Left Field Studio: Mo Manning

Hi, I'm Torrey. Welcome to Left Field, where creativity runs amok and imagination is ALWAYS more important than knowledge. Shoes are not allowed but ties are optional. This is a repository of snippets from my life out here in Left Field. One never knows what shiny bits of creativity will be found here... cards, scrapbook layouts, photography, poetry, recipes, ponderings, rantings and musings. It could be anything! Life in Left Field is always changing, always real, always ...interesting.

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August 3, 2012

Carrots

How many of you out there in Blogland have read or seen "Anne of Green Gables"?

I bet most of you.

I happen to love the character of Anne (with an "e") Shirley played by Megan Fallows in the miniseries movie. She was a PERFECT choice to play Anne (with an "e").

Anne (insert "e") is feisty, irreverent, smart-as-a-whip, and...a redhead. I totally relate to her. She's a writer...I'm a writer. She has red hair...I have red hair (well, Auburn...sorry Anne). She's unconventional...I spend my life in Left Field...so yeah.

My husband even affectionately calls me "Carrots".

When I ran across this image of Anne (with an "e") from Mo Manning, I had to get it. Had to. Thank goodness digital stamps are not as pricey as their rubbah counterparts. Over at Bronte and Bella's challenge blog, aka DP2--Mo's Challenge Blog (if ya wanna get all technical), they're having an "Anything Goes" challenge.

Perfect opportunity to use my coveted Carrots, er Anne, stamp.

Here is my tribute to the fiery, ginger-headed gal who prefers to be called...Cordelia. I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils...then paper-toled her into like 5 layers. Then, I just started layering patterned paper. What can I say? I like layers. When I showed this to my husband he replied, "Don't ever give this card away to anyone, okay?"

I guess he likes it. That makes me smile.

Remember: "Tomorrow is ALWAYS fresh, with no mistakes in it."

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Bronte and Bella's: #146 Anything Goes
The Color Throwdown: #203
2 Sisters - #103 Anything Goes
Craft Punked - Week 31 "At The Movies" (movie: "Anne of Green Gables")
Crafts and Me: #95 "Green With Envy"
Paper Crafting Journey: Anything Goes
Make It Monday: #101

Ingredients:
Prince Edward Island stamp - Mo Manning
Patterned paper - My Minds Eye
Nestabilities - Spellbinders (lacy oval, lg scalloped oval)
Prismacolor pencils
gems - Michaels
eyelet corner punch - All Night Media
scallop border punch - EK Success for Martha Stewart
leaf trim
brown stamping ink - Tsukineko
cardstock

July 26, 2012

Dog Days of Summer

Let me see a show of hands...

How many of you are MELTING like the Wicked Witch of the West this summer?? You'd think, after 4 years down here in Texas, I'd be used to the heat.

I am not.

I am a delicate flower that wilts when the mercury climbs above 85 (that's 29.4 for you folks outside the U.S.). Right now, it's like a bazillion degrees outside. We're talking approaching the surface temperature of the sun. It's so hot you couldn't even fry an egg on the sidewalk--it would spontaneously combust into a tiny pile of ash. I think that's reason enough to sit in my studio...and create, don't you?

Thank goodness we have central air conditioning.

So I decided to create one more card for the Mo Manning guest DT call. They have a challenge going on over at ~~Mo's~~ Bronte and Bella's challenge blog called "In The Doghouse". We're supposed to either a) feature a dog on our project or b) feature someone who is in trouble (e.g. in the doghouse). For this challenge, I decided to attempt the former and I chose the uber cute "Taking A Break" image. This is the first time I've colored up non-Caucasian skin. It was challenging. This is my second attempt...in the first one he just ended up looking dirty and grimy (which is apropos for a little boy...but not what I was intending). I can tell I'm gonna have to work on my ethnic skin. The image is on Kraft-colored cardstock, colored with my Prismacolor pencils. Y'all know I'm Copicphobic, right? Just checkin'.

Here is a detail shot of my coloring on this one:

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Bronte and Bella's Challenge Blog: #145 In the Doghouse
Kraft Outlet- Make it Monday "Make Me Smile"
Crafty Creations Challenges: #180 Buttons
The Squirrel and The Fox: #23 Make It Sporty

Ingredients:
"Taking a Break" - Mo Manning
Prismacolor colored pencils
Patterned paper (sorry, they're all scraps so I haven't a clue as to mfg., I think one of them is DCWV)
woven ribbon - Hobby Lobby
wooden buttons
Twistel - Making Memories
Rafia - Plaid
Distress Ink - Ranger
cardstock

July 25, 2012

A Little Mo Love

WOW...2 posts in one day. Can you stand it? I've gone nutso (shut it). Nutso over submitting for guest design team spots. I'm throwing my hat in yet another creative ring over at Mo Manning's challenge site. I love her stuff. Her art is just lovely and it always makes me smile. So, of course I had to jump on the chance at being one of her guest designers! Duh!

The challenge over at Mo's (excuse me...Bronte and Bella's) challenge site this week is "Hugs and Kisses". I chose the always adorable Sophie. She's just too stinkin' cute, dontcha think? I colored her and her dolly up with my Prismacolor colored pencils on Kraft cardstock, then fussy-cut her out and popped her off the Nestability frame. The rest of the card just sort of fell in place. That's how I create most of the time--on the fly. I let my creative muse run loose and lead me wherever she wants to.

Sometimes she leads me to scary places...but today, not so much. Today, she led me to a warm and fuzzy place.

Here's a detail shot of my coloring. I'm finally learning how to shade more realistically--this is especially challenging on fabric...but I keep plugging away at it.