wish upon a star

for the gecko galz customer challenge: wish upon a star 

woman image from gecko galz, background by itKuPilli, washit tape from rubber moon, and star diecut from my stash. 

love to all.

doors, stamped, an experiment

hello all, it is a super-blustery autumn day in my part of the world. good times for making! the latest challenge at tag tuesday, hosted by our awesome DT sister Wendy, is "doors, windows, or arches."

i really thought i owned some sort of a door stamp as i wanted to stamp something. since i discovered i did not own such a stamp (or could not find it! ha!) i thought i would try to create a door with stamps i have. the following are experiments which i decided to just go ahead and post even though they certainly are not polished work by any means.

i actually was just stamping on cardstock and then cut around what i'd stamped to make a tag shape -- that's to tell you just how very "experimental" this whole thing was! 

i created the doors using different stamps from the rubbermoon "stampstracts" stamps. the checkerboard, alice, and kissing lady are from leavenworth jackson. the dream and clock are from inkadinkado. words from a tim holtz set.

i hope you'll forgive these rough creations -- no color, masking, or anything fancy -- just plain stamping, and it was a nice little play time.

i hope you'll take a look at the challenge for yourself -- remember it can be doors, windows, or arches -- one more week to play!

love to all.

greetings from the citrus fairy; and other friends...

for three muses challenge: fruits or vegetables, meet my citrus fairy 

images from holliewood studios, and various other mischief circus artists. other images: oranges from pixabay and yellow butterfly from gecko galz.

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and now for yesterday's and today's index cards in this the final week of the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art. 

images from gecko galz and ART TEA LIFE, rubber stamping with rubber moon art stamps.

images from ART TEA LIFE and various stash borders and stickers. stenciled background of green stars.

love to all.

faces, stencils, stamps and joy

for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art, here are my three latest cards.

all have images from ART TEA LIFE (one crab apple), watercolor ink backgrounds, some include stencils and also rubber stamps from rubber moon art stamps. crown on the last one is from gecko galz.

enjoy; be safe; love to all.

a gentleman and a scholar; ICAD catch up

for the three muses masculine prompt.

male image from lunagirl (african american CD); remainder of images from various mischief circus artists.

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today's catch up post for the past three creations in my particpation in the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art. i've pretty much stopped paying attention to prompts and instead doing what i want to do.

rubber stamps from rubber moon art stamps (stampstracts) on water color ink-spritzed background.

lots of papers ripped and collaged and "connected" with sewing stitches rubber stamps; female image from gecko galz (dream girls 2).

hole punched papers (variety of papers by gecko galz) and dragonfly from gecko galz as well.

love to all.

ICAD the call of the sea; 2 birthday cards

the theme today for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art is "anchor," and so here is my "call of the sea" card.

i've used a piece of a real map, a compass rubber stamp from leavenworth jackson, and mermaid and anchor from gecko galz collage sheets (sea nymphs and nautical). there's a faint bit of stamping from a meer image (retired company) waves stamp as well.

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also sharing two birthday cards i made recently:

images from songbirdy, itKuPiLLi imagenarium, gecko galz (butterfly), lunagirl (moon), rubber moon art stamps (washi tape up the side) and words from retired tumblefish studios.

images from songbirdy, lunagirl (steampunk girls), and tumblefish studios.
love to all.

TAW; ICAD (with a story!); father's day

3 again today!
for take a word: sheet music
the song "to a wild rose" is a beautiful song if you've never heard it.

images from songbirdy, itKuPiLLi imagenarium (butterflies), open clip art (the sheet music, retired site), and miles beyond the moon (the rose, retired).
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for ICAD #21, geode, (the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art),  this one inspired me to write a story.

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In 1928, not-yet famed geologist Giancarlo Monfrerer went digging in the caves of Flamorvia and happened upon his most significant find, a geode so stunningly blue that he could only think of his late wife Beatrix Gertrudis, his one and only love, symbolized by the blue butterfly he imagined to always be flying above him. He named the geode Beatrix’ Blue Butterfly and this find, this marvelous find, is the one thing that finally got him in the great geology tomes of his home country Lemuroritana. If you ever visit Lemuroritana, you will find this bright and shiny gem, encased in glass in the Montfrerer Museum, along with other amazing gems uncovered later by the great Giancarlo. Founded by Ginacarlo’s loving nieces and nephews, the museum was a way to remember their beloved aunt and uncle, both who died too young, while so full of sparkle; may they rest in peace.

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geode from pixabay; man and butterfly from gecko galz; letter and year from tumblefish studios; rubber stamp from stampendous; white gel pen.

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and a little something for father's day

made this card for my hubby, with paper from the gecko galz haberdashery craft kit and an image from gecko galz man oh man. words from retired tumblefish studios "journal." rubber stamp from rubber moon art stamps.

ICAD #11

here's today's' piece for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art. theme today is "tiramisu" and i gave up on trying to meet that theme. although i decided this person's name is tiramisu...

elements from crowabout studio B and rubber moon (the face, which i colored with pencils), with background paper by gecko galz.

love to all.

rubber moon latest swap

here are some simple ATCs i made for a recent rubber moon company "moonies" swap. 

background papers from a retired tumblefish studio collage sheet.
love to all.

circles ○○○○○ kreise

for moo mania and more, "circles"

background papers by gecko galz.  background stamps -- small and large circles by rubber moon art stamps "stampstracts." women in cricles are dawn houser stamps distributed by inkadinakado.

love to all.

create peace

we're almost halfway through the latest two week challenge at tag tuesday: thoughtfully chosen by DT member wilma, the theme is "peace."  i hope you will check out her message and her samples because it is all beautiful and inspiring.  here is a tag by me:

the "create peace" stamp (a picasso piece!) is by good stamps stamp goods.  the moon face is tin can mail sold by inkadinakado and the remaining stamps are all from the rubber moon "stampstracts" line.  background papers from the gecko galz la boheme digital kit.

love to all and may peace prevail on earth.

rubber moon art swap

i'm still in the rubber moon art stamps moon mail club but i don't nearly often enough create with the wonderful stamps from this company.  the company has the most delightful selection of stamps and art supplies.  anyway, i joined a swap again for the first time in probably a year.  

these ATCs feature stamps from the june, july and august monthly kits. the monthly kits also contain little supplies though i did not use any of those for these.  i also used some papers and images by gecko galz as i love to play with mixing vintage images and stamping.  after the fact i wished i had embossed the stamps.  that would have given some extra pizzazz to these.

enjoy; love to all.

more beautiful faces

still playing with some simple stamping of african-american faces from some great rubber stamps i've recently acquired.

faces and words by technique junkies except the third face which is from viva las vegas stamps.  abstract images are from the stampstracts line by rubber moon art stamps.

love to all.

frida dreams and good news

i participated in the rubber moon mail club ATC swap in august.  here are the ATCS i sent:

all stamps are from rubber moon with accents done in colored pencil, paper flowers and a few enamel dots.  the dream die cut came from the latest rubber moon mail club package.

love to all.

rubber moon moo swap

it has been many months since i've participated in a swap with the rubber moon mail club members.  but the august swap was for "moos" and that got me back in the swing of things -- i love working with a tiny canvas.

my swap went to none other than the rubber moon owner and chief moonie kae pea!  this trio was made on a background created with watercolor inks.  all the stamps are from the rubber moon store, and beyond the simple stamping there is very little additional embellishment.

of course i sent some stickers and die cuts and other goodies as we do with swaps.

have a lovely day; love to all.

all you need is love

for moo mania and more challenge: banners and garlands. as usual i've made traditional "moos" at about 1.1 x 2.8 inches.

it took me multiple tried to be satisfied with this improvised stamped "banner."  the triangle stamp is from the stampstracts line by rubber moon art stamps.  the rest is black pen and designer paper.

love to all

spring bunny, triple

for moo mania and more: "triplicate"

i made three "moos" (1.2 x 2.8 inch creations) featuring a very sweet little bunny from rubber moon art stamps.  all papers by gecko galz. washi, dots and butterflies from my stash.

love to all.

give me five!

the tag tuesday prompt this week is "give me five" and the day before seeing this prompt i got my rubbermoon art stamps stamp of the month and it was -- a HAND!

this is a tiny tag, about an inch and a half long.  i colored the background with watercolor inks from stamp zia (company no longer in business so far as i can tell), stamped the hand and drew around it stamp and added some lines on the tag with black marker.

enjoy!   love to all.

down the street, my little row of houses

this week for tag tuesday our prompt is "down the street/a row of houses."  here is my tag:

i free drew houses on a variety of pretty papers by gecko galz (the most colorful ones are from the new summer picnic paper pack) and then cut them out.  there are a couple rubber stamps i used as well.  on 3 of the hand drawn houses i used a door and windows from a stamp by rubber moon art stamps.  the sun is by uptown rubber stamps (no longer in business as far as i can tell).  i colored in the yellow with a pro marker.  i added some wispy clouds with a white gel marker and finished this with a paper flower and enamel dot.

a happy little scene i think!
may you have some happy little scenes in your world.
love to all.

favorite pet...

the theme at moo mania and more challenge blog this week is "favorite pet."  although there are no companion animals in my life just now i have had cats in the past.  

i recently acquired this whimsical cat stamp from 100 proof press and it inspired this moo (1.1 x 2.8 inch creation), along with a moon stamp from rubber moon art stamps and some background paper from the gecko galz zen garden paper pack.  i almost forgot -- there is a bit of a wave stamp from meer image at both sides on the bottom  as well.

simple stamping fun.  
love to all.