Glowbugg's Best of 2011

I saw this on Tracey Feeger's blog and I liked the idea.

So, I am spotlighting my favorite personal project(s)

from each month over the past year.

Sort of a "greatest hits" compilation, if you will.

Here goes:

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

 and

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

 and

JUNE

and

JULY

 and

AUGUST

and

SEPTEMBER

and

and

OCTOBER

and

NOVEMBER

and

DECEMBER

and

Oh! And....

and lastly,

Thanks so much for following along with me on

my look back on 2011's projects and posts.

I made some pretty cool schtuff this past year.

It was fun to look back and see how my style

has evolved and changed. How it has improved and

even crashed and burned more than I'd like

to revisit.

I look forward to learning more coloring techniques

in the coming year.

I am also looking forward to spending more time making

quality projects as opposed to having so many "obligations",

that I end up rushing to meet deadlines as opposed to creating

real art I can be proud to show on my blog.

Here's to 2012!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Wicked Christmas Antics!

I don't know if you've heard, but the

Smudgy Antics challenge blog

is open to all images now, not just stamped, but digis too,

and not limited to Smeared and Smudged images either.

Any qualifying submission is up for the grand prize,

but only S&S images are up for the Top 3.

I was so inspired by the challenge and then to find out

I could use whatever image(s) I wanted?!

I give you my version of a

Wicked Christmas.

This is my new boyfriend,

Monster Boy from Dilly Beans.

It was love at first sight... sigh....

I saw someone else put wings on him and had to

CASE it for this card. So angelic.

This is the perfect sentiment for all ages.

I believe it's from MFT. 

It was a gift, so I'm guessing by the font.  

I finally got to destash a

long in the tooth chipboard snowflake.

The first logical step was to paint them all black, right?

Try using those on your traditional holiday cards!

I am entering this card in the 

Smudgy Antics challenge - Wicked Christmas

and 

Crimbo Crackers - snowflakes

ABC Christmas challenge - Zingy colors

Simon Says Stamp! - anything goes

Sexy in socks?

My son asked, "Why is she wearing socks with that gown?"

"Cause that's how Krista drew her", was all I could come up with.

Well, that and the fact that I colored them to look like socks,

not stockings. 

Her name is Suzi Stockings after all. You can find her here.

I think she is gorgeous in my new favorite color combo.

I added lots of sparkles to give the impression of ice

crystals shimmering in the sunlight.

 

I even went with a button combo and silver ribbon accent

to finish off this wintry gorgeousness!

I made this card specifically for the current winter themed

challenge over at the

Saturated Canary challenge blog. 

Dustin' off the funk

Man, am I ever glad to see this holiday season

come to an end. 

The month of December really sucked right out of the gate.

Things did settle down finally, and I had a wonderful

Hexmas Eve and an even better Hexmas.

I got some nice gifts and didn't have

to get dressed all day!!! We're talkin' jammies, not nude!

So, I took the time I had this past week and made a couple

of cards to play along with some upcoming challenges.

Today's card is for the Dilly Beans challenge of using

three different images on your project.

Since I am total sucker for the mentally imbalanced

(well, they always seem to find me at the mall and other public places),

I had to go with the Disturbed Snowman image

from Dilly Beans.

I paired him up with a winter sign post from Make it Crafty

and a funny sentiment I got from Ginger's House ,
a fabulous free word art blog. Thanks Lynx!

The blank sign post was perfect for me to hand write the

three avenues of Holiday Cheer!

So glad I finally got to play along with the

Dilly Beans challenge!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a little Saturated Canary action.

And to all a good night!

Entering the home stretch

I am finally starting to get into the spirit of the season.

At least a little bit anyway.

I got to do some more shopping and am feeling

even better since I found out we don't have to go anywhere

or entertain anyone on Christmas Day! Yippee!!

I am all for sitting around the fire playing our (yet to be opened)

Nightmare Before Xmas Jenga game and taking a

neccesary nap  from sipping too much hot chocolate

laced with 100 proof Peppermint Schnapps.

Nice.

Oh! I made some cards. Wanna see?

My neighbor, Connie has been keeping my family well

stocked with cookies and the most amazing Pomegranate

jelly and syrup! I had to make her a card to thank her for

sharing the sweets! 

This handsome fellow is Duncan from

Paper Makeup Stamps.

Loving him!!!

I am really digging the color scheme on this one!

Brrr! So frosty!!

This cutie is a great digi image from

Birdie Brown by Torico on Etsy.

Lastly, is my favorite of the bunch.

I found an image via Google of this

amazing bloody nosed reindeer by the uber talented

Mad Creator himself, Gris Grimly. 

 

I admire his art immensely!

And he's not hard on the eyes either!

Yummy!

Okay, but just a quickie...

I have not been in a particularly festive mood this season.

It's been a chore to participate at all to say the least.

I have been steady with orders in my etsy shop which has

brought a bright spot to most days.

Don't pity me though, this is all self induced.

I think I'm turning into my F-F-F-Father!

Ffffaaaaaahhhh....!

I do have some purdy cards to share though.

Here is a little Kraftin' Kimmie action.

Her name is Takara.

I totally bought it for the dragon though.

Here is an image from Delicious Doodles. 

She is the Steampunk Fairy found here.

LOVE them wangs!!!

Lastly, is a card that took me forever to finish!

It sat in pieces for weeks until I finally got a whiff

of what I hope was mojo, and I put it all together.

That awesome Steampunky background is from

Crafty Chaos Designs

and is found here.

It all works perfectly with this killer image from

Tickled Pink.

Lilith is my favorite Lolita character of all time.

Tickled Pink is currently selling their digis for a short time

this month, and at a 15% discount!

Ho! Ho! Hum!