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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Dryad ATC & 29 Faces

This will most liiiikely be the smallest face I make for 29 Faces... 
Unless the mood strikes to create an inchie! lol
She's ATC size. 
(3 1/2" X 2 1/2")
Pencil sketched in, traced out in Sharpie PEN (base lines erased) and then colored in with Stampin'Up! markers. Background shading is a quick rub with a Stampin' Spot.

Quote:
“Thou, light-winged 
Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot
of beechen green, and
shadows numberless,
Singest of summer in 
full-throated ease.”
~John Keats~

 





Scrap Our Stash Design Team Page: May... 'MAY I?' Challenge

May 'MAY I?' Challenge

The May challenge is to use someone else's blog as your inspiration for the MAY I Challenge.  The idea is for you to complete your project by getting inspiration from someone else's blog and then leave a comment at the blog stating that you are using their blog as inspiration for the Scrap Our Stash May I Challenge. 
In other words your asking MAY I use your blog as my inspiration.  
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Stuck close to home: Snarf my idea from an Artist who also lives here in Ottawa and who's work I can (and do) spend much time admiring. She does it all: jewelry, painting, journaling... and it's all just so pretty. 

 The copied work is HERE.
The Blog post around it is HERE.  

Really liked the ripped bits and pieces in this, 
As well as the 'highlighted' framed photo on this piece. 
Though it itself is not a Scrapbook Page, it works as a great template for one. 

Been falling behind in my personal goal to have at least 1/2 of our Wedding Scrapbook done by the end of 2012, so I used this challenge as an opportunity to git'anuther page done. 
The pictures were taken by a dear friends Mother (Barbara McGoey) who attended our wedding. She is a FAB-u-lous photographer who took a bunch of really awesome candid shots. 
 Most the the ripped up bits are either a copy of our Wedding Invitation or the online RSVP information card. 
Background paper is Little Yellow Bicycle 'Lucky Me' line.  
Flower sticker strip (snipped into 2 pieces) and Lucky Journal block (ripped in 2) is also from LYB 'Lucky Me' line
Other paper strips are unknown, bits I found in the scrap pile that matched well. 
Bling-y Double Hearts and 12" strip (snipped into smaller pieces) are from KaiserCraft. 
Metal Frame around the Cake is Making Memories. 
The Dreams sticker is from K&Company.
Ribbon was a bit I got in a Swap, er... years ago... *blowing the dust off*

Hoping that she likes my 'May I?' take on her project, 
Thank-You for the inspiration Wendy!

 




Now it's your turn to take the May I? Challenge.

The May challenge is to use someone else's blog as your inspiration for the MAY I Challenge. The idea is for you to complete your project by getting inspiration from someone else's blog and then leave a comment at the blog stating that you are using their blog as inspiration for the Scrap Our Stash May I Challenge. In other words your asking MAY I use your blog as my inspiration. Once you complete your project submit a picture and brief description of your project along with the a link to the inspiration blog. Each submission will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash along with the link to the the inspiration blog. Just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com.

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on May 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of July. This challenge ends at midnight central time on May 31st.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

29 Faces and Book Of Days Heart2Heart

Combined 29 Faces with a Heart2Heart, that will be heading out shortly to a Special Sister in Book of Days.
Smooth Cardstock base, pencil sketched in, traced in markers and colored in with Stampin' Up! Markers and Studio Metallics. Background lightly inked over and also edges with Stampin' Spots.

Quote:
We're all kissed by angels but some of us never think to pucker.  
~Terri Guillemets~

 

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 152

Good day fellow WOYWW-ers! 
The hallowed day hath arrived again...
 Head on over to:
To have a snoop... er, look at what everyone is up to this week. 

Nothing 'in-making' on the desk this week.
Coffee... there is coffee...
Celtic Prayer book out for Beltane stuff yesterday...
Pretty new boxes for stashing stuff... That's on my 'list' for today. Staples: $3.99 down to $1.99, down to $1.00, then 49 cents... yesterday--> 25 cents each! Grabbed 5 (1 of each color) the eldest snarfed the Black one before I could blink. ..and I bought some snazzy tiger stripped erasers too. One is hiding just under the parcel there... sneaky bugger! I went in for pens... so so so sick of trying to do outlining and journaling with a Sharpie Marker, they gum up and refuse to work. Found 2 that work beee-oooo-tifully. 
Happy Sarah.
Yellow Book of To-Do's...
Parcel from Art House Co-op arrived!!!! *squeeee!* (more below)
and the usual mess of sh-tuff that keeps me making!
Sooooo....What's on YOUR Workdesk Today?


Yesterday my parcel for The Mystery Project at Art House Co-op arrived!
I need to ponder on the contents....
(Can you smell brain smoke and hear the gears trying desperately to turn?)


Mum Update:
Sleeping a little better, they eye tweaking seems to be taking... which means she'll need to drag out for an eye check. Surgery Results= Change in Prescription. 
She's also gone along for a few errands and stuff this week... Sat while my Dad bottled wine this week and also when he saw his Chiropractor. Normally she is a SUPER active person that barely sits still, walks eeeeeeverywhere. This is so hard for her.
The 1st card arrived!!! 
THANK-YOU to those that have sent/are sending cards... 
The arrival of that 1 card had her smiling for days.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Book of Days: May 1st ~Beltane~

I have new pens... I *needed* to play!
Greg took me down to Staples and let me splurge on several 'gawd I hope one of these works' pens/markers because he's sick and tired of listening to my wrath and ducking the occasional flinged Sharpie in the Studio. Needed something that would go over paint, not smudge and be fine enough for detail work.
Don't use Gesso in my books... don't like drawing over it with pencils, when I erase my base lines it gets all smudgy and 'dirty' looking. I use $ store acrylics, they are matte and I loooove the texture of brush strokes in my book... it's more 'real' not a print feel to it.
(yes... I pat my books... lol!)

There were to CLEAR winners!
For super fine lines-details: 
Sharpie PEN (not marker... those I was throwing at Greg)
For thicker lines, GREAT writing:
 Staedtler permanent Lumocolor
Bought both in Black... and I'm in luuuurve. Smitten with both of them!

erm... yes, Book of Days...
Today is Beltane so I did a Beltane Page.
Pencil sketched the Fairy in then traced over with the Sharpie PEN.
Outlined her in Stampin' Up! Markers doodling out a bit then used a wet paintbrush to spread the color out over the rest of the page. She's also colored in with SU! Markers.
Journaling done with the Staedtler Lumocolor.

From Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings by Caitlin Matthews

Song of Beltane

I am the calm, 
I am the intoxication 
and the force,
I am the silence,
I am the singer,
I am the stallion 
galloping to its source.
I am the bright pavilion 
and the feasting, 
I am the wedding couple 
and the bed,
I am the morning chorus 
and the heartbeat,
I am the goal to which 
all paths are led.
 

Scrapbooking.com - May Issue Pages - Publication

The May issue of Scrapbooking.com is up!
This month my pages are in 2 shared-articles...

Graduation: Cool Dude
Video:

Wedding: Time for Love
Video:



Elements: Air- Beltane Page & 29 Faces

Today 29 Faces begins...
It is also Beltane so I had planned to do a page in my Elements Journal...
Your-Fer, Go Fer A Two-Fer!

Here she is all done... 
The Maiden of Flowers

Saw this Icon floating around the internetz, thought the fleurs in hair look was awesome. 
My Journal page is completely inspired from this:

  
I also popped on some YouTube Tune-age while working...
This is what I listening to today:

Started  with a pencil sketch...
Stamped a variety of Bugs and Flowers (all Stampin'Up!) in with StazOn...
Outlined the face/hair and defined the stamped images...
Then colored it all with Stampin'Up! Markers.
The added the Journaling...

The following is from Caitlin Matthews book "Celtic "Devotional"

Maiden of flowers, open the door,
Smith of souls, come you in.
Let there be welcome to the growing strength,
Let there be welcome to to the Summer of the Year.
In bud and blossom you are traveling,
In fruit and fragrance you will arrive.
May the blessed time of Beltane,
Inflame the soul of all beings.
Bringing energy and effort to conflagration.
From the depths to the heights,
From the heights to the depths,
In the core of every soul.