Make an ATC with SMUDGY ANTICS Week 1 of 2

Welcome back for another fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!

The theme for this challenge is to

MAKE AN ATC.

An ATC is a 2.5" x 3.5" piece of artwork that is typically traded.

Learn more about ATCs here.

*Please read and follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog to qualify for a prize.

Posted below is some inspiration from the first part of the Smeared Ink DT.
  You may click on the individual pictures for a larger view and you can visit any of the designers by clicking on the names above the project pictures. 

 We will post a challenge reminder next week with examples from 

the remainder of the Smeared Ink DT. 

I highly suggest visiting the designers' blogs as you can learn tips and tricks on how each lady made her project. 

Leaving a bit of love is always appreciated too.



BLACK DRAGON

HELEN

FIONA

SUSAN

KAPREE

LEIGH

The Prize:

A $5.00 gift voucher to Smeared Ink.

Remember, be sure read and follow the rules in the left sidebar and link your project to Inlinkz by Midnight PST on Saturday SEPTEMBER 7th, 2013 to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday evening (SEPTEMBER 8th, 2013) 

for the chosen winner.

If you are not of fan of digi images, perhaps you would like to put your winning gift voucher towards an 8.5" x 11" sheet of deeply etched, unmounted rubber instead?  Yep.  Smeared Ink's Rubber is BACK!  Check out the Smeared Ink Rubber Club for more information.  Please note, only one (1) gift voucher may be used to purchase rubber stamps.

If you like our challenges, why not head over to the Smeared and Smudged Forum?  Smeared and Smudged offers several monthly challenges with prizes, monthly blog hops, monthly ATC swaps, Holiday Swaps, a Birthday Club, and the Monthly  DT Throwdown Challenge.  

  

HAVE FUN!

WINNER OF THE BURNT OFFERINGS CHALLENGE

Many thanks to everyone who enter our  BURNT OFFERINGS challenge this fortnight, we had wonderfully scorched, singed,sooted and burnt entries.
As always it was an incredibly difficult job to choose just ONE winner .....  this time we couldn't..... i even did two re-counts.... so our winners are...... IKE and JOYCE ANN!

IKE made this wickedly funny card.... complete with fake burnt skin.

   JOYCE ANN created this beautifully elegant card using the soot stamping technique.

These two cards are so different, different styles, different techniques but both wonderfully inspiring.

Well done .... IKE and JOYCE ANN....Thank you BOTH so much for joining in our challenge.... congratulations ......you haveBOTH won a voucher for SMEARED INK store and a WINNERS BLOG BADGE.... please contact us at smudgyantics@gmail.com

See you tomorrow for a brand new challenge.

BURNT OFFERINGS Week 2 with SMUDGY ANTICS

Welcome back for week 2 of the fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!
The theme for this challenge is
BURNT OFFERINGS.

You may interpret the challenge theme anyway you choose.  For those attempting to use actual flame of some sort please use common sense and have a basin of water nearby as well a fire-extinguisher.  We don't want any injuries or burnt down homes in the making of your burnt offering projects.

Examples of Burnt Offerings include, but are not limited to, the following:
Burn the edging of your cardstock or a portion of your project.
Use a soot stamping technique.
Use a wood burning tool in some fashion on your project.
Use your heat gun to scorch areas of your project. 

Also acceptable, especially for the accident prone folks, are the following:
Use a faux Burnt technique.
Add faux flames to your project.
I'm sure there are other things, but we will let you folks decide what to do.

*Please read and follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog to qualify for a prize.

Posted below is some inspiration from the remainder of the Smeared Ink DT.
  You may click on the individual pictures for a larger view and you can visit any of the designers by clicking on the names above the project pictures. 

This is your last week to play along with Burnt Offerings.
Click here to find Mr. Linky.

I highly suggest visiting the designers' blogs as you can learn tips and tricks on how each lady made her project. 

Leaving a bit of love is always appreciated too.

LADY BRAYTON

SHELL

KRISTY

LEIGH

The Prize:

A $5.00 gift voucher to Smeared Ink.

Remember, be sure read and follow the rules in the left sidebar and link your project to Inlinkz by Midnight PST on Saturday AUGUST 24th, 2013 to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday evening (AUGUST 25th, 2013) 

for the chosen winner.

If you are not of fan of digi images, perhaps you would like to put your winning gift voucher towards an 8.5" x 11" sheet of deeply etched, unmounted rubber instead?  Yep.  Smeared Ink's Rubber is BACK!  Check out the Smeared Ink Rubber Club for more information.

If you like our challenges, why not head over to the Smeared and Smudged Forum?  Smeared and Smudged offers several monthly challenges with prizes, monthly blog hops, monthly ATC swaps, Holiday Swaps, a Birthday Club, and the Monthly  DT Throwdown Challenge.  

  

HAVE FUN!

SMUDGEFEST WINNER!!

It's time to announce our SMUDGEFEST GRAND PRIZE WINNER!! 

All participatnts who submitted entries for all seven days and used a Smeared Ink image on all their entries qualified to be entered for the Grand Prize Drawing of a $200 shopping spree from Smeared Ink. The winner was chosen by random number.

SIX PARTICIPANTS QUALIFIED
(aside from our WONDERFUL DT members, of course):

1 PAPER WHIMS

2 EVIL EDNA

3 CRAFTY INKNIK

4 LAURA B

5 DONNA

6 MAUREEN

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#5 DONNA! CONGRATS DONNA, YOU LUCKY THANG!!

Email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com to claim your prize!

WINNER DAY 6 and 7

Winner for day 6

Prize of:

(not valid on rubber club orders)

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#3 Donna! Congrats Donna!

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Winner for day 7

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#2 SHELL! Congrats Shell!

Both of you please email smearedinkstamps@gmail.com to claim your prizes!

Stay tuned for the GRAND PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT!

BURNT OFFERINGS with SMUDGY ANTICS

Welcome back for another fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!
The theme for this challenge is
BURNT OFFERINGS.
You may interpret the challenge theme anyway you choose.  For those attempting to use actual flame of some sort please use common sense and have a basin of water nearby as well a fire-extinguisher.  We don't want any injuries or burnt down homes in the making of your burnt offering projects.

Examples of Burnt Offerings include, but are not limited to, the following:
Burn the edging of your cardstock or a portion of your project.
Use a soot stamping technique.
Use a wood burning tool in some fashion on your project.
Use your heat gun to scorch areas of your project. 

Also acceptable, especially for the accident prone folks, are the following:
Use a faux Burnt technique.
Add faux flames to your project.
I'm sure there are other things, but I'll let you folks decide what to do.

*Please read and follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog to qualify for a prize.

Posted below is some inspiration from the first part of the Smeared Ink DT.
  You may click on the individual pictures for a larger view and you can visit any of the designers by clicking on the names above the project pictures. 

 We will post a challenge reminder next week with examples from 

the remainder of the Smeared Ink DT. 

I highly suggest visiting the designers' blogs as you can learn tips and tricks on how each lady made her project. 

Leaving a bit of love is always appreciated too.

BLACK DRAGON

HELEN

FIONA

SUSAN

KAPREE

The Prize:

A $5.00 gift voucher to Smeared Ink.

Remember, be sure read and follow the rules in the left sidebar and link your project to Inlinkz by Midnight PST on Saturday AUGUST 24th, 2013 to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday evening (AUGUST 25th, 2013) 

for the chosen winner.

If you are not of fan of digi images, perhaps you would like to put your winning gift voucher towards an 8.5" x 11" sheet of deeply etched, unmounted rubber instead?  Yep.  Smeared Ink's Rubber is BACK!  Check out the Smeared Ink Rubber Club for more information.

If you like our challenges, why not head over to the Smeared and Smudged Forum?  Smeared and Smudged offers several monthly challenges with prizes, monthly blog hops, monthly ATC swaps, Holiday Swaps, a Birthday Club, and the Monthly  DT Throwdown Challenge.  

  

HAVE FUN!

Winner of FUSSY CUTTING Challenge

If you are here to enter the very last challenge of the week long SMUDGEFEST extravaganza, please scroll down to the next post.
Many thanks to everyone who enter our  FUSSY CUTTING challenge this fortnight, we had an amazing amount of wonderfully inspiring, beautifully FUSSY CUT entries.
As always it was an incredibly difficult job to choose just ONE winner but we did and our winner is....... LAURA B!

Clowns are so scary....

 ....and a wobbly clown is just totally out of this world mind-numbingly triple scary!

I'm now gonna go hide some where for a while. EEEEeeeeeekkkkk!!!

Well done ....LAURA! Thank you so much for joining in our challenge.... congratulations ......you have won a voucher for SMEARED INK store and a WINNERS BLOG BADGE.... please contact us at smudgyantics@gmail.com

See you tomorrow for a brand new challenge.

Smudgefest Day 7- Final Challenge and Important Announcements!

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. Before we move on to today's challenge, we have a few things to let you know about.

First, if you haven't seen it already on the Smeared and Smudged Forum or our Facebook pages (or don't have a clue what it is), we have posted our information for 31 Days of Halloween 2013. We are taking sign-ups for Wicked Bloggers and are hoping that this will be our biggest hop to date! It's a fun chance to immerse yourself in a month full of Halloween and Day of the Dead projects, with cool prizes to be had and awesome projects to be seen, so please check out the information HERE. If you're interested in participating as a Wicked Blogger, I suggest you sign up sooner rather than later and get a jump start on your projects. If you don't want to sign up, you can still hop along as a Horrifying Hopper or Sinister Lurker and win great prizes; that information is posted as well. We are also already taking sponsor sign ups, so if you know anyone who would be interested in having their site or company featured during the hop, you can contact us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com.

The second announcement we have is that we are HAVING A DESIGN TEAM CALL!! Tori and I are creating a NEW Design Team for our Mixed Media University group on Smeared and Smudged, and we are looking for 4 to 5 team members. This will be a separate Smeared Ink Design Team that will share video tutorials exclusively in our MMU group, and we are super excited to be bringing this new aspect to our forum! We hope you will be just as excited as we are, and that you will consider trying out for this team. We are looking for fun and interesting stamp artists with various styles, so if you love working with different art mediums in your stamped work please check out all of the information posted on the Smeared and Smudged Blog HERE. The info includes requirements, benefits, and how to submit for the team. The deadline is September 23, 2013.

Okay, now on to today's Smudgefest Challenge. As one final hoopla, we are bringing you a great little surprise, in the form of a freebie!

 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 Ghoulipop, and your challenge today is to use him in your project. He will be available in our shop soon, but today only you can pick him up here. Please DO NOT share this image with anyone, online, or on your blog! If you'd like to, you may provide a link to this post for anyone who may be interested in playing along. Can't wait to see what you all make with Ghoulipop....hope you enjoy!

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*click the picture to get the full sized version

The Sample:

 *click for larger views 

sample by Terra Serrano

for more info visit her blog

Smeared Ink stamps used: Ghoulipop

The Prize: 

This prize pack includes this
Sakura of America - Zentangle 11 piece set
(11 Piece set includes 5 Pigma Micron Pens in sizes 01, 01, 03, 05 and 08, 1 Zentangle pencil and 5 official Zentangle Tiles) and this Graphic 45 - Steampunk Spells - Paper Pad (8x8)

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 our Day 7 prize winner and the grand prize winner. Have Fun and thanks for playing along with Smudgefest!

WINNER FOR DAY 5

FOR DAY 6 THEME 

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO NEXT POST! 

It's almost over!!You guys are doing a great job!!

Our WINNER for Day 5 was chosen by random.org:

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#7 PAPER WHIMS! Conrgrats, Wendy!

Please email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com

to claim your prize!

Smudgefest Day 6

Welcome to Day 6! So, how are you all feeling about the challenges? 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.

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: 

sample by Elizabeth Turner

Smeared Ink stamp sets used: Chicks Dig Guns, Inky Dreams

The Prize:

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!

WINNER FOR DAY 4

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:

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The winner is.......SAMARA NAVI!

Congratulations! Please email smearedinkstamps@gmail.com to claim your prize!

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 beginning 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! 

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: 

sample by David Alex West using watercolor

Smeared Ink stamp sets used: Elementals

The Prize:

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!

WINNER FOR DAY 3

FOR DAY 4 THEME 

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO NEXT POST! 

You're all going strong! Keep it up! We are loving all you wonderful creations!!

Our WINNER for Day 3 was chosen by random.org:

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And the winner is

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#9 AJ! Congrats, AJ!

Please email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com

to claim your prize! You get a digi set -or- past rubber set of your choice!

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, check out all of the information that we have posted on the forum here, or on my blog here. 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 Smudgy Antics challenges. Don't forget about the Fussy Cut challenge going on now: you can get the details and add your entries here. OK, now on to today's Smudgefest challenge! 

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: 

sample by Terra Serrano
visit her BLOG for more info

Smeared Ink stamps used: Symbology of Angels

The Prize: 

*not valid on rubber club orders

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!

WINNER FOR DAY 2

FOR DAY 3 THEME 

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO NEXT POST! 

This is awesome!! We had 12 entries again on Day 2! Great work, everyone!

Our WINNER for Day 2 was chosen by random.org:

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#10 DONNA! Conrgrats, Donna!

Please email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com

to claim your $15 voucher!

Smudgefest Day 3

Welcome to Day 3! For all the details on the challenge and the rules, please scroll down and visit the first post. We are so excited to see all the incredibly amazing entries so far for Smudgefest! Hang in there, we are almost half way through (it goes by quickly, doesn't it?) the seven days of challenges, and we can't wait to see what you do today! 

Ready to Play? Here is our Day 3 challenge!

The Challenge:

WICKED WEDNESDAY

It's a color challenge! Use these wicked colors to create your project for today.

Colors:

*coloring must not be exact but close: Brown, Seafoam, Lime Green, Black, Sky Blue
You are also allowed to use neutrals.

The Sample: 

sample created by Little Black Kitten
visit her BLOG for more info

Smeared Ink stamp set used: Morte

The Prize:

*valid on any digi set in our shop -or- past rubber set offering on our Rubber Club page

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!