Beautiful Rubbish! Trash to Treasure.

You get a 2 for 1 today! I came back into the Living Room to take a drink of my water, only to find it filled with the crayons my 2 year old had been coloring with. Well, at least she didn't color on the wall, I thought to myself. It is so like a 2 year old to think to do something with an everyday thing you may not have thought of before. So, I decided to do the same thing myself. I got out my rub-ons, which sat undisturbed in their beautiful package since receiving them for my Sale-A-Bration bonus. I hesitantly pulled them from the package, and then, like a Band Aid, tore them from my list of things to look at and never touch-and actually put them on something!!!!! To make things even more difficult,(anxious breathing now) I pulled out the trash can from underneath my craft table, which I had lovingly adorned with one of those hair-tie flowers I don't wear anymore but couldn't get rid of, and Slice!, cut them up and started sticking them on. Once I started I couldn't stop. How about a flower here, a fleurish there, a Butterfly! It was addictive, and fun! It even matched my Black and White theme (punctuated by hot pink, not seen here). Oh the satisfaction, the adrenaline, the sheer pleasure of the freedom. Enters my 2 year old "OOOOOOOooooooooooohhhhhh!!!" (Squeal of girly delight). Need I say more? Take yours out, rub them on something. Squeal a little bit-everybody needs a little Beautiful Rubbish in their life.

Watercolors are FUN!

I was trying to keep 2 toddlers busy coloring, so I sat down to "color" on this canvas I had purchased to do some sort of painting/fabric thing on. I decided to take out my SU! Watercolor Crayons to do a part of the image to give it that watery look, and then paint the rest. Little did I know how fun those things actually are on a new medium. Because the canvas was already primed for paint the results were perfect! I just drew my image on in pencil thinking I would be painting over the lines. However, I loved the effect I got with the crayons. The color looked more like paint than traditional watercolors on the canvas, so I kept coloring away. Voila! I did the entire picture with them, and my little girl loves it. It's for her room, thus the colorful flowers. I patterned my flowers off of a stamp set in the catalog called Stemming From on p.86. I plan to cover the edges with some SU! ribbon from the '07 Winter Mini. Obviously, for long term preservation it would need to be sprayed with some sort of artist seal coat to prevent fading, or water damage. I am really pleased with how it turned out. So, whip out those crayons-and go color on your walls(or canvases).

Where have I been?

Well, it has been a month now. My apologies to all my Blog sisters. Thank you for your encouragement and comments while I have been out of the loop. Blog Candy may ease the irritation I'm sure that has been. (Bottom of Post) I am 7 months pregnant and had a bad fall, and on top of that was trying to recover from my parents visit, during which we did some major construction. The construction was for a top floor laundry room, and I am happy to say there is more clean laundry in my home now than dirty. I am also recovering from the setback of being injured and sore, but mom and baby are fine!
During this time I managed to open a new Etsy shop where I am selling some of my hand stamped goods. Actually, I am buying a lot of other artists stuff, it's so addictive and fun!!! If you want to check me out I am at moonegirl.etsy.com
I haven't been able to stamp as much as I want to , but I have been purchasing some things. I will post several images on all the stuff I managed to do. This card (above) was stamped with a retired SU! set which I got at a special party we recently had with about 30 local Demonstrators. I had so much fun with the colors. Ruby Red, Groovy Guava and Chocolate Chip with Vanilla inserts. I used the aquapainter and ink pads to ink the edges, and the Color Spritzer tool with the Chocolate Chip marker. Chocolate Chip satin ribbon added that special touch.
Thank you for looking! Happy Stamping!!! Please check back for a huge Blog Candy giveaway this month!!! You won't want to miss this one.