Monday, June 27, 2011

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! (The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST).



 
My card for today uses the E.A.D. Designs Monster Birthday Stickerz! This set is so stinkin cute for kids birthday cards (and big kids too)!  Extra products used:  SU cs, Imaginance dp, BG fiber and u/k button embellishment.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!

Don't forget to leave a comment on each stop on the hop, including the E.A.D. Designs blog to be entered into a random drawing for an E.A.D. prize from one of the DT's blogs!

Have a great Monday!


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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Happy Birthday Katie!

It's Paper Makeup Stamp's owner extraordinaire Katie Cotton's birthday today!! The Paper Makeup Stamps DT have joined together with PMS vendors for a surprise birthday hop for Katie! You can get a complete list of hop participants and start the hop at the Paper Makeup Stamps blog here!



I didn't get a chance to prepare a new card this week because my little Alexandra had the flu this week and kept me pretty busy!  I'm sharing a birthday card I prepared not too long ago using the adorable Natalie Birthday Fairy!  Natalie was previously released only in digital format but after many requests, she is now available in rubber as well! I'm also using the "Surprise " sentiment which was free with any new May release purchase!

Hope you have a wonderful day Katie!
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Art, Heart & Healing



Here's my completed journal page for lesson 1 of Willowing's Art, Heart & Healing online course. This is a free-online course which I just recently took that began last October.

I must say I'm quite pleased how the portrait and entire page turned out considering this was my 1st portrait attempt.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Whimsical Landscape #2



Here's my 2nd whimsical landscape painting from the online art course called Whimsical Landscape Painting by Mechelle Harrison at Creative Workshops.

These paintings are going to look adorable in the kids playroom!


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Monday, June 20, 2011

Paper Makeup Stamps and Quixotic Paperie Blog Hop - 2nd post today, please scroll down for the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop!

Today some of the Paper Makeup Stamps Design Team are joining with the Quixotic Paperie Design Team to throw the spotlight on the Paper Makeup Stamps range as part of Quixotic Paperie's 2nd Anniversary celebrations (Quixotic Paperie are the UK online stockist for Paper Makeup Stamps)!


As you may be aware - Paper Makeup Stamps is owned by Katie Cotton and to give you a clue as to where the name of her company came from - Katie is a professional makeup artist. Katie has some fabulous artists contributing to her company including Steve Hammond with the Monsters range, Diem Pascarella's Beautiful Day Fairies, Moody Girls by Cynthia Liu and the Retro Cutie Critters by Diem Pascarella.

The Paper Makeup Stamps range is available in the UK/Europe at Quixotic Paperie.
If you're in the US then you can of course find the stamps at Paper Makeup Stamps direct!
As part of the celebrations and the spotlight today, we have a PRIZE GIVEAWAY! 
Pop on over to the Quixotic Inspirations blog to get all the details and enter the draw to win some fantastic Paper Makeup Stamps and more!
 


I needed to make a Thank You Teacher card for my 5 yr old's JK teacher and my card for today's hop uses the Paper Makeup Stamps Apple Additions and Little Moments Mini Sentiments sets - they were perfect!  Extra products used:  Bazzill cs, DMCV dp, Distress inks, Archiver's ink, u/k twine, DMC floss, SU button and border punch .

Inspiration for my card came from this week's sketch #120 at Card Patterns!

Now for some more inspiration! Hop on over to each of the blogs below to see some fantastic Paper Makeup Stamps creations!

Thanks for joining us and we hope you are enjoying all the Paper Makeup Stamps loveliness.

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E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! (The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST).



My card for today uses the E.A.D. Designs Dad Sentiments Stickerz.  My husband absolutely adored his Father's Day card! Extra products used:  Neenah and Bazzill cs, SU tag punches, BG fibers, u/k eyelet and BG dp.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!

Don't forget to leave a comment on each stop on the hop, including the E.A.D. Designs blog to be entered into a random drawing for an E.A.D. prize from one of the DT's blogs!

Have a great Monday!

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Whimsical Landscape



I recently took a super fun online art course called Whimsical Landscape Painting by Mechelle Harrison at Creative Workshops.
My finished canvas is 12 x 12, painted with acrylics and I just adore it! This class was so much fun and I definitely recommend you take it!

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Poppies



Here's another page in my journal. The poppies were hand drawn and then I used some watercolours, Shiva Oil Paintsticks, text transfer, Faber Castell journal pen, Archiver's ink and Magenta stamps.

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Monday, June 13, 2011

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog!


My card for today uses the new and adorable E.A.D. Designs Isabell's Umbrella Feather Friends Stickerz!
Extra products used: SU cs, Sassafrass (Indie Girl dp) and distress inks.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!!!
Have a great Monday!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Watercolor Doodle


Here's a page inspired by Christy Tomlinson's Creative Doodling 102 (week 2) of the She Had 3 Hearts Art Journal e-Course. This was my first attempt at Doodling and then I coloured in my doodles with watercolor pencils.

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