one of the gifts...

that our cruisers got was this fun black box from Cosmo Cricket...

They also donated a complete set of 12 x 12 papers, cool journaling cards...
AND...
the coordinating stickers too...

so...each cruiser got the whole shebang!
WOW!!

Since we had a day off...everyone had a special surprise project and plenty of "studio @ sea" space to play and enjoy the day...

Here's the naked box...


I got mine before the cruise & had a sample made to show...

I used my flower stamp again...
I like it as a flower, but...
it's PERFECT for a pumpkin!

Once it was cut out & inked, I overstamped it with polka dots.

The grungeboard vine was cut with a Sizzix die and stamped with this screen stamp.

The small pumpkin, bat & cute cat are from tim's seasonal grungeboard set.
The bat & cat are painted with black crackle paint.

Just an fyi...I see that there is a SALE on the crackle paints...
just incase you happen to NEEEEEEEEED any...
I'm just saying...
SALES are good!

"BOO" is Maya Road Noah chipboard alphas...they are mini & oh SOOO cute! For me...the smaller...the better...

I'd LOVE to wallpaper a bathroom in this AWESOME paper...
Hello...Cosmo Cricket???
Can I buy a million sheets??




And a closer look...
"pumpkins for sale" was computer generated...



Here's the inside...
MORE awesome papers from Cosmo Cricket...

The price is $4.90 each...
Get it???


LOTS of you asked for more photos and project photos...
I think I forgot to take some before the cruise...

but...I'll do that just as soon as Mr Fed-Ex delivers my cruise boxes.
It should be today!!
YIPPEE!

Come back on Monday...
I'll be waiting for you...

Have a GREAT weekend & take time to...
make art!
wendy

finishing yesterday...and new today...

After blogging yesterday, Rick & I had a date...

Hobby Lobby, the grocery & lunch.

It's sad, but true.............We're pretty BORING.........and I was a CHEAP date.
But look out...one of these days when I have some time..............

Anyway...then I came home to a million emails about my post. OK...maybe not a million, but almost 30. YIKES!

It's obvious that I neglected to tell you about the papers & products used. OOPS...sorry!

So...here we go with the answers...

The Maya Road landscape binder is 4 1/2 x 9. Pretty big.
Lots of room for play.

The plain green background page (the inside back cover) was done with the green Maya Mist. The "Enter" page is the charcoal Maya Mist. It's a great color, because it's dark...but you can still stamp on it with jet black archival ink to make cool backgrounds.

On to the paper questions...

From left to right...in the photo...

1. Cosmo Cricket
2. Graphic 45
3. CI...Christine Adolph
4. Mustard Moon



Next shot...All 4 of these great papers are made by Graphic 45...




For those of you who guessed that the houndstooth was a new studio 490 stamp...NOPE...it's a current Stampers Anonymous stamp (#U4-1043). It's a favorite....

The Graphic 45 paper & the stamp coordinate well...



I think that covers everything...

NOW!!!!!!!!!


***BREAKING NEWS***

Want to see some NEW Maya Road products like this???



Check out the company blog...Leave a comment...get a chance to win some cool new products...

This cover was a BLAST...and turned out exactly as I had hoped it would...

I had one of those cheapo pink plastic stencils (HLOBBY??)....I layed it on the cover & squirted it with charcoal Maya Mist...So EASY!!!!!!!!!

I bet you know what's coming next...

YEP...off to...
Make Art!
wendy
Don't forget...head over to Maya Road...see more NEW PRODUCT photos...enjoy!
***EDITED***...how cool is this news?
MOST of the Maya Road products will be shipping right after CHA! They are ALMOST HERE!!
NO LONG WAITS...YIPPEE!