Fafi | in | Paris

Saw this via the amazing website .arrested motion, bookmark it!

Meggs | Inner Demons Exhibition | London 

Don't miss..!

You know it's going to be good if VNA is supporting the event...

More info here

The Live My Life Alleycat | Paris

Paris is one the best cities to cycle in. We took part in the Live My Life Alleycat #1, put together by Coursier.fr - the number one courier company in Paris. 

I highly recommend anyone visiting, to get involved in a future event - it's exciting and everyone has fun. More importantly, no-one pays you out if you end up cycling Velib-style! Those things are heavy...

My riding crew consisted of Jo, Mel and Julien - our main man - who was our guide the whole way. We didn't even come last! thanks to Julien ofcourse. He knows the city streets and the short-cuts...

Soundtrack is another Parisian bicycle group to follow. They organize other events in Paris if you want to get involved.. 

Stay in the know here.

 

 

 

Invader 1000 | Paris

Champfest recently visited Paris and what a trip... Paris is full of things to do, and we see something new each time we go.

A few Parisians are to be featured in Issue 004, so keep your eyes out for those...

In the meantime, if you missed the Space Invader exhibition - titled Invader 1000 - here are some photos for you to feast your eyes on... the Frenchie has come quite a long way! Well done, we say...

The exhibition is held at La Generale Gallery and on until July 2nd.

12-8.30 OPEN

14, avenue Parmentier 75011 Paris

http://www.lagenerale.fr/

 

 

 

Map to each city he has hit. Rome, NYC and Paris ofcourse, among others.... Quite organized!

 

I had never seen this before . Space Invader creates large-sale portraits out of rubix-cubes. The colours arent switched, the actualy rubix cubes have been turned to create the image.

 

The show was quite a success . There was even a line-up to get to the First Level to see the main display. No-one ever thinks to avoid the line-up and enter through the exit...

 The building the exhibition was held in, was something to see in itself. The buildings in Paris are amazing, some delightfully huge, as this warehouse was.

Beautiful...

BIRTHDAY FUN MPSDT JUNE PROJECT/END OF TERM

as you all might know, this is my last project as a member of the awesome  

"My Pink Stamper" 

design team.

the term was for six months and we have come to an end. some girls will stay and some will go. anyway, you look at it, it was my honor and pleasure to design for Robyn alone with her so very creative team.

thanks ROBYN for all you do!

Robyn's instructions for this last project were:

"Just make sure it is BRIGHT and fun!!!"

 

Birthday Fun

is the name of my card using the

my first "mps stamps set"as her designer on my first term.

 now, onto my card.

using an old stack from DCWV i made this beautiful card. while looking at those papers i really did not like them but went for them anyhow. the only one i really liked was the blue dotted one :P

the card size is a 4 x 5 inch tall. i used cindy loo for the mushrooms, ashlynn's alphabet for the gorgeous butterflies and accent essentials for the sentiment mat. the later was manipulated on the gypsy to the shape you see now to fit the sentiment size. i used for image #31 using shift.

 

below are a couple more pics.

 remember you can always click on the pics, for zooming in.

bright and fun just like robyn wanted it to be.

hope you liked it and give you some inspiration.

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a bit of DAILY LIFE:

 

---husband ended up on insulin :( still has to see the specialist.

 

---son's graduation was a blast!!!

 

---visit to boston university for 4 days was excellent!!!!

---lulu is very sick and needs your prayers: collapsed trachea, heart failure and pneumonia. we are devastated. we have no more tears. we are numbed with pain and heartache.

 

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love you all!

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Macabre Monday Menacing Mermaids

This week at Haunted Design House our challenge is Menacing Mermaids. OOOHHH, did we have fun with this one! Forget Ariel! Mermaids have always had the reputation of causing shipwrecks and luring sailors to their deaths (conveniently forgetting that humans can't breathe under water, yeah right!) with their irresistible songs. They are often portrayed as beautiful creatures, but in the dark gloomy depths of the sea they revert to the the horrific creature they REALLY are. BWAHAHAHA!



So there ya go. It's been awhile since I've gotten my full creep on and I was afraid the Minions might just drum me out of the corps. Never fear! I was REALLY inspired by this challenge! It started with the digi skull head I received for FREE by participating in the Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop with Smeared Ink. The rest of the skelly was cut and pasted from the Muertos Doll digi from Bombshell Stamps. They were shaded a bit with Copics, then fussy cut and glittered. Her tail was cut from the Dreams Come True (yikes, with dreams like this, who needs nightmares?) Cricut cartridge, again shaded with Copics and embossed with the Cuttlebug.

Her hair is a ripped up used dryer sheet, inked with Distress Inks, dabbed with silver acrylic paint and glittered. the background was done with Distress Inks in the smear, spritz and swipe manner on a craft sheet, dried, ironed and distressed with my Distrezz-it-All, and overstamped with Perfect Medium and brushed with Perfect Pearls. It turned out too big for a card once the mermaid was popped on there so I used my Grand Caliber and the 3 largest Spellbinders Grand Labels Four to cut and emboss a base. This was also stamped with Perfect Medium and brushed with Perfect Pearls. The stamp is the Large Elegant Words background stamp from Heartfelt Creations.

"Siren Song" was computer generated and printed on a Fanciful Label from the Cuttlebug Embossing Plus folder. It was inked and glittered as well. For additional texture I added a woven piece that was cut from a pouch that came with some silverware. It was inked with Distress, dabbed with acrylics and glittered too. This was the closest I've ever gotten to mixed media and I have the blue fingers to prove it. LOL

All that was need was a hanger and some fibers and ribbon to trail from the bottom and a Recollections brad to dress it up a bit. Now, if you dare, check out the rest of the Minions fabulous creations at HDH. I'm sure you'll be inspired to play along. I'm also entering this in my DT Sis Susan's Guest DT Monochromatic Challenge over on the Smeared and Smudged Forum. I'm thinkin' it's close enough, eh Susan? And I'm also entering it in the Cardmadfairy's Under the Sea Challenge and the Shopping Our Stash SOS Challenge using Spellbinders, Smeared Ink, Ocean theme, skull, sparkle, stamping, Siren's Song.

And WooHoo! Look at this!

and this! I love it when people appreciate my "dark side". LOL

Happy Father's Day from the Cats

Goliath new exactly what he wanted for a Father's Day card this year. He's been "gifting" Daddy almost daily, although we've closed the cat door at night to cut down on unpleasant "surprises" (see bottom of post HERE if you're interested). The rat banner is done with a MS punch some twine and the Cuttlebug Monogram Seals Emboss Plus folder. He's broadened his hunting skills to include birds (on the DP by Heidi Grace) and of course we can't forget the appetizer mice (also a MS border punch.) Goliath, himself, is from a Sticky note pad by Paper House productions that he swears he modeled for.


I glued him to card stock for strength, cut him out and popped him, along with the hanging rats and monogram seals. Before taking them out of the folder, I colored the letters with gel pens. After removal, I inked the edges.

And inside... the little lizard is a Cottage Cutz Die and I've added lidded goggle eyes. He's still smiling because he has no idea he's dessert. Both cats enjoy chasing and catching lizards but we always thought they must taste nasty since Goliath always let them go. Last time I heard Jezzie's muffled "I've got something for you" meow I was totally surprised when she chomped one right down. EEEWWWW!!! I'm assuming it's an acquired taste, but one she's dying to share with her Daddy. She says it tastes just like chicken, yeah, right!


Of course Jezzie's card is all about her. I made a shaped card with Design Studio using Car Decals. I cut the interior pieces by hiding the contours of the regular Cat2 and cutting them pieces individually in the other papers. Jezzie couldn't decide whether she wanted to be fuzzy or sparkly so I used Sparkly Fluff to cover both bases. Attached to her bow in is a silver charm that says "Special". She's a very skittish and wild thing, but she's Daddy's Little Princess and has just recently allowed him to actually comb her, resulting in far fewer hairballs and quite the fluffy coat. She thinks she's just "boofy" (beautiful) these days and when Daddy bends down and tells her she's his pretty girl she stretches and rolls over to show him her tummy.


So the inside reads "Daddy, I feel like a princess all boofy and new and it's all because of you!" The hearts are RainDots. Oh oh! Jezzie just noticed I forgot the hugs and kisses... better go fix that! I'm entering these cards in the Whimsical Wednesday Father's Day Challenge.