Thriving Art

There are times that I go through a frenzy of card making/ journaling/ and other craftiness and set them aside. I do try to get them scanned and into the "draft: section of my blog, with thoughts that I will get these posted "LATER".  Today I was going through my blog and saw a couple of drafts waiting.  Oh ya, I forgot about those, and what were they anyway?  I was trying to use up some snippets and images that I had on hand that were really ready to go, but never went....so they were made into cards, posted into the drafts and still didn't go anywhere! ..LOL So here is one from the draft pile, good for a Sunday giggle. Thanks for stopping by. Inky Hugs Krisha

I love the look of a simple black and white card, and that is what I have to share today,  The small, doubled stamped image is from Rogue Redhead Designs RRD011: Nature Notes,  and layered onto black card stock.  A black and white Gingham ribbon was added before mounting onto matching background paper, then onto an other layer of black card stock.  I decided to do something a little different and placed the images to the far left of the card base, then used the sentiment form Rogue Redhead Designs RRD013: This N That  in the lower right corner. Clean and Simple!!

    AAH yes, the 60's.  What a decade that was, and how it changed many things.  I feel like a survived just having lived through it.  LOL  Tag Tuesday has "The Swinging 60's" theme starting this week, and I decided to play along, even though I am not one of their "players".  The tag was fun to make and brought back A LOT of memories.  I have always like the "hippie" art work that came from that decade, all the bright colors and simple designs were right up my alley....( do they still say that ?)  I also did some surfing on the 'net and came across some things that I had forgotten about.   DO YOU REMEBER THESE???     TV networks actually signed off at a certain time of night, like right after The Johnny Carson Show Johnny who???? Television in the 60s was unique compared to what it is today.  We only had 3 channels ABC, CBS, and NBC.  We received our TV reception either through a pa...

Still early here in SOCAL (southern California, USA) and here is my cup  for this Tuesday.  Dyna (my dog) and I usually have coffee on the patio where it is nice and cool in the mornings.  Days are getting shorter now this was taken at 6:30 A.M. , with a flash and I still had to adjust the brightness.  She is a Vizsla, full name is Dynablu. "Originally from Hungary, the Vizsla is a medium-sized, short-coated hunting dog that is essentially Pointer in type, although he combines characteristics of both pointer and retriever. An attractive golden rust in color, this "dual" dog is popular in both the field and the show ring due to his power and drive while hunting and his trainability in the home."   AKC They are so recognizable, when you know the breed.  They are always the same red color, with amber eyes (they look brown with the camera flash) and their toe nails are not black but brown and so are their noses.  They are THE cutest ...

Week TWO of The Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge-67-your-choice  starts today.  Bombshell Stamps is our sponsor and I chose this feather and arrow head digital image for my DT project this week.  I colored both with colored pencils and fussy cut them.  I wanted a metallic conch, so I took a Q-tip and added the pigment ink and then embossed with silver EB powder.  The turquoise insets have Glossy Accents on top.  The feather is resting on Pop Dots to give some depth to the card.  The background paper is from my stash that is a really thin  wood., that I have been hoarding for years.  The sentiment is a TH favorite of mine. Since this is only week two you still have time to link up and join us. Inky Hugs Krisha

Front cover of journal using evny flap for a closure. I joined the Paper Traders Yahoo Group some time ago and just now joining one of their swaps.  The swap is going to  be a hand made art journal using a large 9 x 12 manila envelope for a cover.  I thought this was very interesting as I have been wanting a smaller art journal, but didn't want to spend more $$ when I have three large ones waiting in the wings.  After reading how to make it HERE I figured I should give it a try-out first and work out any problems I might have to work on.  Believe me, I do have a few to work on, but I know what to look for now LOL! So here is the front of the journal, I still want to add the words "of art", or something along that line under the word journal. I did use some Velcro along the flap to keep it closed, because I did add something that the instructions did not, and I did it for my own use.  You will see it in the last photo.  Back cover   Thi...

the new line up!! Yesterday's post was all about getting all those ink pads into my storage, which meant going through the old ink pads.  I had flipped open my journal to rub the pads on to see how "juicy" they still were, and if they would stamp an image.  Well, all but two passed both tests....LOL  BUT, I did find I had some duplicates ( yes I see your raised eyebrows )  They were colors I used years ago, and had re-ordered them before taking a hiatus from stamping to scrapbook for more than a couple years.  So I just opened the new ones and placed the old ones in the journal pile. So the journal was sitting there all smeared with ink, some of it pigment ink, so I threw some clear embossing powder over the pages and heat set it. Now there was some texture!! I have 3 new stencils, so I figured they needed testing.  LOVE the rocking chick! I'm working away, just having an inky time and Lovin' Spoonful's  song "Do You Believe in M...