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SMEARED AND SMUDGED

2ND   ANNUAL

BLOG  HOP!!

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I Must Confess!!

I have something I need to tell all of my

blogging friends out there in web world! 

 I have been dreading this post

for days  and have put it off so many times

 but  now just seems the right time to do this! 

I am sorry but I am going to have to

stop blogging and making altered art! 

There's just not enough time in the day

to get everything done and I just don't

 feel the creative flow anymore!

I don't know what's wrong with me .

 I just don't want to do this anymore. 

Maybe I need to get a different hobby,

one that doesn't eat up all of my extra time!

 Either way, I am just burnt out on

 all of this blogging and art stuff. 

There is paper scraps and scissors

 and paint smeared everywhere!

IT'S A MESS ALL OF THE TIME!

There's junk all over my house and the

kids are getting into my supplies and

tearing them up and my husband

complains all of the time about the mess!

My altered art mess ends up getting strung

from one end of the house to the other!

I' ve just got to quit and that's that !

 I guess this is my last ever post

and I am ever going to write !

Oh, this is so sad but it has to be done!

 I am deleting all of my accounts today!

So goodbye my dear and faithful friends!

I will never forget your kindness toward

me and all of the wonderful art

 that you have shared with me! 

Good bye dear friends!!

Goodbye!

I will never forget you !

 I will treasure you for always!

Goodbye!

NOT!!!

You have just beeen punked !

April Fools!!!!

Did I have you going? 

 YOU know I  could never ever quit

 my blogging or creating my spooky

altered art and my vintage art! 

NO WAY!!

If I was in a body cast,

hanging upside down with a blind fold on,

 I would figure out someway to

keep doin' my art thang !! 

Like the body needs food...

once you start to creat art,

you open the door to your soul! 

As the body needs bread and drink...

a soul yearns to express the deep

neverending depth of what life is,

and through that life is art.

Art feeds the soul!

O.K.  People

Let's Party!

Smeared and Smudged is just the
greatest group of people around !
Our art is an expression of our feelings ,
our imagination, and our creativity!
If you ever want to be inspired daily
 by a group of wonderful people,
then go over and visit
Smeared and Smudged
and talk to our host, Terra!  
Come aad join in on all of the tutorials
and fun sub-groups that she offers!!

It's not a Halloween-- 
--365 days a year--
 kind of Art Group!

There are sub-groups for 
 journaling, altering books,
sketch challenges, a fairy group,
a ATC Swap Group,
and a Twisted Tutorial group,
 whose main focus is on finding
and learning new techniques to
use in their art projects!

It's a group that inspires you to dig deep within
your inner self to find the light and dark sides,
to discover WHO you really are!

 It's exhilerating to allow yourself the  
freedom  to completely give yourself over
to your creative instincts and to express 
the "real" you-- through your art work!

It's a discovery of the possibilities.
 Maybe you may have never had the 
 courage to completely let go
and truly express yourself when
you've created art before!
Maybe you were playing it too safe!
It's in the impossibilites that all
things can become possible!

 Trust me, once you really know who
your are and what you want, 
  the imagaination flows 
and the spirt soars!

If you love Rubber Stamping ,
then this is also the group for you!
Terra has her own line of stamps that she designs 
that are really out of this world awesome!

Just go to the web site on the Terra's
 blog button and you will see for yourself
all of the cool stamps she has in her store! 



Now to show you a few projects that I have created:


Since it is April Fool's Day,
 I am going to mix it up some,
give you a view of my altered art work 
 from the past , present, and future!!

"Flight"

This is the  poem that I wrote that

goes with the theme of  this art piece!

O, Woman,
Stand Straight!
Stand Tall!
 Go Forth!
Even though
ye be
filled with woes!

O, Warriar!
Be Brave!
Be True!
The Battle is Fierce,
Where the Heart beats
Strong within thy Soul!




O Woman,
Go Forth!
Good Courage to Thee!
Release Thy Fate!
Take Flight And Soar!

"TIME"

That's an image of "grown-up me" holding "baby me"!

KNITTING WITCHES KNITTING UP A SPELL!

 

How many knitting witches are in this art piece?

"Time Traveler"

If you are visiting my blog today

and you are not a Member

of "Smeared and Smudged",

go ahead and click through all

 of the links that I have posted below! 

 YOU will find some very amazing art

at every blog site you stop to visit! 

These special people are very

 talented and creative!  I know you will

enjoy visitng their blog sites

and seeing their work! 

 If you are visitng me and you are a

Member of "Smeared and Smudged",  

thank you for coming over to visit me

and looking at all of my spooky art work!

I also want to thank you for you kindness, 

 your warm friendship, and your inspiring art

that really g old art juices flowing!

  Big hugs to everyone! 

Have a great day!

Now Let's Go Blog Hop!!!!

Alison-

http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/

Kelli-

 http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/

Meredith-

http://www.papercanteen.com/

Michelle-

http://mylifemydreamsmyscrapping.blogspot.com/

Kathi-

http://kathstales.blogspot.com/

Kim-

http://offthewallcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Lisa-

http://www.ldfdesign.blogspot.com/

Jean-

http://deepblackartbyartdoll.blogspot.com/

Danielle-

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

Alex-

http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/

Monica-

http://giddygreetings.com/

Sarah-

http://sarahscrazycreations.blogspot.com/

Erica-

 http://www.inkedupandreadytoplay.com/

Black Dragon-

http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/

Steph-

 http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Lady Brayton-

http://ladybrayton71.blogspot.com/

Barb-

http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/

Terra-

 http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com/

DragonDreams TAG IT ON Challenge

The Theme this week for

 TAG IT ON

 is

"Willow Pattern Story"

Here is my entry:

 I loved this challenge and the story was so sweet. 

 I  would like to make a mini-book about this theme! 

I will post the story as soon as I turn my entry in

so that you can read it and understand

what our theme was all about!

The Willow Pattern Story

The Willow Pattern represents
a beautiful love story....


....In ancient China a powerful nobleman lived
in a palace with his beautiful daughter.
The Palace was surrounded by gardens
with fruit trees & a lovely willow.
But the daughter fell in love with her father's
humble clerk, against her father's wishes.
The clerk was dismissed & they were forbidden to
see each other.  A zig-zag fence was built around
 the gardens so that the poor clerk could not enter.
However the two lovers fled & escaped
across a bridge, with her father chasing them.
The lovers traveled to a distant land but the
 nobleman sent his men to kill them.
When the Gods saw what was happening,
they transformed the couple
 into a pair of lovebirds....

Thanks for looking at my art work

and have a pleasent evening!

Here is the link back to DragonsDream TIO Challenge:
http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.com/

***Credits***
The teal background on the tag
 is from Gary's free images at :
http://artefacts-antiqueimages.blogspot.com/

The Japanese images are from Julia's free images at:
http://cemerony-share.blogspot.com/

Macabre Monday Challenge

The Theme for

 Macabre Monday Challenge

 is

"Oh You Devil" 

Here is My Entry:

"Oh YOU...  Sweet Little Gothic Devil"

 Thank you for looking at my

 "Spooky"Entry

and have a really "Spooky" evening!

Darkness Inspiration Challenge

The Theme for this Challenge is

"Scary Clowns"!

I made this a 3-dimensional piece of art! 

I'm afraid my pictures do not

 do this project much justice!

The front of the piece has a canopy
that stretches out about two inches
from the images on the inside of the image!

Maybe a better view of the canopy!

CLOSE  UP!

"Little Anne" just had to have her

picture taken with the clowns!

I wanted to build a small

stage to attach to the

 bottom of the  piece to

support it's edges

 and give viewers a better

 look at the unique features

of the clown images

 but...

 I simply ran out of time!!!

  Oh well, another day, perhaps?

I couldn't leave out this beauty! 

Dulcamara's Fierce Feline!
Mr. Pied Piper

Thank you for looking at my entry
 and please have a great day!

Hello to all Smeared and Smudged Members!

We are having  our 1st Annual Blog Hop!!

Visit Smeared and Smudged

Isn't this so much fun!

I am having a great day today!

Thank you for stopping by

and visiting my blog !

I hope you like my art work and

I am looking forward to visiting your blogs

to see all the great pieces of art you've created!

A "Special Thank You"

goes out to Terra, our Host,
for organizing this super event !

I am so glad that I joined this group!

YOU guys made me feel

so welcome and comfortable!

I am looking forward to all of the

art tutorials and challenges that

we will be doing in the future!

Have a great day!

***VISITORS***

I am so glad that you

stopped by today to visit my blog

because you will get the chance to

learn about this fanastic

new group I just joined!

If you especially love

creating art with stamps,

then this is the group for you!!

We create Alternative art,

Gothic art, and Vintage art

but with one condition...

a stamped image must be

placed somewhere on the project!

Here is my PROJECT that I created

just for this "SPECIAL BLOG HOP"

for everyone to see!

I first found out about this group

from one of my dear friends,

Lyn at Blackdragon's Crafts!

I knew I didn't want to miss out on

all of the fun and immediately posted to join!

There are so many interesting sub-groups to join

to spark our imagination with new ideas

for creating mixed media and altered art!

There are also challenges and contests to enter,

which is my all time favorite thing to do!

 I love art challenges!

Especially their challenges--very cool!!

They also offer classess and tutorials

on the latest art trends and ink /stamp/ projects.

What I liked the most about the group

was the warm welcome from the other members

and the willingness to share ideas and knowledge

about techniques that some of us newbies

may not know about or had much experience with!

If you want to begin a journey on the

Path of Fulfillment as a successful artist,

 you join in with the others that

are going down the same path.

Your life will become enriched by the

 encouragment and inspiration you

 will receive from your fellow artists!

As they begin share their

 different perspectives

and feelings about their own art,

you will feel the urge to delve deeply

 in your own soul to explore your talent

and examine your own true convictions

 about what makes your art

 such a big part of who you are!

Go back to when you felt that first

  "LITTLE NUDGE" to pick up a paint brush,

 paint, ink, glue, scissors, paper, etc.,
to create what you soon learned

that you couldn't live without!

That's why joining a group is so important!!

Everyone has one thing in common

--it's huge--

We love to create

&

We create what we love!

No Holds Barred!

Here is a list of the MEMBERS of

Smeared and Smudged

that are participating in the Blog Hop!

Meredith http://www.papercanteen.com/

Kathi http://kathstales.blogspot.com/

Kim http://www.offthewallcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Alex http://paperandstring.blogspot.com/

Kelli http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/

Monica http://www.giddygreetings.com/

Alison http://www.alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/

Amberlee http://supermomscrappin.blogspot.com/

Steph http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Michelle http://mylifemydreamsmyscrapping.blogspot.com/

Kas http://www.artloveschaos.blogspot.com/

Keely http://www.keelyy.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://ldfdesign.blogspot.com/

Lyn http://lynsblogger.blgospot.com

Lynda http://cre8tiveme.blogspot.com/

Sarah http://www.sarahscrazycreations.blogspot.com/

Jean http://daretobedifferentchallenges.blogspot.com/

Terra http://moresmearedink.blogspot.com/

Just click on the blog address

and go visit these talented ladies

to see all of their wonderful

art work and their amazing blog sites!!

***NOTICE***

If you'd like to join our

"happy art smearing ink smudging "group,

just click the Smeared And Smudged blog button

at the top of the post and it will take

you to the home group where you can sign up !

DragonsDream TAG IT ON Challenge

The Theme this week for

DragonsDream

TAG IT ON

Challenge is :

TIGER

Here is my entry:

The Indian Gypsy and her Magestic Tiger

Thank you for looking

 at my Spooky Art! 

Have a very Spooky Night!!

***Poem***
The Indian Gypsy

written by:
Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)

http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.com/

Macabre Monday Challenge

Macabre Monday Challenge

Theme:

  "Gothic  Asian Persuasion"

This is my entry:

Ghosts of the Geisha

Thank you for looking at my Spooky Art!

http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/

Art On The Darkside Challenge

The Theme

this week for the

 Art On The Darkside

 was

 "Fear"!!

Here is my entry:

Thank you for visitng my site and

 looking at all of my

Creepy Dark Art!!

Macabre Monday Challenge

This week's 

 Theme

for

Macabre Monday

 was

 "Vampy Vampyress"

Thank you for visiting my site and

looking at my

 DArk  aRt!!

Have a great weekend!!

Darkness Inspiration Challenge

It has been hectic!
A lot of sickness in the house!

The little ones have been grumpy,
croupy, sniffling, little critters!

 I feel so sorry for them when they get sick! 

We are through the worst of it now
and I have gained back some time to
dedicate myself to the challenges

 I was working on before the
colds and snowy weather hit! 

I haven't sent one into the
Darkness Challenge in over a month!

The theme this week was: 

 Dark and Sinister Moon! 

 I worked on several ideas before
I finally decided on this one!

Even though this scene looks innocent enough,

she's knitting, he's smiling, they both are engaged

in a friendly, casual conversation...still...

you never know who to trust

when the moon is dark and sinister!

Thank  you for visiting my site and

taking a spooky look at my entry!! 

 Have a very spooky night! 

New Challenge!

The

Art on the Darkside Challenge

for this week is:

"The Dark Side of the Moon!

Watch out!!!!!!

P.S.
 Dear Jeanette,
      I took your advice!  This posted to the "Darkside"
just a few minutes ago!  Thanks for all of your sweet
compliments and your wonderful encouragement!

Hugs, Kymberly

****Credit for the Green/Yellow Tin Tile Background

courtesy of  Freuble's Freebies.  I have her blog button

on my sidebar so all you have to do is click the button 

to visit her site!  Please make sure you see ALL

of  her amazing digitial art and take a look at her freebies. 

 Don't forget to sign her guestbook!

Soarful Saturday Challenge

I posted  my
Soartful Saturday Challenge

on my Spooky Blog! 

When the image was given this

 week for the challenge,

  it  was this very colorful
 misty, orange background.

The first thing that popped

into my mind was this:

Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spooky Valentine!!

FULL MOON TONIGHT!

LARGEST FULL MOON

 SEE  IT TONIGHT!

The first full moon of 2010

will appear tonight,  Jan. 29, 2010,

but it will also be the biggest and brightest

full moon of the year.

 It's even been called the 

"Supermoon."

And for all of those Martian Fans,
Look for a reddish, star-like object to the
left of the Moon, and you will find Mars!

So the question still remains...

Does the Full Moon
cause People to go Crazy?

 There are some people that believe the

strange stories (mostly rumors) about the 
extreme behavior that exists amoung animals

and human beings during a full moon.
Scienctific studies over the years have tried to

prove that the  unexplained phenomena is tied to

the Moon during it's Full Lunar Phase. 

  more births, deaths,
suicides, heart attacks, epileptic
seizures, double the hospital admissions,
quadruple the  psychiatric  hospital admissions,
many  more  criminials arrested,  more occurring
violence, more murders take place, thus creating
more murderers!  Is there any evidence that can
really prove that the reports of  the "Crazy"
Connection" has anything to do with the
 Full Moon and  the extreme, bizarre 
behaviors listed here? 

Scientists and other

Reputed Professionals of Historic  
Acclaim, have all reported  that all  of  the 
data that has been vigorously studied over the past
100 years, states that there is no significant increase 
of  extreme and bizarre behavior or instances of crime
and violence that could be connected to the lunar phase
of the Full Moon has been proven to be justifiably
coincedental,  purely speculation, or simply
superstition. The scientific facts remain.
So, there is no such thing as the 
"Full Moon Crazy's" !!

Or Is There???

Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back
to his family estate after his brother vanishes.

The Wolfman synopsis reveals that as he

is reunited with his estranged father,

Talbot sets out to find his brother

  and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.

As The Wolfman plot unfolds and he pieces
 together the gory puzzle, he hears of an

 ancient curse that turns the afflicted into

werewolves when the moon is full.

Now, if he has any chance at ending the
slaughter and protecting the woman he has

grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious
 creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor.

But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast,

The Wolfman synopsis reveals that a simple

 man with a tortured past will uncover a primal

side to himself . . . one he never imagined existed.

Be Forewarned:

Stay inside your house tonight and keep

all of your windows and doors locked!

***CREDITS:
News clip and Full Moon Picture:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com

 Picture and film plot of "The Wolfman":
http://www.thewolfmanmovie.com

Other "The Wolfman"  pictures:
http://shocktillyoudrop.com

HaPpY **sPoOkY** NEw YeAr!!

Here is my entry for the Darkness Inspiration challenge!

The theme  is:

"hApPy  **SpOokY**  NEw   YeAr"

Have a great week and thank you for visiting my site!!

**credits**

The background came from Freubal's Freebies