Happy Halloween Watercoloring

Hello Everyone!

Lovely day in Central Illinois, the sun is shining today!  The last two days we had constant rain and gloomy, yuck!  This is my favorite technique, watercoloring with dye ink.  It's like using Copics but without the expense.  I smooch the ink onto the top lid of my SU ink pad add a little water and I can control the intensity!  A little sponging around the edges and some extra leaves for dimension. 
Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by :-)

Stamps:  Serendipity - Happy Jack & Leaf Pets
Paper:  Watercolor, Basic Black and Assorted Scraps
Ink:  Versamark, Barely Banana, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Carmel, Choc. Chip, Ruby Red, Old Olive
Acc:  Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Paint Brushes, Rock Candy Stickles, Gelly Roll Clear Glitter Pen, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals

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Halloween "Side Step" Card

I found this wonderful tutorial on my Fabulous Upline's Blog Julie Davison for the "Side Step" Card.

I love the House of Haunts Stamp Set and thought it would look awesome on the Side Step.

The House and the Owl in the tree were stamped with Versamark added Black Embossing Powder and heated.  On the Owl I used a 1" Circle punch on a post it note to make a mask for the moon. 

I used a 1 3/8 inch mask for the moon on the house.  I then brayered both with Summer Sun. 

Leaving the mask on the Owl I sponged around the edges first with Pumpkin Pie (used Sponge Daubers),

Creamy Carmel.  Did the same with the House but added Chocolate Chip as my last layer.  Once

everything was sponged I removed the post-it notes and layered onto Only Orange Cardstock.

Pumpkins are stamped with Only Orange onto Summer Sun cardstock.  Happy Halloween was

stamped with Versamark and White Embossing Powder.  The finishing touch is the Spider from

Autumn Apparitions.  Stamped in Versamark and Black EP then punched out with the 1/2" circle

punch and applied to a Build-A-Brad.  I really had fun making this card!

Thanks for taking time out of your busy life to visit my blog.

Have a great weekend   :-)

Stamps:  House of Haunts & Autumn Apparitions (retired)
Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Only Orange, Summer Sun
Ink:  Versamark, Only Orange, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Carmel, Chocolate Chip
Acc:  White & Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Build-A-Brad, 1/2", 1" & 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Dimensionals

Saturday Stamp Class at our Local Stamp Store!

Awesome Class today at Prairie Art Stamps & Supplies in Springfield, Illinois.  The Class was given by the Wonderful Wendy Vecchi!  She is a demo artist for Ranger Industries, she designs her own line of stamps "Studio 490" and she is on the Design Team for Maya Road and tim holtz-idea-ology.  This project uses Wendy's Studio 490 stamps and tim holtz Grunge Board & Paper, Distress Ink & Stickles.  Yes, that rose is made out of paper!  What a fun class, I love learning new techniques.  Due to Stampin' Ups new Demonstrator Agreement this will probably be the last time I can share info about other companies products.  I will be able to show you what I have done but cannot share product info because I am a Demonstrator.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by  :-)

WOW - So Many Questions!

The 30 Day Cleanse System is what I am using right now and I am starting my 3rd month this week.  I am down 28 pounds and 43.5 inches as of my last weigh & and measure 9/13/09.  I have tried everything you can think of and have been frustrated about being hungry "ALL" the time.  With Isagenix I can honestly say, I am NOT HUNGRY on this program!  I am also one that needs results right away, so I don't go gaining again, and this WORKS for me!

I have LOADS more energy than before, and I can only see that getting better!  What happens is this system FLOODS your body with vitamins & nutrients that are missing in our diets (that is why we feel hungry all the time) and you will notice a difference in the first few days.  (Nutritional Cleansing does not mean you have to be by a toilet all day, that is Colon Cleansing!)

I don't want this to sound like a sales pitch, I am just excited about it and want to share it with everyone!!
I want to get my weight off FOR GOOD.  Telling all of you keeps me more accountable as well.

For those that asked, I guess you could say that I sell it, but I would rather Sign You up on your own.
Here's why:

1. You get a way bigger discount (Regular $374, down to $260 for the 30 Day System!
2. You can then buy whenever you want, only having to pay a yearly fee (like Sam's Club Card).
3. Sign up with an ASSOCIATE ACCOUNT.  It is the same price, but you can only earn compensation with this account!

I mean, I would love to keep the profit if you paid the full retail price for the 30 Day System, but I would rather you could afford it, so that you could loose the weight too!  If you want, go check it out and click on the Contact Me button in the top right corner to ask me anything!

Just had to share my excitement, again :-)

I have now been on the Isagenix 30 Day Fat Burning & Cleansing System for 2 months now and have lost
28 pounds and 43.5 inches off my body.  I feel great.  Check out my last post HERE, starting to see a big
difference now! 
Now I am going to have to go out and get a new Bears Shirt as this one is about 3 times to big for me now, Woo Hoo!   
Thanks for stopping by  :-)

Winter Post

Hello Everyone!  Just trying to use up some scraps as I hate to see paper go to waste when it is so beautiful!

I was going for the "Vintage" look and I really like the stamp from the Hostess Set - Christmas Punch as it has that vintage flair.  The base of the card is Kraft and I sponged Close to Cocoa along the edges as I did with all the paper on this card.  I used Versamark and stamped some snowflakes on the inside. 

 Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend and thanks for stopping by :-)

Stamps:  Winter Post & Christmas Punch

Paper:  Kraft, Very Vanilla, I Wish DSP (retired)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Ruby Red, Versamark

Acc:  Large Oval Punch, Nesties, Pearls, Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals & Mini Glue Dots

We Have A Winner!

Hazel Q is the winner of my Blogoversary Candy!

Hazel if you could e-mail me at:

discovermore@comcast.net with your

mailing address I will ship it tomorrow!

I went to Random.Org to help me pick the winner.  First I put everyone's name into the List Randomizer starting with the first person to comment and worked my way down the list.  Then I hit the Randomize Button and this is what came up!  Thank you everyone who left a comment and shared my candy on your own blogs.


Have a great weekend and let us all say a prayer today blessing all those that were impacted by 9/11.

God Bless America! 

 

It's my One Year Blogoversary!

Wow, I can't believe it's been a year already! Just a little Blog Candy to give away. I will leave this post up until Thursday 09/10/09, you will have until 8pm to leave a comment and I will choose a winner to be announced on Friday! (US only please)  I just want to say, "Thank you" to all who stop by and leave nice comments on my blog. I have found a lot of nice friends in the blog world :-)

I hope everyone is having a Great Labor Day Weekend, be safe!