Tuesday Taggers: Old Father Time...

Old Father time.........
So we are nearly at the end of 2010 - where have the last 10 years gone? It seems like days ago we were celebrating the millenium and here we are now slipping into another decade - how time flies!

Staying with the theme of new year we thought a theme involving the passage of time would be appropriate so have chosen the challenge of
"Old Father Time"

- this theme is open to your own interpretation so please feel free to run with whatever your thoughts are for this one.

I actually made a TAG this time... for 2010 I think this is a 1st for me with this challenge! ;O)
I found this wonderful Clip-Art image...
Base of Burgundy cardstock, heavily inked in Burgundy and Navy.
Clock pattern paper and image inked as well.
I wanted a grungy look with some movement so I inked in circles.
Good-Bye 2010

Tuesday Taggers: A Decoration! Victorian Christmas

So onto this weeks challenge - as I am quite ahead with my Christmas cards I thought making a decoration would be fun so thats what I would like you to make this week - a decoration. It can be for Christmas or not it really is up to you.

I decided to go Victorian Christmas for my decoration.
I tell you it took eeeeevery fiber of my being to not attach a cog, gear or other clock part to this! Victorian.
NOT Steampunk...
just.this.once.
Base is a square of Chipboard, covered in Pattern Paper; both front & back.
Edges are heavily sanded, light sanding over the images.
Glimmer Misted in light brown.
Laced is some of my antique auction goodies.
Pearls are $ store stick-ons.
Key: 7 Gypsies.
This is going to be a Gift. :O)

Tuesday Taggers: Peace, Joy, Love... & 300th Post!!!! (candy, candy, candy)

The weeks are fast hurtling towards the festive season so here is another chance to get ahead with your Christmas preparations.

I would like to see the words Peace, Love or Joy featured somewhere on your project - Don't forget you can make anything you like - there is no project restriction only that you must include the theme this week.

I was so happy to see this weeks theme...
I KNEW I had the poi-fect stamp!
Peace~Joy~Love
Even all in the right order too!
woot!
Stamp is from Stampin'Up! All Year Cheer 1.
Stamped then Heat Embossed in Gold. I scrunched up the paper and sanded it.
Mounted on DCWV textured Card-stock, also sanded.
Reflections 3-D stickers, sanded and rubbed with a touch of brown ink to 'age'.
Added a strip of Making Memories Tape, also sanded and inked.
Star Stick Pin from Making Memories.

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Tuesday Taggers: Inspired by a Poem
I love using poetry as inspiration for my artwork and I wondered how many more poems there are out there that could inspire creativity, so that's the challenge for this week. Use a poem to inspire your crafting. As usual you can create anything you wish, with any stash as long as it has reference to a poem

I just loooooove Walt Whitman so I knew just WHO I was heading to for a poem.
I made this free-standing display.
The image is from Ceremony Share.
I mounted Pattern Paper of Heavy Cardboard and trimmed the 2 even rectangles. I heavily inked all the edges to give it a time worn look.
The lace is attached with Scor-Pal adhesive strips.

Soartful: Whimsy
Welcome to another week at Soartful Challenges.
This week I have a bit of Whimsy for you

whim·sy

 

–noun, plural -sies.

1.

capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful

expression: a play with lots of whimsy.

2.

an odd or fanciful notion.

3.

anything odd or fanciful; a product of playful or capriciousfancy: a whimsy from

an otherwise thoughtful writer.

Oh... you should of guessed I would go SteamPunk. lol
4X4, clip-art background embellished with an Airplane & Cog'n'Gear Stamps.
I took a different Flying Pig image than the one posted and have him Brass Goggles and proper Gentleman's Top Hat.
If Pigs are going to Fly, they should at least do it in style!

4 Postcards & an Inchie...

I've been having a *week* with da'boyz...
Despite them all being at camp during the day the evening have been, um... less than delightful.
As some of you know my 3rd son has some major medical issues,
ADHD & ODD being the tippy-top of the iceburg,
so 'change' is always difficult, even if it's fun change.
THIS... would be one of those weeks.
Despite the increase in 'issues' I did manage to get some Art done, just not posted.
This'll be a Blitz-Post, better to get it all up before I sucked under again! :O)
*glub-glub*

Oh, Alice!
CHAPTER 25: White Rabbit, White Gloves, White Wonderland...

"After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, `Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!'
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, `If you please, sir--' The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go..."

~Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 2

Hello dolls!
We are back in the WHITE heat of August with another fabulous challenge for you today! This week at Oh, Alice we are trying to BEAT that heat, and you know, they say you shouldn't wear dark colors this time of year to keep cool!
In the spirit of that, along with our WHITE Rabbit and his WHITE kid gloves, guess what our challenge is for you today?
That's RIGHT. WHITE WONDERLAND. And we're not talkin' about Christmas! Your mission today, should you choose to accept it is to create (WITH the exception of your main image panel) an ALL WHITE card or project!

*giggle*
I LOVE what I did... he's SO cute and pat-able.
White Rabbit Postcard...
Low pile fur mounted on Cereal Box Board, face elements are off a print-able childrens face mask and the eyes are brads.



The Three Muses Challenge - Doors
The theme this week is DOORS. A door in art can create many moods - mystery and menace or a feeling of safety and warmth. It is a great prop for great pictures. I hope you will enjoy our challenge this week.

I hope Rachel McAdams doesn't mind me borrowing her forehead as an example...
:O)


Tuesday Taggers: Sunshine
This weeks theme - Sunshine - and boy do we need the sun back :0)
When I dreamt up this theme I had the image of sunny days in the garden, sipping mint tea and inhaling the sweet smell of my newly planted flowers ......... ha ha! it really was a dream! Instead I think we have had dull cloudy days with downpours so heavy that we still have a water shortage because it has moved downstream too fast to fill up the reservoirs!!
Still we can live in hope of an Indian summer!
Despite all that I hope you're enjoying the summer

Still almost a month of good Summer here, Thank Goodness!
I've been waiting to do something with this Picture of my friend Brynn and I had my Betrothal Handfasting last year ... this was a Good Time. :O)
Shimmer didn't photograph well but the brass sun and all around the page have been Pearl Effects-ed.



Kard Krazy: Tag Tuesday Challenge -- Crowns
I just finished creating this week's tag for the Tag Tuesday challenge when I noticed the same theme was being offered up over at the Gothic Arch challenge site. Oh, well, I guess we'll be seeing a lot of crowns this week!

This was started with a Free Digi-Stamp (unknown source & part of a larger sheet of quotes) I've also been just itching to use!
Swirls & Flourishes are Fancy Pants.
I just love the sentiment.
We are ALL deserving of being treated like royalty... we just need to be reminded sometimes.



Small World of Inchies & Twinchies: Ladies.
I'm back again with a new theme!
Hope you will like this one, it's a easy theme: 'Ladies'.
Make some very small art with some ladies.
Stamping, digital art, paint...
Just use your imagination!
Have fun!

All I can say to that quote is:
AMEN!
Preach it sista!
;O)




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More late-night creativity...

Few more thing I finished last night but was to tired to post...
After the day with da'boyz being wild I thought I'd be tired, but it turned out I was wired instead. I was up til 7AM surfing around picking up some of the FREE Digi-Stamps there are out there. I'm getting a collection... slowly. ;O)

This was made with a 'real' rubber stamp set (Stampin'Up!). We have new neighbors moving in 2 doors down and when they were moving some of their sh-tuff in on Friday 'she' looked overly stressed... I thought a welcome card would be nice. :O)
Front:

Inside... I'll be writing a short message:

Kard Krazy Tag Tuesday Challenge:Mannequin
My friend, Sarah, from Vintage Figments has graciously agreed to be out first guest hostess for today's Tag Tuesday challenge. She has chosen a template challenge for this week's theme. This fabulous mannequin template Sarah used for her tags can be found and downloaded here:
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/mannequin.htm

*rubbing hands together in glee*
Another excuse to SteamPunk!
Started by covering template in Clip-Art Background, then stamped it with the Gel-a-Tins 'Shifting Gears' set, finished by inking the edges.
Ribbon and mini-cameo at neck.
More ribbon, a gear (walkman), 2 'screw' brads, quite a few pieces of the Brass goodies I have, Key and Lock... at the waist.
Finished off with a bit'o'vintage lace.

Tuesday Taggers: Lots of Lovely Black!
Well this week is Lyn's turn to choose the challenge theme. Turns out Lyn is a little shy of preparing the posting and has asked me to do it for her. If you know our Lyn (Blackdragon) you'll know what her favorite colour is - BLACK - so this week we are looking forward to seeing what you make of Black lovely black.

Black on Black on Black...
Started the Postcard off with image of a large, dark tree near a graveyard...
Tattered Angels Heart Stencil blasted with black Glimmer Mist...
Then the crow and quote.

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Tag Tuesday Challenge -- A Guest Hostess!

Tags & Christmas & kind-a Christmas...

Messy Fingers...
Tonight's projects ended up being pretty ink-y.
Enjoy!

Dragons Dream TIO #49 - Paper Roses...

This week, I have a different challenge for you... paper roses.

Dream your tag with some special paper roses and at least one stamp ??
Go on... you know you want to!!! So ENJOY!!

I've had these paper roses for awhile...
I bought them because the colors were just gorgeous!
I'm glad I finally got a chance to use a few from my 'hoard'... lol.
Working on my stash of 'Thank-You' items with the wedding coming up and all those that are helping out, I'll need 'em!
Glimmer misted, Stamped then assembled.
Stamp Set is Stampin'Up! & Paper DCWV.
Flowers and Butterfly: $ store!

xx

Kard Krazy TagTuesday Challenge -- Christmas "Colors" in July

So for today's challenge I thought we would do Christmas "colors" in July. Which means to create a tag using the traditional Christmas colors of red and green -- but do NOT make it a Christmas tag. Bring these colors into a tag that has some other theme than Christmas.

Yet another opportunity to grab one of my Kraftin Kimmie's Stamps!
Giselle today... garbed in Christmas colors.
Markers: Stampin'Up! Paper DCWV Christmas card stack.
Care for Tea?

Christmas in July at Tuesday Taggers!
So onto this weeks theme which is Christmas in July. Lots of festive goings on around blogland... So what do you have to do? Make something Christmassy and link it back here. So looking forward to seeing your Festive creations

Mixture of Stamp Sets on this one both Fancy Pants and Stampin'Up!
Started with some Glimmer Mist, then stamped, ripped,
inked then Mulberry-Papered.
The golden bells were off a broken Christmas ornament.
One less Christmas Card to make now! :O)

Kraftin' Kimmie Day!

Have I mentioned how in luuuurve I am with my new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps?

You sick of hearing it yet?
well... ppplllbbbbbtttt!!! Too Bad! lol
If you havn't checked them out yet... what are you waiting for, GO.

I used my new rubber for the 2 projects I worked on overnight last night.

Tuesday Taggers: Hang it all, its a Canvas
This week its my (Zoe) turn to set the theme, thought a great big wide open theme 'Canvas' would be fun. This can go in any direction you want there are all sorts of canvas to choose; pads of canvas paper, canvas board, boxed canvasses they come in all sizes. Use a piece of canvas with other materials needs to be a reasonable size and not just a little scrap some where. Canvas is used to make sails, bags, chairs all sorts of things have a play and then come back and show us what you have done.
Also link to Ink from the Heart:

I decided this would be a great time to get the Door Sign done for the New Studio.
I used the Lola Da Vinci Stamp, with a few tweaks...
I *had* to add my freckles and a pair of glasses to make her more 'Me'.
Red hair, blue-gray eyes... though I do not rock the overalls anywhere that good in Real Life.
My Bum is um... bigger. ;O)
I used a cardboard mount, pre-treated canvas board. (all hail the $ store!)
blobbed on my paints nice & thick, let it dry over night... attached the Lola/Sarah and paint can (I drew all by myself) and finally painted the Message.
Welcome to Sunshine Studio
The back has a peel & stick hanger on it...
NOW I just need to get my fiance to actually GET the door up so I can hang this there.
All images are colored with Stampin'Up! Markers.
Paint is DecoArt.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #39!! - Mostly Monochromatic
This week's challenge is called Mostly Monochromatic!!! A lot of M's, wouldn't you say?? She's challenged us to make a card that is mostly one particular colour....so use mostly pink or mostly purple or mostly one colour on your creation!

I knew, knew, knew which one I wanted to do...
I have been salivating over the chance to get SteamPunk-y with these images.
I want Lavinia's outfit for an outing with our local SteamPunk group! :::drool:::
I started the background with a piece of 'clock' paper from one of the big Pads (unkown) we all bought yeeeeears ago. I used the Shifting Gears Gel-a-Tins set to Cog & Gear it up a bit... and inked the edges.
The layer behind is actually yellow parchment paper which I stamped with Lavinia's accompanying Gear stamp then 'aged' the edges with ink.
Lastly is Black... also stamped with the gears but it doesn't show in the photo (poo!).
All Ink & Markers used are Stampin'Up!
Brass Goggles Forever!!!

Busy... Busy Evening

My Muse decided to dust herself off and make an appearance tonight...
I missed her. :O)
Now that the trial is over I can feel some of the tension loosening.
(For those that have been following, see previous post for the final deets.)
I didn't even realize that Saturday past and Sunday started... lol.

4x4 Friday: Compass Rose

This week's 4x4 Friday challenge is to incorporate a compass rose into your design. Enjoy!

Went a wee bit Steampunk-y, blame it on FINALLY getting some cog & gears stamps.

Kard Krazy

Tag Tuesday Challenge #60 -- Faces

Today's Tag Tuesday Challenge is "Faces."

Feel free to interpret this however you'd like and use whatever medium you'd like.

Inspired by Alice in Wonderland!
The idea has been simmering in my head to replicated the Talking Flower Garden
and this was the poi-fect time.
Clip-Art Freebie sheet put to good use and many, many paper flowers.

Lots To Do

Week 29 - Shapes

This week we are looking at "Shapes" - interpret it anyway you like a shaped card, shapes on your work - whatever so long as you follow the theme.

Template came from Mirkwood.
Black & White 'Victoriana' clip-art sheet snipped and pasted on,
then sprayed with Glimmer Mist.
I wanted to get a fuzzing on the images so I went heavy.
Edged out in bark brown ink.

Oh, Alice

CHAPTER 23: Ravens and Writing Desks...

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" "Come, we shall have some fun now!" thought Alice. "I'm glad they've begun asking riddles. — I believe I can guess that," she added aloud. "Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare. "Exactly so," said Alice. "Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare wen t on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know." This week, we challenge you to use BIRDS on your card or papercrafting project! We may never know the answer to the riddle above, but while we're pondering that and life's little mysteries we may as well make a great card or two in the process, right?

Postcard Art...
Background is blue Glimmer Misted dove Mask.
Spritz of black under the cut out Crow clip-art.
Fancy Pants stamping over the quote:
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
Juvenal

Rush-Tags!!!

I'm sooooo behind this week... blame it on a combination of Wedding Preparations & stress over the up-coming court case (I'm testifying against my EX who threatened to kill us. Been a looooong wait.). I'm not sure which way I'm going! lol
I'm hoping it's not to late late to slide my Dragon's Dream TIO and Tuesday Tagger works in.

Dragon's Dream TIO: Shabby Chic
This week, I would like you to dream in shabby chic and to use at least one real stamp.
ENJOY!!!
Frankie
xx

I did use a stamp but despite my up-close shot it still didn't show really well. I used a stippled stamp to 'age' the flowers with brown ink.




Tuesday Taggers: Anniversaries
It is my 21st Wedding Anniversary on 15th July - eeekk!! All those years with the same bloke! Well, he is my soul-mate and bestest friend (pass me the sick bucket! LOL) So that is why I have set this challenge for you. I'd love to see any projects featuring anniversaries, not just wedding ones! Any project you like, tags, scrap layouts, cards, whatever, just as long as there is a reference to anniversaries on it somewhere!!

I dug into the antique lace for this one!

It's a Tag-y kinda day...

I decided it was time to dust off some of my urm... rather large, stamp collection and let them see some day-light. ;O)
I got 3 tags done for different challenges all using stamps.

Dragons Dream Tag It On: #46 Inchie by Inchie
This week I have dreampt in inchies - pieces one inch square or round.
So that is your challenge.
Choose your theme and 3 colours then make inchies to cover your tag.
Use at least one stamp and ENJOY!!!

I dug out a StampinUp! Set 'In Style'.
I used 3 colors of Glimmer Mist: Tuscan Sun, English Ivy and Blue Skies.
The Tag is sprayed with the yellow, the rest with a combination of all 3.
I sprayed a sheet of cardstock then cut it up to make the background, title and inchies.
All other elements are stamped in black and well as the edging.
...just my style!



Tuesday Taggers: Make a Scene!
Yep I want you to make a scene!
This theme can be interpreted in so many ways, having an argument, creating a stage, creating a scene with stamps - it's endless.

I mixed and matched a few stamps on this one. The bulk are from the Stampin'Up! 'Garden Seeds' set: dirt, sign post, Garden of Weedin' and smaller plants.
The larger flower bundle and butterfly is Penny Black.
Dragonfly is Studio G.
Leaves stamped on the tag itself... unknown.
Everything was colored with Stampin'Up! Markers.
Welcome to the Garden on Weedin'!



Kard Krazy: Tag Tuesday Challenge
Last week's challenge was a two-week challenge, The theme is still summer.

More and more Glimmer Mist here...
I used a scrap that had a touch of the green from the ...just me style! tag...
and sprayed it VERY liberally with yellows, oranges and reds to create a sunset 'feel'.
The Couple stamp in from Stampin'Up! 'Summer by the Sea' set,
the quote from 'Seaside Sketches'.
Everything was edges in brown and the tag was sprayed in blues.
Summer Sunsets: Priceless...

Busy Saturday Night...

Much as I miss me sweetie when he's on evening/night shift it does leave me time to sneak into the Studio and not 'feel' I need to be with everyone else in this house. Younger kids are in bed. The eldest is firmly attached to his laptop... though I DO occasionally check to make sure the wires haven't reached out and permanently bonded to him... lol.

I've had a productive night. 3 Challenges off the 'HomeWork' List. :O)

First Up... 4 Inchies for Small World of Inchies & Twinchies: Fishy.
I went literal... with Dr. Seuss!


Next up... I was delighted to see the Theme this time for The Three Muses: SteamPunk!!!
Cause we all know I'm a *wee* bit addicted to SteamPunk...
I was most disappointed today we missed one of our SteamPunk Groups Picnics. Greg's schedule and cough-y, tired kids kept us in today. :O(
So I got my SteamPunk Fix in Art.
4X4 Full-o-SteamPunk-y Goodness.


Last but certainly not least... Artist Postcard for Tuesday Taggers: Wedding.
umm... yeah, I was still going with the SteamPunk.
I used an Industrial background and a picture from one of the MANY wedding magazine's I have around. lol... they kinda collect when your planning a wedding. ;O)
I used a snippet of antique lace for the veil.
The tiara is part of a plastic cog with a watch cog in front and bit of copper jewelry in back.
Bouquet is bits from my 'metal sh-tuff' jar, flattened spring and some electrical wire.