tags of wonderland

 i'm hosting the new two week challenge for tag tuesday and i'm asking everyone to make their tags on the theme of alice in wonderland. here are a few tags to get your creative juices flowing.

this tag has a variety of images from various gecko galz collage sheets and kits.

mostly gecko galz images here as well, with a background from itKuPiLLi imagenarium "celestial backgrounds."

this last one is mostly gecko galz with a central image from the octopode factory, that i colored in with colored pencils.

hope you enjoy and make time to play!

love to all.

crazy cranium

i'm playing along at wicked wednesday again this week and the challenge is "crazy cranium."  i used a digital stamp i had from the octopode factory which i colored with colored pencils.

i gave this curious character wings from lunagirl and some bugs for friends.  the background is animal print designer paper so i am also linking up to the week 11 "animal print" challenge at scraps of color.

love to all.

another steampunk tag

hello friends.  here is another steampunk-inspired tag featuring an image -- steampunk cinnamon -- from the octopode factory.  i'm providing miss cinnamon in hopes of enticing you to play along with week two of the "steampunk" themed challenge at the cheerful stamp pad.

i colored the digital image with pencils.  i made my own tag with some stiff cardboard and covered it with paper torn from a pamphlet advertising a WWII airplane museum.  in this scan you can just barely see the simply drawn airplane designs in the background.  i added some old-style newsprint with a steampunk feel.  finally i attached a wheel image which i embellished further with a silver sharpie.

come on along and join the fun.  a randomly selected winner will get a treat from our challenge sponsor...:

i'll also mention that the company often offers freebies on their octopode blog.  you're a winner either way!
have a wonderful week.

love to all.

steampunk tag

we've got one last two-week challenge at the cheerful stamp pad before we go on hiatus for the rest of the calendar year.  the challenge is steampunk and the challenge sponsor is the octopode factory.  octopode factory has some wonderfully fun and funky images and plenty of good stuff for steampunk creativity.

i made a tag featuring octopode's "steampunk siouxsie."  the beginning of this creation is the tag background which i made by creating a digital collage with images from a steampunk set from dezinaworld.    since the background was already pretty busy, i kept things simple with the digital image siouxsie and merely inked her with yellow distress ink and outlined her in red marker while giving some additional accents with colored pencils.  i gave her wings by gluing her onto a flat wooden yellow butterfly. i confess i had no idea how this would all turn out but it was fun to do.

once upon a time i loved seeing steampunk creations but was apprehensive as to whether i could also create in this unique and fascinating style.  i urge you to give it a try if you are new to it or, deliver your steampunk greatness if you are already experienced.  creating in this style seems to use a different part of your creative brain and it is wonderful play.  i hope some of you will join our challenge at the cheerful stamp pad.   and no worries -- we'll be back again with bi-weekly challenges starting in 2013!

love to all.