July 2014 ~ Cupcake's Creations

peace on earth... 26

Mona Pendleton | Thursday, July 31, 2014 @ 2:17 AM | Art Journal , Mixed Media , Sizzix , Tim Holtz

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a page to share from my art journal: I painted an owl using a variety of paints from my stash: I joined along with the Compendium of Curiousities 3, Number 7 challenge which is to create a project featuring the Painted Industrial technique and embellished with an industrial painted die cut heart: and randomly added design using various Tim Holtz stencils: I also joined...

Merry and Bright... 26

Mona Pendleton | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 @ 10:05 AM | Altered Art , MFT , My Favorite Things , Pion Design , Simon Says Stamp Exclusive dies , Spellbinders , Wall Hanging

Hi there! Today I have a few projects to share featuring pretty Pion Design papers from the newly released Days of Winter collection. First up is a snowflake shaped wooden holiday hanging which features a beautiful image from From Grandma's Attic ~ tinted. I was thrilled to find the snowflake on clearance at a local for store for only $1! I altered it with some white gesso, crackle paint and glitter flakes: All the die cut circles were...

hope...DREAMS...wish 41

Mona Pendleton | Sunday, July 27, 2014 @ 9:01 PM | Altered Art , Jewelry , Ranger , Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge , Tim Holtz

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge theme is: "J is for..." July, journey, jump rings, jewel tones, and journaling. This week we are challenging you to be inspired by the letter J somehow. Be sure to tell us how you have been inspired by the letter J this week. I was inspired to create a piece of Jewelry using Jumprings: This challenge was...

sprinkle love 35

Mona Pendleton | Saturday, July 26, 2014 @ 11:39 PM | Canvas , Compendium of Curiosities , Mixed Media , Ranger , Tim Holtz

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a mixed media canvas to share. For technique, I joined along with the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #7 which is to create a project focusing on the Painted Industrial technique. To create this project, I painted the burlap panel with Gesso then applied various colors of Distress Paints along with more Gesso: For added texture and design, I used the Painted...

Season's Greetings... 34

Mona Pendleton | @ 1:57 AM | MFT , Pion Design , Spellbinders

Hi there! I hope you are having a fantastic weekend! Today I have my very first card of 2014 to share with you featuring beautiful papers from the Pion Design collection Days of Winter: I die cut and framed the beautiful image using various Spellbinders dies. The sentiment is from MFT Starry Christmas: For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch challenge and the Merry Monday challenge...

Happy Holidays 30

Mona Pendleton | Friday, July 25, 2014 @ 2:20 PM | MFT , MPD Starry Christmas , Pion Design , Simon Says Stamp Exclusive dies , Spellbinders , Wall Hanging

Hi there! I'm here today to celebrate Christmas in July! Yesterday, Pion Design revealed the release of their newest collection ~ Days of Winter. In Pion's words ~ "Days of Winter is a collection capturing the essence of Winter and Christmas inspired by a snow-covered village of old times.With images and patterns of ice skaters on a frozen lake, calming walks through a silent landscape, delicate snowflakes, Christmas trees and Winter birds...

Live... 26

Mona Pendleton | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 @ 8:56 PM | A Day in May , Layout , MFT , Mixed Media , My Favorite Things , Pion Design

Hi there! I'm so excited to have had a project shared on the ever so talented Marjie Kemper's blog (thank you Marjie!) and I would be tinkled pink if you would check out her blog HERE. Today I have a layout share featuring fun patterned papers from the Pion design A Day in May collection along with photos of Meredith that were taken about 7 years ago. This is not my "typical" layout using Pion papers ~ I challenged myself to get...