Trip Journal

This is my favorite - I made this before we left to go on our trip. I've got all my things saved, and my photos printed to go in it. I've hesitated to start on it (I want it to be perfect :D) It is next on my list of projects. Its handmade of paper, cloth, tags, paint etc.

Muslin Bag

 This bag I bought and painted. I'm not sure I like it a lot. I have a few more bags to practice on.

Thanksgiving is past ...

Thanksgiving was full of good food. Tom and I had a wonderful meal, (even though I still have no oven). You would be amazed at what you can cook in a tiny toaster oven! The only thing missing was the rest of my family and believe me - I do miss them! ALOT!

So now it's time for getting ready for Christmas! My favorite time of the year. The lights are all up on the outside of the house and in the windows. I decorated the tree on Thanksgiving day , and little by little I'm getting the rest of the decorations up and working on Christmas art projects. Here are some photos I took with my phone.

the big tree

the little tree

Mom's crow

Necessity is -

the mother of invention. It all started with an ugly cable wire strung across the wall right at eye level.

 

The idea for the design came from this post -  Art Journaling 101 - Faux Printing on Dictionary Pages

It is made so you can take it apart and change the papers on the panels.

I Won !!

I entered the

May Mixed Maniacs Challenge from Studio Tangie  

and I won the challenge! The prize is a whopping $25.00 of digital products in the Studio Tangie Shop at Scrapbookgraphics!     Here is my submission -

The requirements of the challenge and products used -
#1 Recycled Item - Cashew Tin,  #2 StudioTangie Products -AJC2011 Parcel 20, Splatter Grafitti - Pause, A Door Opens, Collage Fodder - Quotes Paint. #3 Found Object - Knob for lid and side dangles #4 Fabric - Scrap piece around knob. #5 One Word - Fly

Altered Book

My latest project. This was brought about by a FREE class at Deviant Scrap. The class is taught by Beth Rimmer.HERE This was so fun to work on!

Beach Fairy

This project was made for the "Assemblage Challenge" in this quarter's Altered Hearts E-Zine. I had seen these fairies in cages in a Somerset Studio magazine and had to try it. Special thanks to Mom for being such a "Bathing Beauty" at 2 yrs old!

Altered Animals

This digital design was done for the last ScrapArtist  challenge ( they have since closed up shop). The subject was Altered Animals, so I thought I would give Needmore some wings. The clothesline, birdhouse, bluebird. and Needmore are all extractions of photos of mine.

Other materials used came from Heaven's Gate Designs, Brandie Butcher-Isley, and Fiddlette Designs.

Witch’s Cauldron

This project’s inspiration came from the Somerset Studio magazine, Sept/Oct 2010 issue.

         I had tons of fun putting this together! I’ve had this chamber pot for years and finally found a use for it.