Creative Columbus Day Weekend

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend ... and for my Canadian friends, I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was wonderfully spent with family and friends.

Me?..I had plans that fell through ... so I spent the last 3 days in my studio/basement going between my painting table and crafting table. I managed to finish all my swaps but one. Here are some of the cards that I worked on:

Last Weekend in September

I hope everyone is enjoying the last days of September. I have been doing lots paper crafting and painting. I completed my first Travelogue, and mailed it off this past week. The book I received had a Charmed theme ... and my page was about timepieces I collect.



I also sent out my ATC swap for Urban Scrappers. Every month everyone picks a letter - and we keep going until all the letters of the alphabet are used. This month, I got the letter "S". My ATCs are named Santas Soul. I really loved creating the background - and I used a Tim Holtz stamp.

Autumn Cards

I love the fall. I love the crispness in the air .. the beautiful colors of fall foliage ... and it was that I was thinking about when I created these Autumn cards. Now, I fully intended on adding some embossing to these, but BOTH of my embossing guns died over the weekend. They simply shorted out - which is surprising to me, as I hardly ever used them. So, the Autumn tag on the card, which I'd planned on using embossing powder, is actually a piece of acetate that I stamped. I love the way they came out....hope you do too.

I've Been Out An About

Hello Fellow Bloggettes!! (I don't have any male followers) I'm enjoying the last days of summer with my son before school starts. I hope you all are having a wonderful time as summer wraps up! I've made a little something to explain my Artful State Of Mind.

I've Been Painting ...

... and posting my progress on You Tube. Please feel free to leave critiques.

Hope everyone is enjoying the end of summer vacation - I can't believe only 2 more weeks and the kids are back in school!

Pattern Panashe on SOC

Scraps of Color is a great site with great challenges, especially for scrapbooking. I have done more scrapping since January, than I have the entire 5 years I was hoarding supplies!!

This week's challenge, for Technique Tuesday, was to combine at least 4 patterned paper and incorporate into a layout.

Now, this is not my thing, mixing lots of patterns, but I tried it. Now, I'm not on a design team, I don't work for any craft companies ... so when I list items at times that I've used - its only to share.

The papers are by Fancy Pants.
The letters are by Thickers
The *bling* is good ol' Stickles
The flowers are by Dear Lizzy

Playing With Stamps_Celebrate Cards

I am so hooked on making these little stamps! I accidentally broke one of my soft blocks, so I doodled a little something on it .. and made these cards for a challenge.

I didn't have enough black ribbon, so I used cardstock and vellum. The lettering on the vellum is from my printer. I use a heavier vellum, so it isn't all hung up when I try to print something.

I also don't have swirly bling, so I used stickles for the swirls.

The little beads are floral drops from the gardening section at TARGET...I colored them with some dark alcohol ink.