Spider Mouse

If you’ve followed my blog for long you know that I make cards for my sisters Sunday school class.  She teaches the 3 year olds so they are turning 4 when they get my card.  I love making the girl cards the most, but this year she has mostly boys!

Since most boys like Spiderman, I use this cute digi stamp from Whiff of Joy.  Plus, I bought this fun vintage Rocket Age paper from October Afternoon mostly for these Spider Mouse cards.  She needs a card for this week but I’ll be making 2 more later in the week so she has what she needs for the rest of the year.

That’s about it!  It’s been cooling down just a bit—happy about that and will probably continue to cool down now the August is almost over!  Yay!!!  I love the fall weather.  After this VERY hot summer, I’m really looking forward to long sleeves and cool weather!!! 

We have 3 major wild fires in Idaho right now and they say that they probably won’t be able to get them under control until the weather cools, maybe not even until the snow flies.  We have one fire that could come to a town tomorrow.  There are 600 permanent residence and another 1400 summer homes.  Our governor even has a home up there.  I pray that the firefighters are able to keep it away from the homes. 

Blessings,

Christine

I told you…

…that I wasn’t going to neglect my poor blog so much.  Wow, three posts in a week!  Hopefully, I’ll keep this up.

Yesterday I just decided to stamp, a real rubber stamp, just for the sake of stamping and coloring!!! 

This is the result!  This is an Elizabeth Bell for SCACD stamp.  I fell in love and HAD to have it and am just now getting around to inking her up.  I really love this image.

This will probably be it for the weekend.  I have another project to post but I don’t know if I’ll get time to take a photo and post it until Sunday or Monday.  Sis from Utah is coming for a visit this weekend and tomorrow I have my art day with my mom. 

For several months now we get together twice a week to work on some online courses that we have been taking from Tamara LaPorte.  She is a very talented mixed media artist and the owner of the Willowing website and we are just loving the courses!  I’ll be sharing some of the art I’ve been creating later.

I’ve also been taking some other art/mixed media courses.  Keeping very busy!!!

I hope you have a great weekend!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-Elizabeth Bell for SCACD; Ink-Momento; Paper-Bazzil, Basic Grey; Pearls-stash; Punch-Martha Stewart.

Challenges:
Basic Grey Challenge--Bold and bright
Maker Pop Color challenge—bright colors

Funky Art Angel Wendy Vecchi Style

As I said yesterday, I was so lucky to be able to go to a class taught by the awesome Wendy Vecchi!  The class was held in a nearby town called Twin Falls, just far enough away that I spent the weekend.

It was held at a scrapbook store called Scrappin’ Girlfriends.  I had never been there but have been following their bog and Facebook page for quite a while.  I was so amazed when I walked in the store.  I wish we had a store like this in Boise.  They had tons of altered art supplies and a lot of fun product.  I spent way too much money and am now eating ramen for the next week!!! *giggle*

(you can click on my little angel to make her larger so she can see the details)

So the first night, we made this funky art angel using Wendy’s Art Parts and stamps.  I didn’t think to take a picture of the workroom but there was a pile of Wendy’s stamps all down the middle of the tables, inks, embossing powder, etc., for three ladies to share.  So much fun!!!

The next day, we did a mini Ranger U.  Wendy showed us some of the techniques they teach at Ranger U.  Love, love, loved this part.  Well, I loved the whole thing but loved learning all the new techniques.  I’ll share some of this with you tomorrow!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Seahorse Carousel

Wow, I can’t believe summer is almost over and I can’t believe how busy this summer has been!  I took a long camping trip over the 4th of July week.  So much fun spending time with my cousins.  I don’t get to see them often so it was great to spend the entire week camping of the farm.  My mom lived in a cabin in a grove of trees where we set up our camp.  I even got to rummage through the old cabin and find some old rusty bits to put in  my garden!

Now, it’s another release week at McMahon Five Designs.  Well, it was last week but I was too busy to get my post up (I got to go to an out of town workshop taught by the awesome Wendy Vechhi) and once I got home, I had a migraine.  Three days worth but I think it’s over!!!  Yay!!!

Now, on to my card.  I wasn’t really happy with how it turned out.  I watercolored the background and then used Distress Markers for the seahorses.  It’s okay but my original  plan was to make it soft and shabby!  Not so much!!!  I used paper and flowers from Prima.  Love me some Prima!

Let’s see the rest of the release, shall we?

 

Domino JPG and PNG

Original Design Link

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Johnny JPG and PNG

 

 

 

Til' Summer Comes Around JPG and PNG

 

 

Sentiments of Faith JPG and PNG

 

 

Please take a minute and visit the Design Team blogs!  The links are in my sidebar.

 

 

Blessings,

Christine