SMEARED AND SMUDGED 3rd ANNUAL BLOG HOP!!

We're Blog Hopping Again!

Visit Smeared and Smudged

We've got a really Cool Theme:

It's all about Hiding something in your Art Work !!

   I am really looking forward to participating

in this Smeared and Smudged Blog Hop!
 It's a great way to meet new members,
a chance to check out their blog sites,
and  see all of the  projects they have created!  

The artists in this group are extremely talented

and always come up with so many amazing ideas!

You can't help but be inspired as you go

from blog to blog to see what's next! 

 The added plus is getting to see 

 new stamp collections or techniques

 that maybe you haven't seen before! 

I love  those really neat details

that gives any altered art piece 

 that extra OOOMph!!!


I decided to make my project

  with a Steampunk theme!

 http://brassgoggles.co.uk./blog/about

A really cool site dedicated to all things Steampunk!

 The whole Steampunk /Weird Science/Vintage Style

has it's own special appeal that takes 

any mixed-media project to a

 whole new level of how to alter art!  

I love those rusty, grungy, metal embellishments!

Image courtesy of Wikipedia

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyle-cassidy-steampunk.jpg

And have you seen the brass goggles
that people are wearing?

I don't think I'll go buy a pair for myself

but I love how they look on everyone else!! 

                                                    

                               Image courtesy of Wikipedia                               

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheMenThatWillNotBeBlamedForNothing.jpg

Steampunk has really hit  the

fashion world  and taken it by storm!

The perfect Steampunk "Look"

Love the jacket!

Too Cool!!

Love the striped tights!!

Look at the back!!

This one is my favorite!!

Images and clothes can be found on this web site:

http://www.steampunkthreads.com/

Victorian and vintage clothes  have become

 more popular since the mechanical/fantasy

style concentrates mainly on  the 

great  jewelry accessories that look

so awesome with the clothes!

Music has even taken on the theme!

“They say you can’t please everybody… sounds like a challenge to me!”

- Captain John Sprocket

Picture and quote from:

http://brassgoggles.co.uk./blog/category/steampunk-imagesphotos/page/3

 Steampunk is so unique,
so different with all of it's quirky appeal, 

but still keeps that vintage style that I love so much!

Of course it comes from an era when man began

to see the impossible become possible! 

IMAGINE...
suddenly, their world was filled with so many

new inventions tht created a lifestlye that

was completely  different from anything

they had ever seen before!

 It must have been a very exciting time

to be alive and see men flying airplanes

and  driving motor cars  for the first time! 

Talking on the telephone must have

seemed so unreal at the time!

Imagine sending your voice out into

the airand someone hears you

and sends their voice back!

 Those days were filled with

such wonder and excitement!

What a   crazy/cool time to live in!

By now, I guess you're asking yourself the question,

"So enough about Steampunk!

Where is the art  project she worked on?"

You Found It!!

It's here,

HIDDEN 

at the bottom of my post!!

                                            

Did you find the hidden part?

***The Vintage Steampunk Image is courtesy of

Moonlight Journey's Collage Sheets!***

I have to do a little bit of bragging,

(hope you don't mind) 

because I  just became a

new member of their Design Team!

I have been using their collage sheets for almost a

year now and couldn't be more pleased with the quality

and the technical creativity that goes into every sheet! 

I'm so excited  now to have the chance to use

those same sheets to create designs for their team! 

It's gonna be a lot of fun!

If you'd like to visit the site to look at

the collage sheets or to see the

Design Team's Art Work,

please use the link below!

They are in the Halloween mode right now so

the sheets  they are creating  are definitely

what everyone will need to get an early jump 

on their Spooky Halloween  Art Projects!

They have the best Gothic sheets on the web!

In order to keep a Halloween blog year round,

 I knew I would have to find a site that

would have everything I needed to keep my

blog looking it's "gruesome-gothic" best!! 

Here is the link:

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/ 

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Thanks so much for dropping by to visit!

 If you feel inspired to get

Smeared and Smudged,  

grab some ink, paper, rubber stamps,

and old metal gears, get prepared to get grungy,

 and  make some Steampunk Art today!

HEY  VISITORS!!

You're welcome to hop over
to the Smeared and Smudged

blog links listed below and say "Hello"! 

I'm sure they would love to have

 you look at their art work!

I think you'll find some really cool

and interesting projects that might

inspire you to get out your inks

and do some smudging too!  

Hey, you might  like their art so much

you' ll want to join our group too! 

MEMBER LIST

http://moresmearedink.blogspot.com/ /Terra

http://www.ndustrial-lemon.blogspot.com/ Tori

http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/ Kelli

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http://www.papercanteen.com/ Meredith

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http://www.scrappy-arts-n-thoughts.blogspot.com/ Danielle

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http://shelleyscreations.blogspot.com/ Shelly

http://1darkrosaleen.blogspot.com/ Kymberly

http://keelyy.blogspot.com/ Keely

http://cromscubbyhole.blogspot.com/ Helen

http://www.kc-consultant.blogspot.com/ Kapree

http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/ Sugar

http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/ Jane

http://agraywolfesramblings.blogspot.com/ Alex

Have a great Blog Hoppin' Day!