TOF, Jellypark, Secret Crafter, & Sketch Saturday

Took Cass to take her English assessment test at Santa Rosa Junior College yesterday, she was so damn cute.  She was so nervous, she kept trying to back out of going all morning but I wouldn't let her.  LOL  She ended up coming out smiling, it wasn't so bad after all.  She has the Math portion on Wednesday and then she'll register for classes in July when she gets back from her trip back East.  So excited for her.  :)


Soooo - happy birthday to the Octopode Factory Challenge Blog!  So here is my card for this week's:

The Octopode Factory - Happy Birthday!

I used the gorgeous Skull & Roses image from The Octopode Factory, and combined their banner with a Happy Birthday text image from Beccy's Place. I am also entering this card into Beccy's Place June Challenge (use any Beccy's Place image). I used purple Glimmer Mist and lots of Lavender Stickles.


Next up is a bookmark that I made for the:

Jellypark Studio Challenge - Let's Fly a Kite

I used the Let's Fly Away set, paired with the Toybox paper from Crate.  I used pop-up dots to adhere the text and a piece of twine for the kite string.

And last for today is my card for the:

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge:  Red, White, & Blue

and

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

I used a gorgeous image from my friend and fellow Dilly Beans DT member, Cristina.  Cristina has a little digi stamp shop she calls Papelitos - Cristina is from Spain and she is just a sweetheart.  :)  Go check out her images, especially my friends who enjoy the darker side of things.  You won't be disappointed!  Have a great day, everyone.  Peace.

New Look & Stuff!

So what do you think???  Do you like the new look of my blog?  I love it.  I spent some time playing around with it last night and I'm happy with the way it came out.  I'm sure I'll change it again within a year or so, but this is it for now.  I like it and I hope you do, too!

I am super excited to announce that I'm now on the Design Team for:

Jenn Nilsson is the owner/artist and she is a complete sweetheart.  I had fun manipulating a couple of her images into a version of yours truly!  LOL  Here she is, using Groovy Girl Love's head and Groovy Girl Peace's body:

Cute, no?  I love Jenn's style and was thrilled that she wanted me to be on her DT, looking forward to working with her and the rest of the fabulous Doodle Gardeners!  :)

Next up - we're on week 2 of our:

Cheerful Stamp Pad - In the Garden

We are sponsored by Digi Darla, so I used one of her pretty images to make an altered coaster,the sentiment is a rub-on from Stampin' Up!

I also have a card today for the:

Dare to Be Sassy Thursday Challenge - Sketch

I used one of the images I had gotten as a freebie, Dhyana.  DP is from My Mind's Eye - buttons and ribbon are from my stash.
 Peace.

CYDI: Buttons, All That Scraps, & JSL

Yeah, it was way too hot to go to the beach yesterday.  Jeremy has a thermometer in his car and it hit 102 at the highest.  So we closed the house up tight early in the morning so it would keep cool and we just hung out at home.  I actually got a ton done in my craft room, it felt great.  I was covered in paint and Glimmer Mist by the end of the day.  LOL


So here's a few of the things I made, first is a card I made for my friend and fellow DT member, Abby, because she sent me a set of Spanish sentiment rubber stamps AND a new Dilly Beansrubber stamp from her store, Dilo en Espanol.  So I made this for her (hope she got it already!) and to enter into the:

Can You Digi It?  Buttons

I used Dilly Beans Sugar Skull Framed, popped up on YoYo Yellow cardstock from Stampin' Up!  I used ink in primary colors from SU! to stamp the sentiments all over and then created a frame with buttons in primary colors.


My next card is for the:

All That Scraps - Anything Goes

I used the sweet Nymph Lucy image, I printed her out rather large so she would take up most of the card, she was fun to color.  I used glitter on her wings and added lots of bling.

Oh and I forgot to tell you yesterday that we have a new challenge for you at:

Just Some Lines - Weddings

I used the Wedding Cake image and kept it simple, pairing it with some pink polka dot digi paper and pink ribbon.  I colored only the flowers in pink then added glitter.

Peace.

WW Pantomime Reminder, HDH MM Perplexing Pigment Play & Poisoned Peas Please Emo/Goth

Hi everyone!  We have a reminder post for you today over at:

Wicked Wednesday ATC:  Pantomime or Express Feeling Without Words

 I used Sad Little Pierrot from our sponsor, The Octopode Factory, and some cool Crackle Accents to give the effect of cracked glass.  Love it!  :)

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I also have a card today for the:
 

HDH Macabre Monday:  Perplexing Pigment Play

 and

Poisoned Peas Please:  Emo/Goth

I used a Gothic Girl digi stamp from Birdie Brown, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  I also covered her cool boots in glitter - I'm a bit addicted to glitter.  LOL  Zebra paper is digi paper - sentiment is from TLC.

Have a great weekend, my friends.

Peace.

MayzyArt, Catered Crop, Dilly Beans Sugar, & DICC

**This is an addition to today's post, I wanted to get this posted in time for the:

MayzyArt Challenge #002: At the Circus!

And I'm also entering this into the:

Catered Crop - Banners or Bunting

Man, I have got to stop finding so many cute new digi stamp companies!  LOL  I bought the Circus Set from MayzyArt stamps to play along in this challenge, but I really didn't need an excuse to buy them.  This is the Tightrope Walker, colored with Prismacolor markers, pencils, and mineral spirits.  DP is from My Mind's Eye and the banner is from Digi My World.
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Happy Friday everyone!  We're expecting a HOT weekend here in northern California, and we're thinking about a beach trip tomorrow!  Can't wait!


Since it's Friday, we have a new challenge for you at:

Dilly Beans - Sugar

I used Amalia Princess and changed her magic wand into a lollipop.  :)  I used my pink Glimmer Mists and some pink candy stickers.  I love these "bead" letters, and I just strung them along a gold cord.


We also have a new challenge for you - and I happened to design the itinerary this week - over at:

Desert Islands Crafts Challenge (Itinerary)

We've made some changes over at DICC and we are now being sponsored by different companies and offering prizes - yay!  Our first sponsor is the awesome Dilly Beans and "Frida's Sugar Skull" is one of my favorite Dilly Beans images.  I colored her with Prismacolor markers, pencils, and mineral spirits along with lots of glitter.  I paired her with some free angel wings I found online and a sticker sentiment.  Ribbon, buttons, and screw brads are from my stash.
Peace.

TOF - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Aaack!  I left my art journal out to dry and totally forgot about it!  So now I'm doing a 2nd post today to squeeze this in for:

The Octopode Factory - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I made an art journal page using the "lion" image from The Octopode Factory (I drew eyelashes on her) and a sentiment from Dilly Beans.  I used acrylic paints watered down for the background and then used a stencil with black ink.  I love the effect and the colors all mooshed together.  And yes, blogger, "mooshed" is a word.  ;)

Peace.

Simply Challenged Inner Betty & Card Crafter's Circle

Hello friends!  Some of you have asked me about Jeremy's dad and I wanted to let you all know that he's doing great.  Physically, he's really come such a long way.  He'll always have pain but he's so much better now.  He misses us since we left, but it was time for all of us and he really doesn't need us anymore.  And of course we wanted to leave while things were still going good, it's never a good idea to press your luck or wear out your welcome, right?  The nonsense with his wife's horrid sisters is over and I trust that karma will eventually catch up to them, but I do admit that I sometimes find myself thinking about the whole situation and wondering how they can sleep at night or what they say to people about it... or do they just not tell people how awful they've behaved?  Or do they justify it somehow?  I don't know, but I have talked to my own sister about it all and made damn sure that if either of us were in a similar situation that we would NEVER allow our husbands or their families to be treated with anything other than the utmost respect, love, dignity... *sigh*  I guess you can't teach people class, morals, or empathy.  Thank you, God, for making sure I was born with them. And for giving me the brains and the heart to surround myself with others who were also born with them.  ;)
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So yeah, let's get to why most of you are here.  My first card for today is for the brand new:


Simply Challenged Challenges - Embrace Your Inner Betty

I had fun with this challenge!  I used Just Betty, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits (hair and skin) and Prismacolor markers (clothing).  Background paper is a digi paper from Tiddly Inks and I printed the sentiment in my word processing program.  I like this image and I think she represents me because she's feminine but edgy.  I am no girlie-girl but I'm not a tomboy either and I think Just Betty embraces my kinda girl.  Oh and I gave her some freckles.  hee hee   So there it is - or there I am.  ;)

Next up is my card for the:

Card Crafter's Circle #26 - Monochromatic

I used the "New Oceans Sentiment Round" digi image from CS Designs, colored with Prismacolor markers and glitter.  My DP is from My Mind's Eye and the little gemstone stickers are from my stash.  I have about a million of those little stickers in every color imaginable.  I have a slight issue with hoarding things that I like.  Glitter and sparkly things are high on that list.  I put glitter on everything - it's like that Frank's Red Hot Sauce commercial says, "I put that shit on everything!"  hee hee  Anyway, I have had the same hundred several bottles of glitter for years, and even though I use them all the time the only one I've had to replace/refill is my Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  I LOVE that stuff, and it only comes in small containers so I tend to go through a lot of it.

Hope you're all having a good week.  Peace.