Smeared Ink end of term/new release hop

Today is the Smeared Ink End of Term/New Release Hop...and you should be coming here from the Lovely Black Dragon's blog... I have really been looking forward to this hop especially after I saw all the new images that are being released (pics at the bottom of this post) but the image I got was so perfect for me! I have so many plans...I can't wait to use it on a scrapbook page!!! eek

ok I'll show you what I have made today.....I'm so happy with it!

Its a notebook that I have been keeping all my pregnancy stuff in....like appointments and little bits about how I'm feeling...kinda like a journal just recording things that I think are interesting and that I think baby will like when he/she grows up....and things I'll probably forget...ugh I don't know where my mind is these days!!!!

I used guesso to cover the whole base of my book...I really like that some of the checker still shows threw...I think it gives it a little something more...then I got green, orange, and purple paints and squirted a dab on an old credit card and scraped it across the book to create the background, then I took some shimmery white and painted a spot for my new cute lil dragonfly family to set, then glued that in, then I took the Joy from the Symbology of Angels set and stamped that across the top, and put two little flowers in each corner from the Killer Bo Peep Build a Garden set. and colored them in with some sharpies....

I sure hope you like it and it inspired you a little

here is the blog roll in case you get lost...you should have started at the DT blog....

Smudgy Antics http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com

Terra http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com

Tori http://ndustrial-lemon.blogspot.com

Alison http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com

Kelli http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Black Dragon http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/

Kapree http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com

Ladybrayton http://www.ladybrayton71.blogspot.com

Meredith http://www.papercanteen.com/

Lisa http://www.ldfdesign.blogspot.com/

AlexJanuary Guest http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/

Jane February Guest http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/

SugarMarch Guest http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/

It can't rain all the time

you can also see this post on the Smudgy Antics blog

Today's Smeared Ink project I had so much fun making...I think it took me almost all week I just had a blast! I made it for the Oh The Horror challenge in the forum...the movie is my fave...The Crow...


I think I'm going to try to make a frame or something for it to hang in my craft room...I got the background paper idea from the Ink Stains blog I did take some pictures of how I did it that I will share with you later, but it is allot of papers and I think all of them are from Lisa's Scrapfactory Etsy store....The flowers I glimmer misted black glued a lil jewel in the middle.... I then used my symbology of angels stamp and gave him a bunch of black hair and makeup to match the crow...he is a little buff but it works...and the background stamps are from quoth the raven..oh and the little crows are from Holy City! thanks for taking a lookie look, see ya around the forum!

I would also like to enter this piece into the following challenges.
digis by phooka - flowers
cupcakecraftchallenges- monochromatic
tuesdaythrowdown- anything but a card
flutterbywendnesdays - open-angel
thesisterhoodofcrafters- masculine, boy or man themed
craftsandmechallenges- anything
onestopcraftchallenge- angels

Shannon's Sentiments Spring colors challenge

Happy First Saturday of Spring to you! To celebrate, Shannon's Sentiments challenges you to use Spring Colors in your next creation. Here are our Spring Colors:

I couldn't help but use the free digi that I received from the news letter...I messed with the senti a bit to make it fit....and then just used markers to color my "special" egg.


I sure hope you can join us this week....
now go check out the storefront blog and see what the other girls have created for you!
also don't forget about the Shannon's Sentiments DT call! you'll defiantly want to check that out!!! You only have until May 1

I got the sketch for this card from the Cards for men challenge blog....in all honesty this card is for a little man....my nephew...but all in all he is going to be a man some day!

happy spring yall

Sweet Nightmare

It's another Smudgy Antics Sunday
and I have a fun birthday card to share with you....April is a month full of birthdays for me...even my own is on the 9th...so you'll be seeing allot more b-day cards!


I just love this Candy is Dandy stamp set its so much fun to play with and you can do so much with it! My ice cream cone image was colored with markers and the senti is embossed... the inspiration for this came from my desire for ice cream all the time... at least its not ice cream and pickles :)
thanks for taking a peek see ya next week!
the sketch came from the QKD Triple Tiara sketch challenge

Peace

Welcome to another Sentiments Challenge! This week Christy is challenging us to incorporate an unusual fold on our card. Step out the your comfort zone and try something new - make a project using a fold that is new to you.

so I went on Splitcoast stampers and found this joy fold card...it was so fun and super easy.
I used my new favorite set Peace Love and Stamping


I used CTMH papers and inks...really this was so easy and so fun.
please stop by the challenge blog to see the other great creations, and enter the fancy folds challenge!

have a great weekend!

NEWS

to some of you this will be an update...to others its news...

I just got back from the Dr and they say I'm 6 weeks pregnant! I took a home test weeks ago and saw my dr early last week and he scheduled me for an ultrasound to be positive on how far along I am...it sucked having to go in with a full bladder! but in the end it was worth it! I'm so happy right now! and DH looked pretty happy too...he was so cute just staring at that screen.... this is just so cool!!!

check out my lil blurr

StampInsanity #51: Find Your Pot o’ Gold!

It’s Thursday which means another fab StampInsanity Challenge! being St.Patty's Day we challenge you to find that pot of gold at the bottom of the rainbow! Use some gold accents, or shades of golden in your color selection!


I used Sire'ne...from the Mystic Beauties set...this was my first time using her and it was great she was so much fun to color...I then cut her out...big mistake...she use to have a big pretty tail but I sniped part of it off trying to cut around it...she is still pretty though....for the background I used alcohol inks...blues and purples then added some gold on top of that...then stuck some pretty flowers on and stamped happy birthday....
the sketch came from CardPatterns, and since I used alcohol inks I'm entering it into the first Triple Tiarra challenge of march at QKD

be sure to stop by the blog to see the other girls creations and enter the challenge for yourself....
I'm not irish but Happy St. Patty's day anyways.

March Release Hop

It's finally here!!!! The March release is now live!!! Be sure to start at the Shannen's Sentiments blog so you can see all the sets and don't miss any of the action.

here is another card I made digitally


I found the original idea on Susan's Crafty Chaos...she is a digital genius! all my papers and buttons came from computer scrapbooking, and I used the oh so cute dragon fly from the Peace love and Stamping set.

Here's the hop list in case you get lost along the way.

Kapree Clark
Cindy Groh
Michelle Single
Guest Designer - Christy Dillman
Shannon Hawkins
Sentiments Store

The next stop on the hop is the fab Cindy's Blog!!!

Don't forget.....We will also be hosting a chat at our CDAC group page at 8pm EST tonight.

last day of previews

It's our last day of previews for the March "Shannon's Sentiments" release!!! Today we're featuring "RE-cycle" and "Easter Time".

The full sets with a blog hop will be starting at 6am EST on Mar. 15th at the "Shannon's Sentiments" blog. We will also be hosting a chat at our CDAC group page at 8pm EST on the 15th as well.

There are unique giveaways this month that I promise you won't want to miss out on. We also have a guest designer challenge going on that you should all participate in.


For my creation I used two sentis from the Re-cycled set, and I love the way this turned out! I just love making digital cards! this one is all digi and I got the sketch from Quirky Crafts Challenges...

We'll see you again tomorrow for the release hop and chat.

check out the rest of the girls fab creations

Shannon Hawkins

Cindy Groh

Michelle Single

Christy Dillman - Guest Designer

Killer Bo Peep Pen holder

Its my smeared ink Sunday and I have finished the project I started last week :) I'm so happy with how it turned out..I have seen people making pen holders and thought I would give it a go, now I want to find more canisters to transform...here is what I have made...
I used the Killer Bo Peep's Build a Garden set and first stamped and masked and stamped my mushrooms, then I masked and stamped my Bopeep and her lil sheep, I then colored everything with markers and colored pencils, I added some puffy snow stuff to my sheep and tinted it a little with a brown marker, I then stamped and cut out my flowers to go around the top, tied it with ribbon...and there I have it...a really cool pen holder from a metal Pirouline canister.... my motivation for this was the challenge from our Sugar our guest DT this month...she challenged us to make something green... color and recycled.

thanks for taking a look, and be sure to stop by the Forum for more great inspiration and challenges!

I'm also entering this into the Delicious Doodles challenge- use Green

day 2 previews

It's the 2nd day for the March Shannon's Sentiments release!!! . Today we're featuring Vintage Tags and Colored Vintage Tags

The full sets with a blog hop will be starting at 6am EST on Mar. 15th. We will also be hosting a chat at our CDAC group page at 8pm EST on the 15th as well.

There are unique giveaways this month that I promise you won't want to miss out on. We also have a guest designer challenge going on that you'll want to check out and participate in.


For my creation I used Vintage tags I used the tickets and the plaque.

I used a flower mask and some glimmer mist...this made it super sparkly...I also used one of my favorite of Shannon's quotes "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams"
the sketch came from Create 4 fun challenge.

We'll see you again tomorrow for the last day of previews!

check out the rest of the girls fab creations

Shannon Hawkins

Cindy Groh

Michelle Single

Christy Dillman - Guest Designer

day 1 previews

It's time again for another Shannon's Sentiments release!!! It's another big reveal this month so we're previewing the sets over 3 days.
Today we're featuring Peace, Love and Stamping and Spare Change Jar
be sure to stop by the main blog so you don't miss any of the action! The full sets will be released
on Mar. 15th. We will also be hosting a chat at our CDAC group page at 8pm EST on the 15th as well.

Today's preview is also being combined with our weekly challenge.


We'll see you again tomorrow for day 2!
check out the rest of the girls creations too

Shannon Hawkins

Cindy Groh

Kapree Clark

Michelle Single

Christy Dillman - Guest Designer

Smeared and Smudged blog hop

welcome to another great Smeared and Smudged blog hop!

I love these hops, I love seeing all the creations...and we have a great list today. Its at the bottom if you get lost...you should have come here from Monica's beautiful blog...

The theme this month is to use green and brown as your color combo, and I started with one project but didn't finish it in time so check back on my Smeared Ink Sunday at the Smudgy Antics blog.... I do love the card I created I'm so happy with how it turned out....

I used one of the femdom images and colored her with colored pencils and then added some liquid glass to make it look more like leather...so cool! oh and I used the sketch from the Smeared and Smudge's very sketchy challenge. After the hop stop by and enter a challenge so you have the chance to get a free digi (just for entering) and you could win some other amazing prizes.

Your next stop is my twisted and talented zombie friend Alex

"Strange Skin, one of our monthly sponsors, has offered to give two digis for one lovely winner of this blog hop!!! All they have to do to qualify is leave a comment on each participants blog...it needs to say something about the project...not here's my comment or anything!!!" But you really don't have to I know there are some people (cough me cough) that would prefer if nobody commented :) no I guess thats not nice go ahead....leave these ladys some well deserved love:)

Tori http://ndustrial-lemon.blogspot.com

Alison http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com

Kelli http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Ladybrayton http://www.ladybrayton71.blogspot.com

Sugar http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/

Black Dragon http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/

Monica http://giddygreetings.com

Kapree http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com

Alex http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/

Tiffany http://bkfastattiffanys.blogspot.com/

Jane http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/

Meredith http://www.papercanteen.com/

Dianne http://dkspinner.blogspot.com

Judyhttp://creatingartwithheart.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://www.ldfdesign.blogspot.com/

Kimberly http://www.heartflywithpassion.com

Smeared Ink Fish tails

Today is my Smeared Ink day and I get to post on the Smudgy Antics blog! I have chosen to share with you an occasion lil grumpie


This is my first time using this image and I had so much fun with it, I added glitter to some of his scales and some liquid glass to his eye, and the rest is in colored pencils. For some reason every time I look at this image I just laugh! I love the grumpies!
be sure to stop by the forum this month, there are all sorts of fun things going on, there is a new Mixed Media class starting hosed by the lovely Meredith starting today! And there are new challenges which means a free digi if you enter!
thanks for stopping by

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges
Dude Time Doodles - Sketch

Glimmer misted spring

Welcome to another Sentiments Challenge! We're beginning our March challenges this week....and we have something very special for you!!!! We're participating in the Operation Write Home Blog Hop!!!!!! So start at the OWH blog so you don't miss any of the fun along the way. Or if you're just here for Shannon's Sentiments then check out that blog for more inspiration, and if you are just here for me then check out this springy card and this one on my other blog.

This week the challenge is Misting sprays and here is my card


I used images from the springtime set and colored them with colored pencils then I glimmer misted some papers and added some ribbon and a bow....and there I have it....the sketch came from Skipping Stones Designs. thanks for stopping by....have a great weekend!

fuzzy Kassandra

It’s time for another fab StampInsanity Challenge! This week, we challenge you to see how many textures can you incorporate. Have any unique ways to texturize?

Here’s my card, featuring the devil doll Kassandra...


for this card I found some fresh flocking I had and used that for her hat and boots...its so soft fuzzy and fun to touch! but it just wasn't enough texture so I embossed my background paper... I just love this image and it is so much fun to color! I got the sketch from Sketch Saturday...go check out what the other girls have for you to look at...
thanks for taking a lookie look