Try it on Tuesday - Dots/Circles

Going Dotty (dots or circles )

I am loving these recycled journal books and having so much fun altering them, they make the perfect mini canvas! 

Prima - canvas, script stamp

Apple Barrel - acrylic paint

Primo - charcoal pencil

Faber Castel - PITT pen

Ranger - distress stain, Liquid pearls

American Crafts - Marvy Marker

Recollections - sticker letters

Guided - recycled paper journal

Sparkles - #48 Fairies and/or Butterflies

Artists in Blogland - Color This Quote - September Challenge



Try it on Tuesday - Handmade Flowers

Challenge 10th September - Hand made flowers

Trying a new adventure for the Art MoB, making prayer journals. If they don't sell, then I'll donate them to the children's Christmas fund, but hopefully someone will like them.

First, I traced ( yes, ::gasp:: traced ) the flowers onto the painted cover. Then colored in the flowers with acrylic paint. Next, I traced a couple of the flowers onto a light orangey-yellow card stock and fussy cut them out. After adhering them onto the cover I covered them with stickles and while wet, slightly bent the edges of the petals upward and let them dry curled. I added 3 different size gems, one into the center of each flower.

Helmar - 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Gemstone Glue
Ranger - Distress Paint, stickles, liquid pearls
Dylusions White Linen
( loving this white spray, it shows up on everything, even on top of yellow! )
Apple Barrel - acrylic paint
Copics - marker ( binding and outlining )

also entering my Prayer Journal into:

Anything But a Card - #27 Hit the Books
{my sweet earth}- September Create to Live Challenge

malapert: adjective

impudently bold : saucy

pronunciation

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Anything But a Card - #27 Hit the Books

Creative Inspirations Paint - Got CI paints?

September 2013 Creative Dare - Share your Home

What's in my home?

GOD

First I used a brayer to coat the cover of the journal, ( I didn't want complete coverage, I love the Kraft paper showing through ) next using a stencil with paint, which I then outlined with a pearl paint. The Lord's Prayer was stamped on Kraft paper and then cut out, painted and also outlined with pearl paint.

I think one of my favorite parts on my art journals are the small bull nose clips that I add a cross to. I believe that the small cross embellishment makes a big impact. You might notice a small dot of Helmar 450  Quick Dry Adhesive over the opening of the ring, it helps assure that it won't open and let the cross slide off by accident.

Helmar - 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Acid Free Glue

Guided - journal ( Walmart ) 

Apple Barrel - acrylic paint 

All Night Media - stamp

Ranger - Liquid Pearls, distress paints

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Creative Inspiration - paint

Viva Decor - pearl pen

Cousins - charm

Reminisce - white pen

Crafter's Workshop - stencil

Sakura - Glaze pen

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Have you read Divergent?

Here's my review :)

jape: verb

to say or do something jokingly or mockingly

to make mocking fun of

pronunciation

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Simon Says Wednesday- Anything Goes

 Creative Inspiration - Inspired by: Anything goes

I free hand painted the tree trunk but used all sorts of odds and ends for the dots ( erasers, wine corks, the end of paintbrushes, etc. )

Recollections - glitter sticker letters

Viva Decor - pearl paint

Apple Barrel - acrylic paint

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Having a great time on vacation, Jamie and I are plowing our way through some Pinterest recipes, last night we ate bite size apple pies and at the beach I got to see my first Royal Tern.

Borborygmus: noun

intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas

( well, this is one for the books!, lol )

pronunciation

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This is my first time entering a challenge for My Sweet Earth, a blog run by Susan K. Weckesser.

August Create to Live Challenge

using this for your inspiration:

The sweet ripe taste of ...apples. 

Up here in the mountains we are known for our crisp variety of apples so I was inspired to paint some apples...well, one apple anyway. We will be having an apple festival the last week in August so I wanted to have something apple related for sale in the Art MoB.

 I also wanted an apple related verse by Robert Schuller so I chose:

"Anyone can count the seeds in the apple but only God can count the number of apples in a seed."

My background is a combination of paints and stains, with the embossed lettering for added texture. Then the apple branch was painted on with acrylics and stains with an outlining of pearl paint.

Ranger - distress stains, barn door, vintage photo, peeled paint, brushed pewter

Viva Décor - pearl pen, dark brown

Plaid - acrylic paint, nutmeg brown

Apple Barrel - acrylic paint, Kelly green, khaki, yellow flame, white

Delta Creamcoat - bright red

Crafters Workshop - stencil, TCW261



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side note:
One of my little art canvas was used for advertisement in the Laurel Magazine for the Art MoB! :)

 You can see it here.
If you do go to the link to see it, mind giving me a like?
Thank you!~

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Simon Says - Monochromatic
Aud Sentiments - #87 Anything but a birthday card
Inkspirational - #33


what? 2 cards in the same week that are monochromatic? What is becoming of me?

I've really been trying ( honest, I have ) to use up my stash items, you know those things we hold onto for years and for whatever reason they don't get used but there they are, secretly mocking you...oh wait, I might be the only one who has stash that mocks them, lol Anyhoo....I have had these animal sticker letters since 2006 ( hangs head down in shame ) and when I saw the Inkspirational challenge, I just knew I could use them, with the letters of the inspiration piece inspiring me.

Folderol: noun

nonsensical talk or action : trivial nonsense

pronunciation
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Creative Inspirations - Inspired by Anything Goes
Anything but a Card - #25 Summer Fun

August 2013 Creative Dare - Let it Go...

My first video uploaded to Youtube! This is a milestone for me!

( insert happy dance )

Things I like about the video:

1. It's right side up :) happy dance....lol

2. intentionally increased the speed so you can see the process in 11 minutes and not 22

3. It doesn't loop continuously

4. It's on Youtube, lol

Things I need to work on:

1. Lighting, must work on that

2. Remember to focus closer to the project

3. talk or music, you do need one or the other

Since the August challenge was to complete your work in less than 90 minutes, I am pleased that I did the "6 x 12" base" design in 22 minutes! I really "let it go", and "let it flow"....lol I actually like how it turned out too. Bonus, huh?

I used my Zinnias for the inspiration, you can see them in the video at the top of the screen, but here's another picture of them, they are the first 2 to bloom this summer. ( I grew them from seeds )

After I did the charcoal I had to spray it and set it, so I took the time to clean up and get ready for the next phase. Overall, I worked on the piece for 1 hour, by far the fastest I've ever completed a work. It's not as detailed as I like but the simplicity kinda works for me. During that time I decided I wanted to add some dimension to the center of the flowers so I painted the centers blue and then using E6000 I adhered some dew drops over that.

For some people the painting freehand might be stressful, but for me it's the stamping. I really have to work at it and I usually goof it up along the way. The highlight was finding out that my gemstone ladybug fit perfectly in the o of Love...♥

I had to add in the "breathe and let go" somewhere on the canvas, after all that's what this piece is about!

And the final result, the finished canvas, the pièce de résistance....

E6000 - adhesive

Apple Barrel - acrylic paint

The Robins Nest - Dew Drops

Golden - gesso

Primo - charcoal pencil

Really Reasonable Ribbon - hemp cord

Stampabilities - alpha stamps

StazOn - ink

Try it on Tuesday - Collage with a twist: must include some script

I love collaging, there is just something fun about getting all gluey and messy!

I wrote a post called "Box Artist" the other day because I am always humbled and amazed when someone buys them. I never thought of myself as a box "designer" but I now received my first commissioned box so I'm extremely thrilled.

Like most of my boxes, they have tops that are held together by Velcro. I love using the MS doilies because they are actually quite sturdy.

The ribbon on this one is adhered onto the bottom of the box to keep it from slipping. I also didn't have to do anything to the inside of the box except paint it as she is wrapping the gift in tissue paper to put inside it.

Here is an up-close of the collage, I tore book test and a scrapbook paper into sections and glued them on, next a layer of printable butterflies

followed by a layer of tissue paper to soften the effect.

entering this in:
Creative Inspirations: Inspired by Anything Goes
Moxie Fab's - Tuesday's Trigger: It's Collagical

 Martha Stewart - miniature doilies
Apple Barrel - acrylic paint
velvet ribbon - stash
K & Co. - paper
flower, and fluffy "thing" - JoAnn's

Here are the butterflies, feel free to use them,

 they were a free printable that I got from Donna Downey.

fard: verb

To paint (the face) with cosmetics
pronunciation
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Electric Paperie - eTeam picks challenge

Teresa Jaye picked the challenge this go around and it is

Use Papers from your Kitchen in a Collage

hmmm? I knew I had napkins I could use for this challenge because I collect and hoard napkins like I do pretty scrapbook paper, lol 

So I chose this one, because it had a retro funky feel to it.

I didn't intend for this to be so Autumn looking...but the turkey along with the color combination really brings that out. Maybe because I had Shaz's color challenge on my mind is the reason I took out this napkin to use but I did try and make it not so Thanksgiving looking by adding one of my favorite sentiments:

I dream of a better world where a chicken can cross the road

without his motives being questioned.

I used some Gelli print paper for the word strips, ( love the color layers ) and painted the background out first with acrylic paint and then added a layer of twinkling H2o's over it.

I used a pearl pen for the outlining and doodling of the edges, I love that you can get different effects from this particular pen. If I lay down the dots and then gently tap my board on my table top, the drops flatten out ( inside the turkey's body ) but if I leave them alone they hardened to a nice raised edged ( the outlines and drops ).

also entering this in:

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - #46 Autumn Colors

Apple Barrel - acrylic paint

Viva Décor - Pearl pen

Copics -marker

LuminArte' - Twinkling H20's

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Paper Smooches -  July 22-28 Picture Perfect challenge

I was very drawn to the colors and to the sun, so I spritzed my background with 2 shades of ink to simulate the sun, and since it was a beach picture I was inspired to use the cute little whale. The front of the card was run through the computer to print out the sentiment.

After stamping, coloring and cutting him out I sliced my paper and slid him into the water, I could have masked it but I preferred the paper piecing route. I really like a little dimension on my cards.

Paper Smooches - Surf and Turf stamp set

Ranger - Dylusion ink sprays, Distress stains

StazOn ink

pattern paper - misc. from stash

caterwaul: verb

to make a harsh cry

 to protest or complain noisily

pronunciation
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PanPastel Challenge Blog -  Challenge 19 - In The Pink
Craft-room challenge - Stamp your own background
Challenges 4 Everybody - #20 Anything Goes ( 2nd entry )

I just love this sheer butterfly ribbon....trying not to hoard....trying...

Paper Smooches - Timber stamp

Really Reasonable Ribbon - butterfly ribbon

Martha Stewart - doily

Pebbles - rub on sentiment

StazOn - ink
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Paper Smooches - May 13-19 Designer Drafts challenge


As you can I took the version on the right and instead of banners I used 3 fish with bubbles going up instead of the straight line. On the right side of my card, I took 2 colors of blue paint and coated my bubble wrap and pressed it down. After it was dry I ran it through the printer using the free digi stamp for the sentiment. Love the bright yellow bow against the turquoise paper.

Love the bright colored fishes!

Paper Smooches - Surf and Turf stamp
Rangers - Dylusion Spray inks, stickles
Apple Barrel - Bahama Blue
Adirondack - Cloudy Blue
Sharpie - black

doxology: noun

  a usually liturgical expression of praise to God

pronunciation

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Pan Pastel's UK Challenge Blog - Use a Stamp Image

 

The strip of paper that had the camera rub ons was from a long time ago. I couldn't even tell you why I did it, or why I kept it. lol But I did, and I am glad. It didn't fit the width of the board though so I painted a film strip to go down the length of the sign and used the felt from a TH applicator to stamp the rectangles along the film strip. Then used white drippy paint and stamped words.

 

 

Autumn Leaves - stamp ( smile )

Sandy Lion - stamps ( inspire, create, imagine, arrow )

Hambly - rub ons - ( cameras )

camera charm - misc.

Apple Barrel - white, black paint

Reminisce - white pen

Traveling Typewriter - font

 

ambidextrous: adjective

capable of using both hands with equal ease

or

unusually skillful : versatile

also

 characterized by duplicity : double-dealing

 

pronunciation

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Panpastel UK Challenge Blog - # 13 Anything Goes

Anything but a Card - Challenge #16 Who/what are you inspired by?

I am inspired by quotes.
 I love them, they make me feel happy, motivated, reassured and inspired.
One of my favorite activities is surfing Pinterest and collecting quotes, if you look at my Wall Hangings at the Art MoB tab you will see some of my favorite quotes that I have used.
I have also made quote books in the past, to keep my most meaningful quote always close to me. 

 

 

Had a real good time mixing paints and spray to get this background.

 

May Arts -leaf/vine  ribbon

Ranger - Distress paints and sprays

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Hemp cord

Imagine - Goosebumps

Apple Barrel - black gloss paint
flower made by Judy's Fabrications

companionable: adjective

marked by, conducive to, or suggestive of companionship : sociable

pronunciation
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February's Creative Dare:

Create a piece using your Life List/Bucket List/List of Dreams

 

If you are a somewhat regular follower of my blog you will know that one of my dreams has always been to have my art for sale in a gallery. This past September I achieved that goal and I am so happy that I made the leap of faith and did it.

 

I dedicate this piece to that dream.

 

During Tracy's Monday Night Video session she played around with a gelli plate making prints. Since I didn't have one; ( but love to paint along with Tracy ) I used a sheet of wax paper taped down and tried to emulate the gelli plate process as best I could. 
This is what I came up with.

Apple Barrel - white

Deco Art, Patio Paint - Petunia

American Traditional - stencil ( old, from a home improvement store )

Next I took my Distress Stain and painted in between the stencil, using water to blend it out. I also used a marker to go over the white stencil to bring it out.

Ranger - Distress Stain, Barn Door
Faber Castell - PITT artist pen, white

Then I added my quote with stickers and rub-ons.

Recollections - Glitter Alphabet Stickers
My Mind's Eye - Sundress "Bloom" Rub-Ons
Reminisce - white pen

At this point ( when I am finished with most of my wet products ) I add a backing to my board, which is a piece of chipboard. I added detailing in the form of a white outline around the perimeter and then used the technique of dipping my Distress Marker into the spray ink and outlining the stencil and adhering a gem.

Rangers - Distress Marker, Spun Sugar

and Dylusions bubblegum pink

My Mind'e Eye - gem

Helmar - Gemstone Adhesive

The last touches are adhering the butterflies, and the cord to hang it with.

DCWV - Shimmer Stack
NRN - lace vellum
Cricut - Paisley cartridge, p. 40
Really Reasonable Ribbon - hemp cord

Lovely dimension!

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdots, tape runner

finished wall hanging

 
Also entering this in:

Die Cuttin Divas - Challenge #102 - color
Red, Pink, Purple, and/or White

I swear it's more purple-ly than it photographed.
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I'm having a birthday give away to celebrate getting older...ugh!
But it's always more fun if there are presents involved! right?
♣We are also up to level 3 in prizes♣

♥Go here to enter ♥