Gothic Arches- Let them eat Cupcakes!

Can you believe it I don't own a single cupcake stamp. I must have spent 2 hours going thru my stash of stamps,digital images,stickers,papers and all I found was this tiny cupcake sticker. I think it would have been faster to pull out my flour, sugar and butter and made some from scratch then photograph it. Oh well I ended up doing a ATC since my cupcake was so small. So heres my Let Them Eat Cupcakes. Stamps by Oxford Impressions. Digital image by The Graphics Fairy. See the rest at Gothic Arches

New Design team

Gingersnap Creations
Announces its new design team. Congratulations to the following artists! Do stop by and see all their amazing art. Theres lots of fun and special challenges coming up that you won't want to miss.
Creative Team & Founding Femmes:
Alison Manning-New England Stamper
Sharon Briss-Ill Tempered Ink
Design Team:
Debby Boltman-Debbys Stuff
Elina Koutsouradi-Elina
Erika Taylor-Taylord Concepts
Hels Sheridan-Ink On My Fingers
Jean Franks Beck-BluebirdPaperie
Jo Capper-Sandon-Jo Blogs
Joanne Wardle-Made By Joanne
Laura Liddell-As Happy As
Paula Whittaker-Cardcraft Creations
Contributing Artist:
Lynn Stevens-/Trash to Treasure Art

Leather pendants

I totally forgot to post these ,they are for another online group I belong to. You were to make a leather pendant for a swap. Here's two I did.

Gothic Arches-City

I'm a little late in posting ,I had company Sunday and well you know how that goes! I choose to do Hollywood for my City. Old time Hollywood with its glamorous movie stars ,ahhhh Tinseltown in all its glory. Check out the fabulous cities at Gothic Arches

Haunted House Swap

I had so much fun doing this Haunted House Swap with an online group I belong to. You make 7 pages all different. Swap them out and get 7 different pages back. I hope the pictures aren't to dark to show up!

Published- Doing the Happy Dance

Just received the newest edition of Stampers Sampler Take Ten, they published two of my pieces. Yipee!!!

Playing in my Studio-Altered Art

I was playing in my studio last Sunday and wanted to do something creative,I hadn't done much altered art lately but had a little fun with this piece. It does feel good to just let go sometimes. I call it Forgotten Childhood.

Gothic Arches- little boys-Captured in Time

With the theme this week at Gothic arches of Little boys I had to use this picture. It holds special meaning to me. Its my dad when he was a little tike. One of my very favorites of him! Hes been gone 10 years now but not forgotten! See them all at Gothic Arches

Mixed Media Monday-Blue and green

Butterflies Are Free

My card for mixed media Monday. I used Acetate and pearl ex, Butterfly stamp is a soon to be released image from I Brake for Stamps as well as the text stamp. The little girl image from
Artchix Studios, go check out the creations at Mixed Media Monday

Gothic Arches- Poe- The Raven

When I think of Poe I think of the Raven. At Gothic Arches this week the theme is Poe. My raven stamp is from Inka stamps, Background image is from itkupilli
, be sure and check them all out this week at Gothic Arches

Tag Tuesday- metallic

FOR BUNS OF STEEL-
Its tag Tuesday at Kard Krazy and Louise has given us the challenge to use metallic in our tags. I used metal tape and ran it thru my cuttlebug ,painted it with gesso ans sanded it. I punched the letters for the text into a scrap, thought it would be appropriate for a metal tag. LOL .Hard to show up in the photo tho.Topped it off with a garter belt clip. heehee
TFL!

WooHoo- I Made The Cover of SS

Whats this? Yes its me. I made the cover of the Aug/Sept 09 issue of Stampers Sampler. I,m now doing the Happy dance!! Mines the bird house front and center.The Stamps are from Artistic Outpost
I have three other pieces published as well. Two for the Halloween submissions.(I just love Dem Bones) stamps by Stamp Francisco ,they also are the stamps I used for Night Rider. My china doll image is from Retro Cafe Art

Where Bloggers Create

Karen at My Desert Cottage
is hosting a blog hop where 185 bloggers are showing where they create.

Welcome to my Gallery/Studio. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy your visit. My Gallery/Studio is divided into 3 rooms. You enter the Gallery portion So I started with these pictures first. The room is divided by a wood beamed wall that enters my Studio, this is where all my creating gets done. The third room is where I store my paints and tools (We won't be going there!!!) Not to much to see... theres about 300 gallons of paint and tools,stains,brushes etc. So lets get started shall we?

Heres a few pictures of the Gallery half of my Studio/Gallery filled with Paintings, prints, wood carvings and some paper crafts.


My STUDIO -My cutting station,paper, etc.

Some finised pieces and where I find my inspiration when I've lost my muse!

A few of my Shrines

My cuttlebug station and things just waiting to be created and a few cherished art pieces from friends :)



Some close up of my goodie shelves.




Embellishments and some finished projects
Found objects just waiting to be created
Some of my game embellishments
My Markers and brushes

My Unmounted stamp storage

A little Blog Candy
Thanks for stopping by to see my gallery. I would like to show my appreciation by giving away a little something. If you leave a comment at the end of this post I'll enter you in the drawing for this little bracelet I made. I,ll draw a name Sunday evening 9:p.m MST.
To get back to the Where bloggers create page click here. mydesertcottage

Downhome Serenity Wallhanging

My project for Artistic Outpost using the Serenity plate found hereArtistic Outpost I dyed some muslin added some lace and stitched to a twig frame. I cut and drilled the buttons from deer horn.
Don't forget theres a special on all Holiday plates till the end of the month. Get a jump start on your Holiday cards.

Sunday Postcard Art- Vintage children

Sunday Postcard Art has a challenge this week to use Vintage children. I had picked up this little image last week t a yard sale.The bottom lace image is from a vintage card. The stamps are from Hero Arts and Stampin up. go check out all the submissions this week.

Tag Tuesday- Embossing

It was fun to pull out that embossing powder collecting dust in my drawer. I forgot how pretty some of them are. I chose a violet color, although I don't know if it shows up in the picture. The stamp is from Hero Arts.I used purples and pink inks on glossy cardstock for my background. See all the entries at Kard Krazy