Chubby Monster Sparkly Ornament

Here's another monster ornament! I bought the base at Hobby Lobby that one time I went a few months ago, and it was just a plain brown paper mache (?) ornament. I painted it blue, then made it a little shabby using some colorbox stamp pads along the edges.

I used my handy-dandy cricut to cut out the oval out of scrap booking paper, then slapped it on for a background for my monster! The sequins and beads along the edges are held on by sticking headpins directly into the sides of the ornament, and held in place with a little dot of glue!

Here's the monster half-way done, in that stage after sketching and painting, but before ink outlining. I think the outlining is the best part, haha. Anyway, happy monday! I hope you all have the day off :)

Teeny Monster Ball

Now I remember why I NEVER crochet boucle yarn! Haha, I crocheted this little furry monster ball to make into an ornament for a swap. He turned out pretty cute, but truly, crocheting boucle yarn is a serious test of patience, and I won't be doing that again soon :)

I made his horns out of some corduroy material that prettyinpaisley sent me! It's delightfully fuzzy. Oh, speaking of fuzzy and delightful, Peanut has started squawking again. That sure didn't last very long! I knew that a quiet sun conure was too good to be true. Oh well, I love that bird, even if he is loud :) Have a great long weekend!

Sketchbook Project: It's Raining Dogs and Cats!

I am so excited to tell you guys that I'm participating in this year's Sketchbook Project put on by Art House Co-Op in New York City! It's basically an exhibition of thousands of sketchbooks completed by artists from around the world! (To learn more about it, go to the official website here.) There are lots of different themes to choose from, and I chose the theme "It's Raining Dogs and Cats" for my book, because it was the closest thing to an animal-related theme, and you all know how I love creatures... This is my first page, a kitty in a rain drop. There are 80 pages in my book, so I'm going to need to hustle to fill it up! Anyway, I hope you guys are in the mood to see some art journaling, because there's bound to be a lot of that between now and January :) Happy Wednesday!