It's the little things that make life BIG!

Salutations! I've been in and out of my craft room because the weather has been so nice. I'm torn between creating art and enjoying the weather.  I decided to enjoy the weather and in the early evening create art!

Here is a journal page I created. I'm going to go back and create tags to put in the pockets.

I used templates, acrylic paints, and stamps. The pockets were in my stash and out of the packaging so I don't know where I bought them.

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Go Create and Be Extraorindary!

Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow.....

Salutations!  This card I have to show I was going to enter into Just Add Ink's sketch challenge but with family visiting and a new nephew in the family I didn't have the time to post it.

I still have many pieces left of the many composition board I have made so decided some for this card. I used a swirl template and distress ink on the dark pink cardstock to add some detail to the background.  I love quote stamps but I like to cut up the words to fit better on a card.

Supplies:

Cardstock: black, dark pink and white

Dictionary Paper

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral by Stampin Up

Black Ribbon 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Go Create and Be Extraordinary!

Mojo Monday Card Sketch #201

Salutations! Today's card for is Mojo Monday's Sketch #201. I decided to make a Halloween card. It is one of the holidays that I have the most fun making cards.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I loved that the sketch had two panels in the front.  I wanted to make a spooky scene on the panel and cutting it in two would give it a different look.  I used distress inks to color the background and stamps for the scene. The bigger bats are stamps but I cut them out to make them look like they were popping out of the scene.

Supplies

Cardstock: white, green, orange, black

Pattern Paper: Basic Grey Lime Rickey

Black Ribbon

Trees: Branch Out Set by Stampin Up

Bats - Inkadinkado

Creep Words: Sugar Loaf

Ghost: Inkadinkado

Pearl Alcohol Ink

Distress Inks

Thanks so much for stoppping by.

Go Create and Be Extraordinary!

MY CARD IS PUBLISHED IN RUBBERSTAMPMADNESS MAGAZINE!

I can't believe it but it's true! I'm so excited.  The pictures I have for you are not the greatest. My camera is having issues. You turn it on and it keeps taking pictures and I'm not touching any buttons!

This is the Fall 2011 Issue:

Isn't the cover amazing? It's made by artist Diana Sample.

Here is my card!

It's the card with the crows! The moon is an actual photograph I took and colored it with distress inks.

It feels pretty good to be published!

Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing my excitement!

Go Create and Be Extraordinary!

Home Is Where We Make Our Nest

Salutations! Today I'm going to show you Artist Trading Cards (ATC) for a swap on Scrapbook.com. There is no theme so we can make anything we want but we had to make three cards.

Here is a closer look.

These were fun to make. When I first sat down at my table I did not have a creative thought in my mind. I decided I needed to clean up a little to begin and I found all these little branches from Stampin Up's bird punch. Perfect for a nest!

Project Essentials

Bistol Paper ATC

Acrylic Paints

Spray Inks

Stamps: Heartfelt (Tim Holtz), Row of Houses by Hero Arts

Clear Embossing Powder

Yellow Color Box Ink

Distress Crackle Paint - broken china and picket fence

grungepaper

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Go Create and Be Extraordinary!