Absolutely Exhausted

So, I am still recovering from the Crafting Marathon I had this past weekend. I am watching a little bit of the World Series. I truly want Boston to Win. Go RED SOX!!

I wanted to show you a page that I worked on while I was crafting with what I hope will become some really good friends.

I did my normal on this page. I used some Dylusions sprays that I diluted because I saw it on You Tube from joggles.com.  I then did some shadowing an some other background work with stamps and punches. I used some cool glitter tape I got from JoAnn Fabrics for 40% off. I will definitely use more of this. I really accents the page and comes in some cool colors that somehow seem to match the sprays.  I added an image from "The Greeting Farm".  I had colored her with Copic markers, fussy cut and then applied with Claudine Helmuth's matte medium.  There was charcoal used around some of the images and white gel pen to make them pop. I hope you like the page. I had fun creating this little work of art.  You can barely see the text but it says, "yes, I am cute".

Until Later

SS

Coffee Beans...Yummy!!

Ok, please allow me to elaborate on just how much of an idiot I am. So, I went to the Farmer's Market on Friday and while I was there I purchased dark chocolate covered coffee beans.  They are really good. What I clearly failed to recognize was just how they would affect my body. This comes from a person that barely drinks tea much less, coke or coffee. OMG! I am so wired. Wired so much that I can't sleep. So eventually I got up and said I would work on an art journal spread. I have spent so much time looking at other people's layouts that I figured it was time to work on my style. So, here I am at 5:00 am posting what I just finished. Keep in mind that most of the background was already completed.  I was working with some mixed media items and wanted to also know how my copic coloring designs would work with the matte medium. Well, it will smudge a little so I will be careful when covering the items. I might even decide to pop the next one up.

I also decided to journal a little on this page to kind of explain what I was feeling while I was making this page. I am kind of proud of it and I hope that you enjoy it.  I plan to enter it into a couple of blog challenges. 
The first one is 613 Avenue Create. The theme is anything goes for this week. The second one is for artistic inspirations. The third one is Creative Craft Challenges 2. Another is Crafting by Designs. The last one is 4 Krafty Girlz Challenge Blog. The main image is from The Greeting Farm. I love coloring these because it allows for decent practice on blending.  I actually colored a bunch of images and then I just picked out which one I thought would be best for the page. But I kind of like her smart look.The background is diluted Dylusion sprays and some stamped leaves and an alphabet stamp. I used a few of my one million letters to help my lettering and then embellished. I doodled a frame which I thought was cool, considering I did it free hand with a basic sharpie "no bleed" pen. The colors really are much more vibrant than the pictures show. I guess it is that wonderful camera phone I use to upload.

Until later
SS

Go For It!!

Ok, I am sharing another ATC with you today. Mostly because that is all I have been able to do over the last few months. My crafting space is still in progress so I can't really complain at this time that it's someone else's fault. But I will have this done by the end of the month so I can get in my room.

This creation is from The Greeting Farm. I love Anya and the larger heads are perfect for me to practice my Copic coloring skills.  The background is pretty simple, it's just corrugate. I purchased it at Joann Fabrics in the scrap booking section. I like the way it looks and it stands up pretty well to all of the mailing that i do when they are swapped. Looking at this now I know I could have blended the hair a little better but it's handmade art and is supposed to have some imperfections, RIGHT?  

I am posting this for ATC's with Attitude better known now as Craftitude. I really hope you like my creation.  So I have to go now, I am on a craft buying role and I don't want to miss the sales!!!

Until later
SS

The day from HELL

I finally made it home to take a much needed break from reality. I am not quite sure whether I am coming or going but somehow I will make it. I just keep telling myself "and this to shall pass". It was a brisk "almost" Spring day in the arm pit of America.  However the sun was shining and I am alive.  Suffice it to say, I am pretty pissed today so I am just letting stuff roll off. I don't want to raise my blood pressure too much. It's just NOT worth it.

So my entry for ATC's today is a little girl. The image is from "The Greeting Farm".  I don't know her name but she is pretty. This ATC is going to be posted for Wicked Wednesday. This week is Spring Fever. I colored her with Copic Markers, fussy cut and embellished with glitter and other items.

In any case, I hope you like this little creation. I am not feeling very blog worthy so I will sign off.

Until Later

SS

Technically Challenged

So I tell you, I use to think that I was pretty technically savvy. And now I think that I was just wrong. I take pictures of my work with my iPhone because it is convenient. I email them to myself and then save the pics. Well I have 2 websites that I use constantly that for whatever reason keep rotating the image to landscape. So I can't figure it out. I almost said, ok I give up but I know that I love posting my work there and sharing with other people. I will try again tomorrow but as you can tell, today I am a little "challenged".

This ATC is called "Take a long look".  I have used this image before from the The Greeting Farm.  I can't quite remember the name.  I colored her with Copic markers and then embellished with glitter, paper flowers and BLING.  The saying I created with Tim Holtz sticker words. 

I left work a little while ago and really needed to just unwind because everything that I asked to get done today. Did not get done. I am not a happy camper. Maybe my bottle of Corona will help the situation. Only time will tell.

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