stars above

for sunday postcard art: stars 

images from retired mischief circus kits by itKuPiLLi, holliewood studios and others.

love to all.

our midweek angels

for our midweek muse: angels 

images from retired mischief circus kits (tumblefish studio, cryztal rain, songbirdy) and arthouse whimsy.

images from gecko galz, mr whiskers, songbirdy (retired mischief circus) and  robyn gough.

love to all.

tag tuesday christmas in july

our beloved design team member at tag tuesday, pinky, has decided to encourage us/torture us with the new two week theme of "christmas in july." for those who love to get a head start on holiday creating, "you're welcome" (LOL!) and if you are like me, just struggle along and join us in the challenge! 

once i started playing around with some of my holiday images i found something that made me feel a bit inspired, so here is my first tag.

i suppose it is not a tag in the traditional sense (?) but the cardboard sheet music i found in my holiday box of goodies was calling out to be a tag base. i believe the image is from gecko galz.

i hope you find something in your stash that inspires you to create! please join us! i'll be back in a few days with more...

love to all.

angel postcard

 for sunday postcard art: angels

angel image from designs by aymara, background from gecko galz, stars from holliewood studio (retired).

love to all.

blessings

for take a word: stone angel

stone angel from pixabay. remaining images are from itKuPiLLi imagenarium (multiple kits).

blessings and love to all.

peace on earth at gecko galz

the challenge at the gecko galz blog this month is "peace on earth."
i made a digital creation for this challenge which i am also linking up to "peace and tranquility" at moo mania and more.

although this is a digital creation i made it in the proper dimensions for a "moo" which is approximately 1.1 x 2.8 inches.

other than the background digital paper and the starlight effect in the background, all other images are from the "blue christmas" digital kit by gecko galz. 

nothing evokes peace on earth quite like an angel playing a harp!
wishing peace and love to all.

our animal angels

the new challenge at tag tuesday is "cats."
i think our cats are our angels and i think angels watch over our cats! my dear gilda has been gone several years now and i have not added a new animal companion to our home.
i enjoy living through the cats of my friends and the ones in our art!

cat and angel are from lunagirl collage sheets.
the rest is stash.

love to all.

jingle all the way!

this november at gecko galz customer challenge blog the new challenge is "jingle all the way!" the challenge prize will be a shopping spree at the gecko galz shop!  so get holiday fabulous and let's play! here's an ATC to start.

supplies: gecko galz "send me an angel" collage sheet; gecko galz "victorian christmas" paper pack; various borders, die cuts, ATC base, etc. from my stash.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with one of the victorian christmas papers and distressed the edges. i glued down the image from the angel collage sheet. all the other bits were arrange and added afterwards.

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how to play along with the challenge: create on our theme -- remember you must use at least one item by gecko galz.  if you sign up for the monthly gecko galz newsletter you'll get a free collage sheet every month.  sign up at the blog here, on the top left. there are also wonderful freebies at the gecko galz pinterest page. and there are always wonderful deals at the etsy shop -- and if you are a newsletter subscriber you'll also get notice of the special one buck wednesday deals. hurry! for this challenge your deadline to link up is november 30.  challenge prize will be a shopping spree at the gecko galz shop!  

love to all. 

meditating angel

for take a word, angel

images from with wild abandon, itKuPiLLi and miles beyond the moon.

wishing you peacefulness and much love to all.  may there be peace on earth.

drips

for the challenge formerly known as "cheeky," on the theme of "drips."  all images from dezinaworld.

images by dezinaworld. this is no official challenge, just me and whimsey asylum carrying on a challenge that is no longer in effect.  just one more challenge theme coming up if you are interested.

love to all.

TAW angel

angels are thought of much at christmas time.  i suppose they'd be glad to be thought of at other times as well!  because i got carried away, here are three for the take a word challenge this week.

background is by itKuPiLLi; angel by gecko galz blue christmas digital kit.  all the rest is from cryztal rain/mischief circus.

all images by itKuPiLLi except wings which are from dezinaworld.

all images except butterfly (wings) from gecko galz czarina digital craft kit.

do you have a favorite?  i can't decide.
love to all.

joy to the world!

merry christmas from me and from lunagirl moonbeams where this month we invite you to create on the theme of angels.  regardless of whether you celebrate this holiday i hope that peace and love are close to you.

the vintage image is from the lunagirl "christmastide ephemera" collage sheet and the stamp is by creatiate stamps.

if you link to our challenge you'll have the chance to win a prize from the lunagirl store.

love and joy to all.

another angel

at lunagirl moonbeams we are celebrating angels.  link up an angel creation to the blog for the chance to win a prize from lunagirl.

my angel ATC features an angel from the "angel children" collage sheet by lunagirl, along with other supplies from my stash.

may angelic music like that being played by this little one brighten your day!
love to all.

angels we have heard on high

this month at lunagirl moonbeams we are creating with angels and inviting you to do the same.  by linking your angel creations to the lunagirl blog you'll have the chance to win shopping credit at the lunagirl store.

the vintage angel on this ATC is from the lunagirl "angel children" collage sheet.  the stamp is by creatiate stamps.  the rest of the elements are goodies from my stash.

join our challenge and bring a bit more peace and hope into the world through your creating!
love to all.

angels among us

we need angels, bringers of love and light!  for the month of december our challenge at the lunagirl moonbeams blog is angels.  create with angels this month, whether in acknowledgement of the december holidays or just in recognition of the hope and peace they represent, link to the blog and you have the chance to win shopping credit at the lunagirl store.

here is an ATC featuring an angel from the lunagirl "angel children" collage sheet with wings added from the lunagirl "fly away home" collage sheet.  the rest of the elements, background paper, dove, ornament and text are from my stash.

i hope you will join our challenge.
love to all.

angels among us

today i am joining a challenge at quirky crafts challenge blog called "angels among us."  i am using a beautiful rubber stamp from sweet pea stamps by ching chou kuik called "shining on."

i stamped this rubber stamp onto designer paper by gecko galz then colored it with pencils.  i added the mother teresa quote, rick rack and a punched heart.

i'm also including this piece in the sweet pea stamps facebook progressive challenge.  part 1 is "anything goes" as long as you use a sweet pea stamp still available in the company store.  entering part one gets you a free digital stamp to play with for part 2 of the challenge.  this is lots of fun and i must say i have discovered i really have a lot of sweet pea stamps!  it is good to put them to use.

love to all.

angel card for a friend

i have a friend who could use an angel.  so i grabbed this image which was a freebie some time ago at the fripperies and butterflies blog.  i used some papers and a leaf from a collage paper pack actually given me by this same friend.  there is a torn bit of script paper from a lunagirl collage sheet as well.  the rest is stash.

i hope this offers her some of the grace she needs!
love to all.

three wishes for a happy new year!

hello friends and happy new year!  our theme at tag tuesday this week is "three" and we could do three of anything.  i was stumped what to do and then, it being the last day of the year i decided to offer up three wishes.

this is an itty bitty tag at about 1x2 inches.  the background paper is from the mori girl paper pack "tokyo mama" from gecko galz.  the angel is from a lunagirl collage sheet.  i hand wrote my three wishes on paper from the primavera series by itKuPiLLi.  there's a bit of butterfly washi tape, a hole reinforcement and some distressing.  i tied it up with some crinkly packing paper pieces.

i wish you all LOVE, PEACE & JOY in the new year and always!
love to all.

winter in pink; joyeux noel santa

it is inspiring seeing all the ways in which artists and crafters depict christmas in colors other than red and green, the traditional colors.  at lunagirl moonbeams for the next two weeks our theme is "winter in pink."

since christmas is just a few days away i used a vintage christ child and angels image from lunagirl along with lunagirl vintage angel on a backdrop of pink designer paper designed by lunagirl owner karen. i added a pink flowery die cut and other embellishments.

link up to this challenge for a chance at shopping credit at lunagirl.

now, even though the old st nick challenge at lunagirl moonbeams is now past, i still can't stop using wonderful santa images from lunagirl!

i collaged several different designer papers and added some pom-pom ribbon.
i'm linking these to "anything goes as long as it is christmas" at the glory of christmas challenge blog, and to pile it on challenge blog "anything goes/christmas/holidays, and crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge "anything goes/christmas".

enjoy; love to all.

christmas angel

this sublime little beauty is my inspiration for the "christmas angel" prompt at tag tuesday this week.
the vintage image is from lunagirl.  the rest: background papers, doily, die cuts are from my stash, the stamp is from creatiate stamps.  the stamp says "peace on earth" but this time i just used the "peace."

love to all.