And Now For Something Completely Different

And I do mean different. My first foray into Altered Art - may I present Delia's Answer is One

I have to send a huge basket o' love to Tammara at Pixel Music. This was made from her wonderfully inspiring (and free, go grab it) AA kit Pam Jam.

I think I'm in love, quite frankly. I already have two or three more spinning in my head. Including, yes, Napoleon and the chicken.

And now, back to our regulary scheduled program. For now :-D

Last Call

For today, that is.

Lynn at TMA Designs has been a busy bee this month as well - kits and blogtrains abound over at her place.

The two I worked with this month are:

A New Creation


Nature's Inspiration

The finished layouts:







The last one was for another challenge - we were given a list of what the lo had to include. It was cool working from a recipe - it's another challenge I'll likely revisit.

So, I think I'm caught up now. Whew, now I can get back to scrapping :-D

Dream

I'm having a blast with the kits from Sherah at SKrapper Digitals. The latest one is Dream:



Here's what I did with it:






These were a lot of extraction practice. I use GIMP, and while I love the 'intelligent scissors' action, it's still a pain in the butt for me. But the results can be so cool; I'll just have to keep practicing.

Which means I need to finish up here :-D

Back in the Saddle

At least I'm consistent - I don't show up for weeks, and when I do I have an armful of pretties to show off. It's a priority thing, honestly. My computer time is limited, and I'd always rather be scrapping than blogging about scrapping.

The blogger's eternal dilemma - live life, or write about it.

Anyway, I'm here now, and yep, I have a whole bunch of things to show you. I was a busy lil scrapper during June.

I'll start with the biggest batch first (if my lovely lil heathen lets me :-)

Mandy has been rockin' over at DSM - these are her June kits:




And here are my layouts:









These next two are made from blog freebies (My Love For You and Julia; which may still be available if you dig through her archives)



That last on was for a challenge at DSM, a ten-things-about-me meme layout. I'm slowly getting into challenges; I love having a topic or theme to work around. I was always that way about writing, as well - give me a theme or a funky title and watch me go.

It's also a good thing for me to work with a deadline - although the month was so crazy I didn't finish the lo until the very last day. I hope to do better this month :-D

And on that note, time for the next entry ...

And the Fates get a back rub with their flowers ...

They've been hooking me up good :-D

That guest CT spot I didn't think I'd get? Weeee doggiesssss! Sometimes I love being wrong.

Sherah at SKrapper Digitals was one of the first designers I fell in love with - this kit started it:

I have to admit I was somewhat intimidated by this kit. It's so awesomely cool (my style all the way around) I was afraid of working with it. It took me six months to come up with my first lo:


The next two took almost as long - I bought the kits at least two months ago (probably way closer to three).

I figured out one of the reasons I love being on a CT - I can't let the kits intimidate me. No sitting in the virtual file cabinet gathering dust. Take this kit, for example:

I've had this incredibly intimidating kit in my possession since Thursday - these are the first two layouts:

Not too bad, if I do say so myself :-D

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Ok, that's it for now - it's *way* past my bedtime :-D

I owe my muse some flowers ...

I've been on such a biscuit (hey, I'm southern we don't get on a rolls, we get on a biscuits), but I'll spare another graphics intensive post. Several smaller ones will do the trick :-D

I've finished up my first set of layouts for Mandy - this last lo is from the kit Baby Acres:




My lo:



Like so many of my recent lo's, this one is light years from what I started with. That's part of the fun, though - for me, anyway. Watching the progressive changes come about as I work - it's kind of like the writing, when the words seem to come through me rather than from me. I start out with an idea of what I want to do, and as I work the picture and elements tell me what they should be.

They are always right, too. They must be in cahoots with my mother. And my husband :-D

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I hear tell of another mega blog train getting stoked to roll - my hd is going to go on strike, I think. Poor babies are both slammed full as it is. At any rate, there will be at least one lo coming from that, and Gods only know how many coming this:



Isn't this an incredible kit? Somewhere around 100 designers worked on the kit - it's over 2g, and man, the papers about have me twitching. That's the next kit to hit the table, I think.

After I make the next post, that is :-D

No, really, I can stop at any time! I swear!!

I've joined another CT team - you'll now also have the pleasure of seeing wonderfulness from MandyMade.  She's a wonderful designer with a great style:

 

Sweet Child of Mine

first lo from this kit:

 

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This Old House  

my lo

(which was the bloom of the day at DSG :-)

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I've also applied two other places, one of which I know I won't get (I'm tied for last in the poll  lol).  The other ... well, I have my fingers crossed.  We'll see.  Things work out as they should.  At any rate, since I'm betting sure I won't be influencing judging I'll post my lo's from the contest:

The Kit, from the Stone Accents Studio design team:

My lo's;

 

  

  

  

*Whew*  I've been a busy girl, haven't I?

No, seriously, I can stop ...  anytime I want.  I'm not addicted ...

*snort*  yeah, right.

Ok, now I have to go do all the chores i've been neglecting while I scrapped.  I'll be back.  With another big old honker  :-D