Friday, December 11, 2009

Keeping it Simple


Tomorrow is Robyn's Fetish
New Release Blog Hop.
Celebrate with us beginning
at 12:01 a.m. EST, Saturday, Dec 12th.
I'll be here...will you?
Well, probably by Autopost at that
hour of the day.

Keeping the Card Simple

I made this card using scraps. I tried hard to get the scalloped
edges cut straight. Even with a guideline I have trouble.
I don't know why I can't see level.
The cherubs are buttons with the shanks removed.

Except for trying to keep a straight line, that is a pretty simple card.

Light
My light is firecracker bursts
Dance With Me
This is my first challenge at Crazy Amigo.
Too Hot to Tango.
The background fireworks panel is from Printmaster.
The silhouette dancers are from Digital Ink. Co by Stitchy Stamps.
The Digital Ink, Co is having a 50% off sale now.
I like how this turned out.

Use Image and Pink
Clean and Simple
No bows, brads, etc.
This is the inspiration for the digi stamp.

Meet sweet Malie.

I do have shear pink ribbon but no bow.
The stars are punched so the pink glitter paper will
show through. I have crystal glitter used as snow.
Sweet, Clean and Simple.

This group will be limited to 100 members.
This site is for members only and is not available for general viewing, only people who have been given access to this site can see these pages.

The site will be a perfect mix of 50 Digital designers and 50 Crafters.

The designers must post one free image a month.

Crafters may take all or select the images they want.

They then have to use one of their chosen images to create a project and then post on their own blog and leave a comment and link here.

Designers can not take part in posting a entry only crafters can take part.

A winner will be chosen by voting poll added to the blog.

The winning crafter will receive a £5.00 prize

The designer who created the image on the winning entry will receive a £10.00 prize.

I hope everyone will be okay with the start date being the 8th of January.

Now, doesn't that sound interesting?
If you decide to be one of the 50/50, please
mention my name.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

I've Got Mail!!!

With my terms with Squigglefly and MyGrafico
completed at the end of the year....
I've been applying for new DT positions. Well,
last night I received the Email notification
that I have been selected to be on the
I'm very pleased and very excited.
My first DT project will be this Saturday with
a sample card of a new release and a Blog Hop
to celebrate.
So come on back Saturday for a fun filled day.

Line or Theme from a Christmas Song
Image provided

They provided three images for this challenge. I chose this
cute squirrel. My song line is "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire".
I added a chestnut to the image. I had to crop out a space for
the squirrel's paw to make it look like he is holding the nut.
I did the coloring with colored pencils and the distressing
with Tea Dye Distress Ink. The trim is leather fringe.

Choice of Two Images


I chose this image and here is what I did with it.


It took me a couple of days to think of something for this one.
Finally, something clicked. After dividing the image into
3 sections and adding borders, I found a background that I liked. I chose
the new image color from the red in the background.

See ya Saturday for Robin's Fetish Challenge

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

More Black and White and a Pop of Color



Black & Bright
Christmas Song
No Red or Green

My song is "Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland". I used Ildi Co cute
Cuddles the bear and the coloring is done with gel pen. The
base card is preglittered card stock.

Sketch challenge



I have some very pretty border and scroll stamps. I tried very hard to
use them for this challenge. I lined up my paper stamped the 2
straight lines....good. Then when I started to add the swirls
on both sides....DARN...I didn't have anything that
worked that had a left and a right. So back to the computer
I went and this is what I came up with.

I certainly hope you follow these links to see some
fabulous sculpture using pencils.

Here is just a tease


I'll be enjoying my day indoors today. It has been rainy and
blustery all night and it doesn't look like it's going to let up.

Today is the Weds Sketch Challenge at MyGrafico Challenges.


Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Just a Busy Bee



Photo Corner
Crowns
Regal Ladies
Blog Group...Create a Blog Award

Creating the award was quite a challenge for me. When it was all
finished and I was looking at my 'to do' list, I saw that it fit several
challenges. Lucky me. The main image is one of June's
wonderful Art Freebies. Right now she has several really cute
animal images to give away. You just might see one of those sweeties
show up on a project here. Everything else came from my Printmaster.
The second part of the 'Create a Blog Award' challenge is present
it to a member of the forum. I'm going to look through the member
list and check out who has been a very busy bee and I will
give her this award.

Marilyn Monroe Tag
Marilyn Monroe
(image provided)

The black panel is just background for scanning. I freehand
cropped the lovely image of MM and put her on the big
screen. Added some stars that I colored in with silver gel pen and
an assortment of ribbons and fringe to match. These projects
are sure a good way to use up scraps. You might

When they were filming the movie "The Misfits" my parents
went to Virginia City, NV to see the filming. Unfortunately,
MM wasn't filming that day but Mom talked to Clark Gable and
Montgomery Clift. Somewhere in our pile of pictures is
a picture of Monty walking down the wooden sidewalk
in Virginia City. I liked the movie but I guess the
critics didn't give it very good reviews.

Don't forget to check out the new
and of course
Home for the Holidays

Monday, December 7, 2009

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas



Christmas Flowers

I stamped the base card with a swirl stamp (unknown) using
Vicki's masterboard technique from a previous challenge of hers.
The beautiful deer image is from Graphics Fairy.
The scroll and sentiment are from Printmaster.
I used a poinsettia stamp from Canadian Maple Collections for my Christmas
flower. I couldn't find a direct link for them only ebay sales.
To finish, I added a bit of fringe.
I wish I had made the focal image smaller so more of
the swirl background was shown. Another time maybe.

!!! OMG !!!
I am so sad that my term is up on the Squigglefly DT.
But, they are so thoughtful and created a Yearly Roundup Magazine
for 2009. It is a wonderful issue devoted to the
work of Squigglefly artists, customers and the DT members.
Get your free download at Squigglefly.
What a wonderful remembrance of my year with
Squigglefly.


The site will be a perfect mix of 50 Digital designers and 50 Crafters.

The designers must post one free image a month.

Crafters may take all or select the images they want. They then have to use one of their chosen images to create a project and then post on their own blog and leave a comment and link here.

Designers can not take part in posting a entry only crafters can take part.A winner will be chosen by voting poll added to the blog.

The winning crafter will receive a £5.00 prize The designer who created the image on the winning entry will receive a £10.00 prize.

The start date of this special blog is January the 8th so hurry and check it out before places fill up there are only 50 places available

mail info@yourspecialdelivery.co.uk mentioning my name :)

See you there on January 8th :)

They had a space for me. There are still openings available for both
Designers and Crafters.

Today is the Recipe Challenge. And, you could win
a nice collection of recipe cards and sentiment labels to
go with. Weds there will be the sketch challenge and
another chance to win the Recipe Digital Stamp Set.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

A wimoweh, A wimoweh


Remember that from the song
Follow the link to read the interesting history of
this song. It has always been a favorite of mine.

Fun and Games

I decided I wanted to make a puzzle for this
challenge. When I saw this image that song came to mind.
I added a jigsaw effect to the image, added words from the song
and dug out some thrift store puzzle pieces to glue dot in place.
"In the jungle,
the mighty jungle,
the lion sleeps tonight".

This card I made with bits and pieces from my scrap drawer.



I trimmed an existing ATC to fit the sketch. The face
stamp is from CowTown Stamps. Laurel has such
a fabulous variety of stamps. There is also a great $1
sale page. I don't know who makes the swirl stamp or
the sentiment stamp. But I love the font that is used.
I embellished with a dragonfly brad, gold crystal gems
and a twig from the last of the beautiful fall leaves
on my crepe myrtle tree.
ggdesigns is also hosting new sketch challenge on their
web page.

After I read my Sunday paper we are going here this morning.

in downtown Myrtle Beach for breakfast
and to visit the Annual Springmaid Resort
Winter Craft Fair. After several days
of on and off rain it will be nice to go to the beach.
Ahhhh! I love the beach.



Saturday, December 5, 2009

Glitter, Snow and Christmas and some Hopping


It is Saturday again and the new
Soartful Challenge has been posted

'Home for the Holidays'

There are already two beautiful entries
that I've posted in the challenge sidebar. And, don't forget
to look for my EXTRA SPECIALS picked from last weeks entries.

My sample for Home for the Holidays


Glitter
Open Theme

My friend Denise at Stamping Vacation has a weekly Pick 3 Challenge and this week
we picked 3 of 8 ways to use glitter in our creations.

Well I just glittered everything.



This works nicely for FlutterBy, also. The stamp that I used is
from CowTown Stamps. I outlined using silver glitter, colored with crystal
and purple glitter, altered the background paper with glitter and the
base is preglittered paper. I turned her hairdo into a turban and added
a small purple gem. There is also clear sparkle thread wrapped
around the card but it's very had to see here.

Snowy Flight
Image Provided
Snow


I popped the image into a scene made with a stamp from Stampscape.
I never learned how to make a ' real stampscape' scene but I've used
this stamp over and over. For the snow I used some bagged
snowflakes from the Christmas aisle of Walmart. I don't think
I like them used like this. I wish I'd done something different.

If you like to Blog Hop here are couple for you.


You will find fun and prizes along the way.