"HOLY BLOG-HOP, BATMAN, THERE'S A NEW HALLOWEEN STAMP RELEASE AT SMEARED INK!!!"

"HOLY BLOG-HOP, BATMAN!"

Welcome to Smeared Ink's New Release Blog Hop!! We have 5 NEW UNMOUNTED RUBBER STAMP SETS and LOADS of NEW DIGI STAMP SETS!!! Go to Smeared Ink and check out the shop to see all the new stuff!! Here is a preview of some of the new stamps.

Unmounted Rubber Sets:

As Death

Build a Zombie Alphabet

Creepy Li'l Grumpies

Lonely Boy and Puff

Quoth the Raven

Digi Stamp Sets (also available as singles):

Gargoyles

Glam Vamps

The Patch

Part of The Pack

Mad Science

SOME MORE FUN NEWS - WIN GREAT PRIZES ON SMEARED AND SMUDGED!

1. Smeared and Smudged will be adding in a new challenge called the Photo Inspiration Challenge, and in honor of this new challenge we will have a very special giveaway of 2 G45 paper pads: Transatlantic and Fashionista.

Transatlantic - G45

Fashionist - G45

In order to qualify for the prize drawing you must participate in all five SMEARED AND SMUDGED challenges: Sketch(one or both), Oh the Horror, Rock N Rolla, Guest DT Challenge, and Photo Challenge. Those who participate in all five during the month will be entered, and you can combine challenges if you want as long as you post your project in each challenge thread so it will be counted.

2. Also on SMEARED AND SMUDGED - the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge. There is a HUGE Smeared Ink prize package up for grabs, but this is no ordinary challenge. Click here to get all the details! Sign-up NOW through Sept 28 if you want to play!!

NOW FOR THE HOP!
This is going to be an amazing hop - I hope you enjoy. Smeared and Smudged's Design team has created some awesome projects with some of our new stamps. It's all about being creepy and halloweeny!

For my project I altered another small cardboard box. I chose to work with some stamps from the "As Death" set. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS SET! Anywhoo, here you go... I call this the "Death Box".

This is the box before I altered it.

I used multiple forms of medium...First I painted the box with Tim Holtz "crackle" then used loads of distressing inks. I stamped some images from the "Holy City" set onto some white tissue paper and then Mod Podged it to the outside of the box in different areas. This created an awesome texture...I'm very proud. I drilled some wholes and added a couple of knobies to the edge. Then, I glazed over the tissue paper with the distress inks and some pearl acrylic paint to give it some shine. I stamped and glue'd my sentiment to the outside with a little bit of tassle-type ribbon underneath it.  Kelli had sent out some goodies last month which included some scrabble squares. I used those on the binding side of the box. I distressed them and wrote DEATH on them - because I'm cool like that. That's it for the outside...

For the inside I had my hubby bust up a small mirror and then I hot-glued it to the inside cover of the box. I stamped my main image from the "As Death" set and colored it in with my Prismacolor markers. I glued it in on top of a small foam square to create some lift. And that's all folks!!! I love it.  :)

OK, here's the HOPPING LIST!! 

Be sure to check out all the awesome projects and leave some lovin's!!  :)

Terra

Tori

Alison

Kelli

Kathi

Danielle

Black Dragon

Kim

Lady Brayton

Meredith