Crafty Little Woman

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

June Bombshell Hop!

3 Cheers for Summer! That’s the theme this month. Smile We were to either use the number 3, or 3 of something on our summer themed projects. Fun!

I got sidetracked and didn’t get to do what I really wanted, so I ended up making this card, using Hula Girl from Bombshell Stamps. I used 3 little pink paper clips on my card. And I divided the card into three sections. I did something different and used a colored ink and didn’t color in my images.

Thanks for looking! Your next stop is the amazing Alaine!

Here’s the full hop list in case you need it…

Laura – That’s Me!

And also be sure to check out Kelli, too!

Happy Hopping!

-Laura

Monday, June 4, 2012

Skull Appreciation Day 2012 Blog Hop!

It’s Skull Appreciation Day!! Woo Hoo! I’m very excited to participate in this year’s blog hop that is being put on by Smeared Ink. The full hop list can be found at the bottom of this post. This hop has some amazing sponsors and awesome prizes, so make sure you check everything out!

So, I tried to use a skull stamp(from Smeared Ink) on canvas, but it turns out that stamping on stretched canvas doesn’t always work well.(at least not for me) So my amazingly talented friend teamed up with me and used that stamp as the basis for the creation you see below. I think I got the skull stamp with the bow from a dollar bin at Michael’s or somewhere. It was a lot of fun to make this piece. I love painting! Thanks for all your help, Britany!!

Thanks for looking! Have fun hopping today!

Here’s the full hop list…

Bombshell Stamps Blog

Scrapbook Stamp Society

Monday, April 30, 2012

Last Minute Projects!

I am so bad about this lately! It’s the last day of the month and I’m just now completing projects for challenges that began at the beginning of the month. I’m sorry! One of these days I’ll get organized.

First off, I made this necklace to go along with two challenges. The April Junk Funk Challenge at Smeared and Smudged was to use spools in your creations. The April Bombshell Pin-Up Challenge was to alter something.

Here’s the necklace I made using the small rose stamp from the Rose’s Portrait set at Bombshell Stamps.

Next up is a card I made for the April Guest Designer Challenge and the Very Sketchy April Challenge at Smeared and Smudged.

I used an image from Simply Betty Stamps.

Thanks for looking!

-Laura

April Blissfull ATC Swap

Hello. Just popping in to show you the ATC I sent and the one I received for the month of April from the Blissfull ATC Swap. The theme was Springtime in Paris.

Here is the ATC I sent to my swap partner…

And here is the gorgeous ATC that my sweet swap partner sent to me…

(I was having trouble capturing the shimmer with my camera, so I took two pictures.)

Thanks for looking!

-Laura

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

April Bombshell Hop!

This month the fabulous Alison chose an awesome theme for the monthly hop…an homage to Bettie Page!

For my project I was inspired by some of the jungle photos that the Queen of Pinups posed for. Meow!

I used the A Pirates Life set from Bombshell Stamps for my card. I drew the leopard spots on myself.

More details…I used hemp twine to make my vines. Background paper from Create with TLC. Image colored with Copics – C0, C5, 100, E00, E000, E13, E15, YG05.

Thanks for looking!

Your next stop on the hop is Susie!

Here’s the full hop list, just in case you need it…

Laura – You are here!

Mary(Sparkly Engineer)

Kathi

Happy Hopping!

-Laura

Friday, April 13, 2012

It’s Smeared and Smudged Hop Time!

It’s that time again. Time for the Smeared and Smudged monthly member blog hop! Our theme this month was “WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF?” We were supposed to share our phobias.

There really aren’t that many things I’m scared of, but the one thing that creeps me out beyond all else is CENTIPEDES! This is partly to blame on the fact that I watched The Wrath of Khan too many times as a small child.(remember the things they put in their ears?)EEEK!

So here is my project, featuring one of these disgusting creatures…

I used Distress inks and my brayer for the background. I used the Grate stamp from the Quoth the Raven set from Smeared Ink in white and black inks. The nasty critter was a public domain image I found on wikimedia and colored with my Copics.

This also goes along with the current Smudgy Antics Anything Goes challenge.

Thanks for looking!