I think, you got penalty-points, because it was (at least) your second rejected blog (the two published versions count as 2 I'd say). Please see the link I posted in my edit above.
Likes and ratings are different things. 
You got points for the ratings, you can see the information about that in your reputation history (although the points got removed, the history just shows all the adding).
Right now it's really a matter for the SCN team, that can check in the background where your points went. So please have a bit of patience. They are pretty good at this. 