Boho Princess!

This is my niece Beau.



Chairs are everywhere in the public library and she plops herself on the floor to read!



She read her "20 hours" and got a pop socket and her library card!

Beau is a budding musician, artist, chef, fashionista and she wants to be a mermaid princess when she grows up. I want to be like Beau!

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She was the inspiration for today's art journal layout!

[caption id="attachment_12644" align="alignnone" width="3730"] Polkadoodles Ruby Boho Image, Club Scrap card stock and sentiment created in Photoshop Elements. Image colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and gamsol.[/caption]

My layout is part of the Flower Power challenge on the Southern Girls Challenge blog! The sponsors for this challenge are...

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I used the Ruby Boho Chic digital image from Polkadoodles. I love her "hippie gypsy" look!



Join the members of Team Trace with your flower power creations for a chance to win a gift certificate from our sponsors! I'll look for you in the gallery!

Do more of what makes you happy!



CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Polkadoodles Week 30 Anything Goes!

Cute Card Thursday -  Challenge 540 Too Cute! 

Addicted to Stamps and More Make your Mark!

 

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Let's Flamingle!

This phrase makes me laugh!

Don't cha think this would make the perfect girls' night out invite?!

I created today's card using the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. 

 I stamped the JFF Rubber Stamps BCH-Flamingos  image in Club Scrap sandstone ink, colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol. I trimmed the images for placement and adhered with foam tape. The sentiment was created in Photoshop Elements, printed on smooth white card stock and trimmed. I sifted through my drawer of gems and found the matching pearl embellishments. This card panel just makes me happy!

Don't forget the July 2018 Challenge is still going on!

Join us for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop at JFF Stamps. Details and linky party HERE! I'll look for you in the gallery!

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Southern Girls Challenge: Tic Tac Toe with Team Lou



Just Us Girls #450 Color Week



A Gem of a Challenge #224 Summertime/Holidays

Freshly Made Sketches #346



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Just BEE!

What does it mean to just be?

Be still. Watch the birds, watch your kids play, or lie in the grass and watch the clouds roll by. The only way you can hear what's in your heart is if you are silent and still. Be present. Really listen when someone talks to you, savor your food, and put down the electronics and be in the moment. Be mindful. Meditate, pray, do yoga, take a walk, and enjoy just being alive! Be authentic. My kids call this being "real", not fake. People know when you are being yourself and when you aren't. Always be YOU.  Be content. The only person who can make you happy is you. Do MORE of what makes you happy! Be free. You come into this world empty handed and you leave it the same way. The most important things in life aren't things!

Today's post is part of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge and we have a color theme for you!

Kitty Bee Designs is our sponsor for this challenge and is generously providing our randomly chosen winner with a digital image. My card features the Flower Bumblebee digital stamp. I designed my card in Photoshop Elements and duplicated the daisies to create a pleasing little scene!

[caption id="attachment_12621" align="aligncenter" width="741"] Font is Daisy's Delights found at dafont.com.[/caption]

I printed on tan colored pencil paper, colored the images with Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol and a paper stump.



I added some splatters of black watercolor and finished things off with Wink of Stella on the wings and yellow Stickles on the daisies. It's amazing how just applying a little color will make an image come to life!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Sweeties have created and link up your creation using our color theme for a chance to win!

Do more of what makes you happy and JUST BE!



CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge Wk 27 Anything Goes 

Scrap and Craft July Challenge Summer

July Oddball Art Challenge

Daring Cardmakers July's Elemental Challenge



Allsorts Challenge Blog Wk 475 In my Garden

As You See it Challenge #179 Warmth

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Drawing a Blank? Use a Sketch!

Sometimes all it takes is a little spark of creativity and it's time to celebrate!

I had a stack of paper, a bin of stamps and I drew a blank. I took a Facebook break and this sketch challenge popped up in my feed.

It was just what I needed! I even stepped out of my comfort zone and handwrote the sentiment with a Perfect Medium pen and some white embossing powder.

I used the JFF Rubber Stamps small Stamptangle Star for my focal image, heat embossed with red glitter embossing powder and made some watercolor out of gold Perfect Pearls.

I finished off my card with a glittery brad, foil stars and card stock  from the Club Scrap July 2018 Firecracker kit.

The JFF Rubber Stamps monthly challenge is going on now and our theme for July is Red, White and Blue!

Make something festive and share it with us for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop in the JFF Rubber Stamps online store! I'll look for you at the Red, White and Blue linky party!

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

CAS-ual Fridays #203 Heat Embossing! 

Shopping Our Stash #361 Geometric Patterns

Club Scrap 07/18 Card Sketch Challenge

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Spirit of '76

In 1976 a wave of patriotism and nostalgia swept the nation as we celebrated America's Bicentennial. Everybody got in on the celebration...Disneyland, DisneyWorld, commercial products, the '76 Olympics, the Superbowl, Major League Baseball...even Schoolhouse Rock!

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I was 7 and my little sister Stephie was 3. I wanted to be a gymnast and do flips on the balance beam like Nadia Comaneci in the summer olympics; Steph wanted to do whatever I did!



Daddy sold Coppertone suntan lotion that summer while he was in dental school. He set up and serviced Coppertone displays in stores. His territory went all the way to Panama Beach along the Gulf coast. Mom, Steph, and I would tag along and hang out in the hotel pools while Dad worked. My Aunt Janie mailed us matching string bikinis to wear.



Steph and I were the belles of the pool! We swam in our floaties and ate chips and ice cream sandwiches from the concession stand,  while mom worked on her Coppertone tan. Paul McCartney and Wings sang “Silly Love Songs” hourly on the radio. I knew every word! Everybody thought Steph was the Coppertone Girl!

 



Those happy memories inspired my  Spirit of '76 art journal layout.



I made a video of the process with some fun songs from 1976!

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I used stamps from JFF Rubber Stamps. The stamptangle hot air balloons remind me of some of the groovy designs from the 70's!

[caption id="attachment_12592" align="alignnone" width="5472"] JFF Steam punk balloon, flower balloon and bicycle.[/caption]

I designed the quote in Photoshop Elements and printed on Strathmore Colored Pencil paper; I like the texture of it. The font is Wicked Seventies and was perfect with my theme!

[caption id="attachment_12591" align="alignnone" width="5472"] JFF Stamptangle balloon and Club Scrap stencil (limited edition; no longer available).[/caption]

My layout is part of the Red, White and Blue challenge on the JFF Rubber Stamps blog.



Link up a festive creation using our color theme for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop at JFF Stamps. Don't have a blog, but you want to join the challenge? No problem, you can link from Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram! Click HERE for instructions!

Happy Fourth of July and LET FREEDOM RING!



CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Cute and Crafty Challenge Blog 4th of July Theme

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog Red, White and Blue Inspired!

Power Poppy Star Spangled Hues

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges #169 Red, White and Blue

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