BLOG CANDY FOR MY BLOG-A-VERSARY THIS MONTH

HEY Y'ALL:  HAPPY HAPPY BLOG-A-VERSARY TO ME THIS MONTH.  ONE YEAR I HAVE BEEN A STAMPIN UP DEMO AND HAVE HAD MY BLOG.  I AM STILL LEARNING HOW TO DO SO MANY THINGS, BUT I AM REALLY ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE OF BLOGGING AND MEETING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AS A WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL WHO VISIT MY BLOG (I KNOW THERE ARE MANY WHO VISIT BUT NEVER LEAVE A COMMENT) I HAVE SOME GIFTS FOR YOU.

I HAVE SOME NEW AND GENTLY USED CLEAR STAMP SETS, RIBBON, AND SOME CARDS TO GIVE  AWAY.  HERE IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO:

1.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT AT THE END OF THIS POST AND TELL ME YOUR FAVORITE ITEM IN ANY OF THE PAST CATALOGS THIS YEAR FROM SU.

2.  BECOME A FOLOWER OF MY BLOG AND TELL ME WHEN YOU LEAVE THE COMMENT

3.  MAKE SURE THERE IS A WAY TO CONTACT YOU FROM YOUR COMMENT.  YOU CAN LIST YOUR BLOG PAGE WHERE YOUR CONTACT INFO IS LOCATED, OR YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR EMAIL IN A "CODED" WAY WITH THE WORDS "DOT" AND "AT" SO THAT BLOG MINERS CANNOT GRAB IT FOR JUNK EMAILS.

THAT'S IT.  AT THE END OF THE MONTH I WILL USE RANDOM "DOT" ORG (SEE HOW I DID THAT WITH THE WORD RATHER THAN THE CHARACTER?) TO CHOOSE THE WINNERS.  THE MORE WHO FOLLOW AND LEAVE A COMMENT, THE MORE GIFTS I WILL BE SENDING.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR VISITING MY PAGE.  PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT, WON'T YOU?

ALSO, FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS, I CAN SEND YOU SOME TUTORIALS BY EMAIL SINCE IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO REGULAR MAIL YOU SOME GIFTS.  YOURS WILL BE SPECIAL TUTORIALS AND INFORMATION I HAVE GLEENED IN MY YEAR AS A SU DEMONSTRATOR.  I WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO GET GIFTS FROM ME!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY AND INKY FINGERS Y'ALL!!

WHERE HAVE I BEEN??!! I'VE BEEN ZENTANGLIN'

Sorry you have not heard from me in a little bit.  You see, I have two paying jobs (not mentioning the millions of jobs we do that we DON'T get paid for!) ha.  I work as a Hallmark Retail Merchandiser for stores in my area - mostly grocery stores.  So when you are grocery shopping and decide to purchase a card because you need it ASAP, think of me...I put them there and take care of the ordering, displays, etc.

My OTHER paying job is ALSO CARDS - Stampin' Up Demonstrator.  I LOVE BOTH MY JOBS - creative, colorful and they are both pretty much my own hours.

So, besides my two paying jobs, I was feeling a bit stressed with personal life and needed another outlet that would be helpful to de-stress but not require too much thinking.  Enter ZENTANGLE.  Have you heard of it?  Google it and you will be hooked!  I am.  It is basically doodling like we used to do in elementary school, only now they call it ART.  ha

Here is my first official Zentangle.  It is very soothing and I love how smoothly the pen goes along the cardstock.

What do you think?  Zentangles have different names for different kinds of tangles.  The large main ones in this Zentangle are called Muchas.  It looks like several different shepherd's hooks, but if you follow the lines, it is just one line that goes back on itself over and over again.  I shaded with pencil and then I framed it with some DSP  from Stampin' Up! Christmas paper and then with black.  The pen is a special fine tipped marker for artists, but you can probably use any fine tipped marker you want.  Mine was Sakura brand as they suggest for Zentangles.

Here is another photo with better lighting so you can see how nice the black and white plays against each other.  This is being framed for my Grand daughter, Kayleigh, who is the family artist-in-residence.  But it would make a wonderful card front, wouldn't it? 

Wouldn't you LOVE to get a card with an original piece of artwork on the front??

If any of you are also doing Zentangles, Please share with me.  I would LOVE to see what you have been doing.  And Google Mucha Zentangle to see the description of this kind of tangle.

Are you still scrapbooking this month?  Only a few days of the month left so get a couple pages completed so you feel like you accomplished something, ok?  Hopefully this National Scrapbooking Month is just the PUSH we need to get some of our pages completed.  I love when there is someone helping me along, don't you?

Happy scrappinig, tangling and cardmaking.  Inky finger y'all!!



Our Card Making Class was a huge success

We had the best time at the card making class. We learned several new watercoloring techniques as well as other techniques. We had a "newbie" at the class, Tracy R. Her first time doing Stampin Up cards. She learned fast and we all had fun.