Favorite Colors at Craft Us Crazy

New challenge time at Craft Us Crazy:  Holiday and/or Favorite Colors.  That ought to make it easy to link up - any holiday or favorite colors!  We've got two sponsors for this challenge:

 

Saturated Canary

Prize is two digital images of choice

 

Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium

Prize is a $10.00 gift certificate

 

 

 

The image on this card is MadHatress from Saturated Canary.  I tried to photograph this card several different ways - its a trifold and pretty tall.  Made it a little difficult!

 

 

 

This image is just darling - so fun to color.  Speaking of color, this combination of red and blue/green seems to be a favorite of mine. 

 

Come link up at Craft us Crazy - I'd love to see your project!

Mimi for Craft Us Crazy

Mimi is a cutie!  She is just one of the stamps available at The Stamp Fairy which is the sponsor for the new challenge at Craft Us Crazy!

To make it really easy the new challenge is Children and/or Fall.  I hope to see one of your creations linked up!

The prize from The Stamp Fairy is a $10.00 certificate to the store. 

Mimi is so sweet holding her teddy.  Lauren's favorite stuffed animal when she was little was a sea otter named Sally.  Sally has a place of honor on Lauren's bed to this day.  She is well-loved.

Hope you'll stop by Craft us Crazy and link up your project! 

Anything Goes at Recycle, RePurpose & ReInvent

It's time for a new month long challenge at Recycle, RePurpose & ReInvent.   The theme is Anything Goes - just recycle something!

At work, we send lots of packages through UPS.  Our billing statement began including these great recycled envelopes.  We get more bills than we have to send checks and I've been keeping the envelopes, because I knew I would want them for something!  Well, the "something" finally came along...this little pocket book.

The cover includes this wonderful Nature Goddess image created by Chris at CS Designs. 

I cut the envelopes in half and then sewed them to create the pockets, which contain vintage seed packets or tags - all in keeping with the nature image and perfect for small photos and journaling.

I kept the embellishments very simple and are mostly made from leftover scraps. 

I hope you join us at Recycle, RePurpose & ReInvent - you've got a whole month to create a project with something recycled.  And you've got to check out the other projects! 

Loreley as a Pearl for AWNB

Here is another lovely Loreley.  Loreley is a feminine water spirit associated with the 120 high meter rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine in Germany.  The story goes that Loreley was accused of bewitching men and instead of accepting her sentence of being sent to a nunnery climbed the rock and plunged to her death.   Okay, enough of that - I really do not like depressing things! 

This Loreley is the creation of Chris from CS Designs.  I placed her inside a shell shaped card - she's the pearl, of course!  And not depressing, at all. 

A few spritzes of glimmer mist created a soft pretty shimmer for the inside of the shell.  Come join us at Art With No Boundaries.  The theme is always Anything Goes.  The bonus round this time is Rhythm of the Sea.  You still have a week to link up your projects!  So glad you came by...

Harlequin 2 at AWNB

Love, love these harlequin faces created by Chris at CS Designs.  I wanted to do something a little different so I thought I would try an art doll.

The shapes behind her head for the spirelli are also from CS Designs.  I used three different embroidery threads on this one.   I have to tell you this doll was so much fun to figure out and put together!

I die cut scallop ovals and folded them in half for her skirt and glued them to a dowel rod.  Her bodice is a wedge shape.  Her arms are twined blue chenille stems. 

I like trying to figure out who she really is...her outfit is somewhat Elizabethan and her face is somewhat Middle Eastern...maybe she belongs in a sci-fi feature.  What do you think?

Come join us at Art With No Boundaries - the theme is always Anything Goes.  The bonus round challenge this time is Just Clowning Around.  Have a happy, happy week!

Cosmo 2 for Art With No Boundaries

It's the second week of the Summer Skies challenge at Art With No Boundaries.  Meet Cosmo 2 all in blue floating in the summer sky. 

This time instead of embroidering her hair I embroidered the stars. 

The lovely Cosmo was created by Chris and is available at CS Designs.   The cool thing about the challenge at Art With No Boundaries is that you don't have to go for the bonus round which is Summer Skies, you can join us for Anything Goes as well.  Talk about easy!  I would love to see you there.  While you're linking up your creation you can take a look at the other wonderful projects featuring Cosmo.   Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Art With No Boundaries Week 2

The Heavy Metal challenge contines at Art With No Boundaries.  You still have time to link up  your creation.  I'm showcasing Silhouette , the second image released this month at CS Designs.

Silhouette is a really cool image and somewhat challenging to me.  I wanted to put a different spin on her.  I thought pink might be unexpected, so I covered her with a template and misted her with ink.  Then I touched her up here and there with a light teal marker.  It gave her kind of a cool tatooed look. 

Be sure to go by Art With No Boundaries - awesome projects have just been posted!

Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent

Guess what?  I get to announce that I'm on the design team for CS Designs!!  I'm so excited - Chris's images are cool, mod, appealing, and wonderful all at the same time.  She has a couple of challenge blogs and this post is for Recyle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent.   The  main theme is Anything Goes (with some item recycled) and the bonus theme is Heavy Metal (recycle something metal in your project).

I printed Metal and Screws on linen.  It really gave her a cool texture.  Then as you can probably tell I repurposed a doorknob and some screws.

Love the metal plate tags - aren't they cool?

I hope you'll come play along at Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent.  You've got all month to join us.