What the Heck!

The other day I received an email from my daughter who is an author at my blog@blogger telling her that MY blog was thought to be a spammer blog.  their little “robots” were doing their job?  HUH???  Excuse me but do you think that they would contact the OWNER of the blog?  OH NO!  That would be too hard to do.

I have this notice on my blog where you create your posts:

This blog has been locked by Blogger’s spam-prevention robots. You will not be able to publish your posts.

Blogger’s spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has characteristics of a spam blog. (What’s a spam blog?) Since you’re an actual person reading this, your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is inherently fuzzy, and we sincerely apologize for this false positive.

We received your unlock request on August 1, 2008. On behalf of the robots, we apologize for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam.

Ok so this happened at 4:30 PM in the afternoon on the 31st of July and i acted immediately and they tell me they received my notice on the 1st of Aug?  Are they kidding me???  They don’t even have the right date unless they are located in Tim-Buck-Two!

So now I am waiting not so patiently for them to figure out how to unlock my blog.  I went to their so called help blogger and see that there are many more that this has happened to.  Hey I am all for ridding spammers but is my blog a spam?  I don’t think so.  I prefer blogger because I am used to it and I don’t want to redo my blog.  But WordPress makes it so easy to import your blog.  HA HA!

So maybe if I can con my daughter into fixing this one up and making it all pretty again and putting all my links and pics back on the sides then I just might stay here.  We shall see how long it takes for blogger to have their little mechanical robots undo their stupidity.

1 comment August 2, 2008

Birthday Sale Exteneded!!!!

We have had a tremendous response to our Birthday Sale that we have extended it to the 31st of July!

Starting today July 25th and ending July 31st there will be a HUGE Birthday Sale!! Whose Birthday is it? MINE so everyone can celebrate 15% off your TOTAL Order! This is my way of having a Birthday Party!!

That includes ALL products currently in our shop:

Tim Holtz NEW Stamps $16.96 after discount

Stampington Stamps from $12.00 to $15.00 after discount

Maya Road Products from $1.70 to $6.00 after discount

and most of our VERY Popular Collage Sheets as low as $1.70 each WOW!!!!

Use discount code happybirthday (one word) for this sale!!! You won’t get these cheaper anywhere else!! I guarantee it!!! If you have a problem with the shipping estimate we will reimburse your shipping difference!

Add a comment July 26, 2008

Freebie!! Challenge!

If you want to play along with us at PID you can join our yahoo group and download a free image to play along with our challenge!

The theme is little girls…and who does not love them! You can find the free download in the file section of our Yahoo group!

1 comment June 12, 2008

On the Cover of the Magazine!!!!

26 comments May 3, 2008

PAPER IMAGERY DESIGNS GRAND OPENING!!!

2 comments May 1, 2008

Paper Imagery Design was created from the heart. We are the combination of a dynamic mother-daughter team and have created images for use in your art work. Whether it is for ATC’s, altered books, collage, creating keepsake cards, or mixed media you certainly will be delighted to use our images.

Paper Imagery Designs is looking for a couple of designers. We are looking for dedicated designers that love to make keepsake cards, ATC’s, altered books, 4×4′s and enjoy doing altered projects. If you would like to be considered for our design team please send us an e-mail to info@paperimagerydesigns.com with the requested information below:

2 ATC’s

2 cards

and 2 current altered projects

Full name and contact information.
Links to any current online galleries, resumes and or blog galleries
List of current design teams that you may be on.
Short bio of yourself and why you would like to be a part of our team.

Please send submissions to us by May 1st and designers will be notified no later then May 3rd.

Paper Imagery Design design team members will be expected to:
Create projects with our current and future product lines.
Write up directions for your art work.
Commit 6 months of your time to PID.
Submit projects for publication and to our online site gallery.
Promote Paper Imagery Designs and company products by posting your projects on online galleries and blogs.

In return for your time and work:
You will receive monthly packages of products from us
Your photo and bio on our website

We can’t wait to see you submissions. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail us at info@paperimagerydesigns.com

Applications will only be accepted by the above email addy.

For more info please visit our blog and to get a sneak peak http://paperimagerydesigns.blogspot.com/

Sincerely
Paper Imagery Designs
Lori & Melissa

1 comment April 23, 2008

Image Transfer of Sarah

Having fun with my canvas boards. I was at Dick Blicks a couple of weeks ago and bought a bunch of 6×6 canvas panels. It is a much larger size for me to play with so what the heck. Still playing with my Portfolio oil pastels I made this one of Sarah. I transferred the image onto the canvas panel using Dick Blick brand gel medium and it worked perfectly!!! The image is a laser print not ink jet.

I often wondered why people like to do transfers? What is the purpose of this technique? WELL!! Let me tell you once you do this you will never go back! LOL!!! The image becomes embedded into the canvas. No messy glues or tape to play around with. It takes a little practice but once you get the hang of it you are hooked! If you have not tried it yet you have to!

Here are some tips that I learned along the way…make sure that your background that you are applying your image to is not too dark. The transfer becomes very transparent and you can see through it. As in this one you can see the music paper in the lighter areas of the image. I like the way it looks.

I like to let my image dry first before I take the paper off. I can almost guarantee that it will work perfectly everytime for me. Sometimes if you rub too hard you will take that delicate image off your surface. Been there done that! It really is up to the artist and what they want for thier piece of art work.

I have read in many places about this technique that you learn how much or how little to put on. This is true…it was explained to me that it is like spreading mayo or mustard on your sandwich. You do not want globs of the gel medium or dry spots but an even coat. (Who wants globs or dry spots on their sandwich??) Make sense? Just use that indisposable tool that you have your trusty finger and slide that gel medium evenly all over the front of your image, slap it down where you want it (image and gel medium face down) and the next thing that is VERY important is to burnish that image. I have an old brayer that I use. Do this until you know that the image has come in contact with your surface, and its ok if the gel medium oozes out. You want that. It is smoothing out the gel medium so you don’t have any lumps underneath.

So now I wait for it to dry. I usually am at my desk with my computer and go play a game of solitary until it is dried. Using that indispensable tool your finger gently and lightly start rubbing the paper off using water. It may take some time to get all the white fuzzy stuff off but it is worth it! Let it dry a bit and rub some more. Once I have it all off I will coat my image with some neutral shoe polish to protect my image from the paints and inks that I will use in my collage. If I get messy and I do it will come right off with out ruining anything.

I was very frustrated with the right side of the panel and could not make it work…so there are about 6 layers of paint, gesso, paper, more paint and finally the oil pastels. I want to add some more to this around the bird house that is not so visible here. Maybe later next week. I like to start something and then finish it off later. The muse works that way some times.

Sarah is another image that will soon be available at Paper Imagery Designs. Watch this site for the grand opening special! You won’t want to miss it. The owners of the new company are very excited about their new collage sheets. Collage sheets designed by an artist for artists!

18 comments April 14, 2008

Inspired by Suzi Blu Tube

Now this was inspired by Suzi Blu. I used my Portfolio crayons to create the background and then added more paints, gesso, more portfolio crayons and images from magazines that I have been hoarding for a long time. There is nothing like the present to get them out and USE THEM! What the heck! What am I saving these for? Maybe it was for this sort of thing I don’t know. I think there is lots of depth in these. I will add words and feeling to it as I go along.

8 comments April 1, 2008

Collage sheet poll results

I thought you might like to know what the results were from the collage sheet poll. Thanks for all your help.

Becky Sorenson was our random winner for our little give away. Her prize is on the way to her.

Look for a May 1st grand opening of never before seen collage sheets designed for your altered art, collage, mixed media and ATC imageries.

Poll Results:

Would you prefer colored, black and white or sepia toned collage sheets?

Color : (204) 38.64%

Black And White : (52) 9.85%

Sepia : (159) 30.11%

Black and White with some color : (113) 21.40%

Would you prefer to download your collage sheets or have them printed then shipped to you?

Printed then shipped to me: (235) 53.90%

Download and I print: (201) 46.10%

What size do you prefer your images?

ATC Size: (192) 48.98%

Smaller then ATC: (48) 12.24%

Larger then ATC: (152) 38.78%

Do you like sheets with the same image cropped and colored different or different images?

Same image different style, crop, and colors: (11) 2.57%

Multiple Images: (223) 52.10%

Both Ways: (194) 45.33%

Add a comment March 30, 2008

Found an interesting site today…

My CD drive is not working for some silly reason and I love to listen to music when I am playing in my studio. I asked my son if he knew of a site that I could go to for some good music. He told me about pandora.com.

Well this is just awesome! You type in the name of an artist and they start playing music. WOW!!! OK so I am one of those old timers from the 70′s and yes I love disco and not ashamed to admit it. I typed in Bee Gees and well this old gal is rocking all night long. ROFL!! Not sure how much art work I will get done because I am singing and dancing in my seat! HA HA!

There does not appear that there are any charges…well at least not yet. We shall see. You do have to register with them after you hear about 3 songs. I have been listening for over an hour and the Disco Queen is having a ball!

5 comments March 21, 2008