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Happy Birthday Tim Holtz

2012-01-07T21:20:00.005-06:00

Whew!! I got it done in time, not midnight yet. Over on Linda Ledbetters blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com we are celebrating Tim Holtz's Birthday by making him cards. Do you ever have one of those days where no matter what things just don't go right? Yep, had one of those days today!! Finally got his card done, a little sloppy on the happy birthday banner, my hand writing is big and I just couldn't write small enough for it to fit, do over 4 times and called it good! lol I used Wendy Vecchi http://studio490art.blogspot.com little boy stamp, I figured he wouldn't mind as they are good friends! But really wanted to get one done for him, he provides us with such inspiration just couldn't skip this one!! Check out his blog at www.timholtz.typepad.com. So Happy Birthday Tim, hope you are enjoying your happy place!!

Have a good one!
Donna

Home

2012-01-02T19:51:00.002-06:00

I have been pretty silent about this subject as not to endanger my son who has been in Afghanistan since last spring for fear of giving out any information or anything. He has been in a real dangerous area of Afghanistan for the last 3 months, going out on a lot of missions, living out of his humvee and being fired upon every day!! I've been kinda just holding my breath!! But I found out tonight he has left the country and is en route home!! Yipppeee!!! I'm so excited right now I think I'm about to jump out of my skin!! He should be back home with his wife & little boy tomorrow!! I am so Thankful!! He has been in the service for 22 years now and he is talking about retiring next year, I will be celebrating that day for sure!!

Peace everyone!!
Donna

12 Tags of Christmas/tag 12

2011-12-31T11:37:00.004-06:00

Hey everyone, hope you all had a nice Christmas! Happy New Year to all of you!!
I got the chance to get one more tag done thanks to Linda Ledbetter's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com where the technique this week is Tim Holtz Tissue wrap or Tissue Tape. I just got some of the Tissue Wrap at Christmas time so decided to give it a try and followed Tim's 12 tags of Christmas and made tag #12. This is an awful picture of it but it is snowing like crazy out so no outside picks for me!! It really is a pretty tag but the indoor lighting just doesn't show it! I also got an ornament done that Tim had on his blog, Mario says he's not a crafter HA his ornament turned out much better then mine!! lol So check out Tim's blog for the 12 tags of Christmas www.timholtz.typepad.com and Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com. Everyone have a safe and Happy New Year's Eve!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Rosette Christmas Tree

2011-12-21T08:08:00.003-06:00

Yep, just had to do it! I had to get in one more project before Christmas. When I seen these on Tim Holtz blog www.timholtz.typepad.com I just had to make one! They are so stinkin cute! It does look better in person! So go to his blog and check it out, he never seizes to inspire me!!

Again thanks for the nice comments!
Have a good one!
Donna

12 Tags of Christmas/Tag#7

2011-12-19T11:20:00.007-06:00

I managed to get one more tag done, I think that will have to be it for now until after Christmas. I didn't have everything needed so I did a little improvising. I really enjoyed working with the glassine paper though!! The snow on the branches have a little brown in them, no matter what I do I can't seem to get the effect of snow, the distress ink always bleed threw no matter what I do!! grrr! Maybe I'll master that technique one of these days!! lol

Thanks again for the nice comments!
Merry Christmas to all!!
Donna

12 Tags of Christmas

2011-12-13T20:38:00.003-06:00

Hey everyone, how's everyone doing this busy holiday season? Thanks so much for the nice comments, always appreciated!!
Well I didn't do such a great job in keeping up with Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas, maybe next year!!lol I've gotten tag 1,2,3 & 4 done and I'm skipping 5,6,&7 for now and I'm working on #8, loved the glassine so have to try it!! I'm going to try do them all so I can try some of the techniques. So far I've done them pretty much like Tim's (his always looks better though) lol, so hopefully on some of them I will add my own spin to them. So glad he does this every year, it is so much fun!! Just wish I had more time, wonder if my boss would let me take those days off next year!! haha, if that is going to happen!! The BTS that Mario does was great fun!! To bad they had to have so much trouble with their internet!
So here are the tags I've gotten done, hope to post a couple more by the end of the week. I still have a project to finish that got put on hold the last couple of weeks, hopefully I can get that finished also and post soon.

Tag#2

Tag #3

Tag #4

Have a good one!!

Donna

Wendy Vecchi Pocket Watch Santa/Tag #1

2011-12-05T09:42:00.006-06:00

Geez, been a bad blogger here!! Tis the season to be busy!!
I made this Christmas ornament using Wendy Vecchi Pocket Watch Art Part!! Love her Art Parts & Stamps!! The Santa is from Tim Holtz seasonal pad, the holly leaves is one of Tim Holtz stamps cut out and embellished with Rock Candy Distress Stickles and the berry's are Christmas red stickles. The star I covered with perfect pearls and the flourish is from Maya Road. This will be my entry for the challenge on Simon Says Stamp and Show Blog http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com.

I also have been trying to keep up with Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas & Mario on FB & Twitter. Not doing to good on the tag part, finally got tag #1 done working on tag #2. I just love when Tim does this each year, full of techniques and inspiration!! I'm going to try catch up then keep up, we'll see!! lol

Have a good one!!

Donna

Alcohol Inked Candle Wrap

2011-11-27T19:50:00.005-06:00

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a month since I blogged!! I've been super busy both at work & home! Thanksgiving was at our house this year so a lot of prep time with that, but we had a lovely Thanksgiving and everything turned out really good!!

Last night DH went to a hockey game and I decided I needed a little me time and played in the craft room, man it felt good!! Mostly played with distress inks on something I'm working on and I hope it turns out, if it does I'll post by the end of the week. I also remembered the challenge on Linda Ledbetter's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com for Grungy Mon. which was to use the technique Tim Holtz used on his pumpkin he did for Ranger Ink, hope you all have seen it, it is awesome!! Check his tutorial out at www.timholtz.typepad.com. So I pulled out the alcohol inks and made a candle wrap using Tim's Joy die cut and embossing folder on foil. It was fun, quick and easy!! I'll be playing with that technique some more!! Sorry about the pic, indoor lighting!! That candle is really not that red!! lol

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Donna

Halloween

2011-10-13T06:48:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone, hope you are all having a good week!! When I seen the themes of Simon Says Stamp and Show http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com and Grungy Mon. on Linda Ledbetter's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com on Mon. I got right on it and started this project and almost had it finished on Mon. Then a couple of ten hour days at work and a couple more to come I stayed up last night and got it done!! I think my witchy poo was still a little wet when I photographed this! lol

I thought it would be fun to make a Halloween decoration and put a light behind it. So I took a picture matt and adhered a piece of Tim's Kraft Resist paper on it. Then another piece under with the rickety house then decorated with other die cuts. It does look really cool in person all lite up!

Close up of the light behind it.

I've got to get a shake on and get to work!

Have a good one!

Donna

You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet

2011-10-08T19:57:00.004-05:00

Hey there, hope everyone is having a good weekend. Thanks for all the nice comments & suggestions on my last post, much appreciated!! Just posting a little something I did for SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com where the challenge this week is Show The Wendy Vecchi Style, I love Wendy's style!! And also my entry for the Making Art Challenge on Everything Wendy Vecchi yahoo group where the challenge this week is a sewing theme. Wendy's stamps and art parts make it easy to make art, love them!!

My boss had made this dress form when she was at the last CHA and gave it to me when she returned. I knew right away that I would alter it differently, not that it's bad just new I wanted to alter it in a different way. So both of these challenges prompted me to get it done!

This is what it looked like before.

After I altered it.

I used Tim's Kraft Resist Paper to cover the dress form and used Wendy's Art Parts and stamps for the embellishments along with Tim's ideaology. I love those Art Parts!! Fun little project!

Have a good one!

Donna

Boo Banner

2011-10-03T15:53:00.005-05:00

Hey everyone, hope you had a nice weekend!! I had a pretty low key weekend and I was able to get this Boo Banner done for a class I will be doing at work. Now after seeing these pics I think I need to add something else to them, not sure what but they need something, maybe some spiders? Again not the best pics, I think I need a photography class!! lol I used Tim Holtz die cuts, stickles etc. it was a lot fun putting this together!

We have another beautiful day here in ND, 81 degrees out and I'm loving it!! It won't be much longer and the snow will be flying! YUK !! Gotta take advantage of all the nice days we can get, I love fall with all the beautiful colors!!
Have a good one!!

Donna

Show Men Only

2011-10-01T23:04:00.004-05:00

It was World Card Making Day today and I actually got a card done!! Woo Hoo unbelievable!! This will also be my entry for the challenge on Simon Says Stamp and Show blog http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com where the challenge this week is Show Men Only.

I used Tim Holtz Kraft resist paper and Wendy Vecchi-Studio 490 stamps.

I will be sending this to my son in Afghanistan so I didn't want to put to much embellishments on it. Picture didn't turn out so hot (shadows) but I tried my best at outdoor & indoor lighting and this is the best I could get. lol

I had a great week this week, grandson #5...Kolten was born on Tues. he is adorable!! Will post a pick here soon.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!
Donna

Halloween ATC

2011-09-22T22:30:00.003-05:00

I received my seasonal distress inks today and just had to play, they are awesome!!! The twigs one is such a nice rich brown, love it!! I made this Halloween ATC for my entry on Simon Says Stamp and Show http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com.

Have a good one!!
Donna

Put Your Big Girl Panties On

2011-09-20T07:10:00.004-05:00

Thank you for all your nice comments!! I took some time yesterday to play a little in the craft room. I made this piece for the Making Art Challenge #26 for the Everything Wendy Vecchi yahoo group where the theme is polka dots & a face or eyes. I have been dealing with a lot lately so thought this stamp was pretty fitting. Time to put my big girl panties on and deal with it!! Felt good to get my fingers inky!!

Have a good one!
Donna

ATB

2011-09-16T21:11:00.008-05:00

Thank you all for the thoughts, prayers and well wishes for my sister, I really appreciated it. Sorry to say she lost her battle and passed away Aug. 31st. She was more then just a sister to me, she was a second mom, sister and a great friend! I think we are all still in shock and trying to deal with it. She was a very special lady and will be missed by all!! After two deaths in the family less then two weeks a part, I have been emotionally drained. I'm getting better and I'm sure it is just going to take time.

Before all this happened I had signed up for a ATB swap on All Things Tim yahoo group, luckily I had started it awhile ago and managed to get it put together and in the mail before everything got real bad. I was inspired by Linda Ledbetter http://studiol3.blogspot.com/ for the embossed dress form and spools, so tryed my hand at it and I really liked the results!! Thank you Linda!!
I embossed the dress form stamp on grunge board, the flower is a prima flower dipped in utee and the flourish I first inked with peeled paint and then covered it with peeled paint stickles. I used Tim Holtz paper and embellishments. The needle was a blue plastic needle and I colored it with Adirondack alcohol ink mixatives silver, it doesn't show to well in the pic but it worked great! Now seeing these pics I wish I would have also stamped on the back of the little sign!! Next time!! lol

Front

Back

Top
Side
Side

So hope to get back to some creativeness here in the near future and get back to normal a little! Thanks again everyone!
Have a good one!
Donna

Travel

2011-08-29T07:02:00.005-05:00

MIA again here lately, we have been dealing with illness in the family. My MIL passed away and my sister has been in the hospital for about 6 weeks, crazy!! Her problem started out with a bladder infection and she is now laying in the hospital and pretty much can't move, her arms & legs are swollen like balloons!! Just a warning for everyone, if your Dr. tries to give you Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) don't take it!!!! After seeing what happened to my sister and talking with others this is a horrible drug!! Can't believe they don't take it off the market!! I'm so worried about my sister and afraid she is never going to come out of this.

I just had to take a little time this weekend and try get my mind off of it and created this piece for SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ where the theme is Travel.
When I was a young girl we used to go over to my aunts house for the holidays and we took an old wooden bridge over the river to get there. Here I stuck to the song and put grandmother's on it. So I tried to recreate that scene for this piece, I didn't have much time so not the best but that's OK it was more about clearing my mind. Again I used the snow stuff I had laying around but really need to get some sparkly fluff, the stuff I have is to hard to work with!! I made the river using a piece of plastic and colored with stream alcohol inks then on other side I used the new snow cap alcohol ink, I likey!! The piece is held up using Tim's easel die cut, love it!!

Have a good one!!
Donna

Christmas Creative Blocks

2011-08-10T08:57:00.005-05:00

Hey everyone, hope you're having a great week!

I had so much fun doing Tim Holtz Creative Blocks Class in Kansas that I wanted to do one with a Christmas theme. All of his classes were fabulous!! I used paper from Tim's seasonal pack on this project, love that paper!! I didn't have any Sparkly Fluff so used something else not good, so I stopped and I will have to buy some Sparkly Fluff and add to it.

So this is going to be my entry for SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com where the theme this week is show a Tim Holtz technique. This was such a fun project to do!! Thanks to Tim for the class!!

Have a good one!
Donna

Stamp & Show a Tag

2011-08-07T13:44:00.005-05:00

I finally got a little chance to play this weekend!! I'm doing a twofer here, this will be my entry for http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com where the theme this week is Stamp and Show a Tag and for Grungy Monday on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com using some of Tim Holtz awesome techniques www.timholtz.typepad.com so check it out on how some of the techniques were done.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!!
Donna

7 Gypsies Tray

2011-08-03T09:53:00.008-05:00

MIA here or what!! Wow, where did July go? Whaaa, I want it back!! Busier then I want to be that's for sure! But I have had a chance to spend a lot of time with the grandsons so all is good!!

Over the 4th of July weekend I had 4 days off and thought it would be a good time to clean my craft room AKA spare bedroom. It was so bad, I had just a little path to get in there and everything was a disaster!! While cleaning it up I thought as long as I was at it maybe I should paint in there to. So off to the store to get some paint, I had a color in mind but before I left I needed a file folder for something and pulled out a couple, one was a dark turquoise & one was a dark lime green and I thought wow these are pretty colors together, yep ended up doing something totally opposite of what I had planned and went with those colors. I love it, it is bright & fun!! But wow what an undertaking it was, each wall took 3 coats so I was at it all 4 days!! I don't think I will ever do 2 colors in a room again, you have to be so careful where they meet up!! Thank goodness I liked it when it was finished!!

While cleaning I found way to many projects unfinished, I managed to find a little time to finish up a couple of them and I'm working on a couple more. I bought this 7 Gypsies tray last fall when I went to Scrapfest, finally got it done! The top square with no pic I left blank to add a pic of the new grandson to be born the end of Sept. Can't wait, it will be so nice to have a baby around again!! But Wow, 5 grandsons!! Never would have thought!!

I also got this little bird done to add to my other 2. I've had it for about a year too!! So now they all rest in these blocks on the wall.

Last week I won one of Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490 stamp sets on her blog http://studio490art.blogspot.com. If you have never visited her blog before go check it out, she is one of the most creative people I know and her blog is full of inspiration!! She is the best!! And after seeing the project sheet that came with the stamps, I need all of her stamp sets and Art Parts!! They are Fantastic!! Thanks again Wendy and thank you Stampers Anonymous!! I'm looking forward to a chance to play with them, shooting for this weekend, I hope, I hope, I hope!!!!

I'm also working on a cool Christmas project that I hope to get posted in a few days!Have a good one everyone!!

Donna

Tim Holtz Classes at Stampers Ink day 2

2011-07-01T18:16:00.009-05:00

The first class on the second day of classes was Idea-ology Intrigue what a fun class!! We did all these pieces, they were so much fun to put together, the possibilities are endless!! These pictures don't do them justice (taken indoors on a rainy day).
Fun, fun, fun class!!

Bad, bad picture it's a ring...

Tim & Mario did door prizes after each class and I won a configuration box, tissue tape, feet & buttons, WOO HOO I was pretty excited!! I'm planning on doing a holiday themed one with it. Some of the gals won Tim's messenger bags, Lucky Ducks!! They are so cool, I would love to have one of those!! Wish he would make them available to buy!!

And of course I had to buy an apron and have Tim & Mario sign it!!

Second class for the day was Configuration of your Imagination. I couldn't believe they cut the paper & scored it for us, so nice!! I had planned on doing mine the opposite way but once I got all the paper & tissue tape on it I realized I couldn't get some of the taller pieces in it (grrr). Tim warned us about that but I didn't listen!! lol It ended up turning out ok. We were provided with a cloth bag full of goodies to add to our configurations, so cool!! The little hanging thing on the left says Kansas on it and I made a little banner from the new die cut I had bought. Lot's of fun putting this together!! Loved the class!!

I got to sit across from Wanda Hentges from ATT yahoo group, so nice to visit with her!! Also got to visit with Tammy a little, great gals!!

Here is a pic of a few ATT members with Tim...

Wanda, Tammy, Tim, me, Marilyn & Pam...not sure where Candy was when we took this, where were you Candy??? And Candy, yes I would love to go back and do it all over again!! Awesome Time!!

And here is a few random pics...

Tim when the scrapbook was presented to him...

Tim & Mario do an awesome job never a dull moment, couldn't believe how fast the time went!! I had a GREAT time!! Thanks Tim & Mario!! And thank you to Stampers Ink for hosting the classes!!

I'm going to try do another blog update Sun. or Mon. about what I did after Stampers Ink.

Have a good one!!

Donna

Tim Holtz Classes at Stampers Ink

2011-06-29T15:47:00.007-05:00

Finally getting a chance to blog about my amazing journey to Stampers Ink in Kansas to attend Tim Holtz classes. Actually the car ride down there & back wasn't so amazing, detours around Omaha & Sioux City were horrible very poorly marked! Took me out in the boonies somewhere in Iowa, but I did see some beautiful countryside!! The flooding around both cities is horrible, I feel so bad for everyone dealing with the flooding, my heart goes out to you!! This is a pic of a roller coaster road I was on!!

But I did make it in time to attend the reception Fri. night at Stampers Ink. What a wonderful store, and yes I did my fare share of $ damage there!!

Waiting in line to get in on Sat. morning...

I had Tim sign the shirt I had made on my Yudu and my art journal that I have been working on.

We were to make a scrapbook page for Tim and the scrapbook was presented to Tim on Sat. I had forgotten to take a pic of it before I left so this was taken on the hotel room floor!

Tim & Mario are so generous with their time, Great evening!!

First class Sat. morning was Creative Blocks where we worked with canvas, beeswax, tissue tape & embellishments. So much fun, I will definitely be bringing out my melt pot more often!! I have heard Tim say before to not over think it, ya right who was thinking sure not me!! I was so excited to just be there and taking classes from him I couldn't even concentrate!! Mine got finished when I got home!! lol

My finished project...

Second class on Sat. was Patchwork Pandemonium. Wow, this class was awesome Tim, Mario & Michele go through a lot of prep time for this class!! I couldn't stop working on it after class was over and stayed up until 12:30 putting embellishments on it and got it done other then the frame (which Tim also supplied for us) and finished that at home. So glad I was able to take this class!!

My finished Patchwork Pandemonium...

What an amazing day it was!!

I will post second day of classes tomorrow.

Have a good one!!

Donna

Art Journal

2011-06-11T07:55:00.007-05:00

Well I have been doing a little playing with a couple of pages for my art journal. Tried fooling around with gesso & sticky back canvas. They didn't turn out quite how I wanted them to but I tried and they will go in the journal. They do look better in person then in the pic! I have another page I would like to get done before leaving for Kansas on Fri.
I'm so excited for that, I couldn't go on Tim's cruise so I decided to splurge and take all four of his classes at Stampers Ink in Kansas!! I have seen him demo and have done a few of his make & takes but I have never gotten to take a class with him, I'm beyond excited!!
Finally got my shirt done that I made to wear at one of the classes, that was a chore!! Like I said before, me and that Yudu machine do not get along!! It's not perfect but after all that work, I will be wearing it!! lol After the classes I will be headed to my son's and visit with his wife & little boy for a couple of days, excited to see them!! Hoping to get a chance to skype with Shad!!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!
Donna

Time Fly's

2011-05-30T19:10:00.005-05:00

Whew, I have been busy!! Feels like forever since I've blogged!! Happy Memorial Day Everyone!
I was so excited to have 4 days off and DH was going on a fishing trip, WooHoo house to myself and I planned on getting all sorts of stuff done! Ha, I only got this one done!! Fri. was spent mostly in town running errands etc. Sat. I settled in with my Yudu machine and quickly remembered why I hadn't used it in a long time, man me and those emulsion sheets just do not get along!! Another trip to Michael's, and the sheets are not cheap, thank goodness I was able to use a coupon on them!! I fought with that thing all day still no luck finally gave up I was so frustrated! Sun. yep another trip to Michael's coupon in hand, I really think the sheets have been sitting on there shelf to long and they are old!! I finally got it to work and managed to get a t-shirt made and when all said and done it really didn't turn out that good, it will do but not as good as I wanted!! The Yudu is now packed away safely in it's resting place, ya never know I just might get a whim and take it out again sometime but not in the near future!! lol

So today I managed to finish this page for my art journal, I had hoped to have it done and posted for the SSSS but just didn't happen, this will be my entry for MAC #14 on Everything Wendy Vecchi yahoo group. Picture isn't the greatest, indoor lighting as it has been raining most of the day! yuk!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial day weekend!!
Have a good one!
Donna

Grow

2011-05-16T14:43:00.002-05:00

I finally had a chance to participate in the Making Art Challenges on Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group. Actually got it done last Thurs. but blogger was having issues and couldn't post before I went out of town, grrrrrr!!
This is challenge #12 where the challenge is to stamp on patterned paper and use a bookplate with saying from Wendy's book #1. I will be using this as a page in the Art Journal I'm making.
A lot of fun and I hope I get a chance to participate in a few more of the challenges, Love Wendy's work & products!!

Have a good one!
Donna

Umbrella Lady

2011-05-01T14:29:00.003-05:00

I was so excited the other day, I received Tim's Umbrella Man die cut in the mail and wanted to play with it right away but had to go to work, grrrrr!! Anyway, I couldn't stop thinking of it all day at work and what I was going to use it on. Then I was thinking of the theme this week on SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com where the them is buttons. I thought ohhh I could use buttons on his umbrella, then quickly thought no he would not look good with colorful buttons on him. Then I thought wonder if I could make a lady out of him, harder then I thought and this is what I came up with... I think from now on I will leave the Umbrella Man a MAN!!

The canvas I used is a 5x5 that I had been playing around with awhile ago with stains, masks etc. and didn't like how it turned out so it has been just sitting in the craft room. I took it out and I was going to paint over the whole thing with traditional tan paint. After the first swipe of paint I kinda liked the look so I ended up just putting swipes of paint here & there and liked the results!!

Other things I used were Tim's scroll, butterfly & heart die cuts and stamps. A little rock candy on the butterfly and some ideaology pieces.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

Donna

Art Journal

2011-04-25T13:34:00.006-05:00

I have been doing a little playing with Art Parts & CFA again. I have had the Art Parts Covers & Tim's Book Covers Stamp set since they first came out and I could get my hands on them. Love the idea of making my own album!
Decided to make an Art Journal, I cover the Art Parts Covers with paper and stamped with Tim's Book Cover Stamp, the flower on the cover was cut with CFA & Kraftresist paper using Tim's tattered flower die cut. Love how easy the Kraftresist paper is to ink up and CFA keeps the shape so things stay the shape you want them!! I stamped Wendy's butterfly stamp on black CFA using a gold dabber for the butterfly. Tim's pen nib says journal. I covered the inside of the covers with Kraftresist paper also but haven't decided what I want to do with them yet so will post pics after they are done. I put the album together using sticky back canvas.

This page for the album you have seen in a previous post. I used Kraftresist paper & color wash.

On this page I played around with the color washes again for the background, I used lettuce, sunset orange & cranberry and stamped with Tim's Papillon stamp set. Loved how the background colors turned out! The butterflies were made with CFA & Kraftresist paper again and using Tim's butterfly die cut, inked with distress inks and a coat of rock candy stickles on them. Also used Tim's birdcage & branch die cuts.

If you haven't had a chance to play with CFA, Kraftresist paper & color washes, try it out! Lot's of fun!

Have a good one!

Donna

Hats Off to You

2011-04-19T15:18:00.003-05:00

Yay, I got done early this week for Grungy Monday at http://studiol3.blogspot.com using Tim Holtz www.timholtz.com techniques and I'm also using it for my entry on Simon Says Stamp and Show http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com.

As many of you know my son left for Afghanistan earlier this month. It sound's like communication is going to be very limited so I decided I would make cards for him and get one sent as often as I can. Here is one of them using the technique on Linda's blog and using Wendy Vecchi Stamps stamped on GB & GP & Graphic45 paper.

Have a good one!
Donna

Grungy Monday #3

2011-04-17T20:11:00.003-05:00

Just making it under the wire here for Grungy Monday over on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com where the technique is using Ranger Adirondack Color Wash. I don't have to many colors but I have been really loving these, will defiantly have to get some more!! I used lettuce, denim & plum on Tim's new Kraftresist paper, that paper is really awesome, loving it!! The flower & scroll were made from grunge paper, I colored the flower with wild honey distress stains and embossed with Tim's scroll folder and dabbed the raised areas with a gold dabber. The center of the flower is made with Tim's Kraft Glassine paper, looking forward to playing with that some more! Have a good one!! Donna

Grungy Monday #2

2011-04-07T07:57:00.004-05:00

Here is my entry for Grungy Monday over on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com which is celebrating techniques by Tim Holtz www.timholtz.com. I will also use this piece for the entry on SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com where this week it is show anything but a card. I have been working on something different for that one but it is not going to be done in time so this will have to do. I made a tag using Tim's new Kraftresist paper, oh I'm liking that paper!! Then did the technique which you will have to visit Linda's blog to find out how. Never tried it before and I love it!! Then I decorated it with Tim's new die cuts, Mini Bird & Cage Set & Mini Branch & Leaf Set, they are so cute!! Also added some ideaology pieces. Hopefully I will get the other project done and can show you next week. Have a good one!! Donna

Grungy Monday #1

2011-04-03T07:29:00.004-05:00

Linda's http://studiol3.blogspot.com CCC challenges are done but she is now doing a Grungy Monday continuing the creativeness & techniques by the king of creativeness Tim Holtz www.timholtz.com blog www.timholtz.typepad.com. So here is my tag for the challenge, it is so nice that Linda is continuing these challenges, thank you Linda!! Have a good one! Donna

Artist Canvas

2011-03-30T08:21:00.010-05:00

Thanks everyone for the well wishes, I'm finally feeling a little better. I made this little project using an 8 x 8 x 1 1/2 canvas. It's not what I had intended to do with it but I started playing and this is what I got, but I love it!! Still need to figure out what to put on the sides though. This will be my entry for Simon Says Stamp and show where the challenge is Show a Hat http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/. The art chicks hat is made with Wendy Vecchi's (http://studio490art.blogspot.com) Clearly for Art and covered with Sticky Back Canvas, the butterfly was made with Wendy's Black Clearly for Art, the bottle was also made from CFA & Art Parts. That was the first time I had a chance to use CFA and I love it!! I also used sticky back canvas on the dress form. I used some of Tim's new ideaology on it and Wendy's new Art Parts, so much fun!! I used the new distress stains on most of it. I'm in love with those new distress stains and Wendy's CFA and Art Parts!!! So fun to play with!! And Tim's die cuts, love them!! The sign says I am an artist, not really but it sounds good!! lol Have a good one everyone!! Donna

Stylish Award

2011-03-28T09:41:00.005-05:00

I feel like I have been away forever!! First a week at our son's and then this past week a horrible horrible cold, I think it is the worst cold I have ever had!! I Broke down on Fri. and called the Dr. and got some antibiotics, they've helped some with the fever and what I was coughing up but the cough and nose thing are still really bad!! I cough so hard all night I'm not getting any sleep!! I need some sleep!!!!! Hope it goes away soon!!!!! So needless to say I have no creativeness to show you! I actually did make a spring banner last week for a class I was doing but didn't take any pics (I'm slipping here!) I did start working on something yesterday so hopefully in the next few days I will have something to show you. A few weeks ago I was given the Stylish blogger Award for my blog from Candy Colwell, check out her blog it is fantastic http://candycreates.blogspot.com/ Thank you so much Candy!!

Here are the Stylish Blogger Award Rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post.

2. You share 7 things about yourself.

3. Award 7 recently discovered new blogs and contact them to let them know they've been awarded. (Some of these may not be "New" blogs but I just love and respect their work).

Here Are 7 Things About Me:

1. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have been married for 40 years. Unbelievable!!

2. We have 3 children, 2 boys and 1 girl and 4 grandsons with another grandchild on the way...loves of my life!!

3. I used to own a scrapbook store.

4. I don't like shopping, I like to know what I need and get in and get it and get out!! Unless of course it is a craft store, I can spend hours in them!! lol

5. My favorite show is Dancing with the Stars!!

6. I love going to the lake!! You could drop me off in the spring and come back and pick me up in the fall!! I'd love it!!

7. My favorite place to go and eat is Red Lobster, I love shrimp!!

Now for my SEVEN blog picks to honor with this award:

Lori Hassler - http://ibeenthinkinboutinkin.blogspot.com

Susan Kesselman - http://susank-nimblefingers.blogspot.com

Linda Ledbetter - http://studiol3.blogspot.com

Nancy Crissinger - http://whatsnextnancy.blogspot.com

Hels Sheridan - http://pinkleart.blogspot.com

Eileen Bellomo - http://artsaveslives-paperqueen.blogspot.com

Sherry Goodloe - http://gotart4u.blogspot.com

I hope you will check out these wonderful blogs and the amazing work these talented ladies do!

Hope to check in later this week.

Have a good one!!

Donna

Winner

2011-03-21T07:10:00.003-05:00

No time this morning to do a long post but wanted to pop in to announce the winner of the Visual Artistry stamp set. By random draw the winner is Deanna Cosgrove. Congratulations Deanna!! Please email your address to me and I will get it in the mail ASAP!!

Thank you everyone for the lovely comments, well wishes and prayers for my son!!

Have a good one!!
Donna

Memorabilia Box for CCC #35

2011-03-11T22:50:00.007-06:00

For this weeks CCC (last one, boo hoo) on Linda's blog the challenge is Design Details. I wanted to use some of the new toys that I have gotten. I started out with a whole different plan in mind and chucked it then went with something else then chucked it, wasted a lot of time and I just could not not participate in the last challenge!! Finally ended up with a travel box for memorabilia.

I always have memorabilia from trips etc. and wanted a box to store them in until I figured out a good use for them. I don't have much of the technique called for in the challenge on it but it's there. And oh I had fun using some of the new things I have added to my stash recently!! I did the tag with Broken China Distress Stains then added a little peeled paint Distress Inks here & there on it. And yes, I kinda did the tag like Tim did on his last blog post, I had just gotten the stamps so it was nice to see an idea for them. The new Distress Stains are absolutely wonderful, love them!!! And the Old Jalopy die cut and travel stamps are pretty awesome to! Stampers Anonymous has the best stamps!!

Top of box

I'm leaving Sun. for another trip, going to go see our son Shad & his family in Kansas, so excited to see them! Shad is in the Army and leaves for Afghanistan the first part of April, so it will be a bitter sweet visit. After all these years you'd think I would be used of it, but I hate it!! So the major worrying will begin again for another year!! Shad's little boy Kevin is 4 years old now, so it is going to be harder for him this time around!! Hey, on a happier note I found out I'm going to be a grandma again, our son Joey & his wife are going to have another baby this Sept. I have 4 grandsons now so I'm really hoping they have a girl, will she be spoiled or what!! lol

I have to pay more attention to my shopping, I ordered Tim's small Visual Artistry stamps and I already had them!! So how about a give away, just leave a comment and I will choose a random winner on Mon. 3/21/11 when I get back.

Have a good weekend everyone!!
Donna

Sewing Room Die Cut/Distress Stains

2011-03-05T07:26:00.005-06:00

Wow, 3 posts in one week that is a record for me!! Wish I could do that more often!!

When we went on our scrapbooking weekend we stopped off at the scrapbooking store before we headed out (of course) as if we needed anymore product but it is always fun to have something new to work with! They had a couple of Tim's new die cuts in, Oh My Goodness I think I was actually shaking when I got his new Sewing Room die cut in my grubby little hands!! lol
I also had ordered the new Distress Stains and they came in the mail Thurs. so yesterday I finally had a chance to play with the die cut & stains. Love, love, love those stains, can't wait to try it on a bigger project, they will be awesome for that!!

The picture isn't the best but here is the tag I made. I used the die cut on grunge board, then cut just the dress part out of sticky back canvas. I used peeled paint distress stain for the background on the tag, and wild honey for the dress. I had to dress it up a little and used Tim's ribbon on the bottom of the dress, I used glossy accents on the button. I put twine around the spool piece for thread which was a little thick, will have to look for something thinner for the next one. I also stamped on the background with Tim's Visual Artistry small clear stamps, which are really cool! Absolutely love the Sewing Room die cut and the Distress Stains are to die for!! Lot's of fun!!

Have a good weekend everyone!!
Donna

Dimensional Collage Fragment

2011-03-04T13:29:00.005-06:00

It's hard to believe that we are on week #34 for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenges on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com. I did pretty good for the first part of the challenges in keeping up but life got in the way of completing all of the challenges, but it has been great to try different techniques which I might not have tried otherwise. Thank you Linda for doing them!!

For this weeks challenge Dimensional Collage Fragment I made a banner, I have totally been addicted to banners lately!! I used Graphic 45 On the Boardwalk Collection, and used the big fragment so I could get a lot on there, just love Graphic 45 paper!! I'm still not sure about the blue flower on there, I might change it out we'll see. Now I'm off to play with some new Distress Stains I got in the mail yesterday!! Yippee!!

Have a good one!!
Donna

Scrapbooking Weekend

2011-03-02T10:13:00.003-06:00

So this is where I was all weekend from Thurs. to Sun. It was fantastic, lots of scrappin, talking, laughing and just pure enjoyment!! Oh, forgot about the eating non-stop for 3 days, everyone brought wonderful food and lots of goodies!! It was so nice to get away for that many days and just scrapbook, I haven't done that in quite awhile! All in all between 6 of us which 2 were not there the whole time we scrapbooked 200 pages!! On Mon. I was really feeling the effects of staying up until 2:00 & 3:00 in the morning for 3 nights, man I was dragging!!

Picture from the loft of some of the girls scrapbooking.

What a great weekend!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Trinket Boxes

2011-02-23T09:10:00.004-06:00

Michael's has these cute little wood boxes for $1.00! I have done some before if you search my blog for wallet/coupon holder & eye glass holder you will see the other ones I have done. I tried to copy and paste the photo here but didn't work, if any one knows how to do that I would appreciate any help!! I have made these for gifts etc., and I have done a few classes with them. When I went to Michael's the other day they had a different shape wood box and this is what I did with them. The Easter one I was going to put a little decorated egg on top but decided I liked it just the way it was, can't cover up that cool Tim H. seasonal paper!! lol

I'm off this afternoon to my daughters then in the morning we take off for our scrapbooking weekend, can't wait!! I have so much stuff I'm bringing, and today I'm stopping off at a scrapbook store on my way to my daughters, as if I need anymore!! But should be fun!!

Thank you all for the nice comments!! I appreciate them!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

CCC/SSSS

2011-02-18T21:29:00.004-06:00

I had a chance to play the other night and made a tag for the SSSS and CCC over on Simon Says Stamp and Show and Studio L3 blogs. I'm thinking spring here, we had temps around 40 for a few days and I have spring fever big time!! The warmer weather didn't last long and we are cold again and possible storm this weekend, oh yay!!

So I tried my hand at making a stamp from Tim's birdcage die cut out of foam and also made a mask, worked pretty good! I loved the technique used out of Tim's book for this challenge and will have to try it again!!

Next week I'm going scrapbooking for the weekend, I have been telling my daughter that I'm going light and just taking what pics & paper I need, yay right!! I have been gathering my stuff and forgot how much stuff you need to bring!! Can't decide on what pics I want to do and what paper so I already have my big tote full and started on another one!! Then there is the cricut & cartridges and diecuts, and everything else!! I think my car is going to be pretty full and I still need to find room for clothes, food etc. I don't think I know what traveling light is!! lol Should be interesting!

Have a good one everyone!!
Donna

CHA/Family

2011-02-15T07:05:00.003-06:00

Hey, how's everyone doing?
I uploaded some more pics but uploaded them in the wrong order, no time for a do over!!

After CHA I went to my sisters house in Sun City for a few days, I had a great time visiting and seeing all of her kids and grandkids.

Here's a pic of the grandkids...

Here's one of me, my sister & husband & her lovely daughters...

More pics from CHA...

Vintaj has come out with Sizzix dies to emboss on their metal, really cool!!!

Here's one of me, Wendy Vecchi, Tim Holtz & Mario Rossi, love those guys!! This was the last day of the show and I was getting worn out!! My eyes felt like I was looking through two peas and they look it to!! lol The rest of them always take good pics, don't know how they do it!!

Here's a page from one of Wendy's displays...
Sorry it's sideways, don't strain your neck!!

More Vintaj...

Quick Quotes had these really big canvas's they scraped, awesome!!

Susie West's class...

The Girls Paperie booth...

I have been super busy since I got back, March is National Craft month and I have a full line up of classes to do, make and takes & demos!! I have been designing classes and trying to get samples done!! Whew!! I am taking a few days to go scrapbooking with my daughter and friends at a cabin by the lake at the end of Feb. and I can't wait!! Hope to get another giveaway up soon!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

CHA Winter 2011

2011-02-07T09:18:00.013-06:00

Hey Everyone,
Sure feels good to finally be home from CA, but I'm really missing the warm weather!! We have about -13 degrees here with a high expected today of -1, whoopee!! Me & the snowblower have a date later today, high winds yesterday blew in the driveway & sidewalk again!! YUK!!

Where to begin with CHA...it was amazing!! So much excitement and so much to see!! Loved it!! My days started at 5:00am and didn't end until midnight or later. My boss signed me up for lot's of classes, most of them starting at 7:00am and last one's went until 9:00pm. I took so many classes I'm not sure what I learned where and hoping I can remember some of it!! lol
Long days, lot's of walking and sore, sore feet & legs!! But so worth it!!

My first day Fri. I took a copic certification class with Jennie Black, great class & she is a fantastic teacher!! I didn't get a chance to hang out around the Ranger & Tim's Ideaology booths as much as I would have liked but managed to get a few pics. Tim's Ideaology booth was awesome!! Totally love Tim's & Wendy's new releases and after seeing in person, I want it all!!
So here are some pics from the show, I have more so will have to do another post this week.

Jennie Black showing us some tricks in the copic class...

I wanted to take this guy home...

Sizzix Booth...

Tim demoing...

Aren't these dresses awesome, all made out of paper!!

Can't imagine all the work that went into these!!

A little light show one night...

Some of Wendy's samples...

Tim's Ideaology Booth...

I will try and post some more pics and the rest of my trip sometime this week.

Have a good one!!

Giveaway Winner

2011-01-24T12:56:00.004-06:00

Sorry I'm late in posting this, I've been down and out with a killer cold/flu bug!! My bosses DH brought it home to her from FL and she so kindly passed it on to me! YUK!! I can't believe I have gotten sick when I leave for CA in just a few days, really don't have time for this I have way to much to do!! Wahhhh......

On to the giveaway, by random draw Kathy Eddy is the winner of the Tim Holtz Mini Ornamental die cut. Congratulations Kathy!! Please send me your address and I will get this in the mail hopefully before I leave.

As many of you know I'm going to CHA, I leave this Thurs. for CA. Fri. I have a Copic Marker Certification class all day, I've also signed up for many classes throughout the show. I'm going to try and blog from the show and take lots of pictures and share on FB, so keep an eye out on there. I hope to hang out a lot at the Ranger booth and catch Tim & Wendy demoing, they are so fun to watch demo!!! After the show is over I'm going to spend a few days with my sister who lives out there, can't wait!! When I come back I will have another giveaway to share with you!

Have a good one everyone!!
Donna

Grunge Paper Roses/Giveaway

2011-01-18T06:49:00.004-06:00

I managed to squeeze in a little time to get inky fingers! I found this piece at Pier 1 and thought it would be cool all decorated up. I still need to do a little tweaking on it but I love the piece!! Again indoor lighting not the best!! Are you all following Tim's & Wendy's CHA peeks, I don't know about you but I have loved everything I have seen so far!!

I have another die cut to giveaway, this one is the Mini Ornamental. All you have to do to win this baby is leave a comment on this post and I will pick a random winner on Monday Jan. 24th. Good Luck!!

Have a good one!

Donna

Winner

2011-01-17T06:37:00.004-06:00

Thank you everyone for leaving such nice comments on my configuration box, I really appreciated them!! It was so much fun to do, a few of you asked where I got some of the items in the box, I bought a few of the items at Michaels and I used some items that I had laying around the house. The car was one of them that I had laying around and really don't know where it came from, the penny in the jar was my dads, when I was younger the thing fascinated me as I always wondered how they got that penny in there? The little coo-coo clock was a pin I had picked up in Germany when my son was stationed over there and I just took the pin part off. The domino & grunge flower I made. I used Tim's Lost and Found papers inside & out on it. If you haven't done one of these yet do, they are so fun!!
So, I have had a couple days off and so has my DH which means I haven't gotten anything creative done. I never get anything done when he is around!! lol But we have been shopping the last couple days so hasn't been all bad as I have managed to pick up a few things I needed to go to CHA with at the end of the month, which I'm so excited for!! Can't wait to see all of Tim & Wendy's goodies in person!!

Well on to the giveaway, I did a random draw and the winner is K...grannyso@yahoo.com, Congratulations K and send me your address and I will get the flourish die cut in the mail to you.

I have another die cut to giveaway, so stop back tomorrow for a chance to win it. Hopefully I'll have something creative to share to. Thanks again everyone for leaving such nice comments!!
Have a good one!
Donna

CCC #27/Distress Misting Mask

2011-01-16T08:26:00.005-06:00

Here is my entry for CCC #27 Distress Misting Mask on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com/ I have never tried this technique before so I really wanted to get something done for this challenge. So I squeezed a little bit of it in before I went to work the other day, first attempt didn't work, oh my not much time hurry or you are going to be late for work, I said what the heck and took the time to try it again! So I managed to get the masking part done! Then I was to go watch my little grandson Jackson after work and there was pending high winds in the forecast after snowing all day so I wasn't sure if I would make it home or not so I hurried up and through a bag together and another bag with stuff to try finish this tag, and of course forgot a lot of stuff!! It all worked out I got to work on time and the winds didn't get as high as forecasted and I made it home that night well about 3:30 in the morning, kids! So I was able to finish it yesterday, WHEW!! This is a really cool technique, I used rusty hinge, crushed olive and wild honey mixed with a little gold perfect pearls.

And here I am again trying to rush through a blog post before I have to head out and about again!! Don't forget to stop back tomorrow for the winner of the Tim Holtz die cut!!
Have a good one!
Donna

Configurations/giveaway

2011-01-10T05:05:00.008-06:00

I intended on posting this last week, but I wasn't able to side step a flu bug that was floating around YUK!! These configurations are so fun to work with!! Some of the boxes have some meaning and others just cause I liked it!! It looks a lot better in person, again indoor picture not the best but I wasn't about to try take it outside in
-12 degree weather!! Maybe if we get above zero with no wind I'll try take it outside and get a better pic and re-post it. The paper I used was from Tim's Lost & Found stack (love that paper) and his tissue tape on the edges. I can't wait to do another one, maybe one with trinkets from a trip or something. I'm going to CA at the end of the month so will have to keep my eye out for little stuff to put in another one! Would also like to do a Christmas one and other holiday ones. It was a lot of fun to do, but I think I need smaller fingers though!! lol

So on to the giveaway, I have acquired double of a few things so decided I would give them away here on my blog. First up is Tim's flourish die cut, love this die cut!! All you have to do is leave a comment and I will pick a random winner next Monday 1/17/11. Good Luck!!

Have a good one everyone!!
Donna

Happy New Year/CCC#25

2010-12-31T20:22:00.005-06:00

Happy New Year Everyone!!

I found a little time the other night to do a tag using Scribble Stain Distress technique out of Tim's book for the CCC#25 on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com. I have done this technique a few times and always get a little to much scribble!! lol

We are having a quiet New Year's Eve & Day snowed in, we have a good old ND blizzard going on and the interstates and roads are all closed! I couldn't get my car out of the garage if I wanted to, we have a 6ft. drift in front of it!! Sunday looks like a dig out day!! YUK, YUK, YUK!!!!
I have gotten a few doubles of things lately...like Tim's die cuts, so come back and visit my blog next week for a little giveaway.
Hope everyones new year will be wonderful!!
Donna

Tag #7

2010-12-18T08:35:00.006-06:00

I got one more tag done, tag#7! I have to admit this one gave me a little trouble!! I got a little to much green on the tag, but hey it's Christmas right and the poinsettia was harder to put together then I expected, I didn't leave enough space in the center to use the button I wanted to use but made this one work. I haven't had much time lately so I have been rushing threw them so hopefully after Christmas I can concentrate on them. First a few projects for classes at work!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday!!

Donna

Tag #5 & 12

2010-12-15T10:46:00.005-06:00

I managed to get a couple more tags done, I actually started #5 before the other two I posted, slow or what!!! lol For #5 I didn't have any green crackle paint so I used peeled paint distress ink then went over it with rock candy crackle. I got it on a little thick and it really picked it up in the picture, it really isn't that bad in person. I don't have any sparkly fluff so put stickles on Santa's hat as it looks like it has holly around it to me. I also didn't have Tim's numbers, well I have them but must have used all of the 2's & 5's so these metal numbers were a lot smaller and a lot harder to work with! I also don't have any white utee so I just used clear on it. What a fun technique though!!

Love tag #12, the movers & shapers are so fun to work with!! After I put my rock candy crackle paint on I thought you could heat it but oh it started looking funny so stopped, thank goodness or it would have really been messed up!! And of course the pic really picked it up!! Darn camera's magnifying all my mistakes!!!! And now that it is so cold & snowy out I can't take the pics outdoors anymore and I just can't get the lighting right taking them indoors!! Spring hurry up and get here!!! lol I don't have Tim's December stamp but I had picked up these cool Tim ATC stamps at Michaels the other day, didn't even know about them!! It was just a part of the stamp so it is smaller so I had to put some cardstock behind it. These stamps were just hanging on the side of an end cap, I almost missed them!!! Our Michaels carries very little of Tim's stuff so I was quite surprised when I seen them!! And I got them for $4.79 a piece, wow I was excited!!
I'm still hoping to at least finish one more tag before Christmas the poinsettia one, it looks so pretty!! The rest of the tags just might have to wait until after Christmas.

Have a good one everyone!!

Donna

12 Days of Christmas Tags #9 & 10

2010-12-13T10:42:00.004-06:00

Finally had a little chance to play over the weekend and got Tag 9 & 10 done.
I did them pretty much the same as Tim, I was a little rushed so not perfect but will do and the main thing was to try the technique & ideas. I really liked coloring your own ribbon and what a cool idea of using the packaging on tag 10!! I plan to keep plunking away at getting all 12 done!!
What a wonderful 12 Tags of Christmas it was, loved all of the tags Tim made!! It amazes me that he takes time out of his busy schedule to do this for everyone, what a generous guy!! And the BTS on Twitter from Mario was great, another generous guy!! Wish them both the best Holiday Season!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Double Distress/12 Tags of Christmas

2010-12-06T09:08:00.003-06:00

Oh Yi Yi, will someone please slow my days down!! Between Christmas, Work & DH's retirement (lots & lots of forms to fill out) the days are going by way to fast!! I do have most of my Christmas shopping done and the tree is up so I guess I might be a little ahead of the game for Christmas. I think this is the earliest I've ever gotten most of the shopping done!! I'm not baking this year (so I say) so that will help! I did get this card done for the CCC where the challenge was Double Distress on Linda's blog but never had time to upload it. geeezzz This technique is a lot of fun!

When the challenge was first posted I wanted to make some flowers for something I'm decorating so I had tried these out, they didn't turn out quite how I wanted them but I'm sure I will find something to use them on.

Aren't you just loving the 12 Tags of Christmas on Tim's blog, all the tags have been fantastic so far!! The man drips with creativity!! And must never sleep, wish I could hang in there one night and see it right away when it is finished but that would mean about 3 in the morning for me, no can do!! I haven't had much time to play but did get day 4 done. I didn't have any facets so I used a fragment instead, this technique was trickier then I thought it would be, I will definitely have to practice some more on this one!!

I have seen some of the tags everyone has done and they all have been awesome, love how some of you are putting your own spin on them!! Looking forward to the next tag!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Chirstmas Pennant Swap

2010-11-29T14:13:00.004-06:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We had a very nice Thanksgiving, my son Joey had Thanksgiving dinner at his house so all I had to do was make the scalloped corn, boy that was nice!! Landi left her boys here with us until Sun. so I was busy, busy, busy!!! They keep you on your toes from morning until night!! Fun to have around though, and poor Maddie today is lost without them, all she wants me to do is hold her! I did get my pennants done for the 2010 Christmas Pennant Swap on ATT and got them in the mail. Caidin & I were up early on Sat. morning so before Bridger woke up I got Caidin busy doing a project and I got them finished, I was getting a little worried I wouldn't get them done on time, whew!! So here is what I did with them, I didn't make any holes so that people can hang them the way they want. I wish I would have taken a picture of all 11 of them together!

So here is a pic of the little rug rats I watched all weekend, so cute!! And they made their grannie go out in freezing weather!!! Needless to say I didn't last very long!!

And they helped me decorate the tree, Bridger liked putting everything in one spot, I'm doing a little re-arranging today! lol

I'm also playing with this today the VAGABOND, I had a weak moment one night and ordered it. Another die cutting machine is really the last thing I needed!! But WOW am I ever glad I did, my goodness it cuts like butter and the machine is so quite, I'm in love!!! A great deal from Eclectic Paperie and they threw in a few goodies to boot!! Great place to order from!! Thank you Eclectic Paperie!!

Stormy weather her again today, internet connection keeps going in and out, it has taken me most of the day to post this! grrrrrr!!!!

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments!! Have a good one everyone!!

Donna

CCC#22/SSSS

2010-11-19T06:57:00.004-06:00

I haven't been able to participate in the challenges for a couple of weeks on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com
or on SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com. It's been super crazy here at home & at work and have had no time to be creative. So I took a little time last night and made this card using the Alcohol Ink Spatter technique which you need to get Tim's book A Compendium of Curiosities and find out how it is done.
It was a little more challenging then I thought it would be, after a couple of tries I called it good. And yes I stamped the post card crooked, no time to do over!!
I have been working on my pendants for the Christmas Pendant swap on ATT group when I get a chance, hope to have them done and in the mail next week and I'll post a picture. Here is my entry for both challenges...

Have a good one!
Donna

Shopping Spree/Halloween

2010-11-08T08:04:00.007-06:00

No creative time for me lately!! grrrrr!! I feel so bad I wasn't able to take part in the challenges on CCC & SSSS last week, hopefully this week!! I did start working on my Christmas Banners for a banner swap on ATT group over the weekend, turning out pretty cool I will see if I can get a sneak peek out in the next few days. I had a super tough week last week, lot's of things going on so I headed out Sat. morning to the nearest LSS which is 70 miles away, hey when you need some retail therapy especially when you know they just got in a lot of Tim stuff ya gotta do what you gotta do!! lol Being I did have such a tough week, I went a little over board!! But it was so nice that they have finally gotten in some of Tim's stuff and I don't have to order it on line!! Plus after spending so much I got my punch card filled up so just had to go pick up something else and get $15.00 off, I chose Tim's Tag & Bookplates die cut, Woo Hoo!! Ahhh, some retail therapy does wonders, I had a much better weekend and hope this week goes better!! Here's a pic of my stash from my little shopping spree.....

I got the chance to go trick or treating with Landi & family again this year, super fun!! The boys are so cute!!

Caidin was a construction worker and Bridger was a monkey(which he is)!!

Pretty happy campers by the end of the night!!

Have a good one!

Donna

CCC#19

2010-10-25T15:55:00.004-05:00

Last week on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com I won two of Tim's die cuts and they came in the mail today. Woo Hoo I thought I was excited when I found out I won them, but boy I was excited when I got my hands on them!!

Luckily I was off today so had a chance to play with them a little bit and made this tag for this weeks challenge Extreme Masking, I have done the masking before but not the second step in the book, pretty cool!! I will also be using the tag for the challenge on SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com.

Thanks again to Linda & Simon Says for the die cuts, love them!!!
Thanks to everyone for all your nice comments!! Have a good one!
Donna

CCC#18

2010-10-23T15:48:00.004-05:00

The challenge this week for CCC#18 on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com is Dabber Resist. Boy do I need to practice this technique!! This was my fourth try and I called it good. I wanted to use the chandelier stamp that I had gotten when I went to ScrapFest, I really can't believe I haven't used it until now!! The technique is interesting and maybe if I would have used a different stamp it might have worked better, who knows!! It is always fun trying something new! On last weeks challenge my name was drawn, Woo Hoo what a way to start on a Mon. I was flying high all day!!! I won two of Tim's new die cuts, the leaf one and the witch, the die cuts were donated by Simon Says Stamp www.simonsaysstamp.com I can't wait until they arrive and I can start playing with them!! Thank you to Linda & Simon Says Stamp!!!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!
Donna

Chunky ATC

2010-10-22T19:42:00.003-05:00

I finally got my Chunky ATC's done for the swap on EWV yahoo group. I didn't really know what I was doing here as I have never done any before, heck I have never done an ATC before!! I had seen others do them and thought they looked like fun and they were so much fun!! I will be doing more!! I used all Wendy Vecchi stamps and used Tim's rosette die cut for the top. I will also be using this for my entry this week on SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com.

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Back
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Have a good one!

Donna

Chunky ATC

2010-10-20T14:00:00.004-05:00

I participated in a Chunky ATC Mingle over on Everything Wendy Vecchi yahoo group. The other day I showed you the Chunky ATC I received from Debby, now here is the one I received from Lori Hassler, isn't it awesome!! I just love it!!! Thank you Lori!!

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Front

Sides

I finally got mine finished and they went postal today!! Yay, I made the deadline!!

I was a little worried there for awhile, life sometimes gets in the way of things!

I will post mine in a couple of days.

Have a good one!

Donna

Tim Holtz Necklace

2010-10-17T09:54:00.004-05:00

Here is my entry for CCC#17 on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!
Donna

Chunky ATC

2010-10-16T06:43:00.003-05:00

No creative time for me lately, but look what I received in the mail the other day from Debby Podgorski. We are in a Chunky ATC swap on Everything Wendy Vecchi yahoo group and of course they were to be made Wendy Vecchi style. Didn't Debby do a fantastic job, I just love it!! Thank you Debby!!!

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Back
Sides

I'm getting a little panicky here, I still need to finish mine!!! Hopefully next week I can get them done and in the mail!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Altered Domino

2010-10-06T15:48:00.007-05:00

As you can tell I have been trying to change the header of my blog, I decided I needed to change the picture, for the life of me I can not get it to shrink down a little! I bet I spent half the day Mon. fooling with it, I finally gave up and left it as is, it looks a little funny but will have to do for now!! I think I will just have to take another pic of it and try re-load it.

I joined the Altered Domino Pin Swap at ATT yahoo group and here are the ones I made to swap. I had a lot of fun making these, I will defiantly have to alter some more domino's, thinking Christmas here!! I'm going to my daughter Landi's house this weekend and she wanted to do some and maybe make a necklace so I plan on bringing some domino's to her house and play a little (that's if the boys will let us)! lol Then I better get busy and get my chunky ATC's done for the swap on EWV yahoo group, I've started them just need to finish!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

SSSS

2010-09-30T07:54:00.005-05:00

Not much time for me this week, we have been doing inventory where I work part time!! Wow, what a job that was!!
The challenge this week on SSSS is Show your Distressed/Sanded Projects. I made this tag first for the challenge it's OK but not real crazy about it. I sanded the edges and distressed them with black soot.
So I thought of this one about 2:00 in the morning, I wanted to get up and just make it but I was good and waited until this morning. lol I used Tim's rosette die again and made a fan, man I love that die cut!! I sanded and inked the frame I used black soot & brushed corduroy distress inks on it. I used spun sugar for the heart and applied rock candy stickles on it. I used black soot along the edge of the fan. The sanding doesn't show up real well in the pic, but it is there!!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!
Donna

CCC#16

2010-09-28T20:25:00.005-05:00

For the CCC this week is Wrinkle Free Distress.
I just had to use the rosette die again and made this Halloween Tag!! I used Rusty Hinge & Wild Honey Distress Inks. There is black soot distress stickles on the cat & skull areas but it's not really showing up in the pic.
I was asked what alcohol inks I used on the mirror, I tell you I just kept adding and adding until I was satisfied with it, if I remember right here are the colors I used...Terra Cotta, Rust, Caramel, Latte, Espresso & Gold Mixative.

To all of you that are going on the Cruise with Tim & Mario, have the time of your life!! Looking forward to hearing all about it when you all get back!!
Thank you all again for the wonderful comments!!
Have a good one!
Donna

SSSS/CCC

2010-09-25T06:57:00.003-05:00

The challenge this week on CCC is Alcohol Ink Agate on Grunge and the challenge on SSSS is Show your Grunge, so I'm submitting the same project for both.
I made a frame for a little mirror, you really can't see that it is a mirror but the middle really is a mirror!! I waited until this morning to take the picture for better lighting, ya right FOG!!! So I had to play with the lighting a little bit so you really can't see the mirror part. I cut the frame out of GB and I did the Alcohol Ink on Grunge technique on it, that was a really a cool technique!! I will have to use that one again!! You have to get Tim's book to see how it is done! The rose is out of GP, I used Rusty Hinge distress ink first then I tryed Tim's technique of inking the inside of his embossing folder then running it through the embosser, I used mustard seed distress ink for that. Wow I liked that, it gave it a cool effect to it!! Lovin these challenges, it's fun to try things I have never tryed before!!

I'm headed to my daughters this morning to watch the boys while they go to a wedding, looking forward to spending the time with the boys!!

Thanks again everyone for all the nice comments!!

Have a good weekend!!

Donna

Art Parts/Rosette Die Cut

2010-09-22T07:13:00.006-05:00

ScrapFest was fun but the fun continued at my daughters house. We went shopping at the LSS, Hobby Lobby & Michaels, as if we hadn't done enough damage at Archiver's!! Then we went for a hay ride and the kids had so much fun!! We all did!!

We made some Halloween decorations with the boys, this is Bridger with his

haunted house he made. Never got a pic of Caidin's, next time!

And my daughter worked on some cute fall decor, I should have taken a pic it was so cute!! So that got me in the mood to make something for fall, it is defiantly fall weather here!! Plus I had scored that wonderful Rosette Die of Tim's so just had to use it. I had visited Wendy's blog and she had done these cool leaves with her new plastic, so I found some stuff I have had for awhile, don't know where I got it or what it is called but it worked great for making the leaves. I used Wendy's Art Parts and made this little wall hanging. It looks a little crooked in the pic but it really isn't must be my wonderful photography skills again!! lol Like I've said, these Art Parts are fun to work with!!

Thanks again everyone for all your nice comments!!
Have a good one!!
Donna

ScrapFest

2010-09-21T07:58:00.004-05:00

Quick little recap of ScrapFest...
I had a fantastic weekend!! My daughter and I took off from her house EARLY Fri. morning and headed to ScrapFest at MOA. It was fun just to be able to spend the day with her without any husbands & kids around and just hang out!! We had to come back again Fri. night but that was OK, it's pretty crazy there!! Had a really great time!!

Tim is always so generous with his time and letting everyone take pics with him.

We got to watch Tim demo and that is always awesome!!

I even got Mario to pose for me!! Those guys are the best!!

We took a class with Deena Ziegler, Sizzix Bird Cage Hanger & Chipboard,

which was fun!!

And of course we did some shopping at Archiver's, actually not some A LOT!! lol

I thought they would have had more of Tim's new releases from summer CHA but not much, so a little disappointed!! But on Sat. we went to my daughters LSS and I scored Tim's Rosette die cut, so I was excited about that!! I've been playing with it and should have a project to post tomorrow using that and more of Wendy's Art Parts.

Lots of lines!!!

Oh, and on the way home we were only about 5 to 10 miles from my daughters house and we seen something in the ditch from the backside and I thought it was a deer and my daughter thought it was a horse. Then it turned it's head and OMG we both squealed, it was the biggest Moose we have ever seen, the rack on that thing was Ginormous!!! Thank god it did not come out of the ditch or we would have collided for sure!! And I think the moose would have won!!

Have a good one everyone!

Donna

Guest Artist/CCC#14

2010-09-15T22:40:00.007-05:00

WOW!! I'm truly honored to have been a guest artist on Wendy Vecchi's blog! Over the moon excited!! I admire Wendy's work so much, love all of her stamps & books (which I need to get her new one ordered) she really is amazing!! Thank you Wendy for featuring me!! My Art Parts Halloween decor was a lot of fun to make and the Art Parts were really easy to work with. I covered mine with paper which I inked up with distress inks, the art parts themselves really don't need inking as they have kind of a burnish edge to them, really cool!!

Here is a piece I did quite a while ago for my entry for the CCC on Linda L. blog. Of course the inspiration was Wendy, she had done one and posted it on her blog and I loved it so much just had to do one similar and I have had it hanging in my craft room. The piece just jumped out and spoke to me, probably because I'm such a dreamer!! lol I used Tim's flourish mask on it. I get so much inspiration from Tim & Wendy, love, love, love their work!! Speaking of Tim, I'm hoping to see him over the weekend. I'm headed to my daughter's after work tonight and then we will head out bright and early Fri. morning to ScrapFest at the Mall of America, can't wait!! It is going to be so much fun, and being able to spend the day with my daughter will be great!! We can only go for Fri. but that just might be enough from what I have heard about it!! lol

I want to thank everyone who has visited my blog and who have left such wonderful comments!! I truly appreciate them!! Thank you!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Art Parts/SSSS

2010-09-13T09:24:00.004-05:00

Here is my entry for SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com where the theme is Holiday Fun, so I went with a Halloween theme. I used Wendy Vecchi's new Art Parts/Spool for the project. I think I'm a little addicted to these spools!! Lovin these Art Parts, lots of fun. I got mine right from Stampers Anonymous and received them within 2 weeks for those who asked.
To windy outside here so couldn't get a back drop to work so the background is house siding (sorry) if I would learn how to use my photo shop program better I probably could have changed it!!
I have a whole tub of Halloween & Fall paper and ya think I could find it in my mess of a craft room, so went with the little pack of paper I did find. I really need to get that room cleaned up as I can't find anything!! Been throwing things around after I use them and you can barely walk in there, even worse now after this project!! lol
The haunted house & bats are some of Tim's GB pieces & inked with Distress Inks & stickles on the bats. The fence I made a template & cut out of GP (really could have used some of Tim's new die cuts & embossing folders on this project)!!
The tree was cut out of Coordinations cardstock. There is glossy accents in the windows & I used the chipped enamel technique for the #31.
I spent 2 hours in town yesterday trying to find some Halloween charms to hang from it, finally found these at JoAnns (which was the only ones they had) couldn't believe how hard it was to find something, I remember seeing stuff like that all over the place! Geezzz
Having fun with these Art Parts, they are Fantastic!! Love them!!
Thanks Wendy for coming up with them!!!

Have a good one!!
Donna

CCC#13

2010-09-11T15:16:00.004-05:00

Here is my entry for Challenge 13...Grungepaper Flowers on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com/. I love making grunge flowers and have done a lot of them. This time I wanted to try Tim's Tissue Tape on them. I inked them with alcohol inks, you can still see the wording through using them. I had ordered Wendy's Art Parts and just got them in the mail, so of course had to play with them. I used the Tissue Tape on the frame also, love that stuff!! Wendy's Art Parts are fantastic and easy to work with, love them!! Now on to the spool!!

Have a good one!
Donna

SSSS...Show your Layers

2010-09-03T07:44:00.007-05:00

Here's my entry for SSSS http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com the challenge this week is Simon Says Stamp and Show Your Layers. I had planned on doing something totally different but had just watched Suze Weinbergs video on layering bees wax over on Ranger Ink that stuck in my head! I've been wanting to try working with bees wax and have had it for awhile. I've also have had this flower that I had made with Ten Seconds Studio metal and never found the right project to use it on. I used one of Tim's Lost & Found papers which I have to admit wasn't one of my favorites and thought I would probably never use it, HA!! I toned it down a little by stamping flourishes on it. It has 3 layers of bees wax on it, the frame has 2 layers of bees wax and perfect pearls. I stamped & cut out the butterflies & leaves out of Ten Seconds Studio metal, put them through one of Tim's embossing folders and sprayed a little Maya Road Mists on them. Oh, and did I mention the nasty blister my finger got from cleaning out the melting pot, I was even being careful!!

Thanks again for all the nice comments, and taking a look at my blog!
Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend and be safe!

Have a good one!

Donna

CCC#12

2010-08-30T11:25:00.005-05:00

Here is my entry to CCC#12 on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com the technique for this week is Chipped Enamel. I only have 4 colors of distress embossing powder, black, vintage photo, green & red, so that kinda dictated the theme of my entry. Very fun technique and I need to get more embossing powders to try different colors! I did do the technique on the photo corners to but it doesn't show up real well in the picture. After I got it photographed I noticed I didn't put the ribbon in the hole, will have to add that later! lol

Yesterday, Donna Downey posted about the unibind on FB, I have one of those so went to her blog to check it out. Loved what she had done with the album. So of course had to go find mine, I had totally forgotten about it and had tucked it away so really had to search for it!! I only had black albums so figured I would play with one of the little ones first. I painted it white then proceeded to emboss on it with utee, all went well until I blasted the utee with the heat gun the paint underneath started bubbling! But went ahead and finished it and added the of green wash over it, here's a pic...

For the big album I skipped the white paint and proceeded to emboss with the utee, then did a blue wash over it. I kinda liked it the way it was before I did the wash of paint. Oh well, I will make a bunch of stuff and put inside the album and show you what I came up with when it is done. Go check out Donna D. blog and see the gorgeous one she did!

Thanks again for looking and for all your nice comments!!

Have a good one!

Donna

CCC#11

2010-08-27T20:26:00.005-05:00

Here's my entry for the CCC#11 on Linda's blog http://studiol3@blogspot.com. The technique this week is Blended Batik, this was a fun technique! I made a few etc. and will figure out how to embellish them later. Thanks for looking!!

Have a good one!
Donna

Simon Says Stamp and Show

2010-08-25T20:17:00.004-05:00

Here is my entry for the challenge on Simon Says Stamp and Show blog http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com. The challenge this week is Anything...Lord Tim of Holtz Inspired, and yes indeed he is the Lord of Inspiration!
I was just going to make a clock for my craft room (I have a tendency to loose track of time in there)!! lol Then I seen this odd shaped piece of matt board laying around in my craft room and thought hmmmm I wonder if the clock would fit on there and it fit perfectly! So I used Tim's Lost and Found paper and tissue tape and covered it then added the clock and made a little cork board spot to pin some inspiration on!

Having fun with these challenges, if you haven't already, go take a look a lot of tallented people!!
Thank you to everyone for leaving me such nice comments!!!
Have a good one!
Donna

CCC#10

2010-08-20T07:58:00.005-05:00

Here's my entry for this weeks CCC#10 on Linda L. blog. This week the technique was using Distress Stickles, love them! Hope you can see them in the photo, but that is what is nice about distress stickles they don't scream sparkle at you. I must be seeing to much Halloween stuff lately so decided I would make a Halloween wall hanging. I used one of Tim's embossing folders on it, black soot & rock candy distress stickles.

Have a good weekend everyone!!
Donna

Simon Says Stamp and Show

2010-08-18T08:49:00.007-05:00

WOW, I was chosen for the Top 3 for my entry to Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge "Things with Wings". I'm over the top excited and feel so honored to be chosen and proud to display the blinkie at right!! Thank you!! And thank you everyone for the nice comments on my blog, I appreciate them!!

The challenge for this week is Simon Says Stamp and Show Your... The Wendy Vecchi; Studio 490 Style. I just love Wendy's Style, I have had the pleasure of meeting her at CHA and watching her demo AWESOME!! I haven't been privileged to take a class from her yet, but hope to one day!! My entry for this weeks challenge I used Wendy's technique of using Adirondack Snowcap Ink first then distress ink over it that was recently posted on her blog. It gives it a more chalky look to things. Cool technique!! I wish I wouldn't have added the glossy accents to the saying, but it needed something so tryed it, live and learn!! And yep, yep, yep I'm really into the spool thing!! Again, picture was taken indoors with poor lighting! It has either been to windy here or raining! But hey, it sure beats the heat and humidity we've had here for the last month!! So everyone head over to http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ and show your stuff!!!

Hope I have made sense with this post, I have my 2 1/2 yr. old grandson Jackson here with me today so needless to say this post has started & stopped a few times!!!
Have a good one!!
Donna

Things with Wings

2010-08-15T10:32:00.006-05:00

Thanks everyone for your nice comments, you are all so kind!! Linda your challenge has been so much fun and yes I have been using a lot of old family photos for some of my projects, that was my grandmother in the last post with the frame. Love the challenge and your blog!

Now on to another challenge, over at www.simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com they are doing a challenge and this week is Things with Wings. Whew, didn't think I was going to make this one, I thought the date was further out and it is today!!! I have had an idea for awhile and got busy with it last night and finally finished this morning. WHEW!! I've been bookin, took me longer then I thought!! But here it is, I will have to tweak on it a little but my idea of the birdcage turned out pretty good, I used the drunken scotch technique on it. I've been really into the spools, hurry up retailers and get Wendy's Art Parts in!!! I had to take the picture inside today as it is so windy out so not the best!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

Donna

CCC#9

2010-08-12T10:36:00.005-05:00

Hey everyone,
The challenge on Linda's blog this week was Distress Crackle Technique.
I used antique linen distress crackle paint on the frame went over it with distress walnut ink to highlight the cracks then spayed a little glimmer mist on it. I also used clear rock candy distress crackle paint on the flowers & butterflies.

These challenges have been so much fun and inspiring to see everyone's take on the technique!

Have a good one!
Donna

Inking Grunge

2010-08-07T10:13:00.006-05:00

Hey Everyone,
I have had a busy busy couple of weeks, sure busier then I want to be that's for sure!! Fighting a cold on top of it, oh summer colds!! UGG!!
The challenge for wk#8 on Linda's blog was Inking Grunge, one of my favorites!! The header pic of my blog was done all with GB&GP. Love, love, love inking grunge!!! I took this photo last weekend at the lake of my grandson Bridger by an old boat. Love it! Decided to make a wall hanging with it and hang it in my craft room (no studio here) lol!! I didn't have much time this week, otherwise I might have come up with something other then flowers, oh well. I used Graphic 45 On the Boardwalk collection. Inked a styled label in rusty hinge and ran it through an embossing folder and inked up the flowers cut from Tim's Tattered Florals die. Have you watched the video on his blog with the rosette, on my wish list for sure!!!

We had a super fun weekend camping at the lake with Landi & family. The boys love the water!!
Here are a few pics from the weekend....

Boys on the dock...

Caidin on the trampoline...
Bridger loved the boat raft...

Actually playing together...

Boys in kayak...

Caidin back from fishing, he won a dollar for 1st fish...

Campfire...

Even Maddie got in on the fun, she loved it down by the beach!!

Fun weekend had by all!!

Everyone have a good one!

Donna

CCC#7

2010-07-29T22:46:00.004-05:00

Quick short post tonight.
Wow, didn't think I was going to make it in the challenge this week, been a crazy week!!
Managed to whip something up today. Seems like everyone is into spools since Wendy posted her Arts Parts on her blog, so thought I would give one a try. Can't wait for her Art Parts to hit the stores!! The challenge this week on Linda's blog was Tinted Vision Fragments. This was my first time doing this technique, not the best but will diffently do it again.

I'm off tomorrow morning to go to the lake camping with Landi & family. Can't wait, love watching the boys having fun in the water. And I'm looking forward to a few days of relaxation!!

Have a good one!

Donna

CCC#6

2010-07-21T06:49:00.005-05:00

Here's my submission for the CCC #6 on Linda's blog. This week we were to do a multi-medium collage, I use this technique a lot and love it!! I was in the process of cutting out a lot of the birds for a class so decided to go with that. And for the life of me I always cut off the legs & twig, I haven't done one yet where I have left them on, what's with that?? This week it is sponsored by Eclectic Paperie, they have the best service, love ordering from them!! The Compendium of Curiosities Challenge's have been so much fun and everyone is doing just an awesome job, beautiful work out there!! If you haven't checked it out yet go to http://studiol3.blogspot.com/.

Have a good one!
Donna

Lost and Found

2010-07-19T07:39:00.005-05:00

Hi Everyone,
I want to thank everyone for the nice comments on my posts, I appreciate them so much!!
I have been super busy lately, so I've been doing the pop in and run game again!! Geezzzz I don't like that!! Hoping to find some time today to post and comment on other blogs etc.

A few weeks ago I was rummaging through some stuff and came across these old pictures I had. I had planned to scrapbook them and haven't done it yet (some day)! I thought these are to cool to lay around in boxes, so tryed to think of something to do with them and enjoy them. I have done a lot of classes with these stars and thought that would be perfect!! Then thought Tim's Lost and Found paper would look awesome on it!! I have had his paper for awhile now and just have been admiring it and couldn't bring myself to cut it up, I got brave and cut it!! I think I should just wall paper the walls with it, I love that paper!! So the star has been hanging on the wall with just the Lost and Found paper on it, which that looked pretty cool to without any pictures etc. on it. I finally sat down on Sat. and finished it. The pictures of it aren't the best, lighting wasn't to good and couldn't take it outside, but it looks pretty cool in person! I really like how some areas turned out and some not, might have to do a little tweaking on it. Still need to add some fibers & ribbon to the top. But now I get to enjoy those old pictures of family members everyday! Love that!!

Tim's last distress inks and this paper match perfectly!! I used Tim's rusted grunge technique on the frames. I wasn't to sure how that would turn out as I didn't want them to look like metal and I was using chipboard, but it worked out great! And Tim's and Wendy's stamps worked out perfectly!! All of Tim's ideaology pieces etc. work out fantastic with old pictures!! And of course GB & GP, just can't get enough of that stuff!!! Have you been checking out his blog for sneak peeks? This morning he has his new Configurations, now those look cool!! Can't wait until all of his new items hit the stores, might need to take out a loan though!! lol

Have a good one!!

Donna

CCC wk#5

2010-07-18T11:18:00.006-05:00

This weeks challenge on Linda's blog was to use Distress Embossing Powder. I used Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder for the frame. When I first saw the stamp of the lady, I thought I would probably never get that one. But the more I seen it used I thought it was pretty cool. Now I have used her in a few projects and love the stamp! I've been working on a project for a few weeks now, finally sat down and finished yesterday! I will post it tomorrow.

Have a good one!!
Donna

CCC wk#4

2010-07-09T07:48:00.003-05:00

Here is my submission for wk #4 for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge over on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com
I'm working on a project which I hope to post beginning of next week. I have Landi's boys coming here for the weekend, so looking forward to having fun with them!!
Have a good one!
Donna

CCC wk#3

2010-07-02T08:58:00.004-05:00

Here's my submission for the Compendium of Curiosities challenge week#3 over on Linda's blog http://studiol3.blogspot.com . This has been so much fun! I have had Tim's book for quite awhile and have done some of the techniques, but this challenge is inspiring me to try ones that I might not have gotten around to for awhile. I used one of Tim's embossing folders on this one.

I have been doing a lot of classes at work, one the other night that my boss asked if I would do at the spur of the moment, 6 women wanted to do the class that we had done the previous week that they weren't able to attend, don't want to discourage anyone from the classes so I agreed! Talk about stress, I was flying around like a mad women trying to get things cut out and ready. The project had a lot of pieces to cut out and granted Tim's die cuts makes it easier but wow, don't think I want to do that again! I also have been doing kids classes every Tues. the class is supposed to be limited to 10-12 students but my boss is letting more students in and the classes have been averaging 15+, TO MANY!!!! She is such a softy!! Getting smart though, NO PAINTING!!! They wouldn't be quite so bad if they were all the same age, but they range in age from 5 to 13. Never thought I would say it, but I'm looking forward to the end of summer!! Speaking of summer, we have been super hot here 93 yesterday and supposed to be 95 or above today! We get such high humidity that it get's unbearable to be outside!! Guess I will just have to stay inside and play!! Yayyy!! I'm hoping to get a few projects done this weekend (my other tote for one).

Hope all of you have a wonderful 4th of July!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Tote

2010-06-27T20:36:00.012-05:00

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!! I had the day to myself yesterday so did a little playing with something new, I wanted to do one of these totes for a friend but I plan on using pictures on it. I thought I better do a practice one, so I did this one but with no pictures. Just wanted to see how it painted up etc. I really wanted to stamp on it but I was afraid I might ruin it. I started out with a plain Donna Downey tote, wow it is a lot bigger then I thought!!

I set it on a small dress form I have (hope to get that decorated some day) and started to paint, I used watered down acrylic paint and it went on really nice.

The green I used was a little brighter then I wanted...

But for a first, it didn't turn out to bad. Decorated it with Prima flowers and rhinestones.

Now to tackle the other one, hope what I plan on doing with it will work out! I would love to do one of her camera bags but it is a little spendy!!

Have a good one!!

Donna

CCC Challenge

2010-06-26T13:24:00.005-05:00

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge week #2 hosted by Linda at Studio L3 http://studiol3.blogspot.com/ the challenge was to do something with Tim Holtz Fragments.
I choose to do a layout of my grandsons playing in the pool over Memorial weekend.

Have a good one!
Donna

Tag Board

2010-06-25T07:20:00.006-05:00

Yayyy!! I got my project done!! Over on the ATT yahoo group they did a tag swap called Chaos Swap sponsored by Pam Austin, Pam & Nancy Mayer then spent countless hours in painting the canvas's, decorating the top & bottom and assembling them all together on canvas board for 32 players!! I can't imagine doing more then one! If you are a fan of Tim Holtz you should join the All Things Tim yahoo group, there is so much talent on that group, total inspiration!!

The tag board looked so awesome, I told my boss about it and she wanted to see it so I showed her and she thought it was a cool idea for a class. So I have been busy, busy, busy trying to get something similar done for an example for a class. I have slowly gotten her to carry some of Tim's products in the store but doesn't have a lot so had to improvise on some things as I can't supply everyone out of my stash of goodies!! So if I was just doing it for myself I would have used a lot more idealogy pieces etc. on it! I was on a time crunch so made a few mistakes along the way, but all in all it came out ok. We will do the class in two sessions. I had fun with it, a lot of different techniques most out of Tim's book which some I had tryed before some new to me. Loved the water stamping!! Used Tim's die cuts and embossing folders, distress ink, alcohol ink, distress stickles, distress embossing powder, smooch, utee, perfect pearls, both Tim & Wendy's stamps and what ever else I could get my hands on! Tryed the drunken scotch technique and love it, thanks Kat @http:kattoys.blogspot.com!! I absolutely love Tim's embossing folders, they emboss so deep!! Way to cool!! It looks better in person but here is a pic of my project....

Thanks for looking!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Mess

2010-06-22T08:37:00.006-05:00

I have been busy making mess's!! I hope to share with you what I have been doing with all of this stuff by the end of the week!

Have a good one everyone!!

Donna

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge

2010-06-16T11:18:00.006-05:00

Linda from Studio L3 http://studiol3.blogspot.com had this great idea to present a weekly challenge to try one of the many techniques from Tim Holtz book Compendium of Curiosities. You have to check out Linda's blog every Monday to see what we're doing. There will be random drawings for cool gifts. Gloria, the list mom from ATT will also be doing giveaways.
Here is my tag using the water stamping technique.

I really liked this technique and will have to use it more often!! Thanks Linda for doing this challenge!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Engraved Grunge Board

2010-05-19T06:48:00.011-05:00

Long time no see!! Geezzzz, May was super busy for me, family obligations etc.

Shad & family made a quick trip up here for Memorial Day Weekend from Kansas, so Landi & boys came up to. Joey had us all over to his house for a BBQ on Sat. everyone had a good time especially the kids, it was 92 degrees out and very humid so the boys had a lot of fun in the pool, it doesn't happen very often that I have all 4 grandsons in the same place so it was special, here are a few pics.....

I started this project before everyone came, finally got it done!

We do framing where I work so there is always scraps of matt board around. One day when I went into work my boss had cut out a couple 5x7 pieces and had some metal corners and a nifty little machine to put the corners on with. She asked if I could come up with something with it to do a class on, OH YEAH the wheels started turning (I think I scare her sometimes)! lol

So I put the corners on the matt board with the cool machine (can't remember the name of it) and brought the pieces home to start playing. Tim had posted a cool album on his blog which I really liked so I did the front cover kinda like that.

The inside of the cover I did this.....

Is this to cool or what, I engraved on grunge board!!! It also works on grunge paper! I wasn't sure if it was going to work but it worked just great!!! I didn't want to stamp the letters on the sign (I wouldn't have gotten them straight) and didn't want to cut letters on the cricut and I didn't have any small enough letters so the engraving worked out perfectly! Wheels are turning again on something else to make and engrave on the grunge board & paper. So excited it worked!!! I got the embossing folders just in time to try it on this piece, love them!! The album class will be June 23rd, come join me!

Have a good one!!

Donna

Eye Glass Case/Mothers Day

2010-05-11T07:48:00.012-05:00

I had a really great Mothers Day weekend with Landi & family, always so much fun at her house! Her boys are always doing something fun! On Sat. we took Bridger to Chuck E. Cheese's while Landi & Caidin helped with a garage sale. We made the mistake of asking Bridger where he wanted to have lunch, Chuck E. Cheese's he says, we tried & tried to get him to go somewhere else but he would say NO Chuck E. Cheese's! He didn't throw a fit or anything, would just smile and say it, so who can resist right!! So we went and had a lot of fun! We thought the Pizza was pretty bad but he liked it. He even got his picture taken with Chuck E. Cheese, he wouldn't look at the camera just stared at Chuck E. Cheese! So Cute!!

Sunday was finally nice enough to go outside and the boys got to jump on their trampoline, they have so much fun!

Potted flowers with the boys for mothers day gift. Bridger was so funny, he tried to put the whole container of flowers in the flower pot!

And did I mention dirt, little boys are attracted to it!!!!

Bob has been looking for a pop up camper to leave at the lake so he can have a place to stay and try get out fishing more often this summer. So Bob & Chad went to look at one and yep, it came home with them! The boys loved it, I didn't think we were going to get them to come out of it!

Fun over, had to come home and get busy and finish this eye glass case for a class I'm doing on Thurs. along with the wallet/coupon holder.

Reading glasses fit perfectly in the case. I used Studio 490 stamps to stamp the book page, grunge rose & leaves. Love Wendy's stamps!!!

Have a good one!

Donna

Tim Holtz die cut album

2010-05-06T06:43:00.006-05:00

My 6 yr. old grandson loves my new puppy Maddie. He was with us when we picked her out. He knew I had taken some pictures of him & Maddie and has been asking if I could get him some of the pictures, and I keep forgetting (bad grandma here)!! Anyway, I'm going to see him this weekend so I made up this little album with some of the pictures in it for him made with Tim Holtz die cuts. Nothing fancy, after all a 6 yr. old is going to be carrying it around so didn't get to fancy with it.

These dies are so easy to take a little chipboard and some paper and you have a cute little album. I used movers & shapers baroque with the repostionable magnetic die for the holes and movers & shapers styled lables for the matts behind the pictures. Also, used heart wings & regal crest. I did get the holes a little to far down, will have to watch that next time. Another thing, make sure you cut the chipboard & paper at the same time as if you go back and try line up the holes, it doesn't work to well, trust me!! I truly love these die cuts!! I took these pictures inside so not the best as there was no way I was going outside to take them, cold, rainy & windy day here today!!!

Have a good one!
Donna

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Cut Layouts

2010-05-03T12:39:00.009-05:00

Hope everyone had a GREAT Inter-National Scrapbook Day/weekend!! I managed to get a little scrapbooking done. Still having fun with my Tim Holtz Sizzix die cuts!!!! This layout is of all 4 of my grandson's....

I used sandable coordinations paper and Movers & Shapers die cut to matt the pictures. I also used Heart Wings, Elegant Flourishes & Hardware Findings die cuts.

The next one is of the youngest grandson's birthday party...

It is a double layout but for the life of me I can not get it to upload, so here are parts of it...

I wanted to do something different to put on the edge of the pictures so I used the Gadget Gears die cut. They were fun to do!!

Thanks again everyone for all your nice comments and visiting my blog regularly!!

Have a good one everyone!!

Donna

Wallet/Coupon Holder

2010-04-26T07:32:00.006-05:00

Happy Monday everyone! I just got back from the cities (Minneapolis/St.Paul) yesterday, it was a nice get away! Went to a frame moulding appreciation day, then shopped and ate the rest of the time. Fun to just get away!

Remember all those photos in my last post I was going to get scrapped, well a quick trip into town to get a few pieces of paper to get them done with, lead to this...

A little wallet/coupon holder. Ohhh how I love my Wendy (Studio490) stamps!!! I did this one up real quick, so will need to do another one and perfect it a little. I will be doing a class on these the middle of May. Needless to say I never got all those pictures scrapped! Will have to try find some time this week to work on them.

Thanks again everyone for all your nice comments! I appreciate them!!!!

Have a good one!

Donna

Tim Holtz on the edge die cut album

2010-04-21T13:04:00.005-05:00

I got my album binded and added lace to the top, didn't want to put colored ribbon on it to take away from the album.

Thank you all so much for the nice comments!!! I really appreciate them!!! This was a really fun album to do! And Becky don't be jealous of the toys, I have totally gone overboard lately and need to cool my britches!!!

Here are some pics of the flower pins I have been making with Tim's Tattered Florals die cut. Lots of fun!

And yes, I'm going to try get these photos scrapbooked of the boys birthdays!!!!

Thanks again everyone for the nice comments!!!
Have a good one!
Donna

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Cuts & Wendy Vecchi Stamps

2010-04-20T09:25:00.008-05:00

I have been having so much fun with my new Tim Holz die cuts and Wendy Vecchi's stamps!!
I made this album with on the edge dies, chipboard, grunge board & grunge paper. The pictures don't do it justice, it turned out really cool! Love that bird cage die cut! I still need to bind it, will post a pic when I do. I also have been making some fabric flowers and will post pics of those to!

Thanks for looking and have a good one!!

Donna

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Cuts

2010-04-14T08:28:00.006-05:00

Oh, I have been bad, bad, bad!!! I have been on a shopping spree, and there is one that wasn't in the photo, the bird cage die! Plus I have a few more on the way!! I have been having fun with these die cuts, and Wendy Vecchi's stamps!! A lot of things in the works but need some time to finish them!! grrrr!!! Not enough hours in a day for me lately!!

I did this necklace with sticky back canvas. Claudine Hellmuth had a video on her blog using sticky back canvas and paper to make a necklace. Then Ranger made her take it off her blog, managed to watch it before it was taken off and tryed my hand at it. You take your paper and lay it on the canvas and spritz with water and roll the back of the paper off, really cool!! Biggest problem I had was fighting with my sewing machine!! lol Need to perfect the technique as we are going to do a class doing them. So fun!!

I did this layout using Tim Holtz Alterations tattered florals die cut, love that die cut!!! I got so excited to put the layout together I forgot to ink the edges of everything (I always ink) must have been tired!! I also used elegant flourishes & styled labels die cuts. For the life of me I could not get a good picture of the layout, I think I pushed to many buttons on my camera that I didn't know what they were for!!!! But it was so fun doing this layout and using flowers!!! I have 4 grandsons so I'm usually scraping them and don't get a chance to use flowers etc. Maddie better look out, she's going to become a photo queen!! lol I'm really liking these die cuts!!! I have been cutting out fabric flowers to make some flower pins. Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

Off to cut more FLOWERS!! Have a good one everyone!!

Donna

Grunge Board/Grunge Paper Wall Hanging

2010-03-28T21:58:00.004-05:00

This one wins out, I'll being doing a class on this wall hanging. Thank you so much everyone for your input! I appreciated it!! This one is my favorite out of the three so it will be good to do the one I like best!

Last week was a super busy week for me, worked 6 days! Whew!! The boss was out of town and we got hit with more orders then we could handle!! Thank goodness she will be back tomorrow!!

I also have been doing a lot of make n takes and classes. Here is a pic of the class we did on Fri. night, a little folded album with grunge paper flower. Everyone really had fun making them!

We had a gorgeous day out here today, I think I had a little to much fresh air, TIRED!!

Hope everyone had a good one!

Donna

Grunge board/grunge paper wall hangings

2010-03-24T07:48:00.005-05:00

Just a quick post this morning, getting ready for work. This little part time job has been pretty much full time lately and I'm not real happy about that! Not enough time to play!! Hopefully it will get better! I made a couple more wall hangings, trying to get one down pat to do a class with, let me know which one is your favorite. I tryed Wendy's technique of stamping on the buttons on the second one, I wasn't real good at it but adds a nice little touch.

Gotta run, have a good one everyone!!

Donna

Inspired

2010-03-20T07:17:00.004-05:00

Happy Camper here....I got my stash of grunge paper replenished yesterday, along with new Tim Holtz distress inks. Ohhh, I'm really liking Rusty Hinge, Bundled Sage & Tumbled glass!! I finished this wall hanging that I had started inspired by Wendy Vecchi's book. Love all of her projects and her book is fantastic!! I'm not a purple person...not at all!! But a lady in my Grunge Paper Rose Frame class last week did her roses in Dusty Concord and they were absolutely beautiful!! So thought I would try doing a purple flower, not quite the results I wanted but it is ok, should have tryed doing the roses. I did the center of the flower with Wild Honey, I thought it would be lighter. Hello, what was I thinking I know exactly what honey looks like as my dad used to do Bee Keeping as a hobby and did the extracting etc. in the basement!! Oh well, it got a little darker then I wanted but it will do. Fun little project! I was asked what color I used on my roses in the last post and it is Broken China, one of my favorites!! Off to Landi's today to watch the boys tonight. Should be fun and I'm sure I will come home with tons of pictures!! I have to get busy and get some scrapbooking done with all of my pictures!!

Have a good one everyone!!
Donna