7 Gypsies Tray

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

Guest Artist/CCC#14

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

CCC wk#5

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

Wallet/Coupon Holder

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