party hat cats

hello again and happy new year! at tag tuesday we are challenged to "celebrate" and at lost coast portal to creativity we've got "anything goes." so i brought out my lost coast designs "party hat cat" stamps to party with!

despite their serious faces, these cats are decked out in party hats for sweet celebration.  my backgrounds are spritzed watercolor inks and the stamping is done simply in dark blue and dark brown inks. the super cool fiber ribbons were a gift.

play along!

i love cats, i love art, and i love a nice party.
happiness and love to all.

she flies over

faces, wings, gardens, flight. all good themes for springtime. here are two tags with plenty of all those things.

face stamp from lost coast designs "up close and personal" stamp set; butterfly from gecko galz "pretty little butterflies" collage sheet; sentiment by viva las vegas stamps; cloud washi tape from pipsticks; the rest of the bits are from my stash.

face stamp from lost coast designs "up close and personal" stamp set; butterfly from gecko galz "pretty little butterflies" collage sheet; flowers from gecko galz "jardin" collage sheet; background paper is also gecko galz; sentiment from tim holtz; flower and dot from my stash.

i'm always interested in using rubber stamps and collage images effectively together and am pleased with how these turned out.

challenges entered:
lost coast portal to creativity "on wings she flies;"
gecko galz customer challenge blog "nouveau garden;"
moo mania and more "spring fever;"
and a reminder there is a "faces" challenge at tag tuesday...

love to all

say what?

at lost coast portal to creativity the current challenge (#49) is "say what?" and the task is to use words.  

on this 4x4 base i've used a stamp "girl with a pearl" from lost coast and a rumi quote sentiment stamp by 100 proof press.  i LOVE rumi. the background paper is from gecko galz.

love to all.

doodled fish

still playing around with doodling for the oodles of doodles challenge at lost coast portal to creativity...

on this ATC, the fish head is from lost coast "up close and personal" stamp set, stamped on designer paper and fussy cut; bubbles stamp from G-rated stamps; the star is a digital stamp from gecko galz and the background paper is also from gecko galz.  fish body doodling is by me with a pro marker pen.

love to all.

new beginnings and doodles

here are two happy new year tags --
for tag tuesday "new beginnings"
and lost coast portal to creativity "oodles of doodles"

in this new year i will be STRONG...

face stamp is from lost coast stamps "up close and personal" stamp set (stamped on designer paper and cut out); the stamped word strong is from technique junkies.  background paper by prima song bird collection and the doodled body is by me with a pro marker pen.

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AND in the new year i will still be a dreamer, wishing and hoping and planning for beautiful visions to come true...

face stamp is from lost coast stamps "up close and personal" stamp set (stamped on designer paper and cut out); stamped stars are from catherine moore character constructions; background paper is from the prima song bird paper pack; the words are from the "charming words" collage sheet by gecko galz; and the doodled body is by me with a pro marker pen.

this was a little fun and different thing for me to do which i hope you enjoy.

love to all.

party cat in the stars

this month's challenge at lost coast portal to creativity is "use a stenciled background."  i struggle to get good effects with stencils but i decided to give it a go anyway.

the stars stencil is from winnie and walter and the stamp is by lost coast designs "party hat cats".  i used a silver sharpie with the the stencil.  the gorgeous background paper is from the itKuPiLLi primavera paper pack.

love to all.

lost coast lovers valentine card

for challenge #33 at lost coast portal to creativity: lovers

the man and woman stamps are by lost coast, from the "up close and personal" stamp set.

i stamped them on paper from my artistic adventures and placed them on a background also by my artistic adventures from the "bitty hearts" paper pack.  the words are also from my artistic adventures.  the big red heart is a sticker.  edges are distressed with "old paper" distress ink.

enjoy; love to all.

keep some room

for try it on tuesday "tissue,"
and for lost coast portal to creativity "anything goes:"

i stamped this lovely "mona flying" stamp by lost coast designs onto tissue paper left over from last month's gifting! (word to the wise: when you stamp on tissue paper make sure there is something beneath the tissue as the ink will bleed through.  i had some clean up to do...).

the rest was some simple putting together of desired elements.  i just got this stamp toward the end of last year and this is my first time using it.  it is wonderful.

enjoy; love to all.

dance by the light of the moon!

i've got some more goodies for the moo mania and more hallowe'en party theme; this time actual moos (approx. 1.1 x 2.8 inches).

the background on the moo is a day of the dead themed paper from sabor papel, with edges distressed in black ink.  the skeleton stamp by inkadinakado -- i stamped it on designer paper by gecko galz (the moon face is from gecko galz also) and painstakingly cut it out!  i adhered the moon face, skeleton and little die cut cat to make my creation.  because it has stamping, i'm entering this moo into the scary or weird challenge at lost coast portal to creativity.

for my second moo all images are from my artistic adventures, cut out and collages together to my satisfaction.

please scroll up for my pinned post at the top of this blog -- the gecko galz blog hop is still taking place and there are free collage sheets at every stop on the hop as well as other prizes to be won so please check that out!

love to all.

viva la bride of frankenstein!

earlier this month i visited las vegas and while there i checked out the viva las vegas stamps store.  i bought several stamps but 3 were especially for hallowe'en and since the prompt this week at tag tuesday is also hallowe'en that gave me the perfect opportunity to show off my new treats.

the bride of frankenstein, the "boo" and the "happy halloween" are all from viva las vegas stamps.  other elements for these tags included papers by gecko galz, papers and die cuts by sabor papel (purchased through altered arts) and other die cuts, stickers and ribbons from my stash.

i'm linking to the "scary and weird" contest at lost coast portal to creativity. 

i had fun playing with my new toys.  the viva las vegas stamps store is a little hard to find and from the outside it seems tiny.

but inside it is crazy-full of awesomeness....

so that was also fun!
please come back here on october 27, that's the start of the gecko galz blog hop.  there will be a free collage sheet at every stop on the hop as well as the chance to win additional prizes.  so see you soon!

love to all.

eat drink and be scary

the altered pages blog has offered customers the chance to submit ATCs for the blog.  i used the altered pages "falling for fall" collage sheet to make a simple ATC with some fun hallowe'en elements on it.

the background paper is from gecko galz.  the stamp in the bottom corner is from 100 proof press and the rest are die cuts from my stash.  

i'm linking to the "scary and weird" contest at lost coast portal to creativity!

enjoy; love to all.