Inner Demon Inspiration...

Hi,

Some inspiration from me  this Saturday and I hope that those of you that are watching this is doing fine and got the creepmas black feel going this season :)

Made an mixed media kind of page...don´t know what to call this? Maybe someone else knows!? There are so many different names on these things...

I´ve used a new digi stamp from Smeared Ink made by very talented Alexandria Serrano "Inner Demon". colored it with copics. The black hands behind the image is a grumpy from the rubber club at Smeared Ink. The barbed wire is rubber from the rubber club as well called "urban decay" and the senti is from the rubber club too :D from the "as death" set. The background is a scrapbookpaper and I covered the page with mod podge.

I hope you like it..

Thanks!

Saturday inspiration with new image...

It is my turn to get your mojo going...

I´ve made a mixed media art journal kind of page. Started of with some torned scrap paper with winter feel and added with mod podge. Second layer is white gesso. Used a NEW powerful image "release" made by Alexandria Serrano and you can find this image along with a whole bunch of other fantastic images in the Smeared Ink Shop. I´ve used posca pens, copics and acrylic paint to doodle with. I´ve also used some glimmer mist, stencils and background stamps.

Thank you for watching my project!

Creepmas inspiration...

Hi,

I have a card to show of for inspiration this saturday. With Creepmas hop going on I thought it would be cool to show some creepy christmas stuff ;)

The very talented Teri Shermans images is now available in the Smeared Ink shop and I´ve used the digital image "creepmas centerpiece" for my card. Colored with copics. Added some glossy on mini skulls and candle. Branch punch from Martha Stewart and some black chalk on edges of all papers.

I hope you can join our Challenge this month "Anything Goes Smeared Ink"

The only requirement is that you use a 

SMEARED INK image....

REAL RUBBER or DIGI.

Thank you!

Graduation Card

Hello everyone, welcome to Tuesday with Kelli.  Today I have to share with you a card I made using the card sketch, from the sketch challenge on Smeared and Smudged.  I used Artie, a graduating Grumpy for my card, he is this months freebie for participating on the forum!  Now you may be thinking,Kelli that doesn't say anything about graduation.  Well you would be right, I made this card for a friend of my daughter who loves Alice in Wonderland almost as much as I do, therefore the sentiment! 

Hope you enjoy!

My Bleeding Heart Still Beats for You

Welcome to Smeared Ink Saturday with Lady B!

Today I bring you a little project that I threw together last night for our gallery challenge.  The Gallery Challenges are posted on Mondays and you have until Friday at midnight to post your projects to the linky on the Smudgy Antics Blog.  Look on the left sidebar for "gallery challenge" and you can read the deets about voting and prizes.

This week's challenge was PIN IT UP! and here was the criteria:
"This challenge offers you numerous creative outlets, as the only criteria is to use a pin somewhere on your project. It can be a safety pin, a hat pin, a hair pin....if it is a type of pin, you can use it! Other than that, your project must be stamped somewhere. Remember you can only use Smeared Ink Stamps in this challenge, and your entry needs to be linked up by Friday at midnight. Good luck and Have Fun!"

Although it is too late for anyone reading this to join in the fun this week, come back on Monday for your next chance to play along.  Also, please come back for voting each week even if you don't make a project.  The gals work hard on their projects and would love to have their projects seen.

Here is my submission:

Image: Smeared Ink's "Candy is Dandy" rubber stamp set

Markers: Copic

Paper: crappy paper, thus the bleeding ink.  D'oh!

Other: Digi hat pins made by Me!

Cheers!

~ Lady B ~

Forever...

Hello Lovelies,   I have for you today a card I made using a couple of my favorite things....vampires and ummmmm vampires....LOL  I used an image from the Glam Vamps set from SI.  These are digi images that I printed out then colored with my copics.  I then used this cool digi scrapbook set I found featuring another of my favorite things, the Twilight series!  I think it turned out wicked cool! It also follows the Smeared and Smudged Sketch challenge card sketch for April!!!

What Does my Future Hold?



Welcome back!

  It's Smeared Ink Saturday with Lady B!

Today I bring you a hybrid scrap page.  The papers and journaling are digital and the tarot images were stamped and colored with copic markers.  The stamp set I used is "The Morbidly Adorable Tarot" which is a Smeared Ink rubber stamp set designed by artist Misty Benson.  The stamp set can be purchased here.  You may have noticed that I don't have any photos on this page.  I think scrapbooking should incorporate thoughts, feelings, and memories...not just photos.  I think my stamped images convey my thoughts pretty well here.

Smeared Ink Saturday and March Sketch Challenge

In today's edition of Smeared Ink Saturday with Lady B, I am contributing a project I made for the March Sketch Challenge over at the Smeared and Smudged Forum.

Here is a pic of the sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

As you can see, I've flipped the sketch and changed the flourish a bit.  I used an awesome Misty Benson image which was made into a rubber stamp set for Smeared Ink.  The set is called "Morbidly Adorable Tarot, set 1 and the image itself is "The World".  It can be purchased at the Smeared Ink Store.

I stamped the image with Memento Ink onto Copic X-Press it blending cardstock and colored it with my copic markers.  As you can tell, I am fond of bold, bright colors.  These divine papers are from Crafty Chaos Designs.  I am in love with the rich purple and greens in this set!  They print out as nicely as you see them on screen.

This month, if you participate in any of the challenges over at the Smeared and Smudged forum, you automatically receive a free digi and will be entered into a drawing for a digital stamp set of your choice from Smeared Ink!

Oh!  More big news!  Smeared Ink is having a Design Team Call!  Find the details here.

Thanks for Stopping By!

~ Lady B ~

Irish Toasts

Hello Lovelies,  It's Tuesday and that means a creation from me...Kelli!  Today I am sharing with you a card I made for a friend.  It's St. Patty's day theme with a lovely Irish toast on the inside.  There are also some flowers embossed on the inside that do not show up in the picture...Sorry  I will try to get them in a picture soon!  Hope you enjoy

List of Ingredients:
Image: Victoria Case digi
flower from Killer Bo peep Smeared Ink(not that the picture shows it for some reason!!!)
Cardstock: Stampin up
Embossing powder
copics

Spring is in the Air...Almost!



It's time again for Smeared Ink Saturday.

Although it's still chilly, spring is in the air.  The winds are picking up and the sun is shinning.  I spotted a robin the other day and saw some early spring flowers starting to poke out of the earth.  Today's project is reflective of spring and summer...bursting with color and romance.

Image: Smeared Ink's "Smitten" digital stamp set

background: Itkupilli

Copics: Dress: BV0000, BV02, BV04, BV08; face: skin white, R20, Baby skin pink; lady's hair: sepia, caribe cocoa, walnut

Cheers!

~ Lady B ~

HAPPY MARDI GRAS

Welcome to Fat Tuesday everyone!!!  I am so stoked that today is my day to post on Smudgy Antics.  I totally miss being in Louisiana during this time of year!  I am a Louisianaian born and bred and though the military life has taken me away and retired life will keep me away it is still home in the heart!!  Especially around festival times!!!  Not only Mardi Gras, cause peeps let me tell ya, us cajuns we can throw a party for anything and everything!!!! AHHHH  memories.... but I digress, on to the project!

Today I have for you the Mardi Gras Queen!   I know she is actually the High Priestess from the Morbidly Adorable Tarot 1 Set, but today she is the Mardi Gras Queen!!!  With her bed of beads she is standing on, I don't know if she will throw them or not, but you can always flash her some skin in the hopes that she will!!  She also has beads floating around her, how she does that and still finds the time to interact while on the float I will never know!!! 

List of Ingredients:
Morbidly Adorable Tarot set
SU cardstock
Mardi Gras Beads
Copic Markers
Distress Stickles

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!

Short and Sweet Saturday

Lady B here with Smeared Ink Saturday.  Today's post will be short as I have a ton of things to do today.  Here is a project I started last night using the "Morbidly Adorable Tarot" set 1 featuring artwork by Misty Benson.  You can purchase this set at the shop.  I used "The High Priestess" image from this set, stamped her with Memento Ink, colored her with Copic Markers, and put together a simple card using papers from Crafty Chaos Designs.  I accented this piece with Distress Stickles.

You may not realize it, but even we DT members do not create perfect projects.  I have flaws in my projects all the time, but most do not notice the flaws other than myself, of course.  I am not a great stamper and do not always get a clear image.  If you look closely at the project above you will see areas that did not stamp perfectly.  I am also VERY SLOPPY when it comes to coloring.  This is improving as I bought some awesome cardstock that dramatically reduces any bleed from my markers.  Check out "into the dark" on the forum for a little review on this product.  Why am I telling blog land that my projects aren't perfect?  Because NO project is ever perfect.  I encourage you to try to work with your mistakes and see what you end up with.  Your marker smeared?  Make that area a shadow or rub distress ink over your project for an intentional grungy effect.  Art supplies are too expensive to toss aside a little mishap.  Playing with our mistakes increases our skills as artists.  Most of my favorite projects derived from mistakes.  Let go of your idea of perfection and let the art flow.  Let the feeling of your piece take over.  You may really like what you end up with. 

Cheers!

~ Lady B ~



Smeared Ink Saturday...In the Dungeon

Welcome back to another episode of Smeared Ink Saturday with Lady B.  Today we will be visiting a Dungeon in Chicago, IL with two of our favorite ladies from "Femdom".

The background is an actual photo fromt the LRA website.  Gotta love google!  Type in a few key words and find whatever you want.  I don't know who took the photo so I cannot give proper credit.  I'm not selling this so hopefully I am not infringing on any copywrite laws.  On top of the photo I inserted my Smeared Ink "Femdom" digis that were previously printed and colored with copic markers.  I added a few drop shadows and digi papers from Crafty Chaos Designs.



Carnie Poster

Hello all, It's tuesday and I'm Kelli and that means that it is my day to post!  Today I am sharing with you a "poster" I made!  It's really  6x6 that I made using a technique I just learned that I haven't made into anything yet!  It will eventually be either part of an altered canvas or a poster I have in mind for Smeared Ink images!!! Maybe by next week I will know what I want to do and then we can go on a creepy little jaunt to the end of a project...Anyway, this technique will eventually make it into a tutorial and be posted on the forum, but for now it is what it is!!!

I really hope you enjoy the project and be sure to check out all the goings on over on the forum.  Reember there are some wonderful prizes to be won over there!

Love, Honor, and Obey! This is a command, not a request.

Wecolme to another addition of Smeared Ink Saturday with Lady B.  Today's post is a bit Risque.

I used two images from Smeared Ink's "Femdom" digital stamp set and colored them with copic markers.  I scanned them and added them to a cool dungeon pic I found online.  I couldn't see who made it so I can't give props. Heck, it may even be from a video game for all I know.  Anyway, the dungeon background worked perfectly with these images.  I used digi papers from Crafty Chaos Designs and typed in a sentiment.

Cheers!

~ Lady B ~

Smeared Ink Saturday with Lady B

Welcome to Smeared Ink Saturday on Smudgy Antics.  I, Lady B, will be your host for the day.  Let me introduce you to our new DT blog. This blog was designed to feature the Smeared Ink DT projects all in one spot so our Inky Minions will be able to get their smudgy inspiration with just one click.  The awesome thing about this blog is that each day of the week is sponsored by a different DT member so everyday will be filled with awesome eye-candy for your viewing pleasure and artistic inspiration. 

Let's get on with the art! 

These awesome images were designed for Smeared Ink by Misty Benson.  Aren't they lovely?  They are so fun to color!  I stamped the images with Memento Ink and colored them with my Copic Markers.  I scanned them and uploaded them to PSE.  The background papers are from Crafty Chaos Designs. 

 In my first project, I made some matching screw embellishments.  I think I'm starting to get the hang of this photoshop thing!  In my second project I added some purple and black digi roses from one of my Itkupilli collage sheets.

As soon as I get some clay I plan on making some decorative tiles with these babies!  Since I am only featuring two of the four images in the set, here is a pic of the set in it's entirety:

The set is 8.5" x 11" of deeply etched unmounted rubber.  It can be purchased in the shop as can cling mount in the same size if desired.

Thanks for Dropping By!

Cheers!

~Lady B!