A matter of tight garters and shoes....

I finally found out what old sour puss's problem is LOL- pinchy garters and pointy shoes! This is a collage on a 5x7 canvas panel. I took the suggestion to stamp on tissue- love the effect! The rest is a collage of clip art, pastels, color pencils, pens and some real ostrich pin feathers (from an old hat).

July NGS Lottery entry

We have a monthly lottery at Next Generation Stampers- this months theme is fairies. My faerie might be just a little whacked- she looks angelic enough, but she's wearing Brogans (boots) and has a nasty little pitch fork. I made a skinny page with her sweetness for the lucky winner (I hope it's me this month!).

Birthday card for China Gold

I love the way this postcard style birthday greeting turned out. I included a pocket on the back which holds a tag (both images are Home Impressions Collage 2 stamps). I hope China has the best sweet 16 ever, and becomes an artist just like mom Dawn!

ATC Album for China Gold

Dawn Gold's daughter China is turning 16 in a few weeks, but will be on holiday in Spain with family. Dawn put a call out for art to celebrate her daughters birthday (such a good Mom!). I made this ATC album to get her started and am including an atc just in case she doesn't get any others. I still have to make her birthday card and get it in the mail Monday.

Tag Folder for CCS

I love this folder- I got the pattern from a Tim Holtz book- it is made from 1 sheet of paper and held together by folds! It was super fast. I added some embelishments that I gleaned from previous swaps, along with my own. I added two of the tags that I made using my Home Impressions stamps. I hope my partner enjoys it!

Home Impressions Stamp Happy!

I have been turning out tags and a few ATC's this weekend using my HID Collage 2 stamps. I used vellum for some of the tags, a few are just plain paper, but most are background papers I have grunged up myself. I did some layering and embellishing, and added some cool fibers to a few. I am justifying the quantity of tags because I have a tag swap coming up with CCS. Enjoy!

Free Range Cowboy and some Sassy Girl Talk

My first work using my brand spanking new rubber from Home impressions! I made a little tag using a custom background and dubbed it Sassy Girl Talk- she looks like she has as sassy mouth for sure :). Next I made a greeting card using the Handsome Man Stamp. I call him Free Range Cowboy. He is layered up and embellished with some shrink tiles I made, a piece of waxed cord, and a tiny little pistol I have been hording apparently for just this occasion!

Weekend Fun!

I just received my stamps from Home Impressions and are they ever great! I am headed to the studio to take before and after picks of my never ending organisation campaign. I want an "orderly" space so I can actually take some photos of my materials. If I get up the nerve, I may actually post them. Monday I had a major natural disaster- my huge Bradford Pear tree split under the weight of its limbs and landed on my tiki hut (bar). The bar survived- a little crooked with a dented roof, but still standing, but I pretty much emptied it out just in case. Now they are coming to trim the tree way back to try and save it, so I have hut stuff all over my garden/ studio area. What a mess! So if you see my before and after photos, please keep my tree heart brake in mind lol.

Row House Insanity!

I innocently entered into a swap for row houses hosted by devilish Trish B. She offered free return postage in return for 50 row houses instead of just 25. I bit. That's a lot of house making, let me tell you! I embossed, stamped, edged and embellished my brains out, and almost destroyed the whole lot yesterday when water splashed over the open baggie I was keeping them in! Fortunately they only have some "artistic" watermarks on the backs of a few. I used the theme of a voyeur looking either in or out of a keyhole in the front door of each house. I hope all the recipients enjoy them! This is a cross section of the whole lot. Can't wait to get mine- I think I'm going to make a wall hanging of some sort. PS- ignore the middle 4 of the bottom row- I remade these but was to lazy to rescan!

Big News!!!!

After seriously neglecting my blog, I have some fantastic news!!!! Ria Vaneman of Home Impression Designs has chosen me as a member of her design team :)

I feel as though I have arrived- I cannot wait to start creating for her. Speaking of... I have been making row houses like a fiend for Trish B's swap. I signed up for fifty. They really are excellent if I do say so myself. I want to post them altogether- hopefully tomorrow. I have also been working on record album bracelets as well as doggie turtleneck dickeys, doggie collars, and go cup sleeves (non-disposable of course). I will get motivated to scan, photo and post this week.

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