Wednesday Stamper: Door

This unlikely pair has taken up residence in the Eiffel Tower! They love it there!

I hand painted this background using Dr. Ph Martin watercolor paints and added some ink over the top via paper towel. The edges are inked with cranberry ink. The Eiffel tower has a door cut into it with coordinating cardstock behind it. All images (Eiffel Tower, Heart Antennae, Little Al, Peewee and Love Birds sentiment) justjohanna rubber stamps. Wouldn’t you want to live in the Eiffel tower? That view!

See you tomorrow!

Dude, it's your birthday!

Happy Birthday, Shari!!

Artword: Birthday

page seven

I am having so much fun with the Artword blog! I love coming back each week to see the projects. This week’s theme is “birthday”.

I am so proud of this piece for a couple of reasons: one, this is the first acrylic piece I have made that has not made me want to vomit. Second, I mixed all the colors myself and they did not all turn to grey! This piece becomes page seven in my art book.

I stamped the justjohanna cupcake image on newsprint which has the music for “Happy Birthday” printed on it. Once the paints were dry, I attached the cakes to the paper. Next, I doodled the frame using gold metallic paint pen and then traced over it with black pen. Finally, a cherry on top! This piece is 8x8”.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Are you blue?

Isa’s challenge this week was to make something blue. And heeeerrrrreee you have it! I made this background using different shades of blue tissue paper and gel medium. Once the gel medium dried, I dry brushed heavy body gold acrylic paint over the top of the card. Since the paint is iridescent, depending on which angle you hold it in the light, the card looks blue or very gold. The butterfly image was a freebee from Nancy which I covered in Diamond Glaze and the stamped image is of course, my favorite, justjohanna rubber stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today. Stop by tomorrow, I have a super Artword project I am proud of to show you all. Stay tuned…. 80’s Tuesday will be back in its regular time slot next week.

Happy Birthday, Johanna!

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Happy Birthday, Ichiro!

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HaPpY SAtuRDaY

Things are going well in Luggage World. I received a new Digital SLR camera on Thursday and am busily learning how to use all the bells and whistles. When I was in high school and college, there was no such thing as a digital SLR. We had to record all of the settings on scratch paper and hope that once we developed the negatives, we could match up the frames with the setting information so that we could learn DOF. Now, I can sit in a chair and take 900 pictures of a hydrangea with every setting combination possible and instantly see all of the results! It’s really AMAZING! I can shoot something insane like 24 pictures in 9 seconds or something crazy like that.

Almost all of the pictures are of the Carry-on so far. I am in love with being able to capture her beautifully with my new super camera. I can’t get enough! I am sure she is sick of me already.

I have also been in stockpiling mode. (Which is not a good mode to be in when you are planning to sell your house and move.) This happens to me every once in a while… I have been searching and buying all sorts of “junk” to make altered art with. I think I have to sit myself down and make something now. (Which is good, since I am out of money!)

See you tomorrow!

Hope you're feeling chirpy soon!

Tami's color challenge: Brown, lilac and blue. justjohanna rubber stamps, distress ink, versamagic ink and revoluion die cuts.

TGIF everyone! Big three day holiday weekend here in the states. Happy Memorial Day to everyone.

Games

The Wednesday Stamper theme this week is “Games”. I altered this “Loteria” (Mexican Bingo) playing card with justjohanna rubber stamps, gold acrylic paint, machine stitching and prismacolor pencils. Oh…a piece of one of my shirts too…not the shirt I was wearing when I made this, another shirt.

Thank you for coming by today!!

Art

Isa’s Challenge was to use the word “art” in a “green” project. I made the background to this card with alcohol inks (including pearl mixative). The paper I stamped the images on was colored with Distress ink. The small frame was purchased white and since I am in love with anything gold these days, I painted it with iridescent heavy bodied acrylic. All images: justjohanna rubber stamps.

Thank you for stopping by today!

The Arrangement

2 dozen roses, 10 peonies, 11 tulips and almost a dozen of those light pink flowers...

Yesterday I was hesitant to post the entire picture of the floral arrangement I made because I didn’t want to spoil a surprise. Well, after elaborate scheming, I delivered the arrangement to the recipient on the wrong day! DOH! (This is what happens when you don’t have a job…you don’t know the date!) I knew my friend’s birthday was on the 21st, but I thought TODAY was the 21st. Oh well, she loved the flowers and was surprised to receive them on the day after her birthday.

Dig if u will the picture....

That’s right, kids- it’s 80’s Tuesday in Luggage Land and today we’ll feature 1984. Where were you and what were you doing in 1984?

It’s hard to sort through search results for the year 1984 because the results are combined with information from George Orwell’s book. I found a top 100 hit list and decided to make a mix tape for you all. Here is how it sounds:

When Doves Cry, Prince
Footloose, Kenny Loggins
Jump, Van Halen
Karma Chameleon, Culture Club
The Reflex, Duran Duran
Hold Me Now, Thompson Twins
Somebody's Watching Me, Rockwell
99 Luftballons, Nena
The Glamorous Life, Sheila E.
She Bop, Cyndi Lauper
Sunglasses At Night, Corey Hart
Sister Christian, Night Ranger
Let The Music Play, Shannon
Lucky Star, Madonna
Thriller, Michael Jackson
Holiday, Madonna
Nobody Told Me, John Lennon
Round And Round, Ratt
Rock Me Tonite, Billy Squier

Billy Squire is hot. That’s all I have to say about that.

Hmm…let’s see…in 7th grade, I was ice skating with my friend in La Jolla, CA. I don’t remember the events that transpired exactly, but from witness accounts, I fell on the ice and was taken off by rink personnel. I had amnesia and do not remember that day at all. My family was contacted and I was taken to the hospital for a CAT scan of my noggin. Good thing I don’t remember the CAT scan, because about 2 months ago, my doctor ordered another Cat Scan and I couldn’t do it. I have no idea how I survived that procedure back in 1984... My family told me that for the period of about 8 hours all I did was ask the same questions over and over. I have no recollection of the car ride to the hospital although I was awake and speaking. I could not remember my telephone number in the rink office, but it sounded really familiar when my friend told the manager there. Every once in awhile I have flash backs of a fat dude wearing a striped rugby shirt whizzing around way to fast on the ice. I think that he whizzed by me and I fell. It’s weird to have amnesia. Luckily, I am totally normal now….. bwahahaahahahahaaaaaaaaa.

Birthday Tags

justjohanna images with double face satin ribbon, acrylic paints and vellum compliment a birthday bouquet I made for my friend.