Dance the Van Gogh

Hallo,

Well I didn't get this card done yesterday like I had planned - after I got done teaching yesterday it was kinda late and I just layed around with the kiddos the rest of the afternoon.
I colored this a few days ago and finished it off today.
The stamp is from Rubbernecker and the technique is from the latest Technique Junkie newsletter called the 'Van Gogh' technique.
If you like this technique you need to check out the Starving Artist blog
here - www.starvingartistamps.blogspot.com/2009/06/van-gogh-contest.html

They have alot more samples of the Van Gogh technique as well as a contest if you wanted to try this technique yourself.
All for today - going to try to get some more time in the craft room today - I work the weekend :( so no craft time for me until Monday....
Have a great weekend ya'll - see ya on the other side on Monday (ya I know I am strange to look forward to monday - but I am off on most mondays soooo....)
Take Care
Tera

Jenna's sketchbook

Hallo,
I finished this up on tuesday - when I had planned to be painting....but one of our close friends DD is going to collage this fall - as an ART Major with scholarships and she had seen the briefcase I recovered recently (go back a few posts). Anyway she had said she liked it so I am going to send it to her. Every collage student needs a briefcase and I am 'like totally' flattered the she would want to use it!!!!
Anyway - every Art major should also have a sketchbook don't you think? So I pulled one out of my stash and 'altered' it so that is kinda matches the briefcase.
I really had fun with this one and am really tickled with how it came out!!!
The main lady is from Rubbernecker and I colored her with my prismacolor pencils and then cut her out with my nesties/cuttlebug.
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Elegant Rubbernecker ladies

Hallo,
Welcome to Monday!!! I didn't get much done at the craft table this weekend. My poor old mutt came up lame and in pain about 4 am friday(he wouldn't walk, was in alot of pain - to the point he wouldn't even let me touch his back or back legs and usually I can - he has had similar symptoms before only up by his neck and nowhere near this bad) - I had to work so DH had to get him to the vet for me - they think he had a bone chip off near his spine, even though they couldn't see anything on xray....so almost $400 later he has pain pills and steroids.
Getting pills down a dog is almost as bad a cats - I had been doctoring all 3 of my cats for a month now for ear infections, but thankfully their medicine is liquid.
Anyway poor old mutt - Husker - is doing better, up and about, and even went for a short walk yesterday. ( I worked today so no walk today).
Saturday the kiddos had District swim meet and end of season swim party...
So here's some pics of what I managed to get done in the craft room Sunday afternoon. Same theme as fridays cards, same lady from 'Rubbernecker' only in different colors and one more shot of fridays card on darker backround.
I used spellbinders dies to cut the layers, edged with black sharpie and silver krylon, colored with prismacolor pencils, foofooed up with stickles glitter and left over pieces of the same foam from the briefcase project.
All for today - Take Care
Tera

DH's Valentines card

Hallo,
It got a little late to take a good picture when I finished this on wednesday but I wanted to have something to show you today.....it would have looked better if I had put it in front of a darker backround instead of the white but I lost what little daylight I had soo....I may retake a pic of it this weekend sometime and see how it looks then.
This as you may have guessed is what I came up with for DH for Valentines Day.
The lady is from Rubbernecker - I just got a bunch of ladies from them this week and she is the one I started with. The silver patterned backround you may recognize from a post or 2 ago as the cardstoack I put under the black felt pieces when I sprayed them with silver memory mist for the briefcase. The layers are cut with my nestabilities in my cuttlebug. The lady was colored with my lyra and prismacolor pencils and then I added some stickles glitter to her dress and bangles.
All for me today - Take Care
Tera

Inside of briefcase

Hallo,
Here's a couple shots of the inside of the briefcase - I didn't do too much because I really liked the way the inside looked all by itself.
I added some beaded trim and a focal image. I cut the black base with my nestabilities and edged it with silver, then embossed the swirls and 'Beautiful' both from Cornish Heritage Farms in silver also.
You can find the CHF set here -
www.cornishheritagefarms.com

The elegant lady is from Rubbernecker and I colored her with a combinations of lyra and prismacolor pencils - then cut her out and layered her on top.
The only thing I have left to do is give it a few coats of acrylic sealer and today was way too humid for that.....
All for now....Take Care
Tera