DON'T OPEN DEAD INSIDE

Because it is October and Halloween we felt that it was okay to let our inner "freak" out over at the Stamping Chef! 

And Tamara has drawn up another one of her amazing images that fit this very challenge.

Now I love Halloween and must say that I didn't watch this show for the first 3 seasons because I was afraid of all the Halloween scary stuff. But still "I love Halloween" So when my husband came in the door saying honey, tonight we eat dude food (frozen pizza) and  catch up on a show that everyone is talking about. I was thinking..Ohhh mannn, more left turns??  :/

But NO! It was Daryl and Rick and they were kicking zombie butt teaching me some learnin on how to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Clearly this is needed information and much appreciated! 

We Love 

The Walking Dead

Zombified by the stamping chef

Yes I know i have a alien mark on her....my marker slipped "}

Are You Seeing Spots & Stripes???

We are over at 

The Stamping Chef 

I hope that you can join us in our spots and stripes challenge over at the 

Stamping Chef Challenges

 I will be using the 

Rockabilly Rebel for my challenge example.

She was drawn for the occasion, don'tcha think?

The paper is DCWV The Gone Wild Stack!

What a way to Welcome the Halloweenie Season!!!

Today I have been at the table making friends with some Zombie pals of mine when someone...."tried" to take my adhesive! Dont'cha just hate that? So I fixed the problem and put his stealing arm on display to ward off others ") This will be a partial tutorial or inspiration on how to do a small amount of blood and guts so if ya'all are squeamish...this is not the post for you "9

The nails are acrylic dollar store stuff  added to a paper mache jewelry stand .The bones are a discounted skeleton left in a clearance bin from last season and the birds can be found at any Michael's store along with the jute ribbon and welcome sign. 

 The blood is plain old red dye of any kind  meaning alcohol ink , distress, or acrylic paint watered down then coated over with glossy accents....The real trick here is to soak gauze and stretch it out .

Put a label on it!!

Good Thursday Morning!

I wanted to share one of the areas of my house.

I love to decorate..I do....and if it has meaning or history then the pieces I use make me even happier. 

You will see I have labeled my foyer with our name in 12" letters . 

This was an amazing amount of fun and honestly while I was painting these they just looked cool splayed out literally everywhere")

The little wooden kiddy trike was my fathers when he was little...he is 73 today.

the small black pictures on the shelf are of my Grandmother Annabelle and her Sister Jenny when they were  teenagers. Ahhh Those wacky days that dad would let you and your sis take the horse and buggy to meeting alone. Wild ones there! ") The acrylic cog was given to me from a my dear friend Jackie (finder of great junk) .  I have a lot of my own work here. The bird house, file drawer , birdie cart , little burlap file boxes , and the little suitcase. These will all be linked to when I first posted them on here so you can get better detail. My fathers first pair of welding glasses still in the tin box carry case. My first peanuts book too (which I might add was released on my birthday October 2, 1963) so we sorta share a birthday. I love my creative world and hope you will too. 

(Please excuse the bad shots I have been trying to home remedy my old camera)

" not so much a rebel anymore"

A Day For Daisies

Happy Friday ya all....today I have a entry for

A Day For Daisies

And sharing is caring ")

This image was the free one given for the challenge. I think that is so wonderful that they give you am image to sample for the challenges. Truly after you paint and or color one you seriously become addicted..Love these images! 

DCWV The Modern Meadow Stack

DCWV in Haute Pink...

Yea Baby..

It is the Haute Pink stack featured over at the DCWV BLOG

and I have a little something special to show you,

I made this little mini out of a lipstick case found in the dollar isle at Michael's

it matched our stack perfectly along with the mini 6x6 foiled elegance") 

The mini is of my grand baby with her favorite friend Monkey....

Mini File Folders in Burlap!

No Foolin!!

DCWV has now introduced Burlap stacks..can you believe it!

They are pretty and fun to work with...

(not for couch pillows for those of you who have seen earlier post of mine :)

So today I have created a tutorial for you using our little 6x6 Burlap stack

Aren't they sweet?

You will need to make each mini file box

2 - 6x6 sheets  burlap paper

12- mini brads

1- label holder (optional)

Score board 

bone folder and larger rounded scorer

scissors

TIPS

When cutting your burlap paper on a paper cutter do it burlap down: then take paper out and cut again with scissors. This will make for a perfect clean cut.

When scoring your paper: place paper burlap side down on board, score once with larger tipped scorer and then again with bone folder aka smaller tipped scorer. Again making your scoring line almost perfect. Please keep in mind that burlap is rough..if you score to fast you will skip your track from the texture and end up off where you wanted to be:P

Cut box paper 6x6 square

taking ruler to help steady on score board score in 

1 1/2 " all around then again at 1 3/4 "

Cutting out the corner 1 1/2 inch square on each corner and mitering the corners fold in .

Bend in edges as seen and punch desired holes and secure with brads...this will take a little finesse.

The Lid

Cut another sheet 4 1/2" x 4 1/2 "

Score at the 1 " mark all around and the 1/2 " mark all around.

Fold and bone fold to straighten.

Trim corner on "ends only" and same! refold and secure with brads.

Whaaaa laaa! 

I am in fact a Smarty Pants!!!

Today. I was bored...Yes I know what your thinking..

how can a girl that lives in craftopia be bored???

It happens.

 

So I surfed....(do people call it this still?) and stumbled upon IQ testing....

So as a joke (sorta) always worried about the Alzheimer's since mean-o-pause kicked in and scatter brain-ness is a normal part of my life.

I decided I would check and see.

 

Now I am not certain if these are accurate and mixing my IQ number with the fact that remembering that bra's generally don't fit well over robes or that stopping -walking long enough to not get the strap wrapped around an ankle :0....wellllll

Let's just say it's kind of sketchy! 

 

But never the less It made me feel all smart for about 5 minutes and I want you to feel that way too...but for longer........"awkward"

 

IQ test  I tested 143 here

 

Free IQ test I tested 134 here

 

Who Freakin new I am in fact, according to random internet testing, a bonafide

Smarty Pants!

As you know...they can't lie on the internet. I also confirmed this with my

French model, cousin and his insurance company")

 

 

Have fun!

 

( I would like to tell you that all the type o's in this article were on purpose....

"internet":)

 

 

 

 



It's the Primrose stack !!!

Today I have made you a shadow box using the new stack from DCWV .

 The Primrose stack.

 I used several different embellishment and cut outs that are featured within this stack...it comes with not 1 but 2 ephemera sheets with the measuring tape being on one of them !
This was so much fun! I hope you feel inspired:)

It's a Somerset keepsake book with DCWV!

This summer DCWV has released a whole new set of fabulous prepackaged cards with envelopes. I for one am uber excited as I use these for so many things...a quickie card to jot a note to my friends and family.  I also use them for bases for my challenge cards . The massive variety is so versatile. Today I have come up with another idea that I hope inspires you to do the same.

I have used the Somerset card set

Today I have made a card smash book with ribbon enclosure.

Using 8 cards taped together back to back and one layered for the cover.

It is easy and a fabulous quick gift.

ENJOY!

What a lovely day to be Authentique

What a wonderful honor to be Guest Designer over at Authentique.

Today I got to create these fun 5x5 canvas's with the Irresistabable line.

This line features sticker and embellishment sheets along with several versatile, double sided patterns.

So come on over and check me out and what all I have created for you.

Authentique Blog 

Mastering The Bedroom With DCWV !!

I Am Mastering My Bedroom With DCWV

Thanks to one of my friends sharing an idea she seen on tv or maybe it was Pinterest I am not sure which one   but, I was in fact inspired!

Thank you Susan!

She said that the new trend was to cover books in all one paper so that they matched!! 

Wholly cow that is brilliant! So I set off to find my DCWV STACK "Timeless Textures" that matched or accented my master and BAM! Now my favorite books are stylishly disguised and handy at the same time.

Then adding my tree decal supplied by DCWV yet again I adhered it to my wall and mirror. 

Aussie Amber Inspiration

Good Morning my fellow crafters today is another set of jewelry that the powers that be didn't need so I got to have this lovely set back. I am not real sad about it because I think they are AWESOMEEE!!!

Made from blue moon EVERYTHING!

May 2013 Rick St Dennis Airless Chamber

Update: I won first place Wooo !Hooo !
Thank you Rick St Dennis and the Airless Chamber Team !


Airless Chamber Challenges May 2013

Today I am using the 

"Singing Zombie Freebie "

By: Rick St Dennis

Love this artist and his drawings with their air

of macabre

Kinda cracks me up because I can't imagine a zombie singing anything but,

ooooouuuuuuggg "gasp" choke ...girgle burppppp ooooo

ploppy oozeee

But here goes :)

I made this card featuring him 

Flipped over Butterflies !!

Today our tutorial will be all about "Butterflies"

And the horizontal flip!!!

That's right today we will learn how to use some of our exciting staples and products over at 

QKR Stampede

and her sister company

Eureka Stamps

I will be showing you how to flip on transparency and assemble this beautiful tag.

I began by selecting one of our lovely digi's 

39001 Legend of the Butterfly

When using transparencies many of them have a rough side and a slick side ..usally you must feed the sheet into the printer so that the ink may adhere to the rough side..

(when doing projects the slick side is prettier) 

To be able to see your phrase clearly "not backwards"

you will have to flip the digi.  (see pic)

Now to make the components.

You will need 

To cut your tags to the size required and punch the
bottom with a decorative edge.
Use sheer scotch tape to mask the
tag where you want no mica powder accents.

With
soaking 58501 Butterfly backgrounds stamp
 with a neutral solvent "I used versa mark this time ".
Stamp your accent piece of paper with your stamp.
 Generously sprinkle on your sticky powder.
melt with heat gun till shiny ( be careful to not over do -it!)

While sticky powder is still wet 

sprinkle your metallic powders onto your image.

You may now cut this paper to the size that fits your tag.

When doing your third accent sheet be certain to mask with your tape the edges of your die cut...
Now assemle..using various accent pieces dipped into the sticky powder and metallic powdered you can have a beautiful and artsy tag!

                                                                                         

It's a DCWV along with Thermo O Web Kinda Day!!

• Today, the design teams from DCWV and Therm O Web have brought together all the things we love about summer! 

  
  

  The designers have combined paper from DCWV’s Sunday Afternoon and Everlasting \Love stacks, together with a variety of adhesives, mists and other fantastic products from Therm O Web!
  

  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  If you have come here from Andrea's Blog then you're on track! If not, you should go back to the DCWV blog  and start today’s leg of the hop from there!

  
  

  Today for the hop I have made you a 

  Owl Night Light

  This little light hangs on a doorknob and can fit a battery operated tea light inside.

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  Be sure to visit all the blogs today, and leave comments for your chance to win! Two lucky readers will win a set of 3 stacks from DCWV, and an additional reader will receive an amazing gift pack from Therm O Web! The more you comment, the more chances you have to win!

  Now, head on over to Patti's Blog to see what kind of spring craftiness they have in store!

  
  

  List of Participants:

  
  

  Erin 

  Sarah 

  Debbie 

  Thomisia 

  Andrea 

  Amanda ( you are here)!

  Patti 

  Rita 

  Rebecca 

  Dayna Sabrina 

  Jennifer C 

  Hilde 

  Audrey 

  Britt

  Daniela 

  Jan 

  Erin 

  Tessa 

  Karen 

  Alice 

  Karla 

  Emily 

  Julia Sandvoss 

  
  

Blue Moon Steampunk Happiness

Good Morning!!!

Today I have the go ahead to share some things that have been made behind the scenes...Yes I have been working diligently for the design teams and when something isn't "picked-up"  I am free to use it as I like...which means I get to share...whooo hooo!!!!

These pieces were designed by me for Joann's using Blue Moon Beads

So with out further ado

 These are Steampunk Tick Tock  earrings

And this is my Steampunk & Ribbons  bracelet