Gonna watch you grow

today is day 4 of Kickstart your art over at the Smeared and Smudged blog...

and today's challenge is Growth!

 so I looked around at my stamps and as always Smeared Ink are the first ones I go to...and I saw my grumpies sitting there and remembered they come in two sizes...so I grabbed the lil one and big one and stamped them and stuck them to a Gelli printed page, then wrote out the lyrics to yet another song (man me and Gellip prints and songs...I think I have problems) the song is Paul Simon's "Father and Daughter" then I noticed I still had some space so I stamped out another lil grumpy and stuck him to the page...so I see it as me and my lil girl and my soon to be lil boy!

Earth Goddess Art Journal page

today is day 3 of Kickstart your art over at the Smeared and Smudged blog...and today's challenge is Easy Found Objects Background Technique.

The tutorial showed buttons, and I thought of using puzzle pieces but then I looked over and saw a beautiful flower arrangement that I received after I found out my Mother in law had passed away...a flower arrangement given to me by some really great friends! And I thought...hey those leaves would make an awesome mask! so I give you my found objects journal page.

 here is what it looked like before...I thought I'd end up covering up allot of the sprayed leaves so I'd take a pic just in case :)

the image is the Earth Goddess from Smeared Ink's Elementals stamps...I dripped some black glimmer mist, and colored my image with pencils except the leaves they were done darker with a marker...oh and the bottom fence and the flowers on the side are from the Killer Bo Peep set.

thanks for taking a look!

 aren't these so pretty!?!?

dragonfly hearts

today is day 2 of Kickstart your art over at the Smeared and Smudged blog...and today's challenge is HEARTS...simple enough...or so I thought.

I have a heart punch and I punched out a few hearts and sat and arranged them in different ways...made flowers and things like that, then I looked at them just sitting there and they kinda looked like dragon fly wings...light bulb!

 kinda cool huh? that main image is from Smeared Ink...I have had it for a while now I really think its retired, and the lil stamped dragonflies in the background are from Mark's Finest Papers...along with the senti...the background of this page is Gelli printed (surprise surprise) and then I added a stamped border and those heart punches I was talking about...I added some glitter to them and then just drew in the bodies...this page was fun for me to make I got to doodle and stamp and add glitter...whats not cool about that?!? hopefully tomorrows page will be dark and awesome...today's was kinda girly :S

Primary Color Drips...let it be

so today is day 1 of KICKSTART YOUR ART!! I really hope I can make it through the week, I think this is going to be a great way to get my mojo back!

today's challenge is 3 Primary Color Drips. and there was a tutorial on how TITBELSOEUR created her page, so I kinda didn't venture to far from the example...I was sorta having problems with this challenge, didn't know what direction to go...I did know the 3 words I wanted to use...that part was easy!

 I created this and used some Smeared Ink stamps from the Inky Dreams set (stamped them in primary colors) and wrote the lyrics to The Beatle's "Let It Be" this song reminds me of my mother inlaw...it was about Paul McCartney's mom and it just spoke to me today....man I miss her!

ok off to bed...can't wait to see what tomorrow's challenge is!

I would like to enter my page in the Creative Creations Challenge- Less is more

January Smeared Ink DT blog hop

Welcome to the January DT blog hop for Smeared Ink!!

our theme was Anything goes/Your Favorite SI image...which to me is the same thing...if its Smeared Ink...its my favorite :)

 

But I guess if one had to be used...well I couldn't use just one...I used two :) I mad a cover for my new art journal! I'll explain why I made an art journal in a moment...first to show it to you!

 kinda cool huh? so I guess my favorite image is from the Carnies set (I think you can only get them in rubber now so join the rubber club...cuz they are the best) I think its the Bat wings...me and my bats! I also love the Quoth the raven set...and the ravens you will see allot in my work so I stuck him on there too :)

so with my book cover its just an old cereal box that I did some Gelli printing to and then stamped on and stamped on some tissue paper and cut it out and stuck it on top...added a bit of color to the images (and some glitter to her wings) and then the sentis from the Carnies set...on the back I just stamped the heart from the Quoth the raven set (I may do more with the back later but this made me happy for now) and the inside is filled with different pages, allot of them are already Gelli printed but some are blank, some could use more paint, but I just kinda wanted to have a bit of a background ready...it can get kinda intimidating looking at a blank white book page and create something...hopefully this will help :)

here is the rest of the blog roll...you should have come here from the amazing Leigh's blog and your next stop is the awesome Shoni...if you are just starting you really should start at the beginning because seriously this hop is going to rock!

Black Dragon
Fiona
Shell
Leigh
Kapree Shoni
Ike
Rocio

Oh ya the reason I made an Art Journal...ok so starting today there is a week-long journal challenge extravaganza going on over at the Smeared and Smudged blog full of challenges and prizes...so I created this to kinda get me in the mood for creating awesome Art Journal pages :)

I would like to enter my book into the following challenges:
Make it Monday
Eureka Stamps -Anything goes

Phlem Love!

those of you that know me and have talked to me know why I have been MIA for the past little bit, but I'm hoping to get back in the game! and what better way than to turn to my new favorite Gelli prints :)

I created some ATCs using some of my Gelli papers, and the Freaky Freebie image from Smeared and Smudged's forum (free digi image to use to enter one of the many awesome challenges for the month)

 I made two ATCs kinda opposites I guess...I don't know I was just messing around and having fun....I use my circle punch and heart punch, a love stamp and with my PHLEM FROM THE MONSTER HEARTS SET I colored him up with markers...it was actually really therapeutic! great way to get me in the mood for February!

thats all for today...see ya at the forum!

January Gelli

Welcome to Smeared and Smudged's January Member Blog Hop an awesome hop where as long as you are a member you can join in (membership is free) and this month's theme is Anything Goes...AWESOME!

so what better way to start off the new year than with a calendar!?!

if you caught my last post you will know I have made a Gelli plate and I LOVE it! I have been making prints like crazy! ohhh can't wait to show what I made...well you get to see a lil slice of my heaven....

its my January page, and I have gelli plated (is that how you say it?) the background, the dates, and the month name...I put did it on a black piece of cardstock, then I got my party grumpie from Smeared Ink and stamped him and colored him...such fun...kinda bummed I covered up such a cool background with so much pink but oh well maybe I'll add more stuff to it through-out the month :)

Here is the blog roll...be sure to start at the beginning so you can catch all the awesome projects! Tori
Laura
Sue The Nanny
Kapree
Shoni
Fiona
Shell
Molly The Fishmonger
Lisa
Alison
Kristy
Monique  

~EDIT~ on the SnS forum I have made a post in the "into the dark" about my Gelli plate, including the recipe and video I got it from...if you want to make your own or need more info

Gelli printing and Quoth the Raven

ok so have some awesome stuff to share with you guys today....so I have been wanting a Gelli plate for quite some time now, and I was messing around on youtube the other day and came across a TON of videos about Gelli plates and then some on how to make them yourself (score! because they are so expensive) I was worried about them not lasting until I found a video that said if you mix glycerine and alcohol with the gelatine it will last so thats what I did...I put it in a disposable baking dish (its what I had) and let it set for 3 hrs and YAY it worked!

here are a few prints

  
this is my fave

 and here is an art journal page I made from one of my prints using all Smeared Ink stamps...they are from the Quoth the raven set.

oh and I made some masks and stamps and stuff and I made a mask of the raven and then stamped over it...I like how it turned out and I can't wait until I have more time tomorrow to play!