The Dark Mermaid

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Oh, Alice Chapter 45: Remembering Holiday Dreams

Today was the last day of vacationing with my family (so sad). So, I'll be back soon! Hope eveyone is having a wonderful New Year!!

Chapter 45: Remembering Holiday Dreams-
`Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, `It WAS a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's getting late.' So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been.

I hope you have some wonderful holiday dreams to remember! It is time to start scrappng those holiday memories! Our generous sponsor, Nikki Sivils, is offering a huge prize to help you capture those memories! Please visit the OAC blog because one randomly drawn winner will receive a 6x6 inch pad, 12x12 inch designer paper, and burlap covered buttons from the Happy Holly-Days Collection!

This week's Challenge:
Share something that helps you capture your holiday memories, like a layout, mini-album or picture holder of some kind, OR to use an icy blue color scheme! The design team this week will be showing off some fabulous paper from our generous sponsor, Nikki Sivils. They will be using the wonderful "Something for Everyone" collection in beautiful Alice blue or the Happy Holly-Days collection.
Take a look:
Jessica
Andrea
Donna
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Tasha
Tracy Evans - Guest Designer

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happiest of New Years to Everyone!

On behalf of the OAC crew, I'd love to wish everyone a Happy New year and 'THANK YOU' to all of our readers. No card for me today, as I have family visiting for 2 weeks and we've been on the go doing every fun SD tourist-y thing we can think of. ;o)

A huge thank you to all of our amazing sponsors of 2010!!!

Please stay tuned for what's to come in 2011, including a HUGE prize from Nikki Sivils!! Thank you Nikki for being so VERY generous!

Another big thanks to our queen of Wonderland herself, Jessica, and our fabulous coordinators, Margie and Tasha! Thanks gals for all the hard work and extra hours you put in!
You truly are the Muchness of OAC!!!

Check out the OAC blog for some of the crews "Thank You" creations made with NIKKI SIVILS super cute goodies!!

Happy New Year wishes to my team and all my wonderful followers!! I wish you a year full of happiness!! Thank you for another amazing blog year!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Oh, Alice Ch. 44: Curiouser & Curiouser

{I *hope* to be back with a card this week!}

CHAPTER 44: `Curiouser and curiouser!'
`Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); `now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!' (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). `Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure _I_ shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can; --but I must be kind to them,' thought Alice, `or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas.'

Hello from all of us here in Wonderland!

This week's challenge:

Turn Wonderland into a Winter Wonderland! Yes, that's right.....put your boots on, hats, mittens and let's play in the snow! Alice, with a hat on? Rabbit in the snow? Anything that reflects a Winter Wonderland. Have fun with it!

This week's prize:

This week we are being sponsored by SUGAR NELLIE / FUNKYKITS. They are a fabulous company and you really should go over and take a peek. Sugar Nellie is a small Scottish company that brings you fantastic rubber stamps from some amazing artists. Funky Kits is the sole online retailer for Sugar Nellie stamps - so head on over to grab yourself some of that sugary goodness!

The AMAZING prize for this week will be 1 set of 6, yes, I said 6 Leanne Ellis Alice in Wonderland stamps. Head over to the OAC blog for full details!

Now on to what the DT gals have created for you this week:

Jessica
Andrea
Donna
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Tasha
Tracy Evans - Guest Designer

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Farm Fresh Friday Domestic Diva

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - "Roll Call" & "Forest Friends"

DO YOU have an idea for a hostess gift with the MOSTEST???
..mostest WHAT? You ask?
Mostest MOJO, we say! That's right! Today it is all about DOMESTIC DIVA-ism on the Farm and we have a SPECIAL, TWO-week long contest for you starting TODAY on the TGF Blog!

The Challenge:

Create a HOSTESS GIFT w/ the MOSTEST :)

The challenge begins TODAY and will go through DECEMBER 30th, 2011 at 8pm CST.

Please see the TGF blog for full details.

The Prize:

A CHEEKY CHERRY PIE stamp ...and the ENTIRE JANUARY RELEASE! This is a HUGE prize, so we hope you will play along!

The TGF Design Teams will be back with MORE examples next week just to re-spark your Mojo during this busy holiday season.

Today, I used my mini chunky wood houses (thanks again, dad!) and created some table decorations. The mini ones can hold place settings and the slightly larger one can hold a menu. I glued clothespins that I decorated with Washi tape to the back. Afterwards, these can be used to hold photos or cards, too!

Copic Markers:
Miko: G20, YG03, YG11, YG21, Y0000, BG10, B00, RV00, RV000, BV31, E0000, E40, E42, E51
Deer & Squirrels: E00, E11, E33, E35, E37, E40, E42, BG000, B00, RV000, RV00, RV02

Check out the TGF Blog to see the rest of today's DT hostess projects!!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have fun playing along! Remember you have 2 weeks!!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop

Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching Chou Kuik's "The Moth"

As a Christmas gift to Lynette, owner of Sweet Pea Stamps we are throwing this blog hop! We are so glad you have decided to join in the fun - today you will find many beautiful creations made by the Sweet Pea Stamps design team. Please see the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog for more details.

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Happy Holidays & Happy Hopping!

Sweet Pea Stamps
Alexandra Lundgren
Angela Sowell
Christine Riley
Connie Piotter
Holley Barnhart
Jennifer Willis
Katarina Maserak
Kym Kreates
Randi Wall
Traci Porter

One of my favorite pens to play with lately is the SAKURA CLEAR GLAZE PEN. I use it over my Copic markers once I'm completely done coloring. Here, I went over the flowers, butterflies and the flower accents on her kimono. It gives a sort of enameled or embossed look to it. I wish I could get a good picture....but here you can see where I added it.....It's actually shiny and clear in real life.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Oh, Alice Chapters 42 & 43

DIGI images: Pixie Dust Studios -"White Rabbit"

{and a very special image created for the OAC blog!! Thank you!!}

Hold on to your seats this is going to be a LONG one! Here are my Oh, Alice chapters for this week and last week!

CHAPTER 43:CHRISTMAS-GREETINGS. [FROM A FAIRY TO A CHILD.]

LADY dear, if Fairies may

For a moment lay aside

Cunning tricks and elfish play,

'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heard the children say—

Gentle children. whom we love—

Long ago, on Christmas Day,

Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,

They remember it again—

Echo still the joyful sound"

Peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Yet the hearts must childlike be

Where such heavenly guests abide;

Unto children, in their glee,

All the year is Christmas-tide!

Thus, forgetting tricks and play

For a moment, Lady dear,

We would wish you, if we may,

Merry Christmas, glad New Year!

Christmas, 1867.

Welcome down the rabbit hole once again my friends. This poem by Lewis Carroll was found in the back of a copy of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

This week's CHALLENGE:

Get into the Christmas spirit. The challenge is to use red, green, + one color. You can still use other colors for hair and skin. Just make the main use of color red, green, + one.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Pixie Dust Studio. You must check out her Down the Rabbit Hole line. CUTE! The lucky winner will receive your choice of 2 digital images. Check out the OAC blog for details.

Now here is what our DT have created for you this week!
Jessica

Tracy -Guest Designer

CHAPTER 42: The Flowers are Talking!

`O Tiger-lily,' said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, `I wish you could talk!' `We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: `when there's anybody worth talking to." Alice was so astonished that she could not speak for a minute: it quite seemed to take her breath away. At length, as the Tiger-lily only went on waving about, she spoke again, in a timid voice -- almost in a whisper. `And can all the flowers talk?' `As well as all can,' said the Tiger-lily. `And a great deal louder.'

This week we were sponsered by 'Some Odd Girl'. Such adorable Digi Stamps!! The DT were given so many amazing images to create with this week. I of course had to pick MerMae!! Thank you 'Some Odd Girl'!