one more ornament

Good Afternoon Ladies,

The snow just keeps on coming. I remember winters being like this when I was a kid. As a kid it was a little more fun....no school....no driving in the white stuff...you get the idea. On the up side of all the snow as an adult...I spend more time at home in my creative cave. I also really appreciate the warmth of my home, a good mug of hot coco, and my family not being in a rush to go here and there.
The above photos are the flip sides of an ornament I created. The side with the button has the actual button card that the button came on. I just cut off the bottom of the card. The other side has an image from webster's pages. The little tiny roses are from Prima. The side of the ornament is glittered using double tape from sparkle and sprinkle.
Well....off to the cave to create...
Happy Scraps,
Mrs. Swandog

black and white winter photo challenge

Good Morning Ladies,

This morning I am bringing you another challenge I did yesterday for the MPTS forum. It was a black and white winter photo challenge. I created a canvas board for this challenge. To create this I painted the canvas board black. I stamped snowflakes in the lower left hand corner of the board. I then added a hankie from an auction using the Studio matte gel medium. I matted the photo in black and added it using the same matte medium. The quote is vellum. I placed it inbetween black cardstock and a die-cut frame cut from stiff felt. To keep it all together I used two snowflake brads. I inked chipboard birds and branches that I inked with distressed barn red and black soot. Flat back snowflakes and birds finish this canvas off. Thanks Heather to putting me up to the challenge.

Check out the more paper than shoes forum on the net. There are is a bunch of fun stuff there with plenty of creations to get inspired from.

Well....off to wash the dogs...
Happy Scraps,
Mrs. Swandog

challenge for MPTS green box

Good Evening Ladies,
I was over at the MPTS forum this morning and decided to take Heather up on her green box challenge. Here is the project I created using a shipping box.

This was fun to create. The snow is snow tex. I used blue crystal laquer for the frozen ice. I sprinkled diamond dust over the entire bottom. I added stamped and embossed trees to the background. My skating kitty is a vintage ornament. I used sparkle and sprinkle double sided tape and added glitter to the edges front and back.Pearl flat backs hang from the top. The paper I wrapped the box in has flocked snowflakes on it.

Well...off to go watch CSI,
Happy Scraps,
Mrs. Swandog

Time for new things

Good Morning Ladies,
We are now in the year 2011. Wow time flies when you're artful. I was sitting here this morning thinking about entering challenges. I hopped on over to Somerset Studios to see what kind of upcoming challenges they had. Here is a link to those challenges. http://www.stampington.com/submissions/  I have said over the years that I was going to enter one of these challenges. This is the year I am going to make good on that. I don't know when but I will do it. I have a feeling once I start I will do more than one. Give this some thought and give it a whirl yourself.

 Over at the Creative Paper Artist Blog our challenge this month was a tag of resolutions. As you see mine is dog related. I created this tag using a chipboard scallop for the base. I used acrylic paint in two colors to transform the chipboard. I stamped and embossed different dog show images and added them. I tore brown paper, inked the edges and wrote my goals for this year. Rhinestones seemed to be fitting here. I added ribbon and fiber for the tassel. I will display this in a spot in my home where I will see it every day, so as not to lose sight of my goals.

January is a good time for me to spend lots of time in my creative cave. I am not the cold weather lover some are. So I get a lot finished in January. This is also a great month to have my creative friends gather at my house and have some fun. So instead of being a long wait till spring, it becomes the cold weather retreat.

Happy Scraps,
Mrs. Swandog

Happy New Year!

Good Morning Ladies,
Christmas is over and a new year has begun. I can't wait to see what the new year brings!
I'm sure creating will be at the top of my list this year. My room is awaiting more organizing. This will go slowly as it always does. But I have a new stack of containers just waiting to be filled with goodies.

I have plans to make things ahead of time this year for the holidays. All holidays. I need to keep focus so I am not rushing at the end of the year.

Here is a sample for today that was just  plain fun!

I created this ornament for my mom. The front side seemed to match my mom's silly easter photo. She likes to have fun and her attitude is if you can't deal with having fun....well just excuse me for living! Thanks for the inspiration Mom. I can't wait to give this to her. I think she will enjoy it.

May the new year bring you lots of silly!

Happy Scraps,
Mrs. Swandog