Monster-ific!

I've got another art journal layout for you and these guys are adorable scary!



All Dressed Up Stamps is one of the sponsors for the Critter Crazy challenge on the Southern Girls blog and I used their Monsterific digi stamp scene to create my page. I didn't do anything fancy; just some coloring and shading with Prismacolor colored pencils and Gamsol blending. I spattered a little Black Soot Distress Ink on the background for interest and inked the edges of the page with it too. I snagged the quote from the movie Monsters University and created the text using the font Grutch Shaded from Dafont.com.  These little critters were fun to color!

Check out the challenge on the Southern Girls blog HERE and link up your critter crazy project for a chance to win a prize from our sponsors!

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I'll look for you in the gallery!



CHALLENGES ENTERED:

City Crafter Challenge Blog week 434 - Halloween!

The Paper Girls Challenge Blog #162 Halloween!

Double Trouble Paper Crafting #12 Halloween or Fall

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Spots and Dots!

The new challenge is up on the Southern Girls Challenge blog and the theme is Spots and Dots!



Our sponsors for this challenge are Krafter's Kart and The Paper Shelter.





My project features the Hammock Days digital image from The Paper Shelter. I designed my project in Photoshop Elements with the intent to print and color with Prismacolor pencils.



I wanted something different, so I changed my mind!  I still had my metal supplies out on my desk from a few weeks ago for the “Metalize” it! challenge and thought I'd metalize this project too! Here's a quick video of the process.

https://youtu.be/YMHFRgc8agA

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Southern Girls from Team Trace have created and show us YOUR spots and dots! Click HERE to link up your creation for a chance to win!

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"Metalize" it!

I'm always looking for something new and different and this was just what I needed! ATCoins! They remind me of the round badges that were popular in the 80's.



They were right up there with Swatch watches! My sisters brought the 80's back when they gave me this for my 40th birthday trip to Vegas...



ATCoins are similar to Artist Trading Cards except they are round instead of rectangular. They are 2.5 inches of mini canvas to decorate!



The new Southern Girls challenge is up and the theme is to add some metal to your projects! I have plenty of metal embellishments, but I wanted something else. It's been awhile since I got out my Ten Seconds Studios sheet metal and embossing tools. I watched this video for a refresher.

https://youtu.be/ZhEkgXkZ4SE

I created a metal embellishment out of Ten Seconds Studios metal and one of the new Club Scrap stamp images from the Ivy League kit. I used the instructions from the video to create my metalized "wax" seal!



I found a tiny metal coffee cup charm for this coin and a mini pair of reading glasses too!



I was playing with scraps and came up with this one. I intended to make a starburst pattern, but liked this instead! The sentiment was just the right fit for my 1.5 inch circle punch.



Click HERE to see what the rest of Team Trace has created for the challenge and link up your metalized creation for a chance to win a prize from Krafter's Cart! I'll look for you in the gallery!

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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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