Painting Help and Contest

Hello Paint Party Friday Friends,

My PPF painting this week is inspired by Joanne Thomas's Watercolour Line and Wash instruction video. There are also videos on painting movement and using a palette knife. If you want to learn something new and maybe win $50 worth of art supplies, check out the challenge page. The contest ends on Sunday, July 8, so you still have a little time to enter.

I really enjoyed the line and wash technique, but I always end up frustrated whenever I do this kind of lesson because I expect my painting to look like the instructor's. Which is totally unrealistic, considering I doubt I have 1/10 of the experience!

I had the same problem this week doing my Zentangles. I let my expectations get in the way of my art. My new mantra will be: "LET GO and GO WITH THE FLOW." Expectations only lead to disappointments.

Despite this painting not looking like the Joanne's, I kind of like it and will definitely add this technique to my toolkit. Happy PPF. If you enter the contest, please let me know. I'd love to see your interpretation.

Catching Up - and the Winner Is...

I'm baaaaaaack! When my hard drive went belly-up, I took the time to CLEAN my desk. Then I painted it. Then I did some Zentangle. I thought I'd be all caught up on housework, but now in addition to being seriously behind on my blog, e-mail, and digital scrapbooks, I've now added several non-computer projects to my ever-increasing to-do list. But, first things first. I promised to give away some software on my birthday, which was 14 days ago! So, according to Random.org, the lucky winner is:

So, Sherri, you are the winner.  Please e-mail me and I will send you a code to get the software for FREE!  To those who didn't win, here is a code to get $10 off the software.  Just click the image below and when asked, enter the code STMMMS78326

Sherri, You have 1 week to claim your prize!

Another Giveaway

If you don't already know, Laura Harns, aka the Diva, just had 200,000 hits on her blog and is giving away some amazing tangling prizes.  If you want to enter, just go to her blog and let her know "what has tangling done for you."  While you are there, take a look and see what the others have said.

For such a simple concept, Zentangle has an astonishing way of touching lives.  Best of luck!  Please let me know if you win!

Have a wonderful day!

Cris

Giveaway!

I'm so excited to be able to give away a free copy of My Memories software to one of my lucky readers. MyMemories is digital scrapbook software, but it is so much more.  You can make greeting cards, invitations, even MOVIES!  It is also very easy to use and it is fun.  So, if you take digital pictures, and, really, who doesn't, then you will want to use this software.

It's easy to win.  First, head on over to MyMemories.com and take a look around.  Check out the Digital Scrapbook Kits - there are 864 of them!  Aren't they fabulous?  Did you notice the free kits?  There are 90 of them!  The coolest thing though is that you do not have to buy their kits to use their software. If you are like me and have been collecting beautiful digital papers and embellishments, you can still use them with their software.  Even so, their kits are so beautiful and make the project go so quickly, that I couldn't resist buying a few or six.

Here is all you have to do to be entered to win this software:

1) Become a follower of this blog if you aren't already.
2) Write a comment telling me which of the kits you would most likely use.

That's it.  Random.com will choose a winner on November 14.  That is my birthday, but the gift will be for you!  Good luck!

Cris