We Have a Winner!

Lisa from Studio Rose is the grand prize winner of my blog give-away.  Congratulations Lisa!  

And after perusing Lisa's blog this morning, I know for SURE she will be putting everything in the Give-Away to good use.  She's a big TH fan and has created some really cool projects using his products.  So again, congratulations Lisa!


But WAIT!!  Lisa may be the BIG winner, but so are the rest of you that pre-ordered one of Tim's Totes.  Yes, that's right . . . Nancy Lynn from Using Up All That Stuff and Mary from Mary C. Nasser are ALSO winners!  I will be sending both of them a few goodies via snail mail as well.


And thank you everyone else for stopping by, commenting and well, hopefully putting one of Tim's Totes on your "wish list"!


I hope everyone has a wonderfully creative day today.  It's going to be close to 90 here in my neck-of-the-woods, so I am setting up a little artsy work station out on my deck to play today *smiles*

Earlier Than Expected and a Give-Away!

This morning I posted that you should come back here next week so you could pre-order Tim Holtz' new District Market line of products.  Well, surprise surprise . . . today is the day.  You can now pre-order all of Tim's new items at Inspiration Emporium!  


But WAIT!  If you pre-order one (or more!) of the District Market Totes below, 

District Market Totes - Butterflies
District Market Totes - Number Tickets
District Market Totes - Subway Sign
District Market Totes - Travel Labels

you will be entered in my Give-Away.  Just click on any of the tote links in this post, come back after you order and let me know which tote(s) you ordered (on this post only) and you will be entered to win the following items . . .

 

Vintage blocks that spell LOVE, a miniature bronze bird cage with swing inside, a miniature violin and bow, Tiny Attacher refills, a ceramic white & black "art" tag, an Idea-ology ornate plate, a mini corvette, one of my grungepaper handmade roses, a Tim Holtz mini tin and a 5.75 x 10.75 Configurations!

Give-Away will close Saturday, May 21st at 6am 

spread the word!

One World One Heart

This Give-Away is Now CLOSED. Thank you for entering and 

it was nice meeting you! :)

Welcome to GOT ART?  So nice of you to stop by.  If this is your first time, WELCOME! - it's nice to meet you.  If you are a "regular", glad you stopped by today *smiles*.


This is the 5th and final One World One Heart event that Lisa Oceandreamer Swifka will be hosting.

I have met soooo many wonderfully creative bloggers these past years through OWOH and hope this year will not be the exception.  


And instead of filling up this post with all the particulars, I will just give you a link to Lisa's blog post so you can read all about this wonderful event.  Instructions are over there to tell you how to participate as well.  Click HERE for the details.

Just by leaving a comment here on this blog post, you will be entered to win Esther.  Esther is  a vintage cabinet card.  The canvas is 5 x 7 but Esther's lace makes this a 5 x 10 piece.  The lace (dyed in coffee) and flowers are all vintage.  The tassel is new but has been coffee stained to match the lace.  I added a rhinestone piece at her neckline.  


The canvas has been textured with layers and layers of paint and there are little vintage papers embedded under the layers - some peeking out :)  I added a rusty braided wire which makes this canvas piece ready to hang.  You can click on the photo to get a closer look . . .

Be sure I have a way to contact you if you are the winner - Good luck!
and I hope you will come back after the event to visit again.

Warrior Women Blog Hop BLOG CANDY Winner!

It's Tuesday and it's 6:00pm.  And if you were a part of the Warrior Women Blog Hop and your name isn't Electra, then you were entered into my blog candy drawing if you followed the instructions on THIS POST.


I placed all of the names in a little pink box tied up with a breast cancer ribbon, shook it up, opened it back up and then reached in (eyes closed of course!) and picked the winning entry.


So are you ready to see who the winner is?  Scroll down a little further . . .

Sharon Sutton

Congratulations Sharon!  Sharon is a member of Scraps of Color and has a blog - My Craft Journey .  She has chosen one of my pillows in my Etsy Shop that I created.  


Thanks to everyone that entered and thank you for your continuing support of breast cancer awareness!

Warrior Women Blog Hop Coming to an End

Today is the last day to submit your artwork for the Warrior Women Blog Hop! 


I will be announcing the winning entry tomorrow morning - October 31st for the fab-u-lous Eclectic Paperie prize below (courtesy of Daisy) . . .

Prize package includes a Basic Grey Precision File Set, 

Pink Scotch Advanced Tape Glider, and a Pail Full of Assorted Stickles 

But WAIT . . . there's MORE!  Even if you aren't the grand prize winner, you never know who will be giving away some blog candy! You can stop by Linda Ledbetter and the Pink Ribbon Warrior Women Blog Team blogs - find a list of these fabulous women HERE.

And who knows . . . I may be giving away some blog candy of my OWN.


Want to see the gorgeous artwork that was created for this event so far?  You can find all of the entries HERE

See you back here tomorrow morning!

Michelle's Giveaway

Michelle My Belle is having their biggest giveaway YET!

Get in on this fun giveaway by clicking HERE for all of the details.  Good luck!

And the Winner IS . . .

First, I would like to thank everyone that gave the crossword puzzle a shot, but I think the winner had decided that this was all hers from the beginning!  I think she might be one of those competitive types *hee hee*.  


And in case you aren't a "follower" and missed what the prize is, you can go HERE to see.


Ok, without further ado, here are the correct answers to the crossword puzzle


Down:
1 Used Coffee Filters
2 Vintage
3 Stevie Wonder

5 RSC (that's short for Rubber Stamp Convention)
11 The Vagabond

12 Glitterfest

15 Ephemera
16 the ink (Tim Holtz quote)

18 Platinum

Across:

4 Maysa

6 Tonic

7 Mexican Hat Dance

8 Michael McDonald

9 Ten
10 September
13 Diamond Glaze

14 Prescott 

17 Etsy

19 Marvin Gaye

20 Rusty Hinge (love this color!)
21 Fragment


And the winner IS . . .

EILEEN from New York!

And why do I have this photo of Eileen?  Because we were both on the Tim Holtz cruise last October.  This is one of the reasons that Eileen had no problem with 7 across on the crossword puzzle :)  


Stop by Eileen's blog, Art Saves Lives and give her some "win love" - she got 19 out of 21 correct! 

Congratulations Eileen!

Post Script to Eileen:  In case you didn't know, I'm one of those "competitive types" as well *smiles*

Psychedelic Girl

I started a new Zentangle-ish piece last night.  She's looking a little psychedelic don't you think?

Hair - Stage I

Stage II

Stage III

Psychedelic Girl was a little "off center", so I cut the watercolor paper down to 11 3/4" x 8 1/2".  Not sure where I'm going with this piece. Keep it strictly black and white?  Add color?  Collage?  I think this is going to be one of those projects that will sit for awhile and I'll come back to later.


But until then, maybe I'll just have a glass of wine . . .

stamped (rubbernecker and great impressions), distress inked and painted (instead of spraying) on some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists.  Hard to see in the photos, but I also put a thick layer of Glossy Accents over the wine in the glass

So what do YOU have planned this week?

It's Time For A Give-Away!

Linda Ledbetter of Studio L3 won my Earth, Wind & Fire Give-Away contest back in March.  And when I was looking for the Lost and Found Paper Stack back in April, Nicky Cresswell of The Altered Inker was the first to find a place for me to get it!


I've been wracking my brain all week trying to think of a good contest to have for this Give-Away.  This is what I came up with - a crossword puzzle.  

Here's the deal . . . 

Left click on the puzzle above - so you can get a larger view - the puzzle includes clues for arts & crafts and music-related words.

Leave a comment here on this post that you will be playing along.  

When you have all of the correct answers, send me your answers via e-mail ONLY.  

The first person to get all 21 correct answers wins.  

Contest ends Sunday at midnight and the winner will be announced Monday.

That's it.  You don't have to become a Follower and you don't even have to have a Blog.    

And what do you win, you ask?

The necklace I created for CCC #8 this week

Good luck!

Record Album Bottle Cap Wall Clock

Over at Laurie Anna's Vintage Home blog, Laurie Anna is having a fabulous Linky Party!  Of course I would LOVE to be the whinner winner, but since I love all of YOU, I'm going to let you in on it . . .

One of my "rescued" record albums, some bottle caps and one of those cd's that come in the mail 

that have been "re-used, recycled and re-purposed" into a wall clock

The key words are Rescue, Re-use, Recycle, Re-purpose.  If you have a project that can be described with those words, you share it and encourage others to visit your post.  On Monday morning, Laurie Anna will highlight some of the entries that she finds to be exceptionally inspiring and, well . .

There's a fab-u-lous GIVE-AWAY involved in all of this as WELL! . . . Oh heck, just click on the Rescue Crew Review button on my side bar over to the right and you can read all about it yourself.

Good luck?

LOST AND (Not) FOUND (Yet) PAPERSTACK Give-Away

Mario (Tim Holtz' Manager) told me that Tim's papers were being shipped to stores now.  

Will someone let me know if you spot this in any in Southern California - preferably South Orange County store please?  I just HAVE to get my hands on this new Lost and Found Paperstack!

The first person that can tell me the closest place I can walk, run, swim or drive to get this pack will receive an overstuffed package of ephemera from my personal collection via snail mail. 

March 31, 2010 WOYWW and Winnings!

I'm joining in for What's on Your Workspace Wednesday again this week.  I've been creating inside as well as out on the balcony this week.  The weather has been soooooo nice these days.  And although I do live in Southern California, the weather man said it looks like rain coming our way today.  But that's ok, I can still work outside since my balcony is covered.


Here's what's on my workspace outside on my balcony . . .

Vintage rulers I'm going to be cutting up for a workshop I'm teaching in June, pens I use for Zentangling, gesso for canvases I'm prepping, some wood laser cuts of butterflies and birds in one bowl and keys and locks in the other.

Some collaged atc's I'm working on and some laser cut "dark doll" pieces for some steampunk jewelry I'm contemplating.  In the other photo is a vintage English book, a French/English dictionary and a Japanese/English dictionary to use in some collage pieces.

(Above) Inside on my coffee table in the living room is this work-in-progress of a Zentangle-inspired New York jazz piece.  This piece is on watercolor paper and is approximately 8" x 9".

Above are some atc's laying out on the coffee table as well.  Some with bling added (Stickles glitter glue) and are still drying this morning . . . Platinum of course.  You know how I love my Platinum Stickles :)

On another note, look what I won this week over on Jenny Doh's blog CrescenDOH and on Eileen's blog Art Saves Lives!  Thank you ladies :)  It's been a good week so far.

Stop the Presses . . . We Have a Winner!!

FIRST . . . Since there were only 4 of you that took on the challenge, I will be sending the 3 of you that did not win, a "parting gift".  You know, like on television :)  So Kate B, Sarah and Mary Ann - send me your snail mail addresses.  Well, not Mary Ann - I already have yours *smiles*.


Ooooooooh, I was smiling ear to ear to find some Earth, Wind and Fire fans like myself out here in Blogland!


Here are the correct song titles to the 10 clues I gave for the Give-Away:
1.  I'll Write a Song for You
2.  Imagination
3.  September
#4 stumped most of you!  The name of the song is Fair But So Uncool.  This song was on their 1974 album titled Open Our Eyes.


Pause my Music Playlist at the bottom of my blog and click on the album cover on this YouTube attachment:

5.  Love's Holiday
6.  In the Stone
7.  Jupiter
8.  Keep Your Head to the Sky
9.  Devotion
10.  Shining Star


Bonus Answer:  Vincennes, Indiana (Red Skelton's hometown).  Yep, I was at Vincennes University and the group New Birth was supposed to be performing in the gymnasium one weekend.  That afternoon, flyers were being handed out in the dorms and around campus that said New Birth (who sang one of my favorites - Wildflower), was not able to come, but Earth, Wind and Fire would be performing in their place.  


Earth, Wind and Fire?!  We were all saying, "what and who the heck is a Earth, Wind and Fire????"  Well, that was in 1972 and I've been lovin' them ever since *smiles*.


Ok Sherry, get on with it . . . who was the WINNER?  The winner IS . . . 

LINDA LEDBETTER of Studio L3

Congratulations Linda!!

IT'S GIVE-AWAY TIME AGAIN!

THIS GIVE-AWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

First things FIRST.  What will you win?  A $25.00 Gift Certificate for anything in my Etsy Shop INCLUDING the shipping and handling.  That goes for all of my international friends as well.  This Give-Away is open to EVERYONE!

Maurice White - 1970

I've been a HUGE fan of the music group Earth, Wind and Fire since 1971.  So for this Give-Away, I will give you 10 clues to some of their songs throughout the years.

Just leave a comment on this post letting me know that you're playing.  But do not . . . I repeat do NOT leave your answers here!  E-mail them to me.  

The first person to answer all 10 correctly, WINS!  And if you don't get them all, I will e-mail you back and tell you how many you answered incorrectly. 


You can then go back and try again!  Enter as many times as you'd like :)


Ok, ready?  Here are your clues.  Name the song titles . . .
#1:  It would be an honor if someone told me they'd write one of these for me!
#2:  Artists need to have one of these.  Bonus clue: This song title has the same name as an album recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips that was released back in the 70's
#3:  When is Labor Day?

And the Winner IS . . .

The envelope please . . .

And the winner of this past weekend's bracelet giveaway IS . . .

Tristan Robin Blakeman from Enchanted Revelry

Congratulations Tristan!  Please e-me your snail mail address.  I will create your custom-made Zentangle charm with your initial "T" this week, pack it with your winning bracelet and mail both items by the end of this week.


Did you read what Tristan wrote that he was going to do with the bracelet if he won? *smiles*

I would like to take this time to thank you ALL for participating.  But WAIT . . . where are you going?  I have "parting gifts"!  

Anyone that left a comment on the Giveaway post is welcome to 10% off anything (before shipping and handling charges) in my etsy shop today.  Just indicate in the "message to seller" that you're a whiner winner and I will credit your savings back to your Paypal account.

Have an art-filled week everyone!

A Weekend Give-Away +1

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

Blog about it, mention it on your Facebook page, become a new follower or shout about it from your rooftop and you're "in it to win it"!

Win what????  See that bracelet at the beginning of the post?  Yep, that's what you win.  

AND, whoever wins?  I will create a custom-made Zentangle charm (similar to the charms on those necklaces I've been making) with your initial  . . . "just because".   Now really, isn't that just too special to pass up? 

So what are you waiting on???  Leave me a comment, a link, a notice that you're stalking me or if you shout about this giveaway from your rooftop, just have someone take a photo of you and then send it to me via e-mail.  Your call!

The winner will be announced 
Monday morning, March 8th

AND . . . in celebration of National Craft Month, Gauche Alchemy asked me if I would donate a piece of my artwork for their month-long giveaways.  You can see what I donated and enter to win HERE

Good Luck!