Smeared Ink Reunion Blog Hop

I'm so excited to be a part of this blog hop, getting back together with old friends just like when I was pregnant the first time :) this is such an amazing group of artists and I'm not just saying that I really do love them, I have been inspired by them and they have been there for me for all my hard times! I got some amazing gifts for my first baby, some from across the pond (my kids have an aunt that is a dragon...you should be jealous) even just the hand made cards were enough to make me feel special and loved, and then not to mention these girls being there for me when my mother inlaw and best friend died, just wow I love these guys! but you probably aren't here to hear me reminisce about the good old days...so lets get on with the hop.

So like I said I'm pregnant again (32 weeks today) so I made some baby stuff...again :) 

So I used one of my all time favorite stamp sets Grumpies and lil grumpies and then me and my kid's favorite stamp Stumpy (I have a key-chain with this lil guy on it...my kids call it an owl) and I have made this little outfit for my new addition and then I made some shoes to match (the onsie/vest I purchased, the slippers/shoes I made) 

I just stamped him on there with some stayzon ink...I made some clothes the same way for my now 5yr old and they still look good so I know it works :)

I also was playing around and stamped on a bib with the candy is dandy set...can't read it very well but it says sweet nightmare...lol this I stamped with acrylic paint.

here are past things I made for my other babies (they are now 5 and 3!!!)

thanks for stopping by...have fun on the rest of the hop!

Terra

Alison

Leigh

Leigh SB Designs

Fiona

Shell

Kim

Kapree

Julia

​Val

​Dream In Darkness

​Ike

Kelli

Milo

Nan

Monique

Susan

Kristy

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Smudgy Antics Challenge

today is the beginning of another challenge at the Smudgy Antics blog
the challenge this week is Recycle Something
so I recycled a parmesan cheese jar, and made it into a toy for my lil one

all these lil guys are inside

I stamped out all my grumpies on shrinky dink paper with stazon ink, then shrunk them and threw them in this jar with different kinds of glitter, and some silver and blue beads from a necklace, and some purple stuff I got on a Christmas present (thanks BD) I then filled it with water and some glycerin, I then hot glued the lid (so it wont come open and make a big mess) and there I have a snow globe shaker toy thing.

not sure if I made it for the lil one or the hubs and me:)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges
Hooked on crafts: try something new (first time making a snow globe)
Lexi's Creations: anything goes
Polly craft challenge: anything but a card
Stamps R Us: anything goes
Truly madly crafty challenges: Anything goes

Smudy Antic Gremlins

Today there is a new challenge at Smudgy Antics!

the challenge is to be inspired by a book, poem, or movie
so I decided to combine this with the Smeared and Smudged "Oh the Horror" movie challenge Gremlins, and made this waterfall card

I used two grumpies and a background stamp from the Urban Decay set. the rest is hand written.
its the rules for owning a Gremlin, I tried to color the grumpies like the two main Gremlins(Stripe, and Gizmo)

so there ya have it, now come join us at Smudgy Antics for your chance to win a new digi image not even in the store yet.

Grumpie Cube

Welcome to day 7
phew its finally FRIDAY!!!! this also means its Smeared Ink day on the 31 days of Halloween hop.

so for today's project I made a Halloween Cube...I got the idea from a tutorial I saw on LB's blog...thats right I'm snoopy and I stalk people :) here is her post...and here is mineI stamped all my grumpies on some clear plastic that I colored with alcohol inks, and then glued them to my cube...the top is a spider web from the Lonely boy and puff set (glittered up with stickles) and the bottom is Happy Halloween also from lonely boy and puff..and glittered up.

thanks for taking a look...now be sure to stop by the other fab blogs...I have already gotten some great ideas I'm going to use later this month :)

31 days of halloween

Today is day 3 of Smeared Ink's 31 day's of Halloween...as well as a new challenge at the Smudgy Antics blog....this week's challenge is called "pick a pumpkin"

so for my Pumpkin card I turned one of the grumpies into a pumpkin :)


isn't he cute?!? I stamped my Stumpie grumpie on orange paper and then cut him out...and then added a witches hat in green to make it look like the stem of the pumpkin....I then colored his eyes white with a marker, stamped my grumpie senties punched a few pumpkins, embossed my background and inked it up and added a bit of ribbon....and there I have my stumpie pumpkin card... he's kinda pissed because people keep wanting to take him home and stick him on their porch :)

so go check out the Smudgy Antics blog and make a pumpkin card for the challenge for your chance to win an awesome prize...also be sure to check out everyone elses creations for day 3 of Smeared Ink's 31 days of Halloween (links on sidebar)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
divas by design challenge sketch

Grumpie Scream!

here is my latest grumpie card...its been so long since I have played with these guys!

I love this card! I embossed the "scream" from the "lonely boy and puff" Smeared Ink stamp set, and the patterned paper is a stamp from the "quoth the raven" set. The skulls are from Creepy Glowbugg...and ya...not much else was done to it...and I really like how it turned out...simple and scary! I really wanted him to stand out so I framed him in red so he could be entered into the Haunted Design House challenge this week "I was framed"

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:
Paper take weekly: Sketch
The Play Date Cafe: black and white with splash of red
creative card crew: anything goes
scrapbook sisters: anything goes
fab n funky challenges: embossing
charisma cardz: anything goes
rainbow ladys challenge: embossing
catch the bug: anything goes

Metalic Lady Raven

over at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz there is a challenge and a release...the new images are super cool and I can't wait to get my hands on them... and the challenge is to use metals...so here is what I made


I used my Lady Raven stamp colored her with markers and pencils and made my background paper with alcohol inks (metallic gold)...then added some metal hearts and a senti from my Smeared Ink lil grumpies set.

and thats all there is to it...super cute and I love my background paper so so much!

Never Ending Grumpies

Today is my Smeared Ink day and I played in my craft room all weekend...didn't even get out of my pj's it was great!
and now I give you....a Never Ending Grumpies card
the paper I made with a tree stamp from Tattered angels, and some glimmer mist...I stamped all my grumpies and colored them with colored pencils, then put some liquid glass on their eyes...stamped all my different senties and there I have it...it really didn't take to long...I had so much fun making this...I found a video tutorial on Terra's blog last year sometime when I made my Never Ending Angels card...I hope you enjoyed looking at this as much as I enjoyed making it:)

thanks for stopping by...see you all tomorrow (7/15) for the first day of the new Smeared Ink release!!!

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:
All Sorts Challenge: free and Easy
Digis with attitude: Anything goes
Simon Says Stamps: Anything goes
One Stitch at a time: Anything goes
anything challenge: more than one fold
A spoon full of sugar: pink/brown

Smeared and Smudged June Hop

Welcome to the June Smeared and Smudged Member Blog Hop

if you happened upon my blog and would like to start at the beginning be sure to hit Tori's blog first...you wont want to miss out on any of the awesomeness these ladies have to offer!

This month the theme was to use a natural element in your project...so I used sand and sea shells and made a shaker card (love these!)

I found the palm tree free online (forgot where) and typed out my senti....then I colored up my Stumpie Grumpie with colored pencils and made him look all pissed and sun-burnt...made a lil CTMH border and filled my bag with sand and shells...stuck it all together and there I have it...

lil side note...the sand and shells really did come from Hawaii....yes this card is about me...not the sun-burnt part but just not liking Hawaii...oh well to each his own....

now off you go to see BD's fabby creation...and here is the rest of the list in case you get lost...have fun on your lil nature hop ;)

Hop List:

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

Paula http://www.whatspeaks2myheart.wordpress.com

Sugar http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/

Kapree <----------you are here!

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

Heather http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/

Laura http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/

Ike http://suzy-ikesworld.blogspot.com/

Jane http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/

Jennifer http://justcoffeepleasestampsribbonspaper.blogspot.com/

Grumpie gift card holder

Its the last day of the month and that means I have to hurry and finish all the projects I started to I can get them into the appropriate challenges I wanted to enter...
this one I'm very happy with how it turned out...I saw the tutorial on Youtube a while back and just had to try it...then when the new challenge on the Smeared and Smudged forum "Junk Funk" came out and we had to use an envelope some how...I knew what had to be done...

isn't it so cute?! I used my lil grumpies on the front and my Occasions grumpie on the inside...I think all the words came from the Occasions grumpies set.....

so ya this is made out of an envelope....cool huh? I have a tutorial for it....well kinda I have the pics taken but now I just need to write up the steps...so keep an eye out for that....and if you hurry....like within the next few hours....you'll be able to enter this super fun challenge for yourself.

Smeared Ink bibs

I had so much fun with the April Guest DT Challenge! I'm so happy with what the theme was...
this is over at the Smeared and Smudged forum if your lost....

here is a direct copy of what Helen said "April heralds Spring. The start of the cycle where life blossoms. We all know of at least one lady in our lives that is pregnant. A new life started. My challenge to you all is to think "New Life" and to make a "something" for either that Mum in Waiting or the New Life she is nurturing"

How sweet is that...and how perfect for me :)
so off to W-mart I went and bought a 6pack of bibs and here are 2 of them (the others are drying or waiting further inspiration)for my Red bib I used The Fool from the Morbidly Adorable Tarot Set...I stamped it with black Stayzon Ink and added stickles to the eyes and the border....


the Yellow one are the oh so cute lil grumpies with the saying "I do what I want" (I fear my child will be like me and my DH....stubborn!)


and that's all I have for you for now...I will totally share the others as they are completed...so keep an eye out...in the mean time go check out the other inspiration in the forum and hurry and enter a challenge or two...there is still time:)