A Vamp by any other name

Happy Monday to everyone!!

Just checking in to say hello & to share my latest Altered Tin creation!! I made this little sample for my first Art Group project - which starts tomorrow!

Front

 

Opened

 

Left side Glitter Girl

Right side - Atheist Girl!

Backside Vamp

Isn't it fun! I have printed a bunch of images for all the group members to play with & a ton of embellies to add to the inside of their tins! It's going to be so much fun!!

I was hoping to write a little more this morning, but I have to get the Mags off to school! (Last half day! Wahoo! Might actually get some time to myself this week!)

TTFN!

Decadence is coming...

Just a little hint of what I am working on now.

Part design team commitment for Creative Cuts & More & part artistic journey for me!!

Stay tuned in! I hope to post more as I go along! I have a month to get this book done & SOOOOO many ideas in my head to get down on paper, paint or whatever I reach for! HA!

TTFN!

CC&M/SOUS Summer Blog Hop

Hello & welcome to our Summer Mini Album blog hop, sponsored by Creative Cuts & More!
The hop will run from Friday, July 29th (7am EST) until Sunday July 31st (Midnight, EST)

 This hop is being hosted by Stuck on U Sketches & Creative Cuts & More (their blog is Die Cut Diva) Our hop today consists of Design Team members from both companies & is sure to please!! (The complete line-up is at the end of the post so that you can right to the good stuff here!)

I hope you arrived from Beatriz Guzman's blog! If you didn't arrive from Beatriz's blog, please head on over to Stuck On U Sketches  & start from the top! You won't want to miss any of the albums we created today.

Today's hop is all about SUMMER and Creative Cuts and More! CC&M has a TON of albums to choose from - check it out HERE!!!   They're just perfect for all of your summer memories & more!! CC&M is offering a 20% discount this week.  Just use discount code SOUS20 during check out to save 20% off your entire order!!

Creative Cuts & More is also giving away this AWESOME kit:
Sea Life Album Kit

Sample of what you can create w/this kit!!

So be sure to check out the rules for your chances to win at the END of this post!!

Ok, enough of all that! Let's get hopping!!

When I think of summer I think of sitting around a campfire telling stories & roasting marshmallows for S'Mores!! That is the subject of my Summertime album today, but with a little twist...when these pix were taken (late summer), it was too wet & rainy to have a campfire! So we did them in the microwave!! Not quite the same, but still very yummy!!!

I also used the Filagree Rectangle Window 8x8 album (with the vertical window & top opening) for my project today...all in SU's Basically Black! Not your usual summer color, but it really makes the pictures pop!!

I covered the front with this fun polka dot (had to handcut the window opening!) & made the "roasting marshmallows" out of sticks & clay.

It's quite a quirky little album - most of the images I found online were silly & from the 50's...

Maggie as a Marshmallow Head! (inside 1st pg)

Investigating the S'more!! (Decorative Label for journaling)

I added a small page to show some facts & the recipe for S'mores

backside of 6x8 page

I love using full page photos!!!

Another great label used from CC&M

label closeup

Don't ya love this ooey gooey shot!

The Filagree Rectangle Label!

had to show the "matches" I made w/copper Stickles up close!

I added an acetate page as an after-thought. But you can also order these with your albums!!

back side of acetate

The Decorative Label again! I LOVE these things!!!

Finger-lickin' good!!

The Decorative Label again with copper Stickles!

Last page - inside of the cover

back cover

That's it for me today! I had a blast working on this album & all the memories it brought back from that night!

We (The Scrap-a-Teeny Girls) just love to work with mini-albums - It is such a great way to showcase a specific event instead of being chronological all the time!! AND it has been a blessing in disguise to find Terry (the owner) of Creative Cuts & More to supply us with all our mini-needs!!

Be sure to check it out after the hop & order some mini's for yourself - remember, at 20% off too!!!

Now, HOP on over to Bonnie Friesen's Blog! She is sure to have something amazing to share with us all!!! But before you go, don't forget to read the contest rules below!!

Now, Do You

Wanna Win the Sea Life Mini Album Kit?

Here are the rules:

1. Become a follower of each blog
2. Leave a comment on each blog
And finally
3. Leave a comment at Die Cut Diva,  letting Terry know you stopped at all the blogs

Die Cut Diva will pick ONE lucky winner to win this awesome Kit!!

The winner will be announced on both the Stuck on U Sketches & Die Cut Diva's blogs on AUGUST 5th! So be sure to stop by & see if you are the lucky winner!!
Thanks for stopping by today!!


HOP LINEUP:
Start: SOUS
Annette Gearside
Beatriz Guzman
Becky Voth (This blog!)

Bonnie Friesen
Danielle Ryerson
Dawn Gallop
Dawn Lotharius
Fern Riley
Kayla DuPont
Kim Langhorst (This blog's sister!)
Kristine Reynolds
Leah Schaeffer
Melisa Waldorf
Nanne Harry
Noelle Reese
Nora Anne Robinson
Sandi Clarkson
Stine Ursin

Wanda Boardley
Die Cut Diva

Hope to see y'all again soon!
TTFN!

Wow! Has it been that long since I wrote?!!

I can't believe it's been a month since I gave you a "life" update??!! SO SORRY FOR THE LACK OF INFO LATELY!

I hope to jump on here in the next few days, but I am up at our family cabin with a satellite internet connection which can totally suck!

So, I leave you with these picts & to tell you to hop on over to The Scrap-a-Teeny Girls blog to see what I've been doing creatively (mostly business oriented!) & I promise to catch up soon!  Hugs & Happy Independence Day!!!

Hope ya'll had a wonderful 4th of July!!

Springtime, Faeries, Divas & More - a Mini-Album

Hello! Welcome to one of the stops in the Creative Cuts & More March Album-themed Blog Hop! Hopefully you are joining me from my sister's project over at The Scrap-a-Teeny Girls' blog. But if not, you'll want to go back to the beginning so you don't miss anything FABULOUS! Just click here & you'll be directed back to the Die Cut Diva blog where all the happiness starts!

As you read on my sister's post, we decided to split up the Mix & Match album from Creative Cuts & More (we each got 6 fabulous, double-sided pages to work with!). For my 6 pages, I decided to do a little Springtime Garden Book with a TWIST...lots of fun images of divas, faeries, butterflies & some great quotes to go along with each! (I hope to get this little gem up in our Etsy store on Thursday!)

A little quote from Willy Wonka with this springtime nymph!

Each spread of pages has a theme...the first two are all about Faeries...

A quote from Yeats

I made a large tag to insert between these two pages with this great Steampunk Faerie I found at the Altered Artifacts blog. Isn't she AWESOME! I printed her on a transparency & then attached her with a couple of brads to the tag...

 

Her quote is from Peter Pan

Here the backside of the tag...with Faerie Images from Luna Girl

 On the next page, I used this awesome image of Bette Davis (I think!) off the Web (can't find my link!) & a Tim Holtz stamp for her wings over the dictionary page for "fairy"...

Next, I moved on to the Garden...

I found this fun vintage image (online somewhere!) of a little girl at the garden shed looking so exasperated!

The quote reads, "My garden will never make me famous, I'm a horticultural ignoramus!" by Ogden Nash

Again, in between the pages, I made a funky envelope & added the flower, garden def. & a MME tag that I glittered over the word "sunshine."

Behind that is another Diva page with fun quotes about gardening...

The top Diva is from a Flickr gallery & the others were found online

 The two quotes here are: "I don't take myself too seriously anymore. Sometimes I garden in my knickers & platform shoes." Kim Wilde & "In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood

And, what's a garden book without Butterflies??

The cutout butterflies are from a DCWV paper stack & all the other butterfly cards are from Luna Girl with the exception of an image of Joan Crawford added to one!

 And finally, the back of the album...I added this great nude photo from a "History of Photography" book I have, (but the photo was unlabeled!)...

"If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring & would stay that way later in the fall."

That's it! Again, sorry for the super long posting! I wanted to be sure you got a feel for the whole book (plus, now I can post this link in the Etsy listing! Ha!)

Now it's time to hop on over for our last talented lady of the day...Noelle of noellescrapsalot! I know she will have something amazing to share with you all!

Don't forget to head back to the Creative Cuts & More store to place your order for some great mini-albums & more! She's really got a great selection AND you don't have to cut out any paper to match up with the chipboard - just pick a background color & you're set!!

TTFN!