MPS & JSL - it's Saturday :)

Woke up with a headache this morning - ugh!  I think I got too much sun yesterday, feeling a little on the burnt side and maybe a tad dehydrated.  But it was a nice day - spent the day at my mom's and helped her apply for Social Security benefits online for when she retires this Fall.  Then I sat in the sun next to her pool for about 5 hours, even jumped in the pool once, it was great.  Trev was with me and Cass was finishing her driver's education course and taking her final exam, so she came over when she was done.  I've spent way too much time in the house this Summer - haven't even gone to the beach ONCE yet!  I think I might have to try to sweet-talk hubby into a beach trip next weekend.  Wish me luck!

Today is new challenge day at Just Some Lines!  Our theme for the next 2 weeks is going to be:  

Just Some Lines:  Embossing - Wet or Dry

I used this gorgeous wedding gown image and the wet embossing technique.  I stamped a background all over the black cardstock with Embossing ink, then sprinkled silver embossing powder over it and shot it with my heat-gun.  Then I dragged the edges of the circle that the image is stamped on back through the embossing ink, and sprinkled gold embossing powder over it.  Shot it with the heat gun again and mounted it to the card.  I added a few silver and gold ribbon tags and voila - pretty bridal shower card.  The inside says "Best Wishes on your Special Day."  I am also entering this wedding dress card into the:


Little Claire's Designs Challenge - Weddings & Anniversaries

Next up is my Saturday Spotlight card for Michelle Perkett Studio.  Be sure to go check out the site to see the rest of the mermaids work!  :)

I used the adorable Birthday Sprite image, colored with Stampin' Up! markers and Prismacolor pencils with mineral spirits.  Cardstock, DP, buttons, ribbon, and brads all from SU!

Hope you have a great weekend, my friends!  Don't forget to check out the SNR EVENTS going on - we're featuring a different manufacturer several times a month, with TONS of eye candy, lots of tutorials and classes, and chances to win stuff!  If you're not a subscriber - why not?  It's totally worth it - and don't forget, you don't have to be a subscriber to submit artwork for publication!  AND - you get a free subscription for a month if you do get something published.  Click here for a description of the calls that are due August 28.

Peace.

HDH - Kreepy Kids & Lollipop Crafts

Happy Friday, peeps!  I am going to spend today and tomorrow basking in the sun, because then I am going to be chained to my craft table for the next 2-3 days in a row, working furiously on some projects that I have a deadline coming up quickly for!  LOL  For today, I have a fun card to share with you - it's always fun altering my cutesy images into horrific characters for the Haunted Design House Macabre Monday challenges!  hee hee  This week's theme is:

Haunted Design House - KREEPY KIDS

I used my Alice in Wonderland image from Dilly Beans and printed out a quote from Alice that I thought fit this card perfectly!  LOL   I found the bottle that says "Poison" by doing a search for free clip-art on Google.  Hope you enjoy my weekly forays into the macabre - I sure am.  :)  

Next up is a card for the:

Lollipop Crafts Challenge - Monochromatic

I used one of my fun new images from Just Some Lines called Emo Piper Sitting - I love how cool she looks listening to her iPod!  I colored her with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits, cardstock and DP are from SU!  I also sprayed the whole thing with SU! Smooch Spritz in Vanilla when it was done, giving it that glittery look.  Buttons and ribbon are from my stash.  Have a great weekend!  Peace. 

Do something nice...

Do you want to do something nice, a random act of kindness?  If you do, go check out this post here by my friend Meredith... you can do something nice and get something cool in return because Meredith is a pretty cool person.  ;)  Go read about Ryan and then come back, I'll wait.

OK - done?  Good.  Here's the card that I made for Ryan this week - I'm going to send him a card every now and then just to keep his spirits up:

I used Boy Fishes from Just Some Lines - colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  DP is from My Mind's Eye.  Buttons are from my stash.  Now go make a card for Ryan and be sure to link up on Meredith's blog!

Next up are my journal pages for this week's Heart Journaling class at The Greeting Farm:

This week's theme was gratitude, I used Gesso and a mix of plain and glittery acrylic paints on my pages, then hand-wrote all over them.  I'm having a blast with this project.

And last - I told you I was making something special for my sister's birthday.  This was my first time doing something like this - I had a blank journal with cardboard pages that I completely altered with Gesso, papers, images, Mod Podge, all kinds of stuff.  I had SO MUCH FUN making it - it was 6 double-sided pages so I got to decorate 12 pages.  Here's a sampling of some of my favorites:

Thanks for sticking around to see all of my goodies today!  Have a wonderful day - peace.

D2D - Cupcake Mouse

I have been hard at work this week making something special for my sister's birthday, which was yesterday.  I'm giving it to her tonight, so I'll probably post some pics of it tomorrow.  In the meantime, I did find time to squeeze in a card for the:

Delightful Inspirations Stamp of the Month challenge!

This adorable mouse came in a boy and a girl version - I used the boy but I also used kind of girly colors, not really sure what I was thinking.  LOL  I still think it came out cute!  I have to finish my "gratitude" pages in my art journal today for The Greeting Farm's Heart Journaling class, they're all Gesso-ed and painted and just waiting for me to finish them.  I am LOVING doing this art journal, it's such a fun way to express your creativity!  Peace.

Happy B-Day & Michelle Perkett - Summertime Fun!

Happy Birthday to my best friend, my defender, my soul mate - my sister Michelle.  :)  Shell is one year and 3 days younger than me, and we have been super close since she was born.  We get to spend the evening together tomorrow, but I wanted to wish her a very happy birthday and share a cute picture of us with our mom.  It's me, Michelle, mom:

I love this girl with all my heart, and I just cannot imagine my life without her.  I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful sister.  :)

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It's Tuesday again and that means another challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio - this week our theme is SUMMERTIME FUN!

I used the tropical Leilani stamp, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  Cardstock, DP, and ribbon are from Stampin' Up!  OK now go grab yourself one of  Michelle's beautiful images at her Etsy shop here and play along with our Summertime Fun challenge!  Peace.

Stamp Something - Digi Day

I had such an awesome birthday weekend - went out for a while Saturday night with my husband, sister, and some friends and had lots of laughs.  Then my mom called me Sunday (I had not spoken to her in over a month) and we cried and yelled and then she came and picked me up and I went to a few stores with her, so it made me feel a whole lot better.  I have to accept that she's never going to be the warm and fuzzy mom I wish I had - the kind of mom that I am to my kids - but she's still my mom and I love her and I need her to be a part of my life, however small of a part it might be.  Anyway, Jeremy took me out to dinner later on at one of my favorite restaurants (they had sent me a coupon for a free meal for my birthday, can't pass that up!), then we came home and watched Bugsy and had ice cream.  LOL  Perfect birthday weekend!  And my sister's birthday is Tuesday (we are only a year apart), so we're spending Wednesday evening together going to dinner and the movies - we're going to see the Smurf movie because the Smurfs were one of her FAVORITE cartoons growing up.  LOL 

For today I have a card for the challenge at:

Stamp Something - Digi Day

I used this freaky but cute image from Dilly Beans, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  Cardstock, DP and glitter are from Stampin' Up!  Button and ribbon are from my stash.

Have a fabulous Monday, my friends!  :)  Peace.

HDH 100! Varying Visages of Vincent

First, I must tell you about the chance to win some blog candy corn... LOL  This week marks the 100th challenge at the Haunted Design House MACABRE MONDAY blog, which I discovered not too long ago!  To celebrate, they are giving away some blog candy: 

Simply click on the picture to read the rules and participate!

This week's challenge is called Varying Visages of Vincent... Vincent Price, that is.  Vincent would have turned 100 this year - as a child of the '70's, I can totally remember hearing his voice in movies and stuff and being creeped out.  For the challenge, we could draw our inspiration from anything Vincent Price had been involved in, and there are LOTS of movies, films, songs, pictures, etc. that I could have used!  But what I decided to base my project on is the "poem" that Vinny recites at the beginning of Michael Jackson's "THRILLER" - what do you think?

I'm also linking up to Blackdragon's Macabre Monday post!

When the Thriller video came out, I think I was 12 years old (this was when MTV played (gasp!) videos!  Remember that?)... and it scared the crap out of me.  LOL  Anyway, for this card I used another Creeper from TGF - doesn't this remind you of Michael?  LOL  I even colored the clothes to match Michael's red & black outfit from the video... hee hee  I splattered red paint all over the text to look like blood.  I love stepping away from the cutesy every week to participate in these fun challenges!  Peace.