Bird crazy for fathers day

I've been a busy little bee.

Yep, making Fathers Day Cards for all my peeps at work. 

I pulled out my "Bird Crazy" stamps and my distress watercolor paper,

and I went to work. 

Stamping and then coloring with my watercolor pencils, then using the water brush 

to make the lines blend!

The I masked off the birdie, and stamped the 

happy happy happy happy happy in the background!

I finished it all off with a bit of "grass" 

and the happy fathers day sentiment.

That little bit is popped up on pop dots, and it's all mounted on a card.

Easy peasy!

I love how quizical this guy looks

with his one big eye and his one small

And this little fella looks like he could be scared.

Maybe of his kids??

I hope you are getting some crafty time, and that you have a fun fathers day to look forward to.

Entering this card into:

Amusing Challenge: Fathers Day

Crazy for Challenges:  Masculine Card

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers: D is for Dude

Splendiferous Creations: For the guys

Off to see the world

Using whats on my desk

I like challenges!

Yep, you know I do!

Many times I turn to other blogs for my challenge.

Today I relied on myself.

You see, I was getting cluttered on my desk, so I thought I should

Go ahead and clean it off.

Then it dawned on me......

How about I challenge myself to use ONLY what is on my desk to create an art journal page.

Here's the end result, and how I got there!

First some inspiration:

I just love all the fun colors!

This is all the "stuff" on my desk!

Thank god for some paints!

Oh, and is that a box ofgelatos I spy?

I found this page in my journal already,

Out takes from previous pages.

(I can't just waste all that yumminess!)

I layered on gelatos, 

And bits and bobs leftover from a recent Dina Wakley class!

Oh, and I was so excited to find my dylusions stamps on the desk

Cause well, cause they made a fine border! 

Here's a close up of the finished girl with a bit of journaling around her.

And that lovely orange (oh gelatos how I love you!) on the other side! 

I added a bit of white to my stamped border.

I don't know about you all, but I had a LOT of fun creating this page,

And will now be cleaning up my desk! 

I'm entering into these challenges:

Faber castell: art journal with inspiration

Some odd girl, paper piecing and spray inks

I have been getting inky! 

Yep, I pulled out the spray inks yesterday and went to town.

I tried to make this fun bokeh background,

And it seems to have been a success. 

I stamped the some odd girl owl on a scrap of paper, built a little background for it, and finished it all off with a little hi stamp and some vintage buttons! 

Here are a couple more views. 

Here you can rely see the fun background. 

If you have any some odd girl stamps hop on over and join in the community crop they ar having at their Facebook page.

I also want to share this birthday owl card. 

The background is again sprayed with my delusions, 

But see where I added a bit of a grid pattern at the bottom?

Then this owl is paper pieced, a fun technique that I remember being scared of at one time.

 Finally the happy birth day is stamped in two different fonts.

I hope you are getting some crafty time. 

Thanks some odd girl for the community crop, it's been fun to play along. 

I wheelie like you

Just sharing a quick card featuring a lawn fawn stamp. I think my husband is in need of some loving lately, so I hope he loves this little hamster. Its a bit of a running joke between us. Linking up with the lawnscaper challenge here . And I tried a new technique of the bokeh style. I think I need a little refining but its a good first attempt.

My mini-challenge at Anything But a Card

Happy Sunday!

This will be the shortest post ever!! I promise!!!

I am hosting a mini-challenge over at Anything But a Card

Hop over there to check out a Throwback picture of me when I was about 3!!!

Another memory board

A few weeks back I shared a memory board I had done for a friend with you all.

And now I am sharing another one. 

I have a whole stack of Scrabble boards left over from our wedding 

(we used the letters but not the boards)

So I figured this was the perfect time to re-purpose those boards. 

My friend also said that her dad was into hiking, fishing, the outdoors and coffee.  

He was also was a sheriff, so I incorporated all of these things into the board. 

I do have to say that this section of the board is by far my favorite. 

I asked my husband if he had any fishing things I could have.

He was able to give me the hooks, the AWESOME bobber, and the weights.  

I just love these all! 

I was even able to add this slice of wood to the board, 

and I re-purposed some of those scrabble letters. 

I do hope you have enjoyed today's post.

These boards have been a lot of fun to create, and a real labor of love for my friends going through the loss of a parent.