Monday, April 29, 2013

Glitter and Gore

Hello again friends! I am back to share a quick little altered tin with you, made for our current Smudgy Antics challenge Glitter and Gore. For this challenge you do not have an option, you must use BOTH glitter and gore on your project for it to count, which is perfectly fine with me because I love both!

I decided to use a few Smeared Ink digis and combine them, they are the Profile Head from Gross Anatomy, the Mask 4 from our Venice set, and the Wave single from Circus Procession. Click any pics to view them larger.








I'm not really sure how the color scheme came about, but I used a seafoam green paint all over and then distressed with white. I decided to leave my profile head black and white with a pop of red for the gore, which I then stretched into the rest of the project. Then I added in my glittery mask and waves to make this tin both sparkly and grotesque... I think that goal was accomplished.

I'd love to hear your opinions, and be sure to try your hand at combining glitter and gore on Smudgy Antics; you have a little more than 5 days left to enter! Happy Monday :)

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Butterfly Horror Shrine

Happy Saturday everyone! I actually got the chance to work on a little something yesterday just for the fun of it, and I'm so happy to share it with you today. Way back when before my big move, I started playing with plaster and I designed and poured my first shrine. The dried, unfinished shrine was packed away and made the long trip from Washington to Virginia, amazingly in one piece. Yesterday I pulled it out and got to work.

 I was inspired by two things. The first is my oldest daughter, who is almost 20 years old and absolutely HATES butterflies. They rank third on her greatest fears list behind teeth and aliens, go figure. Don't ask why, I have no idea where the phobia came from, but it has something to do with their legs. Anyways, that is where I got the idea for the decoration of this little hanging shrine. It's all about the realization that what one person finds beautiful, another can find morbid and disgusting. It's about recognizing and being accepting and respectful of all views and opinions. We are all hard-wired differently.

 The second thing that inspired me was an incident that happened earlier this month when one of our Smeared and Smudged Forum members, Fiona, was attacked on her blog for linking one of her projects in a challenge. I won't go into details, those who saw it know what I'm talking about. Once again the "attacker" demonstrated how close-minded and unaccepting people can be. The difference of opinion was not the issue, but rather the vile way that this person presented their opinion. It was demeaning to Fi and heavily demonstrated how judgemental and snide the attacker was. It made her and her challenge blog look bad and needless to say, I WON'T EVER be participating there.

 So, the point of all that was that this shrine is about seeing it from someone else's perspective and being accepting of it, whether you agree or not. Hope you enjoy taking a look. Click the pics for a larger view.




Besides the plaster, I used a saying from Smeared Ink's As Death set, as well as some butterflies from a decorative paper that I had. The background of the inset uses foil, which fits with the Smeared and Smudged Junk Funk challenge for this month. I also inset a skull into the top of the shrine to help demonstrate the morbid aspect of the theme, which fits in with the current challenge at HDH.

The whole shrine uses tons of paint color washes, and I added in the nails across the shelf as a final little touch. Amazingly I also incorporated some glitter into the butterflies, which does not show up well in the pics. What I really like about this is the way the butterflies are suspended from the wires, which you can't really see in the pictures either. Oh well. I hope you like my make! I'd love to hear your opinions or suggestions. Have a great weekend!

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Smeared and Smudged- Junk Funk- use foil
Haunted Design House- Skeletal Remains- skully goodness up top
Left of Center- Bling It Up or LOC theme- do my glitter butterflies count? If not, at least it's LOC :)


Wednesday, April 24, 2013

DT Throwdown #4


Dt Throwdown #4- Smeared Ink Entry

Hello everyone! Thanks for visiting today to check out the Smeared Ink team entry for the fourth DT Throwdown Challenge on Smeared and Smudged! If you don't know what the throwdown is, please come by and visit the S&S Forum. We have the best of the best Design Teams playing against each other in a friendly and fierce bi-weekly competition. We'd love to have your DT join in as well, and if you are not on a DT, we'd love to have you come and voice your opinion by voting for the winner!

Voting for this challenge begins tomorrow, so please be sure to swing by and cast your vote for your fave team projects after you check out all the eye candy presented by the participants. Of course, we'd LOVE it if you choose us to win, but we encourage you to vote for the projects (team) that you think are the best :)

So, without further adeu, here are the Smeared Ink entries for this round!



The theme for this challenge was chosen by the week three champs, HDH. The theme is leather and/or lace. Check out our team's entries! Don't forget, you can click on any picture to see it closer.


#1 Our first entry comes to you from Susan S.










Visit Susan's blog  to get all of the details on her journal.




#2 Our second entry, for your viewing pleasure, is from Kapree, who is the newest member of our Smeared Ink DT! We're so happy to welcome Kapree back to our Design Team!





To view all the details on Kapree's project, please visit her Blog here.




#3 The third and final project for Smeared Ink's entry is from Anna. 








To  get all the details on Anna's project, please visit her Blog here.


I hope you've enjoyed taking a look at our projects. Please visit our entrants blogs to see all the deets and let them know what you think!

Good luck to all of the teams playing in the Throwdown this week, and PLEASE COME VOTE for your favorite THURSDAY or FRIDAY! 


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

DT Throwdown #3 - Smeared Ink Entry


Dt Throwdown #3- Smeared Ink Entry

Hello everyone! Thanks for visiting today to check out the Smeared Ink team entry for the second DT Throwdown Challenge on Smeared and Smudged! If you don't know what the throwdown is, please come by and visit the S&S Forum. We have the best of the best Design Teams playing against each other in a friendly and fierce bi-weekly competition. We'd love to have your DT join in as well, and if you are not on a DT, we'd love to have you come and voice your opinion by voting for the winner!

Voting for this challenge begins tomorrow, so please be sure to swing by and cast your vote for your fave team projects after you check out all the eye candy presented by the participants. Of course, we'd LOVE it if you choose us to win, but we encourage you to vote for the projects (team) that you think are the best :)

So, without further adeu, here are the Smeared Ink entries for this round!



The theme for this challenge was Mini Book. We chose the theme this week because we won last weeks challenge. The book specifics are that it must have at least 5 pages and be smaller than 4". Don't forget, you can click on any picture to see it closer.


#1 Our first entry comes to you from Lady Brayton.




Lady Brayton used Smeared Ink's Zombie Headshots. 
Visit Lady's Blog to see all of her book and to get more details.




#2 Our second entry, for your viewing pleasure, is from Kristy.




Kristy used images from Smeared Ink's new Zodiac sets.
To view the rest of Kristy's book and get all the details, please visit her Blog here.



#3 The third and final project for Smeared Ink's entry is from Tori. 




Tori used images from Smeared Ink's Hidden set and Broken and Bleeding set.
To view the rest of Tori's book and get the details, please visit her Blog here.


I hope you've enjoyed taking a look at our projects. Please visit our entrants blogs to see the rest of their books and let them know what you think!

Good luck to all of the teams playing in the Throwdown this week, and PLEASE COME VOTE for your favorite TOMORROW or FRIDAY!