Frosted Design kit - Simply Sweet

Simply Sweet kit

So with each kit, you get to choose a messy or a clean option. Well, I am ALL about having messy options in life! This is the messy option!

I loved that the stencil was zen-doodled inspired so I couldn't help but hang some zen-dangles here and there :)

Want to see the entire project? hen please hop on over to the Frosted Designs Blog...love to have you visit!

Beauty all around

Create to Live May Challenge

I always take some time everyday to find beauty all around me, and I never have to look too far. Sometimes it's my friends, family or my art and sometimes it's right outside my window. Spring is blooming all around me so I took some time today to try and capture some of it's beauty in my art journal.

I love the colors that Susan choose for the Create to Live May challenge and incorporated some pink and blues and all those nature bits and bobs ended up translating into beautiful butterflies floating around in the garden.

I have been enjoying using my handwriting on so many things these days! My latest project was writing this quote around the edge of my patio table...If you don't have Joanne Sharpe's The Art of Whimsical Handwriting book....what are you waiting for?

( entering my table / journal page in the Moxie Fab - Hip for Handwriting challenge )

...because, you see, I do live right by a little babbling brook and I love sitting outside, listening to the birds and to my little stream!

If you want to see the video I created using the inspiration board then please hop on over to the Frosted Designs Blog to watch it. You can join me over at {my sweet earth} to play along in the Create to Live May challenge ♥ where you have a chance to win this!

Feet "bearly" touching the ground!

So yesterday was the big bear reveal for the Bearfootin event that takes place in the city where I live, Hendersonville, NC. It was so much fun to paint my bear and I was thrilled when I was asked to do a bear for next year too!

The paper says we had around 150 people turn out for the event! Can you see me? lol I'm to the left of the first tree :)

After the reveal, I felt like I was famous, here I am posing for pictures. I've never had so many people taking my picture all at one time. My friends were teasing me afterwards about my 15 minutes of fame!!!

And today, I sold 3 wall hangings and an altered frame....so I need to get my feet back on the ground and get busy! 

entering my 6x12" wall hanging in:

Moxie Fab's Hip for Handwriting Challenge

Helmar DT post

 ...sigh.....some posts are harder than others, not because of the project itself but what you are thinking about while creating it. In this case it's about my mom, I was asked to do a Mother's day project but my mom passed away in 1999 so I was trying to come up with something to remember her by. You can hop over to the Helmar blog to read about it and the poem that goes with this project.

I used 2 different Frosted Design kits to create the painted mirror for the base of my project. I began with the Moment in Times kit ( the Silks Acrylic Glaze - African Jade ) as the first layer. Next I used the Glimmer Glaze - Paradise Pink from the Simply Sweet kit letting the first layer peek through. The last step was using the Viva Paper Pen - Cream over everything, which gave it a lovely enameled appearance. The flowers and lace also came from the Simply Sweet kit and the  KaiserCraft Rub-On word treasure and the paper also are from the Moment in Times kit. 

On the other hand, there were some great funny memories and talking to my mom going on in my head and how she would have loved me being on a glue design team. Not just because of the free products we get and yes, she would have loved that part, but also because my mom was notorious for gluing everything! We use to tease her about it; and she only had Elmers, a hot glue gun and Super Glue! Ahhh, she would have been deliriously happy with all the glues I have at my fingertips, there is no telling what she would have done with them all!

Here's to you mom!

♥ Happy Mother's Day ♥

I'm so happy!

It's true, I love certain products and I love representing them! It's easy to do when they are fabulous! I first used this Deco Art Inc. Multi Surface paints for my bear sculpture that I painted for my city of Hendersonville, NC which will be revealed this Friday among the other bears. Here is he is in all his painted glory along with the colors I used to create him!

 For my next project, one of a much smaller scale, I used these colors. They go on so smoothly and give great coverage!

 I have a challenge for the month of May to use this style of lettering that I call "Wonky"over at the Frosted Design Blog. It's a fun and easy to do lettering that will make all your projects look whimsical! If you would like to join us then post your creation over on the Frosted Design's Facebook page. And I am now being sponsored, which means prizes for you! whoot whoot!!

I just love this saying, it's so fun to have out on your porch or patio and will make everyone smile when they read it, including yourself!

I also like to stage this little watering can so that it tilts a little like it is watering the plants below by tying it up with some pretty green ribbon. I am lucky that my balcony is covered and that I don't have to worry about the elements ruining it!

entering my hand lettered watering can in:
Moxie Fab - Hip on Handwriting challenge

Sundays with Sandee

Wonky handwriting is my favorite, I like it almost as much as I like saying the word wonky! Yeah, I know, I'm nuts, but that's why you love me! lol

 entering my card in:

Moxie Fab's Hip on Handwriting challenge

I love how spray inks used with a water brush really look like water colors.

There is something on my card that has to do with Joanne Sharpe's current homework which is p. 57....get your book and play along!

I am really enjoying using these little images which I fussy cut from Midnight Designs graphics, play along with Sundays with Sandee and show us your work over on the Face Book page for a chance to win!

This is a sneak peak for tomorrow's post that I am doing for Deco Art paints, I used my handwriting and their fabulous multi surface paints! Can you guess what it's painted on?

Visit Sundays with Sandee over on the Frosted Designs page to see the video on my "wonky" lettering! 

BIG NEWS!!

************Sneak peak alert**********

Have you heard?!?  Sunday's with Sandee is making BIG changes!!!  Starting this month, we will be giving away FAB-U-LOUS prizes to our loyal SWS followers!!!  

All you have to do is follow along with me on Sundays and submit your finished work on ourFacebook page here.  A new album will be created at the beginning of each month where you can upload your beautiful creations!!!  

Each Sunday that you play along with will gain you one entry.  The more you play, the more chances you have to win (one entry per week, up to four per month!!).  At the end of the month, we will chose a random winner to win that month's prize!!!  Easy peasy, right?!?  

And do we have some AMAZING prizes lined up for you this month!!!!  Since we love our loyal followers soooo much, we've lined up to awesome sponsors for TWO lucky winners!!!!  

The first prize will be a wonderful pack of printables to use on your journal pages or other mixed media projects by Freda F Printables!!!  This will also include a $4.00 Euro (Appr $5.00 Dollar) coupon on your future order!!!!  Freda offers an array of pattern papers and DIY embellishments!!!

Here's a little information about Freda and her work:

FredaFprintables, unique designs, artwork and crafts supplies to print out yourself for scrapbooking, card making and crafting, but also cut-work, die cuts from paper, ready to use and handmade with love. Papers, boxes, envelopes, tags, labels, circles and elements, paper dolls and lettering.

All my printables are printed, tested and optimized, mostly you see real samples on the photos. So you do not just buy a digital file, but you can be sure it works. 

Have fun to browse through my shop and don't hesitate to contact me if I can help!

The second prize is a $15.00 gift certificate to After Midnight Designs!!!!  Marie offers beautiful collage sheets with amazing designs for all your mixed media and paper crafting needs!!!  

Here's a little info about Marie and her wonderful designs:

The one place to go for digital collage sheets!

I always loved to work with pictures. Started with making paper collage in school and somehow it all just went on and now the computer is my main tool. I do sometimes work with paper, scissors and glue as well, to try to find out new shapes for boxes and envelopes. Some of it you can see in my shop.

I love vintage style tags and cards and try to find new motifs all the time. I use my camera to take a lot of photos and I also paint with watercolors. I try to use parts from my photos and paintings when I create digital papers and tags. 

I hope you like what you see in my shop. If there's something special you're looking for, send me an e-mail and I'll see what I can do!

Of course, as with anything, there are some housekeeping rules:

~ In order to be eligible for the monthly prize (s), you must upload your beautiful creations inspired by Sandee to that month's album on our Facebook Page!

~ Your SWS projects can not be entered into any other challenges on Frosted Designs.  Sharing outside of FD is okay!!!

~ Winners will be chosen at random, based on number of entries (i.e. If you play along for three Sundays, you will have three entries!)

~ Feel free to create as many projects as you like, however, only one entry per person, per week will be eligible for the monthly prize!!!

~ HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!