Scraps of Color's The Wiz Challenge #2

I'm so proud of my last two cards.  Not only did my brain not turn to noodles, I actually enjoyed making them!  This is the second leg of the relay challenge over at Scraps of Color using images by Robert Jackson. 

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Scraps of Color's The Wiz Relay Challenge

 

Finally did another card.  This one is for the Scraps of Color relay challenge using Robert Jackson's images based on the Wiz.  There's still time to play if you want to join, and the first image is free.



 

 

To get the next image you have to use this one.   Hope you enjoy the challenge.

 

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Just a short note to say thank you to Regan at Sassy Design Studios.   Pop over in the next 24 hours for 4 free digis.
Please respect her Angel Policy.


http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.ca/2014/01/happy-2014.html

A Beader's Paradise

Okay.  So if you follow this blog, you know I don't get excited easily, but when I do -- Whoo baby!  I get sooooo excited!!!

Got an e-mail from one of Beader's Daily sponsors.  The e-mail said I could get $500 of stuff for $140 and free shipping.  Hmmmmmm...I was skeptical.

Well, I ordered, and my package came today with free -- did I say "free"? -- 2-day shipping.  I am dancing, singing, and smiling like nobody's watching.  Prima did not disappoint.  I got four big bags of beads and beading stuff.  I'll be making for me and everybody else for quite some time, may even open a store. LOL

Enjoy the pics.  I apologize for the lighting.  My bulb broke. 
 

 

 



Here's the link in case you want to get your own.  If you like beads, bead stuff, or jewelry, you really don't want to miss this.  Thanks, Prima.
http://www.primabead.com/Beaders-Paradise-P9399.aspx

 



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Challenges Come, Challenges Go

I finally made another card!  The inspiration?  The continuation of this challenge was in jeopardy.   It's hard to find time to do everything you have to do much less things you want to do.  Not easy to make commitments.   Recently several blogs I follow have closed and/or stopped their challenges due to lack of participation.  Some of them I will really miss.  This made me question my participation. 

As a colorist I look for other people's images to color.   I can't draw a lick.  Believe me, I've tried.  Life is short.  The older you get, the more things you cross off your to-do list.  Drawing is one of my cross-offs, at least for the time being.  Most of the images I have were free images kindly offered by some very generous and talented folks.  There is something special about those who give away their good quality images without cost.  So I will continue to post my coloring swatches with these folks' images here as my way of saying thank you.

I entered this card into the Robert Jackson digi challenge over on Scraps of Color.  The theme was for what are you thankful.  I'm forever thankful for prayer.  What an awesome privilege!  To speak to the highest personage in the universe and be heard.  Never take it for granted.  I enjoyed making this card.  Tried to follow a sketch for the layout, but I cheated on the papers.  Used two-sided paper.  No matching problem there.  LOL

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I'm still here, and I'm still coloring.  In fact, during my blog hopping, I completed lots of swatches, and I will post pics later.  The bead bug has bitten me, and I've been working on my jewelry, and I will post pics of some of that, too.

So if you're still coming by to visit, I will have some thing up for your shortly.  In the meantime, keep inspiring and being inspired.  It's so fun.

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Still Blog Hopping

I'm still blog hopping.  There are so many blogs and so many talented people, and I continue to hop because I continue to be amazed at the artistry and creativity found in blog land.   I visit blogs of those who follow my blog, and I visit blogs that I have said I would visit and leave comments.  Of course, one blog leads to another blog and another blog and another blog ... you can get lost in a vortex.

I'll be the first to express my appreciation to the artists who share their images either as freebies on their blogs and websites as well as those who offer them for sale.  I support an artist's right to profit from their creativity and do not use any unauthorized images here on my blog nor privately. Strictly a no piracy policy.

I'm sharing a post here that I made on my Facebook page in response to the what's on your mind question.  It's just something to think about if you happen to be one of those folks who offer your images for sale.  

"What's on my mind today is the cost of digi stamps. Just about a year ago, you could get a really good digi for $1.00 and exceptional ones for $1.50. Then it changed to $1.50 to $1.75 for a good one; $2.00 for an exceptional one. Now most new digis come out priced at $4.00 to $4.50.

I certainly don't want to dictate what prices people charge for their items. However, I have yet to pay $4.00 for a digi stamp. Problem is I used to get 4 digis for that price. Prices go up, I know. But am I really going to pay $16 for four digi stamps? Nope. So I avoid the pricey ones. No matter how much I like the artist -- and I have my favs -- I will not pay $4.00 for one of their digis.

Several artists have collections of digis, i.e., Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Nursery Rhymes, etc.  If there are 5 images in the set at $4.00 that's $20.00.  I don't bother trying to keep up with those collections because it limits my ability to buy digis I like from several artists rather than settling on just one or two.

I truly appreciate those who give their top-quality digis as freebies and/or keep their prices low enough that a person can purchase several and not have to pick just one."

Rubber stamps and clear stamps seems to have been replaced by digital images because of cost.  There are pros and cons with each type of stamp for both the buyer and the seller.  While keeping costs down for the buyer, digi stamps also decrease time, energy, and cost to the seller.  I'm sure things will balance out and settle at a place where both the buyer and the seller can benefit mutually.  In the meantime, to any sellers that are aware that cost could be prohibitive for some of their buyers and keep their prices reasonable, I say thank you, and I want you to know you are appreciated.

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