Friday, December 20, 2013

Chromatic Craze Challenge #6

Hello!  Today begins a new challenge for us over at Chromatic Craze.  This time we’re going bright with our colors…

December 2013 Color Challenge

Here’s the tag/bookmark that I made.

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The stamps I used are from Unity’s new Pun stamps.

Thank you for looking!  I hope you will play along with our neon color palette this month.

Monday, December 16, 2013

DICC #68–Dilly Beans

Hi.  I’m sorry I’m getting this posted over a day late.  I spent some time yesterday with my son in the ER, so things are a bit off right now.  Yesterday began a new challenge over at DICC.

This time we are being sponsored by Dilly Beans!

Here’s the itinerary that we’re working with this time…

1.  Snow/snowflakes
2.  Die Cuts
3.  2 or more papers
4.  Ribbon/Twine
5.  Bells/Charms
6.  Lace
7.  Flowers
8.  Bling
9.  Make a gift
10. Red/Green

And here’s the chunky page I made, using numbers 3,4,5,6, & 8.

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Thanks for looking!

Thursday, December 12, 2013

December Smeared & Smudged Member Hop!

Hello!  Today is the Smeared & Smudged monthly member blog hop.  The theme this month is Anything Goes.  As I’ve stated before, I love an anything goes theme!

Here is the full hop list to guide you along your way…

Black Dragon

Lyneen

Kay

Julia

Laura – You are Here!

Evil Edna

Shoni

Maureen

Rocio

Kapree

Fiona

Susan

I decided to make a mixed media canvas piece, since that’s one of my favorite things to make.

I’ve used a few stamps from the Urban Decay rubber set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club along the edges of my canvas.  I really like this stamp set…it’s very versatile.

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This was a lot of fun to make.  It looks a bit more distressed in person, but I had a little trouble getting it to photograph well.  I’ve been saving the spring for a long time, so I’m glad it finally has a home.

Thank you for looking!  Happy Hopping!

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Journal Pages for Smeared and Smudged

Hello!  I just wanted to share a couple of journal pages I’ve made to go along with some of the prompts and techniques that my fellow Art Journal Every Day DT members have come up with over at Smeared and Smudged.

Tori had posted the prompt of Music Notes, so I came up with this page…

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The colors are truer to life in the following picture, but the metallic paint was giving me issues…

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I used the Poe stamp from the Quoth the Raven set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

Susan posted a prompt and technique that was called “Save it”, and this is the page I created for that…

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I used a stamp from the Haunted Places 1 set done by Rick St. Dennis for the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

If you’re curious about what the techniques or prompts involve, then I encourage you to head on over to the Smeared and Smudged forum to see what we’re up to in the Art Journal Every Day group.  The forum is free and friendly, and full of helpful info!

Thanks for looking!  Tomorrow I will be posting a new prompt and technique over at Smeared and Smudged!

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Musically Challenged #15–The Beatles!

Hi!  Today we start a new challenge at Musically Challenged.  This time, instead of being inspired by one music video, we’re drawing our inspiration from an entire band…The Beatles!  So, you can choose to be inspired by one of their music videos, one of their movies, or just one of their song lyrics.

Our sponsor is Sami Stamps, so that is where my image comes from this time.

I chose to go with the song Eleanor Rigby.  It’s one of my favorites…it’s just one of those songs that has always spoken to me.

Here’s the journal page I made…

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Thanks for looking!  I hope you will play along with our anything goes Beatles challenge.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

DICC #67–Saturated Canary

Hello!  Today begins a new itinerary challenge over at DICC.  And guess what?  This time I wrote the itinerary!

We are sponsored by Saturated Canary this time around.

Here’s the itinerary…

1.  Cupcakes

2.  Speckles & Splatters

3.  Recycle Something

4.  Add a Charm

5.  Lace

6.  Distress it

7.  Polka Dots

8.  Make a Gift

9.  Feathers

10.  Add a Bow

And for my project I have used all 10 items on the list!

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Thanks for looking!  I hope you can find time to play along with my list this fortnight!