Elephants Never Forget...

Hi friends! I'm blogging about my May project over at Nat's blog today! This month's theme is "Elephants Never Forget," which features Nat's Elephant Stamp and Stencil set.

Here's a sneak peek of my project...

Come on over to the blog and see the whole spread, and the process behind it!  And while you're there, I'd love it if you leave a comment for me!

Thanks so much!

Stampendous Blog Hop

Hi friends! Today I'm joining in the fun of blog-hopping with the rest of Nat's Creative Squad, and Stampendous, which is the company that produces Nat's Stamp and Stencil line.

There were no rules about what to create - only that we needed to use something from the new line of stamps.

I've been thinking alot about Prince, ever since I heard the news that he died.  It was such a shock. I am a fan, and also a Minneapolis girl, so the news hit close to home.  It's been wonderful seeing all the tributes showing up for him.  I wonder if he had any idea of the impact he made on people all over the world. It would be great if he could somehow look down and see it.  Anyways, I wanted to make a tribute page in my art journal, and Nat's bird stamp was just the thing. Here's what I made...

"When Doves Cry..." 

Page 7/100 (for the 100 Day Project)

The sky is done with white crayon and spray inks.  The ground is bits of text paper, painted and stained in various shades of purple.

I stamped Nat's bird stamp in light purple acrylic paint, and then colored over his beak, head and wings in three different colors of tombow marker.  I carefully cut a slit in his beak in order to fit the photo in. I also outlined everything in a superfine tip Faber Castell Pitt Pen, and added a shadow all around him with a dark purple tombow marker.  Here's a closeup...

I drew a purple tear on a separate piece of paper and glued it on. 

Here are links to all of the designers creating for today's blog hop.  Leave a comment here and/or at any of the participating blogs and you will be entered into the drawing to win all three of Nat's new stamp sets!

Louise Healy 

Janelle Stollfus

Marsha Valk

Gwen Lafleur

Michelle Rydell - that's me!

Cheiron Brandon

Lea Fritts

Pam Hornschu

Nat Kalbach's Blog

Stampendous Blog

 Thanks so much for visiting, and have a happy Friday!

My City Speaks To Me...

Hi friends! I'm blogging about my April project over at Nat Kalbach's blog today!  This month's theme is "My City Speaks to Me," which features Nat's Urban Scribble Stamp and Stencil set.

Here's a sneak peek of my project...

Come on over to the blog and see the whole spread, and the process behind it!  While you're there, I'd love it if you leave a comment for me

P.S. I will be back tomorrow with a 100 Day Project Update!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Opposites Attract!

Hi friends! Today is my first day blogging for Nathalie Kalbach's Creative Squad!  Yeayyy!!! I'm so excited!!!

This month's theme is "Opposites Attract," and on Tuesdays, the squad is taking turns sharing projects based on the theme.  Each project this month, features Nat's new Bird Stamp and Stencil set.


Here's a sneak peek of my journal spread...

Click here to come on over to Nat's blog, and see the whole spread, plus the creative process behind it!  And say hi while you're there!  I'd love to hear from you!

I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it!!!

Hi friends!  I'm super excited today cuz I finally get to make this announcement!

I'm going to be part of Nathalie Kalbach's Creative Squad!!!

Nat and I became friends back in 2007, through the Scrapping The Music challenge blog; and I have been following her awesome work ever since.  Nat teaches all over the world now, and has her own line of stencils and stamps, which we, as her creative squad, will be using to create fun projects to share with you!

Starting in March, we will be taking turns posting on Nat's blog every Tuesday.  When it's my turn to post on the blog I will always remind you here and provide a link.

In the meantime, I've just started playing with all of the fun new goodies!  No finished projects yet, but here's a sneak peek...

Nat has a post up today that announces us and tells all about what we will be doing!  I'd love it if you check it out!  Click here to go to the post.

As always - thanks so much for visiting, and for your supportive comments!  They mean a lot to me!  Have a great Sunday!