File Storage Box

Hello!!  It's my turn to share my 2nd project of the month for Zeus and Zoe.  This project features the wonderful products from this month's challenge sponsors: May Arts. and Couture Creations.

I really needed something pretty to put my sketch books and art journals in so I created this beautiful file storage box.

I started out with a nice sturdy boutique bag that I'd been saving forever.  It already had the beautiful purple chevrons on the inside.  All I had to do was cut it down to the height I needed using a box cutter and t-square.

 To give the box some added strength, I adhered wooden album covers to the front and back of the bag.  The mini album and 7 Dots Studio paper both came in my Zeus and Zoe kit.

The beautiful ribbon I used to trim around the entire box is from May Arts.   I actually used the backside of the ribbon because the front was a little to bright for my design.  So keep that in mind when you're using your ribbons; you're not limited to just the front of the ribbon and you could even tint it to match your project.

I accented the front of my box with Couture Creations dies: Key To My Heart - embossed with CC Great Almazo 5x7 embossing folder, Magical Butterfly, Hanging Sign and Aladdins Key.

The Couture Creations hanging sign is the perfect spot to label the file box.

I added clusters of looped May Arts ribbon around the beautiful Manor Creations flower and the burlap flower I made.  

Thanks for joining me today and don't forget to enter the Zeus and Zoe May Challenge for your chance to win prizes from May Arts and Couture Creations!

Have a Wonderful Day!!

Frida - Mini Paper Mache Heart

I'm back with another mini heart!!  I actually made this one last week but hadn't had a chance to share it with you.  I find myself always wanting to take a bit of a breather after a show.  I work really hard to get ready so I like to unwind just a little afterwards.  I did complete a new project for Zeus and Zoe so I'll be sharing that one with you on Saturday.  It's a storage project so make sure you come by and check it out!  

Now onto my heart :D

The image of Frida is from the Paper Wings Productions Muertos Stamp Set and the sentiment is from the the Frida Por Vida set.  The little heart is also a PWP stamp and the flowers are hand drawn.

The sentiment is Frida's famous quote, "Feet, What Do I Need You For When I Have Wings to Fly".

The backside of this one is identical to the front.   Well friends, that's it for today.  Thanks so much for joining me & have a beautiful day!!

May PWP Nesting Components Kit & SoFlo Market Pics

Hello, Hello!  I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day.  Today I wanted to pop in and share the new Paper Wings Productions Nesting Components Kit and some pics from the SoFlo Market on Saturday.

Here's the link to Dana's project using the Nesting Components kit and here is the link to the PWP Online store if you'd like to purchase a kit.

The SoFlo Market was great and I met so many wonderful people and young girls who share my love of art.  It's so nice to meet these little girls and their parents who encourage their love of art.  Can you just imagine what beautiful works of art they'll be creating when they get my age.  I hope they keep on drawing and painting!!

My "Blessings" canvas found a new home.  There was a lady that I met last month who really loved it so her daughter and daughter-in-law came by to picked it up for Mother's Day.  I remember visiting with her for awhile last month, she was such a sweet lady.  I hope she enjoys her painting.

This awesome chest is a new addition that my DH picked up for me a week before the show.  The shelf on the top is the insert of the chest.  He's so good to me!!  The Royal typewriter and phone are other garage sale finds that he's found me.

I wanted to change my set up so he built me this wall out of a pallet.  I just love the way it all turned out.  We had a great response to our booth set up.

I also had a lot of people tell me that my heart ladies looked like me, lol.  What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!!

Daisy - Paper Mache Heart

Happy Friday Everyone, we made it to the weekend!!  I hope you had a great week and are gonna have an even better weekend with your loved ones.  I'll be out at the SoFlo Market on Saturday so if you're in my area, come on down, I'd love to meet ya!  

Now let me introduce you to my friend Daisy.  She is a fun loving girl that always looks on the bright side of life.  I'm not to sure about her choice in lipstick though, I may have to talk to her about that.  What do you think, do you like her lip color?

I really like her hairstyle, I need to wear my hair like that one of these days!

My favorite black Signo pen ran out on me when I was working on this one.  I had to use my Faber-Castell brush tip pen so I ended up with bolder outlines on my accent flowers.

 I think this heart is so fun with its bright color palette.  Daisy makes me smile :D    Here she is hanging out with a couple of her girlfriends waiting to go to the market:

Well friends, thanks so much for joining me today!  Have a fantastic weekend!!!

Honey - Paper Mache Heart

Let the parade of ladies continue!  Meet Honey, isn't she sweet ;D

Honey started out with blonde hair but I decided to go with a golden background so I had to darkened her hair.

I used a combination of script and musical note stamps on the background.  Then added various flowers and winged hearts. 

Here's a close up of Honey ;D

I tried to leave it bright but I just couldn't resist distressing the edges.  It's like an addiction, I HAVE to distress, lol.

I didn't get a chance to work on any more hearts yesterday but hopefully I'll be able to today.  Saturday will be here before you know it and there is still so much to do like figure out my set up.  I want to change it up a little bit from last time.  We'll see.....THANKS so much for stopping by, LATER!!

Artsy to the Bone - Mini Paper Mache Heart

Hey Everyone!  I thought I'd take a little break from my large paper mache hearts to share my first mini heart:

Isn't this awesome?!  I love this mini heart so much that I've decided to make this a reoccurring item in my Etsy shop.  I just love the bright colors and of course the sentiment, "artsy to the bone", lol.  This is a small paper mache heart measuring about 4" x 3".  I used the large Catrina stamp by Paper Wings Productions, the PWP Frida Por Vida stamp set for the flowers and the Muertos stamp set for the sentiment.

Here's a look at the backside of the heart.

I painted this heart with gouache and did my usual pen work around the edges.  I'm hoping to have some of these in my Etsy shop in the near future.  I completed two more of the large paper mache hearts yesterday so keep an eye for them.  Thanks so much for all your kind comments and words of encouragement.  They really mean a lot to me!  Thanks so much for visiting me today, have a wonderful day!!

Let it Be - Paper Mache Heart

I'm on a roll with these hearts!  This is the other one I finished on Sunday and I have to admit, I really love this one!

I love the blue with the pops of white and red.  I think she's just beautiful and I love her full wild hair too.

This one is so fun and summery to me, love, love, love it!

Here's my last three all together but this batch is not complete.  I have two more almost done and one more to go after that.  So hopefully I'll have six of these ladies to take to the market on Saturday.

Here's a look at my first four just for fun!

Which one is your favorite so far?  Do you think I should try to make more than one of any of them?  Let me know your thoughts, I'm all ears ;D

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my hearts!  Have a Beautiful Day!!

Faith, Hope & Love, Paper Mache Heart

Happy Monday my sweet bloggie friends!!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  Ours was busy but oh so fun.  On Friday my son graduated from his D.A.R.E. program at school so we took him and a couple of his friends to see Ironman 3.  The movie was great, you should go see it if you haven't already.  Then on Saturday and Sunday, I had a chance to work on some projects.   This week I'll be focusing on getting ready for the SoFlo Market on Saturday.  So today I'm sharing one of the hearts I completed yesterday:

When I draw out my ladies, I always try to give each one a different hair style.  I think the hair plays a big part in how the rest of the heart turns out.  For this one, I was inspired by the photo that my friend Paula from Scrap Your World shared of her gorgeous daughter.  The face doesn't look like Paula's daughter but her hair is pulled up to the side like her daughter wore to prom.  When I saw the photo of her right after her hair appointment, I knew right away that my next heart would have her up-do because she looked so beautiful.

You know the funny thing about these hearts is that they some how end up looking like someone I know.  I don't do it intentionally but we tend to draw from what we know right.  So when I was done, I laughed because this one looks so much like me niece Monica to me.

Tomorrow I'll be sharing another heart that I completed yesterday and hopefully I'll get a few more done by Friday.  Thanks so much for stopping!

Have A Beautiful Day!!

Happy Birthday Beautiful - Zeus and Zoe May Challenge

Happy Saturday Everyone!  Today I'm sharing my May challenge layout inspired by Riikka's gorgeous mood board.  Here is the LINK to the challenge in case you wanna take a look at the mood board and check out the fabulous prizes that this month's sponsors May Arts and Couture Creations are giving away to the winners.

My sweet little grand daughter just turned one and when I saw Riikka's board, I knew these pics of her birthday would be perfect.  I stayed with the soft pinks mixed with white and a tiny punch of fuchsia.  (You know I just couldn't resist adding a bright bold color, lol).

The base of layout is pink Bazzill, then a distressed layer of My Mind's Eye Lost & Found and on top of that is a piece of 7 Dots Studio, Love Me Hopefully from my Zeus and Zoe kit.  The 7 Dots paper had really cute medallions on it so I cut all of them out to use as embellishments.  I punched the top and bottom with a Martha Stewart scallop punch.  Next I stenciled some dots here and there with gesso and gave the edges a light white wash.  

To matte my photo, I used some of the Paper Reflections accordion tags and a vintage handwritten letter.    Then I layered the circles that I cut out and a couple of the beautiful vintage crotchet trims from my Zeus and Zoe kit.  

I painted over some of the gold buttons and the Prima Ruby Violet flowers to tone them down to match my layout.

I added a bow on her giant cupcake cake using some May Arts ribbon.

To finish off my layout, I added my usual doodling around the edges.  I just really like the idea of framing my projects and doodling does the trick for me.

Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope I've inspired you to play along with our May Challenge!

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

May Flowers - PWP DT Blog Hop & Giveaway

Happy Friday & WELCOME to the “May Flowers” Paper Wing Production's Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway! If you've arrived here from Amber's Blog, then you're in the right place.  If you’re just stopping by for a visit, I’d love for you to check out our hop.  Please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning.

It’s that wonderful time of year when the temperatures start getting warming  and luscious greenery along beautiful bright blooms can be seen everywhere.  Oh I just love this time of year, don’t you?!  Mother’s Day is also right around the corner so today we’re sharing beautiful floral inspired projects.  We’re also giving away a gift certificate to the Paper Wings Production’s online store to one lucky follower.   

For a chance to win, all you need to do is: be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog, The Aviary.  Visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave them some love.  Then go back to The Aviary and leave a comment letting them you completed the hop.  To increase your chances of winning, like the Paper Wings Productions Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Then just come back and let us know!  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of the additional entries.  The winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 7^th, 2013 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

This month I created a 9x12 mixed media canvas featuring some unique flowers.  Can you tell which PWP stamp I used on my flowers?!  Well if you guessed the butterfly stamp, then you are correct!  I've had this idea for awhile but just never got around to trying it until now.  I simply stamped the set of wings then cut them in half.

Here's a closer look at them.

I embossed and inked all of the edges of my petals then curled and glued them on.

This bird chippie if from the Blue Fern Royal Bird Frame.  All I did was cut the piece I wanted to use, gesso'd, sprayed with Dylusions inks and stamped with the PWP Flourish stamps.

My background is vintage sheet music, paint, some Build A Shine and Flourish stamps.

I really like the fun bright colors of this canvas.  It feels happy to me.  What do you think?!  Well I hope you enjoyed the hop, I know my DT sisters worked hard on their projects and we all appreciate you hopping with us!  Please stop by the Paper Wings Productions Blog next and let us know what you thought of the hop.

***Here is the complete line up***

Laura Austin Tatsch - http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com/

Dana Tatar - http://datatar.blogspot.com/

Shay - http://verdigrishall.blogspot.com/

Carrie Avery - http://www.carrieavery.com/

Tara Chaussee - http://secretbeesstudio.blogspot.com/

Amber Rasmussen - http://sew-ink.blogspot.com

Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com/

Paper Wings Productions Blog “The Aviary­ - http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY!

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