shhh!

today is my anniversary -- will my DH see this post before he sees his card? lol -- since he doesn't usually check my blog i think we'll be okay!

vintage images are by french-kissed postcards and the rest is stash.  today will be the last day for the july discount at FKP by the way.

love to all.

statues

the "statues" prompt at tag tuesday for this week stumped me.  in the end i made 2 tags -- one that failed to meet my aims and one i like regardless of whether it met my aims!  this tag which i feel pretty good about uses a favorite stamp from stampers anonymous.  this stamp is reminiscent of a statue or bust and i liked the effect from stamping it on a combination of dictionary and designer paper.

somehow she seemed to want to wear a lace veil so i gave her one, along with some other simple embellishments.

so, on to the tag i made first and which did not meet my expectations.  i have a photo i took on my cell phone of a dancing lion.  my friend and i debated if the lion was meant to be from wizard of oz.  we couldn't decide. but for my tag i attempted to add some wizard of oz elements (from a gecko galz collage sheet).  it just didn't come together as i wanted it to.  i'm sharing it anyway since it is all about the journey anyway.

happy rest of your week; love to all.

very fancy purple lady

here is a very fancy purple lady on my tag; purple being my favorite color and "favorite color" being the current challenge at lunagirl moonbeams.  you have one more week ('til sunday) to link up a creation in your favorite color for a chance to win a CD of vintage images, valued at $25.

i used some designer papers, flower and leaf stickers and washi tape. i don't know where she is going but it is surely somewhere very fancy.

i'm entering this tag in the artful times blog challenge #60, make a tag,
and linking to scraps of color week #31 "anything goes."

enjoy; love to all.

reading is medicine for the soul

for week two of the cheerful stamp pad challenge "cards for men" i've created a card featuring products from our sponsor sentimental susan at stitchy bear digital outlet and from dezinaworld.

parts of this card were created digitally.  i started with the vintage image from dezinaworld and added the sentiment and stack of books on a white background, both from sentimental susan. i also added the monocle and compass (dezinaworld) digitally.  after printing my little digital collage, i added it to cardstock covered with designer paper.  to that i added a fleur de lis brad by alphastamps and the phrase "noteworthy" which i found in my stash.  all elements were distressed with "old paper" distress ink.

one more week to link up a masculine card.
love to all.

cs designs is back!

happy to share that there is a coordinator call and blog candy opportunity at chris sterns (CS designs) blog.
after some time away from blogging chris will be back with challenges and all kinds of goodies no doubt featuring chris' amazing designs.

you might wish to pop over and join the fun!
love to all.

purple lady dancer

you can just hear the music as this dancing darling strikes a pretty pose.  in purple.  and in celebration of the "favorite color" challenge at lunagirl moonbeams.  you make something using your favorite color.  and you have the chance to win a CD chock full of vintage image awesomeness worth $25.

i love this belly dancer girl.  she is from the lunagirl "purple 1" collage sheet and the butterflies are from lunagirl too.  the rest are stash items -- a variety of designer paper and stickers which are torn and arranged on the tag base, then the cut out vintage image, some washi tape and a butterfly.

i'm linking up to artful times challenge blog for their challenge #60 to make a tag.
also linking to pink saturday.

come play with us!  love to all.

summer holidays and such

our theme this week at tag tuesday is summer holiday.  as many know who stop by here much, my idea of a wonderful summer holiday is definitely time at the beach.  so that is the focus of my tag.

the vintage bathing beauty, the carte postale and the lovely sea-leafy background paper are all from gecko galz. there is some vellum script border from alphastamps.  the wings on my bathing beauty are from lunagirl. i finished the piece with some distressing, some fun stickers and ribbon.

i'm linking this up to several challenges:
summer fiesta at unruly paper arts
bright sunny colors at tagalong challenge
sun, surf and sand at bombshell stamps challenge blog
things with wings at try it on tuesday
things with wings and ribbon at really reasonable ribbon.

i also have an update on the gecko galz blog and a chance for you to win products from with wild abandon.  go to the blog and vote for your favorite DT creation using both gecko galz and with wild abandon products.  you'll be entered for a chance to win some goodies from with wild abandon -- and their products are stunning!  deadline july 31 -- i hope you'll participate!

have a beautiful week; love to all.