Saturday, June 30, 2012

Gill's for the Love of Pink Blog Hop

Welcome to Gill's for the Love of Pink Blog Hop! This fabulous hop is brought to you by Gill at Creations by Gill. If you stumbled upon this hop by coincidence you can start at the top with the hostess Gill. If you came from Jaimie's blog--Jaimie Lindrstrom Designs, you are in the right place! Today I am sharing with you the art of felting. I love making needle felting projects--they are very calming to me. You create pictures with...

Sometimes on a Saturday | A Season to Hoot

summer  Lately with the end of school, the craziness of summer and the business of my day job I have been spending all of my "spare" time on my crafty commitments--design team work, crafty/scrappy/odd show commitments and blog hops. It is rare that I have time to work on something just for the non-project related fun.You have been aware of my art journal work--that's for me too but it's different. With that I'm trying to chronicle my...

Friday, June 29, 2012

Project Profile | Freezer Paper Stenciling with Amanda Marks

I am inspired by my friends and fellow bloggers every day. With the advent of Pinterest, this has only become more prevalent. I try my best when crafting an inspired project to give you all the low down on where my inspiration came from as it is important for artisans to support each other and give credit for our inspiration. There are many times that I see a project and think WOW that's really cool and the project leaves me wanting to one day give...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Weekly Challenge | Celebration

 It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Celebration! This next week in the US we will be celebrating our nation's birthday I think Luvin' the USA Bongo is perfect! He looks like he could be at a parade! I made him into a shaped card by cutting around the exterior of the image and cutting a rectangle piece that fit into that shape and affixing...

leslierahye's Wedded Bliss Blog Hop | Celebrating 20 Years

Welcome to my leslierahye's Wedded Bliss Blog Hop--Celebrating 20 Years. Today is my 20th Wedding Anniversary to my friend--my soul mate. A few friends wanted to share this occasion with me so we have a small blog hop for you today! A milestone such as this brings about reflection of the past and hope for the future. I decided I wanted to share my thoughts with an art journal page. I hope you enjoy sharing a part of my life with me today! Happy...

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Wedded Bliss Blog Hop | coming tomorrow!!

Come celebrate my 20th wedding anniversary with several of my friends! ._inlinkzLinkDiv{overflow:hidden; text-align:center;}._inlinkzI{}._inlinkzA{text-align:center;}AJs Arts and DesignsSusan BrownLove Scrap Reflectleslierahye ~hostessJess B.--That'z UneekLinkDeli.co...

Monday, June 25, 2012

Independence Day ATCs with Want2Scrap & Sakura

With Flag Day and Independence Day quickly approaching, I knew I wanted to create some red-white-blue Altered Trading Cards using the Want-2-Scrap items that we were working with this month. My favorite line in the Want2Scrap products--besides the Dollar Bling--is all of the wonderful Mixed Media surfaces from Donna Salazar. For this project I focused on the Embellies products --canvas and chipboard ATC blanks.   For this project you...

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Firecrackers and sprockets with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Want2Scrap

The laser-cut cover and nest-a-bling Happy Monday! Today I am sharing with you another awesome product from Want2Scrap--Sakura Hobby Crafts is teaming up with their products this month for their projects. I saw this laser-cut chipboard album in their inventory and immediately knew I wanted to use it for Will's Firecracker 100 photos. For the last 3 years Will has participated in an annual cycling race/ride that occurs in our area....

Nicolette's Red, White & Blue Blog Hop | Day 2

Happy Sunday!! Today I am delighted to be hopping along with Nicolette and friends as we celebrate the Red-White-Blue Season in her 2Day Red, White and Blue Blog Hop! I say season as for me Red-White-Blue denotes not only the United States of America Independence Day but also Memorial Day in May, Flay Day in June and America in general. If you happened upon my blog on in the middle of the hop and would like to start at the top, Go to Nicolette's...

Gill's Another Fairy Day Blog Hop

Welcome to Another Fairy Day Blog Hop! This fabulous hop is brought to you by Gill at Creations by Gill. If you stumbled upon this hop by coincidence you can start at the top with the hostess Gill. If you came from Jearise's blog, you are in the right place! Today I am working with beautiful collage images from Altered Pages.com to make a Fairy Spellbook! Jean has a number of wonderfully illustrated New Age pages that work perfectly for...