Smeared and Smudged Bloody Valentine 2014 Blog Hop - Day 1

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BLOODY VALENTINE 2014 BLOG HOP

February 11th - 13th

 Blog Hop Roll

Shell 

Sue The Nanny

Susan

Julia 

Black Dragon 

Kristy 

Maureen 

Fiona 

Leigh 

DominoART 

Airless Chambers 

Quoth The Raven  

Ike's World Challenges 

Wendy 

Shoni aka Crafty Inknik - YOU ARE HERE

Ike 

Left Of Center Creative Challenges 

Lisa 

Violent Kitty 

Lady Brayton 

Samara 

Rebecca

What better way than to celebrate this special day of love Smeared and Smudged style!  Bloody, bloody, and more bloody.  I for one am very excited to see what everyone on the Blog Hop Roll has created.  

To find out more information on the event see Terra's Blog.  She is one of the hard working ladies behind the scenes. 

You should have just seen Wendy's dripping ornament and next up is Ike, who is seriously stepping up her game with multiple entries.  Have fun, get inspired, and get crafty!

I also have an entry with Ike's World Challenges on this blog hop as well.  So I will have the details for each below.  

Pinned & Bloody is what my little project is about:

Ike's World Challenges Entry - Claws of Love:

Pinned & Bloody Deets

I printed a heart from Smeared Ink's digital stamp set Monster Hearts onto Avery Fabric Transfers.

Images was colored in with Copic markers.  

Trimmed and then ironed onto Stampin' Up! fabric (Candy Cane Lane set - retired).

Fabric was trimmed and sewed. 

Heart was then stuffed with dryer sheets and the fluffy layer used for sewing.

I used Paint Splats from Quick Kutz to make my blood puddles as my base.

Claws of Love

Kitty is from Ike's Art.  Image is called Bauble Cat. 

Images is printed, colored with inks and Aqua Painter, fussy cut, Versa Mark inked, and heat set with Clear Embossing Powder.

Paint Splats from Quick Kutz once again used as blood puddles under kitty.

Background

Negatives from cut Paint Splats were placed randomly on insert from designer paper pack and sponged in with Cherry Cobbler ink.

Ribbon is Real Red Stitched Grosgrain.

Eyes are fussy cut from Face On image found at Ike's Art.

Markers for eye centers and around eyes to help pop them out a bit.  Crystal Effects over each eye center.

Marker to make hearts randomly on background and to highlight eyes and words in poem.

Poem is from I Could Pee On This by Francesco Marciuliano, hand written with black Sharpie.

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

Smeared Ink Weekly DT Project & Freaky Freebie February Challenge

February is here and starting tomorrow is the Bloody Valentine Blog Hop that Smeared Ink is hosting.

The Smeared and Smudged Forum is loaded with great monthly challenges.  I have been wanting to use this months Freaky Freebie, Smoky, for some time and sooo happy to have created a card for my Smeared Ink Weekly project and join the challenge.

I have combined this project with my Smeared Ink Weekly Design Team project in which I can only use Smeared Ink stamps.  I have also used Poe Boy background scraps from another project, and my new Carnies stamp set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club past offerings.

 

Feet Full of Deets

Smoky is printed out onto copy paper.  

Colored in with inks and Aqua Painter.  

Fussy cut and adhered to card front.

Silver marker for eye centers.

Markers for finer details on eyes, ears, and cigarette.

Crystals Effects on eyes, nose, cigarette tip, and lucky human feet.

Lucky Human Feet

Feet are from the past offerings of the Carnies (December 2013) Smeared Ink Rubber Club set.

Stamped in Black Staze On onto Whisper White card stock.  Fussy cut.

Paper piercing tool for hole and then strung onto Silver Elastic cord (retired SU!).

Background

Card base is Whisper White card stock.

Cut up scraps of printed Poe Boy background and adhered to card front.

Dripped water sploches from Aqua Painter randomly on background to make more grungy.

Saying

Black Sharpie hand written onto scraps from printed image. 

Cut and adhered to card front with dimensionals.

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

 

 

Ike's World Design Team Project - Challenges #10

Ike's World Challenges has a new 2 week challenge for you to get creative and crafty!
Remember in order to win the prize you need to use one of Ike's images.  Check out Ike's Art or use the Freebie!

Be sure to check back on the 11th for more fabulous inspiration from the rest of Ike's World Challenges Design Team members.  Have fun and hope to see your entry!

Challenge #10 - Valentines

Yes, that day dedicated to love is just around the corner and we hope to get you inspired for this day.  For my IWC Design Team project I have made a card using one of the new release images from Ike's Art called Zip It.

Infinite Details of Love

Zip It was printed out onto Whisper White card stock.
Markers to color in image.
Gold Marker for eye, zipper, and bits on light piece.
Black Sharpie to go around edges of cut image and card base.

Scrap designer paper for the piece in zipper opening.
Fine tip black Sharpie for hand written words.

Card base is Crisp Cantaloupe card stock.
White Dylusions Spray Ink on sides.

Crystal Effects over random swirls, light piece, and eyes.
Glitter over Crystal Effects areas.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Weekly Smeared Ink DT Project and Junk Funk Feb Challenge

February is going to fly just as quick as January I believe!  Lots of projects up ahead for you this month and am getting excited for the Bloody Valentine Blog Hop that Smeared Ink is hosting once again. 

The Smeared and Smudged Forum is loaded with great new challenges all month long and I was so happy to already have an entry for the Junk Funk February Challenge which is using Bubble Wrap in some way.

I have combined this project with my Smeared Ink Weekly Design Team project in which I can only use Smeared Ink stamps.  Which is not a problem because I just got my sets from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club and am only tooo happy to get crafty with them.

I participated in the Kickstart You Art Challenge this past week and for some reason can not stop.  So in an un-offical Day 8, I have another page for my "ladies journal" to share.

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Inseperatable Details

Image is from a Smeared Ink Rubber Club past offerings stamp set called Carnies.

Black Staze On ink used to stamp image onto white tissue paper.

Color on images was markers.

Fussy cut as best I could and used Crystal Effects to adhere down onto art journal page.

Crystal Effects on top to help adhere edges down and give the see through look.

Background

Acrylic paints, brayer, and homemade gelli plate.  

Bubble wrap for texture and impressions of the circles.

Stamp from Voodoo (August 2013) past offering Smeared Ink Rubber Club, used with Azure Staze On.

Cut a small tear drop shape from extra rubber from set and stamped with Black Staze On.

Fine tip black Sharpie to go around stamped tear drip and make swirls inside each.  Also used for writing around girls.

Medium Rhinestone Jewels randomly placed for sparkle.

Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), which is along the left side.

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

Kickstart Your Art Day 7

KICKSTART YOUR ART DAY 7
Easy Water Blotting Background
Click HERE to see Day 7 and to find a wonderful tutorial by Laura B.

If you missed this week long challenge, start from Day 1, and see what this event was all about.

Thank You Smeared Ink, the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  Special big THANKS to the hard working ladies from the Art Journal Every Day Design Team for the challenges, prompts, tutorials, and the beautiful pages they created to help and inspire.

I am so happy to have added some new pages to my "ladies journal" this week.  What's even better is that I have now more inspiration and techniques that I can now apply to future projects and pages.

My last page was inspired from my Smeared Ink Rubber Club stamp set I just received called Carnies.  I also mixed this page up a bit and tried Basic Black card stock as my base.

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Big Top Deets

Elsie the Strong Girl is from Whimsical Circus set from The Octopode Factory.
Printed out on Whisper White card stock.
Markers and Blender Pen to color her in.  Fussy Cut and then adhered onto page.
Crystal Effects on bar bells and eyes.

Background
Used paintbrush and Acrylic Paints to make circles onto Basic Black card stock.
Found 3 items to make designs/imprints using the Water Blotting Technique.
Spritzed tickets from stash with Dylusions Ink Spray and adhere to page.
Used black Sharpie to go around fussy cut image.  Fine tip black Sharpie to maker her little stand and the random stars on background.
Spritzed White Dylusions Spray Ink onto page.
Stamped sayings, from Smeared Ink Rubber Club set Carnies (December 2013), a past offering, with Red and Black Staze On ink.
All materials used are current Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Kickstart Your Art Day 6 - Texture

Kickstart Your Art Day 6 

Texture

Click HERE to start from Day 1, what the Rules are, 

see daily winners, and see other amazing projects.

I am not sure what I am going to put in for what she is thinking and also wanted to show the texture of the background on this page before it was covered up.

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Layers of Details

Stamp from Stampotique Originals called Kamona, by Daniel Torrente, for my main gal.  She is stamped in Black Staze On on Whisper White card stock.  

Colored in with markers and Blender Pen.  

Fussy cut and adhered onto page.

Crystal Effects over Kamona.

Background

Used homemade gellie plate.  I think I did 5 - 6 layers of Acrylic Paint.

Embossing Powders used were Cherry Cobbler, Silver,  and Clear.

Stampin Up! Stamps used:

Everything Eleanor - Versa Mark ink and heat set with Cherry and Silver EP

En Francias background stamp - Versa Mark ink and Clear EP

Sanded background stamp (retired) - Violet Staze On ink

Embellies

Smoky Gray Candy Dots with fine tip Black Sharpie markings.

Banner Punch (SU! 2014 Sale-a-bration).

Extra gelli creation scrap paper for punched banners.

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

Smeared Ink New Release Design Team Blog Hop

FEB 1ST NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP

Smeared Ink Blog Roll

Terra 
Fiona 
Shell  
Leigh 
Kapree 
Shoni - You Are HERE at Crafty Inknik 
Ike
Laura B 
Titbelsoeur
Susan 
Julia 

Welcome to a wonderful February 1st.  Thanks so much for joining members of the Smeared Ink Design Team, Mixed Media University (MMU) Design Team, and the Art Journal Every Day Design Team (AJED) as we show off some of Smeared Ink's superb new images.  See more of what both teams have to offer over at the Smeared and Smudged Forum.  Kapree just show us her wonderful card and up next is Ike with a wonderful page inspired by a great poem.

All the images you will see along the hop are available now at the Smeared Ink shop.  Enjoy and please let us all know what you think of our projects and the new images.

I was sooo excited to work with some of the new images from new sets Octopus Pie and The Keepers.  I have decided that I am going to make a 2015 Calender, 8 1/2" x 11", using only 2014 New Release Smeared Ink stamps.

I am also challenging myself a bit in that I am going to use mainly colored pencils for images and try to add more doodling to each page.  Thanks MMU and AJED teams for giving me confidence to try and do more!

I think that I am going to finish all 12 months before I put together and complete the calendar.  Just in case I change my mind on what I want to use for each month.  Then again, I just may throw them in a pile and randomly choose.  We will see....Anyway, here are the first two pages:

Image:  OCTOPUS

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Image:  THE SECOND KEEPER

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Penciled In Deets

OCTOPUS 

Image was printed out onto Whisper White card stock.

Color Pencils, Metallic Color Pencils, and Blender Pen used to color in image.

Fine tip black Sharpie to color in eyes and darken lashes.

Fussy Cut and adhered to back ground page.

Crystal Effects over entire image.

Clear and Pink Micro dots to add texture on legs and head.

Background

Printed a sheet from Smeared Ink called Creepy Tree Digital Paper set onto Whisper White card stock.  Did alter the color in Picasso so it was more ocean looking. 

Used Marina Mist marker to make expanding outline around main image.

Black Sharpie for border.

THE SECOND KEEPER

Image was printed twice at 4" x 6" onto Whisper White card stock.

Color Pencils and Blender Pen used to color in image.

Fine tip black Sharpie to color in hearts on dress and in cage.

Fussy Cut and adhered to back ground page.

Crystal Effects over both cages.

Versa Mark ink over each girl.  Covered each with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.

Background

Another wonderful background Smeared Ink digital paper from set Poe Boy.  Printed onto Whisper White card stock.

Markers to write words.  Crystal Effects over each.

Marker to make shadow around fussy cut images.

Fine tip black Sharpie for written words, love and hate, all around fussy cut girls.

Black Sharpie for border.

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