Yippee-Skippee Monster

It's a bright and beautiful day today - but it's freeeeeezing outside!  So it's a good day to craft - even though it's subsequently freezing in my basement stamp room too!  But I found some challenges to complete - so it's all good.

I chose the colours from the Dynamic Duos and the sketch is from Mojo Monday.  I hadn't used these adorable little monsters from Monstermaniacs yet - so it was time to put them together and add some ink.  I hadn't coloured in a stamp in AGES - so it was good to pull out a blended pen to colour too!  For his little antenna I coloured two basic pearls with a black sharpie.

Now off to another project…..hope you are keeping warm and busy today  Thanks for stopping by!

Monstermaniacs - 134972 - $17.95 Clear Mount Only

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Merry Ornament

I enjoyed yesterday's sketch from Merry Monday - I'm just not sure how I feel with my end product....I think I should have left the pearls off of the framelit.....hmmmm.

Anyway - I used some of the Gumball Green Core'dinations cardstock that I had left over....and I really need to use up some of the Pool Party that I have so I don't get left with too much on my hands.  Just one of those things that I order because I'm excited to use it and then I forget about it.  Duh!

The piece of DSP is from the Print Poetry series - it works perfectly with the Window Frames Framelits Collection.

It's an exciting day - we get to register for convention today - I'll be teaching when it opens up - so I'll have to wait until I get home.....but.....  Woo Hooo!  It's going to be FANTASTIC!

It's Tuesday so there are some new MDS Downloads today....

On Holiday Photobook Template - Digital Download 134376 - $21.95

I am definitely getting this one! I created a book while on vacation last summer without using a template.  Why re-invent the wheel?  You can always easily change elements to meet your needs.

Beautiful Birthday Stamp - Digital Download - 134538 - $2.78

Wonderful Mother Stamp - Digital Download - 134536 - $3.89

Hope you have a marvelous day - thanks for popping by.

Joan

Zebra Birthday

Happy Monday - I've got the Friday Mashup for you today - a great sketch with a Birthday Theme.

The sketch could include a little scallop  - so instead of using a punch or edgelit, I created a "scallop" by fussy cutting some masked stamps from the "Postage Due" set and combined it with a piece of Natural Trim ribbon and a banner with the greeting.

Here's the sketch for the birthday theme.

Hope you have a fabulous day - thanks for stopping by to visit.

Joan

Birthday Balloon with Soda Pop?

It's sort of amazing how much crafting I can get done when I don't have to teach during the day!  I'm getting business stuff, challenges and "just for me" crafting done.  It feels good.  

Today's card is for the colour challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I haven't joined these ladies in a very long time either.  Their colours this week are -  Pool Party, Primrose Petals and Black.  I added the new Soda Pop Top - thought I'd give them a try since I earned them.  Not quite sure what I think.....

Thought I'd share another Mandala...since I've been creating them every day, but not sharing them.

Before I drew the mandala I covered the pages of my "altered art journal" with a couple of our Lattice pieces and sponged various green inks onto the page.  Under the mandala I've used a spritzer tool with the matching markers.  I had the big wax paper butterfly left over from a scrapbook page I did in the summer.  I think this is one of my favorite pages.

Anyway - hope you are having a great week - it's the first hump day of the year.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Joan

No. 1 Friend

This is one of the sets we received to do Make & Takes at Convention.  It's called "Affection Collection" and it's in the upcoming Holiday Mini.  I was using it a fair bit yesterday, getting my Make & Takes from Convention finished, so I decided to pull it out again today.

The sketch is from Create with Connie and Mary - I've missed doing these challenges being away from my craft room for three weeks.

I'm off to do more crafting - I didn't get as much done yesterday as I intended.  I've realized I'm becoming more distractible - must be an age thing!

Hope you have something you can stay focused on today - thanks for visiting.

Joan