Went over once more with Sharpies.

Red Maya Mist Spritz on fingers then applied randomly around main image.

Used a poker tool to scratch marks in the dried red ink.

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

Flash used in this pic

Weekly DT Project and Anything Goes January Challenge

Monday.
Yup.
Did get some cards finished and one of them is for my Weekly Smeared Ink Design Team Project.  I have used one of my favorite Smeared Ink Rubber Club stamps for the card I am sharing today.  Smeared Ink has some great little characters in both digital and rubber form called Grumpies.

Since my card only contains Smeared Ink stamps, I am also going to show it off in the Smudgy Antics Anything Goes Challenge on the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  Check out the free Smeared and Smudged Forum for more Challenges, Mixed Media and Art Journal groups, and unique projects posted for you to be inspired by.

I have succeeded in making a home made gelli plate and now have tons of awesome background pieces.  Acrylic paints, along with a Brayer and brushes have made up the background for my card today.  More deets below...

FLASH

 

NO FLASH

Finding All The Deets

I stamped my ghost Grumpie from one of the past offering Smeared Ink Rubber Club stamp sets, Creepy Lil' Grumpies (August 2013 set #2) with Black Staze On.

Stamped images where then fussy cut out of one side of inked background.
Stamped images again on cut ink background that I used on the card.
Used marker to color in eyes of each cut Grumpie to help them pop a bit more.
Dimensional used to give more dimension to the cut Grumpies which were adhered to the card front.

Layered card stock onto card base, Midnight Muse card stock.
Wrote words with pen, cut and layered.
Used dimensionals to adhere to left side of card front.

Crystal Effects over words and eye centers of Grumpies.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Musically Challenged Challenge #16 and Stampotique Designers Challenge #130

It's a gelli of a day, no?  Well it is for me because of a wonderful lady who also a member on the Smeared and Smudged Forum posted what she found on how to make your own home made gelli plate.

I did make one and it was finished and set by 8:00pm last night.  Had to play of course and so made this card that will fit in 2 wonderful challenge blogs.  The first is called Musically Challenged.  Usually the challenge is based off of a video that is posted, but this Challenge #16 is A Song from A Movie that inspires you to create something.

The second is Stampotique Designers Challenge blog.  The Challenge #130 is Something New.  My NEW purchase was the ingredients I used to make my NEW fun tool the home made gelli plate.  Only rubber stamped images were used on this card.

After I finished playing with the gelli plate, I had several pieces of inked papers.  I love blue and decided to try to make something with the one sheet.  Then looking at my stamps, I thought, what have I not used in a while.  Well miss Smushallaum was looking right at me and then the Musically Challenged Challenge and the Stampotique Designers Challenge popped into my head.  There you go.

I made a card using the wonderful stamp Smushallaum by Daniel Torrente from Stampotique Orginals.  I was also inspired by one of the DT (design team) members on the Musically Challenged blog who also did The Little Mermaid, song Under The Sea.

No Flash used for 2nd picture

Songful o' Deets

Card base is Old Olive card stock with Smoky Slate ink on all edges to take some of the brightness out of the paper.

Everything else is on one piece of Whisper White card stock.

Background is all from my new homemade gelli plate.
Acrylic paints, Distress Spray, and reinkers (SU!) are all on the background in layers.

Stamps used are Smushallaum stamped in Black Staze On, and Heads stamped in White Staze On.  Both are Daniel Torrente stamps from Stampotique Originals.

Smushallaum is colored in with markers and Blender Pen.  Finished with Crystal Effects over entire stamped image.

Words are hand written with a pen.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Smeared and Smudged January Member Blog Hop

It's Blog Hop time!

The Smeared and Smudged Forum is hosting a

January Member Blog Hop.

 You should have arrived from Kapree and are now here at Shoni aka Crafty Inknik's blog.

Next up is Fiona.

The Blog Hop Member Roll will be posted following my project, 

then more details on my project and more pics.

This hop is all day long with wonderful projects

created just for this event.  

I thank you for hopping along with us and to all the 

wonderful talented people who made the hop possible.

I have altered a wooden clothes pin with a 

New Smeared Ink image from the set

Eyes In The Dark.

 

Blog Hop Roll

Tori 

Laura 

Sue The Nanny 

Kapree 

Shoni aka Crafty Inknik - YOU ARE HERE 

Fiona 

Shell

Molly The Fishmonger

Lisa 

Alison

Kristy 

Monique

Snoozin' on the Deets

Image from the Smeared Ink digital set Eyes In The Dark, was printed out 8 times.

This was Technique #7 - Fussy Cut Layering found in the Smeared and Smudged Forum in the new Mixed Media Group.

Each image was colored in with inks and Blender Pen.

Then each image was fussy cut and with each layer, a section of the image was cut off, this achieves the great dimension and layering.

I used dimensionals to adhere each layer.

Versa Marker Pen around cut layer edges.  Gold Embossing Powder over marked areas and a heat gun to set.

Once all put together, Crystal Effects was used over entire owl and set aside to dry.

I used the 1/2" Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape from Stampin' Up! (2014 Occasions Catalog) to cover wooden clothes pin and the entire back of owl once it was dried.

Sticky Strip to adhere owl to cloths pin.

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

Weekly Smeared Ink Design Team Project and Quoth the Raven, Nevermore Quest #28

I have combined my Smeared Ink Weekly DT project with this month's Quest #28 from the wonderful all Edgar Allen Poe blog, Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.

Smeared Ink has some fabulous new digital papers out and I can not stop using the ones from the Poe Boy set.  Which of course goes soooo well with any of the Quoth the Raven, Nevermore quests.

I have only used stamps and images from Smeared Ink for my project.  Quest #28 is Anything Poes this month.  I made a calender holder, which I can keep always because I can just print out new months.  Love Excel!

Daily Poe Deets

Printed out one of the Poe Boy digital pages twice.
Fussy cut one and used as a mask over the other.
Stamped images with Smeared Ink Rubber Club set, a past offering, Quoth The Raven (February 2013).
Used Ranger Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint over entire front.

Adhered printed image to Whisper White card stock.
Calender holder base is Basic Black cs, scored and cut.

Printed out monthly calender on recycled paper, cut, stamped and stapled together.
Double sided to tape to adhere in holder.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.