Thriving Art

Here we are rounding the curve of this week and heading for the weekend.  With the weeks wizzzzing by, and each with a curve, I definitely feel like I'm going round in circles....   First I must apologize for the blurry looking scan...........this happens when you use pop dots and DON'T close the scanner.....LOL I made this card specially for a close friend of mine, the "crazy" birds are perfect for her sense of humor.  They are stamped directly to the card base, then colored with Inktense and blended with an Aqua brush.  The eyes of the left three are raised with pop dots.  The inside of the card reads: "We all have that one smart ass friend....Oh wait, that's me!" She should get the card today, no she does not read my blog.  She only lives three doors down, but I still mailed it to her just cause it is fun to get mail! Thanks for stopping by. Inky Hugs Krisha

 I know....bad pun....I can hear you boooing!!!  LOL! Not only is this my second post today but it is a two-fer this Tuesday.......two challenges and two cards in one post. Ok, ok, I'll get to them.....no pun intended there.     First up is a small masculine card made with Fisker's stamps, fussy cut and mounted as seen above.  This card measures 6" x 3 1/2"......like I said a small card.  I call it a ghost of a man.......*grin* I am entering this card in the   Creative Card Crew: 91 masculine challenge   This challenge just started so there is still plenty of time to hop over there and join these fantastic card artists.   Now we have an Artist Impression image and sentiment on an oval card.  No squares since this was made for the Cuttlebug Mania challenge: NO SQUARES. I made the card first, with the designer paper, then ran it through my Big Shot with an oval die, then repeated with the image and sentiment. This is also a new challenge w

This week I am joining the fantastic artist over at Try it on Tuesday  for the Autumn challenge. This stamp I have had longer than I've had GKs....LOL  It was wood mounted, when new, and since I stripped it off I've lost who the maker was.  BUT it is still one of my favorite fall stamps.  I used Inktense w/c pencils and a damp paint brush to apply the colors.  Fussy cut and mounted with pop dots on a  glossy,navy marbled cs.  Sentiment is from Fiskers I believe......but I could be wrong..LOL  It is a little blurry from the image being raised with the pop dots and using the scanner instead of the camera. Thanks for stopping for a look, please let me know you were here. Inky Hugs Krisha

MY DRINKS FOR T-DAY There are just some weekends that have to end with a glass of wine, paired with a glass of ice water!  This past weekend was one of them!!!!   I have a Maytag clothes dryer that has seen 40 years of drying load after load faithfully.  DH has always done the maintenance on it to keep it running smooth, replacing parts as needed.  For the past two weeks he's been spending his "off time" working on it......or trying to.  Seems that after 40 years they quit making a lot of the needed parts........really???  On piece needed was some wool felt, that runs around the drum part.......no longer made! He decided to use a piece of an old 100% wool blanket.........worked great until the thermostat (which they gave him the wrong one) got too hot and the wool burned.....thus making my laundry smell like burnt wool..............oh yuck!!!!    He ended up ordering the correct thermostat (supposedly) off the internet, the number was given to him by the repa

  This week I have decided to join in with Kim Dellow: Show your face.   Here is my first go at it. I did this in about 15 minutes just using Inktenese Water color pencils and on of the Inktense outliners, water and a small round brush.  The close up is more true to color, this one on the bottom is a little washed out by the Ott light.  I enjoyed doing this with just a washed technique, keeping it rather loose........might even try it again next week......LOL Thanks for stopping by, have a great and creative weekend. Inky Hugs Krisha

Well, time to link up with the T-Gang! If your new to my Tuesday posts, about the T-gang, then click the link and find out what all the fun is about. As I am sitting here, sipping a nice hot cup of coffee, Ill give you a quick run down on what I've been up to......you might want to refill what ever your drinking before we begin.........ready now?  Here we go!! Last Friday, I shared a photo of my bag of fabric for a pigs head wearing a crown, a table cloth and a table runner. Not everyone saw those items......LOL ......but here they are.........   This gives you an idea of the size of the flag.  It is 3 ft. x 5 ft.  Yes the head is NOT centered on purpose, so that when it hangs, the head does not hide in the folds.......or that is my intention...*grin* A closer look, he does look mean doesn't he??.......NOT my idea.  Youngest son had the logo made a couple years ago...........said the pig was mad because we were cooking pork.  What ever.......!!!! Now the o

Only 10 days left in this month.....OMGosh!!!  Unruly Paper Arts RAQ  has a challenge running for the whole month of September, and I am just NOW getting my card posted.  I made it the first week, uploaded it and there it was left.....LOL   Here is my card for the entry.  It came about with bits and pieces laying around on Betsy.......always good to use them up when possible  eh? I started with a cream card base and inked around the edges with TH Distressed ink.  I had a die cut, that really was a practice piece, just floating around.  I ran it through an embossing folder and highlighted the swirls with the same ink I went around the card base with. The cup is a Cricut die, with ink smudged on it and a sentiment from Inkadinkado (I think).  The seam coming out of the cup is piece of vellum, part of another die cut, this was snipped off and cast aside.   I didn't scan the inside, I usually don't finish them until I need them.  Then I can choose an ap

  Wooossh! Plop! Here it is Friday already!! This week has disappeared faster than ice cream on a hot day, and around here that is pretty fast!    I dug out my 9" x 12" journal for just a quick play.......and it became a weeks journey.....LOL  Maybe because there isn't much that I didn't use on it!!      It all started with those packs of punched glitter circles, that were made from the scraps I had left over from making "Frozen" party decorations last year.   On UN-Gessoed page I started with Gelatoes.........   A baby wipe to blend it all together..........   A circle stencil, spritz and sprays of ink..........   Modeling paste came next, using the same stencil......... Gluing the glitter circles and paper doilies............................ a closer look..............        A little dangling with a Pitt Pen then acrylic paint for some flowers................................ A close up

Darnell ( and Hammy) are off and running with a NBUS challenge and I have almost missed it!!  It ends this Friday, but check out the details......there is still enough time to squeeze in a card!   click here to get there     Here is my entry for this Challenge. I know it is a wee bit early for Halloween cards and such.......but honestly not just the crafty stores, but many stores already have Christmas stacked right next to the fall/Halloween things.......what happened to Thanksgiving?  Oh I digress..........on to the card.....   I had been cutting some long thin cards and had these nice strip left over, and when folded in half made a perfect little card 4" x 4 1/4".  I bought these stamps at the end of last year for a substantial discount ( don't we just love when that happens....*grin*), so they were brought home, stored and forgotten about until I did a little cleaning and organizing.  Remembering that Darnell had posted a NBUS challenge I got the

WARNING!  THIS POST IS VERY PHOTO HEAVY! So, now you have been warned.....LOL!! ( but you can skip to the bottom real quick if your only here to see what the drink is this week for Tea with Elizabeth and the T-Gang )     First up is a photo of my newest GD, Samantha Lynn Ogle.  We finally had a chance to go to San Diego this weekend and meet her. ( grin....grin...grin)  So precious, and just look at her red hair....she makes two red heads in the family.......which made miss Hannah very happy.  I wish she would have kept her eyes open, as they are the same blue as her brother and sister's......yes most baby's are born with blue eyes, but these kids were born with a blue that I can only describe as a denim blue......you will notice their eyes in the photos below I'm sure.   We went on Saturday, and got there about lunch time, had a chance to get my hugs and kisses, then they had their lunch.  Danica had a birthday party to attend to and Taylor was already push

Here we are, around the bend of the week, headed for the weekend.  I hope the week has been a creative one for all of you.  Since cleaning, and getting some organizing done, my MOJO seems to have gone into overdrive....yea!  About time he got back here and to lend a hand.....and just in time to help with the Allsorts Challenge  and Mixed Media Monthly challenge   Today's offering is a card with quite a few layers, most of which were just laying on Betsy, as cast offs.  The card base was covered with a soft rainbow paper months ago, then just put into a "not this time" pile.........do you have one of these? It now works for the photo challenge at Mixed Media Monthly challenge . The embossed edges were edges of cards that had been die cut and embossed.......one was crooked the other rumpled the back of the card.  Trimming them off and adding them to this card worked a little better....*grin*  The ornamental die cut (from Anna Griffin) was cut MONTHS ago....(.I do st