SBS Secret Release Blog Hop!

Hello!  You should have arrived here from Trish’s blog.  If not, you may want to go back to the beginning at the SBS blog so that you don’t miss anything.:)

Today is release day for this new set of Simply Betty Stamps, and a couple of these girls are my favorite Bettys yet to color!  Check ‘em out!

Betty Green Sistah

Betty Red Sistah

Betty Purple Sistah

Betty Dark Mistress

Betty Little Dark Home Maker

And my favorite(and my husband’s, too) Betty Little Munster Lady

Thanks for looking!  Your next stop on the hop is Katie!

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

Betty

Corinne

Katrina

Erin

Louise

Anda

Irene

Anita

Beth

Ginger

Veronica

Trish

Laura – that’s ME!

Katie

Celina

Kelly

Rachel

Ashley

Sharon

Happy Hopping!

August Bombshell Hop–Let’s Hear it for the Boys!

Hello!  Welcome to the August Bombshell Blog Hop!  Our theme is Let’s Hear it for the Boys!(to be interpreted as we saw fit)  If you stumbled here by accident you may want to head back to the beginning of the hop at the Bombshell Blog so that you don’t miss any of the fabulous creations!

Also, we are celebrating Bombshell Stamps 5th anniversary!  Isn’t that awesome?  I love my Bombshells!

I recently got a few more sets, so I decided to use one of my new stamps.  I chose to use stamps from the Sugar Daddy set.  And I decided to try a new card fold, too.

So now I just have to figure out which one of the “boys” in my life to give my pop-up card to.:)

Your next stop on the hop is Sparkly Mary!

Thanks for looking!  Here’s the complete hop list in case you need it…

Bombshell Blog

Alison

Alex

Rachael

Alaine

Kelli

Jodi – You were here

Laura – Now you’re here!

Sparkly Mary – Go here next!

Terra

Kim

Stempelientje

Nicole

Glittery Katie

Kas

Kathi

Happy Hopping!

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 7

Hurray!  I made it through the whole week of SmudgeFest!!  Today’s challenge is Sketchy Sunday.  They’ve given us a sketch to work with for today’s project.

Here’s the card I made, featuring one of the Chicks Dig Guns stamps from Smeared Ink.  Papers from DCWV, Core’dinations, and 7Gypsies.  Tissue tape from Tim Holtz, as well as the mini gear.

Thanks for looking, and for sticking with me through this week!  Thanks for all of the nice comments!  It has been a fun week for creating!

Sometimes I listen to music while creating.  Today’s soundtrack included Jefferson Airplane, Neil Diamond, John Lennon, and Electric Light Orchestra.  Now I’m listening to Nightwish.  And there’s your useless information for today, haha.

SmudgeFest Day 6

Whew!  Six days down, one more to go!!  Today’s challenge is Saturday’s Song.  And the song was a great one!  The challenge is to make an ATC inspired by Blackbird(the super awesome Beatles song).

I used a Scratch-Art trading card to make my ATC.  I used the Standing Raven stamp from the Holy City set from Smeared Ink.

Thanks for looking!

SmudgeFest Day 5

Hello!  I am back again!  Today’s challenge is Freebie Friday.  We were given a super cool freebie to use on our projects today.

I made a sign for my daughter’s bedroom.  I also used the tree digi from the Owlets Digi Set from Smeared Ink.  And some letter stamps from The Paper Studio.

And hanging in her room.

She’s pretty happy with it.  Thanks for looking!

SmudgeFest Day 4

Yes!  I’m so happy that I’ve been able to play along every day so far!  Today’s challenge is Thursday Throwdown.  It’s a color challenge.  Here are the colors you have to use, well at least use 3 of them…

I used these colors to decorate a cheery little coffin.  And I promise that the blue looks lighter/brighter in person.*grumble* stupid camera *grumble*

The sharpies weren’t the best idea for coloring on top of gesso.  Ah well.

I used my sharpies to color some plain white ribbon for the sides.

I used the Rose Coffin stamp from the Candy is Dandy set from Smeared Ink.  It’s one of my favorite stamps.

Thanks for looking!  I’m excited to see what challenge tomorrow holds!