30 Day Painting Challenge - Week 6

Yes, week 6.  LOL!  

I only managed to get one painting done this week.  I took process photos along the way.

Painting 21 of 30.  The list for day 21 says to be inspired by fashion so I planned on painting a whole outfit.  Since, I don't have a ton of time I focused on one item.  I started with a pair a sunglasses and they were great but sorta boring.  But, I just kept painting and figured something would come up.

My inspiration was the butterfly I painted back on day 4.

I would have to say the hardest part of the painting was the glass.  I'm completely out of medium for glazing so I used a crappy old brush with a tiny bit of watered down white paint.  I was careful not to get too carried away and just let it be.

Have a wonderful weekend!  Sharing with Creative Every Day & Paint Party Friday

Tim's 12 Tags of 2014 - June

For this month's tag I decided to make an accordion fold tag book.

I used random washi tape on both sides.

I typed up thoughts that make me happy and printed them out on vellum.

I bought some butterfly stickers I didn't like but I couldn't throw away.  

I painted them to blend with the background.

Here is the front and back.

Hope you liked my take on Tim's tag.  I would love to hear what makes you happy!  

Please share in the comments.

Click here to see more of my tags.

Art Journal Page - Different

It's 3am and I can't sleep.  I worked on this page a couple weeks ago.  There have been a few changes since but I wanted to share anyway.  I recently added a Tim Holtz word sticker "different" to the top left butterfly.  Lately, I've been trying my best to make sure my work is different.  I love looking at other artists work and I spend way too much time on Pinterest.  Sometimes I have to force myself to shut everyone else out and focus on what I like.

I like to write in between the layers of paint.  It's interesting visually but 

I can't go back and read what I've written.  It works for this page so 

I'm content but I think in the future I will leave some areas legible. 

I did a lot of mark making with color pens, pencils, and watercolor crayons.

I have decided to re-open my ETSY shop.  I don't have much at the moment but if you follow me there you will be the first to be notified of new items added to the shop!

Sharing with Art Journal Every Day

Paint Party Friday

Paper Saturdays 

Springtime Letter - Sketch 75

Good Morning!  Here is sketch #75 for the Cardabilities DT.  I used Prima and Maya Road for this shabby spring card.  Please hop over to the Cardabilities blog and join in this weeks card sketch challenge!  Have a great day!

Butterfly Banner - Sketch #74

I tried something new with this weeks Cardabilities DT card sketch.  I don't normally use a lot of paints and mediums on my cards but I got the script stencil from Crafters Workshop and I just love how it looks with modeling paste.  This card is very simple but I wanted to use lots of texture to make it interesting.

Hope you enjoy this card and take some time to visit Cardabilities and 

create a card using this awesome sketch!

No Fear

I have decided 

not to FEAR!

Some of my ideas never come to light because of fear and doubt.  

I want to be brave enough to try anything and fail.  

This is an everyday challenge for me.

Spring is Here with Cardabilities Sketch #72

Well almost!  In the hopes that the weather will warm up soon I have created this Spring inspired card using Cardabilities Sketch #72.  I used papers from Pink Paislee and charms from my stash.  I hope you get a chance to head over and join in this fun sketch!

Just want to say thanks for commenting and following!!

Have a great week!

Cardabilities #71

I excited to share my very first DT card with you today.  I used the Lifetime collection by Prima.  This sketch is great if you need a quick card for a special someone!  I hope you will hop on over to the Cardabilites blog and join the card sketch challenge.  

Have a great day!

Prima Engraver Card

I feel like it's been a while since I sat down and made a card.  I almost left the scrapbook store without this Prima Engraver paper collection but I'm so glad I picked it up.  I busted out my super old Martha Stewart butterfly stamps and popped them off the card.  I used the Mojo Monday card sketch and love how my card turned out.  I'm a little rusty with my fussy cutting but I went for it anyway.

I am sharing my card in the following challenges; 

Mojo Monday Sketch 282

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

 Have a great night!

Day 12 ATC - Becoming

Used: Paper - Prima & October Afternoon

K & Co butterfly

Tim Holtz & 7 Gypsies tape

Melody Ross word sticker

This ATC is entered in the following challenges;

Scrapbook Steals Monday Craft Madness - Use two different paper collections

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes

Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - Photo Inspiration

TTCRD - Anything goes

Have a great night!

Day 2 & 3 of 31 Days of ATCs

Today I have used more of my Basic Gray...

Giveaway details!

Have a great day!

My First Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Thank You!

Hello!

I'm excited to share this card with you.  It took FOREVER to make!  I just kept fussing around with it because I don't want all my cards and projects to look so similar but in the end who cares.  As long as I'm havin fun that's all that matters!

I love the theme of this Simon Says Stamp Challenge.  This is my favorite time of year.  

I'm so thankful for family and friends and I'm ready to kick off the holidays!

 I did take something new from this card - I used Tim Holtz tissue tape to mimic writing for my background.  It was way too plain back there and I didn't want to stamp so the tape worked out great.

Other supplies; Maya Road banners

Tim Holtz papers

Colorbok die cuts

Prima Pearls

Melody Ross word sticker

K & Co butterfly

Thanks so much for stopping by!

And don't forget to visit Simon Says Stamp!

Mixed Media Tag Swap

I recently joined a mixed media tag swap hosted by Bona!  I will take any chance I can get to paint and share with others.  I used some new and old techniques to make these.  I hope to have a tutorial up soon.  For the most part, I just played around until I came up with something I liked to look at.  I hope the ladies in my group like them.

Click here to see more of my tags!

Stamps - 7 Gypsies

Butterfly - K & Co

Background stamp - Prima

Stencil - Americana

Gloss Gel Medium - Liquitex

Acrylic Paint

Thank you for stopping by!

Butterflies, Ribbon, & Punch for Fussy & Fancy!

This weeks Fussy & Fancy challenge calls for a recipe of butterflies, ribbon, and punches! So, for my DT project I created a butterfly wall hanging.  I wanted to create something inspirational for my walls because they are so bare so I pulled out my chipboard diecut shapes and this butterfly shape was perfect.

I kept the colors light and started with papers from the My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart collection.  I painted edges white and pulled my trims and layered those along side a $1 spot frame I picked up at Michael's.  I again added the paper in the frame and used this great Melody Ross Word Plaque to the center.  My Fiskers butterfly punch, flat back pearls, and white seam binding 

finished off my project nicely.

I chose 'trust the journey' because in my creative journey I really rely on the creativity I've been blessed with.  This creativity makes me unique, happy, and thankful.  I hope you are inspired by this project.

Please don't forget to stop by the Fussy and Fancy Blog to join in on this 

challenge for a chance to win a guest designer spot!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Good Luck My Friend

Good Luck Card

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Prima papers

Recollections Bling

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

K & Company Butterfly

Studio G stamp

Have a great Sunday!

Birthday Tag Mini Album

This is my first try at a tag mini album.  It was a b-day gift for a dear friend of mine.  I love making these because they are so quick and easy!  The paper is DCWV.  The scripture stickers I got from Joanns, and the rub-ons are DCWV, Mariposa collection.

I love this bird from the DCWV rub-ons.  The bird cage is also a rub-on from the dollar bin at Micheal's.

The back of the tags are pink and left blank for journaling.  This butterfly is from a K&Company die cut pack.  I really only used two sheets of 12x12 paper for the whole project.

This was a fun project and I was glad she liked it!  Thanks for stopping by!