Mourning Glory Challenge

New challenge at the Smudgy Antics blog
the theme this week is "Mourning Glory" (make a project using graves, churchyards, etc)
here is my creation


I used my Death Cab image and senti from the same set as my main images, then used my Holy City stamp and stamped some shrinky dink paper then cut it into a heart and used it for my flower center. I love the simplicity of the card I really wanted the images to stick out!

hope you'll join us this week, and remember use a Smeared Ink stamp to be entered for the prize.

Varying Visages of Vincent

I love Vincent Price...I think he is amazing!
and this week over at the Haunted Design House they are celebrating him! how awesome is that?!?
I made this peice for my entry and chance to win some super cool goodies! it has taken me all week to think of something so fabulous now I'm in a rush because I have like 20 min to post this :S

I went online and got my favorite VP image and then I made a collage of images from movies he has been in...oh and the spider is because of "the black widow" intro he did for Alice Cooper.

all my stamps came from Smeared Ink...they are from Quoth the Raven, Holy City, and Killer BoPeep.
I just inked the edges and added some color to my main man's image and there I have it...I love how it turned out...I got the idea from snooping around in Black Dragon's lair...she is so inspiring!

thanks for taking a looksie...wish me luck :)
(I really want that stuffed pumpkin for my lil pumpkin that is due on Halloween)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Happileigh Scrappin challenge: Anything goes
AiFactory: anything goes
KellyKidsChallenges: Anything goes
Simply Create: use your fave animal (changes all the time...lately Ravens)
Crafts and me challenges: anything goes
For fun challenges: anything goes
my mums craft shop: Monochromatic
Incy Wincy Designs: Monochromatic

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

A Sooty miss you

this weekend was the VSN at Splitcoast...and I tried to participate as much as I could but I had a terrible migraine today so this will have to do...

I made this card for the "A Sooty Kind of Love" and the challenge was to use the soot stamping technique found here


I used my Holy City stamp from Smeared Ink and the background papers are from old books I got from The Scrap Factory and I chose to do it monochromatic an inspiration I got from this month's Smeared and Smudege Photo Inspiration challenge, and the sketch came from Papertake weekly

Smeared Ink Sunday

Today being my Smeared Ink Day I have a few things to share with you, first off is this really cool Shrinky dink bracelet I made.

I'm not sure where I got the original idea but I love it! I used the Holy City stamps and stamped them on the plastic then painted the back with white acrylic paint punched my holes and shrunk...I love the way it turned out!!

I have also made this card using the new Aphrodite digi image that I got for free by entering a challenge this month at the Smeared and Smudged.

I imagined her up in the clouds for some reason...so thats why all the light pinks, the senti I typed up, and the background/patterned paper I made a while ago, by melting crayons directly onto my craft iron and then smearing it on glossy paper. The sketch came from Sketch N Stash, also I'm entering this into StampItCrazy where anything goes, as well as the Desert Islands Crafts Challenge....if you have never heard of it you must go check it out its such a fun challenge, and the contents I used are

1. Monochromatic
6. Only one pattern paper
7. The color Red-her hair is red my camera made it look different.
8. No flowers
9. Swirls

for another Smeared Ink image check my post below....its awesomely creepy!

Soul Mates / Shrinky Dink rings

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!
There are a bunch of great things going on at the Smeared and Smudged Forum allot of changes are going to be made on Monday.....but today I would like to share with you our new DT blog its called Smudgy Antics, each day one of the DT members will have something to share with you...one stop shopin for all your creepy, dark, and just down right awesome desires!

Sunday is my day to share, and I have altered this little box...its actually called a love box they are made by durex to hold condoms ;)


I altered this little box using my Holy City Stamp set, I took the image and modge podged it on my box then stamped soul mates on a flower and glimmer misted one flower red and the other black, then I had to make something to go inside it so I made some Shrinky dink rings

I used the birds from holy city, the heart from chicks dig guns, and the skull from Bo Peep. I found the ring tutorial here
my inspiration to make a box came from Jane our guest DT Febuary Challenge which is to create or alter a box to hold a valentine gift or card....I couldn't wait to enter a challenge this month, starting now Smeared Ink is releasing an exclusive freebie that they are giving away to those who participate in any of the Smeared and Smudged Challenges this month!


Thanks for stopping by!