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May Smeared & Smudged Member Hop

Hello!  Welcome to the May Smeared and Smudged Member Blog Hop.  You should have made your way here by way of the wonderful Black Dragon.  If not, the entire hop list is below for your convenience.

Our theme this month is “Anything Goes”, so there should be lots of amazing projects along the way.

I decided to also play along with the current challenge at Smudgy Antics, which is to “Alter a Box”.

Here’s the box I started with…

And here’s what I ended up with…

Here are more views of the various parts…

(quote is from Lip Gloss and Black by Atreyu)

It is just the right size for my mini dominoes.

Digi stamp is from Smeared Ink.  So is the barbed wire stamp, but it’s from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.  I added a little bit of Diamond Glaze to the top image.

Thanks for looking!  Your next stop is Kristy.  She’s sure to have something awesome for you to see.  Happy Hopping!

Black Dragon

Laura – C’est Moi!

Kristy

Kapree

Hazel

Kay

Rick

Monique

Rocio

Jane

Shell

Lady Brayton

Fiona

Ike

MMM–Star Wars vs. Star Trek

Hello!  Today brings us our 4th challenge over at Movie Magic Monthly…Star Wars vs. Star Trek!  Now, personally, I love both franchises…but if I have to pick a favorite, I would pick Star Wars.

We’d love to see your Star Wars or Star Trek creations, so we hope that you’ll play along with this month long challenge.

On to my projects!

This one is a notebook cover/book. 

Here’s the inside…

And this one’s a bookmark…

And I have a third one that I still need to finish…so hopefully I’ll post it later this month.

These were made using cross stitch patterns from PixelPower.  Be sure to check out their Facebook page, because they offer a free pattern every week!

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can play along with this super cool challenge.

Skull Appreciation!

Sign ups are now open for the 2013 Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop!  I love Skull Appreciation Day!

You can check out all of the details on the Smeared and Smudged forum.  You can sign up here. 

To learn about how all of this first got started check out Skull-A-Day.

Now I just have to figure out what to make this year.

Recent Art Journal Stuff

Hello.  I don’t share a lot of my journaling regularly on my blog, so I thought I’d show a few pages today.  To those of you that don’t know, I post weekly art journal prompts in the Art Journal Every Day group on Smeared and Smudged.  There are no time limits on the prompts, so anytime you want to join in, feel free!

This one went along with 3 different prompts I’ve posted…Down the Rabbit Hole, Black, White, and Red All Over, and On the Move.

stamps from Stamp Camp

This one went along with the prompts Repurpose, and Picture Perfect.

This one was for an inspiration picture prompt…

This one was for the prompt Spring Forward…

background stamps from Smeared Ink.

Animal Instinct…

Duality…

another one based on an inspiration picture…

based on an inkblot photo…

Siren Song…

Gratitude…

Thanks for looking!

Speak “Friend” and Enter

Hello!  I’m here today with a reminder post about our current challenge at Movie Magic Monthly, which is Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter.  I have a new project to show you that contains two gorgeous new images from the incredibly talented Rick St. Dennis.

I made a door hanger/sign that uses a quote from the movie and book of Lord of the Rings.  The background of the sign was made by using some modeling paste, and then applying some sparkly and metallic acrylic paints.

And in use…

Aren’t they amazing images?  You can find Galadriel here, and Gandalf here.  Be sure to check out some of the other awesome images while you’re there.

Also, be sure to stop by the Movie Magic Monthly blog to see more creations using these images.

Thanks for looking!

April S&S Junk Funk Challenge

Hello.  This month’s Junk Funk Challenge on Smeared and Smudged was to use foil.  I was very excited, because I actually had foil on hand!

I taped some foil to some plain cardstock and then embossed it.  Then I mixed up some rusty colored paint and used it on the embossed foil.

The image is from Smeared Ink. 

Thanks for looking!