Forever Friends

Hello Lovelies, Today is my day to post on the Smudgy Antics blog and I am late Sorry!  I had a wonderfully long weekend vacation and am running a little behind.. Today I am showing a “scrapbook” I am working on.  As most of you know I spent my long weekend vacation in NY visiting Alison and her family and while there we went to the Long Island Children’s Museum. It was so fun!  Anyway, I knew I wanted to scrap the pictures that were taken and also start scrapping the 17 gagillion boxes of pictures I have so why not start now!!!  Anyway, I knew this had to be something that wasn’t just an 8x8 page or a 12x12 page and I had these lying around so this is what I am doing….
I am taking this…
 
and turning it into a scrapbook.  As of now I just have one section started and it isn’t done, but I wanted to show you to give you an Idea of what I was doing.  I am thinking of doing both sides and hanging it from the ceiling in my craft room, what do you think?  Then again if I do one side I can hang it on the wall…. decisions decisions…. Ok so for the first one, Alison and I took a picture together that reminded me of the fun house mirrors at a carnival so that is what I went with.  Right now all I have on the section is the paper and the words which came from the Carnies set over at Smeared Ink.  The picture is added digitally but I will have them printed out soon!!! 
What do you think?  Good idea? Bad idea? Throw it out? Keep it?  I need opinions as I am just getting into the scrapping thing!!!

Your stuck with Me!

Hello Lovelies,
I must admit first thing that this is not a new project for me. This is the very first card I made with the Carnies set from Smeared Ink! I also must admit that this Tuesday somehow snuck up on me. I know it comes the same time every week, so I don't know how it snuck up on me!!! Maybe it had something to do with the kids being ot of school and the hubby being off of work sinceThursday and my days are all messed up.... anyway I apologize fot not having a new project to show you! I m working on something, but can't promise that it will be up today!
Anyway here it is! Hope you enjoy!  Please check out the Smeared Ink Design Team Blog~ Smudgy Antics~ you will see some wonderful projects over there from some very very talented ladies!!!

Smeared and Smudged Member Blog Hop

Hello lovelies, it's time for the Smeared and Smudged Member blog hop.  So this month we decided to keep it simple, well that's what we thought anyway. Here is what we decided... " This time our theme will be: Orange. Incorporate the color orange into your project, or make an all orange project."  Sounds simple really, right?  Well for those of us(like me) who don't use orange in our normal day to day project making it could turn out to be quite a challenge.  It's not that I have anything against orange, I don't, I really like the color, it's just not something I think to pick up when I go to coloring on my images.  So here is what I came up with.  I used the Carnies set from Smeared Ink. 

Card Deets:

It's an easel card!  I have just recently found these cards, I know I am probably the last person in the stamping world to make one, but they are totally cool.  I used Stampin Up whisper white, only orange and basic gray cardstock.  Memento Tuxedo black ink andRanger procucts distress ink in Marmalade.  I colored her with my copic markers, E21, YR07, C-3 and C-7.

Now off you go to see what these other lovelies have made for us to enjoy today!

Terra http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com/
Tori http://www.ndustrial-lemon.blogspot.com/
Alison http://www.alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Kelli http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/ Thats ME
Kapree http://www.kc-consultant.blogspot.com/
Black Dragon http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/
Meredith http://www.papercanteen.com/
Jane http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/
Sugar http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/
Danielle http://www.scrappy-arts-n-thoughts.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://www.ldfdesign.blogspot.com/
Steph http://www.stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/
Lady Brayton http://ladybrayton71.blogspot.com/
Shelley http://shelleyscreations.blogspot.com/
Jean http://www.etsysdarkside.ning.com/

Not for the Timid FHF challenge #3

Over on Friends Having Fun there is a new color challenge. My lovely friend Alison has issued challenge #3 and wants you to use Hot Pink, Lime Green, and Plum Crazy!  Very cool color combo if you ask me!  Makes me think of my days when I wanted to be Cyndi Loper!!!  AHHHHH  Love those days!  So I thought, what can I do to make these colors more me, cause as you all know I'm not a pink and purple girl, green bring it on though!!!  So I took the Carnies set from Smeared Ink and used that with the color combo.  It freakin turned out cool if I do say so myself!!! 

I used SU cardstock, memento Ink in tuxedo black, and my copics.  Some ultra thick embossing powder, a little purple and diamond stickles, some black distress ink and water here and there and surprise, 2 brand new cards for me!!!!!!!!!   Remember to check out the FHF Challeng #3.  Also Smeared Ink to see what fabulous new stamp sets they have! 

I bet Disney never thought of this Little Mermaid!!!

Hello lovelies, today i bring you a lovely little card I made using Smeared Inks Carnies stamp set.  I got the inspiration for this card when I picked up a charm that looks like red coral, I love making jewelry!, and went from there.  I made a stencil of the coral and used it on the card with Gesso, y'all know I love me some Gesso!  I used Tim Holtz Distress inks to color in the card that is based on a gray background.  I couldn't wait to color in this image though, I just knew she had to be all shades of blue cause she had her necklace broken somehow...I will leave that part up to you to decide.  Anyway, I know this makes no sense and I am rambling but just wanted to get this posted before my hubby comes home for a visit!!!Anyway here she is....whacha think?

 

Anyway, that's the end to this randomness, but never fear you know I will be back with more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FREAK SHOW

So if you know me at all you know that I love Smeared Ink! Here is a card I made using the Carnies set! I fell in love with this dude. You so have to go on over there and check out what they have! It's freakin awesome dude! I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!!! I have so many projects going right now with all my new stamp sets!!!! I can't wait to show you more!

*click on images to enlarge

I used black white and gray SU cardstock, microbeads from Pennywise Arts, and colored with my copics.

Come on over and join us on the Smeared and Smudged ning group! It's a spectacular place to be!!!! If you are into alternative, vintage, and gothic art combined with rubber stamping then you have found your place there!!! I know I know I sound like and advertisement...just go check it out though!

Friends Forever

So yesterday was Happy Mail Day at my house!!! I love Happy Mail Day! I got my new stamp sets from Smeared Ink. Oh am I in love!!!! I couldn't wait to play with them. Unfortunatly I had to do the mommy thing so I had to wait until today! Well guess what, I did it. I chose to work with the Carnies set first. This is one of my favorite images from that set.

Go on over to Smeared Ink and check out all the new stamp sets they have over there.
If you are looking for somewhere that encourages Alternative, Vintage, and Gothic Art rubber stamping please feel free to join the ning group Smeared and Smudged>.