The Perks of Being a Wallflower From Screen to Scrap Challenge

Have you seen this movie?  I must admit that when I first heard of it I thought, Oh great, another teen agnst movie.  But I was so wrong.  This movie is such a treasure.  Great characters and the soundtrack rocks!  I down-loaded the movie and the soundtrack to my laptop.  If you haven't seen it, what's stopping you?

Okay, commercial over.  On to the challenge.  From Screen to Scrap's May challenge is based on the movie poster.  The criteria to follow: a bit of green cardstock, black title and bricks.  Of course I used a lot of green cardstock since it's my background paper :-)  Journaling reads:

Teenager meet Brick Wall.  Brick Wall meet Teenager.  You have a lot in common with each other.  For instance, when I ask Teenager a question he doesn’t vocalize an answer; when I ask Brick Wall a question it doesn’t vocalize
 an answer.  When I ask Teenager to do something he stands there; when I ask Brick Wall to do something it stands there.  See the similarities?  I know that time will erode some of  Teenager’s attitude just as time erodes away a Brick Wall.  But dealing with Teenager in the in-between years makes we want to hit my head against Brick Wall.

We've hit the teenage years hard in our home, can you tell?  We've been working through some challenges. And "talking to a brick wall" is not a cliche to a parent of a teenager! I can almost see my words as they hit him and then crumble to the ground unheard, unwanted <sigh>. But I'll keep talking and hope that some of the words get through.

Digi  Credits: Captivated Visions, Sissy Sparrows and Anna Aspnes.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Craftin'!

Let Your Inner Child Out to Play with SSAJ5

Credits: Studio Tangie Baxter,

Studio Rebecca Mcmeen, Studio Rosey Posey

Ruccola Designs, Fine Crafted Designs

Eenas Creations

It's time for SSAJ5-May Art Journaling Challenge. This month is all about possibilities. And the best part...we're making art dolls! Do you remember when you were a child cutting up paper and magazines to make people? It's as simple and fun as that ;-) Or for those that aren't allowed to play with sharp objects (heehee) you can always draw one.

That's what I did for my page.  I cut out the clothes, but then painted the head and arms.  As you can see I'm still playing around with lettering styles.  Haven't quite figured that out yet.  Each page I learn a little bit more about myself and the materials I'm using.  Which is part of the reasom why I art journal.


When I started this page I had a prepped background of faded blue, white and purple squares.  I then inked up an old texture plate and pressed it on to the page.  It made me think of a wall so I added bricks to the page in a random pattern.  As I sketched my doll she seemed to tell me she wanted to wear pants, which led to pockets and that sparked the idea for my journaling.  That's one of the things I love about art journaling.  If you let yourself relax and just go with it there's no telling where you'll end up.  One thing I learned about my purple glaze pen: Let it dry completely or it will smear.

All the details for this month's art journaling challenge can be found here.


Also, don't forget all the NSD challenges are still going on over at Soul Scrappers. You have until May 12th to get at least 3 done to be entered to win a prize!


Thanks for visiting!

iNSD Fun Going on All Week at Soul Scrappers!

Hi, Everyone!  Happy interNational Scrapbook Day!
Isn't it great to have a day where the whole scrapbooking community worldwide gets together to celebrate this wonderful craft.

Soul Scrappers is having 7 challenges for NSD. If you complete at least 3 your name goes in for a random prize drawing. The best part...you have until May 12th to get them done and uploaded to the gallery...Woohoo!
 I've added my challenge-NSD3 Sketch Challenge to the gallery.

And here's my sample LO using the beautiful My Sanctuary Kit from Captivated Visions.

So why not pop on over to Soul Scrappers and let the fun begin :-)

Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you have a chance to create today.
P.S. Tangie got her funding!  My thanks to everyone who helped get the word out and/or pledged. 

Only 3 Days Left!

There's only 3 days left on Tangie's Kickstarter Campaign and she still needs some pledges.  The way Kickstarter works is it's an allor nothing program.  So if she gets $29, 999 in pledges by closing on May 4th she gets $0.00.

She plans on refurbishing a dance studio into an art studio.  She will host art/mixed-media classes there, summer camps for children, and have an area for filming her on-line workshops and even live streaming programs...woohoo!  I'd appreciate your help in getting the word out.  I know how much her on-line workshops have enriched my life and when I think of how many more people she could reach with her new studio I get warm fuzzies :-). 

Above is an intro video she did about her project.

Your pledge counts and she has amazing rewards available for a little as a $2.  Go check it out here.  Thanks!

Until next time...Happy Craftin'!

The Secret Life of Embossing Folders Revealed!

Happy Saturday, Everyone!  I'm a guest Blogger today at Stamping in Columbus.  Come visit and discover the secret life of the embossing folder :-)

Have a great weekend and happy craftin'!

Anyone Looking? - NSC22 Challenge

A new Negative Space Sketch Challenge is up over at Soul Scrappers.  Here's the sketch.  I decided to change it up a bit this time around.  You can find all the details for the challenge here.

And here's my sample page...who says you can't use blue on a girl page? Not I and certainly not Miss Ashley you looks pretty on a background of pale blue.  Digi supplies used were Bluebird on My Shoulder by Chelle's Creations a kit that was part of the Digi Files this month.

I hope you'll join us for NSC22 or perhaps one of the other many fun challenges we have going right now.

And don't forget SSAJ4 is going on for the whole month of April.

Until next time...Happy Creating!

Wonder and Truth Sketch

This afternoon when I took a small break I felt the need to sketch.  Naturally, I didn't have my sketchbook or art journal since I was at work.  So I grabbed a steno pad and pencil.  It was so much fun and so relaxing to immerse myself in sketching even if it was just for 15 minutes.

I really like how she turned out <inner critic is screaming "Let me out!, but I say "No!!">.   I even tried to draw some flowers which is something I've not been keen to try.  For now, I'll tape her into my sketchbook for future reference.  And I'm going to start taking my sketchbook to work :-)

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have time to create today, even if it's just for 15 minutes.