Be a rainbow art journal page

I don't get stressed out very easily.

 But sometimes life throws you curves that are hard. 

The last few days that's been me!

Our car has bee making a sort of grinding sound, so my husband brought it into

The dealership. 

Let's just say we weren't really prepared for the outcome. 

Mostly not financially prepared! 

This morning as I "worried" about what to do I created this page.
I used my ranger art journal to create this page, and dictionary pages for the houses. 

At first it was just the background and the houses along the bottom.
Then as I searched through pinterest for the perfect quote I found
"Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."
Wow this summed up how I was feeling.
This page is dedicated to my parents, they are my rainbow today!

This rainbow reminds me of monsoon season, the beginning of summer here in Arizona
When we all pray for rain so it's not so hot,
And then curse the humidity!
Somehow we have the most amazing rainbows!

As always I hope you are getting some creative time in!

Linking up with:
Mixed media monthly: summer days
Simon Says stamp Monday challenge: Specialty paper

House mouse atc

Last week on my estate sale adventures I found a half a deck of cards, 

I'm probably the only person at that sale that saw them as a steal at .15!

But I know they are ATC sized, and just a little work transforms them! 

I gessoed, and then added some gelatos for the orange background.

And since I used my house mouse stamp last week I had them out and just love this little image.

Some flowers along the edges,

And I stitched in some grass for a quick and easy project! 

Linking up with: 

House mouse challenge: house mouse and a friend (my mouse sure seems to have made friends with this fan!)

Wicked Wednesday ATC: stitching

New mail art envelope

Since I got back from vacation I've been wanting to get back in the studio.

Time and work have not been on my side...

Until yesterday.

Hubby was working, and I got to play a little bit!

I started with two pieces of scrap paper ,

added a messy layer of gesso,

then dabbed some distress paint on my craft sheet,

sprayed with a bit of water and pressed the paper into the colors. 

I added some white gesso spatter, and I got to work embellishing.

Stamps, and bits pieces of die cuts I had laying around the table. 

For the front I did the same as the back,

but I tried to keep a bit of a blank space where I will put the addresses and the stamp. 

I then ran some tape runner around the three corners and taped them together,

Finally I finished off by sewing around the three edges for a fun finish. 

I'm excited to be getting back to crafting,

and even more excited to getting back to Teaching!

I'll be teaching this class to my art group at the end of the month. 

I hope you've enjoyed my envelope, and if you're in the phoenix area and are interested in the class you can find us on facebook under West Side Scrappy Diva's.  

Linking up with: 

Simon Says stamp Monday challenge: anything Goes

Vintage Journey: Destination

House mouse engagement card

Hello,

Happy weekend.

I am sharing this engagement card with you all.

I know it's not exactly a normal engagement card,

but I really wanted to use this house mouse stamp,

and I thought well the little mouse is Amanda,

and my friend that got engaged is also Amanda.

On the inside of the card I printed out 

"So glad you found your prince charming"

I hope you are getting crafty this weekend! 

Linking up with:

House Mouse: Sketch challenge #198

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Furry Friends

Inky Chicks: Furry Friends

Festive tag

I hope you all had a fun and safe 4th of July.

I had to work in the morning, but got to enjoy some fireworks in the evening. 

Today I am sharing with you my creation for the new challenge up at Anything but a Card

This month it's an open or anything goes theme... 

Welllll anything but a card that is!!!

So I am sharing my festive tag,

I used Tim Holtz's mini blueprint stamps, and some distress markers and inks.

I am just loving the way the inks move on the distress watercolor paper.

Honestly this tag was a breeze to create. 

The hardest part was that I glued on the wood veneers before I stitched, 

so I ended up having to stitch around the veneers!

At the last minute I pulled out my old Dymo and added the Brave tag.

I do hope you are having a festive weekend,

Either here or abroad I wish you all a wonderful weekend, and week ahead! 

Entering this tag into:

12 Tags of 2015

Sheri Crafts: 4th of July