The Bride Returns Steampunk

I am having so much fun with Steampunk...I almost can't stop creating the art...Viva Las VegaStamps! has so many fun items and images to use it is hard to choose...

Layers and layers were created in Photoshop, filters and opacity were changed, it was painted and punked up...manipulated and arranged to create an amusing image of a bride holding the Eifle Tower like an umbrella, her heart floating among the gears and sprockets...

This is a digital collage was created from old photographs, real sprockets and gears available from VLV and the following stamps:

16020 Steampunk Heart Large 2 1/4 x 2

16006 Steampunk Background/Collage 2 1/2 x 3

1806_1 Eiffel Tower/Large 2 1/4 x 5

gears7 Sprocket Gears

Viva Las VegasStamps Design Team

GREAT NEWS!!! I have been selected as a member of the Design Team for Viva Las VegasStamps. I am so inspired by the VLVstanps...my mind runs wild!!! You will soon see we share the same sense of humor... You can catch updates on Stampo Blog and order the stamps at Viva Las VegasStamps.

Here is my first design team contribution...an Escape Winter Party Invitation created with stamps from just released Plate 1328.

invitation to escape winter party

The card is a mixed media design personified. The design was created in Photoshop after I stamped the images on white paper and colored them. The entire image was scanned and digitized, placed on a card in PhotoShop and words were added.

Other team members are:

Terri Sproul, Team leader: Terri's blog

Chris Hurley: Chris' blog
Kim Prince; Kim's blog
Cheryl Lindsay: Cheryl's blog
DeeDee Catron: DeeDee's blog

Jennifer Bliss: Jen's blog

Please visit their blogs to see their designs and say hello. You can also find our work on Stamp Art Forum and VivaLas Blog.

Stamps used:

Card:

Plate 1328 - A wonderful selection of unmounted rubber images and sayings from the fabulous Viva Las Vegastamps! collection measuring approximately 7" x 9".

be fanciful...

Today's Intention...be fanciful...



In honor of Miss Fanciful herself...who seems to be as deep in the throes of creativity as I am this month...I find myself somewhere between the revenge seeking/broom riding/whacked out wicked witch and the uber nervous/clock watching White Rabbit..."Oh Dear, Oh Dear...what shall I do...so much to do...not enough time...Oh Dear, Oh Dear"...having violent mood swings...necessitating much chocolate...

If one wishes to be fanciful...imaginative it is....and inventive...and courageous...and, at times, laughing raucously at yourself...even if you, by choice, fall down the rabbit hole...2 or 7 times...

Not altogether fanciful am I...and though the physical appearance and attributes of such imaginary beings may have been, well um, overemphasized or just plain silly...the witch is in...for the time being...as the sign indicates...

You can see from the first photo that I have gone all out with Halloween decor this year...an upgrade from my usual bowl o' candy corn pumpkins...the shenanigans of miss fancy pants has rubbed off on me and caused me to go over the top...spending nearly 12 bucks...the teeny, tiny witch was $7...

above is the teeny, tiny paper witch I found in an antique store in Chicago...carried home in my carry on so as not to squish her skirt...but squished her nose instead...below is my usual h-ween decor...

I have reinvented myself for h-ween...the witch is in...tee hee...but she is determined to be a happy/positive being...

BTW...if you google fanciful...a fanciful twist comes in 3rd after fanciful.org and before roux fanciful hair rinse...not bad placement my dear...

My Art in a 2011 Calendar

Here it is...I can finally show you my page (51) in this 2011 calendar. It's printed and ready to order. I love this design of one of my doodle bugs...a doodle fly!!

It says, in three languages:

see the invisible

feel the intangible

achieve the impossible

The calendar is ready to be ordered,,,you can order it here.

Cute Fall Decoration

The cutest decoration for fall is a FREE download by Monika Wright at her I Love It All blog. Please let her know that I sent you!!!




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This Girl Can Teach!!! Suzi Blu

Here is my first drawing using Suzi Blu's techniques

I have been a teacher of creativity and painting for many years...and I recently signed up for a class at Suzi Blu's Les Petit Academy...and blown away i am!!! A little unorthodox, but Suzi Blu is so right on in her teaching methods...I am taking the Goddess & Poet class now and there is still time to join in the fun!!!

And for a different take on faces come take my Art of Doodle Portraits class that begins August 9...I will teach you how to draw a doodle face in less that 10 minutes!!! I also teach PhotoShop classes for Mixed Media artists and Bloggers, Creativity classes and the Business of Being an Artist. My other blog for artists learning to make a living doing what we love.

am i tardy to the mad tea party...2010

i start each day barefoot by the sea...

today i am wearing flowers in my hair 
for the tea party...

mermaid #1 - acrylic on canvas 20'x24"

and my little dragonfly friend helped me drink my tea this morning...


then i came home and put on my party hair and makeup...

invited a few friends and off we went to visit the other partiers...


and we all are carrying our 
Doodle Bags

my line of custom painted, functional artwork

and sporting Doodle Jewelry 

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Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here

we should dance....
you know i am always the dance chairwoman

the fanciful miss has invited us to a tea party...3 years in a row

i picked some pink roses...

have brewed my fave tea - Latitudes Rooibos - YUMMMMMMM
a blended african red bush superior grade blended with apricot, mango, peach, marigold flowers, and red currants.,,,excellent for iced tea as well....

my fave tea cup is filled to the brim...

the magic moon

and we have tea party favors for you...

...tea sachet

whole leaf tea sachet favors - personalization available

as seen in InStyle Magazine and Oprah Magazine

Turn a simple cup of tea into a celebration to indulge all of the senses! These beautifully packaged tea sachets are the hottest gifts around. Present them as guest favors or serve them at your next event, for a truly unforgettable display. Whether you are planning a small tea party, a formal banquet or your own wedding, our tea sachets will add an elegant touch and are sure to be a conversation piece. from www.beau-coup.com

and there must be heart-shaped sugar...

heart-shaped sugar in glass tubes

Capture the sweet romance of your day with these beautifully packaged wedding favors. Tiny heart-shaped sugar cubes fill clear tubes for an elegant effect that will delight guests at your tea or coffee themed bridal shower. from www.beau-coup.co

and sunflower cupcakes...

cupcake from kuidaore

The topping, a Whipped White Chocolate & Lemon Ganache using Valrhona Ivoire 35%, is both delicious and very easy to make. It is also a real joy to handle, and the ideal texture for piping - tinted a golden yellow, it makes for a rather fetching sunflower design.

and the paper wrapped tea sandwiches

from design mom

i have tossed a fanciful salad...
YUM!!!


and gathered fruit galore...

and created a few hors d'oeuvres...

there could be pink champagne on ice...

served in flirty girl glasses

flirty girls all in a row - hand painted portrait wineglasses
later i will put on my favorite dancing shoes...so let's dance...
and nibble on pink champagne truffles...


next year we will escape

to my fave place to take tea...THE RITZ London

One of the most elegant restaurants in London, Tea at The Ritz. It’s tea time, it’s time at The Ritz. Give yourself the best seat and indulge in excellent selections of cakes, pastries, sandwiches, scones and a range of coffee and tea. Sandwiches with Cucumber and dill, Smoked salmon with lemon butter, Egg mayonnaise with mustard cress are some of the restaurant’s famous dishes. from London Guides

I hope I have inspired you

to create...

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truffles

shoes

cristal

roses

food

CreaTive Retreat 2010...

i am back home from a month-long teaching tour and retreat in the mountains of north carolina...

i taught 3 classes

and was even able to sneak in a class of my own with Martine House, fiber artist...called Fiber Fun Surface Design...i learned so much that will add to my painted purses class next year

a magic cloth piece with water-soluble stabilizer, found stick & leaf, beading

detail

sampler piece with dyed silk, manipulated tyvek, gold foiling, cording, free-motion embroidery, beading

sampler piece with dyed silk, manipulated tyvek on mesh, gold hot glue embellishment, machine embroidery, beading

painted/manipulated tyvek, tyvek beads

cording & free-motion embroidery on purse, silk cloth with machine embroidery & found feather

sampler piece on rusted cotton, beading with found objects

i promise more photos of the classes and the mountains to come...