International Fairy Day Blog Hop!

Happy International Fairy Day Everyone! Welcome to my annual Blog Hop celebrating this fantastic occasion! This blog hop is dedicated to all things Fairy! I am often asked where did International Fairy Day began? This quote from FaeNation sums it up: 

"The most important day in the calendar, June 24th – this day is the second ever International Fairy Day. Founded by artist Jessica Galbreth, Fairy Day is a holiday for believers, collectors and the young at heart to celebrate all that is Fae and reconnect with their imagination and child-like wonder. It is the perfect day to glamour bomb, make a fairy altar, take a walk in unspoilt countryside or even just reread your favourite fairy books. See the Fairy Day website for more ideas."

I have collected some of my favorite bloggers and crafters to join me in this fun celebration! I hope you enjoy the projects we've done. Below you will find a list of bloggers..be sure to hop from project to project--keep my screen open as there may be one or two without the list on their blog. 

Today I'm creating with some of my new and favorite toys and sharing a quote from the fairytale man himself Hans Christian Anderson : "Just living isn't enough," said the butterfly fairy, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." After the month of rain and floods and storms that we've had this just seemed appropriate! We all need a little sunshine, freedom as we approach our celebration of independence here in the states and a "little flower!" While my word of the year is sparkle, I will forever be marked by the word bloom and all that it means. I hope you enjoy my project. I created a little plaque for my work area. I started with a spritz of water and some Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst in Pthalo Green on Mixed Media paper! This is an AMAZING little product and I can't wait to get the new colors in July! That one little bottle has all of those colors in its little bottle...just a touch of powder, a little more misting and a little patting and voila! an amazing background! I stamped a little field of daisies in the corner. I printed the Hans Christian Anderson quote and stamped a light music background over it. The pages were trimmed and mounted on some black and shiny sequins and beads were added for a bit of sparkle! Love it! I hope you do too!

Now hop along and see what my amazing crafty friends have shared!

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye | Instagram at leslierahye

Read More

April Monthly Smeared Ink Blog Hop | Decorate an Egg

Good Morning Smeared and Smudged Family! Today I'm participating with the Smeared & Smudged members in a fun egg-themed blog hop! We had to STAMP on an egg! SO FUN! You know I love decorating eggs...with tangles or decoupage or paint! I pierced the top and bottom of the egg and blew it out so my art would last--one time people got upset when I boiled the eggs first, decorated them, photographed them and then cracked and peeled them for egg salad! sometimes art is temporary!

I began by using Radiant Rains from ColourArte and misting my egg to get this lovely pink and green background. [it looks more pink than green in the photos!] I set this aside to dry. The radiant rains have a LOT of sparkle! Next I stamped my new little bird on some tissue with Archival ink and then painted my bird with the yummy Twinkling H2Os from ColorArte! When he was dry I trimmed him out and with Beacon Quick Finish Decoupage I glued him onto the egg. Once dry I added small flowers from Cheery Lynns Tiny Flower set and added yellow Prills for the centers. I misted with the pearl Radiant Rain to finish off the egg!

I wish you could see it in real life...it's so sparkly! 

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my project!

Be sure to hop to the rest of the Blog Hop Smeared Ink Family!

April Member Blog Hop

 Leigh | Nan  | Leslie Rahye | Susan R. | Jane | Kristy | | Ike 

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

A Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog Hop!

Welcome to my Annual Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog Hop! Happy Winter Solstice everyone! Today I am joined by several talented friends and artists as we celebrate the winter months Steampunk Style!

Sit back, relax and enjoy our festive projects!

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

November Monthly Member Blog Hop | BRAINZ

Good Morning everyone! I've missed all of my Smeared Ink companions. I was participating in the 31days of Halloween Hop as a Wicked Blogger and then I just disappeared. No note...nothing. I do apologize for that but here is what happened.
My son sustained a 3rd concussion. If' you've been following me long you know about 2 years ago we had a very rough year with my son...he sustained 2 concussions within 6 months of each other and had a very difficult time coming back from them. I've arted and written about that experience here. Since then I've become an advocate for parents dealing with this issue and my door is ALWAYS open to anyone having to go through concussions with their kids.
Then there is my kid--age 14...he's a spazz...I love him...he now looms at 6'½" and is not aware of his height. He was at the UIL Area Finals with my husband for the marching band. They rode charter buses down to the even rather than the old "yellow dogs" and he was not aware that the cubbies above the seats were so close. He stood up quick and knocked his head pretty hard. After several excuses by ALL of us as to why he had a headache, why he was dizzy, why he was nauseous...it became apparent that he had a 3rd concussion. We immediately went into complete cognitive rest--that means NO NO NO electronics, no computers, no phone, no videos, no tv...no no no...No Band, No shop, no noise...no no no. Poor kid. He wanted to so to be better he started giving us less than accurate symptom levels when we'd do the symptom test on him in hopes of getting to get into action sooner. It's always one step forward and three back with this. Today, we are on day 4 of staying at home with complete cognitive rest as we over did on Friday when he had said he was much better.
How this applies to the theme of Transparency....I wish the skull [a Smeared Ink digi image printed on a transparency] was transparent so we could look inside his brain and see where the hurt is and fix it. A concussion occurs when the brain giggles around inside the skull [which seems very hard and opaque] and it hits the sides of the skull. The brain is injured. Something so HARD can be so delicate. To look inside and take away the fear and the depression and the anxiety and the fogginess and the ache and the dizziness...I wish for that. I would give anything to make it better for him--for any dealing with concussions. In retrospect I supposed my airing my personal life today also makes ME transparent. I hope this brings a bit of awareness to those who come in contact with people dealing with concussions...just because their injury is NOT transparent--they're not bleeding or broken or obviously hurt--they are still injured...it's a traumatic brain injury, it's real, it's serious.

Black Dragon | Evil Edna | Jessica |Karen
LeslieRahye | Nanette | Kim | Sarah N
Keren | Susan | Sarah S

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

Thankful for Those Who Have Served Blog Hop 2014

Good Morning everyone and Happy Veterans Day to those celebrating in the states. This is the day that we honor and remember our veterans. It's a solemn day as we recall the loved ones that are no longer with us who gave their lives. It's a day of celebration as we honor those still with us who returned.  

In the past I've shared my grandfather's with you. For me, this is what this day is about...remembering them...their service...their sacrifices to their families. We are the Land of the Free BECAUSE of the Brave...brave men like these.

William Q Snow

World War II

Marion D Harris

World War II

We are getting a late start today--I originally planned this hop to go live by 8:00 am cst.  My son sustained a 3rd concussion recently and for the last two days has been dealing with increased symptoms--I will share more on that in a few days with a special post entitled BRAINZ.  My projects for today will be posted later today so please check back...in the mean time my artist friends have their posts ready to share...please show them some love.

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

leslierahye's Very Fall Steampunk Blog Hop

Fall greetings everyone!! leslierahye here with my Very Fall Steampunk Blog Hop! I am joined by several of my creative friends to celebrate the turning of the calendar seasons to Autumn, Steampunk-style! This is my favorite time of year and I love to pair it up with my favorite style! It's a smallish hop with talented designers, take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the projects! You won't be disappointed!

For my project I created a fall tag with bits of molded emboss powder steampunk gears and fantastic fall leaves created from crinkled core'dinations cardstock and die cut with Cheery Lynn Dies. These were layered on the tag and dusted with Pan Pastel. A final molded embellishnment of a clockworks reminds us of the passing of time into the Fall! 

I hope you enjoyed my tag! Be sure to hop by each stop and leave some love! We all appreciate comments!

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

September Monthly Member Blog Hop | Make a Wish!

Hi everyone! Today I'm participating with the Smeared & Smudged members in a monthly blog hop. This month's theme is Make a Wish! I love Smeared Ink's Goth Fairies and Seriba is probably my fave! I chose her to use on my Make a Wish Birthday Tag! She is colored with Prismacolors, a hint of Perfect Pearl mist and some frantage-style heat emboss sprinkles with Piccolo Emboss Enamels. The paper is Authentique Seasons  Essentials! I hope you enjoy my tag! Be sure to check out the other Smeared and Smudged members projects along the hop!

September Monthly Member Blog Hop

leslierahye

Sue The Nannie

Black Dragon

Elephangaroo

Fiona

Shoni

Nanette

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

leslierahye's 3rd Annual Earth Day Blog Hop

Welcome to my 3rd Annual Earth Day Blog Hop! This is one of my passions...upcycling! On a daily basis I am looking for ways to renew-reuse-recycle the materials I come into contact with. I am constantly rescuing toilet paper rolls from their landfill destiny, rinsing out bottles and jars, folding up packing materials for my box of supplies and reclaiming envelopes for mini altered journals.

Upcycled Denim Baskets
These fun baskets were created simply by removing the bottom of blue jeans, sewing up the bottom,and adding trim to the folded cuff. I will add a small can on the inside of each to allow me to place pens, brushes, pencils in them--the can will keep the tools from leaking on the denim and keep them looking pretty longer!

**********

Winter Libations Altered Bottle

featured in the Winter 2014 Altered Arts Magazine

 

A Selection of My Upcycled Faves

so far this year!

altered book	altered book	penny charm
upcycled coaster	upcycled mail

InLinkz.com

Please take a moment to stop at the rest of the hops of this short hop today. Next time, before you discard something ask yourself, can this be renewed? can I reuse it? can it be unpcycled? because....

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

leslierahye's Hippity Hoppity Steampunk Spring Blog Hop 2♥14

 Welcome to leslierahye's Hippity Hoppity Steampunk Spring Blog Hop! I am leslierahye and in this hop we are celebrating Spring & Easter--Steampunk Style! I love Spring and all the holidays and am a huge fan of Steampunk. I have gathered together a group of awesome steampunk artists and am as excited to see their creations as I'm sure you are!!!  This is a one day hop. Below you will find links to everyone on the hop, you can start at the beginning and hop through in order. Be sure and check out all the stops as some have blog candy!!

For my project, I blew out a farm fresh egg and carved an opening in the egg. I tangled with a paint pen some groovy gears. On the inside of the egg I heat set copper emboss powder and layered in some mossy grass. I fashioned a little bunny with washers and wire. A crystal bead makes his red eye and a pompom his tail.I finished off my egg with watch parts along the opening. a larger washer on the bottom stabilizes the egg for sitting on a desktop.

Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to check out each of my talented friends!

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

leslierahye's very steampunk Valentine Blog Hop | a love canvas

Welcome to the final post of my very steampunk Valentine Blog Hop! I've created a "backwards" canvas! I've been seeing these on the mixed media blogs and wanted to try my hand at it....I used yummy Globecraft & Piccolo chipboard and emboss enamels along with Dylusions mists and vintage music paper and embossed metals. I LOVE how my Valentine canvas turned out!

I hope you take the time to hop through each stop and enjoy my talented friends! Thank you for joining us in our Valentine Celebration!

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

leslierahye's very steampunk Valentine Blog Hop!!

Welcome to my annual very steampunk Valentine Blog hop! I have gathered several of my crafty friends to celebrate this holiday for love--steampunk style! Be sure to check out each stop for a chance to win my prize sponsored by CutNPaste Memories.com.

To enter to win, hop to all posts and comment. Return to this post and comment --you can tell your favorite project, your story of love, or something that you want to try in your own Valentine Crafting! Sit back and enjoy the hop!

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More

A Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog Hop!

WELCOME!!! It's my last blog hop of the year!! Welcome to my Very Merry Holiday Steampunk Blog hop!! I have collected a talented group of crafters and artists who all share a love for all things Steampunk! We are celebrating Winter Holidays Steampunk style! I can't wait to see what everyone has brought to the hop! So let's get started!!!

Today I created a fatbook triptych using Cheery Lynn Dies and  to make my scenes across the tiles. I hope you enjoy my project! 

Earlier this week I also shared this Steampunk New Years Card--I thought you'd like to see it again! I love these gears an the pocket watch!!! 

I hope you enjoy my projects. Please hop over and check out the other participants projects and leave them some love. Several are offering giveaways as well! Have a wonderful holiday and a joyous New Year! I will be back in the new year with a whole new schedule of blog hops! See you soon!

Twitter at @leslierahye | Facebook at leslierahye.| YouTube at leslierahye | Pinterest at leslierahye

Read More