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Friday, December 31, 2010

Good-Bye 2010 & Personal FavoriteTop 10 Projects.

Ahh... another Year draws to a close.
2010 was a very, very good year for us.
We celebrated a wedding, a new job, passing probation with that new job, MAJOR positive progress with both of our Special Needs kids, Grade 6 Graduation and *gulp* teenager-dom (or is that teenager-DOOM) beginning, rediscovery of Steampunk... quickly become an addiction with the whole family especially wee ones (all their LEGO is 'Steampunk this, Steampunk that...' now...lol), placement on 3 design teams, creative challenges won, guest spots, court case resolved, negative people cleared from our lives, positive people entering, spiritual renewal, healing in many forms, the forging of a new family unit, positive school changes, community at it's best and good Karma bringing us into the close and onto the New Year.
We are looking forward to an even better 2011!

I'm going to jump the Bloggy Bandwagon here...
Posting MY favorite 10 project from 2010.
These are not necessarily ones I won Challenges with or even Design Team Layouts BUT they are ones I put a little bot of my heART & Soul into and are therefore just a wee bit *more* of me.
If I've linked this up right clicking on the images *should* take you to the corresponding Blog Entry for these project.
Not in any kind of preference order, the newest project is at the top, oldest at the bottom.

The Wedding Watch:
12X12 Scrapbook Page
Steampunk Demon Detector:
3D Mixed Media Prop


Stepping Through the Looking Glass and Falling Down the Rabbit Hole:
12X12 Scrapbook Page



Brass Explosion Steampunk Box:
Mixed Media Giftbox


Da Boyz!:
12x12 Scrapbook Page


Domestic Goddess:
3D Mixed Media Sculpture


Alice In Mixed Media Wonderland:
3D Framed Art


Warning to Time Travelers... the Butterfly Effect:
3D Mixed Media Wallhanging


Valentine's ABC's of You:
Handmade Scrap/Giftbook


Entertaining Angels
Art Journal Page


Saturday, June 26, 2010

WELCOME to the Mad Tea Party!!!

Welcome to Scrapbooking is Cheaper than Therapy.
Pull up a chair, pour a cuppa and join me for a spell...

I hummed and I hawwed about what to post today... and eventually decided:
What's a Tea Party without cookies?!


These are the cookies the boyz and I baked for the Teacher's Gifts this week.
122 of them!!!
Chocolate Chip Shortbread... VERY rich.

mmm.... crumbly...

yummmers...

I made sure that there was a ingredients list in each package.
Just In Case...

The 1st few ready to go!

Up Close...
The Story of the Tags is HERE.

2 Baskets ready to Go.
Little One for William's School.
Bigger One for Arthur, Robert and Thomas's School.

Big Basket.

Smaller Basket.


In addition to Cookies I also figured I could link to a few of My Alice Inspired Artwork:
If you click on the images it will take you to the Blog Posts about them most include many, many more pictures of the projects...
Enjoy!

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole... I've found my MUCHNESS:

4X4: HAT-itude:


Red Queen Artist PostCard:


Alice in Mixed-Media Wonderland:

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

No Paper Lay-Out!

I did this 12 X 12 Layout for the Bad Girls No Papers!!! Challenge.
I... of course, made this harder for myself. lol...
I was hell bent on NO paper at all!
So I spent time pondering what to do...
ponder...
ponder...
Feeling a little like Winnie-the-Pooh. ;O)
It's photographed at angle because it ended up shiny.
I used a Fancy Pants Transparent Overlay which I worked on the back of to start.
Added some Making Memories (Chloe's Closet) canvas tags, trimming the metal eyelets off the top, so they'd lie flat. Attaching with Glue Dots.
The photograph is printed on a stiffened canvas sheet. Ready-made to run through a printer. Again, sorry with the angle it's really hard to see that.
I then painted acrylic paint over the swirls & stars on the overlay...
I wanted them to *pop*.
Added felt embellies, ribbon, bling-string, lace, yarn and the 'Play' Sign.
Then I put adhesive around all the edges and laid a layer of light Denim fabric on the back. Trimmed around the edges, not neat, I wanted the 'fluff & strings' showing.
Then flipped it over to the front, added some more ribbon & lace, finishing off by doodling around the photo and journaling with sharpies.

Journaling:
With:
~paint~
~fabric~ribbon~
~paper~yarn~
~pictures~pens~
~metal~wood~wax~
~ink~stamps~glue~
~stickers~JUNK~
~lace~flowers~tools~
~Bling~stone~beads~
~buttons~ etc...
Sarah Likes
Making a...
MESS!!!

Canvas Tags:
Creative
work is
play.
~Stephen Nachmenovitch~

Curiosity

Every child is an
artist. The problem
is how to remain
an artist once
S he grows up. (I added the S!!!)
~Pablo Picasso~



Monday, March 29, 2010

Bad Girls Project 52 #12... 3D House.


I finally got the latest Bad Girls Project 52 Challenge done.

3~D Homes: {paper, board, fabric, box, metal etc.

Any material choice. All sides must be considered, Art in the round!!}

THEME: Dreams {past/present/future, actualized or not, night/day etc.}

REQUIRED MATERIAL: Buttons {any type/shape/size/number/color/material}

This is my take...

Welcome to Wits' End


I started with the roof... it's a coffee filter (3 actually) sprayed liberally with Indian Corn Glimmer Mist, then sprayed with clear coat shellac (lots & lots & lots) to stiffen it.

The house is a coffee can (Maxwell House... ew!) I painted with 2 coats of tan acrylic paint. I then wrapped a trimmed-to-fit Starbucks Bag around it. I really like the way it crinkled up... I put the bag on before the paint was totally dry (impatient! lol) and it looks really neat-o. The chimney is part of a Starbucks straw with a bit of torn lace 'smoke'.

The front door is part of Starbucks cup wrap (backwards) with a button door and ribbon hinges. Buttons for a walk-way... and climbing roses reaching up from the gardens... 'Gardens' created with Dried Flowers & Moss.

The base is a bio-degradable Planter Liner (like paper mache...) turned upside down.

Welcome to Wits' End sign... Popsicle stick punched with a Crop-o-Dile. Eyelets, broken necklace chain and brads finish it off...


The field of Baking Cup and Button flowers was inspired by THIS video. I found the mini-Cups and just had to get them... so cute!
Bunny in residence... of course!

The Mill Wheel is a piece out of the inside of a broken VCR-tape... the 'water' is blanket binding.


The Quote on the Starbucks bag is what inspired me for the 'Dream' Theme...
I loooooove fleurs & gardening & coffee! They are in my dreams quite often. ;O)


The field of daisies are Martha Stewart Wedding Confetti and the natural of the planter base.


Happy Squirrel on board!


Bird, Watering Can and Pansies.


Downward shot of the Front.


Closer to the Roof.


Front.


Baking Cup Field.


Mill Wheel.


Baking Cup Fleurs... with Button & Ribbon Centers.


Sunday, March 28, 2010

Hey You'fer,.. Go for a Two'fer...

This Layout is for Gutter Girls #35 and the Bad Girls Scrap Lottery I.

For Gutter Girls I needed:
~Title/Theme: Road Trip
~Song: The Climb by Miley Cyrus
~Embellishment: Map

For Bad Girls I needed:

~Yellow

~Red
~Circles
~Hand Journaling

~Hearts


Journaling:

Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking


I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

~The Climb~ by Miley Cyrus

I have had quite the

Road Trip

so far in my life.

I can look at my body

and see the Map

of where I’ve been…

Which makes me who I

Am Today…

I would never

Change that.

I went a little crazee with the 3D Crystal Lacquer... which is still one of my favorite products.

The flowers, wings, hearts and crown were all Punch-Outs from a Fancy Pants Holiday Kit. I wanted a Shabby feel and they were poi-fect.

I covered the inside of the flowers and 1 of the hearts in 3D-CL and added dots on the crown tips.

The Map was one I printed out then I traced a Body form on the back and cut out.

Everything was 'aged' with ink rubbed around the edges.

Buttons, Fibres and some Lace to finish off.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

WEEK 3 on the Bad Girls Party Bus!!!!


OMG... today is MY Day...
SHWEEEET!!!
I'm here!
with this:

*chinking champagne flute*
CHEERS!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Horn Tooting!!!



I made the Bad Girls Party bus again this week!
For the Coffee Snob x4 page.
AND

My Domestic Goddess won the $20 Gift Certificate For the Project 52 Challenge!!!
Yeah Me!