tag tuesday flowers theme

the new two week challenge at tag tuesday is flowers, chosen by dear DT sister Pinky. here is my offering:

i used rubber stamps (flowers by all night media and butterfly on the right by hero arts) on a background paper by gecko galz. i used markers to give the stamps a bit of color, and added the words from an arthouse whimsy set.

i'm sad i missed the last challenge but i've been traveling a lot for work. hopefully i'm settled in at home now for awhile!

love to all.

queens, kings, your pick!

at tag tuesday, our lovely DT member sandie has selected king, queen, or both as the challenge for the current two weeks (one week remaining to play along). here are two tags with queens. of time permits i'll get some kings done, too...

background paper and crown by gecko galz, text and girl from art-tea-life. heart from stash.

background paper from gecko galz, lady stamp from 100 proof press, words stamp from hero arts.

hope you can play along!

love to all

in celebration of faces

it is my turn again to choose the theme for the tag tuesday blog and i have chosen "faces." over the next two weeks we welcome all tags featuring faces over at tag tuesday! here are a few to get you started, and i will share a couple more next week.

this tag is stamped with a face image by danielle mack, with 2 different background papers from gecko galz. i colored her lips with a sharpie pen.

this tag has background paper, sentiment and central female image all by gecko galz.

i did not want you to feel limited to human faces! this owl and background paper are also from gecko galz.

ok, come back next week and i will share a couple more faces for you!

love to all!

fruits or vegetables at tag tuesday

 it's a new tag tuesday challenge and our DT sister Pinky selected "fruit or vegetable. i've gone with a vegetable (fruits get all the attention!)!

the background paper is from gecko galz with a lawn from retired tumblefish studios but the rubber stamps getting center stage here are all from character constructions. as you can see i did some coloring with markers as well.

enjoy; love to all.

sporty

for tag tuesday: sport -- just a few days left to play on this two week challenge that began more than a week ago! but a great challenge theme by our lovely DT member Sandie. to get in on this one on time i quickly rubber stamped two tags today.

backgrounds are from my stash. weightlifter stamp is by graphic rubber stamps and muhammed ali stamp is by 100 proof press. words are from tim holtz sticker set. i also stamped the dots and swirls.

love to all.

serenity in the trees

for the new tag tuesday challenge -- trees -- hosted by lovely DT member Pinky, i've done some rubber stamping.

stamp credits: sun is by rubber stampede; trees by stampscapes; "create peace" stamp by good stamps.

during difficult times times i always find a walk amongst the trees to be very replenishing. so i tried to create that feeling on this tag. enjoy; and play along if you can!

love to all.

umbrella joy; wonderland; playing catch up

it's another big round up today! starting with the three muses challenge: umbrella.

i really wanted to depict some joy. this makes me smile and i hope it does the same for you. mischief circus artists represented here include songbirdy, holliewood studios, itKuPiLLi and retired artists miles beyond the moon and tumblefish studios.

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for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art, i've got three cards and i am no caught back up. this project wraps on july 31 and i can't quite believe i've stuck it out.

first another visit to wonderland again and linking this one to the customer challenge at gecko galz: "welcome to wonderland."

lots of gecko galz products here: "wonderful wonderland" and "looking glass" collage sheets are represented here.

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this next index card uses some images (face and background) i just learned about and am absolutely in love with from ART TEA LIFE (one crab apple).

the butterfly wings, crown and words are from gecko galz.

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this last one started with painting the background with acrylic paints (I actually followed the prompt on this one which was "blue or blueberry").

then i stamped the mermaid, masked it and stamped the waves (both from retired meer images company) and embossed with black glitter embossing powder. same with the octopus (missing link stamp co.)

whew.enjoy; love to all.

ICAD and more cards

the theme today for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art is "terrarium." more rubber stamping for me on this one.

i'm also sharing some more cut and paste, collage cards i've made. both are thank you cards for people who have been extra kind lately.

images from gecko galz.

images from retired tumblefish studio kits.
love to all.

SPA; ICAD; summer colors

3 goodies today!
for sunday postcard art: gypsy

images from dezinaworld (retired), songbirdy and itKuPiLLi imagenarium.

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for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art,  theme of "birdhouse."

images from tumblefish studio (retired); gecko galz paper and rubber stamps by past time stamps.

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for the gecko galz customer challenge: summer colors

images from the gecko galz "tattoo summer digital craft kit." the happy birthday, stars and spirals are rubber stamps.

busy day today!

happy summer solstice!

love to all.

a pause to reflect, ICAD

my index card for today, for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art is on the theme of "pause." i had intended to mask the buddha stamp and forgot to do so, decided to continue with the card anyway. it therefore isn't quite as i had hoped but here it is.

background paper from gecko galz. mountain stamp from PSX, buddha stamp from inkadinakdo, lotus stamp from leavenworth jackson, spiral stamp, unknown.

love to all.

feather tag; wish ICAD

we have a new theme at tag tuesday this week, hosted by our lovely DT member wendy and it is "feathers."

i made a digital tag.

images come from dezinaworld, miles beyond the moon (both are retired products) and itKuPiLLi.

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i'm on day 15 of the index card a day challenge (ICAD) hosted by daisy yellow art.  the theme today is "dandelion" and my depiction is focused on "wish" which is what many like to do with a dandelion.

i used spritzed watercolor inks for the background, rubber stamps, and 2 images from gecko galz, a girl from the dream girls 2 sheet and a butterfly from a different sheet.

enjoy; love to all.

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.

trees

there is one more week remaining of the two week challenge to play along with the "trees" challenge at tag tuesday. i've stamped a tag for this week.

the stamped trees are from stampscapes. the stamped sentiment is from hero arts. the wedded couple are from a tim holtz set.

love to all.

fabulous faces

it's my turn to choose the next two week tag tuesday challenge and i've chosen the theme of "faces." i own so many faces stamps that i could have made 30 or more tags (embarrassing but true)! in fact i did make several but will just share 3 today -- come back next week for the second installment!

stamp by technique junkies; sentiment is from tim holtz ideology; washi tape from pipsticks and the rest are items from my stash.

face stamp by rubber stampede; sentiment stamp by 100 proof press; the rest are items from my stash of supplies.

just so you know that all the faces do not have to be human! this lovely cat face is from lost coast designs and the sentiment is from leavenworth jackson stamps. background paper is gecko galz and the rest are stash items.

i hope you will have fun with this theme, there are so many ways to play with faces!

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.

the circus is coming to town

for the new two week challenge theme at tag tuesday: book print

i covered my tag base with a real page from a dictionary then spritzed it with spray inks.  the stamps are from character constructions, one of my favorite stamp companies.

enjoy; love to all.

tag tuesday hallowe'en

for tag tuesday over the next two weeks the theme is either hallowe'en or autumn.  i've chosen hallowe'en for this stamped tag:

both stamps are from 100 proof press; the background paper is from gecko galz and the rest of the bits and bobs are items from my stash.

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.