A little bit of Tim Holtz-A little bit of Wendy Vecchi

Monday October 5th already! Wow, where has the time gone! Very cold here, talking of snow this week, yuk!!!! Had a pretty quiet weekend, about the only thing I did was go visit Joey's family on Sat. Joey was making salsa, Heidi says they have enough now to last at least a year! lol.. They only planted two plants and got so many nice tomatoes off of them. We played a lot with Jackson, he tryed on his halloween costume for us, he looked so cute! He is going to be a puppy and says trick or treat when he wants to! He has a new saying now when something drops or doesn't go right, ohhh man! So cute!

I did get a chance to finish this project inspired by Tim Holtz.

I also was inspired by Wendy Vecchi's blog and just had to try Wendy's technique of gluing patterned paper onto grunge paper and making the rose. My first attempt was a disaster! I had glued patterned paper on the front and back and it would not do anything!!! So went back and read how she did it and found out she didn't put it on the back, so tryed again and it worked so much better! I will have to make some more of these!! Love those roses!!!

They were so much fun to make, those two are the best!

Have a good one!
Donna

Fall Festival/Layout of Wendy V. & me

I have been busy, busy, busy! I had a garage sale Fri. & Sat. so that kept me pretty busy for a while. Glad it is over, they are a lot of work! On Sat. after the sale we went to Landi's and on Sun. we went to a fall festival, had so much fun! Of course the beautiful weather we had been having had to turn and it was cold, windy & rainy! But we had a good time, so fun watching the kids!

Here is a layout I did with a picture of Wendy V. & myself at CHA Orlando. I used the tags Wendy was demoing and gave to me, one was from CHA Anaheim & the other from CHA Orlando. Added a lot of grunge paper embellishments using Wendy's stamps. Love her stamps!!! I took a copy of the back where she signed it and made a little tag out of it.

FALL FESTIVAL

Christmas Tag & Calendar

Had a great weekend, babysat Jackson on Fri. night, then back over to Joey's for supper on Sat. night, he makes some awesome BBQ sauce! Canned salsa on Sun. and cleaned and went through stuff getting ready for a garage sale. I even managed to squeeze in some play time, made this christmas tag. So hard to believe it is right around the corner!

And here is a calendar that I started over a month ago and just finished it!  Made with grunge board, grunge paper and Wendy Vecchi's awesome stamps!  I've been loving the color combination of blue & orange lately!

Hoping to start a travel album tonight while watching Dancing with the Stars, woo hoo!  Love that show! 
Headed to Shad's next month so thought I would get a jump start on a travel album. 

Landi & family might come up this weekend, really looking forward to that!  Seems like I can only go a couple of weeks without seeing all of them!  Poor Bridger got stung by a bee on Sat. right on the nose, poor little guys eye is all swollen, I feel so bad for him!  Hope it gets better soon!
Have a good one!
Donna

Altered Art

Beautiful Mon. morning here. I'm so grateful that Shad is now home from Iraq and back with his wife & son! I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet as it was late last night when he got home, but looking forward to his phone call today!

I had a productive weekend working on some altered art projects for classes. I guess it pays to babysit grandson until 2:00 in the morning! I love fall with all it's beautiful colors and Halloween is right around the corner. How about a little Boo holiday accordian decor for the season, full of bats, spiders, witches and even a vulture, display on a mantel, end table etc. Again my photography isn't the greatest, I really do need to contact my professional photographer neighbor to take pictures of my projects!




Altered frame with grunge paper rose and a ornate frame with grunge paper rose. Learn how to make these grunge paper rose's, as Wendy would say they are addicting!
These make wonderful gifts for any occasion and Christmas is right around the corner!


If you are interested in doing any of these projects for a class, contact me for info.
Have a good one!
Donna

9/11 & Pumpkin Layout

Remembering 9/11/01 today.

Bless those affected by 9/11. And a big thank you to all the soldiers for keeping us safe EVERYDAY and bless you and your families for the sacrifices you endure so we can be safe and FREE! As a mom of a soldier I know about these all to well!

I do have good news though, I just found out yesterday that my son who has been in Iraq for the last year is on his way back to the states and should be back with his wife & son on Sun.! What a relief!!! This is his second time over there so I am so thankful he has made it through it twice! Wish I could be there for the welcome home ceremony on his base but he needs his time alone with his family, I will get to go see him in Oct. can't wait!! It is one thing to know he is safe but it doesn't become real until you see them!

I have been busy working on to many projects at one time!!! I got the Christmas Curio done and have been working on a Christmas album & Halloween album for classes. I need to concentrate on one or the other as I'm not getting either one done!

Here is a layout I did, I made the pumpkin out of grunge paper using Studio 490 stamps! They turn out so cute! Love grunge paper!

Have a good one!
Donna

09/09/09

Just had to blog on 09/09/09!
I have been working on a couple of classes, one is at the right called Christmas Curio and the other one is a Christmas album which I hope to get finished by the end of the week.

Went to Landi's over the weekend and had a great time! Always so fun to spend time with them! The boys have grown, Caidin started kindergarten yesterday! Seems like he was just 2, and here Bridger is almost 3. Wow how time flies!

I babysat Jackson all day yesterday, he is so much fun! I will be watching him again on Sat. night. I got a lot of cute pictures yesterday and ones of Landi's boys over the weekend and will post them ASAP. Seem's I have been crazy busy lately!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Have a good one!
Donna

Sneak Peek

Busy, busy, busy!!! Last week was family time, sister from CA was here, babysitting Jackson and Landi's family was here, Soooooo Nice!!!!!

Lunch with sisters....


Jackson loves shoes.....


Family Picnic in the park.....


Caidin's new puppy Remi.....


Green eyes.....


Sticker head & spaghetti face Bridger, so cute.....


Chirstmas in Sept. Yup, that is what I have been concentrating on, never to early to think of gifts to give! Here is a little peek at one of the projects I have been working on. Photo isn't the greatest, I have a professional photographer that lives behind me, I think I'm going to have to have her come over and take my pictures!!
I have been more in the gathering of supplies mode, I'm not a fan of ordering on line and having to wait until they arrive! I did hit a couple of LSS stores & Hobby Lobby yesterday and scored a few things I can use. A week to late at one of them to pick up some rock candy. Grrrr! Hope to finish the two projects I have been working on this week.


Have a good one!
Donna

Well no creative things to show today. I'm working on a couple of things but didn't have everything I needed and couldn't find it locally, so had to resort to ordering on line. Bummer!!! Won't be in until Fri. So frustrating!

Check out Tim's blog today, he has a video of using rock candy! Need to get some of that!

My sister is coming from CA today, hopefully family picnic on Sat. Can't wait to see her! Should be fun and I'm sure I will fill up my camera again! lol I'm known to my kids & grandkids as grannie flash! What can I say, can't help it!

It's going to be a beautiful day out today, so hope to spend some time outdoors. Should clean my craft room but oh well we don't get that many nice days so we need to take advantage of them when we can!

Here is a few photos of two of my grandkids from the last time they were here. They are so much fun! They all will be coming this weekend, the guys are taking Caidin fishing on Sun. Hope they get some great pictures!

Have a good one!
Donna

Book Mark

I have been a little scarce here, busy, busy! I had Landi's boys over the weekend they always keep me busy! Bridger was a little accident prone this weekend and had to take him home with a black eye and goose egg on his forehead! Wooooo he gave his grannie a scare! I was so stressed I didn't even take a picture after it was all over! Do you believe that!!! Boy I'm slipping! No actually was very worried! But he is a tough little guy and came through it better then me!!! Needless to say this time I was really glad to bring him home!!!! I did get some photos of them playing in the little pool so will post those soon, hopefully in a layout.

I got a new bind-it-all last Fri. so excited!! I have been working on a little album and hope to get it binded soon! Will post it when completed.

Here is a book mark I did for a grunge paper swap at Tim Holtz yahoo group, what fun!

Well that's it for today, hope next post will have a lot of inspiration!

Have a good one!

Donna

Chipboard Album w/grunge flowers

Here is the completed album. I will be teaching this album class in Grand Forks, ND if interested please email me.

Winner

WOW! I have had a fun, exciting, exhausting last couple of weeks! First CHA then grandsons here. Finally getting it back together I think! lol
A few have commented on the deserts in previous post, let me tell you they were huge!
There was 3 of us and we ordered the carrot cake in the lower right hand side of picture and brought it home & shared it later, it was awesome! Best carrot cake I've ever had!

Here is a few things we did/happened while the grandsons were here, cake making, frog scare, little brother bitting older brother on cheek! Ouch!! And a pic of the cute little face who did the scareing & bitting. Aren't they sweet! Love having them around! Keeps me on my toes for sure!












Got a little time last night to finish another page of the album I'm working on. Absolutely loving Studio 490 stamps by Wendy Vechhi!!!!!!


And finally the winner of some blog candy is Elaine, congratulations! Please email me with your address and I will get the blog candy out to you. Thank you to all of you for stopping by my blog and leaving comments! Keep stopping by as I will be doing more blog candy give aways.

Have a good one!

Donna