OUR CHALLENGE WINNER THIS WEEK IS.....

Lynne!! Congratulations, Lynne for your beautiful journal cover!! Wow, a really beautiful entry and such a creative one at that, using my "Soulmates" image! Thank you Lynne!

And thank you all for the most incredible entries I think so far!! This week was full of such amazing entries from our beautiful creative goddesses in our Paper Craft Planet group! Thank you ladies!!:)

To see more of Lynnes beautiful work please visit her blog at:

http://doodlebuglynne.blogspot.com/




To join in our cardmaking fun please join us at Michelle Perkett Studio on PCP!

www.papercraftplanet.com/group/michelleperkett

BELIEVE!

Merry Christmas everyone! Its Christmas Eve morning here and I am having a cup of my favorite coffee with peppermint mocha creamer! I just posted my new stamp called "Magical Alchemy" on my Etsy shop this morning!

I named this piece so because alchemy creates gold and when WE create, WE create gold! It is the most magical process I can think of in the world! Being an artist to me is such a beautiful and wonderful gift that we all share. I think the best thing that we can do for ourselves is to believe in our gift everyday, nuture it as much as we can and be grateful for it as well. But believing in our creative selves is the best Christmas gift we can give to US!:)

I hope all of you have a beautiful holiday and are with your families sharing lots of love! Thank you to everyone who has stopped by to say hello and to leave a message of encouragement and friendship! I am so appreciative for all of you!!

Merry Christmas!!:)

Love,

Michelle:)

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

OUR SKETCH CHALLENGE #8 WINNER IS...

Anjou!! Congratulations, Anjou on your beautiful entry featuring my "Holly the Christmas Friendship Fairy" image! I just love it! Anjou is the winner of my new "Princess Lotus Flower" digital stamp!

Thank you to all of you who entered as well! Your designs are so beautiful!! Thank you everyone for more "eye candy" and such amazing and dramatic designs!!:)

Merry Christmas to you all!!:)

Michelle

FEATURED ARTIST ON CRAFT GOSSIP

I woke up this morning to post my new "Beary" Merry Christmas stamp and had an email waiting for me from Heather at Craft Gossip.com and told me she featured my Etsy shop on her website! How nice was that, an early Christmas gift for sure! Here is the link to her site, it looks like fun!:)

Enjoy her site and my new little guy is now available on my Etsy shop! Merry Christmas!

Michelle:)

http://stamping.craftgossip.com/2009/12/21/shop-michelle-perket-digital-stamps/

My shop:

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

"NAME THE FAIRY AND WIN!" STAMP CONTEST!

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you are all getting ready for the big day! A week from today, can you believe it! Cant wait!:)

I am having a contest at my Paper Craft Planet group that I would love you all to know about! I just posted my newest fairy and she needs a beautiful name and I am having a contest to do just that!! All you have to do is join my group at PCP and you can enter your name to win! I will be picking a winner on Monday evening! Hope to see you there!:) (link is posted below)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Merry Christmas!:)

Michelle

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/michelleperkett/forum/topics/name-the-fairy-and-win-contest

"PRINCESS LOTUS FLOWER" DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE!

I just finished my new digital stamp called "Princess Lotus Flower" I hope you enjoy her! I have been wanting to get her out of my sketchbook and ink her for a while so now she's ready! I just listed her on my Etsy shop!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36913871


Have a wonderful day, everyone! I hope you all are having a beautiful holiday season so far! Hard to believe there is only one more week till Christmas!:) Merry Christmas everyone!:)

Michelle:)

OUR CHALLENGE #7 WINNER IS.....

Jennifer B!! Congratulations, Jennifer for a beautiful entry!:)

LOOKING FOR LOVE!:)

Happy Monday everyone! I finally got a little "me" time in this morning and had a little creative time to myself! It felt so good! I was thinking ahead to the new year and what new sketches, ideas and fun things I would like to do with my art! One of them is new Valentines Day stamp images! I have been drawing Kissing Couples and hearts all over my sketchbook lately so I think I may have to work on a Valentines image soon!:)

I hope you like my little Kissing Couple and you have someone at home to kiss and cuddle with for Valentines Day and everyday!!:)

Hope your day is filled with love always!:)

Michelle

POCAHONTAS SKETCH

Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful week and are getting ready for the big day!!:)

I drew this sketch of Pocahontas a few days ago and have been wanting to do an image of her. I think it would be a great piece, with a message of strength to go along with it.

I went to the bank today and they always have daily quotes and this one was posted today, it was a quote from Pocahontas!!:) So that made me realize I needed to make this post even more! Here is her quote, I hope you enjoy it!!:

"You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew."

Have a great day, everyone!!:)

Michelle:)

THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE WINNER IS...

Pattie!! Congratulations, Pattie! What a gorgeous card! I just love all of the embellishments, the charms and of course the wonderful colors you used to color my "Holly" image! Just a lovely entry, Pattie! Thank you so much!!:)

To see more of Pattie's beautiful work please visit her blog:

http://pattiescreations.blogspot.com/




Michelle:)

NEW MERMAID SKETCH

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Cant believe that Christmas is only a little over two weeks away! I know we are all feeling a little extra stress this time of year so I am making sure that I get at least some "me" time in each day! I have to at least find a little time to sketch everyday even if its just for 5 minutes. I had the most wonderful sketch pop up in my sketchbook this morning. It was very early and quiet, usually the perfect time for wonderful things to happen!!:)

This little mermaid showed up on the page this morning, out of nowhere and I am really loving her and cant wait to make her into a stamp! I think she will make a cute one! I dont have a name for her yet, so maybe a name that mermaid stamp might be fun!!:)

Hope you are all getting your well deserved creative time in today, its so important!!

Michelle:)

BLOG HOP WINNER!

Our "Wishing Star Angel" blog hop was a huge success this weekend! I want to thank everyone who participated! The cards and all of the wishes everyone made were amazing! And our winner was Gini! Congratulations, Gini, for such a gorgeous card and a heartfelt and beautiful wish!

To visit Gini's blog and to see more of her card and to read her Blog Hop post here is her link. Thank you again everyone!:)

http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG HOP!!

WELCOME TO OUR "WISHING STAR ANGEL" BLOG HOP!!:) I hope you all enjoy our wonderful blog hop and beautiful creations along the way! Our participants used my "Wishing Star Angel" image to create a card and were to make a special wish for someone other than themselves. Have fun!:)


Here is Ileana's beautiful entry to our blog hop, I'm posting her's here since Ileana doesnt have a blog yet. Please enjoy her wonderful and heartfelt wish for her daughter and her amazing entry with my "Wishing Star Angel!"

I have a 10 y-o daughter and, because life is not always easy, I don´t have her with me all year round but the summers, when she finishes school she comes here to spend 3 months with me. I miss her terribly, more than I can say, but we spend the most beautiful months together every year and I´m so grateful to life I can do it. My thoughts are always with her and on this special time of the year my wish is for her:
"I wish her to remain as brave, caring and nice as she is now; brave so she can conquer all difficulties, caring so she doesn´t forget about other people needs and act consecuently, and nice because if she is a nice person (not only with people but also with life, nature, etc) she´ll get that in return."

Thank you so much Ileana for a beautiful wish for your daughter, you are an amazing woman! And thank you for such a gorgeous card! Its an amazing piece of art, Ileana!:)

Please visit our other entries here:


Michelle:
http://michelleperkett.blogspot.com-----YOU ARE HERE! NEXT STOP, BARBARA:)

Barbara:
http://lifeasastampaholic.blogspot.com


Rhonda:
http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com

Nancy:
http://nancyskortblogg.blogspot.com

Jana:
www.stampingeek.blogspot.com

Kerri:
http://fotf-constellations.blogspot.com

Annita:
www.paperartbyannita.blogspot.com

Alex:
http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com

Brandi:
http://sparkleshimmerandtwinkle.blogspot.com

Terri:
http://terriscardsnmore.blogspot.com

Tammy:
http://tmaynard.blogspot.com

Gini:
http://ginicagle.blogspot.com

Ellen
http://tinktime-tink.blogspot.com

Lori
http://pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com

Jennifer Scull:
http://justcoffeepleasestampsribbonspaper.blogspot.com

Jean:
http://jeano9.blogspot.com

Gina:
http://www.yourspecialdelivery.blogspot.com

Maria:
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com

Pattie:
http://pattiescreations.blogspot.com

Mary:
http://cr8iveme.blogspot.com

Debb:
http://forgetmeknotnonsense.blogspot.com

Anne:
http://stargrovesblog.blogspot.com

Crystal J.:
http://amazedscrapper.blogspot.com

Crystal M. Smith
http://cardsmith.blogspot.com

Jenny:
www.playingisapassion.blogspot.com

Deanne:
http://a-scrapaddict.blogspot.com/

Michelle Perkett Studio Challenge Blog:
http://michelleperkettstudio.blogspot.com

PRINCESS LOTUS SKETCH

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got to spend some time with your loved ones this weekend and had some time for you and your creativity as well!

My Thanksgiving was great and as always a little hectic but today I am taking full advantage of my "ME" time and finding my inner creative goddesss! Speaking of goddesses, I drew a new goddess this morning called "Princess Lotus" who I think will make a lovely digital stamp!:) I think she was inspired by all of the yoga I have been doing lately and how centered I feel when I'm practicing. Now that my knee is healing and I'm back to working out I am even more balanced in my life again. It feels so good!!:)

Hope you enjoy my new goddess and find some time for yourself to feel your own balance during this time of year! Have a beautiful day everyone!:)

Michelle :)

CHALLENGE #5 WINNER IS TAMMY!

Our winner this week for Challenge #5 is Tammy! Congratulations! Tammy made such a wonderful creation from my "Aqua Marina" mermaid image! Way to go, Tammy!:)

Oh, the cards that everyone made this week just blew me away as always! Such an incredibly hard descision again! OMG! Just amazing entries this week! Wow! And we had such a great turnout for this challenge and lots of new members joining in! Thank you everyone for you lovely entries! I am so honored to have all of you as a part of this group, you are such talented creative goddesses! Thank you all SO much and Congratulations again to Tammy! Cant wait for our next Challenge, tomorrow!

"SLEEPYTIME ANGEL" DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE!

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you all are planning a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families and can be with the ones you love! What will you guys be doing for Turkey Day? Are you travelling? Are you cooking at home? Are you going out for dinner?

I just finished my "Sleepytime Angel" digital stamp and she is now available to watch over you while you sleep at my Etsy shop:

http://www.michelleperkett.etsy.com


Have a beautiful day everyone!

Michelle:)

SLEEPYTIME ANGEL SKETCH

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are all getting your creative time in somewhere this weekend! I know its a terribly busy time of year for all of us!

I was sketching in my jammies this morning, one of my favorite activities, and was inspired by a little angel on my shelf. I still have a ceramic light switch cover from my room when I was a baby. It is one of my most cherished items. It has a little praying angel in the clouds with a gold halo and has become my own little guardian angel over the years and is a special keepsake from the house where I grew up in Massachusetts.

I drew my new little "Sleepytime Angel" and will be inking her today as a new digital stamp design!

Do you guys still have anything special keepsakes from your childhood ? Dolls? blankets? toys? I'd love to hear all about them!:)

NEW DIGITAL STAMP MERMAID NOW AVAILABLE!

"Song of the Sea" is now available on my Etsy shop! I'm loving creating my new mermaids lately! I think its because I have been back to walking down to the beach alot more now that my knee is healed! Yay!

When I orginally designed this image I was really into harp music and thought about taking lessons. There is a huge harp store in LA that gives harp lessons on the giant ones, I thought it would be so cool to learn and to play one! But until then, I have my Spa channel on siruis radio, they play lots of harp music to inspire me!:)

Hope you like her! She is now available and is waiting to play a song for you! :)

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE DIGITAL STAMP SALE!!

Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope creativity is following you everywhere you go today and you are full of inspiration!

I am having another Buy One Get One free sale on my Etsy shop today through Sunday! Its a great time to stock up on your favorite digital stamps, greeting cards and prints!

Happy shopping everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful day full of love, laughter and lots of creativity!!:)

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

CHALLENGE #4 WINNER!

Congratulations to Alex for winning our "Goddess" Challenge!

This week was full of the most amazing entries yet! All of my wonderful members at Michelle Perkett Studio stamps out did themselves this week! So many gorgeous goddesses and wonderful stories of each gals "inner goddess!"

I am so proud of each and every one of these amazing works of art, just beautiful! Thank you all for the exceptional artwork you all created this week!

Congrats, Alex!

To become a member of Michelle Perkett Studio and join us for our next challenge and our exciting Blog Hop in December follow this link to a world of enchantment!

www.papercraftplanet.com/group/michelleperkett

AQUA MARINA DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE!

Happy Sunday, everyone! I finally had half a day off today, so I shut my phone and my computer off for a couple of hours and got some serious artwork done! I highly recommend doing that! It is SO amazing what happens when you do!

I have been trying for weeks to get my "Aqua Marina" mermaid stamp finished and she finally is! I was thrilled to get my new "Wishing Star Angel" finished yesterday but even more to have this one done and listed on my Etsy shop!

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

Its been a while since I worked on a mermaid, so I really enjoyed it. I have a new mermaid sketch that I'm not sure what to do with, but I really like her! :) Hope you enjoy "Aqua Marina!" Hope you all had a beautiful weekend!

Hugs,

Michelle :)

"WISHING STAR ANGEL" DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you all are having a beautiful weekend wherever you are and what ever you are up to! :)

I had a lovely day at the Art Fair today. I am always so inspired by people that visit and have such amazing and positive things about my work. I wish I could tape them so I can listen to the words of encouragment I heard! Its so good for an artists soul to hear them!

I just posted my new "Wishing Star Angel" digital stamp on my Etsy shop.

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

I wasnt going to add a border or any words but I think it finishes the image alot and adds a little more enchantment! Hope you enjoy her! Happy creating everyone!

Michelle :)

GUEST BLOGGER ON MY PASSPORT TO STYLE

Happy Friday, everyone!

I am a guest blogger at my friend Sharon's blog at:

www.mypassporttostyle.blogspot.com

for today. Sharon has just received 100 followers on her blog and is spotlighting other bloggers to celebrate! How cool is that! She is a sweetheart!

You have to see the illustrations she posted in honor or my fantasy art, you'll love them!

Thank you, Sharon!

Have a beautiful day, everyone!

Hugs,

Michelle :)

EARTH GODDESS DIGITAL STAMP

Happy Thursday, everyone! Hope all of you are having a beautiful week and are getting some creative time to yourself!

I just listed my new "Earth" goddess on my Etsy shop. She is part of my Four Elements series. Hope you enjoy her!

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

Have a wonderful day!

Michelle :)

CHALLENGE #3 WINNER

Congratulations, Gini for winning Challenge #3!

Gini's gorgeous card with my "Autumn" digital stamp image is the winner! She wins my new "Earth" digital stamp! I admire all of your hard work and creativity along with you hand-made and hand-beaded wheat stalk! Just a wonderful creation!

For the details on how Gini created her card please visit her blog:

http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/

And again, a painful process for me because all of the other entries are just so well done and amazing! Thank you all so much for your gorgeous cards and your inspiring creativity! Your work is wonderful

And for those of you who would like to get in on the next challenge and join our group, just click here:

www.papercraftplanet.com/group/michelleperkett

ALICE AND THE WHITE RABBIT DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE!

Happy Sunday, Friends! I hope you all are having a lovely weekend and have had time to nurture your creative souls!

I just listed my new Alice digital stamp on my Etsy shop, I hope you enjoy her! I really would like to design more Wonderland characters, especially the Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter (although when I get thru with him he would be the Happy Hatter :))

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

Working on a Christmas Angel and a little Christmas Goddess next!

What have YOU guys been working on? I'd love to know? A painting? A card design? A photo? A sketch or an illustration? Please share, I love to hear what you guys are up to in your creative spaces! :)

Michelle :)

MAY YOUR CHEEKS ALWAYS BE ROSY WITH HAPPINESS!

Happy Friday all my creative friends! I hope your day is full of creative moments, whatever they may be!

My knee has been feeling so great these past few weeks, thank goodness. I have been back to the gym and yoga and last night I walked to the beach and back which felt incredible, physically and mentally!

I was the only one on the beach (except for the kissing couple in the lifeguard booth! :)) There is always something so magical and wonderful about walking on the beach and listening to the waves. Its the closest to heaven I can think of! It was a blustery, chilly evening and the surf was awesome. I sometimes wonder if the mermaids will show their faces! :)

It was wonderful to walk sans dogs! I love my doggies but it is such a different experience when you walk alone, I highly recommend it!

When I woke up this morning I drew this little windblown snow goddess that I wanted to share with you! And I thought the perfect verse for her would be, "may your cheeks always be rosy with Happiness!" Much happiness to you all today and everyday!

Hugs,

Michelle :)

"ROSIE" DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know that my new "Rosie" fairy is now available as a digital stamp on my Etsy Shop!

"Rosie" sat in my sketchbook for months until she finally flew out to spread her message about nuturing your dream! I am such a believer in listening to and following your dreams no matter how small they may be. I hope you are lucky enough to have nurtured your creative dreams today and do so often! It is so good for your soul!

Have a beautiful and creative week everyone!

Michelle :)

CHALLENGE #2 WINNER

Congratulations to Cabio for winning Challenge #2! Way to go Cabio, you did an amazing job!

Cabio won my new digital stamp called "Rosie," hope you enjoy her, Cabio!

Thank you so much to all of our amazing entries! Its such a pleasure to have all of you amazing and talented artists as a part of this challenge, you are all creative goddesses! I am proud to have you as a part of Michelle Perkett Studio!

HARMONY GODDESS DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Just finished my "Harmony Goddess" digital stamp. I originally colored her as a print but I think she's pretty cute as a digital stamp.

I loved working on her and now that I'm back to yoga again I really want to do more little yoga goddesses.

Hope she brings you a little peace of harmony! :)

"POINTSETTIA FAIRY" DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE!

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you all enjoyed your Halloween weekend! I sure did! But as soon as I woke up the day after, I was somehow feeling the Christmas spirit, at least in my sketchbook!

I had sketched my little Pointsettia Fairy a while ago and started adding details to her dress yesterday and then before I knew it I was inking her and now she is finished and is now available on my Etsy shop as a digital stamp.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33719889

Really looking forward to more Christmas fairies and maybe even a sugar plum fairy! (first I have one more Alice stamp to finish!)

Hope you enjoy my new fairy as much as I enjoyed creating her! Have a wonderful and creative day, everyone!

Michelle :)

AN ENCHANTING BLOG TO SHARE

Happy Sunday, (November 1st?!?) everyone! I hope you all enjoyed Halloween yesterday!

I just found the most magical blog by a dollmaker named Brenda, I just had to share it with you!

Her whimsical dollies are so enchanting and her blog is just a feast for all of us who are young at heart! Please visit Brenda's lovely world:

http://brenda-magicgarden.blogspot.com/

Thank you for inspiring me, Brenda!

Michelle :))

2 FOR 1 SALE EXTENDED THRU TOMORROW!

Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope you are all getting ready to dress up the little ones (and yourselves!) I will be stuffing myself with large amounts of chocolate, preferably Reeces cups (has anyone tried the dark chocolate Reeces yet - I cant find them!)

Just wanted everyone to know that my 2 for 1 Sale has been extended until tomorrow, November 1st at noon PST.

We all get an extra hour of sleep tonight! Ahhh, one of my favorite days of the year! :))

Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone!

Michelle :)

AND THE WINNER IS....

Congratulations, Gina from "Craftin At Your Special Delivery" for winning this digi!

http://www.craftingatyourspecialdelivery.blogspot.com/

His new name is "BUDDY" which was Gina and her little boys entry to our name that pup contest!

I had to call him Buddy because a good friend of mine just lost her doggie named Buddy a few months ago, he was a beautiful Aussie mix and was the sweetest little boy. I just loved him and the name Buddy so I had to call him that!

Thanks to everyone for all of your wonderful names! I will certainly do this again it was such a blast!

Thank you all and have a beautiful day! :)

Michelle :)

CHALLENGE #2 IS ON!

Our first week at Michelle Perkett stamps was a huge success thanks to all of our wonderful creative goddesses who participated in our first challenge! Wow, did we have amazing creations this week! Not just in our challenge, which were so gorgeous, but you ladies made my images just come to life with all of you creativity and wonderful imaginations! And a Big Congratulations to Brandi for winning our first challenge! :)

Thank you all of you for making our first week at PCP such a success! I couldnt do it without you!

For Week 2 - Our Challenge #2 is to create anything (with one of my images, hopefully! :)) Using this awesome sketch designed by Jana! For those of you who dont own any of my images, there are a few freebies to be had here, so dont be shy come on over and join in on the fun with us! The winner will receive my "Rosie" digital stamp not yet listed on my shop! Hope to see you there!

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/michelleperkett

Michelle :)

CHALLENGE #1 WINNER!

Congratulations to Brandi for winning Challenge #1! Our challenge was to design something "outside of the box" with my "Happy Halloween Witch" and Brandi designed this awesome bottle topper! How creative and absolutely gorgeous! Way to go,

Brandi! :))

Come join us for Challenge #2 this week! Jana has designed an awesome sketch for us so come and have some fun with us this week and get your creativity flowing, we'd love to have all of you come and join us on Michelle Perkett Studio Stamp Group on Paper Craft Planet! Happy Creating! ;)

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/michelleperkett

TROPICAL RHAPSODY DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Hope your creative dreams are coming true today whatever they may be!

I just listed my new mermaid, called "Tropical Rhapsody" at my etsy shop, I hope you enjoy her! :)

Also, listed today, "Dorothy and Toto", and "Forest Fairy"

Have a beautiful day!

Michelle :)

www.michelleperkett.etsy.com

"ARIANNA" DIGITAL STAMP NOW AVAILABLE!

Happy Tuesday everyone! I just posted my "Arianna" digital stamp on my Etsy shop! I love this image and I truly try to live by this verse. I believe in taking chances and being strong and bold whenever possible, even if you're scared stiff! :)

So I hope all of you will take a chance or try something new that scares you today, no matter how small and then share it with us! Let's declare today - NO FEAR DAY!! :))

Here is wishing you luck at taking a chance today!

Hugs,

Michelle :)

PLEASE ADOPT ME!

Happy Friday my creative friends! I hope you are having a wonderful day so far!

I found this poor little pup in the snow and he is in desperate need of a good home. (at least he has his Christmas sweater on!) Please adopt him and give him a name!

I am having a NAME THE LOST PUP contest. The best name will get to take him home as a free digital stamp!

I will pick the winner a week from today! Have fun!

Michelle :)

ALICE AND THE WHITE RABBIT

Good Morning! I have been up way too early today but I'm glad I was. I drew a new Alice in Wonderland sketch that I am going to make into a stamp (when I get more time!)

I have been wanting to do a little Alice with her bunny stuffed animal so here she is, I hope you guys like her!

Have a wonderful day! I hope you find time in your busy schedules to create something for yourself today! Here's some pixie dust for good luck!

Michelle :)

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN MY NEW FAN CLUB!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am pleased to announce my new group on Paper Craft Planet, called, "Michelle Perkett digital and rubber stamps" that just started yesterday. I am really excited about my new group and I am offering a free digital stamp download of my Happy Halloween Witch. I want to be able to post lots of cards in my photo gallery and would love to have you guys come join and participate!

Here is the link, I hope you are all having a beautiful day!

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/michelleperkett

MERMAID DIGITAL STAMPS

Hello friends!

Thank you to all of the enchanting visitors and creative artists who participated in Vanessa's Halloween Party. What wonderful blogs, I had so much fun partying over the weekend!

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped to leave comments, so much appreciated!

I just listed 2 more digital stamp images on my Etsy shop, "Soulmates" and "Princess Oceana". I guess since it has been so "bleeping" hot here in Southern California lately, I thought it was appropriate to work on some summer mermaids! I hope you enjoy them!

Happy Creating everyone, you are all so beautifully talented!

Michelle ;)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN PARTY

WELCOME TO THE HAPPY HALLOWEEN PARTY!

I am one of the Halloween Party Participants today joining in the party from "A Fanciful Twist" Vanessa Valencia's enchanting blog!

I would like to offer my Happy Halloween Witch illustration, that I have posted here, for all of you to decorate your blogs with. (If you would please link it back to my blog it would be greatly appreciated!)

Have fun and dont forget to visit Vanessa's magical Halloween Party on her blog:

http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2009/08/a-hauntingly-magical-celebration-revealed.html

Michelle :)

ALICE'S TEA TIME STAMP SKETCH

Hello friends! I hope you all had a lovely weekend and put your new artist affirmations to work!

I know I said I'd be back on Tuesday but I couldnt wait till then. I know now I'm officially addicted to blogging but I cant think of a more fun addiction and a creative outlet than this!

I had a great day at the Second Saturday Art Fair on Saturday. My Mom was with my all day and my wonderful friend Jamie made 2 trips to the show in the morning to help me set up and at the end of the day to help me pack up my car. I love you, James!

The sales were pretty dismal but I had such a great time with my Mom and talking to people that came to the booth and telling me that they liked my work. I eat those words up every time I sell because they feed my soul. I am always so inspired the next day because of these wonderful inspirational words.

I was able to sleep in yesterday and have lots of time to lounge in my jammies, drink my Godiva Breakfast Blend coffee and write in all of my journals. Ahhhhhh, my favorite kind of day!

I have been wanting to design some Alice in Wonderland digital stamps and this little Alice came to me almost right away yesterday morning. After I finish inking Dorothy and Toto, she's next!

Great to be back for a visit with you all, I hope you are getting in some creative time today!

Michelle ;)

ARTIST AFFIRMATION FOR YOU ALL

As some of you may know, I am a big believer in the power of an affirmation and have an affirmation journal that I write in when I can and have started posting my favorites on my fridge and next to my bed so I see them often.

For some reason, about a month ago, I was drawn to an book on my shelf that a friend gave me about 5 years ago called, Holy Moly Maceroli, about a woman and her card making buisness. One of my favorite books.

I opened it up to a page with an affirmation from the artist Janet Ghio. She posted this affirmation that she had written while doing The Artists Way, a great book which helped me creatively very much in my life.

I loved her words and wanted to post it here. I have really never thought of myself as making a living as an artist. Sounds weird but I never has really said the words, "I make my living as an artist. " I have been using her words lately and a funny thing has happened. I have been selling more work little by little and have been given more opportunities for my work that I never have thought of before.

I would love you guys to have this and post it on your blogs if you like, I think these words are very powerful. For me, the one thing I want in my life is to make a living as an artist so I will be thinking that way from now on!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! I have my booth at the Art Faire in San Juan Capistrano tomorrow and will be taking the rest of the weekend off, so I will see you Tuesday!

Hugs,

Michelle :)

BLOG AWARD FOR ALL OF YOU!

Hello my dear friends. I hope your week is full of creativity and enchantment!

I recieved this lovely award from Jill at Just Me Jill, a talented and inspiring artist, that will inspire you and make you smile when you visit her blog: http://justmejill.blogspot.com/ and would like to thank her for thinking of me.

I am supposed to tell 7 things about myself and then pass it on to 7 others but I am going to pass it on to ALL of you. I think you all deserve this more than I do! You are the reason I blog, the reason I am excited to blog and the reason I am so inspired everytime I am here. (which I wish was alot more!) Your creative work and words of encouragement and inspiration always mean so much to me.

So congratulations everyone, this is YOUR blog award! Post it proudly on your blog and dont forget to tell 7 things about yourself, (I LOVE that part!) I would love to hear the 7 things about you guys! Here are mine:

1. I love the rain and thunder

2. I love huge buttercream flowers on my birthday cake

3. I love a really great cup of coffee and writing in my journals every morning.

4. I love to meditate

5. I love the sound of water (ocean waves, waterfalls, rain)

6. I love animals

7. I love baseball

"SWEETIE" DIGITAL STAMP NOW ON ETSY

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope those of you got the opportunity to download my "Water" freebie stamp yesterday had fun cardmaking on World Card Making Day!

Would love to see your beautiful creations. I just love seeing my stamps come to life decorated on cards, its like getting a Christmas present for me!

I just listed my new digital stamp, "Sweetie the Candy Cane Sprite" on my Etsy shop, here is the link:


http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31970604

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Michelle :)

FREE DIGITAL STAMP HONORING WORLD CARD MAKING DAY (OCTOBER 3RD ONLY)

Good Morning friends! Today is "World Card Making Day"

In honor of this day, I am making my "Water" digital stamp available to anyone who would like to use her as a card design (she will only be available Saturday, October 3rd for free, Sorry, she is now officially unavailable 10/4)

I have chosen her because her theme is Abundance and I have seen so much of it in my life thru my blog daily for a year now. I feel so lucky everyday to read such beautiful comments from old and new friends and to visit all of your beautifully creative blogs and to be inspired by your wonderful and magical work. (play, really :))

I would love for you to make a beautiful card from my "Water" goddess and would love to see how you use her!

Happy Card Making and Happy Creating to all of you today!

Michelle :)