Mama Mia here I go again

I just went to see Mama Mia and I can't stop singing Abba songs. It was so much fun and I had to sing along at the movies.

Woot woot! - First time published in Somerset Studio

I'm so excited. Though I have been published in other publications, this is my first time in the fabulous Somerset Studio. I just had to share my excitement. When you get your Sept./Oct. issue check me out on page 100.

Mixed Media Monday - Numbers

My submission for Mixed Media Monday Number challenge.

Wednesday Stamper - Keyhole

My keyhole submission for Wednesday stamper. I'm kind of wishing I would have went with my first thought which was the keyhole on a heart BUT I wanted to try something different. The chipboard bird is from maya road. I rusted it with EZ tintz (actually I think much better than my previous experiments). I stamped the autumn leaves swirls and the Stampin' Up! keyhole and added the quote. Fast and easy. I feel like I need to kick it up a notch but I guess it will do. Now I'm off to be wowed by everyone elses submissions.

Ack! Why are my photos so fuzzy! I need a remedial photography class. Photography for dummies. How can I always mess up when I just have a point and shoot. Aren't they supposed to be idiot proof? Okay since it's too fuzzy to read my quote says "have you checked your flight path". I'm off to read my camera manual. It's either that or I have to figure out where I put the scanner.

4x4 Friday - Statue

My first submission for the 4x4 Friday challenge. This was a fun new size and shape for me. The main collage image stamp is from Stampin' Up! and the swirl stamp in the corner is Autumn Leaves.

Pretty kitties

Some cute kitties to share. I've been out trying to drum up some face painting business. Hopefully I will be able to get some steady jobs rolling.

Rusting chipboard

I was inspired by the fabulous Audrey Hernandez (check her stuff out at Small Creations - the link is to the right under eye candy) to try rusting some chipboard. Of course, I don't have a rusting kit like she did. I did have some terra cotta glimmer mist and espresso adirondack color wash so my experiment began.



This is the chipboard sprayed with just the terra cotta glimmer mist. Pretty but a little too sparkly to look rusty.



I smudged some vintage photo distress ink which did help calm down the glimmer a bit.




Here is the chipboard with the espresso adirondack color wash. It was VERY dark. I added some glitter spray to it. I think my results are that I can call this altered chipboard but it really doesn't look rusty.

Here are a couple of cards I made with the finished product.



I love this skeleton stamp I got from After Midnight. I'm not crazy about the circles and the balance of this card but sometimes, you just have to say its good enough and walk away. It can make you crazy trying to figure out what it needs? if it really needs more or maybe I should take away an element? I guess that's what they call the creative process. Ack this one is horribly fuzzy too. I need to work on my photography skills. The quote on the circle says "can we hold eternity". That was the inspiration for adding the clocks.




I'm not sure if this picture came out clear enough to share but it's here anyway. This one is using another stamp from After Midnight, the mermaid. She's a sexy pinup mermaid. Well I am back to creating.

Manga Me

I just had to share the cutie manga me created at www.faceyourmanga.com.

Taggerific

The couple stamp is from Eclectic Omnibus and the rose is from Stamp Camp.

Altered Playing Cards

I love retro images and I adore the bright colors of these playing cards. The soft colors of the baby images isn't usually my thing but it's fun to try something different every now and again.

Style - Mixed Media Monday

My first contribution to Mixed Media Monday. I love these challenge and inspiration sites. It always helps get the creative juices flowing to have a new theme each week.

Cowgirl Collage

I just wanted to share this cowgirl collage I made for my Keno gift this month. I love how it turned out. The Cosmo Cricket papers are so fabulous. Elizabeth Shea had used them on some submissions in Stampers Sampler and that inspired me to pull them out. Almost all of the stamps are Oxford Impressions. I think there is one from Queens Dresser Drawers in there. It's on a 9x12 canvas.

One more

I have been visiting blogs tonight (my gang is gone and I'm trying to stay busy) and it has inspired me to try to kick mine up a notch. So that's why I went from never posting to a gazillion in one night. This is miss pretty princess. That's all for tonight but I am going to try to jazz up my site and post more regularly. Thanks for looking. Comments are appreciated. They make me feel special.

Me as a calavera

Snazaroo, which is the brand of face paints I use, is having a skull face painting contest and I thought it would be fun to try. I don't think they are contest-worthy but I still had fun trying some new designs. I think I definately need to black in the hollow the cheeks on my glamorous skull. I actually ended up wiping the wipe off below the hollow with a baby wipe but I didn't take another picture after that.

Domino pendants

Ack! Why is this sideways? It's not sideways on my computer. I need to learn how to make my blog all fancy and beautiful or at least how to have pictures come up the right way. Well everyone tilt there heads and check out my domino necklaces I am making to put in my soon to be opened etsy store.

My morning after clowns aka Jokers

I was so excited to see the new Joker was smeary because then I thought even I can make it look right. I love face painting but I wish I could kick it up a notch. I see so many fabulous painters on the net and want to be as good as them. I guess it just takes practice. I regularly promise myself that I am going to practice every day but sometimes I go weeks without painting. Still the kids all seem to enjoy it and that's what it's really all about.

Grapevine Stamp Show

I did make it to the Grapevine Stamp Show. I think this is the first time that my friend Alisha and I made it there without getting lost. One time we ended up in Midlothian. I think that was the same trip that I was heading into Dallas and was like - OH NO! I am turning around. I can handle driving in Fort Worth but Dallas is just too big city for me.

I did get to meet one of my flickr friends, goodygoodygumdrops. She recognized me because I told her I was going to be making a crown. I didn't make a new crown but I had some from before that I dug out. Not as fabulous as I wanted it to be but still good. We got our picture taken in the parking lot and were going to be the stars of someone's blog so I felt special. It was kind of funny when it's "are you locamama" "yep" "I'm goodygoodygumdrops" Too funny.

I also got to see Elisa, a stamper that I met previously at Imprints. I HAVE to mail her a card. I have the best intentions in the world but my follow through needs improvement. I did some shopping though no where near what some were doing. I got an adorable princess stamp from Lost Coast. From Stamp Camp, I got some calaveras, a woman and a quote. I won a $10 gift certificate from Stampland Chicago - woo hoo. I got a globe, quote, shoe and chrysanthemum (sp?) from them. From after midnight I got some mounting supplies, a mermaid, a compass, a fabulous skeleton that I adore and some ultra thick glaze. I think that was it for my purchases. There were some fabulous purses that you could put your own artwork in but I didn't have the moola for them this time. Maybe they'll be back. I missed Invoke Arts and wish Stampers Anonymous would come back.

Now I have to put all of these fabulous stamps to use.

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