Merry Christmas to All..

Dressing Up a Recycled Keepsake for LeslieRahye's Earth Day Bloghop 2013

Welcome to the studio of SalonD'Arte! We are so excited to be participating in LeslieRahye's Second Annual EARTH DAY Bloghop.

The project we are sharing today is a keepsake project - an altered mini matchbox dresser made from recycled matchbook boxes - and the drawers really open, too!

Tabletop and mirrorback are cut from recycled chipboard from notepads; then drybrushed in a pale pink acrylic paint. The matchboxes are stacked in threes, glued together and wrapped in a coordinating scrap of patterned paper. The fronts of the drawers are also drybrushed pink - embellished with stickers layered with clear mini brads for drawer pulls. Crystal faceted beads added for feet. All the desktop embellishments and the flowers on drawer pulls are stickers from Crafty Secrets. I have a sweet keepsake of a favorite picture of me and I have some vintage buttons that were my great grandmothers tucked inside for safekeeping.

Please scroll down to click on the squares below to continue to all the fantastic artists on the hop... Happy GREENcrafting! Sb

SalonD'Arte Creates Handmade Halloween Treats...

Hello everyone - I know it's been ages since I've blogged - I've been very busy creating for the upcoming holiday season by making Christmas Cards all year! But I haven't forgot about  the other big day... HALLOWEEN!

Have you're EYE on the some HALLOWEEN treats??? I made a whole bunch of these for the 5/12 Studio - Home Decor and Accessories Grand Opening this weekend in Boca Raton, FL. While you are there you can also linger for the Downtown Boca 2nd Annual "Meet Me On The Promenade".

Keep a lookout ... I'm getting lots of new things for the SalonD'Arte shoppe for your Handmade Holiday gifting. FYI - custom orders are always welcome.

Have a great weekend :) Sb

Thank You and Blog Candy Winners Announced for RAK and VLVS Mary Vogel Lozinak Link Up

Thanks to all the visitors last weekend for the Viva Las Vegastamps! Mary Vogel Lozinak Link Up and the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Bloghop! If you left a comment here on the post for this card were entered to win an RAK of blog candy from my crafty stash!

There was seven chances to win a $10 coupon to the Viva Las Vegastamps! Online Store to be given at each of the design team members blogs...DID YOU COMMENT??? Did you WIN??? Click the links below to visit the participating blogs to see if you are a winner.

Crystal - http://rusticdaisy.blogspot.com

Sheri - http://shycraftygirl.blogspot.com

Leslie-Rahye - http://leslierahye.blogspot.com

Lyneen - http://dreamingofcastles.blogspot.com

Cheryl - http://www.cherlin-ink.blogspot.com

Sandra - http://lifeimitatesdoodles.blogspot.com

Susan - http://www.artistdot.com

ALSO...two more winners are to be announced to each receive a $25 shopping spree to the VLVS! Online Store please CLICK HERE to see if you won!!!

The winner for my personal BLOG CANDY PRIZE is...
DRUMROLL PLEASE...Berni Cuttino

who said... "Very nice. Happy Memorial Day weekend. Hugs."

May 26, 2012 10:43 PM  

Congratulations Berni!! Please send me an email at sbartist1107 at yahoo dot com so I can send your information and mail out your goodie bag. Have a great weekend!
 : ) Sb

OWH Sketch #11 is Blooming for Operation Write Home Memorial Day Bloghop 2012

WELCOME to the HOP of all BLOGHOP's! 

Welcome to this stop on Operation Write Home's Memorial Day Bloghop 2012. This is my fourth year participating...thanks so much for joining us in celebrating!!! Our family is so proud and grateful for all of our men and women serving in the armed forces. My brother-in-law just returned from his deployment to Afghanistan at the end of April. My sister and her two "Weinee-tots"{Daschunds} are so happy for his return.

My card design is following Operation Write Home's Sketch #11. I am using a floral Mary Vogel Lozinak Stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps! stamped on a paper painted using a technique from Traci Bautista's "Collage Unleashed". Layered on a natural brown handmade paper is a hand misted black cardstock using a mist made of Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Bronze Terri Sproul Mixers! I will be entering this in the VLVS Mary Vogel Lozniak Link Up Bloghop which is going on this weekend as well which will feature creations using Mary's hand-drawn images pressed to rubber. CLICK HERE to visit that hop!

**BLOG CANDY** I will be having a RAK giveaway of goodies

from comments left between now and June 4th. Good luck!!!

My Little Sister is 10 years my junior and nearly a foot taller than me. This photo is from her deployment ceremony that was in Fort Lauderdale in January 2010.   {{ artful hugs }} : ) Sb

Thanks for dropping by... to get back to the beginning... CLICK HERE to get back to Operation Write Home.

May 26th!!! Save the Date for Operation Write Home's Memorial Day Bloghop

It's that time of year again for the

HOP of all BLOGHOP's!

The Operation Write Home Memorial Day Bloghop. 

There's still time to get in on the fun. If you would like to be one of the participating blogs and feature one of your own creations CLICK HERE for all the info to get involved! See you there!!!

Thanks to EVERYONE for Supporting Charity Wings and the WINNERS!!!!

The National Scrapbooking Day Raffle benefiting the Charity Wings organization has ended. The giveaway of a BRAND NEW CRICUT EXPRESSION 2 has been picked and Anyone, ANYWHERE in the world could have won!!!

The winner of the midnight drawing for the Amazing Mold Putty

and Delight Air Dry Clay...

The winner was Robyn Coulliard!!!

AND the WINNER of the Cricut Expression 2...

DRUMROLL PLEASE!!! 

Lightning HAS STRUCK TWICE!!!

The winner - Robyn Coulliard!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I so appreciate the gang at the Odd Show, their demonstrators and all the fans who helped in supporting this Charity Wings Fundraiser!!! KUDOS and HUGE Thanks - big hugs to all involved!!!  : ) Sb

NSD Extravaganza | Getting there and the schedule...

All The Odd Shows Live are streamed using this LINQTO room

http://www.linqto.com/rooms/papermood

And last...but not least...for the grand finale!

The Cricut Giveaway!!!

You can still purchase raffle tickets for the Charity Wings Fundraiser ALL DAY until 7:45pm EST. The grand prize Cricut Expression 2 giveaway will be drawn at 8pm EST!!! See you there : ) Sb 

CLICK HERE TO GET TICKETS

ODD SHOW National Scrapbooking Day Extravaganza! This SATURDAY...MAY 5th!!!

  

  

   

  

May is National Scrapbooking month. AND Saturday, May 5th, is National Scrapbooking Day. Please join me at The Odd Show Special - National Scrapbook Day Extravaganza for LIVE streaming demos and giveaways. The fun starts at 10:00 AM Eastern until 8:00 PM...and maybe even till the wee hours!

At 8:00 PM, there will be a LIVE drawing for a new Cricut Expressions 2 - shipped to any address in the world! Only $5 USD gets you THREE chances to win in the drawing! $20 (4 tix) get you 17 chances!

  Someone is going to WIN a Cricut Expression 2!

 All raffle ticket proceeds will go to CharityWings.org 

Scrapbook along with us or make cards, ATCs - whatever mixed media or paper craft you enjoy doing. Learn new tips and techniques and win prizes. Come and go throughout the day on your own schedule.

To join us on Saturday, click the link below - Enter Room - Add a Screename:

http://www.linqto.com/rooms/papermood 

The are NO requirements to register in order use this LIVE stream website.

If you would like to preview what the room is like prior to Saturday, pop into The Odd Show's LIVE stream, Monday through Friday at Noon, Eastern time. Or watch a previously recorded show listed on the website.

For more details on The Odd Show National Scrapbook Day Extravaganza and to purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a new Cricut Expressions 2, click below:

CharityWings.org - Purchase Raffle Tickets 

The Odd Show - Facebook 

The Odd Show - Blog

I will be demoing at 11:00 AM and 5:30 PM Eastern Time. I hope to see you there - this will be my online DEBUT!

A side note: ALL tickets purchased now until Friday, May 4th at 11:59pm ... will be put in a separate drawing for a Package of Amazing Mold Putty and Delight Air Dry Clay!!!

P.S. Special thanks to Molly Smith for providing this post : )

A "GREEN" CRAFTED Mini PurseBook for Leslie Rahye's Earth Day Bloghop

Welcome to the studio of SalonD'Arte! We are so excited to be participating in this special "Earth Day" Bloghop. The project we are sharing is very special - a mini purse book.

This is made from a recycled paper ribbon spool - transformed into this super GIRLIE mini purse. It's hand stamped and collaged with patterned paper and all gussied up with ribbons and bows to house a circular accordion mini book for messages and photos inside.

An empty paper ribbon spool beautifully transformed to a PINK and "GREEN" CRAFTED Mini Paper PurseBook. Would be so adorable with the addition of a small mirror.

ALSO - there is BLOG CANDY on this stop of the hop to be won. The prize is a set of four (4) handmade cards from my shop SalonD'Arte featuring reproductions of original artwork. TO ENTER please leave a comment and let us know about a greencrafting project you have made. If you leave your email please make sure it's spelled out {yourname at webdomain dot com}.

Thanks so much for visiting! Please scroll down to the squares below and click on them to visit all of the Go-Green Artists on the bloghop. Hope you have a wonderful Earth Day - THINK GREEN!

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On May 5th I will be having my online "LIVE" debut on the Odd Show National Scrapbook Day Live Extravaganza. There is a Cricut Expression 2 being given away at the event - this is a fundraising raffle for the Charity Wings organization. Prize will be shipped internationally. Click HERE to get your tickets before they are gone! Just $5 gets you three chances to win and all proceeds go to charity...a WIN - WIN for you and for Charity Wings!

New work at SalonDArte...

Hello web-wide-world! I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year now that the holiday dust has settled. I for one had a whirlwind three months that just ended with attending CHA {craft and hobby association} Trade show in Anaheim, CA. My work was on display for a product called Amazing Mold Putty by Alumilite Corp. Needless to say...between all the craft shows, I have been pretty busy creating...creating...and more creating for three (3) design teams that I am on. I am having a lot of fun and if you want to see more of what I've been up to please CLICK HERE to visit my art blog {sbartist : painting in the dark}.

Oh - also {I almost forgot} - most importantly... this month SalonDArte is the Mayor of the "Rainbow Wishes" Boxes that go out on February 21st. Make sure you get yours...this mini book will be in your box...compliments of your Sampler Village Mayor!!!

: ) Sb

Pledge Handmade this Holiday Season

I hope everyone this season takes this pledge. Buy local! Buy from your local crafter or artist! Go to your local neighborhood indie craft festival [not the craft shows in the mall]. Support hardworking artists and crafters right here at home in the USA - as opposed to spending hundreds of dollars on cheaply made stuff from China.

I'll quote my crafty friend Amanda Marks, who says this perfectly...

"Christmas should be memories and traditions (Great Grandma Mimi's Pork Pies), not about how much money you spent on stuff that will be in the trash six months from now. Every artist and crafter I know takes their time and a part of themselves is in each piece they create. It doesn't roll off an assembly line it is made with love by hand. Whether you purchase an item on Etsy, ArtFire or from a craft show you are helping the economy here. Dying for that new sweater from J. Crew check out Etsy. I am sure you will find something that was made by hand.

Involve your children or grandchildren in creating something from the heart. I have made and bought many things for many people. The things I created or children helped create are held much more dearly than anything I have ever purchased. Need an easy gift for a teacher? How about an eye mask with bath salts?

If you have children create traditions with them whether it is building Gingerbread Houses (ours were sort of a failure but it was fun), salt dough ornaments, hand prints (grandma and grandpa love anything with hand prints)."

So think outside the box this year and start a new handmade holiday tradition.

Some Halloween and Fall Favorites...

Here's some more goodies for your Trick & Treat pleasure in this Etsy Treasury by Etsian jcbabycakes!

SalonD'Arte's Witch Hat and Card are featured in this with some fantastic haunted treasures. I am so in love with the cat eye ring!!! Sb

A Happy Handmade Etsy Halloween!

It's feeling a lot like Halloween with this Etsy Treasury by Etsian CreationsByAngel!

My spooky cute matching Witch's Hat and Card are featured along with this menagerie of haunted treats - enjoy! Sb

Some news to share...

I haven't been blogging so much lately since I have been spending most of my free time working the summer craft shows, making ornaments, tweaking my display and preparing the for upcoming big holiday craft shows {the first of which was last weekend}. But I have also been feeding my creative muse by having some play time and trying out some new things...several months back I became part of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team...and...drumroll please...

I have super awesome news!!!

I am proud to announce that I have been selected to be part of an awesome group of artists & crafters! It is beyond words to explain how happy I am to be part of this group of talented stamp artisans. WOW! This is an awesome adventure that I am setting off on and I invite everyone to come along for the ride.

ANNOUNCING the New Viva Las Vegastamps! Design Team

Viva Las Vegastamps is excited to introduce you to our new Design Team for the next 6 months... This team will be post projects on the Viva Las Vegastamps blog on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Please stop by to check it out and leave comments. Check out their online store, too - there are stamps for everything and every occasion.

I will still be doing graphic design and printing by day - and my ornaments and unique paper crafts, too. This is a FUN thing for me that is truly an adventure. I am not a traditional "Stamper" by any means and I am excited to be chosen to play over at VLVS.

Custom Mini Journal Project

Hi Everyone! I know it's been a while since I've posted much lately - I have been working the day J.O.B. and spending the evenings & weekends preparing for my upcoming craft shows. How do you like the new background? A little goody I came across searching the web for some stamping technique ideas.

Did you know most everything at SalonDArte's shop on Etsy can be customized?

I received a request for a custom order of my popular "Altered Schoolbook Journal". You never know where inspiration comes from and I am always ready when it comes my way. The request was to make an Italy travel theme word search. Laura, my new client, sent me a list of words for the background word search and I was off and running...

Here is the final product which is merrily on it's way to Alabama. Hope you like it. I will have one more of this available in the shop, soon.

Thanks Laura for the fresh and fun inspiration. I hope your sister loves the special handmade gift! I enjoyed playing while making something new.

SalonD'Arte display at Beat Cup Folk & Craft Fair

SalonDArte vending at Beat Cup Craft Fair July 31st

Sorry I haven't been blogging too much lately. I been working really hard, making things and preparing to get into the local Indie craft show scene. Been doing one, Dada Bazaar, the past three months and it been great - especially to get my feet wet.

Great news!!! I Just got the call, it's official... drumroll please...

Save the date...I'll be at the Beat Cup Craft Fair in Delray Beach, Florida in a week with handmade ornaments, lanterns and other artsy goodness. I have a lot of work to do to get my display in order this weekend. I have some very artistic art in which to hang the ornaments...and a couple surprises, too. Looking forward to it, love music and artists painting in plein aire...maybe I'll do that once the weather cools down a bit. See you there : )

Looking forward to it. There will be art, live music and even artists painting in plein aire...maybe I'll do that once the weather cools down a bit. See you there : )