SALE AT STRANGE SKIN!!!!

Hey Peeps, my wonderful friend Pam at Strange skin is having a sale on all her digis!  That is freaking awesome if you ask me!!!  Here is a card I made a while ago with one of her images!!! 



Sale  will run until February 2nd. It's 50% off of all of their digis. Here's the link to their shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/StrangeSkinArt?ref=pr_shop_more
GO CHECK IT  OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bombshell Tutorial and Forever Night Challenge!

Hello everyone welcome to this wonderful Friday!  Today I have to share with you a Tea Box tutorial.  One of my dearest friends is going through a rough time and she loves tea so I thought I would make this for her to cheer her up! 

Forever Night Challenge this Friday is Wicked Treats! Our Sponsor this week is Limited Run  they have some pretty sweet images over there.   I actually made a tag with a fairy image I got from them to go with my tea box for my friend!  I am totally getting into silhouettes now and thought this was pretty wicked.  Love the sparkles! Hope you enjoy and remember to head over to the forever night challenge blog to see what the others have made for you!

Bombshell Hop

 I didn't forget!!!  I promise!!!  I was stupid and waited until yesterday to try something new and didn't like the way it turned out so rushed last night to do something else and it didn't turn out so I am back to the first project, I just have to finish coloring them or at least one to show and I will get it posted in a bit.  Have to take the kids to school right now.... I am so so so sorry!!!!!

OK!  I am back!!!  Now I know I said I was stupid for waiting so late and you will just have to forgive me for that.... So I couldn't bring myself to make anything out of the disasters I have made so I am going to show them to you so that you know what NOT to do when you try them. 

My first effort was salt dough.  Now I have made pendants out of clay and toilet paper but I never thought to make my own dough.  So I saw it on pintrest(go figure)  It's simple really, 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, and cold water.  Mix everything together until it is the consistency of play dough. once stamped bake at 250* for 2 hours!  My son was home sick yesterday so we decided to play.  We used almost a cup of water but it will vary depending on where you are and climate and everything.  So here we are making this dough and all I have in the house is course sea salt.  I thought that's OK, I will pull out my ninja and process it until it is smooth almost like powder.... so I did.  WELLLLL I guess it was not quite as fine as I thought it was cause once we stamped them and cut them and colored some of them then baked them they turned out like this......

Although you can't see it very well there are huge hunks of salt showing.. Not at all like we wanted it to be....

These we colored the dough with food coloring then rolled them together for the Tye-dye effect.   Still you can feel the salt in them but we used bombshell stamps anyway!!!

This one we stamped before we baked and now with it stained with distress stains you can see the chunks of salt still in them and quite honestly while they are fun to play with with my kids ( 16 and 13 and still like play dough :)) yeah I am an awesome mom!!! LOL ) I would never use them on a project so I quickly ok lets do something else....

SO I came down to the dungeon and grabbed some paint and a piece of 140lb watercolor paper and said I'll do acrylic transfer!  ( Another project I saw on Pintrest).  Pretty simple right?   All you do is throw some paint on a paper or canvas and place a photocopy of an image on it and let it dry then rub it off with water right.... NOT SO FAST BULLSEYE!!!!  First of all make sure you have ink in the printer... I didn't so I went to some stamped images I have... Not thinking that because they were on cardstock it would take longer for them to dry.   YES I KNOW I HAVE THE IMAGES AND I COULD HAVE STAMPED THEM ON COPY PAPER BUT I PANICKED!!!!  Don't judge me! LOL

So I throw some paint on the paper and then throw the images on them and wait.... and wait... and wait... well the instructions say you can dry them with a heat gun if you let them air dry for 15 mins first.....ummmmmm not in this case... best bet is to let them air dry until they are completely dry.... I'll just show you...

This is what happens when you let it air dry... As you can see I am not quite happy with it so I am turning this into a mixed media page.....Will post when it gets done but don't hold your breath cause it may be a while!

The orange is what happens when you don't let the paint dry enough and the yellow is what happens when you dry it with the heat gun..... it's alright but not nearly what I wanted... so thankfully it's on the same paper as the mermaid and will be part of the mixed media... you can see a little bit of the other elements already, the purple is a stamp I made with left over mounting foam and rubberbands and the other is plastic canvas mesh stuff....

Here is the blog roll which you have probably already been through but just in case you haven't!  Enjoy your hop and remember to comment to win awesome prizes!!!

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/
Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com
Laura: http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/
Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/
Sparkly Mary: http://sparkly-train.blogspot.com
Meredith: www.papercanteen.com
Cheryl: http://inktrap.blogspot.com
Paula: http://heyheypaula-heyheypaula.blogspot.com/
Kelli: http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com
Stempelientje: http://stempelientje.blogspot.com/
Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com
Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com

Forever Night Challenge #22

Yes Yes Yes I know I am totally late with this challenge and for that I apologize to my team mates!  I totally had my days mixed up!  So I am posting now as a reminder to head over to the Forevernight Challenge blog and enter this weeks challenge!!

Challenge #22

" A Little Strange "

Your challenge this week is to create something a little strange.
Remember to keep to the "dark guidelines" and have fun.

Our Sponsor this week is...

CREEPIE CUTE STAMPS

Winner will receive ...

3 Digi Stamps

There are some awesome projects by the DT on the blog so head over there and check them out!  Here is my project. 

Crochet Scarf

Hello Lovelies as I said yesterday, my blog will now be for the things of importance to me whether or not they have a stamp on them anywhere.  You all know by now that I love pintrest and you can follow me by clicking on my sidebar.  Anyway I have been going through my room/garage full of boxes of crafting supplies to organize and basically just see what I have out there!  I found lots of partial skeins of yarn in a huge tub and immediately thought of a scarf I saw on pintrest.  Now theirs(you can find it on dollarstorecrafts.com)was made from several different colors and types of yarns but I wanted to go a little simpler and make something that was totally me!  So I chose only 2 colors.  Now anyone can make this I am sure.  As long as you know the chain stitch you can have as many of these as your hands can handle making.  I used a size F crochet hook to make mine because I wanted it thinner.  So all you do is grab your yarn and start making a chain,  each of my chains is around 12 feet long because you are going to tie knots in is and you still want it to wrap two or three times around your neck.  Let me know what you think!

Be back soon. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Yeah Yeah I know I’m a little late, but what can I say!  Hello everyone, I hope that you are all doing wonderful and are having a great year so far!  I rang in the new year sick and am still not fully recovered!    This post may be a little long as there is lots to tell and some to show. 

When I started this blog I thought, oh this is a wonderful way to stay in touch, get my little (read BIG) opinion out there and “meet” some like minded people.  Well it soon turned into a only crafting blog which is wonderful don’t get me wrong, I am forever grateful for the wonderful stamp companies who have had or have me on their design teams and I would not give them up for anything, but I wanted to do more than stamping on my blog from the get go.  Soooooo there will be some changes coming I hope. 

Recently I found out some life altering news.  Nothing extremely bad just something that will alter the way I live from now on.  So with that news, a little depression, and some reflecting on life came and I have decided to do what I wanted to begin with.  My blog will now become my way to document my day to day life… I am not saying I will post everyday but when I do it will not always be stamping.   Stamping will always be my first love and I am very very grateful to Terra for introducing me umpteen years ago!, but there are so many other things to do also that I want to try them all!  I also want to share recipes, and photos that haven’t been scrapped, I guess basically I want to share myself.  Now you may say why not start a new blog for all of that!   I DID and even I can’t remember to go and update it or check on it so I am certain that not very many others will!!!  LOL

So stay with me and we will get this party started.

I don’t know about any of you, well except for Alison, but I am totally addicted to Pintrest!  You can follow me if you want to !  There is a button on the sidebar!   I found this project the other day and thought well hell I have tons of those.  Being from Louisiana a wreath made from Mardi Gras beads just seems logical, so what did I do, dug out my Mardi Gras box, yes I have one, and sorted through all my goodies and came up with this!  The good news is I had enough purple, green, and gold beads to make it work, the gooder news is I have enough beads that are not purple, green, or gold to make another!!!  Anyway I hope you enjoy my newly made wreath as much as I am!  I will be back shortly!

12 Days of Christmas day 12

Hello Lovelies, it’s the last day of 12 days  that’s ok though cause it’s been a blast!!!  It’s also Bombshell Tutorial day for me so here goes.

Swinging Z Fold Card

12 days of Christmas day 11

Hello Lovelies, today I have for you the final domino I made for the nursing home.   I know your sick of domino’s already, good thing this is the last one!     Anyway, I hope everyone is have a wonderful Holiday and if you aren’t, try harder!!!! 


Go see what everyone else has made for you today!!!

12 Days of Christmas day 10

Hello Lovelies, Were almost to the end and then guess what?  Santa comes!!!  Well only if you’ve been the right kind of naughty! 

Today I have for you the other half of my altered domino’s for my swap.  I hope you enjoy them!

I hope you have enjoyed my domino’s as much as I have enjoyed making them,  hopefully I remember to take pictures of the ones I receive and post them for you when I get back from our cruise! 

Leave me some love and then go leave everyone else some love!!!!

12 Days of Christmas day 9

Hello Lovelies, How are you today?  Ready for Christmas?  Have all your shopping done?  Started baking yet?  Not me, right now as you read this I am on a Cruise ship and hopefully having the best time possible!!! 

Today I have for you a card I made using another StampInsanity image!  She is a cutie.  I have also made one of my favorite style of cards, the easel!  I have no idea why I like them so much, I just do! 

again here is another image that I am proud of, and you know I don’t say that often but I love the way she turned out!!!  Leave me some love and then head on over to see what everyone else has made!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12 Days of Christmas day 8

Hello Lovelies, today I have for you another domino I made for the nursing home!  I hope they enjoy them!   Are you enjoying your Holiday season?  I am! 

Isn’t she a lovely little angel!  I think so! 

Today I am finalizing my packing for the whole family so that we are ready to go on the 17th which is the next posting day!  I am super excited for this Holiday, mainly because we get to go on a cruise!  My 1st ever!!!  We leave port on the 18th!!!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12 Days of Christmas day 7

Hello Lovelies, it’s a Smeared Ink day today and I have for you a gift I have made for my nephews and niece!  I saw this on pintrest, which I LOVE, and couldn’t wait to make it!  I am not sure if you can see them as I stamped them in the same color ink as the cardstock but there are grumpies everywhere!!! 

Remember to head on over and see what everyone else has made! 


It's also a new Beyond the Burtonesque Dolls challenge!!!  Today we are starting a new challenge... it is make a project inspired by your favorite alternative christmas movie.  There are so many alternative movies out there plenty to choose from!!  Here is my project, inspired by A Christmas Story and Tim Holtz tags this year!

I also made these to go in the gift bags I sent to my family for Christmas this year!  So this on Pintrest(love that thing) and couldn't wait to do it!!

12 Days of Christmas day 6

Hello Lovelies, I said earlier that most of my projects would be cards but now looking back on everything as I am auto posting these posts I realize that half are cards and half are altered items….now the altered items are mostly domino’s but they are still altered!  Remember that swap I was talking about a couple of days ago?  Well here are half of the dominoes that I altered for the swap, I know I know we have 16 people in the swap so lets just say that some repeat, but why bore you with double pictures!!!LOL 

If your interested in a swap like this or swapping in general, head on over to Penny Wise Arts yahoo group and see all the fun things happening!

Again the images are Itkupilli and the micro beads are from pennywisearts!

Remember to leave me some love and go and see what everyone else has made!  Remember to win the prize you have to comment on every bloggers page every posting day!  for the schedule please see day 2!!!

12 Days of Christmas day 5 and Forever Night Challenge #20

Hello Lovelies, I hope you are enjoying this hop!  I am!  Today I have for you a card I made using an image from Simply Betty Stamps!  You know I love me some Betty stamps!!!  This card is called a double z fold card and you can find a tutorial for it on splitcoaststampers! 

isn’t he cute!  I know it’s not the best picture but it will have to work as I took a fall in the craft room and damaged the camera!  Thankfully I had pictures of all my 12 days projects before that happened!

Here is the card opened:

Remember to head off and see what everyone else has made for you today!

Forever Night Challenge Blog is back with another freaky friday challenge for you!!!  Today we are sponsored by Bugaboo stamps and I love these little skelly people!  They are cute in a creepy sort of way!   Today I made for you a scrapbook page.  I know I know, pick your jaw up off the ground!!!  Honestly people things can change!!!  I think!  LOL  Anyway, this little cutie made me think of my kids when they were younger always trying to carry things that were to big for them, and some cute digi papers I recently got, so I thought, why not combine the two!  I know she's carrying a present and that really has nothing to do with snow, except if your my kids, even now as teens, getting snow is like a gift so it worked.  At least in my mind.  Anyway there are no pictures added yet as we haven't had our first snow day this year :(  but as soon as we do I am totally taking pictures, as always, and they will be added!!!  So it's nice to know I have a layout already waiting on pictures instead of the millions of pictures waiting on layouts!!!
Let me know what you think then head on over to the forever night challenge blog and play with us!!!!  You know you want to !!!

12 Days of Christmas Day 4

Hello Lovelies, welcome back!  I hope you are having a wonderful time on this lovely hop!  Today I have for you not a card but an altered item!   I have joined an altered domino ornament swap for the past couple of years.  The host of this years swap asked a favor from the swappers, she volunteers at a nursing home in her area, and she asked us to make a few extra so that she could decorate a tree for the people there!  So here is one of the extra domino’s I altered!

The images are from Itkapilli and the beads are micro beads from Pennywise Arts.  Hope you have enjoyed my project today, leave me some love and go and see what everyone else has made.  Remember the blog roll is on the sidebar!