And The Winner Is....

I had my son pull a name from a bowl and the

Winner of the trio of trees and gem particles is....

Sharon Bennett

 

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Crystal Lacquer tree tutorial

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And the Winners are...

 

The winning names are...

Ballistic Blue

Sassy Grass Green

Orange Zest

Techno Yellow

Flamin' Flamingo

Purple Nurple

Thanks to everyone for voting 

and helping me name the 

Neon Color Mists!

Ahh one more thing..the winner 

of the Neon Color Mist set is:

Debby Boltman!

Debby tripled her chances by posting on her 

Facebook page, twittering and commenting.

Congratulations Debby!

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Let the Voting Begin!

Finally the voting is here...no not the presidential election (sheesh that's over with where ya been)

I know you probably thought I forgot, but I didn't real life has had the audacity to impose itself on me!

Vote now for your favorite

Art Muse doll entry

HERE

Not familiar with the contest you can read more about it HERE.

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Witchy Witch!

Meet Zoraida, she's just flown in on Air Broom. She wanted to be here in plenty of time for the Art Muse Contest since she's one of the MCs!

	A face only a mother could love!
Close up of face I created using air dry paper clay.
	I used gray spray webbing first on the artist manikin giving her pock riddled skin. I then colored her with Emerald Isle green & Lime Jello Color Mists and sealed the entire doll with PYM II.

Meet Fleurita

Let me introduce you to Fleurita, The Flower Nymph. She prides herself on being quite the fashionista! I created Fleurita in honor of OTM's Art Muse Contest (click HERE to read more about the contest). I colored the manikin first with Color Mists then dried it with the heat gun. Little by little I glued flowers and torn off petals on to her. Once they were all adhered and dried I misted the flower petals with Color Mists as well and then while still WET I added the glitter just by sprinkling it over the wet petals. For her hat I used a wood finial that I was able to screw into her head. After I painted her face I sealed her with CI Super Seal (aka PYMII)

Supplies Used
Art Manikin
Color Mists
White Paper Flowers
Fine Crystal Glitter
Multi Surface Adhesive
CI Super Seal (aka PYMII)
*Wood Finial (optional)

Crafty Blogger Blurb Friday!

It's back to Crafty Blogger Blurb Friday now that things are back to normal! A few reminders.....don't forget to enter OTM's Artist Muse Contest! You can click HERE for details. Also OTM's still having their Sizzlin' Summer Special so hurry before it runs out and use the coupon code details HERE. Okay now have fun checking out this weeks blogger blurbs! :-)

About Family Crafts In honor of the upcoming Summer Olympics, why not create your own backyard Olympic games!

About.com Cross Stitch New to Cross Stitch? Learn the basic stitches and you will be well on your way!

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world Over at Craftside you can get your fill of funky chicken wire jewelry, organize your bits with a slice of wood, embellish virtually anything with a crochet bullion stitch embellishment, stitch a "fierce" plaid dress from a pair of pants, and learn how to make an ATC tag to label it all!

Crafty Princess Diaries Are you a little "organic" sometimes when it comes to crafts? Sometimes "winging it" can be fun and productive as shown by these cool Blythe doll clothes crocheted by the Crafty Princess.

Layers Upon Layers Anitra Cameron shares the story behind her enchanting "Coffee Pot People"

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery The sweaters stayed in the drawer this week and crafts were made with a tiny globe and an empty cat shaped wine bottle.

The Impatient Blogger Margot talks about crafting a life worth living in this contemplative post.

Happy Creating!

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of Aileen's Musings!

Art Muse Contest!

I'm feeling inspired, so I've decided to host an

Artist Muse Contest!

Grab your wooden artist manikins off your shelf and get your groove on with them and create your own art muse!

Don't have an artist manikin? you can order one at the link below

(OTM has them for a crazy cheap price so order more

then one while your at it):

http://www.outsidethemargins.com/detail.php?product=82

(Meet Aletta my Art Muse)

Here's the details:

Create your own Art Muse,

You MUST use a wooden artist manikin (pictured below)

Post a link to your finished art muse image in the comments section on this blog. MAKE SURE you leave your email address (I can't contact you, if you don't leave your email address when you post your comment).

2 entries per person (contestant can only win once though)

Deadline Extended To: Oct, 31, 2008

After Sept 1st I will post a poll for everyone to vote on each entry. The first 2 dolls with the most votes will win the following:

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  1st Place $20.00 Gift Certificate to www.outsidethemargins.com

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  2nd Place 10.00 Gift Certificate to www.outsidethemargins.com
  
  

Contest, Mermaids & Halloween

I finished another mermaid painting, it's taken me all week to finally get her done. Due to lack of time and then having to fix her face (we won't talk about that!). She still has a bit of the deer in head-light's look but what can I say I'm still a beginner :-) I do however, like how her body/tail turned out and did contemplate just cutting that out and using in some art, but decided against it for now.

Sorry, but I couldn't hold true to my word I did another Halloween Postcard! The little girl and boy image was just sitting there begging me to do something with them. I had already painted them previously with Gouache Paints and since I was making backgrounds on photo paper using the new Limited Edition Color Mists for Halloween, it all just fell together, I love when that happens!

**BLOG CONTEST**

Since it's my birthday tomorrow I've decided to give this really cool NEW Art Apron to a lucky blog reader.

Do the following 3 things:

1. Post a comment with your NAME & EMAIL

2. Include your email address (I'm not psychic)

3. Leave a link to some cool Halloween Art (can be yours or someone elses) or a fun Halloween Project.

Each person that leaves those three things will have their name entered in the drawing. Send this blog contest to a friend and for every friend that posts a comment and mentions your name you will get an additional name entered into the drawing!

The Sky's the limit!

Drawing will be held on Sunday Sept 23, 2007

**Just remember if you don't leave your name and email I can't notify you**

Before you ask the contest is open to International blog readers as well :-)

Apron is made from canvas and is adjustible to fit all sizes