Tempting Lorali Thursday Featuring Victoria!

Greetings and Happy Thursday!!!

I've gotta tell y'all...I was in a SASSY mood today!! I was feeling punky, edgy and slightly "off" but in a good way!!

So - I busted out a creation that's a bit dark-ish, messy-ish...but it contains the vibe that I need right now!!
I altered an OLDDDDDDDDDDDDD Italian wooden box that my DH's step-grandmother got in Italy literally 1,000 years ago! HA! It's made out of very light wood and is not very sturdy. So I know it's not worth much but it means a TON to me. I wanted something cool and edgy to put my daily jewelry in on my NEW VANITY in my newly remodeled bathroom.

Victoria has always been my favorite. It's her punky attitude and fantabulous way that makes me love her so much!! ;)
So I stamped her in Maroon craft ink and heat set her....twice. I really wanted her to look shabby...roughed up...so I then sanded her...a lot. And stamped and heat set AGAIN!

I then colored her with my Copics.

I added a velvet "m" and a "." standing for Meredith(period.) LOL! I warned you I was feeling sassy!
But seriously...these stamps are not simply for paper!! Alter anything!!! They are sooooooo gorgeous!!

Thanks for popping by today!! I'm off to find JUST the right space for my Victoria Treasure Box in my new bathroom!!!

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This Week's Mojo!!

Hey All!!

I have a BRANDIE new creation to show you today from the TOP SECRET, SUPER SNEAKY, NEW RELEASE from QKD's Dark Ink Line!!!

The QUEEN is a genius!!!

I made this using the new Tattoo Minis Set. And oh btw...it's 40% off RIGHT NOW! Yep...I said it...40% off!!

I used the flowers to accent this mini card. I love the muted design but the intense POP of color and texture you get with these flowers!! I had so much fun working with them!!
The entire set is AMAZING and SOOOOOOOOOOOO versatile!!

I can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Thanks for peeking by!!

QKD Awesome Color Challenge!!

Hey All!!

Welcome to this week's QKD fantastic color challenge!

GREEN, YELLOW, BLACK, WHITE

My first thought when we were issued our challenges was....high school. As these were my high school colors!!

BUT FIRST - If you came here via the WIS blog then you are on the right track...if not start HERE so you don't miss any of the fun!!!

So naturally I gravitated towards the football field-ish paper in the background, the pin with the beads on them that we used to wear on our sneakers, "baseball jerseys"...usually airbrushed with Cape Cod or Hyannis. Said shirt may even have had fringe cut into it...perhaps with pony beads hanging off of the fringe? Hmmmm?? Anyone??? Anyone?? Bueller???
My card starts off with black cardstock as the base. Followed by mattes of lighter green, ivory, light green DP respectively.I stamped my main image from the QKD Jerseys Set along with the word Vamp from the set to adorn the tshirt. I stamped in Colorbox Olive Green and heat set with clear embossing powder. I then traced over the V in Vamp with my Quickie Glue Pen and coated it with green glitter.

Once dry, I stitched this to the main panel, now tied with green Swiss dot ribbon in a neat bow and adorned with a large safety pin threaded with beads that say 'DAMN!', down using a zig zag stitch.

Before adhering this to the card base I inked up some fray from a sheet of notebook paper and added that at the bottom for extra texture and dimension.
Thanks for visiting today!!!

Off you go to Anita's blog to see what loveliness she's created for us today!!

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I Want Candy.....Yes I Want Candy

PSST....JUST A REMINDER!!! PASS THE GOOD WORD ALONG!

Here are the details -

a) I missed my Third Blog-O-Versary which was on Valentine's Day - definitely worthy of celebrating

b) I want to get to 20, 000 hits

c) I want to get to 100 followers

Once that is all completed I will choose 3 lucky followers (for each of my 3 feats that I am trying to attempt) at random to win LOTS O BLOG CANDY!!!

I am amassing a giant pile as we speak and will have photographs soon to show you what you could win!!!

Stamps, Ink, Papers, Albums, Alterables, Ribbon, Embellishments Galore!!!

Please pass the word around!!!

All you have to do is become a follower of my blog in order to be considered for the random drawing!!!

Thanks SO much for helping a fellow crafting gal out!!!

XOXO-

March Bombshell Challenge - "Booty Log"

Hello Everyone and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Today, I am showing off an altered composition notebook that I made using this month's Bombshell Stamp Challenge!

The challenge is as follows and is posted in The Casino on their forum as posted by the lovely Ms. March:

"My challenge is for you to create a "Booty Log". In the papercrafting world this translates to an altered book of some kind. It can be a journal, notebook, diary, really any type of book you wish! I finally finished my Copic Marker technique Journal. There is a close up image in the gallery."

This is what I created!!

I started with a standard, old school, Composition Notebook in green. How perfect for the month of March?!

I collected my papers, scraps, etc and simply started layering. I started with minimal planning (which is usually how I start creating) and just let the book take it's shape.

I used the hottie from the "Bombshell Angel" set as my focal point on the cover. I just LOVE her! She's stamped in SU! Basic Black ink and heat embossed with clear powder and colored with my Copics. I used my silver-ish Sakura gel pen to make it look like she has super sparkly stockings on. Her adorable outfit is colored and then gone over with my Versamark pen and heat embossed making it super shiny. Embossing just adds so much dimension to an image sometimes =)
I then stamped RETRO on a snippet of DP and layered it on Kraft, Ivory and then Kraft again and popped it up on 3-D foam adhesive.
The trio of stamps key, heart and star are all from the same "Bombshell Angel" set. I put them together on an acrylic block and created a border of sorts with them.
I added some green Swiss dot ribbon, stitched down and embellished with a bit of tan, linen twine. I've added staples and attacked it with a sanding block to grunge it up a bit.
I created one tab and then covered the interior cover both as function and decorative elements. I'm going to see if my darling friend wants to use this for a guest book at another friend's 50th surprise birthday party!
Thank you for visiting today and definitely check out the entire Bombshell line...it's ridiculously fabulous beyond belief!

Tempting Lorali Thursday Featuring Mad Fancy!

Happy Lorali Thursday Everyone!! I had the great pleasure of working with Mad Fancy again today!! I'm simply LOVING this stamp!! So fun, so funky and super cool!


I'm using a 6x6 base of PTI's Perfect Match Smokey Shadow cardstock. Layered with 3 pieces of SU! DP from last season (2 background and one to matte my image). Mad Fancy is colored with my Copics. I then used my Quickie Glue Pen for her teacups, belt and top and used SU! embossing glitter and added a little bling along with my rhinestone strip on the bottom!
The sentiment is from the Fairy Queen of Hearts Special Edition set.

Don't forget to head off to the Castle to grab up all of the fantastic and amazing newness there!!!

Thanks for visiting today!!

Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday Freebie!

Hey Y'all!! Welcome to another fabulous WWF from the Robyn's Fetish team!!

Today we're giving away the digi sticker, Me and My Lollipop - featured above!! I was so excited to create with her!!

My base is 5"x 5" in PTI's Smokey Shadow. I handmade the next layer of DP - the aqua blue layer by shrinking down my image in MS Paint, copying it and pasting it into a MS Word Doc over and over again until it covered the entire page.


I used watercolor paints to mix JUST the right color for the background (I didn't have any of this color cardstock on hand) and let it dry while I colored my image. I then ran it through my printer creating my very own, one of a kind "Designer Paper"! How tre cool is that?

My image is colored with my Copics and Sakura gel pens. Her skirt, lolly and hat embellishment are all paper pieced. She's mounted on the same Smokey Shadow PTI cardstock, sides were scored and then stitched.

I tied black, twill tape around the outside of the card into a small and tidy bow. I added my large scalloped polka dot edging that had previously been stamped and heat embossed in black ink with my sentiment "cute" from an old SU! set.
I layered and adhered everything together and as a finishing touch added the metal "pearls" to her awesome "Converse All-Star" high tops and her hat...making her just a touch less sweet ;)

I hope you've enjoyed my creation!!! Have fun crafting with this awesome image !!

I can't wait to see what you create!!

QKD New Release Hop!! Sketch Challenge II

Greetings!! Happy Tuesday Everyone!! Thanks for stopping by for our second week of fabulous newness here at the CASTLE!!

If you came from the WIS blog then you are on the right track!!! If not you'll most DEFINITELY want to start hopping here so that you don't miss one inspiring piece after the next!!

Here is the sketch we worked with today:

I was lucky enough to be creating with Mad Fancy today!! Isn't she STUNNING!! I really don't know how Maigan does it but she constantly bust out THE most fun and most fabulous designs each and every month!!

This week I used Doodlebug Glitter paper in hot pink. Mat Fancy is colored with my Copics and Sakura gel pens.


I used white SU! rub-ons for my flowery accent on the right and stick on/rub ons that are adhesive. I had to go over my sentiment with a fine black marker as I think the glittery paper prevented the rub-ons from sticking well but I still enjoy how it came out!!

I added 3 black buttons with white linen thread tied through them as my embellishments at the bottom.

Off you go hopping to the ever fantastic Anita!!

Have a great week!!! And check out all that's happening at QKD!!! Such fun!!

Visit our new Dark Ink Sorority and the Whimsical Ink Sorority and Join us each Monday and Tuesday for Royal Kat days. It's a blog hop put on by the entire Royal Court!

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I'm a JADS Girl!!!

Happy Sunday Everyone!! I've been bursting to tell you all this news and have just been waiting for THE right time!! A few weeks ago the fabulous Heather contacted me from Jean's Art Dolls asking if I'd like to join the team!! I immediately said YES!!!

It's different than any other company or group that I work for and/or participate in. JADS is a self-motivated, self-challenging, forum style group that brings together eclectic, sassy, and FAB.U.LOUS artists to share ideas, projects, tips, tricks, tutorials, etc!! I was over the moon that both Jean and Heather considered me to be close to some of these things enough to extend me an invitation to join!! I was SO excited!! YAY!!

At JADS we set our own monthly challenges. This particular challenge that I set was a color challenge. I set it for Turquoise, Poppy and Champagne colors with a mix of any other browns within the creation.

And because I was creating for JADS...I just let totally loose on this piece. It's completely Mixed Media using stamps, rub-ons, ink, staples, markers, labels from clothing that I had in my stash, notebook paper trimmings, and much more!!!

Here is my very first creation for JADS!! I hope you enjoy!!

The base for this creation was purchased at ACM (A.C. Moore). It's an oversized wooden tag that was on the clearance rack from Valentine's Day. I started with my base. I used my kissy lips stamp from The Paper Source to create my background paper. I used both my Champagne and White Brilliance Pearlescent craft ink pads to stamp and then clear embossing powder to heat set the lips for the background. The paper is SU! River Rock textured cardstock. I did the entire sheet of 12x12 cardstock and trimmed it out to fit my tag background. I adhered it to my tag, popping out the holes for my ribbon and brads to be added later.
I then went through my stamps and decided that I wanted to use this "Cheshire-esque" looking cat stamp that I have. (Alice is super hot right now - what with the new movie and all) So I sat back and thought...what else can I add...hmmm...based on the size of the tag, the cat stamp was too small to be the main focal point of the piece.

Then I remembered the photos I had downloaded, of Michelle Pfeiffer as Cat Woman from the second 'original' Batman series (from the 80's and 90's) for something entirely different. I printed one of my favorite photos of her out and decided that THAT would be my focal point.

I went through my stash of DP and pulled out this wild Basic Grey paper. I trimmed out the photo, and just before I attached it to the background I grabbed a slice of my Hambly Acrylic paper with birdcages (those of you who have seen this movie will understand the reference;), and I laid it over the photo. I then attached the 2 pieces to the BG paper which I had edge distressed, and matted on SU! Tempting Turquoise and PTI's Pure Poppy cardstock.

I then added this panel to my main background on the tag. I then looked around my desk and grabbed a piece of notebook fringe edge that I'd used for another project and tucked that right above the main panel. I also added a strip of rhinestones along the bottom.

I used my Love, Elsie rub-ons that I've had for eons for the heart, dots, X's and stars. I then stamped my Cheshire-esque kitty to the mix after stamping, heat setting, coloring and trimming him out. He's mounted atop a scrap of the PTI PP cardstock adorned with colored staples. I added a safety pin and Phillips head screw brads for some added grunge elements.I had a tag from something I'd purchased at my local boutique that I knew I'd use at some point. I trimmed it out, distressed it and backed it with a scrap of the SU! TT cardstock. It's M is emblazoned with gold and then flocked all around. The rivet behind it is also from the tag. I trimmed it out and distressed it as well.
I used my QKD stamp from the March Alice release as my sentiment "All Ways Here Are MY Ways". Love that saying!! Stamped on a piece of the same Basic Grey DP that my main panel is matted with.

I then added my hand-stamped and sewn (by me) ribbon for the tag which I'd used in another project. As a very last touch I added the tiny ballerina girl to the bottom right of the tag. Everything else about the piece is so....opposite of the ballerina girl that I couldn't help but add her to display the obvious juxtaposition of the two! I am honored to be a JADS girl and I hope you have enjoyed my altered art for today!!!