Showing posts with label stamp insanity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stamp insanity. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

SISC42... Let IT ALL Hang Out...

This weeks challenge over at Stamp Insanity was to "Let it all hang out" or OVER in my case. We were to let elements of our card hang off the edges. I chose to use Nicolette on my card and let her hang off the front flap. I cut the flap short and adhered her so that when you close the card, she still lines up and will fit in the envie. I decorated the inside of the card with matching ribbon and paper to make the card look whole when closed! How fun!!! I added some gems and here is the card!!! Thanks for stopping in and please make sure you play along with this fun challenge!

and for my fellow asylum lovers:
In the 1920s, New York State had operated six mental hospitals to facilitate the growing need for psychiatric care, and all were extremely overcrowded. The state's answer was to build the solution to this problem that plagued the New York City area once and for all - Pilgrim State Hospital.

Originally designed to house 12,500 patients on 1,900 acres of land, Pilgrim still holds the record of being the largest psychiatric hospital in the world - its peak patient population at one time was 16,000. The original hospital constructed from 1930-1941 consisted of four large continued treatment groups, each having about six separate buildings. The four treatment groups at Pilgrim were shut down, and eventually the fifty buildings were demolished in early 2003 after being sold to a developer.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

SISC41 Hardware...Use It In Your Creation!!!


This week's Challenge was to use hardware on your creation. I LOVE diamond plate... But using the real thing would make my card SUPER heavy... so I created my own! I wrapped a piece of tinfoil around a piece of card stock. Then I ran it through the cuttlebug with the diamond plate embossing folder.I got the look without the weight... how cool is that! Then I finished my card with some matching paper and here is my creation. Please play along with us at Stamp Insanity and show us YOUR creation! Thanks for popping in!

and now... the ASYLUM du jour:
Hellingly Hospital was a large mental hospital in the village of Hellingly, east of Hailsham, in East Sussex, England. The hospital, also known as East Sussex County Asylum or just Hellingly, was opened in 1903. Its architect was GT Hine, one of the great asylum architects of the era.


The majority of the hospital closed throughout 1994, however, and to this day much of the 25.4 hectare site stands derelict and extremely run down, after suffering repeated vandalism and multiple arson attacks

Thursday, December 2, 2010

SISC37~Luscious Lace! The Fabric of our Lives…

This was a fun challenge over at Stamp Insanity... use LACE! Well... I have a whole drawer full... so no problem there! I used Morgan and colored her with copic markers. Then I jazzed up my tree with stickles and gel and glitter pens. I added stickles to her outfit as well for a little holiday glam! I cuttlebugged the background and sprayed it with smooch spritz. I sponged it first for depth.I added my lace and added more stickles to the bottomto tie all the colors together. I hate that my post is late... I have had a horrible sinus infection,2 sick children one out of town hubby and a sisiter in my spare room! The hubby is home and the sister is gone(sniff) but the infection lingers on...for me and the babies... oh well...

 Here is a place I would like to go for a week...for some rest... but lo...it has closed...
Worcester State Hospital


On January 12, 1833, the first public asylum for the insane in Massachusetts was opened in the scenic hills of Worcester. It was called the Bloomingdale Asylum, and by the latter half of the 19th century, it was already overcrowded beyond capacity. Funds were appropriated to construct a larger and more grandiose hospital called the Worcester Insane Asylum in the same vicinity.


The hospital still functions as a psychiatric facility in a large, newer building near the Kirkbride building, which now threatens to close as well.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

SISC 35 Oh Scrap...


Here is the Challenge for this weeks Stamp Insanity Challenge blog...OH, SCRAP!
 - Create a project with only your leftover bits and strips of paper and bitty pieces of ribbon you just can’t part with! Any scraps will do!! No one will call us crazy hoarders – will they?
HAA HAA HAA... Love that show... ANYWAY... I used this darling little image,Morgan Claus, and this wonderfully true sentiment. I colored her with copics and then I got to use my glitter pens and stickles to dress her up... and of course liquid applique for her "fluff!" My scraps were the red polka dot ribbon... and I had JUST ENOUGH!
Be sure to pop over to the Stamp Insanity blog to show us your Stuff...

And...for this weeks Asylum...I present
Norwich State Hospital

The Salmon building at Norwich State Hospital, Connecticut's second public insane asylum, founded in 1904, was a building built for male forensic patients, those found not guilty by reason of insanity. An original construction building, part of the initial footprint of the hospital campus, Salmon was a milestone in terms of the construction of psychiatric hospital buildings for the violent insane. Every window was barred with prison-style 2/3 inch thick iron bars built into the brick, as well as a heavy mesh screen. In order to move down the ward, the door ahead would only be unlocked when the one behind was closed - airlock style - which would insure that even in the event that a patient escaped his room, he wasn't going far.

In nearly 70 years of operation, not a single escape was recorded from Salmon

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

SISC 33 ... SPOOKALICIOUS!!! Halloween Bag in a Box

I made this super cute bag in a box using a tutorial that I found on SCS in the resource section. Super cute and so easy... easy enough to make a bunch of them for all of the little goblins and gremlins on your spooky list! I colored the Devil Doll HILDA with copic markers and I used my spooky fence punch for a little bit extra Halloween flavor... Thanks for popping in and be sure to check out the Stamp Insanity blog for all of the other gals creations...

And ... for your insane pleasure...


Traverse City State Hospital

Opened in 1885 by the state in response to overcrowding in the state's four other asylums. It was built according to the Kirkbride plan with the north wing for female patients and the south wing for male patients. The Kirkbride building still exists and is now known as Building 50. When the 20th century began, cottages were constructed on the grounds as the patient population grew. There was also a farm on the site but most of those buildings have not survived to modern times. This facility was closed in 1989 as part of the trend toward deinstutionalization of mentally ill population. After closing, the facility passed in ownership to the local government and was converted into offices, shops, a police station etc. called Grand Traverse Commons.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

SISC31~Live Free Die-Cut!

Die Cut? Did someone say Die cut? Oh how I love my die cuts and my die cutting and anything to do with cranking the glorious handle on my die cut machine and having awesome images come out of the other side! Magic, I say and PURE BLISS!!!
This is the current challenge over at Stamp Insanity Stamp Company!Live Free and DIE CUT! Make a card with die cut shapes and or die cut some shapes of you own and show it off! LOVE IT!!!
I used this darling digi, Katie, to make my card.
 The hearts and flowers all around her are die cut and then of course, I added some bling... this sassy gal needed some bling for sho! Please be sure to check out this digi set and know that the proceeds go to help breast cancer awareness!
AND... here is another asylum...

Danvers State Insane Asylum
In 1878 the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers was erected, under the supervision of prominent Boston architect Nathaniel J Bradlee, in an extremely rural, out-of-the-way location.While the hospital was originally established to provide residential treatment and care to the mentally ill, its functions expanded to include a training program for nurses in 1889 and a pathological research laboratory in 1895. By the 1920's the hospital was operating school clinics to help determine mental deficiency in children. During the 1960's as a result of increased emphasis on alternative methods of treatment and deinstitutionalization and community based mental health care, the inpatient population started to decrease. Danvers State Hospital closed on June 24, 1992 due to budget cuts within the mental health system.

thanks for popping in...stay sane!!!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Stamp Insanity Awesome Devil Dolls Release...and another ASYLUM...

oh are you kidding me? How adorable are these images from Stamp Insanity? I used Kassandra in my creation and she is darling and quite the sassy little witch!For my card, I used some fun paper, my MS spider web punch and alot of distressing! and here is my creation...

She is pretty fresh on her little broom!
there is another set that I would love to have y'all check out too... and it is for a great cause. Check it out here. Super cute and for a great cause!

Check out the other DT's CreationsTHE NEW GROOVY GURL LINE UP!!

Ward One :
Juanita - http://stampintwilghtmom.blogspot.com/
Lynx (Blackdragon) - http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/

Sugar - http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/
Jane - http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/
Margie (DTC) - http://ohbumbleismemargie.blogspot.com/
Kapree - http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/

Wendy - http://scrappractical.blogspot.com/
Dawn - (me)

Ward Two :

Jacquie - http://javablustamper.blogspot.com/
Alison - http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/

Susan - http://susanscraftychaos.blogspot.com/
Erica - http://www.inkedupandreadytoplay.com/
Rosalien - http://rosalien-cardfun.blogspot.com/
Chelsea - http://www.scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com/

Jules - http://goodkardma.blogspot.com/
AND... as promised... here is this post's Asylum...
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, constructed between 1858 and 1881, is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin.The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950's with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover.

Guess what? This one offers tours...and it is only 5 hours from Charlotte!!!

Thanks for popping in, Ladies... see y'all tomorrow!!!

Monday, October 4, 2010

I am Now A Groovy Gurl... OFFICIALLY! and...a confession

OK... time for me to come clean. I have an obsession with asylums. It is really a HUGE obsession and I especially LOVE this one as it is in my hometown of Buffalo, NY. It is the Buffalo State Hospital for the Insane. I was in Buffalo about 4 years ago and my sister,my mother and I went to go and see it. We walked around it and that building has a PULSE!!! It was built by H.H. Richardson and completed in the 1880's. It is what you think of when you think of an institution like this. My heart truly goes out to all of the people that went there as patients and the people that worked there to try and help them.
That being said... I was just chosen as a designer for Stamp Insanity. I figure I would combine my two obsessions and, when I post a creation using their products to my blog, I will feature an old and abandoned asylum. There may be others out there like me...follow me if you like these structures too.
Now you know the REAL reason I call this my RUBBER ROOM!!!