Earring Give-A-Way

My friend Diann (http://diannsartspot.blogspot.com/) is having a 3 day earring give-a-way on her blog. Check it out!! She makes lovely ART and gorgeous Jewelry!! Enjoy! Shelly

Earring Give-A-Way Starts Today!

For the next three days I'm having an Earring Give-A-Way right here in hopes to attract more interest in and traffic on my blog. I'm always interested in your thoughts and comments!
To win you only have to post a comment + email me after I have featured the Earrings of the Day! At some point each evening, I'll post a message saying the Give-A-Way is over for the day and that I will announce the winner shortly. I'll then put the names of each person that has emailed me and left a comment on my blog into a basket and pick a winner.

inchies cubes

Here's a template I made for the PID inchies cubes swap. The template was drawn out by Angie and made printable by me!! Enjoy!! Shelly

New toys and some great finds....

....hubby and I hit an estate sale and Joanns today. I got over 70 sppols of ribbon for $2, great cloud wallpaper, gorgeous victorian wrapping papers with matching box, beautiful metal tree with oval frames and much more at the estate sale. At Joanns I bought 4 of the wonderful Yo Yo makers by clover and a few fat quarters. My friend Angie, (http://angiehallhaviland.typepad.com/angiesartfulllife/) introduced me to them. She's a bad influence and one of my fave friends!! :::smiles::: I shall hopefully have some finished yo yo's to share tomorrow!! Meanwhile here's what they look like. Enjoy!! Shelly

My friend Melissa over at PID has been having some serious Yahoo problems. Her problem is our solution. What solution is that you ask?? Our ongoing quest to win "The One Who Dies With The Most Toys Wins" challenge of course, silly.

Since YAHOO won't let me in STILL I have decided to have a sale…. This sale is 20% off ALL orders!!! Use coupon code yahoo

That makes your collage sheets ONLY $3.20
Lots of new sheets have been added Fairy Wands, Amber and Jenna, DaVinci Sketches, David, Madelin, Claire, Animal Prints, Victorian Women, Pretty Women Inchies.
Tim Holtz Stamps only $19.16 to $15.96
Stampington Stamps only $18.36, $14.36 or $11.40
Character Construction Stamps only $12.76

http://paperimagerydesigns.blogspot.com/2008/08/mad-at-yahoo-sale.html

I would appreciate if you decide to add to your stash and feed your muse over at PID, tell them Shelly sent you!! I promise they'll take care of you !! :::Smiles:::

I plan to order some of these Masks by Tim Holtz. http://www.paperimagerydesigns.com/shop/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=88

They are positionable vinyl that you lay down and then spray over the top of. Here is one of Tim's examples: http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/12/its-day-6---so.html

You can see what wonderful images they have by looking through much of the work I have posted lately. Anywho, just sharing......Later Gators!! Shelly

ATC House Mingle Challenge Recipe

ATC House Book Recipe

• Take one house shaped ATC sized template.



• Trace it 8 times.



• Make 4 pages from glittery, striped cardstock.



• Add in some PID images. Stir.



• Fold in some punched & layered flowers.



• When dry, top with paper hats & crowns.



• Sprinkle with Stardust Gel Pen.



• Before serving, punch 3 tiny holes along spine.



• Insert 3 large jump rings.



• Frost with 15 pieces of coordinating fibers.



• Enjoy and Share with your friends.

Monday's ART on Tuesday

I had such a fun ART day yesterday. I took this week's PID Yahoo Group (http://www.paperimagerydesigns.com/) challenge to make a Moo card. Some of you may be asking, "What the heck is a Moo Card?" They are tiny cards 1 1/8" x 2 3/4" in size. But what they lack in stature they make up for in pizazz. They originated with this printing company. (http://www.moo.com/products/minicards.php)

Now the ART world is also making their own mini Moo collages. So, never one to stand on the ARTistic shores......I jumped right it. No water wings, no swim fins, no goggles......just me and my ART Muse.

Here are my 3 versions: "So Sweet" with a yummy, royal baby in a cupcake, "A New Species" with Elizabeth as a flower in a cute, but yet children of the corn kinda look, and my personal fave "Muse" featuring the tiny ART fairy, taking a break, leaning on some paint brushes. It must be hard working flying around, inspiring ARTists all day!!
Shelly

How "Fortunate" that I found this

Saw this awesome toy and thought I would share. Create your own fortune cookie!! :::smiles::: Now, how much fun can we have with these?? Also, I've added some new blogs and ART links to my lists. Check them out.....much eye candy and inspiration to be had!! Off to the studio. Shelly

Sunday Sharing....

....of a new ATC that I made for the August ATC challenge over at the PID (http://www.paperimagerydesigns.com/) Yahoo Group. The theme was using Tangerine, Aqua, Berry & Black! Yikes....not my normal color palette!! Anywho, here is my version. I think we've ALL had days where we feel like this!! :::smiles::: Shelly

Ars Gratia Artis...

....Art for art's sake. This is my fave ART to make. It just sort of evolved. I found the wonderful image from http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/. From there my love of the moon and the sky just sort of took over!! It is an approximately 9 x 6 collage!! Hope you enjoy her!! Shelly

T.G.I.F.

Thanks Goodness It's Friday.....I'm excited about the Opening Ceremonies tonight. I like the thought of how many people across the world will be doing the same thing at the same time. If only we could do that more often!! :::smiles:::
Anywho, here are some new ART pieces to share. My hubby needed a 50th B'day card for one of his employees. I made this with paper piecing and paper cutting (the numbers). I actually really like how it turned out!!
The other piece is for the weekly challenge over at the PID yahoo group. (http://www.paperimagerydeisgns.com/) You were to use your fave PID image. Yeah right, like there's only one!! So, I chose to make a collaged ceramic tile I simply titled Beautiful. I think it fits her!! Enjoy your day and the Opening Ceremonies!! Shelly

Sharing some ART...

I have a HUGE list of ART to get finished up by tonight.....such a strain really....FORCING myself to go into the studio to play!! But, somehow I shall overcome!! :::smiles::: Here are an 85th B'day card for my Gma who loves yellow roses and a card and an ATC version of "Kitten Family Style". The kitten image was for a challenge at the Lost Art Creations Yahoo Group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lost_art_creations/ Stay tuned....more to come as the day wears on......Lalter Taters!! Shelly Rae

Sharing a site....

....that I rec'd from a friend. It is called Wordle. Basically you enter words and it makes them into a picture. You can also give it your blog, for example, as I did here and it will use the word that it finds on your pages. The larger the word appears in the wordle, the more often it appears on your pages. :::smiles::: Enjoy!! Shelly

http://wordle.net/

The pics....

....from the Cape.

Home again, home again....

...what a wonderful weekend away!! Cape San Blas, FL was amazing. We spent 3 days, walking on the beach, collecting shells and just basically decompressing. DH had been crazy busy at work for awhile now and it was so good to see him relax and smile. Here's a couple of pics to share (I took over 200)!! Can't wait to go back!! :::Smiles:::

Waving goodbye....

....we are off to the beach for an Annviserary Getaway. Yep......23 years ago now. Wow...seems impossible. We are heading to Cape San Blas, FL (A barrier island off the coast of Port St. Joe, between Appalachicola and Mexico Beach). I cannot wait!! I can't believe that after all these years of trying (over 10) we finally live where we can just decided to "run away to the beach" for the weekend. Heaven on earth, baby!! Here are a couple links if you want to see where we're going: http://travel.webshots.com/album/560498239pSoabp and http://www.thecapeescape.com/. I'm not sure if we have Internet Access on the beach or not, but I will be taking tons of pics to share. This should give me some really great ARTistic Inspiration. I can't wait to walk the beach at dawn and add to my collection of shells, watch the sunset over the gulf and spend some quality time with my best friend. Have a great weekend everyone!! See you on Sunday!!