Smash*ing and a Big Announcement

I have some very EXCITING news to share....

But first.... 

A smash page

 

Over on Angie Delarie's Friday sketch Challenge 

She challenged us all to use her sketch, and some of her fun products

Here's a close up of "angel love" 

 

I colored her up using my blue copics

I am also in LOVE with Dilly Beans digi's,

This week over at the Dilly Beans Challenge

Megan asked us to do something Sewn.

Here's her pretty digi, and you can see the sewing I did on the paper backgrounds

I know it's hard to see, but I used my new perfect pearls on her hair, and on the edges of the tag!

Also, if you can't see the writing, it says "you keep me in stitches" 

Also from the talented Megan from Dilly beans

I added a pocket per Angie's challenge, and a little bit of journaling on the side! 

Soooooooo......  For the Big Announcement!

I got picked to be on the DT for a new and very fabulous challenge blog. 

http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.ca/ 

I am so honored and excited to start this new part of my creative life!

We are going live September 2nd, and the best part..... it's anything but a card..

Right up my alley, and perfect for most all of my creations

Entering this page:

Shopping our stash: monochromatic

Cupcake craft challenges: bunting

Dilly Beans Friday Challenge: sewn

Angie Delarie: sketch challenge

I am Doe: banner challenge

Creative Inspirations: anything goes
Tuesday Alchemy: Bingo (used glitter, die cut, and ribbon or bows)

Another Smash*ing challenge

It took me a few days to finish, but the smash*aholics facebook challenge was to use paint, glitter, and three pictures!

I had this page pegged from the day I bought the book!  I couldn't wait to smash it in...

Work got in the way Sunday and Monday, so I finally finished it tonight! 

All pics of food/ us eating those foods!  MMMMM  

We had a great time last summer in Philly and Washington DC with my sis and the fam,  seeing all the sites of our wonderful capitol! 

I was super happy to use Mary's photo transfer tutorial (find it here!) 

for the Jim's steaks sign that I printed out on reg-o printer paper! 

Just a little bit of glitter glue for the "Ben's" sign, and I was almost done!  

I washi'd up the pics, and voila!  a fun smash* page was born! 

I hope you're enjoying all my creations!  Feel free to follow along, or leave lovely comments!  Have a smash*ing evening!  Remember to create something today!

Made my own Smash* book

I seem to be on a bit of a smash* kick lately!

Last week I got my first "real" smash* book, and I love her, I have already done a few pages in her

and that got me thinking how much I would love to have the freedom of being able to take pages in and out,

and move them all around

You put your left foot in, you take your left foot out...

Sorry I digress..

So I pulled out all my double sided scrapbook paper, found I had enough to make a pretty book

Stopped by a local thrift store, where I picked up a smallish three ring binder and I went to work!!!

I had to make a cover, so I pulled out my pretty batiks, and made the red cover, in the process I found these crazy quilt squares that I had made and were in my UFO (unfinished Objects) pile!

What a perfect place to use a few right??

Once the cover was finished I just had to cut the papers to fit inside, and punchy some holes in them and voila, my very own smash book!!!  With removeable pages, and versatility!!! 

These are just a few of the inside pages I can't wait to get to work on these new pages!!! 

Any suggestions for my inagural page?? 

A Smash*ing good time

Yesterday I lounged around all day in my pj's..

Well except for when I ran to the Wal-Mart for dog food!

So after that little outing I put the pj's back on...

And sat in my studio while the hubs was at work.. and had the house to myself 

I churned out a few things, and have a few more to work on still.... but here's a little sneak peak 

I know those of you that follow me know I'm not buying any new product this month...

I did deviate a little from this... I did get a real live smash book...

HOWEVER... I got it with a gift certificate that I won thru work for carpooling one day last month!!!

Yeah!!!  $20 at Target got me the large blue smash book, a roll of 4 washi's, and some other 

embellies!!!  I was super excited to get down and dirty!

Hubs could actually place where we were in this pic! Kudos to him..

Bonus was that I got to use my "label maker" gun finally!  

Hope you're having a fabulous Fathers Day!  Give the dad's in your life the special treatment today! 

Even if their like my hubby and are just a dad to your animals!  They are still 

so very special to our lives! 
entering this page into the eyelet's challenge at: cupcake challenges

SC challenge # 19

I have loved the Saturated Canary "usherette" since I first saw her! 

 (find her here!)

And I kept saying "I'll use her for this..." or "I'll use her for that..."

Well today was finally the day! 

Over at the facebook Smash* aholics page there is a challenge to use a digi in your smash*book

So finally a chance to use the pretty usherette and some of my old movie stubs

I used some copics, and prismacolor markers to color her in, then snipped her out and smashed her down!

I also got a chance to use some of the amazing box of ric rack I found this weekend at an estate sale...

I added a little writing, and an xo sticker... doodled a little around the "frame" and added some hearts! 

I Love her!!!  

entering into SC challenge #19

and also showing it off for the smashing facebook group! 

Please feel free to check out some of the other stuff I've done!