Saturday, October 31, 2015

Skull and Book

Today is Day 31, the very last day, of Smeared Ink's October-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  Happy Halloween, everyone!

My last project for the month is a card featuring a stamp by La Blanche.


The details:
1.  Skull and Book stamp by La Blanche
2.  The Crafter's Workshop "Mini Harlequin" stencil
3.  Prima Color Bloom spray mists
4.  Cuttlebug "Tiny Bubbles" embossing folder
5.  Distress Ink

Thanks so much for hanging in there with me this month and for all your kind and thoughtful comments.  To follow the entire hop, you can find the whole blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Friday, October 30, 2015

Moon Bats

Today is Day 30, the penultimate day, of Smeared Ink's wonderful month-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  Only one more day to go!

Today I have a card that I have entitled "Moon Bats."



The details:
1.  "Woodland Wonder" stamp by Penny Black
2.  Bats from Smeared Ink's real rubber set "A Little Bit Batty"
3.  Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical powder in Bling-y Blonde
4.  Background stenciled and sprayed with Prima Color Bloom spray mists

Thanks for stopping by today!  See you again tomorrow for the last day of the hop!  As always, you can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Pumpkin Bookmarks

Today is Day 29 of Smeared Ink's month-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  We are really in the home stretch now, folks!

Today I have a very simple set of three bookmarks to share with you.  I went on a little spree of background-making with stencils and spray mists earlier this month, and I cut one of those papers into strips for bookmarks.



The details:
1.  Jack-o-lantern stamp from Hampton Art Halloween set, colored with Memento markers
2.  Clear Scraps 6 x 6 inch stencil, Swirl
3.  Prima Color Bloom spray mists

Thanks for stopping by today!  Go Royals!!!  (I'm from northwest Missouri, so I just had to add that in there--lol!)  To follow the whole hop, you can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Halloween Kitty

Welcome back for Day 28 of Smeared Ink's October-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!

My piece today is another card--I seem to be stuck in a card-making rut these days--I can't seem to think outside that box!


The details:
1.  Kitty on pumpkin stamp and spider stamp from Hampton Art Halloween set, colored with Memento markers
2.  "Happy Halloween" sentiment stamp from Hampton Art Halloween set, embossed with white embossing powder
4.  Background layered and stamped with Colorbox Mix'd Media ink pads
5.  Glitter ribbon from Michael's

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  Hope to see you again tomorrow!  To follow the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Pumpkin and Jack-O-Lantern

Today is Day 27 of Smeared Ink's month-long blog hop extravaganza, the 31 Days of Halloween!  We are in the home stretch, folks!

I have a card today, featuring another image from Create with TLC, which is owned and operated by Paulette.  Every month I sign up for her email club and receive great vintage images like this one (as well as sentiments and her own original digi collages) in my inbox every day.  I think it's a good deal--for about twelve bucks you get literally hundreds of images and sentiments!  Anyway, this pumpkins image was one I received last month in her Halloween club


The details:
1.  Pumpkin and jack-o-lantern digi stamp from Create with TLC, printed on Neenah and colored with Lyra Aquacolor crayons
3.  Background paper from K & Company "Best of K & Company" paper pad
4.  Ribbon by Berwick

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  As always, if you are following the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Halloween is Here

Today is Day 26 of Smeared Ink's month-long festival of all things Halloween, the 31 Days of Halloween!

Today I have a simple card and a postcard using the same stamp from Penny Black.  I love this stamp, and have been exploring ways to use it; these were my first two attempts.  I purposely kept these very simple to really let the stamp shine.

  

The details:
4.  Sentiment digi stamp from Create with TLC
6.  Prima Marketing Chalk Ink Edger

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  You can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar, if you are following the entire hop.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Witch and Famous

We have reached Day 25 of Smeared Ink's month-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  Only six more days until Halloween!

I have another card today featuring an image and sentiment from Create with TLC.


The details:
1.  Dolly Dingle and sentiment digi stamps from Create with TLC, printed on Neenah
3.  Black glitter tape from Recollections, distributed by Michael's

That's it for me today!  Thanks for stopping by my blog!  To follow the whole hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Every Good Witch Knows

Today is Day 24 of Smeared Ink's wonderful month-long festival of all things Halloween, the 31 Days of Halloween!

I have a card for you today, entitled "Every Good Witch Knows."



It's a little hard to see in these pics, but there is red glitter on her shoes.

The details:
1.  Little witch and cat digi stamp from Create with TLC, printed on Neenah and colored with alcohol markers
2.  Sentiment from Create with TLC
3.  Darice Embossing Essentials "Nesting Squares" dies
5.  Glitter (on shoes) from Papermart
6.  Glitter tape from my stash

Thanks for stopping by today, and, as always, thank you so much for your comments!  See you again tomorrow!  You can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar if you're following the whole hop.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Two Tags

Welcome to Day 23 of Smeared Ink's October-long festival and blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!

Today I have a pair of tags to share with you.  Very simple, but I think they work well!




And just for fun, here's a picture of my kitty Hilda helping me take pictures.  "I hep you, Mama!"



The details:
1.  Oct. 31 digi stamp from Create with TLC, printed on Neenah 
2.  Clearsnap Ancient Page ink in Saffron
3.  Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap
4.  Bat stamp by Smeared Ink from the "A Little Bit Batty" rubber set
5.  Owl digi stamp from The Octopode Factory, printed on Neenah and colored with Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils
6.  Alphabet stamp set by Studio G

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  See you again tomorrow!  If you are following the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.



Thursday, October 22, 2015

A Witch and Her Cat

Today is Day 22 of Smeared Ink's month-long blog hop and extravaganza, the 31 Days of Halloween! I can't believe there's only about a week left of the hop!

Today I have a card featuring an image that I got last year from Create with TLC.  I just love this image, and am glad I found a way to use it this year.  I feel like this quite often with my kitties--like I'm admonishing them and they're studiously ignoring me!


The details:
1.  Witch and cat on broom digi stamp from Create with TLC, printed on Neenah and colored with Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils
2.  DCWV Neutrals cardstock, embossed with Crackle embossing folder by Darice
3.  Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn and Vintage Photo
4.  Ribbon by Berwick
5.  Alphabet set by Studio G

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  To follow the rest of the hop, please see the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.


Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Moon Maiden

Today is Day 21 of Smeared Ink's wonderful month-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  Welcome to my blog!

Today I have another very simple piece to share--an ATC entitled "Moon Maiden."  I've had a hard time finding crafting time this week; thus the simple pieces over the last couple of days.  I'm hoping that tomorrow I will be able to fit in some quality time in my studio.



The details:
1.  "Moon Maiden" digi stamp from unknown maker (I have unfortunately lost track of where I obtained this image)
2.  Bat rubber stamp by Smeared Ink from the "A Little Bit Batty" set
3.  Kan'Dee cream chalk set in Metallics

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  To follow the rest of the hop, you can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Searching Witch

This is Day 20 of Smeared Ink's month-long extravaganza, the 31 Days of Halloween!  Welcome to my blog.

Today I have a quick, simple make to share--a 6 x 6 inch fat page, which I have entitled "Searching Witch."


I apologize for the rather poor quality of this photo; I was getting ready to take a picture of this piece and I dropped my digital camera, completely screwing up the lens.  *sigh*  So I had to make do with a pic from my stepdaughter's phone.

The details:
1.  "Searching Witch" digi stamp from Create with TLC, printed on Neenah and colored with Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils
2.  Distress Inks in Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, and Black Soot
3.  Forest embossing folder by Darice

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, and, as ever, thanks for all the kind and generous comments.  If you are following the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Monday, October 19, 2015

Batty Cat

Today is Day 19 of Smeared Ink's annual October-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  If you're following the hop from day to day, welcome back to my blog!

Today I have two cards to show you; they feature the same image by Molly Harrison.  I wasn't entirely happy with my coloring on the first one, so I gave it another go with a different medium.



The first card is colored with watercolor pencils, the second with alcohol markers.

The details:
1.  "Batty Cat" image by Molly Harrison, printed on Neenah and colored with watercolor pencils and alcohol markers (I use three different brands and find that they all play quite nicely together.)
2.  DCWV Neutrals cardstock, embossed with a Darice embossing folder and sanded
3.  Craftsmart ribbon
4.  Alphabet rubber stamp set Serendipity by Hero Arts

That's it for me today!  Thanks for stopping by!  If you're following the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Big Pumpkin

Today is Day 18 of Smeared Ink's annual month-long blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween!  Welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card featuring an image by Ching Chou Kuik.  I just love her style, and recently indulged myself by buying a few of her Halloween images, so you will probably be seeing more of her digi stamps in my projects this month.



The details:
1.  "Big Pumpkin" digi stamp by Ching Chou Kuik, printed on Neenah and colored with alcohol markers (I use three different brands and find that they all play quite nicely together)
2.  DCWV Neutrals cardstock, embossed with Scroll Background embossing folder by Darice and sanded lightly
3.  Singer ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today!  If you're following the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.  See you tomorrow!

Saturday, October 17, 2015

A Set of Skull Cards

Today is the 17th day of Smeared Ink's amazing October-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  I hope everyone is having a great time hopping and looking at all the amazing pieces being created this month.

I have another set of simple cards today; again, I made these (along with the pumpkin ones from a couple days ago) in response to a video by Lindsay Weirich, The Frugal Crafter.





I used the same three design papers in these three, and I think you can definitely see the family resemblance to the previous set.

The details:
1. Skulls stamp from my stash, stamped on Neenah with Lyra Aquacolor water soluble wax crayons (grey) and Clearsnap ColorBox fluid Chalk Ink pad in Dark Brown
3.  Ribbon by CraftSmart

Thanks for stopping by today, and enjoy the rest of the hop!  You can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.  See you again tomorrow!

Friday, October 16, 2015

Dance

Today is Day 16 of Smeared Ink's month-long Halloween challenge and blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween.  Welcome back to my blog!

Today I have an ATC for you, entitled simply "Dance."


The details:
1.  Skeleton rubber stamp from my stash
2.  Background collaged from paper scraps, sprayed with various ink sprays, and sanded
3.  "Dance" stamped with All Night Media Jive alphabet stamp set and embossed with Ranger Embossing Powder in Seafoam White
4.  Skeleton highlighted with Sakura Gelly Roll pen in white

That's it for me today!  As always, thanks for stopping by and thank you for all your comments--they really keep me going!  To follow the entire hop, please see the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

A Set of Halloween Cards

Today is Day 15 of Smeared Ink's annual October-long extravaganza, 31 Days of Halloween!  We've made it halfway!

Today I have a set of very simple cards to share; I've been watching a lot of videos by The Frugal Crafter, Lindsay Weirich, and getting lots of great ideas to use in my own art-making and crafting.  I saw one of her videos the other day in which she used an entire sheet of 12 x 12 inch scrapbooking paper, cut up, in a set of simple cards.  (She used stamping and other elements in the cards as well.)  I thought this was such a good idea that I decided to explore it a bit myself.  Of course, being me, I couldn't just do it the way she did--I had to change it up a bit!  So I picked out three pieces of 12 x 12 inch paper and set to.  This is one of the sets I came up with.






The details:
1.  Pumpkin Harvest rubber stamp from I Brake for Stamps, stamped on Neenah with Lyra Aquacolor water soluble wax crayons
3.  Ribbons by Berwick and CraftSmart

Thanks for stopping by today; see you again tomorrow!  To follow the entire blog hop, please see the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Raven's Blue

Today is Day 14 of Smeared Ink's annual October-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween.  Welcome back to my blog!

Today I have another 6 x 6 inch fat page for you, entitled "Raven's Blue."



I was trying to capture, with the Perfect Pearls, the glossy blue-black that raven's feathers have .


The details:
1.  Ravens with skull digi stamp from A Day for Daisies, printed on Neenah and colored with watercolor pencils
2.  Ranger Perfect Pearls in Interference Blue
3.  Tree branches stamp from I Brake for Stamps, stamped with Ranger Perfect Medium and dusted with Ranger Perfect Pearls in Interference Blue
4.  Black glitter tape by Recollections, distributed by Michael's

That's it for me today--as always, thanks for stopping by my blog and thank you for all your comments!  To see the entire blog roll, please look in the right-hand sidebar.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Mary's Horns

Today is lucky Day 13 of Smeared Ink's awesome annual blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween!  Welcome back to my blog for the day!

Today I have a 6 x 6 inch fat page to show you, entitled "Mary's Horns."  This is my latest creation in my series this year, Halloween for Freaks and Geeks.




The details:
1.  Goth Girl rubber stamp by Mary Vogel Lozinak, stamped on Neenah and colored with Spectrum Noir colored pencils
2.  Cat hand-cut stamp by Naturecarvings
3.  Background sprayed with Prima Color Bloom spray mists, using Hero Arts Irregular Checkerboard Background stencil
4.  Distress Ink in Black Soot
5.  ColorBox fluid Chalk Ink Pad in charcoal

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  If you're following the entire hop, the blog roll can be found in the right-hand sidebar.

Monday, October 12, 2015

Moon Freak

Today is Day 12 of Smeared Ink's extraordinary annual blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween!  Welcome back to my blog today; thanks to everyone for all the kind and encouraging comments on my work so far.

Today I have another ATC to show you, entitled "Moon Freak."  This is the latest entry into my series, Halloween for Freaks and Geeks.



The details:
1.  Laughing Hunchback rubber stamp from Red Eowyn, stamped on Neenah and colored with Spectrum Noir colored pencils
2.  Tree rubber stamp from I Brake for Stamps
3.  Black glitter tape by Recollections, distributed by Michael's
4.  Moon painted with Perfect Pearls
5.  Background collaged from paper scraps and sanded

Thanks for stopping by today!  To follow the rest of the hop, you can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

A Trio of Tiny Tags

Today is Day 11 of Smeared Ink's wonderful month-long blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween!  Welcome to the second third of the month!

Today I have a trio of very small (tiny, one might almost say) tags.






The details:
1.  Scary faces rubber stamps from my stash
2.  Backgrounds collaged from paper scraps and cut with
3.  Orange ribbon by Singer
4.  Spectrum Noir colored pencils
5.  Black satin ribbon by Offray
6.  Prima Marketing Chalk Ink Edger in Branch Bark
7.  Tags cut with My Favorite Things Die-namics die from "Traditional Tags STAX" set

As always, thanks for stopping by my blog today, and thank you for all your kind and generous comments!  To follow the entire hop, please see the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

H-owl-o-ween

Today is Day 10 of Smeared Ink's annual month-long blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween!  We are a third of the way in--woohoo!

Today I have a simple card for you, "H-owl-o-ween."


The details:
1.  Owl digi stamp from Create with TLC
3.  Berwick orange Craft Ribbon
5.  Border stamp by flonzcraft
6.  Distress Ink in Vintage Photo
8.  Prima Marketing Chalk Ink Edger

That's it for me today--thanks for stopping by!  To follow the entire hop, please see the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Raven Tag

Today is Day 9 of Smeared Ink's October-long blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween!  Welcome back to my blog.

Today I have an oversized tag to show you:  "Raven."






The details:
1.  Raven with Crown digi stamp from AntiqueGraphique etsy shop, printed on Neenah paper
2.  Giant tag #12 size by Ranger
4.  Netting stamp by Prima Marketing Finnabair stamps, from the set "Net and Wire"
5.  "RAVEN" stamped with alphabet stamp set by unknown maker, embossed with Stampendous! embossing powder in Detail Silver
6.  irRESISTible Pico Embellisher by Imagine Crafts in Silver
7.  Black satin ribbon from Papermart

Thanks for stopping by today; as always, if you are following the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.


Thursday, October 8, 2015

Halloween Freak

Today is Day 8 of Smeared Ink's extraordinary blog hop, 31 Days of Halloween!  It's so much fun seeing everyone's creations every day--very inspiring!

Today I have a postcard to show you, which I have entitled "Halloween Freak."  To tell you the truth, I'm not too sure about this piece, and I wasn't sure if I was going to show it on the blog or not.  But I thought, "What the heck!" and decided to put it out there and get some opinions.  So let me know what you think.




Constructive criticism is always welcome--please let me know what you think is NOT working as well as what works!

The details:
1.  Bearded Man stamp from Red Eowyn, stamped on Neenah paper and colored with Spectrum Noir colored pencils.   Then spritzed with Prima Color Bloom spray mists, and edged with Distress Ink in Black Soot.
2.  Background collaged from paper scraps, then sprayed with Prima Color Bloom spray mist
3.  "Freak" stamped with All Night Media Jive alphabet stamp set, stamped with Perfect Medium and dusted with Perfect Pearls

Thanks for all your kind comments over the last week, and I hope to keep seeing you as the month continues.  To follow the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.