The Amy Doodle Of It All . . .

Official Ward Birthday Card Creator!

I am the official Ward Birthday Card Creator! Yippee! I am in charge of creating monthly birthday cards for all the ladies in RS. What a great excuse I'll have to be making cards constantly! Here are a few samples to start. The first one is with a new comical birthday stamp set, and the second is using my new Copic Airbrush system! :)

 

Beyonce's big heart

Beyonce's big heart was quite evident when she chose to sang to this sweet little girl, Chelsy who is battling cancer.

So Moved . . .

This man's work really speaks to me. Rodney White creates these amazing paintings that have depth, layers, subtleties, and little glimpses of time that once held promise of a future that was looked to with hope and free from modern cynicism. I just am inspired . . .

Halloween Packaging

I found the cutest video by Hero Arts, featuring Jennifer McGuire. She was showing samples of how she was recycling her packaging to make cute Halloween favors. I happen to have a ton of packages I saved, (because hello  . . . I'm a bit of a pack rat when it comes to scrapbooking) so I played around and came up with some Halloween Fun-Ness! My favorite is the Vampire one, I think I may fill them with little red hots and fake Vampire teeth! I used a stamp from Inkadinkado called Creepy Face.

Halloween Packaging

I found the cutest video by Hero Arts, featuring Jennifer McGuire. She was showing samples of how she was recycling her packaging to make cute Halloween favors. I happen to have a ton of packages I saved, (because hello  . . . I'm a bit of a pack rat when it comes to scrapbooking) so I played around and came up with some Halloween Fun-Ness! My favorite is the Vampire one, I think I may fill them with little red hots and fake Vampire teeth! I used a stamp from Inkadinkado called Creepy Face.

 

Halloween Card-Mania!

I'm taking the weekend to fill my card stach with Halloween cards! Yipee!!! I have some new stamps, ideas, inspiration, and a handful of Copic Markers. Here's a peek at the first two cards. The cloud one was inspired by a card on Hero Arts for their cloud stamp block.

New Addiction

I currently have a new addiction!

COPIC MARKERS! I stumbled upon them during my previous addiction . . . Stamps! I've resisted for years (simply because I posess the need to have a collection of whatever my latest artistic obsession is) so I relented, stamps insued, and then COPIC markers. These beauties are wonderful tools, but even more impressive is what you can do with them. Here are some of my favorite artists using their copic talents . . . Jennifer McGuire, The Classroom, Club Anya, and Mariska van der Veer.  The Classroom, and Club Anya feature multiple artists, but on every blog take some time to scroll through old entries because their are lots of wonderful samples! Let these wonderful artists inspire you and create a COPIC ADDICT out of you too!

 

Just a Note

Just a small note to say . . .  That on this day I remember at 8:46 when my mom called to tell me to turn on the TV to see a terrible accident that had occured. I remember at 9:03 when the second plane hit, and just as hard as the hit to the buildings structure, so were we hit with the realization that this was no accident. We were under attack. There was no way to comprehend the reports that followed in those days. I remember meeting neighbors in the streets crying, I remember every house, car, or store flew our colors in support for each other. I remember we moved on, and like all amazing, and wonderful Americans, we fought back  by healing our wounds and cried out . . . with a resounding One Nation under God, Indivisible! That's right INDIVISIBLE, in capable of being divided!!!!

I love you America.

*May God Bless and keep safe our men and women of the armed forces, and may he embrace at his side the ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice*

I'm Baaaaa-aaaaack!

I'm sure family & friends will completely understand why I have not created or blogged much throughout the summer . . . what with that whole 6 kids at home thing. Any way I can't wait to get back to creating and posting and sharing . . . . To kick things off, did anyone see Oprah's 24th season block party, because OH MY GOSH! They did a flash mob dance with 21,000 people! CRAZY! It was inspiring and fun and really got the kids going in the house! They have been walking around singing Black Eyed Peas "I got a feelin" . . . . Go here to see it, and you can see other performances It's so much fun!