And the winner is...

Sorry for the delay in picking the winner of the giftcode to Viva Las Vegas stamps. It was a crazy week, and I just now drew a name from the hat. Actually, my helper also know as my darling son drew for me. Before I announce the winner, I want to say thanks for stopping by during the hop and thanks for all your kind comments. Our winner is Kitty G. Kitty please email me your full name and email address so I can have the giftcode sent to you. My email address is skrappindiva29 at hotmail dot com. Congrats!

Update on the Steampunk Puppy

Valentine's Day was a sad day around our house. Gypsy went in for her follow up and the eye was ulcerating. They had to remove her eye. It was pretty traumatic for Courtney. She reminds me of a parent in denial. Gypsy is doing fine now and looks like she is winking all the time. Hopefully that means life is getting back to normal and you will see lots of posts in the next few weeks.

Steampunk Valentine Hop

Welcome to my stop on the hop. I had really big plans for the hop. I have slowly been falling in love with all things steampunk and planned to whip out an absolutely stunning steampunk creation. I wanted to make a steampunk necklace for my darling daughter. Unfortuantely, I forgot I am not a jewelry maker. I ended up with an altered domino that hints at steampunk, but is no where near what I had imagined. It was a pain to photograph because of the mottled alcohol inks. It just didn't want to focus, but here is a peek.

When that didn't seem to come together, I decide I was going to make a steampunk inspired card. I found the perfect stamps on ebay and ordered them. Silly me, I forgot I am not much of a card maker and the stamps didn't show up on time. I should have ordered from Viva Las Vegas stamps. They have positively yummy steampunk stamps and they would have gotten here on time. So, there is no card to show a picture of at this time. For those of you who don't know two weeks ago today Gypsy (my daughter's rat terrier) had a run in with the lab and her eye popped out. She had to have surgery on her eye and she became our steampunk puppy. With the victorian collar and the tubing stitched around her eye she looks like something steampunk. I decided to share our poor steampunk puppy's story. I thought a scrapbook page with "We Love Our Steampunk Puppy" as the title would be perfect. I started creating and had this vision of a big steampunk heart. What do you think? It is so now steampunk wonderful. It looks way to cutesy. At least the dog isn't way too cutesy. Maybe she looks a little more steampunk...

I decided I have a long way to go before I become a master steampunk artist. With a bunch of work maybe I can pull off something wonderfully steampunk. Oh, I almost forgot the best part of a blog hop... blog candy. Since I wasn't smart enough to order from Viva las Vegas stamps, I think I will give away a $10 gift card to order some of their awesome stamps. All you have to do is leave me a comment. Tell me what I need to do to master this steampunk genre. You don't have to become a follower, but I sure would be glad if you did.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you soon.

Unscripted Sketches #144

Once again I am behind on the blog. My life has been rather hectic lately, but I was able to whip up a quick card with this week's sketch. Hope you decide to head over to www.unscriptedsketches.com and play along.

Unscripted Sketches #140

Well, if you haven't played along before here is what you do. Each week Unscripted Sketches posts a new sketch. It is meant to be an inspiration or jumping off point for your creativity. You take the sketch and make anything your heart desires. It can be a card, layout, altered project, cake...anything. The link your project, so we can see what yummy goodness you come up with. This is the current sketch....






Here is what I came up with...

This sketch gave me a really hard time. Even though I am round, I guess I don't work well with round. I finally ended up with this. It is just a small calendar I made for a friend. The papers are actually scraps from the Echo Park For the Record collection. I guess it is no big surprise that I used Echo Park since they are my go to paper now. I just love them. I need a few more of the collections though. I guess it is even less of a surprise that some of Tim Holtz's distress ink found their way on to the project. There there is Vintage Photo around the circle applied direct from pad to paper and a foam blending tool with vintage phot added the color to the calendar pages.  The calendar template was free at Splitcoast Stampers. I believe the person who posted it was named Cat. I would love to see what you do with the sketch.

What ? You want to know what I have been making......

I know it is after Christmas, but I am sharing a Christmas craft I made for a friend. I had to make something that went with the words, "Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree." It was extra challenging because she loves teal/turquoise, so I wanted to make it in that color family. I have been looking online and love the coffee filter wreaths and trees. I was looking at my glimmer mist and perfect pearl sprays and know what I had to do... What do you think? I started to do a tutorial, but there are so many out there it seemed redundant. If you really want one leave me comments and I will do one. These are super simple and super cheap to make. They are stunning in white and would make beautiful centerpiece for a wedding. I think I am going to do one oncream to keep in my livingroom year round or how pretty in hot pink with a green or zebra bow for a little girls  room?

Happy New Year!

Well, a new year has arrived and I am committed to being a better blogger. I am going to do my own version of Project life and and dedicating myself to growing as an artist. I have to explore my creativity in scrapbooking, writing, and whatever else comes my way. Look out 2012, I am ready for you!