Another Christmas Card

It's one of those very rare days...

Where it's overcast and less than 115 degrees in Phoenix in the summer!

What should a girl do on an overcast day like this??  

Why make a Christmas Card of course!  

I used a pretty digi from dilly beans shop

I colored this fun snowlady with my copic, I tore and distressed the plain white paper behind her, 

I then embossed another plain piece of white paper, and then 

distressed with my distress inks and threw some embossing powder on those dots! Used 

some fabric cut outs and a strip of snowflake ribbon for the house and tree,

And finished off the card with a few strips of washi tape 

(the card was too big, so i thought it would add a little to the card!  

Here is miss snow's close up!

I am entering this pretty lady these challenges:

Dilly Beans: worn, torn and distressed

Chocolate, coffee, and cards: emboss

Desert Islands Challenge: Blue, Wet, Sparkle, no patterned paper, embossing (pick 3) ok I went overboard

Designed to Color: fabric

Smashing with la la

I've had some coloring time lately!  

It's relaxing to watch an image come to life

I recently got some fun new rub-bah from la la land crafts, 

I stamped them using my distress inks, (black soot) and then colored them using my 

copic and prismacolor marker.

Of course I had to smash them into my blue smash* book

Here's a close up of the witch

Isn't she lovely?

and the Pirate

These images were very easy to color, and even funner to smash!

I added some details with washi tape at the bottom of the page, and the pretty butterfly in the center of the page!

I've been working on my layering, I think it's finally starting to come along! 

Here's one more pic of the whole page..

Hope you're having a smashing Tuesday! 

Entering into:

Designed to color: challenge 3: washi tape

Tammy's Scrapin corner: anything goes
La la crafts: customer gallery

Angie Delarie digi fun

I recently found a new fun digi distributor

This is the smash page I came up with

you can find these super fun and cool digi's at angie delaire products 

Here's a few close ups

This is teacher says... I added a little superman symbol on her cape!  After all what teacher isn't a superstar?

And this little lovely is Arcadia Bear Lover

I used my copi markers to color them both

red, Gray, Black and Teal! 

I added the glittery star and the clock with a stamp from 

viva las vegas stamps

Who isn't a glitter addict?

At the bottom of the page I added a ruffled piece of lace that I spritzed with water

and then inked up using my distress inks.  

On the side I added a piece of washi tape that I also distressed blue

(because I only have teal tape, not blue!)

I added the little journaling lines for adding some text later on!

Hope you enjoyed my little smash page, and go check out all the fun digi's that Angie has in her shop!

Entering this smash* page into:

Angiedelarie's facebook challenge:

Cupcake craft challenges: number cruncher
Desert Island Craft Challenge: challenge #33
Love my tapes: Stars and washi tape
Shopping our stash: extra folds or pleats
ABC challenges: s for surprise (anything goes!)

Sweet and simple card

Ok, so this is the last of the card bunch this week!!

I promise some smash*ing stuff the rest of the week!!!

A sweet and simple butterfly card!  Some stamping, some twine, and a little bit of washi tape on the envelope! 

All these cards were fun to create, and my girlfriend at work seems to love them! 

Taking orders from the public any time! 

Have a blessed day

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!

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

Tim holtz June tag

How have I missed these fun challenges all year??? 

The challenge is to make a tag and tim (as in TIM HOLTZ) shows you how to 

color an "antique" photo using nibs and your distress inks! 

This photo was perfect for the challenge!

No, it's not anyone I know... I found it at an estate sale a few weeks back.

 The background of the tag is distress inks, mottled with water, and then a stamp of flourishes in black distress.  Once that was done I went to work on the photo, which was originally black and white 

mounted on a piece of blue cardboard. 

I colored her top with barn door red, and her hankie around her neck I did a combo of Crushed olive and Peeled Paint.  

For the "2" I used a "bone button" that I had in my stash from way back, I embossed the 2 using vintage photo distress ink, and clear embossing powder.

The 5 came from a pack of vinyl letters I got on clearance last month.

Some more stamping, and I went to work on the placard. 

I used some paint dabbers, and some black acrylic to distress what used to be a shiny silver.  

I got to use my "new" typewriter to make the sentiment.  I added a little fabric flower underneath, held together with a sparkly brad. 

I really struggled to "fill the empty space" on the bottom of the tag, but I finally ended up adding a sixpence

left over from some of the wedding projects, and tied up with 

some twine from the twinery 

Finally what is a tag without a ribbon?? I colored some white ribbon using my distress inks, and added another piece of twine, added a pin and a rusted washer. 

 

I can't say how much fun I had doing this project!  It really was a labor of love to make all of this tag 

without running to the store to get this or that!  I've stood strong all month.... So far two weeks of not buying any new product!  I hope you enjoy this! 

Entering into:

Tim Holtz tag: http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2012-june/

 Shopping our stash, double the ribbon:  http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2012/06/sos-challenge-55-double-ribbon.html