It's all about the creation

Love is in the air.....

2011-01-31T19:42:00.005-06:00

Oh yes it is! I have been having fun making Valentines things and recreating my "art place"!

Art place:

Allen put down a light laminate floor and then painted two opposite walls Frosted Mulbery and the other two walls Latte. Most of the accessories are black, a few were left their original color. I got rid of my 8 foot table and am using an old dresser as my work space until I can find a tall table. Most of my stash is in plastic containers or decorative baskets, using the drawers in the dresser for larger items. Th white file cabinet has all my scrap paper pieces, recycled cardboard and instruction sheets. The space feels awesome! These pics are before I put everything back in! Hopefully I can get some pics of the "after" soon!

Here are some of the Valentines things I made:

Valentine memory 4X4 book - Front on the right and the back on the left

Inside cover - Rosette with heart pins

some of the inside pages

I love the "french fry" holder! Art is so fun and relaxing!

These creations were fun to make!

That's all for now!

Go create!

Happy 2011!

2011-01-01T10:08:00.002-06:00

Time sure does fly - I cannot believe it's 2011!!

My hope is that 2011 is a creative, prosperous, healthy and happy new year!!

I try not to make any resolutions, because I never keep them! This year I am really going to make an effort to create more, eat much more healthier! I started a Facebook page for my creations so I can show off what I am doing and maybe sell a few things so others can enjoy my creations!

I have already started on Valentines day- made some french fry holders for candy- reused Starbucks coffee jars also for candy or whatever you'd like to put in them. There are some bottle cap designs in process as well.

While I am really looking forward to this new year, I am also a bit sad - I have made the choice to purge what is not adding any value to my life. January will be the cleansing period, clearing out closets, craft room and anything that is in the attic. Time to really take a look at what I have and if I really need it- it's time to minimized and be practical! I have so much craft stuff and keep buying more without using what I already have! It's hard not to buy when there is so much fun stuff coming out! I vow to only buy what is on sale and use coupons!! From what I have been reading 2011 sounds like it is going to be a tough year for our economy so it would be nice to be somewhat prepared for it! Maybe I will decorate a binder for my coupons to make it fun! I am going to put that on my list of things to do!

Well I am off, I have things to get done!

Peace, love and sharing!

Latest creations

2010-12-08T19:21:00.003-06:00

Here are some fun things I have been working on.....Christmas tree for outside my cube at work, Card class and Rosettes ---I used one of the rosettes for the tree , they are fun to make with different papers!

For my friend who is crazy about Adam Lambert! They were drying when I took the pics, I used glossy accents and diamond dust. I love how it came out so glittery. Looks so much better in person cause you can see the sparkles from the glass!

Where has the time gone......

2010-10-22T10:21:00.004-05:00

Been busy at home and at work lately with no the energy to post on here - does anyone really read these posts?? Life has changed once again - family and friends have gone through changes in their lives which effects me too. So I have made a few changes of my own and I really don't care if I am alone at this point. I am tired of the drama and the backstabing. I am going to start acting like some of them - I will not do anything for you unless it benefits me, tired of helping and getting nothing in return, not even a thank you! You can pick up the phone and call me, not when you just need something from me! Who's going to help me when I need it??This is my life and if you don't like it too bad, move on! This is my time to create and be happy! Creating is what I have been doing lately, I am hooked on making bottle cap jewelry - I have other projects on the table as well, just need to get to them! I need to get some pics out of the stuff I have done so you can see --Done ranting, not going to waste my time on people that are fake, including family! This blog is about my creations and my journey to creativeness, so my next post will be about things I have created or working on!

Just figured I would post to let you know I am alive!

Happy birthday to me!

2010-04-18T16:15:00.003-05:00

Today is my birthday along with my good friend Jeremy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!!

These are the beautiful cards I recieved from my EVW Group! They are all so beautiful and I am so blessed to have such creative people in my life!

I am working on a pennant swap for my T!m group - I have to make nine of them, this is just an idea of what I am doing! I have three done so far!

This is a necklace I made for myself!

That's it for now! Going to watch some movies with my Hubby!

Have a blessed week!

Been MIA......

2010-03-27T22:00:00.010-05:00

Wow can't believe it's been so long since I last posted!! Shame on me!!

Well let's see what has been going on.. had a circus swap to complete, a baby shower to go to, a birthday party to go to, a necklace made for a friend, monthly mailer to do and a bunch of other things! .....ah so much to do so little time!! It has been fun though!!

The circus swap was interesting, I was not sure what I was going to do with it. I had collected some ideas and empherma for it, however, once I got it all together I did not like it! So I had to really think about what I was going to do! Then it hit me like a ton of bricks, ouch! I was up to my eyeballs in clowns, glue & stickles! I changed out the popcorn for "cotton" candy, as shown in the last photo - these are the backs of the 17 pages!!The second to last photo is the finished front! Yay all done and mailed!

The next two are for a baby shower and my nephews birthday: I got the peapod idea from some magazine and tweaked to make it my own - Her wedding colors were the brown, green and pink so I thought it was appropriate for her baby shower!! This is s sympathy card for a friend at work who's father recently passed away. A birthday card for a guy at work!

I made this necklace for a friend who is crazy about Alice in Wonderland!

Sorry it's so blurry - was trying to get a close up, guess I did not take a better one before I gave it to her!

I managed to get in a small shopping spree in all this chaos of creating too!! Like that was hard to do!!

Cleaned up my table so I could work on another project, my March monthly mailer! I wanted to do something a bit different than a card or a wall hanging so I got a cigar box from Croppinsville and went at it! We have to use a technique from TIm Holtz, this one was the 2008 March technique - very cool! The top is the second photo and the front bottom is the third - it was fun to make, now to mail it--hmmm gotta think of an interesting way to mail it! I also worked on my black & white tags for a swap too! They were fun to do but hard not to put any color on them! Had to smack my hand a few times for reaching for colors! The last item is a necklace I created using Allies line of raw metals - such fun that was! I used alcohol inks, rock candy stickles and rock candy distress crackle paint! Stuck a brad in the middle to hold it all together, put a bail on it and la la a necklace!

Well I think that is it for now, whew! I hope everyone has a blessed week filled with lots of creative things!

Peace, love and hugs!

Boring week....but my dogs are cute!

2010-02-28T16:14:00.006-06:00

YOU did nothing this week? (Bandit and Boomer!!)

Well it was a bit boring here this week. I did something to my back this week and was out of commission for two and a half days! Ugh, getting old sucks! Dr. gave me a steroid shot in one hip and a muscle relaxer in the other plus a script for more steroids, yum!! Hate those headaches with steroids, have to drink lots of water and of course they make me hungry all the time! Thankfully I bought some healthy snacks - almonds, walnuts, craisins, etc... I suppose its back to the Wii Fit again to keep myself active!

So what did I do this week? Well not much of anything really - I jotted some ideas down for my 6X6 circus swap, got some things printed out and just sat there looking at it today - ugh it doesn't feel right - then I had the bright idea to put popcorn on it, so I popped a bag, ate some, took it outside and sprayed it with a clear coat. Now I am going to wait a few days and see what happens to it, wondering if its going to be too delicate for my pages! I have all my circus stuff gathered, where are those creative craft fairies when you need them???

Here are some pics: Necklace made with a twist off cap, postcard from a friend, Glimmer mists - my favorite spray right now and tonights dinner - taco pie! having friends over and they like mexican food!

Maybe this weekend I will feel more like playing! Thanks Sara for the card - I love it! Neat idea too!

Have a blessed week!

What am I doing?

2010-02-21T09:21:00.004-06:00

2x2 canvas - fun but so small to work with!

I had a busy, busy week at work, wish it had been a busy week creating!

Jotted down some ideas for my 6x6 Circus pages swap- so today I will be making my template on the actual 6X6 piece to make sure it all fits before doing 16 pages! It's raining and gray out today which will make a great day to create and get all my swaps together!

Lets see what do I have to get done?

March monthly mailer

Black/white tags

Birthday cards

I think that is it for my swaps right now unless someone comes out with another one that catches my eye! I love doing swaps they keep me focused and creative!

My room needs to be cleaned up too! I create in such a mess, it looks horrible!

Played around with some jewelry pieces -Oooh got my artists choice ATC's from my ATT group! They are awesome, great ideas on these pieces!

ATC's by the fabulously talented: Kathy, Laura, Cathy, Pam, Kate, and Sue!!

Have a happy creative week!

Movies, boys and art!

2010-02-14T09:01:00.004-06:00

This is what I woke up to this morning! Ugh!

What a great week and weekend!

During the week I was busy with ART:

Received my Valentines Tags from a swap, finished up my Spring ATC's, worked on my Monthly Mailer and got my order in from my favorite Etsy shop!

My Spring ATC's - I just added words that say "Spring time joy" figured they didn't need much else on them - I think they look fab!

Valentine tag swap - AWESOME! so much talent in the ATT group! See for yourself!

Finishing up my monthly mailer today since it has to go into the mail by 2/15! The monthly mailers are fun - Allie gives us a technique to use and we create something for our swap partner, really gets you thinking! Pics coming soon!

My new favorite Etsy shop is Karens craft supplies! She has the most awesome stuff and she ships fast!

I bought some large heart bails, large leaf bails, black leather necklaces, round glass pieces, dog tags and magnets!

The round glass pieces are thick! I saw in a shop I went to yesterday, these glass pieces decorated and on leather necklaces! They were awesome! So I have taken a stab at them myself! Why pay for something I can create myself!! I need to get some of the aluminum tape to go around the edge to make it look finished!

Birthday card for my EWV group.

Well today I have three of my favorite boys here! My cousin went to Dallas for the weekend and the boys were staying with Grandma & Grandpa - Allen and I decided last week to take them Saturday to see Avatar and have them spend the night. Avatar was awesome, the boys enjoyed it as well as Allen and I! Then we went out to my SIL's for my nieces birthday and brought my nephew home with us! So I have three boys, Allen and three male dogs in my house!! What fun, the boys had a blast playing the Wii and watching movies, have no idea what time they went to bed! They are all in the living room, two on the couch and one on the floor! Awesome! I remember when Marc would have his friends stay over so much energy filled the room, this is that same feeling! I am blessed!

Have a creative week!

Woo hoo!!

2010-02-07T16:55:00.005-06:00

It has been a bittersweet week, my son, Marc and his girlfriend Casey came for a visit on Thursday. Marc is a Marine who will leave March 10-14 to Afghanistan, ugh. Can I call the prez and tell him not to send my baby boy? You hear so much about Afghanistan and Iraq that it is scary. Marc is in the Airwing division in Aircraft crash and rescue, basically a firefighter. From what he says they should be pretty much protected from the enemy - is he just saying that so I don't have a nervous breakdown? Thankfully Marc is much stronger than me! He's a good man and I am very proud of his accomplishments in life and the Marines. I've always read about the Blue Star mothers and their efforts to send freedom boxes - now I will be sending boxes to my son! As for Casey, she of course is a beautiful young lady who is very quiet and a vegitarian - more willpower than I - too much in love with steak to do that! Anyway it was a nice visit, too short! Please keep Marc in your prayers for a safe stay and a safe return home! Semper Fi!

Ok ART! I took a class Saturday at Croppinsville ----it was a junque journal taught by Sara . All I can say is WOW - what fun the class was and I learned so much. My daughter Cassie is getting married in September and she asked me to do the guest book- gasp, me! Of course I want it to be perfect so this class came just in time for me to learn and practice!! The only pictures I took were of my stuff during the class, another woman in class, Sharon, took photos of everyones work which I will see later in the week!

The junque journal is pretty much a journal to keep notes in - Sara gutted the hard cover book for us and made the signatures - we just had to put it all together along with our art work! The class was from 9:30 to 5:00 a long day for me- it was well worth it to learn from Sara! My friend Sharon has a birthday coming up.....this would make a nice gift! Here are some pictures from my almost finished book - Enjoy!

The first one is of the inside - second is the cover and the third is the spine -

Here are some ATC's I am working on for a swap in my Wendy group -Not completed yet but not much more to do and they will be finished and ready to be mailed!!

I hope everyone has a blessed week filled with good things and creative work!

Sunday Sunday!

2010-01-31T09:02:00.002-06:00

So much for keeping up with my blog!Maybe I should do it every Sunday? No promises however I will do my best to keep it to Sundays!

Since we have had ice and snow here I am stuck inside - is that a bad thing? So I worked on my For the birds swap, see pictures below - I decided that I wanted to do something different so I had some CD cases and blank CD's - I put gesso on the CD thinking I would paint it and then stamp on it - well I did not like the look so I sat there staring at it and decided to work on the cd cover - the one with the BIRD letters is the front and the other is the back - I burned a nature CD and placed it inside the case! La la it's done and if I must say so it's totally cute! I got the info this morning on who I need to mail it to! Hope she likes it!

I have seen so many necklaces using TH fragments and they look great. So I decided to create one of my own except I did not use fragments, I used glass and some of my favorite things - I love the finished product!

My last goodie of the day is this card I did just for fun or maybe Valentines day?

Today I need to make two birthday cards, work on my Spring swap and pay bills, yuck! Yuck is for the pay bills part not the cards or swap!

I will leave you with this verse of the day:

Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life!
Proverbs 19:20

Have a blessed week!

Catching up!

2010-01-24T09:38:00.004-06:00

It has been awhile since my last post! I really need to get better about updating my blog! Some days there is nothing of interest to blog about, the 24 hours in a day aren't enough for me sometimes!

Well the Everything Wendy Yahoo Group had a grunge rose swap, previous post I showed the roses I recieved, which were beauties! This lovely goodie is from the second part of the swap - you had to take one rose and make art! Eileen from New York did this nifty piece for me! I finished Eileens yesterday and will mail it on Monday. I wil post a picture of it when she recieves it. Do you ever wonder when you create something if it is good enough art for the person you made it for? I panic sometimes as I do not create everyday and have not been schooled in art either! Some of these folks in my Yahoo groups are so talented, I just wonder when I can make things that look as good!

Alrighty then onto the next item - I went into Collinsville to get some supplies at Croppinsville, yes I know Allie is not there, however, her husband and son were manning the store! After gettting my goods I drove by the local chinese place and thought hmmm chinese sounds yumo right now, so I stopped, they were freaking closed! So disappointed and so hungry for chinese right now! Oh wait there's one on 86th street in Owasso......on the way there I can stop at Goodwill, get chinese and head home, sounds like a plan!! Well I don't go to Goodwill as often as I should cause I got theses fabulous items! The pan is a donut pan, of course I'm not making donuts! The wonderful Suze Weinberg creates these donuts using UTEE and uses them as jewelry pieces --Eureka what a great idea and I now have the pan in my hot little hands for $3.00!!! The other item is suppose was used to hold CD's in, I had other plans for it! I decided to use it for my Ink pads, I have so many and like to keep them in one area of my craft table where they are visible or else I don't use them - out of sight out of mind! That terrific find was $6.00, so it was a good recycle day at Goodwill I thought!! If you catch it at the right time you can always find something you need! It is interesting now when I look at something I don't always look at it for the use its intended but for art! Funny!

Well I am off to melt some UTEE and see what I can create!

Have a wonderful day!

Remember to thank a soldier too! Top secret info - one of my family members is in the sandbox, not my son - please keep this family member in your prayers for a safe return and guidance to make the right choices during this time! ALso please pray for another family member in hopes their unit does not get deployed ---young babies at home!

Peace and Love!

Second sitting of the Tattoo and more me stuff!

2010-01-16T18:15:00.005-06:00

These are from the second sitting....Chad worked on the details on the bottom or from the waist down. It's coming along nicely..one or two more sittings and it will be done!!

Ok now onto me.....here are the tags I did for the Valentine swap.....almost done.....

just a few finishing touches and I am done!!

Here are my roses for the second part of the swap --I have to make something with one of them....hhhmmmm what do I do? Thought about a ring.....headband......barette (does anyone wear those?).........a bracelet....hum I don't know...gotta think, think, think...

Today is better

2010-01-16T13:19:00.005-06:00

Had to take Bandit back to the vet yesterday. Seems he loosened a staple by his jewels - the vet removed it and gave him 6 more! He slept on and off yesterday- hard for him to find a confortable position I am sure!Thumb is healing nicely, except when I reach for something and then I remember its there!

recieved my goodies from Sky,Blue,Pink yesterday --Love their stuff!! Managed to get some ATC's done yesterday for a swap! YAY! I used some of the ATC things I bought from Sky, such fun! Today I am working on my Valentine tags for another swap....so much to do so little time!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Exciting evening..............NOT

2010-01-14T18:26:00.005-06:00

Well last night Rowdy attacked Bandit and Boomer chimed in. They both had Bandit in their grip with their teeth! I was horrified, yelling, trying to get the two of them all of him while Bandit yelped. Finally got both dogs off and into their respective cages and tended to Bandit. He was pretty beaten up, there was blood all over him - I was freaking out. In the midst of getting the two bigger dogs, one of them bit me on my thumb, ouch! I proceeded to drag both cages out to the garage so Bandit could have some peace and me too! Wrapped him in a towel and sat down trying to calm us both. Bandit would not let me put him down, he needed to be held which I did. Allen came home and we looked over his injuries and decided he needed to see the vet. We really did not want to take the chance of something dire happening to him. He had a gash on the side of his leg and another one by his jewels. They were not bleeding any longer, but thought we'd rather not take the chance of infection or something worse happening. Allen took him to the vet today and he has 8 staples on his leg and one by his jewels. He is pretty bruised up too! The vet had to shave him to see what else was going on and found scratches on his back. Mind you Bandit is a 7 pound Chihuahua--poor baby got a dose of antibiotics and ointment to prevent him from licking his wounds. Thankfully the vet knocked him out for the staples and cleaning up. Here are some pics from yesterday and today, I am sure you can tell the difference between the days.

My baby and I are going to chill and watch tv!

Peace!

Vintage Tulsa Show, Art and Allen's tat

2010-01-12T19:06:00.005-06:00

Catching up from yesterday, the internet was out ----funny how we rely on the web so much!
Connecting, emails, games! I had to resort to watching TV! Should have worked on my ATC'S though!
First here are pics of the second sitting for Allen's tattoo, if you're sqeamish skip them...This session Chad did the details on the bottom part of the image. the redness is irritation from being inked - it looks really good in person!

Vintage show:

Here are some goodies I picked up at the show ---Bingo cards, post cards, wooden & plastic bingo pieces,heart charms, game cards ----such fun ---wished I had bought more wooden bingo pieces...I will next time for sure!

After the Vintage show we went to an antique store in town. I bought these games, old book and muffin tin to put embellishments in. The muffin tin has since been bathed in alcohol ink, purple! Looks great! The old book will now be turned into a guest book for my daughter, Cassie, who is getting married - she's not my flesh and blood daughter but I don't care for the Step-daughter words ------Cassie asked me to make a guest book and I was on cloud nine that she asked. I thought it was kind of ironic that I had bought this book the day before, hmmmm someone knows something and is speaking to me telepathically!

I said in my last post, I think, that I was in a grungepaper rose swap ---well these and the goodies are from my lovely partner, Debby, in this swap. Her roses are beautiful, she did something different than I did to mine which I will try next time. Debby was also kind enough to gift me with some chipboard pieces and punchenella (SP?) This is the left over stuff after punching out sequence --isn't it cool!

These are my ATC's I am working on for another swap. The technique came from my friend Allie and I loved doing it. The stamp is Mona Lisa and she looks scared in this photo! he he!These are not done yet....hopefully I will get them done this weekend and then its onto the bird swap.........

That's it for now...off to QT for gas for the Vue ($2.50 per gallon!) and a Cappuchino!

Hugs all around!

Week is finally over!

2010-01-08T20:47:00.002-06:00

We have had a cold blast of winter here! No snow, thank goodness, only chilly temps!

Got my roses done and mailed for an upcoming swap with my Wendy group, YAY! Waiting now for the second part to that swap which sounds like fun too! Need to work on my roses, they don'e seem to curl like others do ---practice makes perfect!

Next on the agenda is ATC's and Valentines tags! Sounds like a cold weekend so I may get those done - will post pics when completed!

Stay warm!

Altered dress form and some other things.....

2010-01-04T15:24:00.010-06:00

Ok so I feel a bit guilty for calling in sick to work today. Really I did not feel well last night and when the alarm went off, I still was not feeling well. So I called in and pulled the covers over my head and went back to sleep! Finally got up about 11 and got around - coffee, yum! Feel ok, obviously ok to blog! The January kit and the last item are things I worked on over the weekend. The roses my hubby cut out last night and today I glued them together, a work in progress! Enjoy....I am going to lay down for a bit!

Here is my latest creation from the January Kit of the month by CroppinsvilleStudio!

The kit has great papers from Graphic 45, Tim Holtz goodies, ribbon and more! Be sure to check it out at http://croppinsvillestudio.com/

I had so much fun creating this - I love to create without instruction!

Working on grungepaper roses today for a swap due on the 10th of January - These roses are very pretty when someone else makes them! lol - guess I just need to practice, practice, practice! Hopefully I will have three good ones to send out!

Cheat sheet! lol

This is my other project I am working on! Yeah I know so many things to do so little time!

First day of the New Year!

2010-01-01T21:47:00.003-06:00

So glad 2009 is behind me! I am really looking forward to 2010!!! No resolutions for me, I never keep them anyway!

Yesterday I went with my friend to get my haircut and then we went to some of the local scrapbook stores, Joanns and Windsor Market! Gosh I love Windsor Market, they have the most awesome stuff - next time I will take pics for you to see. If you're in Tulsa sometime stop by it's at 71st & Memorial behind Pep Boys. Unfortunately they were closing at 3 and we got there about 2:40, not much time to shop around :( I did find this ---oooh what a find!

Was busy today cleaning up my woman cave- I moved a dresser from our bedroom into my cave and rearranged things so I can find them,maybe! Did some labeling on plastic tubs. Threw some stuff into a bag to donate to my friends church for youth activities. The room feels so good, nice and neat! I have a blank wall that I would like to fill with art, so we will see what I do with it! Maybe I will use it for the great art I get in swaps this year!! Yeah great idea! Here are some pics of the woman cave in case you were wondering what that was ;0 - The guys have the man cave why can't we have the woman cave --now to get a sign that says no boys allowed!! lol

Please Help A Place to Bark

2009-12-30T18:06:00.002-06:00

Please help a place to bark raise funds to finish off their shelter with matching donations -----Tax deductable too! Just think you are helping save a life!

Bernie does this great work to rescue animals that would otherwise be put to sleep! They are so precious too!

http://www.twitvid.com/CA224

Cut and paste into your browser, this will give you some information - also click on my sidebar to donate! Hurry time is running out for the matching funds --end December 31st!!!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-24T09:59:00.001-06:00

Merry Christmas - Hope your holidays are wonderful!

Obsession with candles

2009-12-12T21:56:00.005-06:00

Ok I admit I have an obsession with candles after checking out the Heidi Swapp blog! Went to Hobby Lobby today and snatched up a bunch of candles, they were 50% off - who could pass that up --certainly not me!! The big brown ones I got on clearance for $4.00 each, regular price was $19.99!!! What a bargain! Whoot whoot!!

What fun this has been! Still have more candles to do, however, that will wait until tomorrow!

Here are some of my creations:

Tag # 6

2009-12-06T21:22:00.006-06:00

Woo hoo I finished tag #6!!!!!! I just need to do the first 4 tags now!!

Two pics- the first one is ok I think the first is clearer ---**note to self: learn how to take good pics***LOL

I used diamond for "ice" by the car...this was so much fun to make - substituted the dictionary page for a regular book page, think it came out nice. What a mess I made with all my stamp sets out, ink pads, glitter and flock.....maybe the crafty cleaning angels will come and clean up while I am sleeping....inky fingers crossed! X

I also made another candle - Now I am on the hunt for inexpensive pillar candles - this technique is great for gifts! The first one is a side view - I left the bumps, in person it looks nice!

Looking forward to tag #7 ----

Enjoy the pics.........going to clean up my inky fingers and hit the sack, early work day!

Peace & Love!

Tag #5

2009-12-06T16:37:00.003-06:00

Finished up my Secret Santa gifts! I sat down and worked on tag #5 today- of course I am out of sync with the tags, need to do 1,2,3 & 4 as well! That will come when I have more time. Tag #6 is fun too, I am going to work on that later today and post tomorrow!

This tag was cool - some things I did not have, so much like everyone else I improvised and I think it turned out well.

Here is the link to T!M's blog so you can see what it is supposed to look like and the instructions as well: http://http//timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/ - He is one ispiring man!

Here is my tag:

I had to put it on the scanner cause the picture did not come out too good - the ornaments are a little off due to being on the scanner. Its a cool tag if I must say so myself!

Wax experience

2009-12-05T23:07:00.003-06:00

LOL gotcha on that title uh?

Well I was browsing blogs yesterday and checked one of my favs Heidi Swapp, she is so cute! She did a video on these fab candles http://heidiswapp.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/ok-make-candles.html and of course I had already bought some candles! Here is my result, while I did not print from my printer to the tissue paper, my printer is picky about what it prints on and my luck it would have jammed! I stamped using Tim Hotlz stamps! I think they turned out great! Hopefully the person who I have for the Secret Santa at work does not read my blog!

Tim did his 12 tags of Christmas again this year and for the first time I have not made one......yet...this may change I am in the creating mood and my fingers are inky already!!

ATC's

2009-11-30T19:12:00.000-06:00

Look at those beautys! These are for my AllthingsTim holiday swap!

I must have made 12 of them - I started on one and then I didn't like it and finally came up with this one! I has Celia look at them for encouragement!

Will be dropping them off at Allies tomorrow - we are being eco friendly and mailing them together!

Oh and I made a Taylor pendant for Miranda----Kind of blurry, I had to put it on the scanner since my flash on the camera kept giving me feedback! Ain't he a handsome one!

Thanksgiving

2009-11-27T11:21:00.000-06:00

I slaved most of the day making turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, cranberry sauce and rolls. We stuffed ourselves silly and then (a few hours later) had some cherry cheesecake, pumkin pie, apple pie and pumkin muffins.......silly me forgot to take pics.....just imagine 8 really really bloated santa's!

Off to work on my Tim ATC's for a swap! Have to work off that dinner from yesterday!!

Creations

2009-11-15T15:20:00.000-06:00

Ok I know it's only been two days since my last post! Wow I am posting within two days instead of a week or a month!! It's cold and raining out side! Yucky day for sure!

I joined an online group called All things Tim! I went in an looked at the pics of what people have done and holy crap what was I thinking - these guys and gals are talented! Can I keep up? Will my stuff be good enough? ugh!

I saw many cool things and right away the wheels started spinning! I have so much stuff and ideas on the backburner that I need to get moving on them. It just seems there is not enough time during the weekend to make art! I am going to have to start prioritizing the things I want to do. I did join in on an ATC swap - boy howdy I started on it - have no idea when it is due but hey I am ahead of the game!! Here are some pics of what I started working on, mind you I may change my mind in the end and do something completely different!

Ok I can't upload pictures for some reason- anyone have any ideas why? I checked the faq's section and did what it said and still cannot upload???

New art

2009-11-13T09:49:00.003-06:00

Time is flying by.....got some art done, yay! I took a few days off from work so I could get some things done around the house and work on some creations!

Not much else going on here. Trying to get into the holiday spirit :(

November, what????

2009-11-01T19:22:00.003-06:00

Well alot has gone on in the last few weeks! Some highlights are:

We got a new puppy, he's half boston terrier and half ?, we don't know, seems his momma was not particular! He is a cutie, we named him Boomer! He will be confused during the Sooner games for sure!! Boomer Sooner, lol!!

I went to a Croppinsville After Dark party on Friday, October 30th and made some wonderful creations and really got inspired to get some things done! Looking forward to the next After Dark party in November!

Have been working on my closet in my craft room - it's the one where everything goes when I don't know what to do with it! I emptied out five boxes most of which went into the trash and I have one box for Goodwill! It's not done but it's looking better! Not taking any pics of that mess!! lol

Finally working on the old window pane I bought last year at the flea market! I have ideas and trying to make time to work on it----I will post pics when I finish!

These are the tags I made for one of my group swaps - Everything Wendy Vecchi (yahoo group) If you love her stamps, you should check out the group! There are a number of talented ladies, some are listed on the sidebar on the right!

I have plans to work on some jewelry and other altered items -----One project at a time!

That's all for now!

Take care!

Bath day for Bandit!

2009-10-04T10:26:00.002-05:00

OMG it was so funny! Allen was giving Bandit a bath this morning in the kitchen sink! Here is the video of the aftermath!

St.Louis adventure!

2009-09-28T19:31:00.014-05:00

Allie and I had a great time in St.Louis this past weekend!!

We left Friday and took our time driving up - we chatted and enjoyed the sites! We even tried to find a few scrapbook places along the way! Of course the first one we tried to find ended up in a neighborhood - guess it was someones internet business! Darn! I guess it was not meant to be!

We arrived at our hotel, checked in and then decided to find the store where we were taking our Wendy Vecchi class. To our amazement, there was a truck unloading oodles of stamps!! The owner of the store saw us looking in the windows and invited us in. We looked around at all the fab paper, Tim Holtz goodies and a ton of other great items!

Here is a picture of the front of the store:

On Saturday we got up early and headed to the store - Wendy was going to be there at noon for a book signing and we wanted to be there early to look around the store, ya know in case we missed something the night before!!

Allie looking in the window at Ted from Stampers Anonymous - he was doing demos!

Pic of Wendy at the table where she was signing her book: She is a wonderful person to meet - I encourage anyone that can to take her class and meet with her to do it! I really wanted to stand close to her to see if some of her creative energy would rub off on me, however, you really don't need to stand really close to get a creative vibe from her!

2:00 Class time!!

These are some of the awesome pieces of art that Wendy brought

Here is Wendy and Allie setting up for the class ----I was the one way in the back taking pics! Not that I didn't want to help, but you know with having MS you have to conserve your energy and I wanted to save it all for the class!! Sorry for the lines on the pic, not sure where they are coming from.

Lets see how many times I can say AWESOME!!

Wendy is a great teacher and her designs were awesome and very inspiring! Here is the finished wall hanging we did in class: The class was called: Lovin' the grunge!! We got a kit and the kit had the new filmstrip ribbon, which was a blast to work with -(now if I can only get my hands on some!!) We played with the Tim Holtz masks & rock candy stickles! Fun stuff!!

The grungepaper rose was fun to make - a little frustrating to do but once you get the idea it comes very easy!

After class we scooped up our purchases and headed off to dinner and then back to the hotel to play with our goodies! Class was very inspiring and awesome!

Trip back home on Sunday - we stopped at the St. James winery and bought a few bottles of wine- then to the cheese outlet- cause i need cheese for my wine!!

Monday back to work! Whew what a great weekend we had! Thanks Allie for the laughs and the conversation!!

Hello - I am a blog slacker!

2009-09-12T19:16:00.003-05:00

Yes, I admit to it! it has been so busy at work and getting things done around the house before winter sets in, I have not blogged!

Since one of the groups I belong to is doing a blog hop next week,I figured I had better spice it up a bit so they don't think I am boring! lol

Here is some art that I have done over the last few weeks - I hope you enjoy them!

Whew!!

2009-08-16T21:18:00.003-05:00

What a weekend! It went by so fast!!

I got myself caught up on cards for the swap group I belong to --YAY me!! Allen the great hubby he is will mail them out tomorrow!

Here's a look at what I did this weekend!

Sequence

2009-07-26T19:14:00.004-05:00

We had a great time over at Roben and Sherri's. They got us hooked on a game called Sequence last year and promised to make us a board! So we went over on Saturday afternoon to put our board together and boy what fun we had! Here are the pics to show:

Allen hammering the nails for the frame with Sherri supervising - good job!
Roben lining up the cards to glue down!

Pieces to the game!
Finished board!

The game is played in teams, it was Sherri and I and Roben and Allen --Sherri and I lost 5 to 3! We had loads of fun!

Happy 4th of July!!

2009-07-04T09:27:00.001-05:00

Hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday weekend!!

The garden is growing and the grandpuppy....

2009-06-21T12:14:00.005-05:00

The garden is really coming along - we have already picked some bananna peppers, jalepeno peppers and cilantro. The eggplant, bell peppers and tomatoes just need to ripen and grow larger. I can't wait to see the water bill for this month! It has been so hot so I have been watering twice a day instead of once!

Tomatoes Eggplant

Cucumbers & Cilantro

Green Bell pepper

It has been a busy few weeks- My daughter, Brit, had surgery and is recovering well. We have been watching our grandpuppy while she is in the hospital so Ben does not have to run home every few hours to let her out. Gucci, the pup, is three months old, my dogs don't know what to do with all her energy! We got a pool for her to play in since she loves water!

My garden is growing!

2009-05-31T09:04:00.010-05:00

I have been watering, pulling weeds and checking everyday! I have flowers on my green pepper, hot pepper, eggplant, tomato and cucumber plants ----yay!!!! The cilantro is growing like crazy too! It is so nice to go out into the yard and cut fresh herbs for hot salsa!!

Besides tending to my garden, I have been working on some art ---here is the piece I made for my mom for Mothers day-----she had a decorative plate on a stand on the piano and it broke, so I decided to make her something.

Here is a tag I did too!

Memorial day

2009-05-24T09:57:00.004-05:00

Thanks to all our troops past and present who keep this country free! My family has done their part too ---My uncle Artie was in the Navy, My dad was in the Army, My grandfather was in the Navy, my cousin, Pat, was in the Navy, my second cousin, Stephen, is in the Air Force, and my son, Marc, is in the Marines!

We bought a new American flag to hang on our pole since the other one was so tattered - We need to get another Marines flag and am thinking of getting flags for the rest of the armed forces to display on my lovely front lawn.

Hope you are remembering our men and women in the armed forces today!

Rain, Rain go away......

2009-05-05T18:04:00.004-05:00

I have had enough of this rain! Of course when it is scorching hot in June, we will be praying for the rain! Our backyard is a lake, see pics! I wonder how the folks in Seattle handle it? Well at least it keeps me in the house, I am working on a mother's day gift for my mom--oooh it's gonna be awesome, I hope! Going back to creating...enjoy the pics!

Cleaned up!

2009-04-26T10:41:00.005-05:00

Well yesterday was a very long day! While waiting for my sleeping prince to wake, I started laundry and cleaning house. Of course I was up at 7 AM, by 10 I decided to make some breakfast of hashbrowns and eggs, yummy! Once I was done with breakfast, my prince still sleeping, I was getting restless! I sent the dogs in to wake him up, yeah right......Finally about 11 he awoke!!! I quickly made him breakfast so he could get his butt in gear and get going! He went off to Michelle's to borrow her pick up, since he does not have his anymore, and get a load of dirt. Fast forward......three loads later the garden bed was filled, it could have used another load but we decided enough was enough!! It was hot! Bart and his girls came by to supervise! I planted all my veggies and herbs - got all the hosta's planted in the front of the house - Sheila came by with Bay and Maci with some laripe(?) something green that sprouts purple flowers and I gave her some hosta as I did not want too many in one spot. Planting ALL done by 8:30 last night, yay!! Then it was time to sit on the back porch and admire the beauty with a cold drink of course!

Getting dirty....

2009-04-25T10:54:00.003-05:00

Today we are going to work in the yard, as soon as sleepyhead wakes!! We have to get some dirt to fill in our garden, the front of the house and some other spots. I can't wait to get my garden planted finally! The poor plants have been inside and then back outside, the weather has been up and down lately. Hopefully it will stay warm and they will thrive!! Here are some pics of before the work today ---i'll post after pics later...

Have a wonderful day!

What a great Easter!

2009-04-12T20:18:00.004-05:00

Here are some pictures from our Easter Sunday! We had a blast -Allen and I had my mom, sister Debbi, Britani, Ben, Terry, Michelle and Freddy over! We stuffed our faces with Lamb, Ham, Sweet potatoes, Hashbrown casserole, green beans, Chocolate cake, cherry cupcakes, salad and my mom's fabulous jello (which I forgot to take out of the fridge)!! OOPS! NOT, it's all mine now!!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-11T21:52:00.001-05:00

Hope everyone has a blessed day!

A place to bark fundraiser!

2009-04-08T20:40:00.002-05:00

Those who know our humans, Allen and Barbara, know that they LOVE animals, especially dogs! So please take a few moments and visit this site and make a donation if you are able - times are tough, however, the dogs and cats at this shelter did not asked to be dumped on the road or abandonded! It saddens us to know that people dump their pets off like that!

Please visit:

http://aplacetobark.blogspot.com/2009/03/ten-to-life-place-to-barks-annual.html

On the right side is a "make a donation" button -Please do what you can ---they are also in need of supplies, you will see that above the donation button as well.

Thank you!

Bandit, Molly and Rowdy

Snow!

2009-03-28T16:53:00.003-05:00

Yuck the worst four letter word on the universe SNOW~~~~

It's cold, wet and very white!! Woke up this am to let the dogs out and it was raining. A few hours later it was snowing!

Going to have some hot tea and work on some cards!

Enjoy the day!

Weather change...

2009-03-27T18:50:00.004-05:00

All I can say is what is going on?? Was it because the raised garden is almost done, I bought stuff to grow?? What??

The weather is cold and rainy - it's supposed to SNOW, yep I printed that nasty four letter word!

This is what I want to see! So warm and peaceful looking.

I am sipping hot tea and eating peanut butter girl scout cookies!

Stay warm!

Woohoo the garden is coming along

2009-03-24T20:25:00.004-05:00

This past weekend Allen, my fabulous husband, worked on my raised garden!! I had started some herbs and veggies inside and bought some tomato plants, eggplant, bananna peppers, bell peppers to go into this raised bed. He loaded 30 bags of dirt and an endless amount of brick to the back yard. We still need more dirt, hopefully we can do that this weekend to finish it up so I can plant my veggies and herbs!! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!!

Spring ahead......

2009-03-08T19:26:00.005-05:00

I wish it would stay daylight savings time! It is so nice to have it lighter later, seems like you can get more done in the day! Well I have been working on a few cards, working on my craft room, working on my garden. Yes I said garden,lol - I planted some cucumbers, parsley, cilantro, basil, poppys and lavender, all seeds and I bought a tomato plant!! My seeds are sprouting, yay!!! We bought paint for the bathrooms in which we were going to paint this weekend, however, the weather was so nice we weren't home! I am going to leave you with a few photos, enjoy!

Happy Spring!!

Lazy Sunday!

2009-02-22T09:04:00.005-06:00

Today is going to be a lazy day! There are so many things that I need to get done, however, I am just not in the mood to do them!! Friday I went cropping at my LSS - I was bound and determined to work on Marc's Marines book!! I got so many pages put together, not completed but put together!! YAY!!!
I got this paper at my LSS, it is so cool ----its velvety soft - Have no idea what I am going to do with it but it is awesome!!!
Been working on cards, of course, for my swap group.I had fun with the first one, there is no stamping on it at all!! I just love the Graphic 45 Paper - its two sided so it really makes it fun to use!!

Well I am going to get some more coffee and see what I feel like doing today!!

What ever you do today, have fun and make a mess doing it!!!

Happy Valentines day!!!

2009-02-14T09:34:00.002-06:00

Hope everyone has a day filled with chocolates!!

Whoo hoo what a nice weekend!!

2009-02-08T18:51:00.006-06:00

We had such a nice weekend - Allen and I went shopping(yes I got him to go!) First we went to Lowe's and bought new outside lights for either side of the garage, they are so pretty! Then we went to Old Navy where I scooped up some jeans and tops!! Allen put the lights up when we got home and I watched- the power to the lights ended up to be the main power, so everything was down!!! The dogs loved being outside so much they were worn out that night - as you can see below:

Good thing we didn't have a fire in the fireplace or else we would have hot dogs!! lol

That's all I have for today! Hope everyone has a wonderful and inspiring week!!

Scrapbook pages

2009-02-03T19:48:00.003-06:00

My son Marc is a US Marine and we took loads of pictures when he graduated from Boot camp! Of course I still have 300 or so more pictures to go, plus his MOS school to do!!

Here are a few pictures of completed pages I worked on this past weekend - while my internet connection was down, yet again!!

another day.....

2009-02-02T19:14:00.006-06:00

Here are some pictures of the work in progress!! I am trying to organize my craft room so I can keep items neat and see them, so I can use them!! Why do I buy so much???? Cause I can!! lol

Love sales---can't let a good one pass me up!!

My internet connection has been having issues this weekend, so I worked on cards and Marc's Marines scrapbook too!! I'll post pics of Marc's book tomorrow, if I have an internet connection!

Card pics

We had BBQ this weekend and the dogs just LOVE the rib bones - Here are some pics of Bandit---Rowdy wouldn't let me take pics...hmm wonder why???

Enjoy the pics - I have to get some things done before bed time---Have BLESSED week!

End of January already????

2009-01-31T10:00:00.004-06:00

Wow how time flies when you're having fun!!! I have been busy hosting a candle party, working on my craft room, making cards, and working at that job that pays the bills!! It has been a fun month even though it went by so fast!! Here are somethings that I have worked on - I still have a ton of things to do, like get Marc's Marine scrapbook done and my friend Jeremy's wedding album done.

I mentioned I hosted a candle party, well let me tell ya - I had some great sales and was able to get a load of really nice things! I will try to upload some pictures for you to drool over of the candle items I bought!! I am going to have another party in either April or May, it was so much fun to do!!

Today is supposed to be in the 60's - Allen and I are going to put things in the attic so we can make room for our freezer - so nice to have friends ----They wanted a treadmill and we wanted a freezer so we traded!!! Great way to recycle things so they don't end up in the dump forever!!!

Enjoy the day-------

I can't believe it!!!

2009-01-15T19:37:00.003-06:00

My son, Marc will be 22 tomorrow!! Gosh where does the time go?

shout out to momma's boy, well man, US Marine!!! Ooh rah
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON!!! hope you have a great day!!!

Here are a few photos of the birthday dude!!

Hi!

2009-01-13T18:14:00.005-06:00

Just thought I would pop in and say Hi!!

Not much going on, been busy at work - trying to get motivated to make cards!

Here are some pics of my fur babies!

New cards!!

2009-01-06T21:01:00.003-06:00

Boy, I have been busy.....making cards, rearranging my craft room, working..........

One of my things to do this year is to get organized! I have so much paper, stamps, embellishments, ribbon ( you get the idea)!! I got rid of my computer armoir and replaced it with a 6 foot table! My room looks so much larger without the huge computer desk, now I just need to get hubby to build my shelves for my stamps and get the other goodies in some organized state.

Here are some pics of cards that I have done.....enjoy!!!

Looking forward to 2009!

2009-01-01T21:38:00.006-06:00

WOW! I am so glad 2008 is over! Allen and I had a rough ride this year and looking forward to a new start in 2009!

I have been reflecting on what 2008 brought:

1) Surgery
2) Stroke
3) Diagnosis of MS
4)New house
5) Back to work
6) Creating!

I am thankful my #2 & #3 items were not completely disabling, of course it was months of rehab that helped and my darling hubby who helped get me back on my feet!! While I have my moments of ah what's that word or being tired, I am truly blessed to be able to go back to work and still make cards, scrapbooks, etc....Of course the weeks in the hospital were tough, friends and my mom, sister and daughter were there to encourage me. Allen is there too, he has been really great, sometimes I wonder why he does what he does- I am thankful he loves me the way he does!

What do I want for 2009? Ah so many things....

1) For my health to either stay the same or improve - do NOT want another hospital visit this year!!

2) Expand my creative horizons, reach outside of my box!

3) Really listen to people when they speak to me

4) Take more interest in the environment and what I can do to keep it "green"

5) Spend my time wisely

6) Make myself more interesting - I think I am boring sometimes

That's the short list, I am sure I will be adding to it as far as personal expectations for myself!

This is the first day of new beginnings and personal growth!

Have a blessed New Year!

boy it's cold out there....

2008-12-16T18:39:00.008-06:00

Over the weekend, my DH hung the rest of the Christmas lights in shorts--Yes I said shorts, it was 70 degrees when he started and then it plummeted down from there. As you can see from the picture of our flags it was windy as well - really windy.

We made cookies this weekend too, well Allen helped....lol Here is the proof...

And of course the doggies were decorated too! The Dogs BoWow made these cute bandana's you insert the dogs collar in, so cool! Rowdy (doxie) right and Bandit (chi) on the left. Showing off their digs!

So now the cold, cold weather is here - yesterday driving to work was slippery and stressful! Today, sorry to say but I just gave up, it was too slickery out there and it scares me that other people are so careless and drive fast! Sometimes you just have to wonder if it is worth smashing your car or better yet hurting yourself--I took the selfish route and went back home!

I hope everyone is keeping warm and being safe!

It does not feel like Christmas.....

2008-12-13T08:39:00.002-06:00

this weekend here in OK is going to be in the 60's and windy so it's not feeling like Christmas! Famous last words because the news is talking about an ICE storm early next week, yuck!! Or maybe it won't be so bad.......Well I made a card for my SS person at work, I am really happy with the way it turned out. I pulled my ideas from TH 12 tags of Christmas which I will also incorporate into my family Christmas cards too! Speaking of which I need to get started on them so I can get them in the mail!!!

Have a wonderful creative day!!

More tags!!

2008-12-09T20:43:00.002-06:00

here are some more tags I made---Boy Tim Holtz really is creative and inspiring!!

Been a long time..........

2008-12-07T19:46:00.004-06:00

I really have to make a better effort in keeping this blog up!

Anyway there has been so much going on. We had Thanksgiving in our new house this year! My son, Marc, came up from Texas, my mom and sister, Britani and Ben, Terri, Michelle and Michael. It was a houseful and lots of food too! The weather was nice outside a few sat on our patio and ate. We had a busy weekend too, went to Best Buy, Target and a few smaller stores. Marc got his laptop, yay!! We went to Rhema on Saturday night to see the lights, it was awesome as usual - they do such a great job!

Fast forward to today.....been working on my Secret Santa tags along with getting the gifts together. We do a ssecret santa at work, it is so much fun to do- I also have been checking out the Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas as well - that's what inspired the idea of tags for my SS person at work, thought they dressed up the gift.So I have 5 days of SS gifts and three tags made. I will post them here..I also had to make a snow flurry card for my Stamp swap, which I will post here too!

Oh yeah, I asked my fabulous husband to hang lights on our house, look at the pretty lights....we have the front left side over my craft room window to finish and the back patio.

Enjoy the pics!

Where does it go?

2008-09-21T20:37:00.003-05:00

Where does the time go? We were over a friends house last night playing a card game called sequence - we had a blast!! Next thing we know it's 4AM!! Wow!

So today I took it easy and worked on a few things, see pretty pics below. I also got my calendar together for swaps that I belong to! Instead of rushing to get a card done in time for the swap, I figured I would mark it on the calendar and I can work on it at my leisure.......smart thinking eh?? We will see how long it takes before I am frantically finishing a card to make the deadline!!

Bridal shower...

2008-09-14T10:39:00.002-05:00

Today is my niece's bridal shower. I made her this card and this LOVE word book and got her some Pampered Chef stuff!!!

It has been a long time.....

2008-09-13T22:20:00.007-05:00

since I have posted!!! I have been busy working on scrapbooks, cards and gifts. I have also gone back to work-whew! It is nice to be back around friends and working- sure wish I could win the lottery so I can stay at home and play!! Here are some things I have made recently........

Here is my silly dog, Rowdy- he was so tired from running around in the yard!!

On a creative roll today!!

2008-08-14T21:04:00.002-05:00

Well I went crazy today with cards!! My craft table is clean for now! Had so much stuff on it that I could not focus. So it is nice and clean, yay!! Still working on my flea market find, the cubicle thingy, need to get that hung up so I can fill it!! Found some "skittles or dew drops" as they are sometimes called and had a blast with them today! They are so fun to work with! My son graduated from the Marines last week so now I have a bunch of pictures and more coming from my son's other grandparents! I am going to be busy putting together some scrap books! My son actually asked me to make him one, WOW!! So I thought I would be nice and make one for his dad, his other grandparents, Friend of the family, My mom and sister and of course one for me!! I will also be making an Air Force one for my fav cousin's son who recently graduated as well!! So I am going to be busy and plus I am going back to work after being on short term since the end of January!!

That's it for now - enjoy the pictures - leave me comments!!!

Acrylic block

2008-08-13T20:16:00.001-05:00

Here is the block I mentioned in my previous post......it was fun you should try it!

Aw so cool!!

2008-08-04T20:11:00.003-05:00

Tim Holtz had challenge on his blog and I had some acrylic squares----so here it is. It was fun to do, I only did one square since I was not sure where I would use them---but I think I am addicted to the technique!! I will try to make some more this weekend!! Stay cool! It has been in the 100's here--so hot!!

Well blogger seems to be having a problem with pictures right now---I will post at a later date--sorry to keep you in suspense!!!!

Another creation!

2008-07-29T23:00:00.007-05:00

I love the simplicity of black and white cards, the look so elegant! I have been trying to use what I have instead of buying more stuff ---I have a lot of stuff!!! Graphic 45 has some awesome papers!!! I bought a pack of the Botanicabella assortment today and gave it to my BFF for her to enjoy! I will buy some more....later... lol!! So many new things from the Chicago show are coming out - Tim Holtz has some fabulous new stamps, distress crackle paints in metalic colors and distress stickles too!! Oh I want them all!! I am trying to get my hubby to build me some shelves for my craft room so I have better storage--oh speaking of storage, I bought a shabby chic cubie thing at the flea market this weekend for $10.00!!! Woo hoo!! I thought about painting it and then stamping on it and then I thought it looked best just the way it is--has character!!! I posted a picture of the cubie thing and a new black and white card! Enjoy!!

Black & White card

2008-07-25T22:35:00.002-05:00

Well I have had so much fun working on this black & white card. Just two simple colors and they look so rich and elegant. I have posted one of the two I am working on, the second one is not finished- It's all an idea in my head. Thinking of using Tim Holtz grungeboard and painting it black with the distress crackle paint...I have zebra paper too,hmmmm. Time to get back to the drawing board and play some more...have a great night and a super weekend~~

New stuff!

2008-07-22T22:44:00.005-05:00

Whew I have been busy creating Here is some new art - cards and fat book pages... Enjoy!

You spin me right round baby, right round......

2008-07-08T15:27:00.005-05:00

Ok, so I went crazy there...lol - Croppinsville had a Friday Challenge on 7/04. They provided a sketch and a sample to show you what it would look like. I thought it would be fun to try! I always make square cards, so this was fun!! Here are some examples in this post for you to see!!

New cards

2008-07-01T22:19:00.002-05:00

Wow this is so easy to forget to update!! I added some new cards and a song to my slide show - which is now located at the bottom of my blog --it was on the side and kept on getting cut off- so I moved it!! Nothing mush has been happening here SSDD! I have so many ideas for things I want to do, it seems that I cannot just go sit at my table and do them!! Maybe one day I will!!

Almost forgot....

2008-05-29T20:23:00.000-05:00

Wow I keep forgetting I have a blog to keep up with!! Been busy the last few days, trying to get my craft room in order so I can find things!! Not really making progress! Our neighbors moved today, it's so sad cause they had a cute dog and I think my dogs and the other neighbors dog miss him!

The slide show has some cards I worked on this week.....

recent cards made

2008-05-11T10:12:00.000-05:00

I joined an online group to share cards, art, etc with for a few reasons- 1) to keep busy 2)to keep my mind and hands active. Recently being diagnosed with MS I have delved into reading what I can about it, most of the information says to exercise, one thing I totally dislike doing! Thank goodness Wii came out with a new fitness game called Wifit, you can check it out by going to www.wiifit.com. its very cool! Anyway getting back to the creative stuff, here are a few cards I made over the last few days. Enjoy!!

wow!

2008-04-27T20:47:00.000-05:00

Wow! I can't believe I am finally setting up a blog! I guess I will have to think of things to say and post some artwork too!!!