Weekly Challenge - Up In Flames

So sorry for the delay folks; my internet has been down until now so I wasn't able to get any of the info or amazing samples posted for you. But, I'm back up, so I'll be posting this week's challenge and the winner from last week's Gothic Newborn challenge. Hope you had fun with that one, I know we did!

But enough waiting, let's get right to this week's challenge. Here's a reminder of the rules JIK:

*Each Monday morning a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that week's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to the post using the Inlinkz linky. Your link must take us directly to your project, or it will be disqualified - so please make sure you're linking to your actual post. It must be linked by midnight on the following Saturday, Pacific Time. This gives you six days to complete the challenge.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. We have taken into consideration our digital artist fans and will be allowing all-digi projects. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects and mediums we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared Ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like.

*The weekly winner will be chosen by random number and revealed on Sunday morning. Prizes will vary and may range from a free digi to a coupon to a blog badge.

So let's get to it! Here's this week's info.

The Challenge:

UP IN FLAMES

We're going to let you play with fire this week! Channel your inner pyro and burn, singe, or scorch a project. Or, take the challenge and use it as a theme, it's your choice.

The Samples:

*click for larger views

Black Dragon 

Freddie

Ike

Monique

Sugar

The Prize:

Scared Eyes from the Anatomy 101 Digi Set

Remember, be sure to link up by midnight on Saturday to qualify. Then check back on Sunday for the random draw for the winner, and don't forget to include your Smeared Ink image in your project. Hope you have fun!

Stay Tuned....

Sorry folks...we're having some technical difficulties. Stay tuned for the "Gothic Newborn" Challenge winner for last week and the new Challenge for this week! We'll have it up as soon as possible! Thanks for your patience!

Weekly Challenge-Gothic Newborn

Happy Monday once again! Thanks to all of the participant for last week's Dead Divas challenge; we were thrilled with the amazing entries! It's so much fun to see all of your perspectives when it comes to these challenges, and once again (as is pretty common with Smeared Ink) we are going to push you out of your comfort zone this week. So, let's move right on to your rules:

*Each Monday morning  a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that week's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to the post using the Inlinkz linky. It must be linked by midnight on the following Saturday, Pacific Time. This gives you six days to complete the challenge

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. We have taken into consideration our digital artist fans and will be allowing all-digi projects. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects and mediums we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared Ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like.

*The weekly winner will be chosen by random number and revealed on Sunday morning. Prizes will vary and may range from a free digi to a coupon to a blog badge.

So let's get to it! Here's this week's info.

The Challenge:

GOTHIC NEWBORN

Yes, it dark. Yes, it's eerie. Yes, it's Gothic Newborn time! Keep it traditional or creep it up, it's up to you, just show us how you represent all those little bundles of joy with a Gothic flair!

The Samples: 

*click for larger views 

Kapree

Paula

Lady Brayton

 Celina

Heather

Jane

The Prize:

Stitchy Doll #1 from Stitchy Situation Digi Set

Remember, be sure to link up by midnight on Saturday to qualify. Then check back on Sunday for the random draw for the winner, and don't forget to include your Smeared Ink image in your project. Hope you have fun!

Dead Divas Challenge Winner

Thank you to all who participated! Some of you slid those entries in right at the last minute, and we're glad you did! The more the merrier because we really love seeing your creativity! Unfortunately we do have to disqualify some of the entries, as they did not use a Smeared Ink image, however, thank you ALL for participating and still showing us your very outstanding work.

It does get a little confusing with the many challenges we host, but rule of thumb, if it's on the forum, it can be any image, but if it's on the blog, it should have a Smeared Ink image somewhere on it. Hope that helps and we know you'll get the hang of it :) (I'm still trying to get the hang of it, so no worries!)

So now, onto the winner for this week!

The winner is SUSAN'S CRAFTY CHAOS!

Wow, you're a lucky gal Susan! Please email me at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com to claim your Nurse Jenny digi. 

Thank you all so much for participating and we hope you'll join us tomorrow for the new challenge!

Weekly Challenge- Dead Divas

Welcome back everyone, Happy Monday! Last week's challenge was amazing in the entries that you all produced, and we hope that this week you will continue to wow us. We'd like to encourage you to really show off your creativity and personality in all of these challenges; this is one spot where you can pull out all the stops. With that being said, we can't wait to see what you do with this one!

As with any other weekly challenge, there are rules (although ours are pretty easy to follow and won't change each week) and here's a recap:

*Each Monday morning  a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that week's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to the post using the Inlinkz linky. It must be linked by midnight on the following Saturday, Pacific Time. This gives you six days to complete the challenge

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. We have taken into consideration our digital artist fans and will be allowing all-digi projects. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects and mediums we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared Ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like.

*The weekly winner will be chosen by random number and revealed on Sunday morning. Prizes will vary and may range from a free digi to a coupon to a blog badge.

So let's get to it! Here's this week's info.

The Challenge:

DEAD DIVAS

As we said before, use your imagination on this one! You will see the great variety with our Dt samples, and we've left it wide open for you to put your own twist on it.

The Samples: 

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Sugar 

Freddie

Ike

Monique

The Prize:

Nurse Jenny digi single

Remember, be sure to link up by midnight on Saturday to qualify. Then check back on Sunday for the random draw for the winner. Hope you have fun!

Splat! Challenge Winner

I must say WOW to all the entries this week! Just fabulous creativity showcased by everyone, and way to rock the splatters and blotches! I'm glad we are choosing the winners by random number, because honestly I don't think I could have chosen a winner.

So, the person who has won the Falling Dead Dancer is: MONIQUE!

Congratulations! I will get your digi sent out to you ASAP, and I hope all of you will join us for our next challenge posted tomorrow morning. Thanks for playing along!

Smudgy Antics New Weekly Challenge- Splat!

Hello everyone, Happy Monday! This is not usually a day that people get excited about...I mean, let's face it, it's the end of the weekend and we all have to go back to work or real life, and sometimes it just plain stinks. But, over in Smeared Ink world (yes, we have our own world, isn't it cool?) we decided to add a little pizazz to your otherwise manic Mondays with a new weekly challenge that will give you an outlet for your pent-up creativity! In other words, join us every Monday to see what the challenge is. Then you'll have all week to join in and participate.

So let's get things kicked off with our first challenge! Of course, we always have to have rules, and here they are:

*Each Monday morning  a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that week's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to the post using the Inlinkz linky. It must be linked by midnight on the following Saturday, Pacific Time. This gives you six days to complete the challenge

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. We have taken into consideration our digital artist fans and will be allowing all-digi projects. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects and mediums we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared Ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like.

*The weekly winner will be chosen by random number and revealed on Sunday morning. Prizes will vary and may range from a free digi to a coupon to a blog badge.

They look kinda familiar, eh? Smudgefest was our kickoff for what we hope will be a great time had by all! Shall we get started?

The Challenge:

SPLAT!

Create a project that features splatter, drops, splodges, or blots.

The Samples: 

*click for larger views 

Lady Brayton 

Kapree

Paula

Celina

Jane

Heather

The Prize:

Dead Dancer Falling digi single

Remember, be sure to link up by midnight on Saturday to qualify. Then check back on Sunday for the random draw for the winner. Hope you have fun!

Also don't forget to swing by a little bit later today when we announce our big Smudgefest Grand Prize winner and Day 7 winner!

Smudgefest Grand Prize and Day 7 Winner

Well, you all made it through Smudgefest! We were so stoked to see all the fabulous projects come through this week, and we will be catching up on comments during the next few days. Thank you to all who participated and who visited to support your fellow crafters!

Just a note, if you added Calypso to your blog post for Day 7, please remove the image from your post. We had her available as a freebie for a limited time and that time had passed. Thank you so much! But, I know what you all want to hear right now :) So, let's get right to the winners!

First, our Day 7 Winner

We used Random.org to generate our winner:

The winner is.......SUSAN at Crafty Chaos!

Congratulations! Please email Terra to claim your prize!

terra@smearedink.com

Okay, now down to the Grand Prize Drawing! We had 13 participants complete all 7 days of projects, and they are:

1. Ike
2. Laura
3. Susan Crafty Chaos
4. Jane
5. Croms
6. Don't Do Straight
7. Alex
8. Freddie
9. Lisa
10. Susan G
11. Lady B
12. Eternal Princess Ryan
13. Dianne

Here we go...We used Random.org to generate our winner:

The winner is.......ETERNAL PRINCESS RYAN aka SARA!

Congratulations! Please email Terra to claim your prize!

terra@smearedink.com

Well there you have it folks! If you are one of the winners from this week and you have not received your prize, please don't fret. We will have all of them out by tomorrow (Tuesday) evening.
Thanks again for a fabulous challenge!!!

Day 6 Winner

For Day 7 Challenge - Please scroll down...

Once again, thank you to all the participants for Day 6 of SmudgeFest!

We used Random.org to generate our winner:

The winner is.......JANE!

Congratulations! Please email Terra to claim your prize!

terra@smearedink.com

For the rest of you, the last challenge is happening now, so grab your Calypso image while you can and get to creating! There is one last prize to be won, and tomorrow we will be announcing our Day 7 winner, and our GRAND PRIZE WINNER! Plus, we will post our first weekly challenge. Hope you will join us!

Smudgefest Day 7-Final Challenge

Oh my gosh, it's the FINAL CHALLENGE! Can you believe it? Congrats to those of you who have been here the whole week and for making it through all the challenges. As one final hoopla, we are bringing you a great little surprise. But just in case you've forgotten between yesterday and today, cause we all know it can happen, here are the rules for the Smudgefest challenges.

*Each morning from August 1st through 7th at 12:01 am Pacific Time, a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that day's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to that day's post using the Inlinkz linky. It must be linked by midnight of the same day.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like. No all-digital projects allowed.

*The daily winner will be chosen by random number and revealed later the next day in a separate post (not the daily theme post).

*At the end of the week, all participatnts who submitted entried for all seven days will be entered for the Grand Prize Drawing of 17 digi stamp sets from Smeared Ink. The winner will be chosen by random number and announced on Monday, August 8th.

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 7 challenge!

The Challenge:

SYNONYMOUS SUNDAY

Today we are offering up a little freebie for everyone to enjoy. This is Calypso, and your challenge today is to use her in your project. She will be available in our shop soon, but today only you can pick her up here! Enjoy!

(Calypso is no longer available as a freebie, but will be available in our shop on August 15)

The Sample: 

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Smeared Ink Stamps Used : 

Calypso digi single

The Prize:

Another Fabulous Coupon!

 Remember, be sure to link up by midnight tonight to qualify for the daily (and grand) prize. Then check back tomorrow when we will be announcing the grand prize winner and posting our very first regular Smudgy Antics Weekly Challenge!!!! Have Fun and thanks for playing along with Smudgefet!

Day 5 Winner

For Day 6 Challenge - Please scroll down...

 Once again, thank you to all the participants for Day 5 of SmudgeFest! 

We used Random.org to generate our winner:

The winner is.......ALEX!

Congratulations! Please email Terra to claim your prize!

terra@smearedink.com

For the rest of you, there are still lots of great prizes to WIN and we can't wait to see what else you create!

Smudgefest Day 6

Welcome to Day 6! So, how are you all feeling about the challenges? We'd love to have your input on the week, and let us know if you had fun and would participate again. We're so happy to see that so many of you have hung around for the whole week so far, way to go! We know it takes a lot of effort to even participate once, and we appreciate all of the sharing of inspiration from all of you.

I know they are always here, but just in case, here are the rules for the Smudgefest challenges.

*Each morning from August 1st through 7th at 12:01 am Pacific Time, a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that day's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to that day's post using the Inlinkz linky. It must be linked by midnight of the same day.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like. No all-digital projects allowed.

*The daily winner will be chosen by random number and revealed later the next day in a separate post (not the daily theme post).

*At the end of the week, all participatnts who submitted entried for all seven days will be entered for the Grand Prize Drawing of 17 digi stamp sets from Smeared Ink. The winner will be chosen by random number and announced on Monday, August 8th.

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 6 challenge!

The Challenge:

SKETCHY SATURDAY

What's a week long challenge extravaganza without a sketch challenge? Nothing, I tell ya! So, here it is...please use the sketch below as inspiration for your project. It does not have to be exact, but we must be able to tell that you got your idea from the sketch.

The Sample: 

*click for larger views

Smeared Ink Stamps Used : 

Elementals rubber set

Sea Skeletons digi set

The Prize:

Another Fabulous Coupon!

 Remember, be sure to link up by midnight tonight to qualify for the daily (and grand) prize. Then check back tomorrow for the new theme. Have Fun!

Day 4 Winner

For Day 5 Challenge - Please scroll down...

 Once again, thank you to all the participants for Day 4 of SmudgeFest!  You all came up with some pretty amazing stuff!

We used Random.org to generate our winner:

The winner is.......LAURA!

Congratulations! Please email Terra to claim your prize!

terra@smearedink.com

For the rest of you, there are still lots of great prizes to WIN and we can't wait to see what else you create!

Smudgefest Day 5

Woo Hoo!!!!! It's Friday, and not only is it the end of the work week (hopefully), it also brings us to the begining of the end: Day 5. Three more Smudgefest Challenges folks. Only three days until we give out that fabulous Grand Prize! Are you excited? I know we are!

How are you all feeling today? Is the mojo flowing? We hope so, cause it will help you out in today's challenge! But before we get to it, just as a reminder, here are the rules for the Smudgefest challenges.

*Each morning from August 1st through 7th at 12:01 am Pacific Time, a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that day's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to that day's post using the Inlinkz linky. It must be linked by midnight of the same day.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like. No all-digital projects allowed.

*The daily winner will be chosen by random number and revealed later the next day in a separate post (not the daily theme post).

*At the end of the week, all participatnts who submitted entried for all seven days will be entered for the Grand Prize Drawing of 17 digi stamp sets from Smeared Ink. The winner will be chosen by random number and announced on Monday, August 8th. Here are the stamp sets up for grabs:

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 5 challenge!

The Challenge:

FLOWING FRIDAY

Create a project using a flowing medium. Some examples could be watercolor, liquid ink, liquid glues, thinned out acrylics, etc.... use your imagination and let the juices flow!

The Sample: 

*click for larger views

Smeared Ink Stamps Used : 

Gross Anatomy digi set

A Little Bit Batty digi set

Saying from Mad Science digi set

The Prize:

Smitten Digi Stamp Set

 Remember, be sure to link up by midnight tonight to qualify for the daily (and grand) prize. Then check back tomorrow for the new theme. Have Fun!

Day 3 Winner

For Day 4 Challenge - Please scroll down...

 

 Once again, thank you to all the participants for Day 3 of SmudgeFest! 

We used Random.org to generate our winner:

The winner is.......SUSAN G!

Congratulations! Please email Terra to claim your prize!

terra@smearedink.com

For the rest of you, there are still lots of great prizes to WIN and we can't wait to see what else you create!

Smudgefest Day 4

Whew! We've made it to day 4! How are you guys hanging in there? Just think, this is prep for 31 Days of Halloween, which will be coming sooner than we think. For those of you who don't know what 31 Days of Halloween is, be on the lookout for information coming out around the 15th of this month. If you like Smudgefest, you will LOVE 31 Days!!!

But, I digress.... welcome to Day 4 of Smudgefest! For all the details on the challenge, please visit the first post. We can't tell you how exciting it has been seeing all of the participants for these challenges, and we really hope you will all stick around for the regular challenges that will start next Monday, Aug 8th. But for now, just in case you missed them before, here are the rules for the Smudgefest challenges.

*Each morning from August 1st through 7th at 12:01 am Pacific Time, a new challenge will be posted. It will contain that day's theme and prize information.

*To participate, you must make a project that fits the theme and add it to that day's post using the Inlinkz linky. It must be linked by midnight of the same day.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, altered or 3-d item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with either a rubber or digital stamp. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects we are sure to see.

*You must use AT LEAST 1 Smeared ink image on your project. You are allowed to use anything else that you like. No all-digital projects allowed.

*The daily winner will be chosen by random number and revealed later the next day in a separate post (not the daily theme post).

*At the end of the week, all participatnts who submitted entried for all seven days will be entered for the Grand Prize Drawing of 17 digi stamp sets from Smeared Ink. The winner will be chosen by random number and announced on Monday, August 8th. Here are the stamp sets up for grabs:

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 4 challenge!

The Challenge:

TWISTED THURSDAY

Make an ATC with a "twist". You can interpret "twist" any way you want to, this is just one interpretation. ATC size: 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

The Sample: 

*click for larger views

Smeared Ink Stamps Used : 

As Death rubber stamp set

The Prize:

Can't wait to see how twisted your minds can get! Remember, be sure to link up by midnight tonight to qualify for the daily (and grand) prize. Then check back tomorrow for the new theme. Have Fun!