Come, sit a spell . . . won't you?

I decided to join in on the fun at Sunday Postcard Art this week.
Here is my "wicked" submission . . . a bit of a spin on the classic; teehee.

Credits can be found here.

Three Muses Challenge: Things with Wings

Been in a bit of a "mojo-less" funk lately and thought maybe a little challenge would help. Went to my "Three Muses" for a little inspiration and here is what I came up with.
This week's theme: Things with Wings.

It's here! It's here!

The first quarterly publication of the Altered Hearts Zine is now on sale in 

the Deviant Scrap Shoppe.  

We all worked so hard on this issue and because we had to compress three months' worth into just one issue, this thing promises to be loaded!!! Over a hundred pages of creative goodness, 

you'd be crazy to pass this one up.

I am especially excited (and totally proud) to announce that I have made my first official front cover.  I had so much fun creating her and was so very very flattered when Miss Sherrie asked me if she could use it.  These girls who make up the team are so incredibly creative, hard-working and wonderful and I am so grateful that at this time when I find I am unable to commit to much, I still have the privilege to be a part of what they do.  This issue (as always) totally reflects that love and pride that each of us feels and it is our hope that your creative passions will be ignited to play along with us on the altered side of things!
Click here to be taken directly to the shoppe.  You know what to do from there.  Heehee

Frankie!

I have always had a thing for girls' nicknames that sound a bit more rough around the edges.  I mean no offense to you ladies out there with those proper more genteel names but there's just something about a girl with a name that says "I can stand on my own!, No need, I got it covered!"  and even the occasional "Yo!" (teehee).  Think Jo on the Facts of the Life or Pinky Toscadero on Happy Days.  These were the girls who were my inspiration for this piece.  It was also inspired, however, by this week's Spook-tober Challenge: Frankenstein going on now over at Deviant Scrap.

This one goes out to all the Sam's, Jo's 

and Frankie's of the world!

Spooky!

Not sure what's come over me but I have been put into quite the spooky mood lately . . .

Click here to see what wonderful new kits have me so "deviantly" inspired.

A new take on "Beauty"

For the Altered Artspirations Challenge (hosted by my dear friend, Tangie Baxter) over at Scrapbook Graphics.  It's been forever since I've been able to participate but with this weeks' theme being creating a collage and then ever better doing it "skinny" style, I just couldn't resist!

Here she is, my little beauty . . .

This is my way of challenging what those so called "beauty" magazines define as beauty . . . We are all beautiful in our own way to someone, aren't we?

She is strictly digital but meant to look like her pieces were cut from the pages of those such magazines. her credits are here.

Gracie has found a home!

Gracie, the Little Mermaid (a mixed media assemblage

My very favorite of all of my assemblage/shadow box pieces that I have created is my "Little Mermaid".  She has been on my Etsy page since the very beginning, the first piece to ever be listed and I always hoped secretly that she wouldn't sell.  I almost couldn't bear the thought that she would be shipped to some unknown place to reside in someone unknown's home.  As fate would have it, she had yet to sell in that first month and   I made the decision to bring her with me to the Chicks Along the Canal show earlier this month.   It was there that Kim of the whimsical little bead shop here in town first spotted her.  It's been two weeks since that show and just the other day I received a message from her that she saw her there, fell in love and knew she absolutely must have her.  Though a tad bit sad to see her go, I couldn't have been more thrilled to have her go to such a wonderful place.  I have always felt there is some magical quality about my little Gracie and so am so excited to think of her on display in such a magical little place.

Fall Hill Bead and Gem Shop-Little Falls, NY


Click here for an amazing indepth look at this great little place 

Enjoyed it so much, I went back!

Another attempt at the Zetti-inspired challenge over at the Three Muses Blog . . .

Let go and just had a little more fun this time around.
Check my gallery here for credits to this and all of the layouts featured on my blog.

Entering the World of Zetti yet again . . .

This week at over at the Three Muses blog, Ann has got us entering the enchanted world of all things Zetti.  I love Zetti but have to admit I'm not entirely sure I belong there.  I always seem to struggle a bit with these challenges (perhaps that's why I keep giving them a shot) and am never quite sure what I think of my final product.  Oh well . . . There it is!

A rose is a rose is a rose . . .

 

I have been asked by my friend Hollie (of Holliewood Studios) to be a guest on her creative team for the next month and in honor of her request, here is my latest layout to debut her wonderfully gorgeous new creation,  

"A Rose is a Rose" kit available now at Deviant Scrap.

 

Holy Moly!!!

Just a quick "pipe-in" to let everyone know that my blogspot has been acting a bit screwy.  I spent a considerable amount of time catching up on here the other day (pictures, links, the works) only to have it all just vanish on me.  This was the 2nd time this has happened to me in a month and though I am entirely frustrated, it's not clear at this point what I am to do about it.  When I get over it and I find the time I need to recreate it, I will be back, I promise.  Can't wait to share all the news about my fabulous "Chicks" show.

Oh and this:

For the next month I will be a Guest Deviant over at Deviant Scrap.  I can't wait to get creating with Hollie's wonderfully creative kits.  Wait til you see the one premiering in the shop this Monday; sweet as roses!

While I'm at it (and because frankly to me a post just doesn't look complete without some pics),  here are two of my latest layouts:

 and for Miss Nancy's Altered Family Member challenge:

Correction . . .

A couple of posts back I was so excited to share that I was going to have one of my layouts published in the August 2010 issue of the DST Insider and well, I was a little too excited because I didn't read my message from them closely enough and missed something.  I apparently gave two separate layouts of mine the exact title.  So when I thought that Fly! was being published . . .

it was in actuality, Fly! that was being published (hehehee) . . .

 which I assure you is soooooo much better!

While my little fairy is cute and I do indeed really dig her signature red boots, this second layout featuring myself really does reflect me as a person, as a dancer and as an artist, so much more.

Still want to thank my friends at Deviant Scrap (Nancy, Marsha and all of my fellow artists) for their incredible inspiration.  Thanks to the gals at DST for noticing me, too.