Bella Carta at Art 'n Soul

Recycled Rubber weekend begins at Art 'n Soul in less than 12 hours from now. Set your clocks to begin at 10 a.m. in the morning (Saturday) . . . Mike and I will be there and we're looking forward to saying hi and looking at the great bargains awaiting you!

The Ranger order arrived and here's some of the goodies just waiting for you . . .

these are the latest new colors in Liquid Pearls

these are the latest new colors in Stickles

Dianne says she's used this spray
mister and fielded lots of inquiries

this stamp set was extremely popular
the last time they were in; if you want one,
please select quickly because there are
only a couple of them!

these are very long bladed and the
serrated edge is extremely micro . . . you
can't really see it. you might want to
purchase this scissor for a good long-bladed
scissor since Martha Stewart isn't making the
very long-bladed scissor we were all
purchasing a while back.

Check out this watercolor technique using Memento markers from IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko. Linda Lucas has made 3 stunning cards that I know you'll like. I personally love how vivid the colors are and the effects of random color from the Pico Embellishments!

by Linda Lucas
Artist-in-Residence for IMAGINE Crafts

Click on this link for Linda's step-by-step directions: http://imaginecraftsblog.com/2014/08/01/watercolouring-with-memento-markers/

The Impression Obsession 2014 Fall/Winter Designer Hop continues. I loved these two cards from Dina Kowal!

by Dina Kowal for Impression Obsession

Click on this link to take you to the blog posting with information on how Dina created these cards: http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/2014/08/cha-sneak-peeks-day-5.html

And Jenny Gropp has made this super fun Halloween card . . .

by Jenny Gropp for Impression Obsession

Click here for Jenny's how-to posting: http://www.onekraftykat.blogspot.com/2014/08/io-cha-blog-hop-day-five.html

Karen Amidon used IO's new version of the ever-popular pear . . .

by Karen Amidon for Impression Obsession

Here's the link to Karen's post: http://paperliliesandink.blogspot.com/2014/08/impression-obsession-fallwinter-new.html

Laura Fulcher says she saved her best for the last day of the Designer blog hop.

by Vicki Garrett for Impression Obsession

This is the link to Vicki's posting: http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-good-time-to-stay-in-and-cuddle-day-5.html

Dianne discovered the vellum papers from Webster's Pages this morning. She happened to lay one of her zentangled cards under some of the various designs . . . we both liked what we saw!

Zentangle design by Dianne Johnson
Stencil by Dreamweaver Stencil Designs
Vellum by Webster's Pages

What would you put behind the various vellum designs? I'm gonna check out possibilities this weekend!

Check this out from Sharon Morrison, one of the Artists-in-Residence for IMAGINE Crafts. She posted this on Facebook and I am in total awe.

by Sharon Morrison"Imagine Crafts / Tsukineko Memento LUXE Wedding Dress. StazOn Jet Black. Kaleidercolor Tomato Vine. Stamp by Stampendous! My own hand"

Well, I hope to see you tomorrow at Recycled Rubber.