Thriving Art

    What's On Your Work-desk Wednesday. , is here again and for all you deskers it means time for some good snooping.  Not my normal photo format for my blog, these were taken with my cell phone.  I am pleasantly surprised at the quality it has.  This wasn't a test run, BOTH batteries for my camera were deader than dead........oooops!   LOL   I had to back away for this first photo of Betsy so you could really see the pile up around the desk.  This is how I left it this morning, planning on coming back and getting a jump on some seasonal cards, then I picked up a book I had started last night and weeeelllllllll........it was a good book. So here is what is ON Betsy, like I said I had planned on coming back and working..........  I had sort of cleaned off the desk before I got the binder down, so there really isn't much to see from this angle.  Oh look there are Hannah's flip flops on the floor to the left and a bag of ...

Alphabetical.......that is the prompt for Journal 52 this week.  I watch a lot of cooking type show on TV and they are always de-constructing something.  So as I started this alphabet page it occurred to me that the alphabet is just de-constructed words.........right? I did have a play making the letters in all types of fonts, some graffiti style, but decided to only color in the letters that spell words, and the oval with the sentiment.  After last weeks page, this one looks quite quiet! Thanks for stopping by. Inky Hugs Krisha

WARNING: THIS IS A LONG POST WITH LOTS OF PICTURES   Welcome to T-day to T-Day............say what???  I am actually starting this post on Tuesday August 19, yes I know this will be read a week later, that's the To T-Day part....LOL  But WHY? you ask!  Well, THIS morning (the 19th follow along as best as you can here) I woke up to find a dead coffee pot!  Yep! deader than dead!  Yep, there was water in it and coffee grounds where they were supposed to be, the timer was correct, the delay switch had been activated, and it was plugged in..........................................................but NO COFFEE!     The final picture of this coffee maker.......may it rest in peace.  I will keep the pot itself, they make great watering pots for the smaller flower pots, and a good measuring pot for some of the fertilizers.   This poor OLD coffee maker has been around for over 35 years......can you believe that?  It wa...

Journal 52  time, once again and this week the prompt is Gratitude, as in what are you thankful for?  It would have been just super easy to just list what I'm thankful for, but the entire list just wouldn't fit on this page.....LOL  So I narrowed it down to just having a good life, and the things that are VERY important to me. I think I got a little carried away just playing around with inks, stamps, Washie tape and modeling paste.  The word "EDIT" does come to mind when I look at this page.......LOL Thanks for popping in for a look, let me know you came by and I will return the visit. Inky Hugs Krisha

Happy Friday bloggers!  Geeesh, it's the end of the week already, are you ready for the weekend?  Any great plans? Last night was one of " those " nights where Mr. Sandman was late in getting here, so after tossing and turning, and messing up the bedding I finally just got back out of bed and had some very quiet time with Betsy (my desk) and some snippets.  Earlier I had played around with a new Prima paper doll stamp, and doing some paper piecing.  This stamp is a bit smaller than the regular ones (actually I bought two of them........grin) The regular size is great for journals and large tags, but a little hard to put on a card.  This "new to me" size works great for a long slender card that will fit in a 9.5" x 4.1" envelope........the size bills usually come in.  Anyway, she was just kinda shifted from spot to spot during the day until I remembered that Tuesday Morning Sketches  has a sketch challenge going on this week.  So out...

Once again I'm trying to get back in the rhythm of WOYWW , and posting to my blog in general, instead of sporadically posting.  But then it HAS been a sporadic summer......LOL So you came to see the desk named Betsy this week?   This is how I left her last night, just a drag and drop zone.  I had been working on a new journal, I made some time ago,  but I had drug it, the drawer of water color pencils, and the clip board to the sofa to get started on it.........so that is the pile in the middle.  It is all stacked on the next Journal 52 page, that is finished, but needs posting.  Around the edges are what nots and a few cards I've finished, my controller for the I-Pod.  While cleaning and moving Betsy I discovered not one, but TWO ATCs from the big swap we did for Julia's celebration, that I never did post.  Now I am really BAD,  'cause I just now remembered them as I and telling you about what's on Betsy............

Welcome back for T(ea) and this week I really am drinking tea.  It is Exotic teas from Teavana, brewed slow, then iced down with a touch of sweetener.  A really great way to end a day of shopping with my DIL.  We were on the hunt for decorations for my GD, Hannah's birthday party this coming weekend.  She is turning 8 and wants an "under the sea, shark " birthday party. They are lucky enough to have a pool, so we should be able to pull this off. They had been watching shark week on tv and that's where she got the idea........no more princess parties for this girl....LOL.   I needed a beverage container for my warn drink when we got to DILs house, so she kindly loaned me one of her insulated glasses, with a straw.  They are from the Dr. she works for.  She has quite a few in different colors.  I was lucky enough to snag a clear one so you can see how pretty this tea blend is.  I am starting to think I'll just keep this one....

The Journal 52 prompt for week 32 is.................. Favorite Foods !  Now I like to EAT, and the list of what I DON'T like is way shorter then what I DO like, so I really had to think about this challenge.  There was steak and lobster to think about, but then pasta stuck his head into the conversation, and then there was a reaction from the hamburger section, and I couldn't leave out potato salad (my recipe of course) and the list just kept getting looonnnngerrrrr!  BUT there is one thing that I WILL NOT leave alone, if they are in the house, and that is COOKIES!  From bite size to dinner plate size I love cookies.  They require no plate or eating utensils, easy to carry, and go with any drink on the market.  I do prefer mine with a hot cup of coffee, and my favorite cookie is a home made oatmeal raisin with lots of nuts.  McDonalds has a really good oatmeal raisin cookie as well as Sequoia Sandwich Shop, but home made is still the king. So fo...

Last Friday I took my friend, Cathy, out to lunch for her birthday, and we celebrated with a glass of wine....to start with.  Then we had a great lunch of 1/2 sandwich, with fries.  She chose a side of potato soup, a signature of the Black Angus restaurant, I chose a cole slaw as my side dish.  We met at 11:30 and parted ways at about 1:30..........a typical lunch......for us.......LOL Sorry, no pics of the food, only of the wine.....THE most important part, as we gabbed about everything under the sun.  It was a super great lunch, always is with Cathy, lots of laughing for sure.  I did stretch the limit and had TWO glasses of wine, but it was for a good cause.....'cause it was Cathy's birthday.........grin! (plus I had to drive home) So I'm linking this up with Elizabeth, our Altered Book Lover  for tea day, won't you join us? Grandma duty this week, before school starts.  I get some one on one time with Hannah, so I'm planning on a "for g...

See the original post HERE since EACH entry has to have it's own linky.  All were posted on the same day. Here is her painting,  she drew it then painted it in rainbow, 'cause she doesn't like yellow...LOL

See the original post HERE since EACH entry has to have it's own linky.  All were posted on the same day. This is HER CASE of my card.  Sizzix die for the paint splotches, with a mirrored paper under.   Stampa Rosa sentiment and flower stickers from my stash

See the original post HERE since EACH entry has to have it's own linky.  All were posted on the same day. Here is her water color painting.   pretty good eye for an 8 year old.

See the original post HERE since EACH entry has to have it's own linky.  All were posted on the same day.  A portrait of Dad, hand drawn and colored with markers,  and a Recollections mustache sticker. Smile stamp from Stampa Rosa  and Dad stamp is an old Eureka Stamp.

Please bear with me, the Simon Says challenge, says enter as many times as you want, BUT I find that each entry has to have a link of it's own.......bummer,  So here we go so the links can be made. Not to be out-done by big sister  this is her card for her Daddy.   Hand drawn and colored with markers.  Eureka stamp sentiment and Washi tape boarder

 Happy Monday!  After G-ma duty all weekend Monday, quiet, un-demanding Monday, is welcome.  It also means I had , not ONE but TWO guest designers for the weekend.  All who follow this blog know that my GDs have had all the "free" time they want in my craft room, and Betsy( my desk) is always excited when they come to play and create.  This is a VERY heavy photo post, so you can just skip through and look at the pictures......that's okay.....grin   I posted this card for a challenge last week, some of you might remember it.  Hannah (the 8 year old) decided she would CASE this card. Here are her cards.    Shinny Washi tape was laid on the inside  and a Sizzix die was used to cut the stars out of the front of the card  to expose the tape. Washi tape to the front of the card base, Sizzix die for the stars and glittered designer paper was glued to the back of the card front.  There was a ...

This page is much brighter in real life. This week  for Journal 53 the prompt is "Friendship"  I did have a gay ole time with this page, just playing with my Graffiti writing and a bunch of doodles.  I even used a few stamps on it, then it was all black and white and quite DULL looking, so I brought out the Inktense water color pencils and went to town.  The green quote is cut out and glued to the page. As I went to link this page up I noticed that the week 32 prompt is already up. Geeeze, am I really that slow???  Oh well have the weekend to think about the next prompt (which is Favorite Foods......mmmmm I'm seeing a lot of chocolate brown in the horizon...LOL) I will have the GDs on hand for this weekend, so there should be some pics of our arts and craft time for Tuesday's T post.  So stay tuned.......................and THANKS for stopping by.  Please leave a comment so I can return the favor. Inky Hugs Krisha     ...

Friday I am getting together with my friend, Cathy, to go out and have lunch.  We only do this about every two- three months, and it is always a LOOOONG lunch.  She has her own Computer Accounting business, so her world is black and white ( and if her clients are bad......red), in other words, she uses the OTHER side of her brain.  What they say about opposites attracting must be about the two of us. So her birthday was at the beginning of the week, and I want to take her to lunch.........I think it is my turn to buy anyway.....LOL   Here is the card I made for her, of course she is a wine drinker!  I just love the AI "girlfriends" stamps.  They just fit me and all my mature friends..........LOL They say that is a friendship lasts seven years it will last forever.  Well Cathy is just stuck with me cause it's been over 10 years now. Inky Hugs Krisha LIFE IS TO SHORT TO ACT NORMAL

Not the inky kind, but the postage type?  I found two containers of stamps that I have had since probably...............................1772!  Kid you not, I've had these rascals for ever, and just recently came across them, as in this week when I moved things around in here.  Moving things and going through the "stash" is sometimes like have an extra Christmas.......LOL Late, late last night ( I mean I was already on the way to bed)I was thinking about some post cards, and Bingo! The idea hit me to put them on the FRONT of the post cards. So making a quick detour I ended up digging everything out and started to glue this stamps onto PCs.  They are all pretty old and I was afraid the lick'em stuff wasn't any good.  Now filling a post card size space takes quite a few stamps, and I'm having a gay ole time just stick'em down.  Then I get to noticing a lot of these are old US postage stamps that have never be used...........WOOOOOOAH!  ...

Holy Mollie! It has been four weeks since I have had the time to join in the weekly Wednesday happening called WOYWW.  July is now a fuzzy blurrrrr and I'm now trying to grasp August before it too slips away.    Okay your hear to see me deskie, named Betsy (incase you've forgotten I named my desk)  Well here she is, all moved into a new location, but still in the same room........oh look close and you can see the window sill! It is mainly all the same schtuff, rearranged a bit.  On the left is my Ott shinning on my water bottle, with a round bottom, thus the coffee mug to keep it up right. Little brown owl with writing instruments, Ink pad storage, second Ott and one of my new white owls holding various paint brushes, small glass to hold sharp things, flower pot for my glue bottles, little easel, tool turning thingy and across the middle is a finished Journal 52  page, with Inktense water color pencils on top, stack of some new stashy items (AI st...

Happy Tuesday Bloggers! Time once again for our customary, once a week marathon around Blogland to have tea, coffee, water or a favorite beverage with our world wide friends.  Of course none of it would be possible without Elizabeth and Bluebeard at the Altered Book Lover  who links us all together. This week I am having coffee AND water in my regular coffee mug and a plain old cheap bottle of water......nothing too exciting as it has been a very long day around here. Over a month ago I bought a new printer (yep! that long ago) and yesterday (Sunday here) I decided it was time to get it out of the box and start using it.  I had been waiting for the old one to run out of ink.  The feeder on it only worked when it want to, and the fax part of would work the other part of the time.  It had been on it's "last" feeder feet for a long time, but it still printed a very good picture, when the paper would feed through it, and the scanner still w...