Wednesday Stamper

Here is my creation for this weeks Wednesday Stamper. The topic this week was houses, but since I don't own a house stamp I created my own house! The bird stamps are my new favorites--they are Teesha Moore who makes some of the most beautiful stamps out there.

Tiny Tuesdays

Here is my creation for tiny Tuesdays. It's from a swap I'm doing with outrageous vintage hats. I really love the look of this woman, so coy and serene! I tinted the sides of the card with stamp ink, and the text is from a French poem.

Halloween!!

I have to admit, I hate the fall. Mostly because it means that Winter is right around the corner and winter in Indiana is no box of chocolates. But my one consolation as the weather turns grey and rainy is Halloween. It has to be my favorite holiday. I get so excited looking at decorations each year, I think my husband questions my sanity! This year I've signed up for a couple of Halloween swaps and here is my first card I created. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates!

Wisecracking Women

Here is another card from my Wisecracking women series. I no sooner put it up on my flicker site and I had a request for a swap for it. I should've printed out enough to make three of them. I have to say, it's my new favorite.

Altered Cabinet Card

So I tried to get this posted yesterday...but blogger was giving me fits and would not load any photos. Grrr. Anyway, this is an altered cabinet card--my first ever--that I did using acrylics, gel medium transfers, colored pencils, and stamps. I'm thinking about doing a set of altered cards that tell a progressive story, but I haven't quite decided what they're going to be about. This one was just me getting my feet wet!

Tiny Tuesdays

Here is my creation for Tiny Tuesdays. It's another in my wisecracking women series. Sorry that the scan is a little of kilter, I didn't notice it until I'd loaded it--and was too busy today to rescan it. If you like the ATC there are more on my Flickr account that are available for trade.

Manic Monday

I am back from Vegas and had a fabulous time! It's been a little difficult getting back to reality. This picture is the view from our hotel room at the Bellagio. It seems I spent most of my time in Vegas shopping and swimming in the pools. I have to say my favorite store was Viva Las Vegas Stamps where I bought an obscene number of unmounted stamps! It's good to be back and hopefully I'll be all caught up in a few days.

Happy Birthday to Me!

So today (the 5th) is my birthday. And this will be my last post for a couple of days becuase I'm leaving to go to Las Vegas!!!

Manic Monday (2 Days Until Vegas)

Today truly is manic--I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with everything that has to be done before my trip. But I did manage to get this little ATC done. I used stamp ink to do the borders on both the card and her wings. I love this little girl she looks like she's just stepping out for a good time!

Fun Friday (Four Days Until Vegas!)

Here is another page from the journal I'm working on to take on vacation. The background is layered acrylic and the tags with ribbons sticking out are for journaling. I wanted something a little fun looking, but I still wanted to be able to journal, so I made a pocket out of the pages the size of the tags. And I used curly ribbon hoping that it would look like the tops of a present.

Wednesday Stamper (5 Days Until Vegas!)

Here is my creation for this weeks Wednesday Stamper the subject of which is "winged things." I made a page in a little altered book I'm working on to take on vacation with me, to record my travels in. The title of this piece is "numbers game" which is a play on meanings because gambling is a numbers game--and so are birthdays. The stamp I used here is by Lost Coast Designs it's actually part of a bigger stamp, but I cut it out, tinted it, and put it behind a transparency (5 for my birthday!!!) The background is layered acrylic with a stamped diamond pattern.

Dizzy Day (6 Days until Vegas!)

So today I have something weird going on in my inner-ear. Actually, it's been going on for a few days but today it was particularly bad. Every time I move everything gets all fuzzy. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow because I think maybe I have an inner ear infection. So I spent most of today trying not to move too much... but I did manage to get 2 of my atcs done for a "Wisecracking Women" swap I'm participating in. In reality, I got four of them done, because I made duplicates of these two. The last swap I did, I was sad to see my cards go, and thought this time I'd make two of each so I'd have some extra for personal swaps! The one on the right is a bit of a personal joke since my DH's name is Ed...what hunk my hubby is :)

Tiny Tuesdays (7 days till Vegas!)

So I am up really late (or really early depending on your perspective) because I've got a bit of insomnia--so I figured I'd go ahead and post for Tiny Tuesdays. This atc is titled "blue." I think I was feeling a bit blue when I came up with this--I have a big birthday coming up and am feeling my age a bit. The little girl stamp is by Lost Coast Designs and the background is a text stamp that I embossed. Hopefully, I will be uber productive today and have lots more to post!

Manic Monday (8 Days till Vegas!)

So I finally downloaded a bunch of pictures off of my camera and I had these pictures from the trip I took to Michigan with my DH. We went to St. Joseph--they have decorated polar bears all over the town and they were too cute to resist.
In other news, I'm going on vacation to Las Vegas in almost a week and I have so much stuff to do to prepare! I have a couple of swaps to get out and a bunch of stuff to get done for my altered books group. So if my posts this week are sporadic, I'm sorry!

Fun Friday

So this creation is actually a cover of a three-ring binder that I made this evening. I started an altered books group here in Indianapolis--it's one of those things I that I find myself wondering "what was I thinking??!!" periodically--even though it's going to be a ton of fun. Anyway, I needed something to put all the info into so I came up with this creation. The blue and green argyle background is the actual background of the binder. I bought it at Target--when I saw the pattern I just had to have it. I've always found argyle to be slightly sassy. Don't ask me why! Unfortunately, my scanner isn't big enough to get a picture of the whole thing so you can't really see all the embossed dragonflies I put on it...

Wednesday Stamper

Here is my creation for this weeks Wednesday Stamper the theme this week is the Goddess Flora. The stamp is from Lost Coast Designs I stamped it with clear ink and embossed it with clear powder to allow the color of the paper to show through. Then, using a bleach pen, I bleached the image to lighten it everywhere it wasn't embossed. I colored it with pencils, and assembled the card. The text is a rub on by doodlebug, and the flowers are rub-ons by Basic Gray.

Tiny Tuesdays

Here is my creation for tiny Tuesdays. The background is a piece of scrapbook paper stamped with silver ink. The cog wheel in the background is a rub-on by 7gypsies. I love this darling little girl--she's just so sweet and dour!

Manic Monday

So yesterday my DH was home from work sick so I didn't get too much done. Plus, I'm switching from my summer to fall teaching schedule which makes everything kind of crazy. But I did manage to finish this spread I've been working on for a week or so. Just in time for the Indiana Altered Books Group this weekend.
This particular spread deals with the theme of chess and the text is told from the queen's perspective. I've always been fascinated with the fact that the queen was the most powerful piece on the board--free to move in any direction she pleased. But her freedom is only as good as she is able to protect the king. So, I thought, what if this queen was a real woman? How would she feel about her role? This was my inspiration. The stamped text on "I know I am like the rain" is from the Simon and Garfunkle song entitled "Kathy's song." The images were created using an acrylic transfer, and the printed text is from a booklet on playing chess published in the 1950's.

A few new ATCs

Here are a couple of ATCs I made this weekend. I have some down time between swaps--and I felt like I needed replenish my "stash." The little girl with wings is a stamp by Lost Coast Designs and the diamond background is by stampendous. I distressed it with some of the Tim Holtz distress embossing powder. The text in both the ATCs are rub-ons by making memories.

Fun Friday and a little Wednesday Stamper

Here are my completed beeswax atcs. I created the background and then layered beeswax wind up to give them a hazey look. I tried to keep my designs simple because they are going through the mail in August and I was worried that the beeswax would melt causing heavy embellishments to come un-glued.
It wasn't until I was finishing them up that I realized that all three of them were green. Something must be going on in my subconscious. The one on the left I'm entering in as my Wednesday Stamper try for this week. The topic is swirls and it just so happened that I used swirls as my background for this atc.