Flowers and Skulls

Hey there.  I woke up with what seemed to me like the world's most blinding, brain exploding headache.  I heard every single heartbeat in my temples.  So I slept in today and even after the headache was over, I was in a fog.  The rest of the day went on as usual, just peppered with a lot of naps in between.  Sheesh, every little thing took 10 times longer to do.
My art time consisted of wrapping up a couple of projects I started on Friday.

Dilly Beans - Skulls and Skellies

Close up details: I "popped" Friday's head and her skellie barrette

First up is my card for this week's Dilly Beans challenge.  I absolutely adore Megan's artwork.  I paired Friday with some sugar skulls (both colored with Prismacolor markers) from Wonderstrange.  I used up some DP scraps I had laying around and dug out my skellie glitter tape.

MilkCoffee - Throw on those flowers - TAKE 2

I also recently discovered MilkCoffee.  They have some really cute stuff there.  This is one of their images that I used to make this chunky page.  The sentiment is from Melonheadz Illustrations.  I punched out some mini daisies and put them all over the page.  I really enjoyed this challenge so I'm submitting another piece.  This will also be submitted for Fat Pages with Attitude - Anything Goes.

Well, now that I somewhat have my head screwed on right, I will attempt to read a chapter for my upcoming exam.  But first, I'm going to make a nice cup of tea.

Thanks for stopping by!

Peace and love,

Mary xoxo

Shades of Green

Second and final post of the day...
I wasn't planning on doing any more projects for the day, but I came across Take a Word's Green challenge.  Perfect...I have just enough scraps left over to make another chunky page!
I'm also going to submit this at Fat Pages with Attitude.

Precolored Digi from MissMary.com
Shamrock embellishments from Recollections
Ribbon - my stash

Here's a different angle
I used foam dots for dimension

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
Mary xoxo

Pearls, lace and seeing double

I haven't been feeling too well over the last few weeks.  It's only been the last two days I felt up to doing anything creative.  So, here goes.

Macabre Monday: Terrible Twos

Ruby from Dilly Beans colored with Prismacolor markers
Cupcake and Berry bow stamps by Sanrio

For this challenge, we had to use the same image twice.  Here, I used Dilly Bean's Ruby; I love this image because she's cute yet creepy.  Those vacant button eyes just staring.  I decided to do a Sugar and Spice theme.  And even though they are total opposites, they are still twins; so I "sewed" them together.  I'm also to going to submit this for the Fashionista challenge over at Art with No Boundaries

I used foam dots to add dimension

Whoopsie Daisy: Pearls and Lace

Isn't she so sweet?  She's the epitome of spring.  I made a chunky page for this challenge.  I colored her with Prismacolor markers and added a flower to her hair.  I tried to make a lace bow (first time ever) and I think it's an epic fail; we'll try again some other time.  I also printed a lace pattern and added some pearl accents.

That's it for now.  Gotta go and rest up.  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Peace and love,

Mary xoxo

Cute little easter basket...

Found a cool challenge blog, which is new to me, the other day.  Whoopsie Daisy has the cutest images.  I went with a 4x4 chunky page and kept it simple.  I wanted the image to be the main focus.

Colored with Prismacolor markers
I printed her out a few times to layer and add dimension

Here's a better angle to see the dimension I added with foam dots.

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!
Mary xoxo

Happiness is...

TGIF people!
I came across a new challenge blog: Digi Darla's! They are kicking off their first challenge with this cute little fairy.  The theme of the challenge is: Happiness is...

I will also be entering this chunky page over at Anything Goes Challenge for:
Fat Pages with Attitude
Whimsical Designs (also a new challenge blog for me!)
Have a great weekend!
Peace and love,
Mary xoxo

Pretty but deadly...

Hi there,
Here's another walk over to the dark side.  Forever Night wants you to get framed!!!

This is one time you don't want to stop and smell the flowers!
Nightshade Fat Page

Say hello to Ciao Ciao!  She's one of my favorite TokiDoki characters by Simone Legno.  I layer my halloween DP by K&Company to create a frame.  Ciao ciao is tending to her Nightshade plant.  I would say she has quite the "black thumb", don't you think so?

I will also be entering this at Fat Pages with Attitude anything goes challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!
Peace and love,
Mary xoxo

Care for a spot o' tea?

Hey everyone!
Did everyone enjoy their holiday? Mine was tranquil.  I worked 8 to 4, got to see my BFF Carol (she made awesome chicken fried rice for lunch!), then I hopped over to another BFF, Lisa's house after work. Mom and Gene are over and most important of all, I got to see Richie :)

I'm kind of glad that Christmas is almost done. Don't get me wrong, just got the red-green-white color scheme overload :)  So for this week's Dilly Beans challenge I went with a neutral palette.  The theme is using 3 images.

I have to say I was inspired by Sharon, a Wicked Wednesday DT colleague.  Her vintage paper doll is just so creative!  You can see it here.

So here's my chunky page, which I am also submitting to Fat Pages with Attitude:

Vintage tea cup and teapot courtesy of Graphics Fairy
Sentiment by birdscards
Happy Bunny doodle by none other than me :)
embellishments from my stash

Used foam dots to add dimension

Well, I hope that your holiday season was everything you hoped it to be and a wonderful new year to come!

Peace and love,
Mary xoxo

Santa Baby...

OK, is it just me or does anyone else feel like time is just flying right on by?  Well, it's time for another awesome challenge over at Dilly Beans! This week's theme is: Santa Baby.  I've been humming this song all day, trying to draw my source of inspiration from its lyrics...then my "aha" moment came.

"Santa baby, an out-of-space convertible too, light blue
I'll wait up for you dear
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight!"
Happy Bunny wants a light blue convertible this year, hee hee.

Ingredients:
My own Happy Bunny Santa Baby and Xmas list doodles
(ink and pencil)
Bazzill cardstock in Grenadine
Origami squares
Ribbon
Buttons, snowflakes and letters by Recollections
Presents by Sandylion

I'm also entering this chunky page at Fat pages with attitude.

Merry Christmas everyone and a happy and healthy new year!
Peace and love,
Mary xoxo

Joining challenges to challenge myself

As the weeks go by with each ATC challenge, I get to see other creative people's awesome creations.  I also learn from them.  For example, Pauline has a new challenge blog called Seems A Little Sketchy.  I wasn't sure what a sketch was...so I went ahead and emailed her.  (Thank you for the crash course!)  I also saw Jenn's awesome mermaid creation for A Day for Daisies; this week, it's a color challenge.  When I first laid eyes on that little mermaid, I knew I just had to have it!  So I decided to join both worlds and here's the end result:

Ingredients
Birthday Mermaid digi by ADFD
paper flowers
Sharpies
Orange dotted ribbon
Cardstock scraps
Pearl embellishments
Foam adhesive
turtle and shells clipart

Here's a different view so you can see the different layers!

By the way, I got all my craft stuff over at the clearance bins at Michaels.  The cool thing is that they come in little packets so in case this didn't turn out, I wouldn't waste too much.  But, I am happy how this piece turned out.  Thank you to both Jenn and Pauline for being my inspiration for this!

Peace and love,

Mary xoxo

Christmas creativity

I think that my muse drank too much Red Bull...I've been in creative overdrive since I took the leap and decided to challenge myself by participating in more than one challenge.  I find peace whenever I am playing my instruments, drawing, painting and now we add crafting.  I've learned so much from other very creative people's blogs.

So, before the first challenge was posted,  Dilly Beans decided to have a giveaway and Megan was cool enough to provide us with one of her images.  I made a chunky page, hope you like it!

I'm also submitting this to the Fat Pages with Attitude challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!
Peace and love,
Mary xoxo

Ingredients:
Dilly Beans Snowman Family digistamp
Sharpies
Red buttons
Snowflake stickers
Vinyl lettering
Foam adhesive

I used foam adhesive to make things pop!