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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

"Feeling Grumpie" Smudgy Antics Challenge time & Smeared Ink DT blog hop!

Howzit!
First the big news, Terra, Tori and the SI ink DT announce that
SMEARED INK IS BACK!!!!
You can now buy SMEARED INK digi images, rubber stamps will be available again very soon, from the brand new
SMEARED INK SHOP.

To celebrate the re-launch of SMEARED INK
we, the DT are having a blog hop starting today and ending 14th AUGUST...
All you have to do is visit every DT members blog and leave a comment on their SMUDGY ANTICS DT project....
everyone who does that will  have a chance to win
4x DIGI IMAGES of their choice from the new smeared ink shop
AND
....4x REAL RUBBER STAMPS
(These will be a surprise.... but the amazing quality is guaranteed!)


It's September already and time for a new challenge over at Smudgy Antics!
Our challenge this month is as always 
ANYTHING GOES....
with a TWIST OF
 'FEELING A LITTLE GRUMPY' 
if your mojo needs a little prod!
The only requirement is that you use a 
SMEARED INK image....

I had a blast creating this not so happy birthday card, isn't he a real grumpie-puss, he perked up when he saw his presents and birthday cake though ;0)


This one is pretty much a CAS card (clean and simple), by my standards anyway coz there's no layered cardstock, no fussy cutting and no 3D embellies.  I stamped Smeared Ink's Birthday Grumpie onto white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and coloured him with Copics.  The birthday sentiment is part of the Occasions Grumpies set and I stamped it a few times and crossed them out to show you just how grumpie this little guy really is...maybe he really wanted a pink balloon, who knows?  I drew a rectangle around the one Happy Birthday and coloured the interior with Copics too.  I used a brown Derwent Pastel pencil to add the shadow shading around him and blended it with a Dove Blender pen.  For just a touch of birthday sparkle I added yellow glitter glue to the tassel on his hat.  He is really cute in his grumpie-ness isn't he LOL!

Here's the Smeared Ink DT blog roll for the hop!
BLACKDRAGON

 SHELL
 ELENOR
 LEIGH - you are here!
FIONA 
 REBECCA
and 
 a MASSIVE Welcome back as a guest designer to....
GDT CREEPY GLOWBUGG
See you over at Smudgy Antics and thanks for stopping by today and leaving me some love!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Dream in Darkness
Ike's World
Haunted Design House

Happy Stamping!
 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

22 comments:

  1. Hahaha - I LUV Grumpies and he looks definitely p*ssed off. !!! :-D He doesn't really look like a 'pink balloon' type of guy LoL :-D Fabulous colouring Leigh xx

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  2. Fabulous card Leigh. I know so many grumpy old men that this would be perfect for ;-) Like Ike I just adore the Grumpies collection & think you did an amazing job with the colouring. You really brought out his grumpiness to the full.

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  3. Such a great image! Love it! Absolutely love it! Fantastic design.. I stink at CAS! You ROCK!

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  4. Love the little Grumpies....love the card!

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  5. Hee Hee! Grumpie he certainly is! Love the CAS design and amazing coloring. xxD

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  6. Hee Hee! Grumpie he certainly is! Love the CAS design and amazing coloring. xxD

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  7. Fabulous card and a great image too. I love Grumpies :) xx

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  8. Perfect card, I do love these grumpies. The shadow shading around him looks great.

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  9. He is absolutely fabulous! Gloriously grumpy.

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  10. This is why I love grumpies. His eyes are perfect. Great layout. We are really displaying the images this week. Love it

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  11. Looove this card. The placing of the sentiments is so cool and that image, so fun and super grumpy. Really like how the colors at the balloons repeat at the hat.

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  12. Wonderful birthday card and the adorable grumpie makes it perfect! =)
    Hugs, Elenor

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  13. Awesome colors, he is obviously trying to distract the pirates....Thanks so much for linking up with us at Dream in Darkness!
    ~kim

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  14. Fabulous card! ;-)
    Thank you and
    Good luck!

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  15. a fabulous fun image .Thank you for joining us at Ike's World Challenges good luck Ginny ♥

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  16. Grumpy love time! Love the sentiments drawn through and the coloring is fab! thanks for playing with us this month at Dream in Darkness this month!

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  17. Hi again! Love SI's return and what a lovely representation for them!

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  18. He does make me laugh as he really does look so Grumpie :-D Thank you for playing along at IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES Leigh :-)

    Hugz
    IKE x

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  19. Oh this is brilliant really made me smile. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your creativity with us Love 'n' hugs Sall IkesWorld Challenges DT

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  20. Congrats on reopening!!! I love your little grumpy!!! Great colors!

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  21. Reckon he was smoking the wrong sort of weed!

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  22. I SO love this card, it's fun, it's grumpy, it's absolute stunner. Thank you for playing with us in Dream in Darkness, hope to see you back soon.

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Happy Stamping!
Leigh S-B