Sentimental Sundays #165 - Anything with Wings sponsored by A Day for Daisies

So, if you've been following along here, you'll know I've been a bit preoccupied with a cross country move and settling into a new home...then I hope it's not too much of a surprise that I'm late with my Sentimental Sundays project, but I'm officially back to creating!

metallic purple embossing over die cut clock - 2 layers!

This week's SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS challenge is sponsored by the simply gorgeous designs of:

A Day For Daisies Challenge 
A Day For Daisies Store
Donating: $12 gift certificate 

This week's challenge is:
Anything with WINGS

(plus a sentiment)

There is only 2 more days to link up!

I can't say it enough...I love the sweet images to be found at ADFD! They are such a wonderful line of designs and easily can be used with whatever style of creating you find yourself in. I chose:

WILD ROSE NYMPH

click to get your very own!

i love the subtle shine from the sequins and embossing...

My daughter turned sweet 16 last week! Where does the time go?! In the midst of all the chaos, we were able to pull together a mini Mom & Me day and a small dinner party that evening (not to mention we closed on our house in Colorado!) Alas, I was unable to make time to create her card until last night...want to see it?

the 'blue' sequin is really purple. wings are glittered

see the numbers? some random office stamp i picked up thrifting.  love the font.

 Thanks for stopping by! Now hurry and link up your project for your chance to win some ADFD goodies!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Playing along with these challenges:
A Day for Daisies #75- Favorites
Twisted Tuesday Challenges - Extra Letters & Numbers (letters in the clock die cut & numbers under the sentiment)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Craftin' Desert Divas - Birthdays
Created with Love - Anything Goes (and they have an anniversary hop!)
Through the Purple Haze - Favorite Colors (purple & green)

WOYWW #28 (217) Studio Before Pictures

Whoa!
Fell off the wagon
and rolled into the ditch!

It's been awhile since I've played along with WOYWW...(I wonder how many of my last woyww posts start out with something like that?!) Glad to see that Julia Dunnit, the Queen of Peek is still at it!

In fact, it's been awhile since I've played in the studio at all.

I really thought I'd have the studio up and running weeks ago.

Silly me.

There's been the unpacking, family visits and family visiting, Boy Scout camp, birthdays and all the activities associated with moving to a new state and the selling and buying of 2 houses. Ugh.

Thankfully, we are done with the houses and beginning to settle in a bit.

There are still about a dozen boxes to be unpacked. Mostly house items and out of season clothing...we think. The movers marked the boxes with what the majority of the contents were, but there were A LOT of boxes marked with the main item, but filled with lots of something else. For instance, my antique typewriter was marked on the box (it was located near the family room in the old house) but the majority of the box was my husband's t-shirts (definitely not in the family room!)

Sigh.

I am making progress. I do love the room. Lots.

Want to see what I've been up to? Obviously, these are the BEFORE shots...the AFTER shots are still in the making, a work in progress! lol

Sorting out the contents of the boxes...lots of boxes.

The only item officially hung up is the clock. My main desk is buried in the middle of the room. Can't wait to get the pegboard framed and hung up. Then the real organizing of the workspace begins!

The Workbench - where most of the actual creating happens.

paper, stamps, light table, stuff & more stuff

got milk?

My family drinks a lot of milk. At least the cartons came in handy! Originally, I had saved them to use for mini books, but they were the perfect size for paints, mists, stamps, punches...you get the idea! 

Putting things in places, but I suspect it will be a couple of months of use before I really get my workflow figured out in the new room.

Thanks for stopping by!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Sentimental Sundays #159 - Sprays & Mists Sponsored by Mayzy Arts

I'm beginning to feel a bit like the white rabbit!

"I'm late for a very important date!"

Our cross country move has wrecked havoc with my creative schedule! Not only have I had to put away all but the basic of art supplies, but then the lack of internet prevented me from sharing what I did make.

Sigh.

Rant over.

This card was created for the Sentimental Sundays Sprays and Mists Challenge sponsored by the whimsical Mayzy Arts!

Is this not the cutest steampunk image? She's not for the hardcore, but she's a darling! And I love her. Steampunk Meri is great to color. You can art her up or dress her down. Your choice.

Copics Used:

Hair: E23, E81, E89

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, R89

Eyes: YG03, BV34, V20

Clothes: E23, E37, E81, E84, R21, R85, V09, RV09

Guns: E84, N2, YG03

Sprays and mists. Some of my most favorite art supplies evah. Buy them. Make them. Use them. One of these days I will schedule time to show how to make this type of background. The shimmer patterns remind me of marbling. Gorgeous faux texture, color mixes & glimmer!

My youngest daughter helped me make background papers while we took a break from packing boxes. She made over 15 sheets for me to use in about 20 minutes! She did a great job, right?

I better get back to catching up on emails...

Inky hugs,
Angi

Challenges I'm playing along with:
Oozak #16 - Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Sparkles #45 - Steampunk or Vintage

Sentimental Sundays #158 - Metal sponsored by Rick St. Dennis

In the middle of 'move mode', so this will be a quick post...albeit scheduled late. 
Thankfully, this won't be the norm in a couple of weeks!

Sentimental Sundays has a great challenge up!

METAL

What a sweet challenge! My embellishment stash contains a lot of metal...tags, brads, tape, mesh, lots of found items...ask me...I probably have it! You can dress it up shiny and clean or make it dirty, grungy or vintage.

Since I'm working with a limited supply, I don't have a lot to work with, but lo and behold I had kept a small box (I had really thought I'd donate it, but I NEEDED it! LOL)

Rick St. Dennis has a unique flavor...some of his images are not for the faint of heart; his images have such wonderful character and they're great images to color!

I love this image...the wings, the teddy bear...so darn cute! Colored up with Copics. Inked up with a Palette pad (more almost donated items...*grin*)

You can find the image here:
An Old Man's Dream

Skin: E000, E00, E11
Hair: E42, E84
Clothes: R59, R89, YR30
Bedding: BG72, YR31, G43, N4, C1
Bear: N2, N4
Bed: E23, E37

I didn't have any sentiments (with me) that I wanted, so I typed up my own. Here are some more fun sentiments for this image...

Work Hard.
Play Hard.
Take a Nap.

Know what it takes to have a quiet, relaxing Father's Day?...a different family. (I really loved this one!)

Okay, I said short, but I guess I'm just missing you peeps and all my artsy stuff...so show us your metal. I need an artsy fix!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Playing in these challenges:
Oozak - Blue, Stars & Stripes

Sentimental Sundays #157 - Summer Color Inspiration sponsored by Saturated Canary

Welcome to Sentimental Sundays' newest challenge...on Monday. Yep.

(The challenge was up on time; it's just me & my card that's late!)

I am loving the warmer weather and the sunshine and wouldn't you know it - this challenge is sponsored by:

Saturated Canary

and the theme is SUMMER COLOR INSPIRATION.

Love the muted colors. The sun has a lovely way of washing out color, doesn't it? And wouldn't you love to be sitting in this picture with a cool drink? Ahhh...

Here's my card, using Circus Trixie. Love her. I'm already working on some ideas on how to use her on another project...on the 'after move' list, of course! My colors aren't exactly the same tone, but I had to make do with what I had on hand...I'd say I did okay: bluegreens, orange, cream/yellow.

Copics used:

Hair: BG000, BG10, BG72, BV34

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Eyes: YG63

Dress: YR31, Y17, R81, R85, RV55

Hoop: V17, V22, V25

Missing my embellishment stash, and would have used a few star brads, buttons, twine...something. I did use fun trim and glitter. This is definitely CAS for me, but I like this card.

This is part of a couple of sentiment stamps (stars and words are from different stamps.) I used a marker to ink up the words I wanted to use.

Love this mini pompom trim - too cute!

 Okay...felt so nice to do a bit of coloring! I didn't want to stop...packing up the rest of the house this week. That means 2 weeks of no crafting! No inks, no papers, nada, zero, zip, zilch...you get the idea?

Think of me while you make stuff...can't wait to see what you create!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Playing along with these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Saturated Canary - Different Hair
7 Kids Challenge #74 - Embellishments
Glitter 'n Sparkle #35 - Anything with 'B' (Ballet shoes, Bows, Blue hair, Blooms)
Lacy Sunshine #9 - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Designed to Color - Photo Inspiration (inspired by the busy background, flowers, the fuzzy slippers, blues)
Oozak #15 - Blue, Star, Stripes