pieces of paper

I made this canvas after I was inspired by a piece that Christy Tomlinson created. What you do is roll pieces of paper onto you canvas after you have created your background. I like it, I don't like it, I like it , I don't like it.. What do you think??? LMAO!!

Grungy Monday on Friday

Last Monday Linda over at Studio L3 had her Grungy Monday Challenge. You are suppose to use the Tim Holtz Facets or Fragments doing one of three Techniques he gives a tutorial on.

You can find Tim's Tutorial Here

I tried the technique where you make a Transfer using Packing Tape

wow this was so much fun and it worked!!

I've been trying to do transfers using my ink jet printer and haven't had too much luck

but this technique does work!

I used one of Wendy Vecchi's Art Part and painted it then Glimmer Misted the Stem

and then added Diamond dust to the Flower.

If you want to know how I created this background and a more in depth look at the tag

head on over to our

"Crafting with OWSE"

I have a complete tutorial on it.

It's a Spooky Day over at OWSE

we have a coupon for you all on our Halloween Products

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This sale is only going on until the 28th of August..

Better start buying you Halloween Products now so you have them created

in plenty of time for Halloween!

I love love Halloween..

and on that note

OWSE will be having their

1st. Annual Halloween Gala

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We have loads of Challenges and Swaps to inspire you!!

Also our Art Journaling Club is in full swing now and we are all having a ball!!

Come Join us..

well you all have a wonderful and safe weekend.

Do you believe that August is almost over!!

man did it fly by!!

wooohooo here comes Fall!!

ya think??

Learning to Shade with Copics

Before I bore you with My Copic Lesson

I decided to give both Ladies who entered my Contest

Two Digi's for entering.

I have emailed both

Max and Gloria M..

Congratualtions Ladies!!

I decided it's about time I learned to shade using the Grays with Copic Markers. So I grabbed my one of two Tilda's and found a Utube video and came up with this. I think I get how to do it. Now I have to practice doing it.. LOL

My Camera sucks.. It looks so much better in person..

What cha think??

My Inner Gremlin

I'm in this Yahoo Group - Artists of the Round Table.. we are doing this workshop using the book

Raw Art Journaling by Quinn Mcdonald.. It's a really cool book if you are into Art Journaling. I bought mine at Amazon.. Well anywho Quinn is doing the workshop at the Yahoo Group and our first lesson was to do a spread on our Inner Gremlin.. I just bought a sketch book to find out if I can indeed draw. I have always said I can't draw a stick figure right. Was that my Inner Gremlin saying that before I had even tried??? I have never tried to draw! How can I say I can't when I don't even know!!

We had to Journal our Inner Gremlin talking to us and then positive reinforcement after hearing all the negative from the Gremlin..

Here is how I did mine.

I made Top Three!!

Over at Simon Says Stamp and Show I made Top Three last week for my Wild West Piece..

Wooohooo!! That is so exciting to be noticed..

Here is the piece I created

Robyn's Fetish - Win a Digital Stamp!!

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More is having a Huge Sale this Month!! 20% off all Inventory! wooohooo. and I finally have some new releases! It's my Back to School Series

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Put my Badge on your blog,

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Have fun Creating!!

Not so Grungy Monday

Linda over at Studio L3 is having a Distress Stickles Party! in other words this weeks Grungy Monday challenge is to use Distress Stickles.Distress Stickles is a Ranger Product that Tim Holtz always brags about.. Want to know more about Tim, visit his blog here..

well I had in mind what I wanted to do but I tried two times and each time I did something and then covered it with Rock Candy Distress Stickles I had ink all over the place. I tried them with Perfect Pearls and Twinkling h20's .. both ran when the stickles were applied. boooo on Distress Stickles. LOL so I covered my piece with some paper and just used the Perfect Pearls on my image and the Distress Stickles on my Butterflys. Hurray!! I finally got this piece done with out throwing it out in the garbage! LOL

I used a Blue Perfect Pearls but it looks Black in the picture..

I used Green on the Leaf border

I'm also entering this in Simon Says

They asked for Bling this week. I think I have enough! Ya think?? LOL

My Piece is not so grungy this week.. ahhh well.. LOL

Hey you all!! Thanks for looking.