April AJED Challenge

 

April AJED Challenge in conjunction with the Smeared and Smudged FB group

This time around Julia has chosen to give us a colour prompt.  It’s pink, blue, yellow, and green…and the palette is on the pastel side of things.  This was a bit of a challenge for me since I am not a fan of pastel colours.

I used stamps from the Inky Dreams rubber set from Smeared Ink.

The middle yellow colour is more of a spring green in person.

Thanks for looking!

March 2015 AJED Prompt

 

Hello!  It’s March!  That means it’s time for another art journal prompt over in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

Our prompt this month is “Think Green”.

Please join us in our event on FB to see all of the details.

Here’s my page, using a stamp from the Candy is Dandy rubber set from Smeared Ink.

The words are from a Hawthorne Heights song.

Thanks for looking!

February AJED Challenge

 

Hello!  Today I’m going to show you my page for the current AJED Challenge/Prompt.  This month our prompt is to use this video as inspiration for your journal pages.  If you’d like to join in on our challenges and prompts, then please join us in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

I tried to use some of the techniques displayed in the video, and the sentiment of not giving up.

Here’s my page, using the frame stamp from the Nymphs rubber stamp set from Smeared Ink.

Thanks for looking!

Kickstart Your Art Challenge–Day 7!

 

Hello!  Today is the final day of our week-long Kickstart Your Art Challenge.  For details on what we’ve been doing, please see my post from Day 1, or join us in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

Day 7 – Freebie Day

Today our participants are being provided with a free digi stamp to use on their pages.  The image is Look of Love from Smeared Ink.  If you’d like to get your hands on this beautiful image, then please join us for our final day of the challenge.

Here’s my page…

Thanks for looking!

Kickstart Your Art Challenge–Day 6!

 

Hello!  Today is day 6 of our week-long Kickstart Your Art Challenge.  For full details on what this challenge is, please see my post from Day 1, or join us in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

Day 6 – Use a Page From a Book or Magazine

Here’s my page, using a stamp from the Quoth the Raven rubber set from Smeared Ink.

Thanks for looking!

Kickstart Your Art Challenge–Day 5!

 

Hello!  Today is day 5 of our week-long Kickstart Your Art Challenge.  For details about what we’re doing, please see my post from Day 1, or come join us in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

Day 5 – Use an Organic Medium(coffee, tea, sand, flowers, etc.)

Here’s my page, using one of the stamps from the Dedicated to Art rubber set from Smeared Ink.

I used a mixture of paprika and water to paint the background, then I made a thick concentration of instant espresso and splattered it allover.

Thanks for looking!

Kickstart Your Art Challenge–Day 4!

 

Hello!  Today is day 4 of our week-long Kickstart Your Art Challenge.  For details, see my post from Day 1, or come join us in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

Day 4 – Doodle Day

Here’s my page, using a couple of stamps from the Specimen Jar rubber set from Smeared Ink.

And here’s a page my daughter made, using one of the Li’l Grumpies rubber stamps from Smeared Ink.

Thanks for looking!

Kickstart Your Art Challenge–Day 3!

 

Hello!  It’s day 3 of our week-long Kickstart Your Art Challenge.  Details can be found in my post for Day 1, or in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

Day 3 – Make a Collage

Here’s my page, using some of the Li’l Grumpies stamps from Smeared Ink.

Thanks for looking!  Hope you can play along with us!

Kickstart Your Art Challenge–Day 2!

 

Hello!  It’s day 2 of our week-long Kickstart Your Art Challenge.  For all of the details of what we’re doing, please see my post from Day 1, or come join us in the Smeared and Smudged FB group.

Day 2 – Use Lyrics From a Song or Poem

Here’s my page, using one of the stamps from the Morbidly Adorable Tarot Set 1 from Smeared Ink.  Song lyrics are from the song Everybody Plays the Fool by The Main Ingredient.

Thanks for looking!  Hope to see you play along with us!

Kickstart Your Art Challenge–Day 1!

 

Hello!  We’re doing a week-long Kickstart Your Art Challenge again this year!  We’re doing this event in conjunction with the Smeared and Smudged FB group, so please come and join us if you haven’t already.

Here’s how it works: 

“It's a new year and we want to help you KICKSTART YOUR ART! What better way to experiment with new techniques and ideas than creating your very own ART JOURNAL for 2015!

The Smeared and Smudged Art Journal Every Day DT are so excited to be hosting our second week-long journal challenge extravaganza! Each morning at 9am PST, for seven days, we will post a journal prompt or technique for challenge participants. The participants will have 24hours to post their journal page for that day's challenge. The daily winner will be announced the next morning along with the new journal challenge. Daily prizes will vary from gift certificates to coupons to free digis!

The fun thing about it is, at the end of the seven days we will be drawing for a grand prize! In order to qualify, participants must have posted entries in all seven journal challenges.

We look forward to this week long fun fest, and we hope you can play along!!!

Join us Monday, January 26th for your first prompt!”

Today’s challenge?  Day 1 – Create Layers

Here’s my page, using one of the stamps from the Candy is Dandy rubber set from Smeared Ink.

Thanks for looking!  Hope you can play along!

January S&S AJED Prompt

Hello!  I’m here today to show you the page that I created to go along with Julia’s art journal prompt for this month within the Smeared and Smudged FB group.  If you haven’t become a member yet, please do.  We would love to have you playing along with our challenges and prompts.

Julia’s prompt this month is SKULLS.

Here’s the page that I made, using one of Rick St. Dennis’ rubber stamp designs from Smeared Ink.  This stamp is from the Morte set.

The words are from “La Vie en Rose”.  My grandmother is from France and she used to sing this song to me. 

Thanks for looking!