Here's a couple cards I made last week. Going through a "green" phase :)

CTMH news

Just a quick note to let you know that the CTMH summer idea book was released in May. You can go to my website to view it online or contact me so I can get a copy to you.

Also on my website you should take a peek at Studio J. This is digital scrapbooking with awesome CTMH products. Check it out, you'll love it!

Only a few more days left to take advantage of our May promo - Miracle Kit.

Don't forget the May stamp of the month, you can earn it FREE ~ ask me how

:)

be happy ~ create art

paper flowers

I've been stamping but not posting so I'm going to try and play catch up the next couple of days :) Both cards use CTMH papers, CS and flowers. The top card uses a new set I just got from Skipping Stones Designs and I used their sketch from My 11th. For the bottom card I used Celebrate from CTMH. Gotta love those paper flowers too! For the super big one I used a pink flower and just added more shades of pink, but the 2 smaller flowers started out as white... so cool to ink them up to match whatever color you need. :)

be happy ~ create art

altered rolodex card

I was in an ATC swap with the requirement that you had to use paint. Well of course I mailed them all off without taking a picture, but the painting was so much fun I decided to make a rolodex card with a similar design to my ATC. I painted the card first with turquoise and then added the metallic bronze. After it was dried I stamped it all up :) I've been collecting unmounted stamps for quiet some time so I dont know where most of the ones I used are from The wings are from CTMH and the small alien head between the wings is from Meer Image. (I'll post my ATC when I get them back)

sketch challenge

Just finished my card for the April sketch challenge over at smeared & smudged. A little bit sassy and straight to the point :) So glad I found that group!!!

another surprise

Here's another "oldie" from my stash, it's a pin made from a recycled cd... you know the one we used to get in the mail all the time. I always get lots of compliments on it and people are surprised to find out it's on a cd. I'm hoping to recreate a few this long holiday weekend. I probably have enough of those cd's to build a house with. Would love to know what you have created with your old cd's. :)

Smeared and Smudged April Blog Hop

Thank you for visiting! My computer crashed last night before I had time to post my hop card so I'm a little late, but hey better late than never! Felt like such a flake when I couldn't get my card up on time...sigh... hope you find it was worth the wait :) The theme was something surprising... so I surfed youtube and found a couple tutorials on a surprise pop-up card.... way fun, i'll be making more of these :)

Time for another exciting blog hop on smeared and smudged. If you haven't checked out the ning site yet you have to get over there. If you like creating art out of the norm this is the place for you! Alternative, gothic, vintage ... there's a little bit of everything over there. Hope to see you there!

Now go check out all these awesome blogs, these ladies are AMAZING!!!

Alison- http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com

Kelli- http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Meredith- http://www.papercanteen.com

Michelle- http://mylifemydreamsmyscrapping.blogspot.com/

Kathi- http://kathstales.blogspot.com

Kim- http://offthewallcraftiness.blogspot.com

Lisa- http://www.ldfdesign.blogspot.com

Danielle- http://www.scrappy-arts-n-thoughts.blogspot.com

Alex- http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com

Jean- http://iboard.jeansartdolls.com/index.php?showtopic=11977

Monica- http://giddygreetings.com

Sarah- http://sarahscrazycreations.blogspot.com

Erica- http://www.inkedupandreadytoplay.com/

Black Dragon- http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/

Kymberly- http://dulcamarasdarkart.blogspot.com

Steph- http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com

Lady Brayton- http://ladybrayton71.blogspot.com/

Barb- http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/

Terra- http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com

spring time

Here's a couple of "oldies" from my card stash.

Smeared and Smudged Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog. I'm so excited to be a part of First EVER Smeared and Smudged blog hop. Smeared and Smudged is a growing online community where we all share the love of creating art. You’ll find cards, scrapbook pages, ATC’s, journals, altered projects and more using alternative, vintage and gothic art rubber stamping. Take a peek at all the amazing art created by other members and then come on over to Smeared and Smudged to join in on the fun.

Meredith http://www.papercanteen.com/
Kathi http://kathstales.blogspot.com/
Kim http://www.offthewallcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Alex http://paperandstring.blogspot.com/
Kelli http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/
Monica http://www.giddygreetings.com/
Alison http://www.alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Amberlee http://supermomscrappin.blogspot.com/
Black Dragon http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/
Steph http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/
Kymberly http://missannesvintageart.blogspot.com/
Kymberly http://dulcamarasdarkart.blogspot.com/
Kymberly http://vaerieenchantedfaeries.blogspot.com/
Keely http://www.keelyy.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://ldfdesign.blogspot.com/
Lynda http://cre8tiveme.blogspot.com/
Sarah http://www.sarahscrazycreations.blogspot.com/
Jean http://daretobedifferentchallenges.blogspot.com/
Terra http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com/
Kas http://www.artloveschaos.blogspot.com/

http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/

I used my favorite Gorjuss Girl stamp, colored pencils and CTMH papers for my blog hop entry. Take a look at my other creations and if you like what you see sign up to follow my blog. I welcome all comments and would love to visit your blog or website if you have one. I look forward to seeing you over on Smeared and Smudged as well.

Happy Creating!
~steph

fairy card

I created this card for the February sketch challenge over on Smeared & Smudged. The stamp is from Prickley Pear and the papers, inks and dandylion stamp are from CTMH. I also used a gel pen and prisma glitter on the wings.

matching cards

Had to whip out some cards really fast so chose the paper and basic layout and just added different stamps :)

a must-read

I just finished this book tonight and I'm ready to read it again. One of the girls at work was reading this and was telling me about the story. I got chills just hearing about it, now after reading it I've still got the chills. It's an amazing book. I can't even begin to put into words how it touched me...
http://theshackbook.com/

puzzle swap

Here are the puzzle pieces I created for a swap I was in over on Scrapbooking and Crafting Friends. The hostess Auntie Em sent out blank puzzle to everyone with a list of everyone else's themes and we had to decorate a piece for each person. Way fun!!

masculine cards

I've had lots of birthdays in my family this past month. Here are a few of cards I made. I figure they also go with a western theme since it's rodeo time out here in the wild west. All stamps and papers are from CTMH.

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone had a fabulous Valentine's Day with the people you love. Here is the heart card I gave to my lil' valentine :) Got the idea from Alison who is on the design team over at Smeared and Smudged. She created a great card using the template she found over at cheekymagpie.com. I knew my son would get a kick out of an actual heart card. The second is a more traditional valentine from the ATC swap over at scraping and crafting friends. The third pic are some beautiful pink flamingos we saw over at the zoo today. It was a gorgeous day to be outside. There is a new baby zebra at the zoo, but he was a little camera shy. I'll post some more zoo pics tomorrow along with some other cards I've done the past week or two.

:)

snow in AZ

Here's what last weeks storm left us. So pretty, but glad it's up there on the mountains and not down here in the city :)

b-day gift

Made this for a gf at work. It's one of those mini pocket calendars you can find anywhere. I just added my own cover :)

jingle bells

OK, so this was the extent of my holiday creativity.... yep all I did was tie bows on some bells. They did turn out pretty cute, but I was hoping to get a lot more done. Fortunately had some card kits on hand to whip up some holiday cards for the girls at work. I still want to get a few cards made and sent out this week, that's allowed right? Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas :)

b-day card

I used the CTMH card kit from last month, but substituted with skull stamp for one of my friends who's weird like me :)

atc swap

A little late in posting, but these are a sample of the atc's I created for a swap.