Blended Batik

Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 14:05 | Category : Altered, Challenges, Tags
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is the CCC on Linda’s blog this week! Check page 36 in T!m’s Compendium of Curiosities for the details to this fun technique.
I’m not really a green person but I kinda challenged myself to use it and I wanted to see where it would go! I love how this turned out! Bundled Sage, Crushed Olive [...]

I’m excited

Monday, 16 August 2010, 14:30 | Category : Altered, Challenges, Mixed Media, Tags
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to create again. I have been in such a rut, feeling sorry for myself etc!! Trying my darndest to get back on track with my art  so I joined Linda Ledbetter’s challenge blog for Tim Holtz’s Compendium of Curiosities! (I find joining challenge blogs helps me to focus) I got my book a couple of [...]

just a wee bit upset with myself

Monday, 9 August 2010, 11:57 | Category : Altered, Challenges
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well maybe even more than a wee bit!!!!!!! I was here the other day trying to add links and badges and all kinds of new stuff, but……. after I had added a new link and I was going to close the widget, I accidentally hit REMOVE! how freakin’ idiotic of me! so now I have [...]

fabulous T!m blog candy

Friday, 6 August 2010, 17:31 | Category : Occasions
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If you’re a T!m Holtz fan like me, run, not walk over to Scrap with Stacy for a chance to win her great giveaway celebrating her more than 1000 hits and her birthday month! Happy Birthday Stacy and congratulations!!!! I’m so hoping I win this, she has lots of neat stuff like Grunge Paper which [...]

Maya Road @ CHA

Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 14:05 | Category : Main
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Sneak Peak 3!!! How did I miss the 1st 2????

a new piece

Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 14:02 | Category : Main
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just because Nancy Maxwell James inspired me!

I made my own ‘glimmer mist’ with alcohol inks and Perfect pearls, stamped with new distress inks, Pumice Stone,  and stamps from Quietfire Designs.

some digital art

Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 13:29 | Category : Challenges, Digital
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I belong to another Yahoo group, we_love_digital_art, that has challenges for us to take pat in. One I did was making a name tag for signatures.  This is what I came up with. I’m still struggling with getting perfect outlines when I try for transparent backgrounds. gonna have to learn how to use masks!

Another challenge [...]

I love creating

Monday, 14 June 2010, 15:18 | Category : Main
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anything it seems now! When I was a kid, my mom taught me to knit in 1 lunch hour  … can’t read a pattern, can only knit and purl etc .. etc .. but I can knit!!! lol Later she taught me how to crochet … I can make chains, and shells, dc and tc, [...]

challenge

Thursday, 3 June 2010, 14:31 | Category : ATC, Challenges, Mixed Media, Twitter, mingles
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Also managed to do a challenge on one of my Yahoo groups in the theme of nature, right up my alley!!!! Make an atc, 2.5″x3.5″, send it to your assigned partner and they make an altered book page including your atc. I made 2, one for my partner and another just like it for a [...]

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Monday, 10 May 2010, 14:07 | Category : Card, Occasions
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that’s how many years my husband Chris and I have been married today! And today is exactly the same as it was that day … extremely bright and more than a little cool but oh so beautiful!
Here’s the card I made him, maybe a little girly!!!! LOL

cards

Saturday, 8 May 2010, 14:32 | Category : Card, Occasions
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I’ve had occasion to make  a few cards lately and even tho that is what started me in this craft, I don’t make them well. I have a really hard time designing them but in these cases I was really lucky and I think thy turned out well. The 1st is a thank you card [...]

Paper Whimsy

Friday, 7 May 2010, 15:51 | Category : ATC, Challenges, Mixed Media
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Gale at PW has a wonderful challenge going on, you can read about it here. Now I don’t know how whimsical I am, always thought I was a bit ‘toned down’ or ’straight laced’ I guess would be it, but Gale’s images are to die for and I love trying to loosen up using them. [...]

April lottery

Sunday, 2 May 2010, 12:57 | Category : Arch, Challenges, Mixed Media
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on PID Yahoo group for April was cages. I love anything to do with nature, birds, butterflies, eggs, …. you get the picture so while I’ve been getting art done, I wanted to do this challenge. Unfortunately, I left it too long and didn’t get it done before the end of the month, fortunately, Eileen, [...]

OMG 3 posts in a row!!!

Thursday, 29 April 2010, 14:51 | Category : Altered, Challenges, Mixed Media
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wow!! Ok this is the big thing that I’ve been working on, I love it but I have no idea what I’ll do with it! And my DH just shakes his head at me when he sees me do stuff like this, he just doesn’t get it! Last year or probably earlier a friend of [...]

helloooooooo

Thursday, 29 April 2010, 13:35 | Category : Greetings
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ok, so now that I’m off work for the next month or so, I can get some blogging done. I’m off because I had a stupid accident, falling off m bike and breaking my elbow! I have 2 pins and some wire in it and just yesterday morning I got the stapes out (what an [...]

don’t know what to say!

Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 15:09 | Category : Greetings
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I’m a clutz, always have been and I guess I always will be a disaster waiting to happen. I’ve had accidents, speeding tickets,  more accidents, falls,  more falls and so on and so on. Things just always seem to happen to me. I realize it could be a lot worse but when you’re going through [...]

sorry

Thursday, 8 April 2010, 13:05 | Category : Main
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I haven’t blogged in a while, really nothing too much going on right now except a lot of spam coming into my comments and I have to try to stop it. Really freakin’ bugs me!! Anyhow, if you haven’t given up on me yet, please don’t, I will be back!

I’m sorry,

Sunday, 4 April 2010, 12:15 | Category : Greetings, Main
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I’ve been lax lately,    and not done much of anything. I hope to remedy that situation soon so if I haven’t lost you yet, please don’t give up on me!!

Winners of my OWOH Giveaway

Monday, 15 February 2010, 13:22 | Category : Greetings, Occasions
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for the hanging – #130 Kate
and for the tags  #34 Nicole
CONGRATULATIONS ladies, I have emailed you asking for info, please get back to me as soon as possible!
Thank you to everyone who visited and entered the giveaway, I totally enjoyed visiting back and meeting new people!
Can’t wait for the next OWOH!!!!! LOL

Queen of Hearts

Sunday, 14 February 2010, 9:18 | Category : Challenges, Mixed Media
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Over at the Byhandartist group, one of our lovely artists came up with the idea that we’d have a challenge with no commitment to sending. It has the theme of Queen of Hearts (hence the title of the post lol) Check out the challenge and entries here. Here is my entry for this challenge

It’s about [...]