My Journey Into Art

on GA this week. I always thought of shabby chic as well worn white country  furniture, soft blues, softer pinks and greens, but then I saw a couple of arches that were done in reds and burgundies and I had to do it too!!! eeek, I think I even used the same papers as Nancy [...]

Gothic arches, who has changed to blogger, had a challenge for Hallowe’en and I just had to do it. I haven’t been doing challenges or much of anything, as I have earlier stated, but I had to do this. I did, but didn’t get it off the camera and edited til it was too late [...]

lol well not quite but I am very happy that I got another arch done for this weeks Boys challenge on Gothic Arches.
Even tho I have 2 boys they are not never have been nor never will be the typical ‘boy’, so I had a hard time with this one. Until I ran across this [...]

I finally go an arch made for the Gothic Arch site. I haven’t done one since January and have felt very bad that I haven’t particiapted for 2 reasons, I miss the friends I made over there and I miss doing the arches (and I feel I’m letting my dear friend Nancy down)!
So the theme [...]

even if I’m a few days late!!. I am thrilled to be hosting GA again and I hope everyone has fun with the theme. My arch is based on my chilhood memories of asking my mom to please let me stay up to midnight so I could join in on the fun. It seems like [...]

is the theme on GA this week thanks to Kersten. This what I came up with. The snow flakes are punched out of a fairly heavy piece of cardstock that had been stamped in silver with a snowflake stamp. And the cotours of the snow were roughly highlighted with the same silver ink.

is the theme on GA this week brought to us by the very talented Ilonka Scheider. Happy Birthday to Ilonka, yesterday, and to my youngest son today, he’s 19 which is legal age in Canada. I no longer have a baby in the house!!!! LOL
This is what I did in honor of his birthady but [...]

this is the arch I did for Nancy’s Yuletide arch contest on GA for the chance to win one of her marvelous stamp sheets, Yuletide Blessings, a sheet I really love but I just can’t get right now. I’d love to win it but all the entries in the contest are abolutely gorgeous! Good luck [...]

Gothic Arches has an open theme this week and for some reason I can’t get out of the Hallowe’en mode yet. So this is my arch for this week.
I picked up a set of Inque Boutique stamps last week and I just love the lace border and I guess not all witches have to be [...]

is the theme at G.A. this week brought to us by the talented Kristin Long.
I had such a hard time with this one, as I have a ton of favourite movies, most of them the golden oldies, and especially musicals. This is a tribute to 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, one movie I could watch, [...]