Monday Meditation

Christie Cottage GIVEAWAY...

One of my long time Etsy friends is having a GIVEAWAY on her blog, Christie Cottage...One of the ways to enter is to blog about her giveaway and that is exactly what I am doing right now...I love the tote she is giving as the prize from SusiesImaginarium...Check out Susie's shop for yourself and come back here and comment one of your favorite items from Susie's shop...
Here's the tote bag that Christie is giving away from SusiesImaginarium...

Playing BINGO...

i've been holding off on entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week until today...i made a pretty refrigerator magnet for my sister who just moved into her new apartment home...Now, i can reveal my BINGO challenge piece...

i had chosen to do BLOOMS, FREE, RIBBON from the bingo card posted on the challenge page...Using craft paper scraps that i had laying around my paper pile i first made a cool layered flower...A technique I have used with fiber but never tried with paper...i like the way it looks...i then was thinking: dimension, 3D, pop...at that point my rolled rose was born...i added some cool washi tape, i stamped with distressed ink pads and glued everything down, sprayed with glitter (which you can't see in the pic) and viola...a beautiful frige magnet for my beautiful sister...

oh, and please take a minute to read the poem...my sister means the world to me...my life would not be complete without her in it...

Enjoy!

Theme for Thursday GIVEAWAY - Aug. 9

THEME FOR THURSDAY - GIVEAWAY - 8/9 - 8/16


Happy Thursday evening...I know I'm a little late but i decided to post a THEME FOR THURSDAY...If you are a past follower than you are familiar with my TFT's (theme for thursday)...I try to post each Thursday a new theme...The theme is just in my head and may not be obvious to you...REMEMBER...You don't have to have the correct answer to be entered into the GIVEAWAY...The idea here is to expose fellow Etsy artisans and show off their talents...
HOW IT WORKS:  On Thursday I post pictures from various Etsy Shops and YOU are to guess the Theme For Thursday...Make a comment as to what you think my Theme is...At the end of the week I randomly pick a THEME FOR THURSDAY WINNER...The winner will receive a surprise gift from my studio, something cool and handmade by me...

Enter your COMMENT or take a guess and you will be entered in my Giveaway...I'll post the Theme answer and WINNER next week...

Stabbing at this Painting Mixed Media Thing...

Hi Everyone...
This is a quick share and post to reveal my attempt at the Simon Says Stamp and Say PAINT challenge...Since meeting my friend Dale I've been intrigued by her mixed media talents and am broadening my horizons by giving these a go...I enjoy the simple size of the ATC...To me, it's manageable, quick and fun...So...here is my attempt at the PAINT challenge this week...

Most people reveal the products they use and how they go about creating their masterpieces...OK, here goes...This ATC is created on a thick piece of art paper...I sprayed with a glimmer spray, stamped block backgrounds, part of a word stamp that says "Love, the language of the heart"...As you can see i also glued some curly thread and attached one of my handmade paper beads...So, whatcha think...

WISH ME LUCK!...I sure hope I am the lucky winner this week...

When i saw this on the shelf at the library and read the little blurb that said...

Stop Being A Moron and Start


Getting Skinny!

If you can't take one more day of self-loathing, you're ready to hear the truth: You cannot keep shoveling the same crap into your mouth every day and expect to lose weight.   I knew I had to read this...Let me know if you read the book and if it motivated you into the new "skinny" you...Maybe it will be my kick in the butt to get me back on track...

Mixed Media ...Really???

Believe it or not, these are my first attempts at by myself at what we now call "mixed media" art.  They are considered ATC's and were so much fun to make...I was inspired when stumbling across the blog Simon Says Stamp & Show...I decided to enter into their challenge for a chance to win a $50 certificate to the shop...

This week's challenge is "What Do You Say"...You must use stamps in your mixed media creation...I can't even tell you the details of how I created these...I can say that I went through a drawer that I have many many stamps in and chose a pretty butterfly stamp...Grabed my tiny box of letter stamps and a pretty piece of scrapbook paper and started cutting, glueing and stamping...Viola..."WINGS"

Next I took some tissue paper that came in a gift I recently got and tore it into little pieces and decoupaged them onto some thick art paper a friend had given me...Found a fun O.P.I. add in a magazine lying next to me and cut out the words and flower...Glue and sparkle finished off the ATC...

Well, here goes nothing...Wish me luck...