TIOT - Halloween

Challenge - Halloween

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They are offering a $10 store voucher
to our monthly winner.

Mr. Kooky Grungy Pumpkin

I used lots of distress ink on this, just playing around and trying to "loosen" up a bit.

Ranger - distress ink
Copics - marker
Faber Castell - PITT pen
joint tape
Cricut - Stretch Your Imagination p. 44

also entering Mr. Kooky Grungy Pumpkin in:
Sparkles - #49 Halloween or Colors

Cut it Up - Halloween or Day of the Dead - Challenge #30 

Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC#22 "Anything Goes" Challenge
Bitten by the Bug - Pumpkin Time Challenge

Hypnophobia: noun

The morbid fear of sleep.

( This would have to be a hard one to have! )

pronunciation

( For all my new followers, I occasionally like to learn new words, and this month, being that it is Halloween month,

 I am working on phobias....yes, I'm weird like that!! )

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Seems like an explosion of Prayer Journals lately, doesn't it? But they are selling well at the Art MoB so I am having to restock my supply of them. On this one, I tried to focus on creative writing, something I struggle with, so I am taking my first online class from Whimspirations to hopefully free me up a tad more and learn some new styles. I am so glad I joined Bubblews, which paid for the class. (Thank you!!) If you want to earn a little extra cash ( you won't be able to retire on the income, lol ) each month, I highly recommend it! It's fun, easy and they pay you!

The rub on was so old that I struggled to get it to transfer and had a couple of gaps that I filled in with my marker, and happy to say, you can't tell :)

Sakura - Pigma Sensei - black

Reminisce - white pen

Ranger - distress stain

Copics marker

entering my chickadee Prayer Journal in:
Craft Room Challenge - Our Feathered Friends

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

Paper Playtime - Challenge #16 Lots of Yellow

Ch# 16 Lots of YELLOW

Begins: Monday, Aug 5

Ends: Sunday, Aug 18

Sponsor: CTMH, Lucy Kelleher http://lucyk.ctmh.com/

Prize: $10 Gift Certificate to Online store

(must have USA address)

I love simple, easy to make cards, no stress = happy card maker! The most time was in arranging the sentiment to go around the butterfly shape, which I did on my Print Artist program.

Graphic 45 - solid cardstock
K&Co. - butterfly
Copics - edges
misc. from stash - pattern paper

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

exiguous: adjective

 excessively scanty : inadequate

pronunciation

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Paper Smooches - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail

Inkspirational - #18 color challenge ( peach, grape, olive )

Moxie Fab - The Wonder of Watercolor Challenge

For anyone who thinks they cannot use digital stamps because they have the wrong kind of printer ( me ) ....this is what I do. I print out the image and use my light box to trace over it with a waterproof pen and then color the image in. Of course, this can be done best with a simple design, nothing too complicated. 

I gave the background a light blue grey wash of color, then painted in the balloons. Next I laid my water color paper over the printed digital image and traced. I drew the image in 2 steps, the squirrel was first: angled a little bit, then tilted my paper back a little so the word hi would be a straighter. Next, I outlined the balloons...finis!

Kim Hughes  - Paper Smooches free digital stamp

Ranger - Distress Ink

Faber Castell - gelatos and PITT pen

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Crafty Steals - Third Thursday Sketch Challenge

I added some Distress Stain to this chipboard star and I love how it looks like suede!

Maya Road - star chipboard
 traveling typewriter - font
Prima - Gear pattern paper
Copics - marker
Balsam wood, remaining papers - from stash bin
Ranger - Distress Stain

Hope you had fun yesterday for NSD...did you scrap? I got a few things done!

xenophobia: noun

 fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
pronunciation
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Cute Card Thursday - #265 Cakewalk
CARDZ TV - #28 Cute as a Button

Do you think a sticker has to stay in the way it was made? Or do you like to alter them? I buy sticker sheets for usually about ½ of them, and then have leftovers that use to drive me crazy because I felt I wasn't getting my moneys worth...now I love the left over stickers because I can play with them, change them up, alter them and it's fun!

 

Tip 'o the Day!

 Here, I had used half of this sweet little glittered flower border and had a portion left over so I used my hole punch to remove those flowers and put them on the cupcake as sprinkles. And if you look at the tag itself, those cute little bees were all cute out from the sticker sheet. ( I do recommend placing the stickers on a piece of paper before cutting, makes it very easy then. ) That big Happy Birthday sticker is another one I changed up, it was too big for the tag so I removed an element and then ran a line of stickles around it to hide where it was cut off.

So, alter..or leave in your scrap pile in case you might need it one day...which way do you roll?

 

Viva - Pearl Pen

Little Yellow Bicycle - striped paper, bees, sticker sentiment

Ranger - stickles

candy buzz - font

Cricut - Rock Princess, p. 77 ( cupcake )

Stretch Your Imagination, p. (tag )

Zig - marker
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Fantabulous Cricut - #156 April Showers
Chocolate,Coffee, & Cards - #37 Download

Sketch as is on left, and flipped on right

 

As you can tell I chose to flip the sketch over;

The umbrella was cut out of chipboard and then the handle was cut off so I could lift the canopy up for some dimension using Liquid Scrap Dots. Added some faux stitching to the canopy.

Cricut - Everyday Paperdolls, p. 42

My Little Shoebox- pink cloud

American Crafts - felt flowers

felt flower brads - misc.

Copic

Zig Writer

Assorted sprays

Fiskar - embossing plate

Petunia Bounce - font

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdots, Gemstone Adhesive

euchre: verb

1: to prevent from winning three tricks in the card game euchre

 

2: to cheat or trick 

 

pronunciation

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It's WOYWW today, that means fingers cramp and eyes strain from trying to visit the hundreds of ladies around the globe and nose around their craft desks!

 

 OK, so I had a few people from last week wanting to know if the tube I attached under my shelf was working out and the answer is yes and no. No, the scissors didn't work out there as I capped the end of the tube which made it too short and the scissors kept falling out...then I tried keeping my eye glasses there figuring it would be a nice spot so they wouldn't get dirty or scratched, but I'm constantly changing back and forth and frankly am just too lazy to keep putting them back. Currently the tube is housing a hole punch, needle nose pliers and wire cutters until they get put back into their usually assigned place. Other than that, a card I am sewing on takes main precedence on my desk today. 

 

Big News alert !!( cue trumpet )
When I went to upload my picture, I had actually my browser box back to upload from my computer, lol Wonder if it will be there tomorrow, or is Blogger just euchring with me?

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Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - #145 Sound ofMusic

Paper Playtime - Challenge #2 Use some BROWN

Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge 83 Belated Birthday

Simon Says Stamp and Show - What are you known for?

 

 

So Simon poses the question: What am I known for?

hmmmm?

Interesting question, isn't it?

OK, my bloggy friends might answer it quickly with my "waving hi from the hills of North Carolina" signature :)  or my Word of the Day fixation...

My crafting friends know I love to hand stitch on almost all of my projects and that I am published in the Cricut Magazine.

And my real life friends might say I have a quirky sense of humor and never answer my phone!

 

I guess it just depends on who you ask...and if you ask me...

Well, obviously it's my stunning beauty and effervescent personality!

stop laughing, pick yourself off the floor now....sheeesh

  

My Mind's Eye - music sheet paper

Cricut Craft Room - April Showers

CARDZ TV with Mary - birthday stamp

font - Traveling Typewriter

Copics

Helmars - Liquid Scrapdots

 



albeit: conjunction

even though

 

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Pause Dream Enjoy - #51 December Celebrations
Frosted Designs - 12th Day of Christmas

12 brads

 

OK, so I whined some on the FD blog...12 brads...at one time?? LOL I use brads less often than buttons but more than eyelets..I think I tossed all my eyelets in the trash years ago actually ;p But I did have one more card to make and thinking of using my brads as a Christmas tree design did help me to use up some green brads, so it was all good in the end. Since I was hand delivering this one, I didn't have to worry about the brads making my card too bulky or too heavy.

 

Creative Imaginations - pattern paper

Fiskars - snow flake embossing plate

Big Shot

Really Reasonable Ribbon

DCWV - Shimmer-licious Stack

Helmars - 450, tape runner

brads - misc.

Copic marker ( to color small square brad brown for tree trunk )

 

And I did complete all 12 days of Christmas albeit with whining towards the end but I did enjoy the challenges and it helped me to get my Christmas cards completed so even if I don't win anything I still had fun...lol

 

 here's a review:

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I can happily say that I survived the Millennium and now the Mayans!

Bring it on 2013!

ho: noun

slang: a derogatory term for a woman

( lady of the night, street walker....oh enough already..a whore!! )

lol

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Hi everyone out in WOYWW land of messy desks and creative minds! How are you doing today? I hope all is well and that you have time to stop and chat a bit with me. I was MIA last Wednesday, it's the first time since I began WOYWW that I missed a day...better than my school record; I must say! ::patting self on back::...hee hee

I can't show you a picture of my desk because it has some Christmas Cards on it that I am making for a group swap, but I will share a picture of some Pitt Pen love which is laying on my desk....I keep all my pens and markers in baggies. I know that may sound weird but I have an obession with them. I have Slick Writers, Renee Lingren Markers, Glitter Gems and StarLightz ( together because they are glitter related ), Sakura Glaze pens, Galaxy Markers, Gelly Roll Metallics and EK Metallic collection ( also together since they are metallics ) and I also have a drawer for my random collection of pens: Copics, Reminisce, Uniball, and Close to my Heart, and lastly, a box on the shelf contains Sharpies and DecoColor Paint pens. Wow, that's 15 different kinds of pens/markers that all have their unique usage!!

 Are you a pen/marker ho? Evidently I am, lol

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Also, since I touched on a Christmas card swap....would anyone be interested in exchanging handmade Christmas cards with me? I would love a WOYWW swap with all my buddies. If you're interested, please e-mail me at sandeesetliff@yahoo.com, put WOYWW x-mas card swap in the subject line so I don't delete you!
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I would also love to share my new business cards that I made. The obvious part is the palette shape with the information about where to find my "stuff". But the best part are the colors and the dates.

 Now let me explain why...:) The colors with the days of the week have an importance! ( nothing to do with my art, are you confused? ) The explanation is simple, really it is! I am shy when it comes to promoting  the "sales" part of my business, so the colors/days of the week are important as it is a conversation starter for me. You see, those colors/days of the week represent the twisty ties on a loaf of bread which let's you know how fresh the bread is!( found on Pinterest ) In other words, something for me to talk about that's not pushing the sales of my art. I've been able to hand out cards to bank tellers, Office Max people ( who bless their hearts, let me fondle the different weights for paper to print my cards onto, lol ) and to complete strangers at the bread isle.

Now, if they happen to ask me about 'Sandee's cards and signs' then I can tell them all about my "stuff". If they don't, well, hopefully they might check it out. Regardless, I am hopeful that this is the kind of business card that won't get thrown away, or dumped into a larger pile of junk in a drawer, but will be pulled out and used as a reference, maybe even shared with a friend!( and yes, some of you may notice that there isn't enough room for "Artful Words", unless I drop down the thumb hole, which I plan on doing later )
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Sorry for the long post, I guess missing out last week made me feel all wordy and such, just so much to share with you all!
::::group hug:::::
...now go on...visit the others, tell them I said hi!

snood: noun

The flap of skin that hangs over the turkey's beak is called a snood. It turns red when the turkey is upset or during courtship

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Since I am entering this card into the PanPastel challenge, I try to do a little more artistic measures, like hand drawing the turkey and sign, painting, and using my old chalk set. ( As close as I can get to PanPastels, lol ) I have to say that their sponges and applicators are the best and I love the ones I purchased. ( even for the old fashion chalks ) I used my Sakura Glaze pens for the tail and snood, and my Pitt Pens to outline everything with.

I wanted the sign he is holding to stand out a little bit so I wiped some white acrylic paint on with my finger, and I have a dry Copic ( just haven't taken the time to refill it ) and swiped it over the edges. Again, ( like yesterday's card ) I printed my text out on regular paper and then laid my "sign" over it using an uplight box to trace over the words with my Pitt Pen. ( have I mentioned lately how much I love these pens?? )

 

PanPastel UK Challenge # 36 Autumn/Fall
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Harvest Festival #138

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