Weekly Challenge - PRETTY CREEPY

Congratulations to the winner and top three of the 

"BAD BABY" challenge last week!

This week's challenge theme is:

"PRETTY CREEPY".

We want you devoted followers to use a dark, Gothic, or creepy image and make a pretty, beautiful, classy, or elegant project with it.  

We love when you guys and gals think outside of the box.   
 The more creative and inventive, the better!  
Let your artistic expression fly free!

 Please remember, you do not need to make a card for this challenge. 

We also accept and encourage art journal pages, scrapbook pages, mixed-media pieces, sculptures, ATCs, Fat Book pages, jewelry, etc.  Just remember to use at least one stamped image (rubber, clear, or digi) and follow the rules listed on the left sidebar to qualify for the prize or the coveted "Top Three" badge.  

For inspiration, check out the projects from the Smeared Ink DT:

(Click images to enlarge)

Black Dragon

Lady Brayton

Ike

Monique

Helen

Fiona

Kristy

THE PRIZE:

A $5.00 gift voucher to Smeared Ink.

Remember, be sure to link up by Midnight on Saturday PST to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday for the random draw winner.

To be eligible for the coveted top three badge, be sure to use at least one Smeared Ink image.

If you like our challenges you should drop by our forum where we have additional monthly challenges as well as monthly blog hops and ATC swaps.

Have Fun!

Smudgefest Day 3

Welcome to Day 3! For all the details on the challenge, please 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! Just in case you missed them before, here are the rules.

*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 3 challenge!

The Challenge:

WICKED WEDNESDAY

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

Colors: Pumpkin Orange, Mustardy Yellow, Dark Gray, Deep Purple
*coloring must not be exact but close. You are also allowed to use neutrals.

The Sample: 

*click for larger views

Smeared Ink Stamps Used : 
Octopode image from Heebie Jeebies digi set 
Saying from Creepy Li'l Grumpies rubber set

The Prize:

Bot Bots digi set from Smeared Ink

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!

Smudgefest Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Smudgefest! For all the details on the challenge, please visit the first post. Thank you all so much for participating in yesterday's challenge! What an amazing variety of projects! Although many of you were surprised by the difficulty, we knew you could pull it off and you proved us right! We are stoked to move on to today's challenge and see what you can muster up, and hope you are as well. Just in case you missed them before, here are the rules.

*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 2 challenge!

The Challenge:

TERRIFYING TUESDAY

Create a project that showcases your favorite scary Smeared Ink image. Go ahead, pull out all the stops and give us the willies!

The Sample: 
*click to view larger

 sample by Tori

Smeared Ink Stamps Used : 
Build a Zombie Alphabet rubber set

The Prize:

20% Off Your Entire Smeared Ink Order

Ready, Go! Scare us silly! 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!

Smudgefest Begins Today!

We at Smeared Ink are so excited to be starting off this super fun Challenge Extravaganza! In case you don't know about Smudgefest, we will be hosting a week full of challenges and prizes, with a huge grand prize opportunity at the end. This is to help us kick off our new weekly challenges here on Smudgy Antics, and we are sure you will have a blast! Of course, with every contest, there must be rules. So, read on to find out how the week-long challenges will work.

*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:

So, are you ready to play? Welcome to Day 1 of Smudgefest!!

The Challenge:  

MANIC MONDAY

Create a bi-polar project that showcases two opposites.

The Sample: 
*click to view larger

sample by Terra 
 
Smeared Ink Stamps Used : 

Lisa Lashes single digi

Zombie Pinups digi Brains saying

Build A Zombie Alphabet rubber letters

The Prize:

 Lisa Lashes single digi image from Smeared Ink

We hope you have fun with this one, and we can't wait to see what your manic minds come up with! 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.

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!

Jack says "Thanks!"

Hoping this post finds everyone well! We've found ourselves "relaxing" in the path of several tornado producing storms, but truthfully they travelled on up toward our home as they passed by. The destruction occurred north of us here in TN and we're thinking of those folks & those in Alabama and Mississippi who seemed to bear the brunt of the damage.



Today I am using the Smeared Ink unmounted rubber stamp set with Jack. I started with a base from Halcraft naturals card bases & stamped Jack & the sentiments on another color of it. I grabbed various patterned papers & stamped him on them, then started cutting & piecing together until he was feeling dapper. The body of the box & it's flap are pieced as well as the star & crank. Jack's shirt, collar & hat are also pieced. He's trimmed & lifted from the surface with popdots for dimension. The sentiments are a combination of four from the set. Hope you enjoy him!

Be sure to check back each day for something fab from the design team. Watch Monday, May 9, 2011 for a Smeared Ink New digi Release blog hop for some brand new crafty creations from the design team!! There's still time to enter the April challenges--just a little so get your crafty hat on and make something! And its almost May so time for a whole new round of challenges.

Special thanks to Tiddly Inks for sponsoring challenges in April and providing the amazing Frankenhottie digi for the team to work with!

Happy Crafting! Paula