31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop--Day 1

Hello there.  Welcome to Smeared and Smudged's 5th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  I have decided to give it a whirl and blog the entire 31 days.  There are a few rules..not many... but let's get those out of the way first.

You can chose to be a "Horrifying Hopper".  Here are the rules for that group:

What You Have To Do:

Hop through each of the Wicked Blogs that are participating and leave a comment on each project. No need to sign up, just start on the first day and work your way through all the blogs. All Horrifying Hoppers will receive a Survival Button at the end of the month to proudly post on their blog.

The Rules:

You must leave a comment on EACH participating blog EVERY day in October to qualify for the grand prize drawing. Your comment should be about the project or something related (i.e.-no "Here's my comment for today" or "I'm here!"...these types of comments won't count!) If you miss a day or a blog, you will still qualify to receive a survival button, but will not qualify for the grand prize drawing.

You can also chose to be a "Sinister Lurker".  Those rules are:

                                                               What You Have To Do:

Some of you can't participate all month long, and that's okay! Only Wicked Bloggers and Horrifying Hoppers are up for the grand prize drawing, but if you can't do either of those you will still have the chance to win some Lurker prizes! We will be hiding scavenger hunt pictures randomly throughout the month on various participating blogs...if you find one on any given day, you will be put in for that day's freebie drawing. It may be a coupon, a free digi, or a Halloween goodie, who knows! We are working on some great sponsor prizes for the scavenger hunt this year, and it will be well worth your time to visit every once in a while.

The Rules:

Scavenger Items will be hidden randomly on the Wicked Blogs, and are not guaranteed to be available every day. You will have to visit blogs to find them. If you find one, you will email and let us know exactly where it was and your name will go into that scavenger item's drawing. Each person who finds the "hidden" picture will get one entry. The drawing for each scavenger prize will be the day after it was posted and winners will be chosen by random number based on who emailed. Wicked Bloggers are able to participate and find scavenger pictures as well, unless it is hidden on their own blog.

For a complete list of rules and to see what the grand prize is, please visit the Smeared and Smudged ning site  here.

So, now that all the housekeeping is out of the way, let's move on to the project that I created for Day 1.

This is a 5x7 altered canvas.  The little gargoyle in the left corner is a Queen Kat Design stamp.  I colored it with Spectrum Noir pens.  I added a hand and a spider that I found on clearance after Halloween a couple years ago.  The patterned papers are DCWV.  

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  You will find the entire blog hop list on the right sidebar of my blog.  Have fun hopping and don't forget to leave some love on every blog that you stop at.  Make sure that you look for the image that is hidden somewhere along the hop.  It's the Scavenger Hunt image.  When you find it, email us at smearedinkstamps@gmail.com to let us know that you found it.  Here's the clue for today's image;

Be wary if I cross your path,

If not your luck will feel my wrath.
Nine lives I live; you do the math.