Night Owl Scraps--Quickpages rock!

I have had the pleasure of playing with these GORGEOUS quickpages from Night Owl Scraps (formerly MajorTigger). I just couldn't wait to share! (click on photos to see them larger).




There are more pages to play with and her Steampunk kit is coming soon! There are a couple free quickpages over there right now--just be sure to leave her some lovin'!

Photoshop fun

So I have been seeing lots of cool digital art work and wanted to take a stab at it myself. I took this photo:



and added some brushes from Obsidian Dawn and some textures I had as well as some papers I had scanned in.....and this is what it became:


A gorgeous woodland pixie!

Playing with ink

I have been a busy supermom lately! I have been playing with paint, glue, inks, and more! I have created my own alcohol inks as well as glimmer mists. I have created domino art and I am working on a very cool box. I have taken tags, tape, cheesecloth and alcohol ink and made gorgeous tags--but don't take my word for it....here is the evidence!


These dominoes have been painted or inked...some have both, some have paper glued to them....they are coming along nicely!


This is my fairy box using the same technique as the tags below. The stamp is from Smeared Ink from their Faes set.


I really love how this tag turned out. It looks so vintage and just wow!


Like little bits of stained glass....love these!

So pretty!

It's here! Burst Into Spring is a wonderful new collaboration from Siamese Studio and Recherché by KH Designs and it's a must have for your collection.




Visit Kiki's blog!

Guest Designer in September!!!!

I am so excited to let you all know I am going to be the guest designer for Smeared and Smudged for the month of September! There will be a challenge from me, and lots of fun artwork I have been working on to show to all of you! I got my guest designer button and everything! (Love the fire Goddess, how perfect!)

For now I have one little sneak peak:



I have lots of projects for you to see all September long! Enjoy!

Kiki's blog

I wrote another blog over at Kiki's Blog all about back to school and some great websites you can share with your kids! I love the internet, it is great for learning! You can find anything and everything on the internet. So go check out some of the links to places I have used with my children. Enjoy!

Very cool Tutorial at Kiki's blog

I created this hybrid digi layout and this is the second tutorial for making the fun and fabulous layered flower.

http://kiki-scraps.blogspot.com/2010/07/more-hybrid-inspirations-for-your-super.html

Super Saturday Stretch

Go over to Kiki Halbert's blog and check out my post! I am doing Saturday challenges for her and am very excited! I created a new layout (need a photo of DH grilling though) using something coming soon!!!! Go see it!

Kiki Halbert Creative Team Call!!!!

Come one come all and submit your info for this creative team call. Kiki is a wonderfully fun digi-designer. Check out the info below!

http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/calls-15/kiki-halbert-designs-ct-call-ends-june-25th-243366/

Do you love my designs? I’m looking for some fun-loving, motivated scrappers to help create layouts for a new business venture!

Do 3 layouts per month
Post to 3 galleries
Be active in my CT forum

Send me an email with your bio and a link to your fave gallery to: kikihalbertcall@gmail.com

Call ends June 25, 2010.

It's A BOY!!!!!

We are proud and excited to welcome Kirby to our home this weekend. He is a retired champion showdog, Shetland Sheepdog aka Sheltie, who needed a nice home and family to live out his days. They will be full of kids, love and a big back yard!



The kit is called Can We Keep him by Royanna Fritschmann of Divine Digital.

The Marvelous Mae West

A quote book of some of my favorite Mae West quotes. I used various papers for backgrounds, distress inks, copper ink, Bombshell Stamps and photos of Mae West.

Front Cover:


I used the Bombshell butterfly wings stamped on transparencies for the corners of the frame on the cover.

Front Cover hidden photo:


Quote on the back of the tag covering the hidden photo.


First page:


I used Graphics45 vintage paper along with a Bombshell stamp covered in rhinestones (above). Below you can see the photo of Mae on the back of the vintage man.



This is the next page I created the background on chipboard using various distress inks and copper ink. The stamps are from Bombshell Stamps and went well with the quote!



Isn't she a hoot!?! Here is the next page using the Dark Fairy stamp found at Sweet Pea Stamps (created by Ching-chou kuik) and another bombshell. The feather is covering the M in made....



Next page:





And now my absolute FAV page of the entire book--I just love how it turned out...and yes it took me a while to make the fishnet stockings! :)



And the very last page....whew.

Spring Flowers

No more snow, just chilly rain, but that is ok as I am working on layouts and fun stuff. I have a quote book in progress, my dd is making an accordian book of inventions she wanted to learn more about and I have 2 new digi layouts.

I share with you now Spring Flowers. Thanks to Char for the gorgeous photos!!! Thanks to Hoppity by Deanna Patterson of Shabby Scrap Designs for the wonderful papers and elements. I also used Template #21 by Stepinette. Very fun!



I have another digital layout I am printing out to add dimension to. I am really excited about my idea and how it is turning out, so be sure to check back!

And the Winner is:

I had 10 people enter my giveaway and I assigned them random numbers as follows:

1. Itzjust4me
2. Carole N
3. Danielle
4. Madeleine
5. Alison
6. Carol-Ann
7. CrazyCreations
8. Betty
9. Kim Wilson
10 ArtDoll Jean

And using the random.org tool the winner is:

Number 9: Kim Wilson! Congratulations to Kim, I will email you so you can get me your information so I can send out this package! Thanks. I will have the next package ready next week. Have a Happy Easter all!

Altered Art-recycled

Over on Smeared and Smudged we have been discussing various things that we alter. There are fairly "normal" things like books and boxes...there are interesting items like light switch plates and there are recycled items such as license plates or packaging. I wanted to share with you something I did recently with packaging.

Here is what the package looked like.



I bought a bunch of fun beads and upon opening one I thought "Hum, wouldn't this be a great frame for a project I am working on?". So I painted it with this awesome copper paint from Jaquard (they make pearl ex powders) and voila--this is what I got:


Now I just need to finish it up with a photo and maybe some texture. Still not bad for a free chipboard frame!

Come back tomorrow to see who the winner is!

Spring Cleaning Giveaway!!!!

Here is the Spring packet! Look at all the papers, fibers, tag sticker and more! You want it? All you need to do is leave me a comment here for it. These papers are from all different places.



I will pick a winner next Saturday, April 3rd and announce the winner April 4th. The winner will be random from the names that leave comments. This is ONE package! I hope to have a wedding package for the next one to give away so keep looking for the next Freebie! Thanks for playing.

Too Much Stuff means FREEBIES for someone else

Over the past 10 years I have collected and been giving lots and lots of scrapbooking supplies. I have come to the understanding that 1. I will never use all of these items....2. I don't like some of these items (they are just not very *me*), 3. I want to "freecycle" some of them to new homes. So over the next few days I will be putting together packages of items to give away just for coming to my blog and saying--WOW that is great stuff send it to me. I will then use a randomizer to choose a winner for each package.

Doesn't that sound great! I will put photos up when I get them together. This could be buttons, ribbons, papers, stamps, chipboard, pieces parts and more. I will try to arrange a package of JUST Christmas items as well as a bits and pieces set. So check back here this weekend and see what I have available. If you want it, leave a comment on my blog and a lucky winner will get the package. Free free freebies to a good loving home!

Angel Watching

This layout was inspired by a photo shoot with my daughter. My dear friend Char took the photos of my dd. I took the other photo in this layout and used papers from Kiki's Retro Jungle by Kiki Halbert at Scrapbook-elements.com as well as some elements from her kit.

Smeared and Smudged Blog Hop

I want to introduce you to some new creative friends! I found an amazing group of women over at Smeared and Smudged! The group has been growing so fast we wanted to do something special on our blog and then send you to see fantastic art of all shapes and sizes at their various blogs.


I have been working on a bunch of projects this week that I wanted to put up for the blog hop, but things got so crazy here I didn't finish them and I hate putting up 1/2 finished projects. I do want to share this digital layout I created using Kiki Halbert's Retro Jungle kit. I just love the barbed wire and the glitter!



Digital stamps and papers are great--no mess! LOL If you look at my previous blogs you will see some other fun projects I have created since finding Smeared and Smudged.

Meredith

Kathi
Kim
Alex

Kelli
Monica

Alison
Black Dragon
Steph
Michelle
Kas

Kymberly

Kymberly
Kymberly

Keely
Lisa
Lynda

Sarah
Jean

Terra

Sweet Pea Stamps

These stamps from Sweet Pea Stamps are so beautiful! I created this ATC sized one using clear embossing powder, alcohol ink/pearl ex mix sprayed over top. Used a marker for the eyes and orange ink smudged on the butterfly and some edges for adding a different color to the mix. Then covered it with pearl ex powder for more shimmer.

This next one I inked with Staz-On black and then colored in with watercolor pencils. I used my brush to smooth out the pencil and put it on a mat then on a card. I added some fun Mermaid style stickers to create this one of a kind card.

Bad Romance

Most of us have had them....been through them. Smudged and Smeared had an awesome new challenge that really got my brain going. The rock n roll challenge uses a video as inspiration. The first video is by Lady Gaga's Bad Romance video. So here is my layout.



I have some journaling as well as a wonderful quote about a woman scorned. I created a rub on of the Lady Gaga photo (doesn't she remind you a bit of Cher) and did all sorts of fun techinques with this. The black boot with lacings was a white cardstock piece that I spray painted shiny black and punched holes in. I used 4 different types of stamps, some words from the song and the video and combined it all together. The lips down the side are clear embossed with spray ink/pearl ex mix over them.