Artfull Journey: June 2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Everything's Coming Up Flowers!

Hi Everyone! Happy Tuesday!

Don't you just love when things start falling in place and luck seems to be on your side? Well...our beaches are being cleaned and the health hazard warning has been lifted. That means the beach is open and my feet can feel the sand and water again!! I have been without a desktop computer for about a month now and finally found a good deal on a hard drive over the weekend. I am almost back in the swing of things. Just need to learn Windows 7! Probably not a good thing for a person my age to have a Mac laptop and a Windows desktop. I keep looking in the opposite direction for the minimize and maximize buttons!!

Anyway...My card today is for my last post as a Guest Designer Diva for Sweet 'n Sassy Digi's. June just seemed to speed right by! I love this little Flower Pot Girl and colored her up with Copics. I gave the image touches of atYou Spica for some glitter on her hairband, flowers and the butterfly. The felt flowers are cut with a CB flower die. The DP is Cosmo Cricket DeLovely. The layout is this weeks Card Patterns Sketch #70.

Speaking of the butterfly...I plan to send this card to my daughter. The meaning of the name Vanessa is "butterfly". Butterflies have always been special to us for many reasons. She recently lost her dog that I had gotten for her for Christmas when she was seven. Little Lacey was by my daughter's side for fourteen years. Vanessa buried her on her Dad's ranch and placed a couple of purple paper butterflies with her. She asked Lacey to come see her one more time. The very next day Vanessa saw a purple butterfly flying around the yard. I did not realize that there really is purple butterflies until I looked it up and sure enough there are! So of course the butterfly on the flower pot just had to be purple!

Copics Used: Skin (E00), Hair (E21, E25), Flower Pot/Grass (YG23, YG95), Hairband/Dress/Flowers (Y13, Y19), Big Flower (RV23, RV25), Butterfly (V12)

I wish you a wonderful week!
See you back here real soon!
Enjoy!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

CHAPTER 19: Twinkle, Twinkle...

"Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!

How I wonder what you're at!"

You know the song, perhaps?'

`I've heard something like it,' said Alice.

`It goes on, you know,' the Hatter continued, `in this way:--

"Up above the world you fly,

Like a tea-tray in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle--"'

Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep `Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle--' and went on so long that they had to pinch it to make it stop."

Hello out there! It's a beautiful day here in Wonderland and a twinkling one at that! We are wrapping up one FABULOUS month with a super fun, no-pressure challenge! We are going to ring out the month of June with a Twinkle!

That's right, just use something Twinkling, Glittery, or Sparkly on your card or creation this week and we'll put on our shades :D

For my card I used a stamp set from Taylored Expressions called Happy July 4th.
The image is stamped with red and blue ink. The blue stars were cut out and popped up. All the blue stars are twinkling with Dazzling Diamonds! The DP is from the Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety pack. The layout is this weeks Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #118.

A VERY special thanks to Lynne Phelps, our June Guest Designer! It has been a pleasure having you at our twisted little table and we will miss you! Next week we will be back to announce our July Guest DT and have more tricks and treats up our sleeves....'til then, there's no time limit to play this week, so get your twinkle on and be sure to go to the Oh, Alice Blog and let us know when you did!

Have a very twinkling week!

Check out all the other DT's!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Taylored Expressions Blast From the Past Blog Hop!

Hi Everyone!

The day is finally here for the Blast From the Past Blog Hop!!

I chose to use Discover Your Wings. I love all the stamps in this set and it is so versatile!! The butterfly was stamped twice with Memento Tuxedo Black on Basic Grey Sugar Rush DP, cut out and popped up on the background panel. The sentiment is stamped on another piece of DP and cut out with Spellbinders scalloped ovals and layered on a white panel. A flourish of pearls was only fitting for this card!

Hope you can make it around to all the fabulous card makers on the Hop!

You Are One Of A Kind!

Happy Tuesday!

My card today features the Sweet 'n Sassy digi set "One of a Kind". Can you say Cute, Cute, Cute?! I colored the little scene with Copics and cut out using the Spellbinders Labels 4 dies. The DP is Basic Grey Lime Rickey. Just had to get out the sewing machine for this one!

I am so loving the all the Sweet 'n Sassy digi's and now there are Clear Stamps available too! Check them out!

Copics Used: B21, B24, G21, G24, G28, E31, E33, Y11, Y15, YR65

Have a great day!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

CHAPTER 18: Crazy for Daisy Chains...

lice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and where is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations? So she was considering in her own mind, (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid,) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain was worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. "

Hello Everyone!

We have lots of fun to share today here at Oh, Alice! We have a fun new sketch w/a twist fro our very own Tasha. Here is the sketch:

The Twist? Use a DAISY or some sort of similar flower and incorporate it on your card! Nothin' like a little FLOWER POWER to kick start your mojo, Alice always says!

What's more? We have a WONDERFUL Sponsor today, Tickled Pink Stamps! Our friend and fellow Tea Party Member, our dear "TWISTY KRISTY" has organized a wonderful prize today from Tickled Pink Stamps!

Since I have been on the road for over a week now, I made my card early and didn't realize there was a sketch with this challenge!! I used the Blooming Button Bits set from PTI and Hawaiian Shores buttons with New Leaf ink. Love this color combination!

Want to play along and get Crazy for Daisies and get sketchy too? Hooray! We'd love to have you! Just upload your card or creation to our InLinkz system on the Oh,Alice Blog and use OAC18 if you're using a public gallery such as SCS. You have until FRIDAY, JUNE 25th at 8pm CST to enter to WIN this fabulous prize from Tickled Pink! Can't wait to see how you get twisty this week! HAVE FUN!

Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Baby Buggy

Happy Tuesday!!

I cannot believe that we are at the middle of June!!

It is my day for a card for Sweet and Sassy and since I love "Baby Buggy", I decided to create a card using this image.

I printed the image larger than usual and paper pieced using the Flower Patch Pad from Making Memories. The buggy handle and wheels are colored with Copics (C00 and C1). The little pearls were a must on the trim and hearts. The triple loop bow finishes the card.

I am having so much fun with the fabulous digi's that Sweet and Sassy has to offer!

Enjoy!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

CHAPTER 17: Mad Watch...

(taken from the Disney film adaptation, 1951)

March Hare: Its going mad!

Alice: Oh, my goodness!

White Rabbit: Oh dear!

March Hare: It is going mad! Mad watch!

Mad Hatter: I don't understand, it's the best butter.

March Hare: Mad watch! Mad watch! Mad watch!

Mad Hatter: Oh, look! Oh my goodness!

March hare: There's only one way to stop a mad watch!

Mad Hatter: Two days slow, that's what it is.

Greetings, everyone! A VERY Merry Unbirthday to ALL! Well, at least, that's the scene this excerpt from Disney's 1951 adaptation of Alice in Wonderland was taken from! It's ALWAYS your unbirthday here in WONDERLAND :)

We are thrilled BEYOND WONDERLAND today to announce our sponsor this week, a company that we just adore: MY FAVORITE THINGS! We are so grateful to Kim and Jody for offering to sponsor our little challenge blog and with a HUGE prize, I might add! It really WILL be someone's un-birthday! MFT is offering a $25 Gift Certificate to the store PLUS a scalloped scallop die from their new Dienamics line! HOW exciting is THAT?!?

So, how can you enter to win? For this week's challenge, we have a beautiful inspiration piece, found one the CraftStylish blog. Actually, our Mad Hatter liked it so much that she tried to track it down but to no avail so far! The Mad Hatter NEEDS this piece, LOL! That beautiful flower, steampunk vintage gorgeousness and all the classic timepiece elements to this are just GORGEOUS and we know it will make a FABULOUS inspiration challenge- two days slow or not!

My card today is made with one of the MFT's Costumes set. I was inspired to do a circle card and use flowers. My little Alice is colored with Copics and cut out with a Spellbinders scalloped circle. The edges were sponged a little with pink ink and a sponge dauber. The DP is Basic Gray Sugar Rush. I added prima roses and a rhinestone swirl to finish the card.

Your mission this week? Show us YOUR take on this "Mad" watch. You can use the colors, play off the time piece, blue flower, color combos, steampunk theme...the possibilities are ENDLESS, just like the deadline for this week's challenge, HA! To enter to WIN this awesome prize from MFT , just have your entry in using In Linkz on the Oh,Alice Blog by Friday, June 18th at 8pm CST! Have a VERY MERRY time creating!

See you next week, everyone!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Berry Sweet Tuesday

It is a "Berry Sweet" Tuesday indeed!

My daughter and her boyfriend arrived on Saturday from Tennessee. We headed over to New Orleans on Sunday afternoon and spent the night. This was a first for her and she loves it there! We headed back Monday afternoon and stopped in Bay St. Louis to give her her first experience at a Casino. She was so funny! I definitely don't have to worry about her becoming a gambler! We took the scenic route to Biloxi and showed her the tree carvings along Highway 90 and Beauvoir, the home of Jefferson Davis. Her boyfriend had his firsts too! He had never been to Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. Took care of that in a matter of a day!

My card today is for my first post as a guest designer for Sweet and Sassy Digi's. I just love Cocoa and decided to use Berry Sweet Cocoa for my first card post. Love all the digi's that SAS offer!

Cocoa is colored with Copics and cut out using square Spellbinders. The DP is Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety. Just couldn't resist the strawberry paper in the package! The layout is from this weeks Card Patterns Sketch Challenge #67 and I also took on this weeks Crazy4Challenges #40 to create pleats.

Copics Used: C00, C1, C3, R20, R24, R27, G21, G24, G28

Have a wonderful week. You may not see me much as I will be enjoying spending time with my daughter.

Enjoy!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

CHAPTER 16: What's YOUR Muchness?

The Mad Hatter said to Alice:

"You used to be much muchier before! Yes, you were much more Alice the last time we met. You've lost your muchness..."

Alice replied:

"My MUCHNESS?"

The Mad Hatter pointed to her heart and repeated "Yes, your muchness..."

We have MUCH MUCHNESS to be excited about today! Not only are we excited about our new June Guest Designer, but Oh, Alice is THRILLED to welcome a few new FULL-TIME place settings to the Twisted Thirteen!

We are welcoming:

SUZI MCKENZIE

SARA HENTON

RANDI WALL

ERIN LEVEILLE (formerly our beloved Dormouse)

and returning from our April Guest table, KIM HOWARD!

We know these fabulously talented ladies will make a wonderful addition to our already amazing party of twisty-ness :) Please join me in welcoming them!

Our sponsor this week is the sweet Prairie Fairy Designs. Roberta was generous to provide the DT with some digital images to work with and we have a fabulous prize for the winner this week:

One lucky winner will be chosen from this challenge to win FIVE FREE DIGITAL images from Prairie Fairy! Thanks to Roberta and everyone at Prairie Fairy and thanks to Margie for helping organize this!

So, what's YOUR MUCHNESS? We want to know the HEART of your stamping style. Whether it's your favorite embellishment, "signature style", fave technique...we WANT TO SEE the MUCHNESS!

For my card I used the Prairie Fairy Heart Mug and colored it with copics. Copics and coloring are definitely in the muchness category for me! The background DP and sentiment is from the Alice in Wonderland Scrapkit from Gorjuss Art. Wonderful images in the kit!

Upload your card or creation to the Oh, Alice Blog using our lovely InLinkz system by Friday, June 11th at 8pm CST to enter to WIN the prize from Prairie Fairy! In the mean time, let us know on your blog posts or SCS description what YOUR muchness is...we can't wait to see! Have a week full of muchness, EVERYONE! And again, WELCOME to the new members of the TWISTED THIRTEEN!!!

Have a great time with this week's challenge!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Color Me Sunny

Hi Everyone!

This past weekend was very busy on the stamping front. Virtual Stamp Night on Splitcoast ran Friday night and all day Saturday. I made quite a few cards as well as being a hostess!

This card was for the SCS VSN All May Showers Challenge~ Color Me Sunny. The challenge~ Use the colors Kraft, So Saffron and Cameo Coral. Absolutely love color challenges! And I even had time to sew on this one! The layout is from last weeks Crazy 4 Challenges Sketch C4C38.

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Signature Greetings, Polka Dot Basics II

Paper: So Saffron, Kraft, Cameo Coral

Ink: Cameo Coral, Brown Memento

Accessories: Sizzix Bigz Butterfly, Pearls, CB Swiss Dots Folder

Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

A Little of This and A Little of That and Some News!

Happy Tuesday! I will start with the news first! I was contacted a few weeks ago by Kim at Sweet and Sassy Stamps and she asked if I would be a Guest Designer for June for their Digi Blog. Of course I accepted! I am now a "Digi Diva" for a month! How cool is that!!

Sweet and Sassy is having a blog hop today to announce the return of the acrylic stamp sets, so if you get a chance, hop on over and join the fun! There is lots to share and lots of prizes!

Does it seem possible that we are now in June! Almost halfway through the year and for us, the start of Hurricane Season?? WOW! Time sure does seem to fly, and even more so when you are a stamper! It is so funny to talk to fellow stampers and find out when they do their stamping and where, for that matter too! :)

If you have been following me, you know that I love taking pictures of what nature has to offer. I have been remiss in posting my spring flower pictures, some beach pictures, my trip to bowl in the Women's Nationals in El Paso, and my Mom and Dad's recent visit. My Daughter will be arriving this Saturday and that means even more pictures!

Here are some Spring pictures when the flowers were "blooming beautifully" around our house! You can click on any of the pictures to get a larger view.