"Skittle" Bugs...

...I know I shouldn't be posting this because it's supposed to be a RAK and I think both the people I'll be RAKing actually come visit me once in a while...but oh well, I'm just SO not good at keeping secrets or WAITING! I wanna share NOW!

Okie dokie, so I can't take all the credit, a member had posted these cute little ladybugs that she did with her "Skittle" beads and I thought, 'Self...well hey! I haven't done anything like THAT yet!' So I took it a couple steps further and used my alcohol inks and perfect pearls! Have a peek - these'll probably release as an official part of my line sometime mid-this-month or early next month, we'll see how ambitious I get! I've got a few more critter/animal ones coming too...*giggles* Okay, PICTURES PUH-LEASE!

I know I TOTALLY went overboard with the pictures...but it's my blog, so ask me if I really feel all that bad. LOL...I just LOVE those little critters...I've got one address and I'm just waiting for ONE more and I can send those babies off with their card. I'm so EXCITED! More in store...I can't believe how fun these little beads are! And to think, I just grabbed them because they were beside the cash register with a big clearance sign on them and I didn't even KNOW what I was going to be doing with them yet!

Wouldn't that make a GREAT interview story in some crafting magazine??? LOL...meh, one can only hope right? In the meantime, I'll keep playing around in the "Skittles" lab...

CURRENT MOOD: AWAKE...WIDE AWAKE...! CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA

True colours...

...I see your true colours shining through..they're beautiful...like a rainbow...

So I'm sure you're reaching the end of your limit staring at the beads I keep posting, but I LOVES them so you're gonna look at a couple more.

Besides, The Mister went and did something spectacular, I have to write about it! When I woke up this morning there was a plastic bag on his pillow and to be honest, I really didn't even notice it - not the BEST morning person EVER, let me tell you. So he comes in while I'm about to haul the laptop up onto the bed and he's like, did you see your present? And I look up all bleary-eyed and was like, 'wha?' and he points at the bag and only then does the red lettering on the plastic bag register and I'm like, I KNOW THAT BAG! So I tear it open and there staring up at me are the pretty little faces of Perfect Pearls and a pack of alcohol inks. For me. JUST for MEEEE!

I had recently placed two orders for Perfect Pearls and alcohol inks at http://www.pezadoodle.com/, but I didn't think that moment was the BEST time to tell him that (and also that they were a LOT cheaper there) but I taught The Mister well, he knew to ask for a 40% off coupon and everything! So he said that since he was with me the last time and I had stood in that aisle and stared at all the inks and powders and debated on which one I would get, he thought I would have more fun and be able to make more variety if he got me the other package. SWEET MAN!

So he came into the scraproom with me (I'm wide awake by now, of course) and I showed him how I was using his wonderful presents!

Heads up though, there's quite a few pictures. Ta-daaaaa:

Under the Sea

Sands of Time

Blue Lagoon

Shamrock Central

Lavender Dreams

Pucker Up Pink

Rainbowlicious

Ooooo-wee!!! I LOVE THEM ALL!!!

Eventually, they'll be going up on my Etsy but first I need input from my Alcoholic Ink Yoda...hope you're not TOO wrinkly-faced!

CURRENT MOOD: CURRENTLY LISTENING TO:

Caution...

...mad scientist at work in the Skittles lab - proceed at your own risk!

JewelPops
Jade Dragon

Tom Thumb's Plums

Blueberry Bubbas

Red Hot Tamales
PrincessPops

Princess Pixie Pink

Princess Yolanda Yellow

Princess Penelope Purple

Princess Tammy Teal

Princess Brigitte Blue

Princess Pansy Pink

Princess Geneveive Green

Princess Nala Navy

CURRENT MOOD: CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: NOT A WHOLE LOT

Example overkill...

...I was having an off night tonight. I sat down at my desk in my scraproom and nothing was happening for me. I had a few new ideas swirling in my head, but they just weren't coming together IRL. So, I figure I'm going to take a little break from the altering of the beads and I'd better try making something with them instead.

It was also slow-going there too, let me tell you. Nothing was coming to me! I finally took the plunge and grabbed my beautiful, not-so-new-but-never-been-used DCWV Old World stack and ripped out a page *gasp* Yes I know. So I've realized that I'm definitely an embellishment person. I have to start with the embellishments and then build up from there. So I had chosen the paper based on the antique Primas I wanted to use.

So I laid them all out there on my paper, but it still looked...meh. I was deeefinitely not getting any further brainstorms, so I grabbed the extra paper left over from making my cut and I ripped it. *gasp* YES, I said it. I RIPPED IT TWICE!

Stuck that on, put my embellishment on and called it a day. Or at least I thought it was. Last minute, I decided to put a couple more gold SwirlyPops on the edges, just as added extras - went for the overkill on using too many beads on one single project.

And then as a last-second kind of thing, I noticed that I had spilled (AGAIN) more Perfect Pearl powder (the sparkly purple one) and so to clean it up, I grabbed the fluffy brush it came with and swiped the powder up with it, and then just decided to swirl it only my textured cardstock on the card. Swirly, swirl, swirl and now when you pull the card out of the envelope, it just has that little extra oomph! A little something for your viewing pleasure:

CURRENT MOOD: CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: NOTHING MUCH

Isn't it ironic...

...dontcha think? A little tooooo ironic, yeah I really do think.

Well goodmorning, à la Alanis Morrissette, to you! I woke up a bit groggy, but not to worry, I made it online just fine and I'm not late (just yet) because I woke up extra early to get some things done. Really can't be late today...because that would probably make it almost every day this week. Honestly, I have no idea what kind of picture I'm painting of myself to you all out there, but I SWEAR I'm a good worker. Really...I'd hire me... ......

Sooooo...YO from The Boards was talking about how it was all thanks to our little man, The Bug, that brought the peeps (I keep wanting to say ladies, but then I remember Jason, so they'll all just be my peeps instead) from The Board together. If it wasn't for us having an obsession (hey who put that!) I mean, LOVE for all things scrappy, none of us would have met. And to me, the irony is that we all met because of The Bug and I haven't been using mine as much as I thought I would when I first ordered it. I mean, who has the TIME when I'm BUYING everything I read about and making some FABULOUS friends along the way?

Can I get a little after-school special here? I just wanted to take the time to mention that I LOVE The Board. It's capitalized for a reason. Whatever is on that board is 100% me. I mean, IRL, I'm pretty much exactly the same way, but that takes awhile for me when I'm meeting new people. For some reason, I get all wallflowery around new people, so I have a hard time making new friends. Oh and also because I don't really want to. All through highschool and university, I was pretty much a one or two REAAAALLY close friends instead of having like a million friends (who probably talk about me behind my back) kind of person. It's simpler...but on The Boards, I've met so many fantastic people and like IRL, I've met some REALLY good people that are turning into REALLY good friends.

So there it is. I'm very happy to have 'met' you all and I have been having the most FABULOUS time with everyone and of course, buying everything. *big fuzzy hugs*

.....and cut. That's a wrap folks...

Here's some up-coming new releases to be made for sale on my Etsy!

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Leaves and Berries

These babies were done up using alcohol ink (can I say that everytime I try to write alcohol, it always comes out as alcoholic first for some reason. Then when I'm reading back, I'm like....how come the ink is alcoholic? Is it down and out? Is it battling depression? )

Please let it be known that I am a NEW number one fan of alcohol inks and Perfect Pearls! They are OH SO PRETTY and if judunno what I'm talking about, then you need to get you some ASAP. Marti's got lots, go over there and tell her I sent you and nothing will happen except for the fact that she'll just think you're name-dropping. HAHAHAHAAA, sorry, I know peeps, but I don't have those kinds of connections. Besides, her Perfect Pearls and alcholics (LOL - I'm not even going to bother changing that one) are cheaper than you can get at M's any day PLUS way more colours! My eyes got all wide and starry when I said WAY more colours because there's a lot and by a lot that means you can mix and match until the next blue moon!

P.S. PLEASE do be careful...this is INKS we're talking about here...and my left hand....well, it's pretty much inked for the next little while...

I love how Photobucket has finally gotten down with their bad selves and updated the way we can upload pictures. NICE!

So that'll be all from me for now, I DID say I wasn't going to be late today...LOL. Hope everyone has a nice day today too, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping - and probably dropping their little bits onto my car - but things are coming up all sunshine and daisies. Feeling a little low? Do yourself (and someone else) a favour and do a little RAK, you'll like yourself more after :)

P.S. If you read the new names for my beads...who's got I Heard it Through the Grapevine stuck in their head now? And for those who didn't have it before...do you have it now? Teehee...

CURRENT MOOD: CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - ?

It's now or never...

...well, I guess I can't procrastinate any longer. I've been a little nervous about doing this, but like the title says, it's now or never!

I opened my Etsy shop and there are some items now posted.

My very first GRAND OPENING! Yay ME!

CURRENT MOOD: CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: NOTHING