OBAJ 2017 more pages

Hi there!

I'm popping in to show a couple more pages I created in my

One Badass Art Journal 2017.

(Yes, I'm still trying to finish it up. 2017 really sucked)

But I've signed up for this year's classes, so now

I'm really motivated to finish this one.

Here is week 9 taught by Amanda Trought:

 We were supposed to alter a few large playing cards. I didn't want to

buy a pack just for a few cards, so I cut mine from some

recycled chipboard.

 first layers. Sorry got into the process and forgot to take

more pictures.

 We were supposed to paint a face onto the card, but I suck at

faces, so I stamped face images onto tissue paper.

 adhered and colored with Spectrum Noir markers. Lightly gesso'd

around face and where my hair would go.

painted the background, then added some stamped handwriting

 blue hair? yes please! added more highlights with

a white marker and wrote my words - to - self.

On backside I've written a private, encouraging message

to myself.

we were prompted to recycle an old envelope for the pocket,

but since I recycled all my junk mail, I just created it

from some scrap cardstock.

 all the leftover paint was wiped off randomly on

my page and the pocket. Pocket was glued down

and I added some additional text and washi tape.

Ta-da!

The card fits into the pocket.

This class was very tough for me. I think I worked on this page on and off for

over 1-1/2 months. It was the face. But once I got the idea of using face stamps, I

finally finished it. And I'm glad that I did.

Next is week 10 taught by Tiare Smith.

I started, and finished this yesterday.

I was so engrossed in making the pages, that I 

completely forgot to take process pics, so

here are the finished pages and a couple close-ups:

I gifted myself for Christmas the 24 pack of Derwent Inktense blocks, and boy

were they fun to play with!! I found some ancient vellum that had

quotes printed on them so I used that with torn 

book pages for my first layer. 

The quote I used around the edge of the pages read:

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out

they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and

you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."

- William James

Words I hope to remember to keep inspiring me. (That will be tough

with my C.R.S. *can't remember shit!* HA HA HA!)

Congratulations, you've made it to the end of this post!

With the weather about to 'gift' us with freezing rain any moment now,

I think I'll go up to my craft room and have some more fun playing

with those Inktense blocks. LOL!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

Supplies

Week 9:

recycled cardboard

Fiskars corner rounder

Golden Gesso & Matt Medium

torn book paper, tissue paper, paper napkin

various paint brushes

Simon Say Stamp - zig zag stencil

STAMPlorations - gridlocked stencil

Dreamweaver - embossing paste

Deco Art Americana acrylic paints - desert turquoise, green tree, tangerine, berry red, irish moss, purple pizzazz, bluegrass green, indian turquoise, dark chocolate, khaki tan, marigold, ultra blue deep, blue harbor (I did 2 of 3 cards so some of these colors are on the other one)

water mister

Diane Davenport - face stamps

Spectrum Noir markers

STAMPlorations - Mixed Media Elements stamp

Staz On - jet black, blue hawaii

Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen

Faber Castell - medium and bold black Artist PITT pens

Recollections - washi tape

Elmer's extra strength glue stick

Week 10:

Golden Gesso & Matt Medium

mystery quote on vellum

torn book page

various paint brushes

Derwent Inktense blocks

Faber Castell - medium and bold Artist PITT pens

Dylusions - white linen paint pen

SHOPPING OUR STASH #335 - Watercolor

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Can you believe it's 2018?

Where did 2017 go?!

Today starts our first challenge of the year at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

We thought we'd start the year out with a 

still very big trend:

Watercoloring! 

I love the look, but am not very good at it. I also don't own

any real water colors. I've used Distress Inks and a paintbrush:

Here's the inside:

I embossed the STAMPlorations In Bloom: Blissful Blossoms image in gold EP 

onto water color paper. Then simply smooshed the four colors of ink on my 

craft mat, spritzed with water, and started coloring.

I've added watered down black ink and once that was dry, I stamped the

sentiment from the Best Mom Ever set. I color filled it using gold ink spritzed with water,

 just like the other colors. A handful of rhinestones finishes it off.

I hope you join us for our watercolor challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

We'd love to see what you come up with. For more inspiration,

do check out what my teammies created. They will WOW you!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Happy Little Stampers Jan 2018 Watercolor challenge - no twist

STAMPlorations - Neverending ATG challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - In Bloom: Blissful Blossoms; Best Mom Ever; Hero Arts - Happy

Mom's Day

Ink: Ranger DI - Abandoned Coral, Mermaid Lagoon, Mowed Lawn, Scattered Straw; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Shimmer 

CS: Strathmore watercolor paper; TE

Accessories: paint brush; water mister; Stampendous - Detail Gold EP; heat gun; MISTI; Nicole - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #100 N is for Naughty Christmas

Would you look at that? It's our 100th challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!!

How fitting that our annual Naughty Christmas challenge 

is the lucky one for this historic event!

That's right, we want to see how crass, how rude, how risque'

you can get with your Christmas cards!

Let your freak flag fly!

(and the swear words too!)

Yes, mine does have swear words in it,

so if you have any little ones about and

don't want them to learn a new bad word,

you should probably send them out of the room now.

Ok, you've been warned.

Here's my card.

It seems rather innocent at first, but....

...then the inside:

This card is extremely CAS for me, and thanks to some alpha stickers and a computer

generated sentiment, it was completed pretty fast too.

So, do you need to make any last minute Christmas cards? Why not

add a rude sentiment, an F-bomb, or a naughty Santa and

link up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers?! We'd love

to see what you come up with! For more naughty goodness, do check out

what my Sistahs and our Guest Designer, Sharon, have created

for your viewing pleasure. Heads up: don't be drinking or eating

when reading their cards. Just sayin'

Edna and my Sisters will be taking a much needed break to spend time with our

loved ones, (a.k.a. our favorite alcoholic beverages), but will be back with

 all new challenges starting January 13th.

Until then, I wish you a very Merry Christmas,

and all the best for 2018!

 Hugs!

Of course, I'd like to enter this at the Naughty Or Nice challenge #46

Supplies:

CS: TE; Recollections

Accessories: MAMBI - Dear Santa stickers; computer & printer (rest of sentiment computer generated)

Adhesive: SA by 3L - tape runner

SHOPPING OUR STASH #334 Gah!! PINK!! - A Tribute to Leslie

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

Our new challenge at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH

starts today, and we are paying tribute to our

dear friend, Leslie Hanna. I'm sure most of you

are aware that she passed away suddenly two years ago

on Christmas day. If you knew Leslie, she hated the color pink.

On those rare occasions that she used it on her cards, she

always referred to it as 'Gah! PINK!'

So in honor of Leslie,

the SOS Crew challenge you to make a card or project

using Gah! PINK! predominately.

Here's my card:

and the inside:

I had some fun using my Magenta Nuance powder dyes again.

Once the colors were completely dried, I traced a stencil design

over it using a white Gelly Roll pen. The Christmas tree admittedly

is new, but everything else is at least a year old or more.

I had so much fun with this card that I made another one!

I hope that you find some time to create something using

Gah! PINK! to help us celebrate Leslie. We'd love to see 

what you made, so be sure to link up at Shopping Our Stash!

Also, this is the last challenge of the year so it will

be open until Monday, January 1, 2018.

The SOS CREW will be taking the rest of the year off

to spend time with family and friends.

Thank you for visiting.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, and a

healthy and happy New Year!

Hugs!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge -ATG

CAS Mix It Up Challenge - Stamping + watercolouring & die cutting

Tic Tac Toe challenge #28 -center column: Holiday/Die Cut/Metallic

STAMPlorations Neverending ATG challenge

 

Supplies:

STAMPlorations - Christmas Bell Medley; Peace Love Joy

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Recollections - silver glitter paper

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; TE; scraps

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - crazy double running stitch nesting rect die, Christmas Tree 1 die;

Magenta - Nuance powder dyes; ARTplorations - Oh My Stars & Holly Background stencils; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; water mister; paint brush; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #333 - Let's Play Tag!

Hello friends!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we're playing TAG!

That's right, we want to see your tags, either by itself

or on a card/project. Easy huh?

Here's what I came up with:

 And the inside:

My tag is made by sprinkling a couple Magenta Nuance dye powders onto some mixed

media paper and spritzing with water. Once dried, I die cut the tag. then stamped and second generation stamped the pine bough. I went around the edge with a VersaMark pen, and heat embossed using some glitter gold EP. Finished with some red ribbon.

The word die was cut from gold glitter paper, glued to a scrap of black card stock, and fussy cut.

The inside sentiment was heat embossed using the same glitter gold EP.

Super fun card to make!

Now it's your turn! Just crank out a tag and simply link up at Shopping Our Stash!

We'd love to see what you create. For more ideas, please check out what

my teammies created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

STAMPlorations CUTplorations December challenge

STAMPlorations Dec. Theme & Sketch challenge (theme only)
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Christmas/Winter Holidays

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Christmas Bell Medley; Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message
Ink: Ranger DI - Evergreen Bough; VersaMark; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Shimmer
CS: Strathmore - mixed media paper; TE; Bazzill; Recollections
Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - ATC Tag Builder dies, Warm Winter Wishes die; Magenta - Nuance powder dyes - Turquoise and Cerulean blue; water mister; Taylored Expressions - Nordic Holiday EF; Cuttlebug - Charles embossing border folder; Stampendous - Jeweled Gold EP; heat gun; MISTI; May Arts ribbon
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Glue Dots

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #99 V is for Vegan

Hey there snarky peeps and welcome!

This fortnight at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

the challenge is V for Vegan,

so that translates (to the Sisters at least, wink!), to

using any animal on your project!

I had an idea for my card but had to 

computer generate my sentiment.

No snark, but gotta love a punny sentiment!

 and the inside:

Now it's your turn to crank out a project using an animal on it. Just link up

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it. For more

ideas, do yourself a favor and check out what my Sisters in Snark, and

our new Guest Designer, Michelle, have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

(I'll be shoveling. GAH! Snow!)

I'd like to enter this at:

Addicted to Stamps and More #271 - ATG

The Male Room #75 - Christmas/winter/December celebrations

Supplies:
Stamps: Katzelkraft - Les Chiens; Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - Wish List
CS: Crafter's Companion; TE; scrap
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Lawn Fawn - Scalloped rectangle dies; computer and printer; Misti
Adhesives: SA by 3L - taper runner, Thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #332 I Like To Move It, Move It!

Hi there crafty peeps!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

it's time to move it move it!

What does that mean?

We want to see your projects featuring anything movable,

like shaker cards, or using wobblers, or slider cards, or googly eyes!

Here's what I created, making a shaker card:

and the inside:

Ready to play along? Of course you are! Just link up at Shopping Our Stash so

we can admire it! For more ideas, please check out the 

blogs of my teammies to see what they created and leave

them some bloggy lovin.

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

I'd like to enter this at Naughty or Nice Challenge #46

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! - Suite Seasons

Ink: Memento - Nautical Blue

DP:  American Crafts - Jack Frost

CS: Recollections; scraps

Accessories: Making Memories - Slice die cutter & Noel cartridge; Doodlebug - twine; GC; STAMPlorations - Let It Snow die; American Crafts - WOW! Glitter Snowflakes: Cousin Corp/The Craft Outlet - beads; GraphixArts - acetate; WOS pen; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch foam tape; Ranger - Glossy Accents. Multi Medium Matte