down on the farm

 i'm a little late joining in but there is still one week left to play along with the tag tuesday "down on the farm" theme, hosted by our dear DT member (and fearless leader!) valerie. 

rubber stamping time! the sun is from uptown rubber stamps and the fowl are from leavenworth jackson. background paper is gecko galz with a grassy field from retired tumblefish studios.

about my little sentiment "simplify life," (words from tim holtz) i know it is easy for city folks like me to think farm life is simple though really i know better. it is incredibly hard work running a farm and i am so grateful to farmers, especially small family farmers for what they do to feed the rest of us.

love to all.

world heritage day

tuesday april 18 happens to be world heritage day, which according to my research is connected to the international monuments and sites celebration in which we are encouraged to visit monuments and sites.  who knew?  this is also our latest challenge at tag tuesday.  i've decided to visit egypt with my tag.

my background paper is from the out of africa paper pack by gecko galz.  the stamps are from (in order of appearance) leavenworth jackson, good stamps stamp goods, uptown rubber stamps.  the stamps were stamped on paper from the prima song bird pack.

i've never been to egypt for real.  it would certainly be wonderful to get to go there.

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.

more birds and more altered card deck fun!

at lunagirl moonbeams we are challenging you to "put a bird on it," that is, to use birds in your art and for the week 3 prompt at claudine's art corner altered card deck challenge the week 3 sample for "fall" also featured a bird. which means a chance for me to combine challenges!  here are my 2 altered cards for week 3, the first of which features a lovely owl from lunagirl's "owls" collage sheet.

in addition to the lunagirl owl on the first card, that same card also features leaves from the linagirl "autumn leaves" collage sheet.  i also have washi tape, a bit of a sun stamp from uptown rubber and stick on letters. (if you saw my monday post you can tell i was using some of the same supplies lol!).  the background of the card itself was done with distress inks (over a gessoed card base).

the second card also features an image from lunagirl -- the woman at top left, from the "steampunk girls" collage sheet.  the other steampunk images  were 3 images from dezinaworld that i combined to make one digital collage piece, then printed and cut out.  the stamped image (stamped on another sheet of designer paper) is from a tim holtz stamp set.  the background on this altered card was done with alcohol inks (over a gessoed card base).  also a fleur de lis brad!

here are claudine's pieces which we used for inspiration:

now back to that birds challenge -- you still have a week and a half to link up a creation featuring birds for a chance to win a shopping spree at lunagirl..  if you do not have any bird images to work with Karen has provided a freebie here.  and of course the altered card deck challenge is ongoing for a total of 26 weeks, give or take.

i'm linking my fall owl to the brand new and exciting october/fall harvest/hallowe'en challenge at the recycle, re-purpose and re-invent challenge blog at doodle pieces as i "recycled and re-purposed" a playing card for this piece.

love to all.

for the love of birds

i adore birds.  and apparently so does karen at lunagirl moonbeams because for the second time on her challenge blog she has chosen "birds" as the challenge theme.  specifically the challenge is to "put a bird on it."  link up a creation featuring birds in some way for the chance at shopping credit at the luminously wonderful lunagirl store.  i'll share a tag for my first DT piece.

i used some pretty designer paper from my stash, a sun stamp by uptown rubber stamps, some washi tape, some letters and some stick-on lace along with, of course, a lovely bluebird image from the lunagirl "birds 4" collage sheet.

remember that the bluebird of happiness can best be found in your own backyard!  come join us.

love to all.

insect tag

another week, another tag. we're focusing on insects this week at tag tuesday.
this week's prompt gave me the chance to try out some new stamps i recently acquired from the wonderful company catherine moore character constructions.

catherine's stamps are SOOO delightful and sweet.  who could be afraid of one of these bees?  the sun stamp is from uptown rubber.  my background is a lovely piece that i got from a blog giveaway and which i cut to fit the tag -- it is layered with rich inky color.

love to all.

drunken stampers #63

the latest challenge (#63) at drunken stampers is "technology sucks."  i don't think technology sucks but i do believe we sometimes need a break from it.  the point was not to use any technology in the challenge creations.  i don't really have much technology in my crafting -- the most high tech thing i've got is a heat gun.  so i didn't use it here!  to me the antidote to technology is spending time in nature or spending time with art.  so my ATC is nature-themed.  the native american style eagle stamp is from sunday international and the sun is from uptown rubber.  i used regular markers on the stamps and masked the eagle.  before stamping the background was spritzed with watercolors by stamp zia.  i used a sharpie around the edges.  and that's all.

love to all.