Sassy

So, I absolutely love KennyK. I mean his digi designs are definitely more in my style. So I decided to come up with this ATC using one of his works of art. This was colored with my Copics of course. The little flowers are from Michael's recollections.  I saw them and thought "wow so many and so small, those would be great for ATC's". So, 10 flower jars later, and my collection is complete.  (Needless to say, I will NEVER use all of these.

I am entering this in the Wicked Wednesday ATC Blog challenge. The theme for this week is Sugar and Spice. I have another entry for this one as well to complete the Sugar part. But this girl is definitely Spice.

I am also entering this in ATC's with Attitude Blog challenge. The theme is "anything goes" so I am certain this will work.

So, for my drama this week. On Wednesday my cat sitter comes in and find that my house if over 90 degrees and my cat is pretty much trying to get out of the house. While I just had my AC unit totally redone last year, due to this intense heat I guess I am back to the same issue.  They came in and fixed it on Thursday. I get home on Friday night and the house is still over 90 degrees. (clearly they didn't fix it.) So not only did I sleep in a hot house but I was so worried about my cat I got absolutely no sleep. It was about 89 downstairs. I found every fan I owned and put it on.

This morning I woke up early and hit Sam's club. $400 later I have a room unit. So the cat and I were stranded in one room for 5 hours. But at least we were not sweating our buts off. They came back. It took them another "10 minutes" to fix the problem this time. We will see if this works. I can already tell it's a little cooler in here but I be damned if I am taking that portable AC unit back. It really works. It managed to cool my big room down to 80 which was darn near livable.

Until Later,
A Hot and tired SS

Dracula Divine

I'm sitting at home thinking how much I don't want to leave this place and feeling sorry for myself. I have so got to get a grip. I decided to start watching "Lost" all 6 seasons. It's on Netflix. My son absoutely loved it and so now I am giving it a shot. But with over 20 episodes per season this will be a long watch session.

So, it's a Sunday and I wanted to make sure I got in a post with my creation for Wicked Wednesday's ATC Challenge Blog. I created my favorite monster of all time. From my little girl days I have always had a fascination with vampires "Dracula" in particular. I remember reading Salem's lot and being scared out of my mind. So here is my rendition of the scary Monster's theme. I colored him with Prismacolors and Copic markers. Popped him up a bit on a premade background I already had which seemed perfect.  Added some "blood" red bling to go with the general theme and "wha-la" here you have it.  I was going to enter him into the Smudgy Antics Blog challenge but it looks like I was a day too late. The theme there is Creatures of the Night. And of course Dracula is a prime example of that. I hope you enjoy it as much I did making it.

Until Later
Shaunda

Why am I up?

I just could not help but post about the fact that it is 4:17 am on  Sunday morning and I am still up. Am I crazy?  {That was a rhetorical question}.  As I mentioned before I have a pretty insane job. But it is what allows me the money to feed my insane crafting habit. As I sit here and look around all of the craft supplies I have to pack up. (God forbid I should throw something away). I think to myself "What a wonderful world" that I live in where we are allowed to de-stress by using our hands in a creative way.
On another note, I just found out that the new laptop I have has a light on it. I thought I was crazy at first, trying to type in the dark but then I found this. It's just perfect to lightly illuminate the keyboard. So, anyway, I don't have any ATC's or coloring images to share but I want to get out the fact that I must be absolutely crazy for still being up. And now I am off to sleep.

Until Later
SS

Little Couple

Hello Blogger Friends,

It has been a really rough week. I had a new launch at work. I have a pretty stressful day job (oops!! career) but it worked out. Needless to say I am still employed.  : )  Needless to say that after this week I feel the need to "de-stress".  And how do we crafty people do this? Well, we MAKE something of course.

So I spent the day cleaning out my garage "again" in preparation for the move but I also took a little time out to just relax and practice my coloring. I also took the time to combine my Copic markers with the Prismacolor markers I bought over 2 years ago. I figure if I have them I might as well use them. So I have roughly 170 markers total.  Not a bad days work.  I located them during my cleaning expedition. So it wasn't all work and no play.

Now let's get to the actual post. This is a creations for Wicked Wednesday ATC blog. As most people know, I am an instant gratification person so I made this cute, in my opinion, for this weeks challenge. The theme is Summer wedding. So I didn't have any rubber stamps that I thought made the cut but I remember this cute digi stamp I got from The Greeting Farm.  I can't remember what it is called. I colored it with Copics and Prismacolor Markers, and popped the image.  I also used some glossy dimensions on her skirt and his shirt which I both left in white to help keep with the wedding theme. I used some red mesh ribbon I had for the background and added glitter flowers I found at Hobby Lobby. "I need to use them because I got them on sale and I think I overbought". (HA-HA understatement of the year.

I am also entering this on the ATC's with Attitude Blog.  I gotta say, I am really enjoying posting my different projects. While I find that in my daily life I don't have a lot of time to craft any longer I appreciate that there are places that I can find to display my work. So thanks to all of the great teams that work on these Blogs and support us "regular ole' crafters". : )

So, I hope you like the ATC and look forward to seeing you again in the world of bloggers.

Until Later,
SS

First Blog Link

Yes, I did it again. I went an entire month without blogging. All I can say is that my day job has definitely gotten the better of my free time allotment.  So I have been trying to pack up my house without success. Needless to say I am moving. Yes, you read it correctly. To the great state of Oklahoma. I am trying to get motivated enough to start emptying my house so that I can pack up. I just never realized how much "junk" I have. I managed to get through parts of my room by donating a couple bags of clothes and filling a large garbage bag. Today is trash day so I will try to get through at least 2 more before the truck comes. 

Now, onto the reason for the blog.  I am going to link this with Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge blog. The name of the card is "Who needs a beach?".  When I looked at my stamps and digi images I honestly could not find any that would go with the theme this week. So I thought about what I do on a beach.  I sip cocktails and read. That is exactly what this little girl is doing. The image is from "Little Miss Muffet Stamps" and I colored her with copics.  The background in case you could not tell is a mixture of sea shells. I thought it was appropriate. Not to mention JoAnn's had a sale on crafting paper. "Like I needed another piece of paper". I hope you like my first link.


I also entered this in the Simon Says Stamp challenge for this week. It appears it is just my lucky week because they said it should be tags or ATC's. Lucky for me I enjoy coloring and doing small projects. They travel well and my Copics are tremendous stress relievers. : )

Until next time.
Shaunda D