Flower Power

for Sunday Postcard Art

Here's hoping your long weekend is l-o-n-g....

all elements are by Rian Designs

Ad Inspired

This week's challenge at

Use Your Stuff

is to create something based on this pic:

So here is what I did

This was taken after my sweet grandson was diagnosed with pneumonia.

Not often he slows down and stays in one place,

but Grandma got some cuddle time for once.

And he is all better now.

Thanks for coming by!

Take Flight

for Reader's Art Quest at
Unruly Paper Arts 

The photo is my own, with an overlay by Sissy Sparrows.

Te rest is from my substantial stash.

Thanks for coming  by!

Not A Christams Card

This is NOT a Christmas card.

But someone

(with a sense of humour)

 WILL get it as if it were.

You can blame 

the

Jingle Belles 

for this card

They said, and I quote:

So this fortnight we're making cards for our 

friends who don't necessarily celebrate Christmas.

And I have friends who don't, but they certainly live in the 

Canadian Winder.

Surviving that is cause for celebration if you ask me!

Nuff Said,

 Jingle Belles 

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenge #190

It's VACATION time at

The Order of the Opus Gluei

Yessirree!

We are challenging you for Challenge #190

to create something with the theme of

VACATIONS!

The sky is the limit.

Where would you go if you copuld go anywhere?

Or where were you last?

Or make a card for a friend who is leaving on a trip...

Or, or, or,....

Yup, that's where I would LIKE to be...

This is where I was last.

And this, my friends, is where I will be as soon as summer returns.

It does that here.  

It's like Mother Nature has indigestion and once she is feeling better,

we are back to normal.

Where do YOU vacation?

Link us with us at

The Order of the Opus Gluei

and we'll stop by and say HI!

For the Boys

This is for the
Let's Hear It For The Boys challenge over at

Lunagirl Moonbeams 

Check it out!

credits:  Amanda Sok, Cryztal Rains, Freubel, Land of Nod, Wish Bliss, 

Kimeric, Tumblefish Studios, and Bonnie Zeiman

Thanks for stopping by and have a funny weekend!

Home for Christmas

The past 4 weeks I have made something for the

Use Your Stuff

challenge, but not gotten it in in time.

Duh.

This week, I think I made it.

My goal this weekend is to make a bunch of Christmas cards.

Wish me luck!

And thanks for coming by!

Bees

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz for

Tag Along Challenge

credits:  Sissy Sparrows, Deviant Scrap

Thanks for stopping by!

Pile Up Your Toys and Make a Mountain!

and when you are done,
hit the playground!

Frames and Roses

Sounds kind of like "Guns and Roses", doesn't it?

I am feeling fairly irreverent today.

So the piece I created is for both

Sunday Postcard Art (theme: Roses)

and

Take A Word (theme: Frames)

credits:  Rian Designs, Bleuesse

Sorry if I have offended anyone...

No, I'm not.

That's a lie.

Find the joy in everything.

Butterflies

for Tag Along

credits:  Studio Rosey Posey, Cottage Arts, Amanda Sok

Thanks coming by!

Just Because

credits:  Celeste Knight, Studio Rosey Posey

Friends

Girlfriends are the best.

Just sayin.

for this week at

The Three Muses

credits:  Gecko Galz, Amanda Sok, Itkupilli, and Berna Datema.

Now go call a girlfriend and let her know how

important she is to you!

Thanks for coming by!

Fruits and Veggies

are the Order of the day at

The Order of the Opus Gluei

Challenge #189 is to create something

with the theme

A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST

You have the next three weeks to join in the fun with your creation.

Just link up with us in the comments

HERE

Have fun!!

Beauty

for this week at

 credits:  Sim, Crafty Buttons Designs,
Joanne Brisbois and Studio Rosey Posey

Great to see you,

I will be by to visit soon!

Votes and Pressies!!

 Did you know the  Design Team has created a garden of beauty over at

Gecko Galz 

using our Cross Promotion elements from Itkupilli for this month?

It really is spectacular!

And did you know there are pressies involved if you do got and vote?

I made something fun this morning using the 

GG and Itkupilli products.

 The really great part of this is that

 you get to vote for your favorite!

Now we want you to choose the best design and win a great prize pack from Gecko Galz.....what you might ask? We are going to place everyone who cast their vote into a drawing and one lucky winner will get a design team prize pack which is all the September products plus a Itkupilli prize pack. Just email your vote to geckogalz2014@gmail.com before August 30th and the winner will be announced here on the 31st. BUT WAIT! Just for entering you get a FREE mini stamp set from Gecko Galz! So vote now....get your free stamp set and maybe even win a prize pack! Good Luck!

Gecko Galz 

I'll see you there!

Very Vintage

Who says Vintage has to be quite muted tones?

Not Electra, no sirree!

I have this sheet of  happy girls called

"Costume Crazy"

from

Gecko Galz 

and it just begged to be made into a fat ATC to inspire you to enter the

Gecko Galz

   Very Vintage challenge

And since I added some stickers by Amy Tangerine and

some pinwheels fron Mikey's,

it also qualifies for this week's challenge over at

Use Your Stuff

How cool is that?

The background papers are from Gecko Galz, too,

their "Strawberry Fields" Paper set.

Check out the

  Very Vintage challenge!

NOw if you will excuse me, I need to go

comb the feathers on my t-shirt.

Electra,  over and out.

Zetti Art

for this week at

The Three Muses

credits:  Crowabout Studio B, Cryztal Rain

and I'm sorry, but I don't remember from where

I got the awesome wordart!

Thanks for stopping by!

Selfie

credits:  Gecko Galz, Shabby Blog, Oscraps

Black and White and Red

So I was driving through the nountains a couple of weeks ago,

and I see this herd of Bighorn Sheep

muching on the berries in the trees,

along the main road into a small town.

Of course there were about a gazillion tourists

taking pictures

(just like me)

I thought it was very cool.

Must have been snack time!

I made this for

Take A Word

Thanks for coming by!

Faces

for Tag Along

Thanks for stopping by!

Animals

for

Sunday Postcard Art

Such fun!

credits:  Holliewood Studios, Dido Designs, Cajoline, 

Tumblefish Studio, Dezinaworld, Maya de Groot.

Electra, Over and Out!

August Gecko Galz!

The new products are out at

Gecko Galz

and they are 

AMAZING!

And the Design Team has made some inspiration pieces

that will knock your socks off!

Gecko Galz 

Not only that, but our monthly challenge is

Just click on the link on my sidebar to get all the deets.

If you are reading this blog,

I just KNOW you will want to play along with this one.

(You know you adore vintage)

So let me show you a few of the things I have made so far with the new August products:

Aren't they lovely?  Both pieces use elements from the 

JAPANESE TRADITION COLLECTION

with the background papers  from the

MORI GIRL PAPER PAK

But then...

For this one I used the circus performer from
CLOWNING AROUND and some
LIFE IS A CIRCUS Papers

I am going to be making lots this month with the new items, 

there is lots more magic to choose from

The other great news is that this month

Gecko Galz

is partnering with the lovely

ephemeral images by

ITKUPILLI!

You will find lots of beautiful

inspiration by our Design Team

HERE

for this month's Cross-Promotion.

Here's mine:

I have used various Gecko Galz and Itkupilli elements.
Pretty nice, eh?

I hope you will check out the gorgeous new 

August products at

Gecko Galz

(I want to quit my job and stay home and play with them all day)

And don't forget about our Customer Challenge:

VERY VINTAGE

I'll see you over there!

Thanks for coming by.

Eyeglasses

The August Challenge at

Soartful Challenges 

is

EYEGLASSES!

Is that not a unique and wonderful theme?

I made something a little steam-punk-y for it, 

but you definitely want to head over and check out the inspiration from our

multi-talented Design Team.

You have the entire month of August to create something

with this theme in mind,

Keep your eye on

Soartful Challenges

and link up with us in the comments.

See you soon!

(credits:  Gecko Galz, Amanda Sok)