AC - Happy Birthday ....

.....  Morning!  I hope you've all had a super weekend.  Mine was mostly okay - I'll explain later.  In the meantime, it's my turn to host a post at Airless Chambers where we share Rick St Dennis's darker, more alternative images - zombies, horror, monsters, steampunk, and other things that go bump in the dark.  My birthday card features a monster:

Stamps: Rick St Dennis Digi - Snailian Digi; Uniko Studio - Label Love Birthday, Balloon Bash,  A Gift for You; Stampin' Up! - I Think You're Great
Inks: SU - Tangerine Tango, Hello Honey, Island Indigo; Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Lil Inkers - Dual Stitched Rectangles #3
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Basic Black; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Clear; String; SU Marker - Basic Black

I actually think this monster is kinda cute!!  I used the colours from this week's Colour Q - cQc#293.  I printed the digi on white card, coloured with Copic markers and cut it out with a scalpel. Love the Snailian's mad eyes!  After I cut him out I added sparkle - he's an alien monster, so he should sparkle!  I stamped a number of balloons on white card and cut them out.  I stamped the round yellow balloon on a patterned stamp from SU and used the stamped oof image for my balloon.  I added a birthday greeting to the balloon.  I attached some string to the balloons and attached them to the card with dimensional gel.  I hide the strings behind the snailian.  I used Lil Inkers dies to cut the black mat.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of black and added a birthday present to the white panel.

Here's a close up of the cute monster Snailian - he really does shimmer and sparkle, especially as I took the photo in bright sunshine!

If you like this little monster - Snailian Digi, you can find him and several of his friends at Rick's Zibbet shop.

Now, the reason that my weekend was only mostly okay is that I had to weed the garden.  Last Friday I had a visit from the Northville Ordinance Police - someone had reported my garden as having too many weeds (they're not wrong), but I was rather taken aback!  While I love a pretty garden, I actually hate gardening!  So I spent three hours on Saturday morning pulling out the weeds on the front and sides of the house.  I've still got the back to do, but that's a job for later today.  The rest of the weekend has been great.  I did manage to get into my craft room on Saturday and had lots of fun.  Then yesterday Kathryn and I went to a photo shoot in Pontiac with one of our favourite models, Rachel!  Such a beautiful women - inside and out!

 
Jonathan is away for a few days at a photography course in Illinois.  And this is Kathryn's last week at Meads Mill Middle School - she's got some finals this week, but finishes on Thursday and then is on holiday for 3 months!!!

That's all for now - got to go and finish the weeding.  Do come back tomorrow!  See you!!

Forget your trebles ...

.....  come on get happy, you better chase all your cares away.  You know the song and it inspired my card today:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! - I Think You're Great; CAS-ual Friday Stamps - Big Treble
Inks: SU - Cucumber Crush, Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder
Dies: Spellbinders - Wonky Rectangles (S4-306) #2 and #3; Fri-Dies - Treble Clef
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Black Mirri Card; SU Markers - Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Mint Macaron

I've used a few challenges for inspiration - CASology - CAS#146 where the cue word is MUSIC, CAS Colours & Sketches - CASC&S#124 - love this sketch and Happy Little Stampers - HLSMayCAS where we have to use punches or dies.

I got my Stampin' Up! parcel yesterday with the new inks and card - I love this year's new colours and I had to play with them.  I stamped the petal image three times and used the wonky rectangle die to cut them out.  I spritzed the card base with the SU markers, adhered the die cut rectangles and added a fun sentiment (remember the song) and finished the front with a glossy black treble clef.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of black mirri card and added some decoration to the white panel.

Remember the song I mentioned at the start of this post - Be Happy?  Here are two totally different versions of the song - one by Hugh Lawrie from House MD and the other by the brilliant Judy Garland.

Hugh Lawrie:


GET HAPPY from David EvilArts on Vimeo.

Judy Garland:

I hope you've enjoyed both versions - I think my favourite is the one by Hugh Lawrie.  That's all for now.