Retro Halloween

 

 I invite you to jump in my Wayback Machine 
(anyone else remember Mr. Peabody?) 
and lets revisit a past Halloween Card 
tutorial HERE  I created a couple of  
years ago

Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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Free Halloween Postcards from Herm & Ethel

  What a fun surprise we had yesterday when we discovered Herm and Ethel had arrived and set up camp for a visit! 

They regaled us with their travel adventures and were most pleased with the new bench, just their size, that we had ready for them!

As always Herm and Ethel are most gracious posing while we took pictures.  Feel free to click on each picture to enlarge, download and save it to your computer to send to a friend!

Click HERE to view

past Herm &Ethel  Postcards

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Calendar Grlz September 2010

I manged to finished up 3 spreads for the Calendar Glrz 

Round Robin I'm in. This calendar is French themed and 

for some reason I was really having a hard time getting 

inspired.  It's my second go around with this calendar.

I used a Paris map I picked up somewhere along
with one of my whimsical characters.

Here I combined gouache paints with water soluble oil 
pastels. I tried to incorporate the image that was on 
the page already to give it a billboard look.

Here I used French music I downloaded from Somerset as 

the background and along with French themed postcards

 
Click HERE to view my previous pages.


Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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76lbs and Counting!

Happy Fall!

I'm thrilled to share that as of this morning 
I've lost a total of 76lbs since January. I was 
stuck on a plataue for awhile but I finally broke it. 
I still have a lot more to go and sometimes 
it seems surreal when I think about how 
much I've lost.  


I've been following Weight Watchers.  I'm  
asked sometimes if its hard and about 90% 
of the time it isn't. WW for me is easy to 
follow.  I do have times where it's hard,
but when I started this it was more then 
just to loose weight it was to also eat 
 healthier and I am definitely doing that.
There are times I get weak and want to 
just splurge on what ever, but I have a 
really hard time doing that if I am able to 
read the  package and can visually see how 
many fat grams, sodium and calories 
something has in it and that pulls me back 
from the edge! 

When I'm needing to splurge I treat myself to a 
McDonald's frosty its only 2 points though maybe 
not the healthiest, I can think of worse things 
to eat.  To me its like eating clouds, 
76I love them! LOL


Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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Crafty Blogger BlurbsC

 This weeks crafty links are 
really getting me in the fall spirit!
 

About Family Crafts
If you are thinking of having a Halloween party this year, 

Sherri has some great ideas and resources for you.

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi's latest art cards feature an accidental colour palette.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
At Craftside this week you can enter to win a new Singer sewing machine 

and a copy of 1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts and Tips, see how to draw 

12 facial expressions, use and clean a kneaded eraser, make a silk lotus 

flower and a bunch of fun fashion sketch poses.

Crafty Princess Diaries
Tammy talks about crafting for charity and the simply

"thank you" concept.

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
The Artful Crafter receives lots of questions about whether different 

media can be used together. Here are some tips for sorting out the 

issues yourself.

Mixed Media Artist
Foil lettering adds a nice touch to your altered books or 

collage projects!

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
Check out a cute origami penguin in Plaid from the new 

book-Origami World By Didier Boursin.

The Crochet Dude
Drew throws a wrap tour to celebrate his whirlwind blog tour! 

Check out his list of stops along the way and discover "new 

to you" crafty bloggers!

Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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Whimsical Nurse Designs!

I just finished new designs 

for the nurse in your life!

 

You can choose between magnets, 

tee-shirts, totes and even a 

bumper sticker!

 Click HERE to view all my Nurse Designs

Artistic Inspirations to help you create! 

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Creative Torso Challenge Update

Here are a couple of entries for my 

Creative Torso Challenge below:

Julie C's Torso


and 

SwallowCliff's Torso
You can click HERE to
read more about her creative process


There's still time to join the 
fun! The deadline isn't until 
October 31st

If you'd like to read 
more about the Creative 
Challenge and download 
your own Grunge Torso 
click HERE
  *Names will be drawn end of October.

 Girls Just Wanna 
Have Fun
Torso

Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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New Zazzle Designs

Look for a personalized gift at Zazzle.

Click HERE to see all my designs!

Whew, I've been a busy bee adding new items to my zazzle store.  I invite you to take a moment to check them out and leave a comment and let me know how you like them.  Its not too early to be thinking about the holidays order early and save yourself some stress.

Use promo code HOLIDAYCARDZ at checkout to receive up to 5 free cards

Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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Crafty Blogger Blurbs

 

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Don't let the rotten egg smell or safety concerns keep you from discovering the wonderful burnished effects you can create on thin metal sheet with liver of sulfur.

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
See how I am spinning..uh crocheting a spider web skirt inspired by The Crochet Dude's new book- Crochet It. Love It. Wear It! and read a fun interview with master of the hook himself Drew Emborsky!

Mixed Media Artist
To add a bit more interest to your collage or altered book page, try slicing up an image!

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter
Madge has a big new full time job! Read all about it!
 

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi plays with a 3d paper sample to create this new card set.

About Family Crafts
Enjoy some family time together and make some apple crafts. A perfect Autumn activity!

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a charming pattern for knitting a shrug, a tutorial on how to make a felted covered bangle, an inside peek (or peck) of some wonderful bird art from the book 1,000 Artisan Textiles and a chance to win a poster by Masha D'yans and a copy of 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies and Cakes.

Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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Day of the Dead Skull Bead Necklace

 

 I made some fun skull beads today using my new skull mold and paper clay.  Before the clay was dry all the way I used a wire to poke a hole through each one. Once they were completely dry I painted them with acrylic paints and sprinkled them with extra fine crystal glitter dust  while the paint was still semi wet.  To protect them I sealed them with PYMII

 Here I strung the skull beads onto various 
types of fiber and silk cording to make 
a necklace.

Click HERE to view previous 
Day of the Dead or 
Dia De Los Muretos projects.

Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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Christmas Gift Ideas

Formica Keychains
I thought I'd re post a past project to 
help inspire you to create for the holidays.


Click HERE to go to the tutorial


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Free Pumpkin Lable & Halloween wearable Art

 This cooler weather we've been having is getting 
me in the mood for fall and Halloween creating!  
Click the image above to save, download and 
print for your own use.


Looking for some wearable art for Halloween 
check out my Bewitchin' zazzle shirt 
(click HERE). 
It comes in all different styles and sizes.

The back reads:
Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
By Shakespeare
  
You will also find cards invitations, mugs 
and stamps with this similar design.

Get 50%, 40%, 30%, or 10% off  by 
Using the code: AUTUMNZAZZLE

 
Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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Pictures that make you go huh!?

Pictures that make you go Huh?!?
This has to be the oddest picture of the day I've posted yet...I snatched this picture yesterday on the way home from picking my son up at school.
It was out in front of a mortuary!
What got us was all the pictures on the van along with the writing about franchises available WTH? LOL


Artistic Inspirations to help you create!
 

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