D2D, TGF Heart Journal, City Crafter, & Forever Night

I have been on a roll the last day or two - made several projects yesterday, I'll share a few of them with you today.  First is my art journal page for this week, which I'm entering into:

City Crafter Challenge Blog - I Heart You 
and

The Greeting Farm Heart Journaling Week 8 - One Word

I am also linking up to the She's Gone Digital Art Journal Linky Party

I used a combination of images from Pixel Scrapper, Dilly Beans, Melonheadz... I put Gesso on my pages, let it dry.  Then I painted a red heart on the left page with watered-down acrylic paint, then applied Mod Podge to the images on copy paper after I colored them.  I sponged red ink all around it.  Can you guess what my ONE WORD is?  ;)

Next is an ATC I made for the challenge at :

Forever Night - Something in or from Alice in Wonderland

I'm also entering this into the:  
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Black & White & One Other Color

I got this image from Lenny's Alice in Wonderland site.  I used lots of Mod Podge and only a touch of red marker. 

And last is my card for this week's:

Designed2Delight Friday Stamp of the Month Challenge

I colored the Autumn Harvest image with both SU! & Prismacolor markers, and used some of my pencils & mineral spirits.  I wrapped twine around it and spritzed the whole thing with Gold Foil Smooch Spritz, which you cannot see as well in the pic - it's much prettier in real life.  

Come back tomorrow to see more!  :)  Peace.

All That Scraps & Pixie Dust Studio

OK so today is a dedicated crafting day - yay!  :)  I don't even have to pick Cass up from school, so I should be able to get quite a bit done today. 

I have a few cards to share with you today, first is the card I made for Trevor's graduation from high school - this is for the:

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

and

Prairie Fairie Fridays - Snips, Snails, & Puppy Dog Tails

I used one of the Creeper Crew dudes, he reminds me of Bob Marley so I also used musical background paper.  :)  I colored him with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits, the sentiment is a sticker that I applied to white cardstock and punched out with a large circle punch.

Then I also made these 2 cute little sweet peas for the:

Pixie Dust Studio - Baby Boy or Baby Girl

 

I am also entering the above card into the:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Children

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I decided to do one of each for the Pixie Dust Challenge, I used the Baby Pea image for both, and all of my cardstock and DP is from Stampin' Up!  I colored my sweet peas with 2 different shades of green with my Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  Buttons are from my stash.

Have a happy Tuesday!  Peace.

Flutter By Wednesday

I didn't get much crafting done this weekend, after all.  The weekend just flew by - Trev was feeling sad yesterday, missing grandpa.  They were very close - Trev said to me "I know he's been gone for 2 years, but..." and I just said "Buddy, grief doesn't have an expiration date."  I told him he'd probably always miss him.  Sometimes he'll miss him with a smile on his face, and sometimes he'll miss him and want to scream and cry and maybe yell at God.  It's all OK.  As a matter of fact, it's healthy.  So anyway, I put the crafting aside and watched movies with my boy all afternoon.  We watched Snake Eyes with Nicolas Cage, it was really good and neither of us had ever seen it before.  Then we watched The Green Mile - we'd both seen that one several times, and I'm sure we'll see it again.  Great movie.

Anyway, I did manage to make a card for the:

Flutter By Wednesday - Open Challenge

I used the sassy Emo Punk Princess Fairy image from Just Some Lines, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  Cardstock, DP, glitter, gemstone brads and ribbon are from Stampin' Up!  The crown and wand brad are from my stash.  Peace.

Just Some Lines Halloween Stuff

Today's my day to post over at the Just Some Lines blog, so I decided to play with some of the fun Halloween images that Jehanne has drawn for us - make sure you check out my post over there so you can see my other card, too. 

Here is one of the cards I made using "Getting Ready for Halloween":

I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  Cardstock is from SU!  I used DP from SU! - ribbon and button are from my stash.

I am linking up to the:
Getting Cricky - Halloween

And I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - Autumn Colors


Squiggle Stamps - Spooky Fun

I am making a big pot of spaghetti sauce with meatballs and sausage today, can't wait to smell it cooking in a couple of hours!  Hope you all have a relaxing Sunday!  Peace.

Anyone for Anya: Back to School & Just Some Lines: New Baby!

What a week - it's been a long one.  I won't bore you with every little thing that happened, but my poor nephew had 2 seizures in one day - he's 20 and he has epilepsy, but that was the first time he'd ever had 2 in one day.  My poor sister was just beside herself.  :(  The doctors have been changing and adjusting his medication for the past few years but so far, they haven't found anything that works.  It's beyond frustrating - it just makes us all feel so damn helpless.  *sigh*  He's OK, though, and that's all that matters in the long run.

First up today is a card I made for the:
Anyone for Anya - Back to School!

I used one of the sweet Creeper Crew kids, doesn't she look just thrilled to be heading back to school?  hee hee  I paper pieced her skirt and colored her with a combination of Prismacolor markers & pencils and mineral spirits.  Cardstock is from SU!  DP is from 7Gypsies and buttons are from my stash.  :)

We have a new challenge for you over at Just Some Lines - the theme is  NEW BABY!  Here's my card for this week's challenge:

This little tiger is so sweet holding onto her teddy bear, isn't she?  You can find her in the shop under the FREEBIES here.  I colored her with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  Cardstock, DP, ribbon, punch, and brads are from SU! 

Be sure to visit the Just Some Lines blog to play along with our new challenge and to see who I picked as the top 3 from the last challenge!  :)  Have a great weekend!  Peace.

Tiddly Inks - Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall & HDH PMS

As much as I love Summer, I am never sad to see it come to an end because I live in New England and the end of Summer means the beginning of Fall.  Apple picking, cider, leaves turning colors, cool and crisp air - HALLOWEEN!  These are just some of the things I love about Fall.  For today, I have a card celebrating this colorful season, for the:

Tiddly Inks - Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

I used Alison the Witch, colored her with my Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits and found some matching DP from SU!  I added some black buttons and orange gemstone stickers - I think it came out pretty cute, it was hard for me not to color her all black for some reason!  LOL

Next up is my creation for this week's:

Haunted Design House Macabre Monday - Psychotic Miss Silver (PMS)

I have been trying to do things other than cards the past couple of months, and it's been fun and makes me feel more creative!  This ornament/tag was made with an image from Tiddly Inks, I printed it on heavy cardstock and then fussy-cut it.  I colored her with black and silver and then sprayed Silver Foil Smooch Spritz all over it.  I then covered it with Mod Podge to make it a little sturdier, what do you think?  Psychotic enough?  hee hee


Have a happy Friday. Peace.

TGF Art Journal, Forever Night, Art With No Boundaries & Card Makin' Mamas

I had a great time again this week with my art journal for:

The Greeting Farm Heart Journaling Week 7 - Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

I printed out some clouds, the sentiment from Tiddly Inks and stamped the devil & angel from TGF onto regular copy paper.  I sponged the background with pink acrylic paint, then sprayed Silver Smooch Spritz all over it.  I colored the girls with Prismacolor pencils, painted the clouds with pink acrylic paint, and used Mod Podge to apply the images to the pages, then sprinkled clear glitter all over it.  I am also entering the above pages into the:
Forever Night Challenge - Devilish Intentions

Next up - I was super excited to get an e-mail from Chris Stern, the designer/owner of the gorgeous CS Designs digital images, letting me know that I had placed in the Top 3 of her most recent challenge but also that I had won a challenge back in May that I missed!  She very generously offered to let me choose 3 images for winning that challenge, so I took about 5 seconds to find 3 gorgeous images and used one to play along with the new challenge theme this week:

Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes

I made an art journal page to match the last one I made - here are the 2 of them together:

 I colored with Prismacolor markers to get a nice, bright look.  I then used lots of Mod Podge to apply the images to the page, and sprinkled some clear glitter over it.  Crab and seaside rocks images are from Just Some Lines.  :)  I'm also entering this into the:

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #28 - Go Digital

AND I'm linking up to the She's Gone Digital blog - check out the other inspiring art journal pages!  I hope you are enjoying my foray into art journaling as much as I'm enjoying sharing it with you.  :)  Peace.