Summer at the beach

 

Today you'll find me at Art Journal Journey joining my friend, the talented Halle of Halle's Hobbies.  By now you probably know her theme for the month of July is Fabric, lace, and trims…oh my!  Below is my possibly/probably penultimate entry.

And because I have multiple media, I'm also joining Creative Artiste's 128th challenge, where the theme is always Anything Goes.

It's obvious I named this Summer at the beach.  It is a mixed media entry.  Details are below.

 

I began by adhering a napkin from my stash to 5 X 8 in (12.7 X 20.32 cm) 110 lb cardstock using a glue stick.  I then sewed a piece of fabric torn from a fat quarter to the background using blue variegated thread.  Next I sewed the gifted ribbon in place, after which I sewed the computer generated words to the assembly.  Finally, I adhered the star button found in my stash using E6000.  

 

Thanks ever so much for dropping by today.  It means the world to me. I hope to see you and your interpretation of Fabric, lace, and trims…oh my! inspired art at Art Journal Journey and Creative Artiste's Anything Goes. There's still ample time to join in both challenges. 

  

 

Friday Smiles

 

It seems we can't get enough of Vince the sign guy (Vince Rozmiarek).  We love his puns, his double entendres, and his play on words.   Here are a few more.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting.  I am incredibly grateful you dropped by.  I think that's all for today.  As long as Vince keeps creating them, I'll show them.  

Week 8 of Index-Card-A-Day or ICAD

 

It's Friday and time for ICADs.  I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Fridays along with Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow (Index-Card-A-Day).  This is the penultimate entry this year.   Would you like to see another ICAD?  Check out Gillena's current post.

Day 48: Independent.  Background is Crossword. Green and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Spirit of 76 (I wish I had found that stamp in time for July 4). Names in blue felt tip pen. 

 

Day 49: Hero. Background is Encyclopedia. Red and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Dwight David Eisenhower (34th President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961, and known for his role as the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe). Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 50: Birdsong.  Background is vintage sheet music. Green and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Bird on a flowering branch. Names in blue felt tip pen.

Day 51: Ancient.  Background is French text.  Green dry erase color.  Postage stamp is Pterranodon (genus of large, toothless, flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, with wingspans to over 20 feet/6 meters, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period). Names in green felt tip pen.

 

Day 52: Ring. Background is Russian text. Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Bell (6.3 cents)  [The 6.3 cent Liberty Bell postage stamp was issued by the U.S. Postal Service in October, 1974 and is part of a series that commemorates the Liberty Bell, symbolizing American independence. It is a collectible item and can still be used for mailing]. Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 53: Cactus.  Background is Russian text. Green and red dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Bee on a flower. Names in red felt tip pen.  Not sure why I chose the word of the day, but I had nothing else prepared.

 

Day 54: Intricate.  Background is vintage sheet music. Green, blue, and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is North Carolina Statehood, 1789.  Issue date August, 1989*. Names in green felt tip pen.

 

*From 1987-1990, the U.S. Postal Service issued a set of stamps commemorating the signing of the Constitution by representatives of the first 13 Colonies.  The stamps were issued in the 200th year after each state approved the Constitution, in the order each colony became a state.  Every stamp shows traditional symbols of the state. 

 

  I'm creating ICADs but am not on the sites where Tammy posts.  Therefore, this is the only place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.  

Today I'm also joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

    

Thanks for visiting today.  Bleubeard and I hope you enjoy the ICADs and will let us know your favorites.  We hope to see you at these art blogs, too.  We are delighted you dropped by.

 

Friday Smiles will be posted this afternoon.

 

 

T Stands For Another Croissant

 

Please join me at my dining room table where we share drinks or objects that hold drinks.

Today we officially start Year 14 of T Stands For Tuesday.

 

Some of you read two weeks ago I bought four croissants and a roasted chicken from Sam's Club.   Last time I cut slices of chicken breast to place between the croissant halves.  I then made chicken salad using the last of the chicken.  I used Ranch dressing instead of mayonnaise.  I also had some of my dill potato salad left over and added it to a pea salad I made for this meal.

 

This is the same mug I used last week, but the coffee is fresh today.  

 

I like how the lid keeps the coffee hot or cold depending on how I feel like drinking it that day.  I also like the large handle.  I can get my "pinky" finger in just fine.

 

One last look before I dig into this feast.

 

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.   

 

 

 

If it's Sunday, it's time for Rocking Horses.

 

I'm also joining Nicole for Sunday in the Art Room or SITAR, and Gillena with Sunday Smiles.   

What really draws your eye in this area is this is where I display all my completed altered books.

 

It's a bit hard to see, but here are two of my smallest rocking horses.  Both were gifts.  The one on the table is a bit hard to see.  

 

The tiny one in the frame was sent to me broken.  I make a habit of opening every gift on camera.  I was devastated to see this tiny blown glass rocker was broken during transport.  Since I had proof it was broken when I opened it, the seller sent a new one after the person who bought it for me showed proof using my photos.  

 

I wasn't about to toss this tiny beauty.  It was still loved, so I found a way to make it stand out by framing it like an award.  

 

NO rocking horse goes unloved or destroyed in this home.  Thanks for visiting today.  I am grateful you dropped by to check out two more of my rocking horses.  Also, please join me at 

 

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Friday Smiles

 

It seems we can't get enough of Vince the sign guy (Vince Rozmiarek).  We love his puns, his double entendres, and his play on words.  Here are a few more of his wisdoms. 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

  

 

   

Thanks for visiting. Surely you know by now, there would have to be a cat in the final sign.  I am incredibly grateful you dropped by.  I think this is a good place to stop.  As long as Vince keeps creating them, I'll show them.