Smeared and Smudged January Member Blog Hop!

Hello!  Today is the monthly blog hop for the members of Smeared and Smudged.  If you are following the hop order then you should have arrived here from Tori’s rockin’ blog.  If not, the entire list is below for your hopping pleasure.

Our theme this month was “Anything Goes”.  The only requirement was that we had to use some kind of stamp somewhere on our projects.  Lots of room to play!

I made another mixed media canvas.

I used a couple of the sentiment stamps from the Li’l Grumpies set from Smeared Ink.(available here as a digi set)  And I did the little drawing a few months ago while I was in a hospital waiting room, lol.  I learned how to draw characters like these from Megan K. Suarez’ Cute and Creepy workshop.

Thanks for looking!  If you’re following the hop order then you should be off to Sue’s lovely blog next.

Here’s the entire hop list, in case you need it…

Tori

Laura – You are here!

Sue The Nanny

Kapree

Shoni

Fiona

Shell

Molly The Fishmonger

Lisa

Alison

Kristy

Monique

Happy Hopping!

December Smeared & Smudged Member Hop!

Hello!  Today is the Smeared & Smudged monthly member blog hop.  The theme this month is Anything Goes.  As I’ve stated before, I love an anything goes theme!

Here is the full hop list to guide you along your way…

Black Dragon

Lyneen

Kay

Julia

Laura – You are Here!

Evil Edna

Shoni

Maureen

Rocio

Kapree

Fiona

Susan

I decided to make a mixed media canvas piece, since that’s one of my favorite things to make.

I’ve used a few stamps from the Urban Decay rubber set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club along the edges of my canvas.  I really like this stamp set…it’s very versatile.

This was a lot of fun to make.  It looks a bit more distressed in person, but I had a little trouble getting it to photograph well.  I’ve been saving the spring for a long time, so I’m glad it finally has a home.

Thank you for looking!  Happy Hopping!

Smudgefest Day 5!

Hurray!  I got a project made early in the day!  For Smudgefest Day 5 the challenge is…

“FLOWING FRIDAY

Create a project using a flowing medium. Some examples could be watercolor, liquid ink, liquid glues, thinned out acrylics, etc.... use your imagination and let the juices flow!”

Now, that’s my kind of challenge!

I used a 4”x5” canvas for my project.  I used soft body, and liquid acrylics to paint the base, then I used watered down acrylics for the dripping.  I used a rubber stamp from Smeared Ink.(It’s no longer available in rubber, but you can still purchase the digi set)  I also added a small chipboard frame and some Tim Holtz stickers.

Thanks for looking!  If I get a project up tomorrow it will be late in the day…I’ll be at Stampaway tomorrow!

Musically Challenged Challenge #5!

Hello again!  I’m back with a project I made for our latest challenge at Musically Challenged.  This time we’re drawing our inspiration from a personal favorite of mine…Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins.  I’ve always loved the song, and the video is very cool, too.

We’re sponsored this time around by The Octopode Factory, so that’s where the character images I’ve used are from.  I drew the zeppelin myself.  I made a mixed media canvas piece.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can find time to play along with us!

Nuts and Bolts and Wings, Oh My!

Hello!  I’m here today to share my latest project with you.  I made a kind of mixed media canvas to go along with the current Use a Rubber monthly challenge.  This is a challenge for the members of the Smeared Ink Rubber Club…each month a different set is featured and you have to make a project using that set.  This month’s set was Urban Decay, which is a really cool set from Smeared Ink.

I used 4 stamps from the set.  The rest of the girl is my own drawing.

It’s a 6x6 canvas.  I painted the front with red and yellow paints, the sides with black.

Thanks for looking!

March Smeared and Smudged Member Hop!

I haven’t done one of these in a while, so I’m very happy to be joining in the monthly member hop from Smeared and Smudged today.  The theme we were given was “END OF THE RAINBOW...SHOW US WHAT'S AT THE END OF YOUR RAINBOW”. 

If you arrived here from the ever lovely Kapree, then you’re on the right track.  If not, the full hop list will be posted below so that you can find your way.

So, I was actually honest with this one.  I thought about what I would like to find at the end of a rainbow and although I did consider a portal to Wonderland, this is what I would be happier with.

Ever since I was a little kid I have wanted to run away with the circus.  I’ve always seen myself as a bit of a sideshow freak.  And then I read The Night Circus last month.  So I would want to be a part of “Le Cirque des Reves” in particular.

The contortionist image is from Smeared Ink.  The twisted tree stamp is from Taylored Expressions.

I’d also like to enter this into the current challenge at Smudgy Antics, which is Anything But A Card.(My project is a canvas panel)

Thanks for looking!  Your next stop is the always amazing Susan S.!

Blog Roll

Tori
Vee

Black Dragon
Jane
Anna
Kapree
Madeleine Bouquet – You are Here
Susan S.
Jo Hood

Happy Hopping!

Movie Magic Monthly First Challenge!!

Hello!  I’m very excited to tell you that there is a new challenge blog that is sure to be a blast to play along with.  And I’m even more excited to tell you that I have the privilege of being one of the Design Team members!  Here’s the skinny…  The challenge blog is Movie Magic Monthly.  Every month on the 10th a new challenge goes up.  Then you have a WHOLE MONTH (sorry for shouting) to play along.  And you can play along however many times you want to!  Each challenge is based on a film, or a collection of films, so you can make whatever your little heart desires, as long as it’s a new project based on the current month’s film.   Sounds pretty awesome, huh?  So, what’s our first challenge?

Yep, it’s Alice in Wonderland!

I love Alice, so this was not a hard film for me to be inspired by.  I decided to do something a bit different for this one.  I painted a canvas panel, then I did some writing on it, then I added an awesome image from Rick St. Dennis, mounted on a wobble.  And because I felt like something was missing, I added the gears to the corners.  See…

 

The words are lyrics from Welcome to Mystery by Plain White T’s, from the Altered Alice soundtrack. 

Because of the wobble, the kitty wiggles, so I tried to capture that in this picture, but my camera seems to catch things a little too quick, haha.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you’ll play along with us!  And please, check out my fellow DT members projects if you haven’t already.  They are an amazingly talented bunch!  You can find links to all of their blogs along my right sidebar.

hugs,

Laura

Poe-etic Smeared and Smudged Hop

 

Blog Roll:

Terra
Tori
Susan S.
Lady Brayton
Black Dragon
Julia
Jane
Windy
Kristy
Lisa
Shell
Candace
Wendy
Joyce
Monique
Madeleine Bouquet – That’s Me!
Ike
Vee Cassidy
Sandy
Little Black Kitten

Fiona

I love Poe.  I’ve loved Poe for as long as I can remember.  My mother read/recited the lines of The Raven and Annabel Lee to me when I was a kid…and I instantly fell in love with his words.  So I’m pleased to be a part of this blog hop that honors Poe’s poems along with other members of Smeared and Smudged.

Since Annabel Lee was one of the first poems of Poe’s that I read I decided to use a quote from this poem on my project.  I used little letter stamps from The Paper Studio to stamp the words with ink.  All the rest is acrylic paint.  It’s a 6x8 canvas panel.

I’m no expert painter, so some of the proportions are a bit off, but it was still fun to paint someone that I love.

Thanks for looking!  Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Ike!

Happy Hopping!

SmudgeFest Day 3

Woot!  I’m back with a project for day 3!  Today’s challenge is Wordy Wednesday, to only use words(no images) for your project.

I actually had a lot of fun with this one.  I used word stamps from the Li’l Grumpies set from Smeared Ink to make this canvas.(along with some acrylic paint)

I’m calling this one “A Cry for Affection”, it’s like a little conversation going back and forth.  Just imagine a little sweet sad face at the end, hee hee.

(so you can see how little it is)

Thanks for looking!  Hoping I can play along again tomorrow!