Tuesday, September 17, 2013

1, 2, 3, Challenge!

 
 
 

 
 



Prima Mixed Media Doll Tag

Copic Markers



Hello Friends and Stampers!

Sorry my post today is a bit late, blogger was not exactly cooperative last night for me.  It was not letting me add pictures!  Grrrr.  Even now I had to kind of baby it along by adding one picture at a time, lol.   But they seem to have posted, so I am going to run with it now, lol. 

We have a different challenge for you over at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog:

This week's challenge is: 1, 2, 3
Have 1 Image, 2 Designer Papers & 3 Embellishments!

Okay I know I have more than three embellishments, lol.   I just can never stick to the rules, lol.  I love these Prima Dolls and Tags I got over at Loves Rubberstamps.  I think I am going to have to pace myself, because all I want to do is create a bunch of tags with these dolls!   I'm also not quite ready to give up on the summer colors either, I love this Paper Pack!  There are so many different combinations of papers in it that work so well together. 

This has been a very hectic week, sliding into the weekend.  I am glad I have a catch up day around here.  I volunteered to work an over time day but the Census Gods had other plans, so I bow to them and thank them for the much needed rest, lol.   I'm definitely going to be making a card today, and getting around to comment on every ones blog today.  I can't imagine a more perfect day! 

The Design Team would like to thank The Paper Shelter for sponsoring us this week as well as for the fabulous images they provided us.





Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments! 

Holly


P.S.  - You will want to go see what's NEW in the store this week, Laura has added a lot of fabulous stamps!!!  

Thoughts and Prayers to the flood victims as well as the DC victims. 



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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Video Tutorial over at Loves Rubberstamps

Hello Friends and Stampers,

Just want to remind you to go check out Indah's Video Tutorial over at Loves Rubberstamps today.  It's an adorable Triple Easel Card!  I have never seen one of these and now I have all kinds of ideas!

Holly
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Arr Matey


MFT PI - Pirate Boy
MFT LJD - Bitty Banners
MFT Die-Namics LJD - Bitty Banners
MFT Die-Namics LLD Accent it World Traveler
MFT Die-Namics - Catch a Wave
Copic Markers
Best Glue Ever
X-Press It Paper
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Memento Ink - London Fog
 
Hello Friends and Stampers,
 
Happy Holly-Day Friday.  It's my day to show you some Inspiration over at Loves Rubberstamps!   In Case you missed out on the Design Team Blog Hop, Here is the LINK, you could win $20.00 in stamps!!!   And don't forget about our current Challenge - Use a Sentiment.  Which I was going to but then I thought the skull was so much cuter, lol. 
 
What do you think of this adorable pirate?  I did paper piece his shirt and then I dirtied it up with some Memento London Fog.  Pirates can have clean shirts you know, especially when they are torn up to perfection, lol. 
 
I hope you get a chance to play along with us!  Make sure you tune in to the Inspiration Blog tomorrow for another one of Indah's fabulous video tutorials!   For now, I'm off to bed....zzzzz.  Got to work all weekend :( 
 
Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.
 
Holly
 
Entering in the sketch challenge over at MFT.
 


 
 
 
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

We Will Never Forget 9/11


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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

My First Steampunk

 
 




 
Hello Friends and Stampers,
 
Sorry I am getting this posted a little late today, I have been wanting to take another picture of this card before I uploaded it.  This is what the original picture looked like:
 


 
For some reason, the camera took on the light greenish Hughes and ran amok with it, lol.   So I wanted to take a picture in the natural daylight and then upload. 
 
Today is the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog day and we are looking for a sentiment.  Your project must have a sentiment on there somewhere.  Even if it's just one word.   This was a challenge for me, lol.  I usually reserve the inside of the card for the sentiment.  And what actually ended up happening was I saw this adorable Victorian Goth Girl and had all kinds of Mojo going on and just let my creative side take over.   I had to google "steampunk" lol.  The Urban Dictionary says,
 
Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes.
Victorian Steampunk: A modern Science Fiction work (post-1930s) that is set in the early parts of the industrial revolution.
 
So I found some paper that I thought was suited best for Victorian, I knew I wanted to use the time pieces gears and the fabulous La La Balloon.  So I had it all done and the colors the way I wanted and I had worked late into the night.  The next morning it suddenly dawns on me that I had no idea what the Challenge was, lol.   I went to look it up and thought, "Oh Man!"  I had no where for the sentiment, but then the more I looked at the left hand side, the more I realized that that was exactly what I needed!  lol.  So I like it.  The camera didn't capture all the subtle colors from the distress inks but that is okay.  My first steam punk card done! 
 
I hope you had a chance to Blog Hop on the Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog, Laura is giving away a $20.00 voucher to the store just for commenting!  Awesome!  Plus you will see some amazing designs by some of our Design Team members and our New Members!    I just took a quick peek and Laura has added more yummy stamps to the store, go look in the NEW ITEMS section. 
 
I hope you have a fabulous day and I cannot wait to see your sentiments!
 
Holly

On behalf of the Design Team, we would like to thank  Meljen's Designs for the fabulous images they provided us.

 

 
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Friday, September 6, 2013

Let's Do Lunch


Best Glue Ever
X-Press It Paper
 
Hello Friends And Stampers!
 
Happy Holly-Day!  Even though I had a shorter work week, it was a busy one and I am looking forward to this weekend off!  And I am so ready to "Let's Do Lunch"!  lol.   Here is my Holly-Day Inspiration for today. I love this cute little P.I. Called - on a picnic.  The links to the store are just under the picture.  I stamped the image on the yellow paper, then stamped it again on the blue/green paper and then stamped it again on the X-Press it Paper, all in Memento Black Ink.  Then I colored with my Copics and fussy cut the images out.  I cannot get enough of this Echo Park Paper, I just love the colors and the cute designs.  I think I might use this one up completely! lol.  The Toy Box Candi pieces are so easy to use and I love the cute design on them. 
 
Wait til you see ALL the NEW LISTINGS of MFT's Laura added to the store!!!! I'm so excited!!!! And yes, I ordered.  lol.  I ordered twice!   And there is plenty more on my wish list since she has all the newly released items on there as well as some newer ones and some retired ones.    She has added quite a few things,  Some Odd Girls, CC Designs, The Greeting Farm, Saturated Canary, and don't forget about those new Prima Dolls!  There is something for everyone, that's for sure.  And you know, I love it all! lol. 
 
Our Current Challenge is everyone's favorite - Anything Goes!  There are some great prizes to be won, so now is the chance to upload those fabulous cards and projects you have been making!
 
We just got back from my son's Open House.  It was good to meet his teacher and see where he spends his days.  He is thinking about running for vice president of the school this year, and he is quite popular.  I was texting my Grandson's teacher this morning.  Seems Mr. Reed did not feel like doing Math today.  So we finished up the last of our homework, went over the spelling words for tomorrow and read through his two little reading books.  While listening to the Violin Practise in the background. And then I read a book to him for a half hour and it was off to bed.  Wow, this feels like the longest day ever, lol.  All that was after my 10 hour shift. 
 
I hope to get some inky time in this weekend.  I was able to work on a card with a bit of different edge to my style, I will show it to you on Tuesday!  I hope to get around to everyone's blog and see what you all have been up to as well. 
 
Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.
 
Holly
 


 
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Swinging in Retro


Prima Mixed Media Doll - Doll with a Swing Dress
Prima Mixed Media Doll Tag
Copic Markers
 
Hello Friends and Stampers!
 
Welcome to a new Challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog!  It's the first of the month favorite - Anything Goes!   And that means anything, so come and join us and you could win a fabulous prize, or two!
 
I begged Laura to get these cute Prima Mixed Media Dolls in the store and then I snatched up a half dozen of them.  She sent me of the Doll Tags with a note, "you are going to need these!"  OMGosh she was so right!  These things are huge! lol.   This one is 9 inches long and a little over 3 inches wide.  So they stayed in the box for a while and this past weekend I decided since I had the weekend off and I had seen some really cute designs in blogland using them, that I would ink one up.  I had to use the largest Acrylic that S.U. had in a set I bought and then lay it sideways, lol.  But it inked up perfect.  After I colored her skin and chose the paper I was going to use, I started having too much fun.  As I was designing the tag, I began thinking of other ways I would use the others.  Wouldn't you know it, but I made another one with a different doll right afterwards, lol.  I LOVE them and they are so much easier to use than I originally thought.  It's like playing paper dolls all over again.  It's like playing my own project runway, lol.  I inked up the skirt again and cut out three of the pleats, colored the original with one of my Copics for shading and then popped up with bottom of the pleat with dimensionals and put a dab of glue on the top of the pleat so that only the bottoms were popped up, (I saw Lisa do this.)
 
I have some 12 by 12 paper, but it's just as easy to use my 6X6 paper and use a different sheet for half.  I have tons and tons of ribbon and lace for the middle, lol.  So after running away from them after I saw them, now I have to stop using them! lol.  At least for now.  Let me know what you think!  My Son was wondering why I didn't draw a face on her, lol.  I know these were made for mixed media, but I like using them conventionally.  With this one, I used some of my stashed Vintage Vogue and finally broke into the stickers that I bought to go with them.  LOVE IT! 
 
This tag is going to my Grandson's new teacher.  Speaking of my Grandson, Reed, guess who is learning to read?  Despite all the protest he puts up before we get started, we have prevailed and now even he is proud of the reading he can do.  He told me, "Grandma, I memorized this story!"  But I pointed out that he couldn't have memorized too much if he was still having trouble with a couple of the words.  I explained to him that just because you remember what a word is, doesn't mean you are not reading, it means you are reading!  And we plan to do this EVERYDAY! 
 
My son, Jeep, is learning the violin and he has been practising every day.  He is starting to figure out how to get the notes right and while most of it is screech, screech, screech, there are a few beautiful notes in between, lol. 
 
Be sure to take a look at the New Items!
 
I hope you will join us in welcoming our new design team members and saying good-bye to some seriously talented ones.  Check out our Sunday Blog Hop!
 
Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.
 
Holly
 
 
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