Tag It....A few of my favorite Tags

Welcome back everyone!

Thank you for dropping in to take a look at a few of my favorite tags by a few amazing artists.

Please Enjoy!

Graphic 45

Words and Pictures

Scrapperlicious

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

Free Fairy Banner

Almost Christmas here in the States!

Another year coming to a close.

I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season, wherever you are.

Thank you for dropping by.

I have a little banner I have been playing around with. 

Please feel free to use it for yourself if you like.

Just click on the image and save!!

Until Next Time,

Happy Holidays!!!

HALLOWEEN ATC - Just a Little Late

Hello all my awesome blogging buds!

I have this Halloween ATC I forgot to post. 

(The mind really is the first to go....lol)

The background paper was free from the blog Sweetly Scrapped 

Everything else came from my stash. 

I just love the black cat!

Hope you like it, and Thank you for dropping by,

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

The 12 Tags of Christmas #2

Happy Monday my friends. 

Hope your weekend was fun and relaxing.

I spent most of mine working on a project for my graphic design class. 

Hopefully it will be ready by the due date.

I am embarrassed to show you guys my second tag. 

After seeing what everyone else is submitting mine is just pitiful.

Anyway, here is Linda's wonderful inspiration tag from The Funkie Junkie

For my tag, I went with a different color pallet but used the reindeer for my focal.

As you can see, it is nothing fancy and I almost didn't post it!!

I am still 3 weeks behind and hopefully my next tag will be better.

Thank you for dropping by

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

The Purple Corner - Jools Robertson

The end of another week is coming to a close.

Hopefully everyone has made it through unscathed.

I have today this amazing Canvas Collage by the very talented Jools Roberton.

I love all the purple. 

This piece would look so perfect on the wall behind my work table!!!!!

Take a moment to drop by her blog to see more of her amazing work. 

You can also find her on Facebook.

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

My ATC Swap with ArtJoyStuff

Happy Monday my bloggy friends!

Hope everyone had a decent weekend. 

It rained where I am. 

I have not seen sunshine in over a week....Yuck! Starting to get depressing.

I am swapping ATCs with my friend Kimberly from the blog ArtJoyStuff.

I LOVE her work! 

She is so talented and comes up with the most amazing pieces!

You should drop by her blog and take a look around. 

Just be prepared for "ooohing, and awwwing"!

This is the ATC I am lucky enough to receive from Kim.

I just LOVE the moon!!

This is the ATC I made for her. 

I hope she likes it. 

I have called it "Nature".

I used a brownish green fabric as the main background. 

Then I added a piece of burlap diagonally for something different. 

The focal bird pendant is one of my favorites. 

I have been holding onto it for just the right occasion.

I added a trim of green leaves with a pretty little rose to help accent the "Nature" theme and finished it off with a butterfly at the top.

Thank you for dropping by!

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

12 Tags of Christmas #1

I thought it would be fun to again join in the 

Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge.

I love seeing the tags everyone creates.

I am running behind....as usual. 

We are already on week 3!!

Today I am showing you my first Tag. 

I still have to play catch up for the other two.

This is the inspiration tag created by the awesome Linda Coughlin.

I used Linda's color scheme of black, red, and white and added my own version of snow!

Thank you for dropping by to take a look!

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

Vintage Lady Triples her Surroundings!!

It is either really, really early, or really, really late depending on where you live.

I am having a hard time sleeping; there is just so much going on inside my head.

I sincerely hope everyone else has or had a good night's rest.

Since I am awake, I thought I would go ahead and post another digital collage I made.

I used a combination of three different backgrounds, a pretty vintage lady, and a few photos of live flowers....not that you can tell.

I have been playing around with Photoshop trying to see about all these blending modes.

Please feel free to use this image any way you wish. Just right click and save.

I think it would look amazing as a fabric block.

I would love to hear your feedback!!

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

I Won a Crazy Quil Purse by Pat Winter

I was lucky to participate in the Crazy Quilting 101 class through the "Artful Gathering" event.

I have admired Pat's work for what seems like forever, so the opportunity to learn anything from her was an extreme honor.

At the beginning of class everyone had a chance to throw their name in the pot to win one of Pat's amazing Crazy Quilt purses. 

I WON!!!!

I am now the proud new owner of a beautiful Crazy Quilt purse and the details are absolutely amazing!!!! Thank you again Pat!!!

I used the photo from Pat's Blog "Pat Winter Gatherings", because I have just not had the time to take my own pictures. I will soon though along with pictures of my Crazqy Quilt purse.

I encourage you to drop by Pat's Blog if you are not familiar with her work. 

Just bring your drool bib!!!

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

The Halloween Carnival at Artfully Musing is Here!!

Welcome all my bloggy friends!! Thank you for dropping in. 

Today I have some news to share with everyone.

Over at my friend Laura's blog, Artfully Musing, there is a Halloween Carnival going on.

Lots of fun, magic, and treats to be had, so pop on over and check it out!

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

Digital Art and Mixed Media Favorites #1

Hello my amazing Blog Land Family!!

Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. 

I had rain, rain, rain. 

Looks like today is going to be rain, rain, rain....lol.

Walking a half mile to class in the rain is most definitely NOT fun!!

Today I have a few of my favorite digital art and mixed media pieces by some extremely talented artists.

Please check out their blogs for more amazing work. You can also find more of my favorites on my "Artwork and Digital Art" Pinterest Board.

Please Enjoy

Ingvild Bolme

Pennystamper

Deviant Scrap

Art Chick Studio

Ravenpainting


Until Next Time, Happy Sales

The "Pretty" ATC Swap

Happy Friday all my wonderful bloggy friends.

Welcome to my new followers! I am thrilled you could join us.

Today I want to show you the ATCs I made for a swap hosted by ArtJoyStuff.

The theme is "Pretty".  I hope these qualify.

I used papers from Prima's Firefly Collection. 

The three dimensional stickers I have had sitting around forever and I thought they went with the papers perfectly.

Here are a few close ups.

Thank you all for dropping by.

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

Just a Few Tags I Love

Hello all my Bloggy friends!! I have missed you guys.

Sorry for not posting sooner. I have been trying to balance going back to school (at my age), homework, finding another job, and all my previous artistic commitments.

Lets just say I have had a huge plate full....hahaha

I  thought it would be fun to show off a few of my favorite tags. 

 I hope you enjoy my selections!!

You can view more of my favorite tags on my Pinterest Board

Astrid's Artistic Efforts

Julia's Stuff

Annar - My Passion

ArtJoyStuff

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

Free Image and a Tag

Hello Blog Land!

A huge welcome to you and all my awesome new followers.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. 

The sun is shinning at the moment where I am. 

 I am so sick of rain, rain, rain...even though we need it, it is still depressing to see all the time.

I have been playing around with Photoshop Elements trying different blending modes and layers.

I still have no clue what I am doing...haha!

I am not very happy with the result of the above image. I find I either get it too dark or too light. (I will have to play with it some more).

You are welcome to use this image any way you wish. Just right click and save.

I think it needs a frame or boarder. What do you think?

The main background, little tag on the right, and the yellow butterflies are all free images from "Astrid's Artistic Efforts".

The Yellow Fairy is a purchased graphic from "Done 4 You Pages" on Etsy.

The purple hummingbird and roses are some I already had and do not know where they originated from....sorry.

I also added a script background image I have from the "Artful Photoshop" class I took.

For Tag Tuesday this week's theme was Complimentary Colors. 

(Yes, I am so late in posting my tag....lol)

I chose purple...(no surprise there) and yellow.

Kind of hard to tell but I used distress inks in "Milled Lavender, and "Dusty Concord" on my tag itself. (You can purchase these and other distress inks at "The Funkie Junkie Boutique"

I also used a few Prima flowers, a dark purple rose applique and the purple flower in the little girl's hair from "Flights of Fancy".

I used Purple Fun Fur to boarder around the digital portion and added a purple and yellow sentiment "Each Moment is a Gift" by K&Company.

I finished it off with yellow seam binding and more purple fun fur all tied in a sloppy bow....(I am not the best bow maker....lol)

I used a free ATC Background image from "Astrid's Artistic Efforts" and then used Photoshop to blend the image of the little girl in purple. (I do not remember where that image came from).

Hope you like my tag and the above free image.

Thank you so much for dropping by.

Until Next Time, Happy Sales

Tag Tuesday - Weddings

Greetings my wonderful bloggy friends! Thank you so much for dropping by.

I would also like to welcome all my new followers. 

This week over at "Tag Tuesay" our theme is "Weddings".

I had the hardest time trying to get my head around this one.

It should have been very simple with so many variations to choose from.

I finally decided to use paper from the 

"Romance Novel" Collection.

I added a cute little vintage girl and made a Wedding Veil out of TuTu material.

I glued the material to the top of her head and wrapped around .

I used a metal filigree corner and folded the edges back to make her 

"Tiara". I then added a small pink resin rose.

For the "Bouquet" I used various ribbons, pearl trim, sheer petals from another flower, and a pretty rose to match.

I think the tag is a little more Vintage and Shabby than what I had originally planned and I am not very  happy with the way it turned out.
"Oh Well"....maybe next week will be better!!!

Thank you ALL again for taking the time to stop by. I appreciate each and everyone of you.

Until Next Time, Happy Sales