SFC108- Kraftastic

This week for the Squigglefly Challenge SFC108- Kraftastic, samples design by the talented Marlooney's Marvels! I really liked how they used the color kraft in their projects. And if you missed Saturday's release, LuLu Lancaster made her debut as an artist and several of her images are featured in this week's samples.

I used Loving Home by artist Nina Brackett for my card. The sentiment is a sticker from SRM. Love SRM stickers because they are matte and clear so they layer very well on cards.

You say pumpkin- I say tomato

This week is my father's birthday so today we had a birthday dinner at my parent's house. Since my dad really likes to cook, we bought him an assortment of spices from Penzey's. Penzey's is the holy grail source for spices and spice blends. I decorated a gift bag for him and put the spices in it.

Decorating the gift bag took some time, the background took me the longest. First I added layers of gray and green Blo-Pen (my CoorArtz airbrush isn't working -grr), then I laid down a checkerboard stencil and laid down more color, and randomly moved it, coloring only certain sections. Then I grabbed my Tim Holtz stencil and sponged green ink in the corners of the bag. My hands looked like zombie hands when I was done.


Next I cut 2 carrots (orange and green) with my Slice and cut and pasted so it would have traditional colors. I added some details with markers and chalk ink. See the tomato? It is actually a pumpkin image from Smeared Ink. At the risk of offending the artist, I love the image but think it is shaped more like a tomato so that is how I colored it. Terra, the owner of Smeared Ink was cool enough to expedite my order. The letters were cut with my slice and I edged them with chalk ink and stuck them onto the bag.


The box is a small gift from my daughter for my dad (Grandpa), wrapped by my daughter (10 years old). Holy Cannoli! Look at that bow- she tied it all by herself. My photo doesn't do it justice- the kid is a natural bow tier. Shes doesn't even know how she does it- she just knows. I have the bow easy and still struggle- and my kid does it freehand. I'm going to hire her to tie my bows- think she'll give me a discount rate?

Sneak Peek

This is part of my father's birthday gift- I'll show you the rest later this evening. Check out the "tomato".

Pssst- Wanna hear a secret?

My favorite thing about Squigglefly is the wide variety of artists who draw their images. With so much variety I dare anyone not to find something they like. And now they've done it again...

A new artist will be introduced on Saturday... you can check out some of her work now on her Etsy page Think Goth meets Tim Burton and they discuss Steam Punk!

Welcome LuLu's Apple to the Squigglefly family of artists.

(I'm in a blog hop tomorrow and am frantically trying to finish my project- art tomorrow ;)

July Smeared & Smudged Member Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the Smeared & Smudged Member Blog Hop for July. Hopefully you just hopped here from Steph's blog. If not and you want to start from the beginning go to Alex's blog. Please be aware that some of the projects in this hop may not be suitable for children.

From the Smudged & Smeared group: "Smeared and Smudged is an online community of rubber stampers and crafters who enjoy using alternative, gothic, edgy, and unique stamps in their designs. We thrive on different and unusual. We welcome the macabre and devious side of things, and most of all, we embrace ALL types and styles of art. "

This month's theme is to create/ alter a 3D item. I chose a 12 x 12 cork panel. The image is Contortionist Carnie from Smeared Ink. Boy I wish I could bend like that! The words were cut with the Slice Elite and were inspired from a Rick James song from the 1981. (Sigh- when I looked for the lyric earlier the website had "superfreak" as one word- when I looked before posting this it is 2 words. Watch what you Google!)

Below is a close-up of the image.

Thanks for hopping by! Next stop on the hop is Madeleine.

Alex- http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/

Black Dragon- http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/

Kapree- http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/

Jane- http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/

Steph- http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Heather- http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/ ------ > You are here

Madeleine- http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/

Helen- http://cromscubbyhole.blogspot.com/

Ike- http://suzy-ikesworld.blogspot.com/

Fiona- http://idontdostraight.blogspot.com

Lady Brayton- www.ladybrayton71.blogspot.com

She's Working It!

When I saw the Mix It Up Monday sketch (STVMONVD2) on Stamp TV yesterday, I just had to play! I knew with such a bold sketch (I rotated it) that it needed an image with attitude. That's why I selected Fashionista by Squigglefly artist Chesney Young. I also got a chance to use the Nestabilities that I bought on clearance a few weeks ago. The shape almost forms a spotlight around the image. My sentiment is from PTI.

Many thanks to all the comments about my husband, the model! If I had know how popular he would be I would have asked him to pose ages ago. Then again maybe not, wouldn't want him to get a swelled head!

Thanks for stopping by!

Squigglefly Challenege SFC107- Hang Ten!

This is what it says inside:

Happy Monday! This week for the Squigglefly Challenge SFC107 my team, Heather's Headliners, have their turn in the spotlight (and I must say they did a great job!) Our theme is: Hang Ten!- Show Hands, Feet, Fingers, Toes, Paws, Claws or Fins (or finger or footprints) on your project.

I chose a new release from last week called "Elementary, My Dear" by artist Lynne Stansbery. I knew as soon as I saw the image that was what I was going to use for this challenge. I envisioned fingerprints but ultimately it turned into a faux ransom note!


I knew I had a winner this morning when my husband looked at the card and told me he thought it was great. My husband is my worst critic so I know is he likes it I have a winner. Then he proceeded to tell me he would pose with the card for my blog. WTH? I hadn't asked him to do that, nor had I planned to put any such photo on my blog posting. But sometimes a girl has to do what a girl's go to do ;) Married for nearly 18 years and he's still my cutie (unless he is criticizing my cards!)

SFC106- Heavy Metal

Believe it or not, I loved the theme of last week's Squigglefly challenge SFC106 which was "Heavy Metal" - use metal on your creation. I used "Here's to You" by artist Chesney Young- it is one of my go-to images. I had one of those weeks and by the time I carved out an evening for crafting (Thursday) I had unexpected drama which killed my mood. But I was determined to play in the challenge so when my husband was unexpectedly called to work last night, I had a window of opportunity. I listed to 4 chapters of a Nora Roberts book (book 3 of the bride quartet) and I had lots of fun crafting.

SFC106- Heavy Metal

My sample will be posted tomorrow.

This week is a special challenge for Squigglefly because this is the first challenge for Marlene's Marvels. Her team really rocked the Heavy Metal Challenge on the Squigglefly blog.

It has been a very hectic week in my home- day camp- EARLY day camp plus swimming lessons afterward. My child has been dead on her feet after camp for the past 2 days and a touch grumpy (ok REALLY, REALLY grumpy and tired by the time she gets home). Not enough hours in the day this week (yawn). Now that you mention it- I'm tired too.

SFC105- Good Old Sumertime

Happy Independence Day to those of you in the US! Today marks the first day as an official co-team leader and challenge leader for Squigglefly. My first challenge was to create a project depicting what summertime means to you SFC105. I couldn't resist this Sun image by Janet Jones.

Enjoy the holiday and wear sunscreen!