Thriving Art

Tuesday once again, and I am linking up with Elizabeth and T-Gang.    This past week just wooooshed by, and darn near wore me out.   So on to "what's in my cuppa" this week................................     Looks more like something for WOYWW huh?  DH worked all night, getting in at a very early hour and was asleep when I got up. I got my walk in early, and it was a nice cool morning, good for walking, and I met a lot of other walker enjoying the cool air too.  Since I needed to keep the house on the quiet side, I decided to make a couple more pages in my secrets journal.  My coffee mug stands in need of a refill, while I used the "throw away" part of a sticker sheet for a stencil for my butterflies.  I colored them in with a Pitt Artist pen, knowing the India ink would per permanent once it was dry.  The pages were pre-Gesso.    I added more Pitt Artist pens and used my fingers to smudge them before they dried. A swirly stamped images were

So right now "Do You Want to Know a Secret" by the Beatles is dancing around in my brain, and really creating an echo... "Do you promise not to tell....oh ,oh....closer."...LOL!  Yes, I will be singing it all day long.     I had a notification from iHannah's blog  that 21 Secrets Art Journal Workshop 2015  is taking early bird sign ups. I started looking into it a little deeper, and I found out it has been going on for some time....who knew?? I had not heard of this workshop before, I sometimes wonder "where have I been??"   The price, for the workshop, is a little steep for my itsy bitsy SS check, so I started to wonder around You Tube and found a great set of videos by Terry Kahrs .  This link will take you to the introduction and there are step by step videos, by her, on making a Secrets Art Journal.  I have, since, found out how many of my followers already knew about her..........JUST WHERE HAVE I BEEN??   Long story.....short.....I

I made this card for a challenge, then set it aside and promptly forgot about it.  No excuses, it's been at my elbow for over a week, and I have had to move it numerous times. Even though I have one post up already today, it is PAST time for me to get this posted....LOL So, now the challenge is just a memory, but I still wanted to share it.  The scan doesn't do it justice, the gold on the butterfly wings is really a pretty brushed gold paper.  The background paper is one from Scrap in a Snap, and is about 15 years old......gasp!!  The sentiment is from Hampton Arts. NEW FRIENDS: I have been so neglectful in  introducing some new friends to my blog..... Chris of Pearshape crafting   an art journalist, tag maker, card designer and all round good artist.  We have been on many site and challenges together and she has decided to become one of my followers.   She enjoys traveling and always has beautiful photos to share.  She lives in the UK, but doesn't let the "p

Here we are in the middle of the week..."hump day" down hill to the weekend from here.....LOL     I was re-visiting some journal pages, that I had done for a couple of challenges, that I just didn't like.  Do you ever end up with these?  Do you just leave them?  Normally I do just let them be, as "bad art", but these two pages I just couldn't let be, they were driving me nuts!!!  I know, I could just leave the journal closed, but I couldn't forget about them.......LOL   So I took some Gesso and then some acrylic paint to them, and started over.  The above one was kept very simple indeed.  After getting the background painted I added a napkin ( part of a gift from Chris)   I did pull the layers apart and tore the edges before adhering it to the page.  The sentiment is a stamp I have had for YEARS!!   Now I re-visit this page and smile.     This page, from the same journal, was covered with map-like pieces and I think the challenge ha

Happy Tuesday, the last one for August 2015....unbelievable how fast this year is slipping away.  Time can be so precious, especially when it comes to kids growing up.  Hannah, our oldest GD will turn 9 years old tomorrow, and then six days later her cousin (whom I call my GD too) turns 9 years old.....yep only 6 days apart and their Moms are sisters........LOL  During "Camp Grandma" this summer I discovered Rachel like to tangle and do dangles, so this is where this card comes from, adding sparklies is a plus for all 9 year old girls!!!(But they don't photograph well)  The stings are self adhesive, but all those little pink stones I had to glue on one by one......LOL Won't attempt that again!! Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment so I can find my way back to you........ Inky Hugs Krisha

  Time to join the Tea Gang  for an other weekly jaunt around the world to find out what's in all the drinking vessels we show off.  Today is a picture from this morning, the coffee cup is empty and the tennies are there waiting for me to put down the camera and put them ON. (My Grandma you have some big feet!!!LOL)   I had just finished my coffee (that's why the cup is empty) and was getting ready to start my walking routine.  I follow Darla's blog, and she is so good about getting her walks in every morning and once a week shares them with those of us in Blogland.  She has been my inspiration to get off my butt and start getting some exercise. I used to have a great walking routine until about 5 years ago, making 4 miles in an hour EVERYDAY, then I started having a foot problem, that eventually lead to surgery and the removal of a joint in one of my toes.....oh yea, that was painful.  Since then I have become very lethargic and the weight has really piled on. 

  Yes, indeed this is my 4th post this week........no gasping or holding your breath PLEASE! *grin*  It has been such a busy summer that my blogging all but died, BUT I'm back now and hope to keep up with all the Blogland adventures.   Our oldest GD, Hannah, will turn 9 years old next week and this is the card I created for her.  I have quite a few of these Prima Doll stamps and enjoy paper piecing them for cards......especially for the GDs.  ( I really have them because I loved paper dolls as a kid.....*grin*)   The card base was colored with Gelatos, then wiped with a wet wipe to blend it.  The white die cut was used for a little texture and design.  The doll was stamped onto a flesh colored paper and the hair colored with Prisma CP.  The dress was fussy cut from a snippet of paper that was hand decorated years ago.......back when all the pretty paper wasn't readily available.  For the ruffle and bow I used a little snippet of vellum, and touched the edges with

  Good day gentle bloggers.  Here we are right smack in the middle of the week with a quick card to share today.  Since "Camp Grandma" has come to an end I have had some of "my own" crafty time to do what ever I want to.......no scanning Pinterest for ideas, and gathering up needed supplies for two 8 year olds.  NOPE!  Just some "me time" alone with poor neglected Betsy ( my desk....yes I named it for those who haven't been following along)   This card came about after reading the Unruly Paper Arts August challenge .  I inked up an embossing folder.....heavier in some areas for an Hombre effect then ran the background paper through it.....this is such a fun process that I could sit and do it all day, each time it turns out different.....*grin* The golf bag is a VERY OLD Stamping Up stamp......I just love it and it has many, many stamping miles on it.  I took brown and gray Prisma Colored pencils to add color to the clubs then fussy cut it ou

I will not give you an un-truth.........I LIKE to use layers!  Although I'm not a frilly person, and I do not care for a LOT of foo foo on my cards.......rather to keep it simple and mailable....LOL   So this card is just that and still quite a few layers and perfect to join in with the Shopping Our Stash challenge of "Layer It On Me".  On a white card base I chose a layer of yellow grid vellum, a fancy dice cut was the next layer, then a stamped image was lightly touched with Inktense pencils came next.  The final layers were the pretty pink flowers ( a gift from Chris ) and yellow pearls for the centers of the flowers and soft green pearls for other accents.  It is a very soft looking card in person.  I didn't add a sentiment....yet....when I have an occasion in which to use this card I will choose the appropriate sentiment at that time. There is still ALL week to join this challenge as it just started today. click here to get THERE  Inky Hugs Krish

  Happy Tuesday Bloggers! Time to link up with Elizabeth and the T-gang  and make the weekly drink hop.  This week I am doing a little catching up on a thing or two.   First is this fantastic post card from Deb, (jinxxxygirl) one of our T-Gang members, hand drawn and hand painted......isn't she a beauty??? I just LOVE her, thank you Deb!!  All the red and yellow designs makes me think of all the wild fires raging the western states, although I know Deb created this way before the fires started. If you haven't been by Deb 's blog yet you must stop by and see her new friends.....they like watermelon!!   Next is the overly stuffed envy that came from the UK!!! Chris, of Pear Shaped Crafting, had my name for the 2nd anniversary T-Day celebration and this is what she sent. What a treasure trove of goodies, the birds and owls are wood......and yes, she sent a whole set of alphabet stamps!! There are all those silk flowers, and napkins with all sorts of des

  Dashing to the finish to get this posted before it is no longer Tuesday, a dash to the finish as it is the LAST day of "Camp Grandma" This is the last week the GDs will be here, as school starts next week for both of them.   Our last hooraaah included a sleep over this week.  Papa Bobby went deep sea fishing with Hannah's Dad, who drops her off in the mornings...........so to make sure we got our last week together, it was arranged for her to spend the night with me.  Since it was just going to be her and I, we invited Rachel for a girls night too.   I know your here to see them and their art sooooo here goes:   Starts of an acrylic painting   Re-binding their SOC journals     Dripping rain onto their paintings   Melting crayons for shooting stars     Rachel works on a God's Eye   Their finished acrylic paintings Melted crayon shooting stars   God's Eyes     Breakfast at the Red Wagon this mo