Catching Up Again and Reminders

Hello!  For some reason I have been having trouble remembering to post things to my own blog lately.  I’ll remember to post on a forum, or on a challenge blog, but not on my own blog.  I think my brain is just too overloaded right now.

Anyway, one of the things I have forgotten to post is my project for our new challenge over at Chromatic Craze.

Here are the colors we’re using this month.

And here is my journal page, using one of the Dyan Reaveley/Dylusions stamps.

Our challenges run for a whole month there, so I hope you’ll consider joining us.

The other thing I forgot to post here is that I had a turn again over in the Art Journal Every Day group at Smeared and Smudged.  The technique I posted was Fun with Gouache.  Here’s my finished page from that one.

And I also posted a prompt that week that was Emboss It.  Here’s my page from that one.

Both of these pages used stamps from the Heart Wings set from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.

Speaking of the Art Journal Every Day group, tomorrow begins our week long Kickstart Your Art Challenge.  We’ll be posting prompts and techniques all week for everyone to play along with.  I hope you’ll join us.

Thanks for looking!  And hopefully I’ll start remembering to update my own blog more often.

Musically Challenged #16–Songs from Movies

Hello!  Today begins our new challenge at Musically Challenged.  We’ve changed things up a bit and this time around we want you to make a project based on a song from a movie…that’s right, any song, from any movie!

Our sponsor this time is Sassy Studio Designs, so that’s where my Briar Rose image is from.

I chose to go with the song Once Upon a Dream from the movie Sleeping Beauty.  It’s one of my favorite movie songs.

Here’s my card…

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can play along with us.

DICC #69–The Stamping Boutique

Hello!  Today begins a new challenge for us over at DICC.  This time around our lovely sponsor is The Stamping Boutique.  The images are so cute!

Here’s the itinerary that we’re using this time…

1.  Glitter

2.  Ribbon

3.  Die Cut

4.  Airbrushing or Spray (Perfect Pearls Mists, Memories Mists, Dylusions)

5.  Snowflakes

6.  Winter theme with Summer colors

7.  Stencil

8.  Three Layers

9.  Pocket

10. Distressing

I’ve used 1,2,8,10 for my card…

It’s kind of hard to tell, but I used a glittery pen to highlight all of the little sparkly bits on the image.  I also used a distressing tool around the edges of the image and then applied Distress Ink.

Thanks for looking!

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…

Here’s the tag/bookmark that I made.

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.

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.

Thanks for looking!

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…

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

Keep Calm & Craft

Hello!  I’m back to show you a card I made for a challenge on the TSC Blog.  This challenge was created for the TSC Recipes group on Facebook.

Congratulations to The Stamping Chef for being open for a year!

Tamara gave us this awesome image to create with.  It can now be found in the TSC Shop.

Thanks for looking!

Musically Challenged #14!

Hello!  Happy Weekend!  Today begins a new challenge at Musically Challenged.  This time we’re drawing our inspiration from Bad Girls Club by Falling in Reverse.

Our sponsor this time is Kenny K, so that’s where my image is from.

The video is really high energy and fun, so I tried to incorporate that into the tag I made.  I kept getting the cheer from the song stuck in my head, so that was what I used for the sentiment on my tag.

I used some of my Dylusions sprays and some scraps to make the background…

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can find the time to play along with us!

Chromatic Craze Challenge #5!

Hello!  Today begins a new challenge for us over at Chromatic Craze.  Here are the new colors we’re working with…

And here is the mini card I made…

I used a stamp from Taylored Expressions.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can play along with us!

DICC #66–Bombshell Stamps

Hello!  Today begins a new challenge for us over at DICC!  Actually, I believe we are working with two different lists this time around, so you have lots of options if you want to play with us.

Here’s the list that I used…

1. Use Indian corn colors of Rust, Gold, Deep Red, and Tan

2. Thank you or Thankful Theme

3. Dry or Heat Embossing

4. Three Layers

5. Metal

6. Die Cuts

7. Charms

8. Photo Corners

9. Ribbons

10. Lace

I used numbers 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 for my project.

Our sponsor this time is the fabulous Bombshell Stamps!

We were able to work with the Indian Princess set.  This set is the current Muse Monday set over on the Bombshell Blog, and is on sale this month!

I ended up making a little wall hanging/decoration type thing.

And here it is held against my kitchen wall…

Thanks for looking!  I hope you find time to play along with us!

Musically Challenged #13!

Hello!  Today we have a new challenge up over at Musically Challenged!  This time we’re drawing our inspiration from a classic…Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper!

Our fab sponsor this time is ARTchix Studio.  They sent us some really cool stuff to play with.

I decided to make a domino book.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you have time to have a little fun with us!

DICC #65–Jellypark

Hello!  Today brings us a new itinerary challenge over at DICC.

This time our lovely sponsor is Jellypark, so that’s where my adorable image comes from.

Here’s the itinerary…

1. Fireworks
2. On a Dark Night - create a nightime scene on your project
3. Twit Twoo - there's an Owl watching you?
4. Trees
5. Stars
6. Don't be Square - make a shaped card/project
7. Sparkle Please - lets see some sparkly gems and glitter
8. Texture please - embossed, fabric, wood, whatever you like
9. Friends
10. Use a Quote - use a quote for you sentiment!

I’ve used 3, 7, 8, and 10 for my card.

Thanks for looking!  Hope you can find time to play along!

Musically Challenged #12!

Hello!  Today brings us a new challenge at Musically Challenged.  This time around we are drawing our inspiration from Love You to Death by Type O Negative.  This is one of my favorite bands, and I love this song.  I’m so glad I got to see this band in concert before the singer passed away.  RIP Pete.

I drew my inspiration from the lady digging through the leaves.

Our sponsor is Ike’s Art, so that’s where my image is from this time.

I made an art journal page.  I used a new-to-me technique that I found on the Smeared and Smudged forum for the background.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can find time to play along with us!

Chromatic Craze Challenge #4!

Hello!  Today begins our fourth challenge over at Chromatic Craze!  Here are the colors we are working with this time around…

And here is what I made…

I made an ATC, then attached it to a burlap tag and added an embellishment to the top.

This awesome image is from Rick St. Dennis.(This link goes to his new shop that has a ton of images in it!)

Thanks for looking!  I hope you have time to play along with our color challenge this month!

DICC #64–Just Some Lines

Hello!  Today begins a new itinerary over at DICC.  And our sponsor this time around is the lovely Just Some Lines, so that is where my cute image comes from.

Here’s the itinerary…

1. Witches / Broomsticks

2. Black Cats

3. Cauldrons

4. Use Stripes

5. Sentiment on Front

6. Use Lots of Black

7. Glitter & Sparkle

8. At least 2 Ribbons

9. Use Kraft Cardstock / Paper

10. Die Cuts or Punches

I’ve used numbers 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 for my card.

Aren’t they a cute couple?  And here’s a close up so that you can tell that the spiders are sparkly…

Thanks for looking!

Musically Challenged #11!

Hello!  Today began a new challenge for us at Musically Challenged.  This time around we are drawing our inspiration from Ozzy’s Bark at the Moon.  This video really had a lot of visual inspiration for me.  At one point you see an old fashioned hearse in the video, so that’s what inspired this ATC that I made.

Our sponsor this time around is the fabulous Smeared Ink.  The death cab is a digi from their store, and the background stamp is from the Smeared Ink Rubber Club.  It’s one of the awesome stamps designed by Rick St. Dennis.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you can play along with us!

Chromatic Craze Challenge #3 Midway Reminder!

Hi!  We’re half way through our current challenge, using these colors…

The prize info is up in the main challenge post, in case that’s what you were waiting for.

Here’s the card I made, using a stamp from Taylored Expressions.

 

 

Thanks for looking!  We hope you will play along with us!  If you do, please link up your creations HERE!

DICC #63–The Octopode Factory

Hello!  Today begins a new challenge at DICC.  This time we are being sponsored by The Octopode Factory, so that’s where the image I used is from.

Here’s the itinerary…

 

1. Use all the colors from this pallet: http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/sushi-hues3

2. skulls

3. witch(es)

4. bats

5. creepy crawlers (bugs, spiders, things like that)

6. candles

7. Moons

8. jack-o-lanterns

9. zombies

10. make it an ATC

I used 1, 2, and 10 for my ATC…

Thanks for looking!

Last Minute Laura!

Yep, that’s me!  I just finished a DT project for tomorrow, and now I’m going to show you a couple of projects that had to be done by the end of this month.

First, I have a card that I made for the September Freaky Freebie Challenge on Smeared and Smudged.  The image is from Smeared Ink.

The little headstone stamp is from Luni Stamps.  I stamped it on a piece of paper and then added a glass pebble.  I got this idea from Shell over at Smeared and Smudged.  She has some awesome ideas!

The zombie playing cards are legit playing cards.  I bought two decks of them.  Each one has a humorous zombie related tip on it.

Next up is a journal page I made for the September Rock N’ Rolla Challenge at Smeared and Smudged.  The video was Your Betrayal by Bullet for My Valentine.  They’re one of my favorite bands(I’m going to see them next month for the third time!), so I had to play along.

This page was a blast to make.  I used crayon, a colored pencil, Dylusions spray ink, Memento ink, and Distress ink.  I used some Tim Holtz stencils for some of it.  I also used a background script stamp from somewhere(sorry, I don’t remember where it was from).  Some doodling and writing and there you go!

Thanks for looking!  Maybe I’ll be more on time next month…LOL…yeah, right.