creations and discoveries

haven't posted for months!!!!

2011-06-26T02:53:00.001-08:00

this is a bag I made for a laptop. used my big shot....I think it turned out ok as I didn't have a pattern...

hotel riveria

2011-03-27T22:06:00.001-08:00

using one of Greener Grass Designs templates....was too fun

8x8

2011-03-23T18:40:00.000-08:00

this is a page I am doing for my gift book my bff gave me....20 pages and all I have to do is provide the pages.....too exciting.....

a littled altered

2011-03-13T07:17:00.000-08:00

I ordered this from stampn up thinking it was for altering....well it comes pretty much complete...just need to add a picture.....my heart was set for some good altering....so this is what I ended up with

the real Betty Crocker is Malagasy

2011-03-11T15:31:00.001-09:00

my first creation w/out a layout

2011-03-07T15:01:00.001-09:00

gotta do some final things yet...like journal...gonna hold off on this for a while

I just cant figure out how to post them both together.....maybe

too simple?

2011-03-06T16:09:00.000-09:00

I know there will be some of the pages that I will "tweek" before I have the book printed....I am sure (right now) that I like this one how it turned out.....

this is a great journey!!!!

the window

2011-02-23T21:06:00.000-09:00

I had a hard time deciding what to use with these pictures. Went with these colors and flowers and frills ....because I felt they were in such contrast with the subjects that they actually like eachother.....whatcha think ?

I do like digi because even when it is done I can go back and change it....no adhesive issues.

Sunday creating

2011-02-20T20:49:00.000-09:00

This layout I learned about different tools I hadn't tried before. This one only took an hour to do. I really like it. I did another page of the same pictures ....but is was an "early" attempt....and well...it just probably wont make the final cut!

gads this way seems to take forever

2011-02-18T21:15:00.000-09:00

I am not sure if it is the amount of choices out there or if I am just not very good at this mode of scrapbooking, it just takes a long long time. As I do these photos I also get held in a memory daze...that could be some of the time issue. My note book that I used in Madagascar, that I am using for journaling. I have kept in a plastic baggie and when I take it out I can still smell Madagascar..........I than God today for my sense of smell....

invasion

2011-02-08T18:13:00.000-09:00

of the abominable snow CHICKEN!!!!!!

just saying

an amazing woman

2011-02-07T23:37:00.000-09:00

this picture is so so special to me. I will be doing another page of this visit and it will have the journaling....pray for this woman and he dr. husband.....they have the skills to save many many people...but no meds or diagnostic tools.....they are trained on many machines and are ready if they can ever get them

I just realized how bit this project is

2011-02-04T22:41:00.000-09:00

I was going to make one album of Madagascar. Silly me. It will have to be volumes. Maybe one for each week. Maybe. Have to investigate if I need to have them all done at the same time so they all match, how many pages in each one.....

so here is one that I did tonight. and again I have stayed up way too long...nighty-night

I crack myself up

2011-02-04T13:29:00.000-09:00

these will be my Valentines.....well if I can get anymore made.....can you imagine the ratio of cards to bags of dove dark chocolates????? well it is staggering!!!!

CS love

2011-01-30T20:01:00.003-09:00

A big THANKS to Christina for making these kits available. these colors and theme are perfect for these pictures. I am loving your orange.... ;)

back at it

2011-01-29T20:22:00.000-09:00

I am finally getting back to my Madagascar pages.....these are still the hardest pages to process and put down on "paper" I think I am going to just scan and copy my journal and put it in the back of the book...along with all my paper "things" I brought back

as soon as I post this.....

2011-01-08T09:15:00.000-09:00

I am off to my scrapbook area!!!! but just had to brag about this.. It is from a kit I bought at Knit-Picks....and I have enough yarn to probably make two more!!!! too cool.....this one is for me.......

why I have been absent

2010-12-23T18:41:00.002-09:00

I have not posted for a really long time!! the reason is this blanket. I made it for Matthew. But the problem.....I couldn't decide which yarn.....what color.....or what pattern...

This turned out like I wanted....but it was a real time issue....started about six weeks ago.....size 7 needles.....18 skeins of superwash wool from knitpicks....... 70" long and 36" wide.....

now I am off to make a hat......

I wish for all to have a very Holy Christmas Eve and a Merry Christmas

what has taken me away from paper

2010-09-14T19:37:00.000-08:00

I have had issues with this pattern. The sweater had to go in time out a few times. But I figured it out. My first lace pattern.

more from Madagascar

2010-07-15T15:32:00.000-08:00

I am still learning and still lost at the same time......this is alot harder for me than "standard" scrapbooking...... I just cannot seem to get some of the techniques....like snapping a picture into the template and have it fit the template and then there are masks........but I just keep on keeping on......maybe they will someday take less than days to create

SU card club inspiration

2010-07-10T21:22:00.000-08:00

today was a great day....most are .....but today a bunch of friends came over for the monthly "club" meeting.... Laura inspired us......(Thanks Laura) today we played with the quilters bargello (spell?) technique.....and this is where I took it tonight..... Thanks for looking......

Wrangell tennies

2010-07-08T20:13:00.000-08:00

I had a thought....at about 3 a.m. the other morning.....and this is kinda what it was......I paper pieced these x-tra toughs....they seem to go with the "favorite thoughts" from su.....the wood grain emboss is from T Holtz...... thanks for looking.....
think they will be fun to sell at bazaars and such..........

the street children

2010-07-05T13:39:00.000-08:00

this is another page i am doing for my Madagascar book.....

I am looking for a good place to have it "Printed" what do you all use......
it will be big.....so am looking for 1. good quality 2. lowish cost....

thanks for looking

another Christina Smith Template

2010-06-28T21:03:00.001-08:00

each time I do a page I learn something new about digi stuff......
it takes a long time for each page at this point....as I am still a newbie at digi scrapbooking and this album I am doing......is making me go to my knees all over again
as I reflect on the adventure I had in Madagascar.....and the adventure I took in my faith

puppy love

2010-06-23T12:30:00.001-08:00

well here it is.....hope Christina is not embarassed at what I did with her lovely kit.
I finally had to go do some shopping and get some real digi stuff.....Christina's kits are totally fun to work with....love the elements....love the colors.....

check out "Greener Grass Designs" at Little Dreamer Designs or just scroll on designers and click on Christina's name!!!!!!

p.s. Christina....if you are wanting to come over to Wrangellville and or make some inky stuff there will be a SU party at my house on the 10th at 11 a.m........ no pressure

finally after two years

2010-06-09T17:06:00.000-08:00

I am getting started on putting together all my pictures from Madagascar. I have the whole summer of no work....this is a good time....I have decided that it will be less expensive to make a digi book than try and print off ALL the pics and THEN try to scrapbook them...
I dont think this page is finished but it is started.....

lovin this set from SU

2010-05-30T17:40:00.000-08:00

found and scraplifted this from splitcoast stampers......
I so so love this stamp set....it is so versatile......
thanks for looking.......(p.s. this is probably the only day EVER that the sun was shining this nicely and I was scrapbooking.........a time for all things...this is my time to heal.....)

finally scrapbooking again

2010-05-28T21:59:00.001-08:00

Ok I know it has been a while........long story short.....back surgery.......pre surgery...hurt too much.......post surgery.....at a month out I can sit for long enough to get a little done.....15 minutes at a time......but feel so so much better....
this lo is mostly Stampin Up.....love totally love the new paper.....that is the green on the right side.......old olive actually.......
the lo is some random shots from our trip last summer......

STEEKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-03-01T12:05:00.000-09:00

What an emotional ride...this sweater......and I have decided that steeking go against all that I have been taught as a knitter........I am so afraid that it is all going to "unknit" itself......
so.....this is a peek at the sweater that has been consuming my time the last couple of months....
it is almost ready......
the sleeves are on
knitting the "edges" or what-ever they are to cover the steeks...
then the neckline....a complete other story....
will try to keep you updated.....

got this from "Scrappn Gal Val's" blog this morning

2010-01-29T06:09:00.003-09:00

directly from Val........................................

As many of you know, I go to CHA and work a booth for Scor-Pal. It's always so much fun to reconnect with people I've met and meet new people each time. Returning and new retailers and crafters were delighted to see the new Scor-Buddy that is coming out in April.For some time cardmakers have been asking for a smaller, more portable, Scor-Pal. Roy and Diana Crick, owners of Scor-Pal, listen carefully to what their customers ask for; the mat came out when we heard from crafters who wanted a work surface compatible with their Scor-pal, a metric board came out for those on the metric system, and now the Scor-Buddy. I love that about them, that and the fact that they are two of nicest, most genuine and generous people I have ever met.A little bit of detail about the new Scor-Buddy. I've taken a picture of it atop the regular Scor-Pal and Scor-Mat for size reference.Scor-Buddy
It's 9-1/8"L x 7-3/8" W; actual score bed is 7" x 7" (6-5/8" is the last width score line)
Score lines every 1/4" across the board
1/8" scores on both the left (1" total) and right sides (7/8" total) of the board
The 4-1/4" score line (A2 card) now has an asterisk icon for easy reference
The gate fold dots (2-1/8" and 6-3/8") are still there
Half of the brochure fold (inverted triangle) is there (to complete a brochure fold just rotate the paper and score)
The right fence has been eliminated
Scor-tool snap in closure just like the big board
It will be packaged with a zipper case (not shown) for protection when traveling

more Christmas

2010-01-25T08:19:00.001-09:00

finally finished this little guy
each year I make a mini Christmas album of
Christmas day at our house
this is the first "out-of-the-square/rectangle"
book I have done for Christmas...
the Guys haven't seen it yet..... :)

spring with help from a friend or two

2010-01-17T22:02:00.000-09:00

well I had a few good comments and tips.... sometimes
all one has to do is ask for help....
so.....is it better with #2 or #1

learning more layering "stuff"

2010-01-16T19:25:00.000-09:00

trying to play with some color-digiwise and elements-digiwise
still learning and growing....
any feedback is good feedback at this point

the story of my thumb and the swans

2010-01-11T21:07:00.000-09:00

in trying to make good of the ill that comes my way sometimes - I was inspired to create this page
I haven't done much digi stuff lately as I have been in the knitting mode.
and semi in the traditional scrapping mode....well I just got there today.
decided that I need to create a bit more and in doing so hopefully
drag my ever growing tushy out of the mental muck its been in lately.
so long story short
as I look at the gross-ness of my thumb....I can remember the beauty and gracefullness of the swans

back from the land-of-NO-computer

2009-12-31T15:25:00.002-09:00

it is a weird place :) Our computer has been dead....for about a month.....now it is happy....its video card had a cracked weld! who would have thunk it?
so after I catch up on the business side of what I have been *not*doing I get to get back into the digi fun....
so

HAPPY NEW YEAR

more digi fun

2009-12-02T11:59:00.000-09:00

I have put together a few pages for a mini book from last years Christmas. I always make a mini book of each Christmas Day ....so thought I would play with digi stuff this year....and I am ONLY a year behind
in this plan.....so here is last year and Bandit---I cant post any of the others as I have an agreement with the 13 yr. old in my life not to post HIS life........and
I am loving the little birds I am finding!!!!

I am on my way to get on the ferry in a couple of hours....heading to KTKN.....
Hopefully on Friday I will be getting some pain relief.....
I dont think the proceedure is going to be the funnest but the outcome should be worth it......
ta for now.....

a little birdie told me to

2009-11-27T22:26:00.000-09:00

well right now my computer desk chair is the most comfortable....
so I am playing with the digi stuff.....
found this little bird. he was so cute I had to have him..
then I had to figure out what to do with him.
so here is what I have.....gonna think on the colors a bit...I am having so much fun trying ALL of the toys at once.....havent got the hang of masks but this one is using an overlay!!!!!

what do you do on vicadin?

2009-11-24T22:54:00.000-09:00

actually.....I wasn't doing any pain meds when I took it apart...
this vaccum was plugged and there was no other way to get to the one
small part where it was at......so..............I took it all apart.....then.....a man suggested that I
should have used an air compressor instead.....like where was he BEFORE I tore into this....
but after taking two days to think about it and to unplug it and being on vicadin I put it back together....
(after baking two apple/pumpkin pies..... which are great by the way) and every part works.....and there were NO extra parts......so......I quickly used my new found digi skills and put two pics on one page and blogged them.........
well.....gotta go........ take another pill and hope something happens...so far they are not touching the pain......but Kim, bless his soul is worried I could become addicted to them.......like what part is addicting....I am hoping for ANY type of side effect......like less pain.....sleep.......a buzzzzzz..... so far.....I feel ripped off.......zippo on the side effects or main effects or whatever......I could be a part of a study...and these are just sugar pills........I will ask for chocolate ones next time.........
hmmmmmmmmmmmm after re-reading this.....there might be a bit of odd going on with me....
but....I dont think it has anything to do with the pain meds tee hee

this is Christmas Card lane

2009-11-21T17:15:00.000-09:00

well....here they are.....all 70+ of them..wonder if that is all I am going to do or not.
cards for family and for Kim's business
while I was finishing up the family ones....loaded with glitter I might add....
Kim mentioned that it might just be Christina's fault that I had glitter
all over my face and the crib board and his face and .......
tee-hee..........

now I will let it rest

2009-11-21T11:13:00.000-09:00

it is so easy to "un-glue" digi stuff....once one has figured it out
and the leftovers from the "set" are not taking up much space...and I
can use the originals......as many times as I want.......another digi hmmmmm moment!

Ok....this is fun

2009-11-20T21:25:00.000-09:00

even if it is not messy!
I dont even know if I like this page...but this is how
it looks as I close it for tonight....
this one is totally from "scratch"...all Jessica Sprague items
but I figured out how to "cut and paste" digitally
I do know for sure I am going to move the top three flowers....
they WERE supposed to be up higher.......hmmmmmmmm and the sub title...
it keeps hiding :)

ta-da!!!! my first digi

2009-11-17T22:17:00.000-09:00

well it is kinda pre done but I did have to figure out a few things...
thanks to Christina for sending me to Jessica Sprague....
I have had photo shop elements all along......used it to crop and fix photos
now....well now I am learning what I do have....
think I will stick to traditional scrapping......
this is too clean....
no mess to clean up
no stains anywhere
hmmmmmmm

another from summer trip

2009-10-31T10:03:00.000-08:00

I have been so into knitting and cards and boxes that I
have not been doing my main love....so here are a couple of
pages I have finally finished. really sorta on a new road on these....
first...a two page layout with the main colors being different...but patterns the same
I like the digi of elements overlapping on eachother...so tried that on the second page....
thanks for looking......

a dorkus blogging.....

2009-10-29T08:15:00.001-08:00

is dorkus even a word? well today it is in my world
first I have to say.....I love this picture....calm, neutral colors
this is my first "prayer shawl".....I have to make it end as this has
been such a wonderful project to do...and it is getting to

be the worlds longest prayer shaw

..while praying for the person who will
be getting it....to use while they are praying......
I dont usually "stage" photos....but I am glad I did this one.....
thanks for putting up with my meanderings....of the mind....

work in progress

2009-10-28T19:39:00.000-08:00

I have figured out a 4"x4" magic box....
got this far.........
see ya all on Friday

another magic box

2009-10-21T15:25:00.000-08:00

a little blingy!
but I had fun.....
what will this be when it grows up.....
possibly a prize at the class.....hmmmmm

the inside of my ocean

2009-10-21T15:24:00.000-08:00

now its finished

2009-10-18T13:44:00.000-08:00

I added a few more butterflies today.....
I am of course working on another......
with plans for another........
have a great day

update on the inside

2009-10-18T13:43:00.001-08:00

this is the box that we will be doing for the class down at Memories-n-More

October 30, 2009

6:30 p.m.

class cost......... $10.00

have any questions call Deb at 874-2285

my new addiction.....

2009-10-17T23:09:00.004-08:00

this is called a mini butterfly box
this is where I copied it from
www.magic-boxes.com
Thanks Katrina for sending this link to me
had to make one before anything else could happen.....
it is so so cool......
I have made boxes like this in the past but they lacked something.....
I know now what that was......
I am thinking that this will be the class for the 30th......
as soon as I turn the directions into standard measurements :)

this is the mini butterfly box open

2009-10-17T23:05:00.001-08:00

I will add a bit more later but .......gosh I am sleepy......

I have to quit checking my email right before I head to bed.....

I have been inspired!!!

2009-10-14T21:15:00.000-08:00

this is with a flash ...but I wanted to take the picture TONIGHT
and I wanted the SHIMMER to show.......
I am not sure if it will ever grow up to be
anything....but it was a fun place to go today when I got out of my box.
tfl

The Girls and the annual glamour shot

2009-10-14T12:59:00.000-08:00

THINK PINK!!!!!
Just thought this blog would be a good way for me to do my part and pass on the message....
Yes, today the "girls" went in for their annual glamour shot.
and I would encourage all my friends...and even those who dont think they are my friends
to go in for theirs
so...........October is ......MAMMO MONTH!!!!
GO......NOW!!!!!
If you are in Wrangell, call Ann....
(she even has gifties)

autumn at Nettie's

2009-10-14T08:18:00.000-08:00

the color that Katrina posted yesterday reminded me of the vibrant color that this tree turns each fall.
this Japanese Maple has special meaning for us. It was given to Matthew on his first birthday. And planted on that day. It does do a funny "sneeze" each fall. One day we look out and it is totally vibrant and then the next morning .....it is nekked..........Thanks for posting the great silk Kat......I almost missed a photo of this years "post sneeze"

yellowstone pics......

2009-10-13T18:49:00.001-08:00

this was a fun place.....and part of the fun was watching Kim relax and enjoy himself

yellow roses

2009-10-13T07:46:00.000-08:00

these are some samples of cards for a project I am
doing for a friend. If you cant guess yellow roses are the
theme. So if my traveling friend is checking the "net" while
she is out and about....these are for you.......
ta.....tfl

wiper card challange

2009-10-12T18:20:00.000-08:00

this is just using up some leftovers....and practicing new techniques...
it is for a challange from a group I am in....
thanks for looking

bison are tough....to scrapbook

2009-10-12T10:27:00.000-08:00

while we were totally impressed with the bison at Yellowstone...
and I love this picture that Kim took.......what does one do with a bison?
so once again I took an idea from a digi page......and advise from Loretta-in quilting if you dont like the fabric it just isn't cut small enough- I had paper from last months Making Memories Kit that I couldn't figure out what to do with it....so I cut .......and an idea from Christina----butterflies can go ANYWHERE!!! and....from Katrina----homemade glimmermist....used that on the title....and from Roxanna.......to get out of my box once in a while :)
THANKS everyone for being in my life......

Stampin Up with Laura

2009-10-12T10:20:00.000-08:00

Roxanna, Here are the cards we did........
Saturday was such fun....we did a little halloween card and
a wonderful fall card. While the Halloween card is not my fav....I learned a couple
new ideas/techniques. The fall card.....I fell in love with .We even used the new shimmer paints......I so am getting into the shimmer/glitter thing........also I keep having close encounters with orange
this year and loving every encounter. I so enjoy learning new things and expanding and jumping out of my box!!!

thanks for looking....

Thanksgiving cards and scor pal

2009-10-08T15:00:00.002-08:00

I have been having fun with folding-bending-creasing-scoring-punching-distressing
PAPER
these are thanksgiving cards to sell at the bazaar

I am into orange.....right now anyway

plumbing and scrapbooking?

2009-10-07T10:31:00.000-08:00

how do you ask are these two items related?
well......this is the story......
My husband is out moose hunting
the drain became clogged and sprung a leak at the same time
(only at my house)
so I had to fix it.
so I fixed it....but dear hubby didn't have sand paper
that is needed after one cuts a pipe...
I didn't want to go to town just for sandpaper so I went into my scrapbooking "room"
cause I knew it would be there!!!
the sandpaper is next to the paper towel under the sink....
paper towel is the leak test....

and the white theme you see in this room.............
well it is that way throughout my house.....
kinda a daycare proof color

well gotta go clean up the room and me and get ready for daycare.....ta!

and my deep thought for the day

Who would ever wake up thinking.......
"I want to be a plumber when I grow up!"

I am tooting Christina's horn.....

2009-10-07T08:02:00.004-08:00

I was just "blog crawlin" (thanks for this Loretta- I shall never go to bed on time again) and decided to check out this digi site. And to my surprise our very own....and she really is ours.........Christina has a page ......featured right on their home page..... We shall all be able to say..."We knew her when......

God did close a wee small door for Christina but wow!!! what fantastic-huge-unbelievable doors he has for her now!!!

Keeping you in my prayers Christina as you enter into this new adventure

Christina's page is the middle one......of the three.....
http://littledreamerdesigns.typepad.com/little_dreamer_designs/2009/10/fall-and-halloween-layoutsand-how-to-win-free-product.html

another digi inspired

2009-10-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

well......the coolest thing about this page you can barely see. I used the scor-pal and made frames around all the pictures. The font cut by wishblade create and cut. the "document" is just facts and details about Old Faithful. Also the record of the first pioneers who "found" old faithful.
the laundry list tag.......has some facts about how the early pioneers used old faithful as a laundry...... oh I had a very theraputic time "de-stressing" the "document"
thanks for looking.....
I have abusy morning but as soon as all my responsibilities are taken care of I am into
NATIONAL CARD DAY!!!!!!
and
http://happystamping.blogspot.com/2009/10/news.html
check out this great news!!!!
go to Christina's Happy Stamping blog.......
she is so incredibly talented........

took out my brain........

2009-10-01T15:33:00.000-08:00

and my Big Shot.......and some inks......and some scrap paper and
PLAYED!!!!!
this is what happens when one blog crawls too much....
learning how to do embossing with a frame....
embossing with packing foam........
and just all around having fun for no reason at all!!!

card and envelope I made....

2009-09-29T21:05:00.001-08:00

this card is from this months Memory Works Express Kit. It even has glitter....

inside and out. I used the score tape and glitter and burnished it.

not only am I doing glitter but I am experimenting with it!!!

the card I made with the scor-pal ...it is for thicker cards and super easy.....

the card I used......well everything by the time I got done...

this is the inside of the card

2009-09-29T21:04:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my ENABLER FRIEND

2009-09-29T10:20:00.000-08:00

Roxanna and I were sitting around "creating" with paper last night ......
and out of the blue she said......"if you went 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 with the main box couldn't you put four of
these in here....?" with my Scor-pal......I am totally into boxes.....
so ....the answer is "YES!" and how cool is this?

here are the details

2009-09-29T10:17:00.000-08:00

I ran out of things to alter so......

2009-09-29T07:27:00.000-08:00

I went to EBay.......and for $13.00 I got this....it covers a newspaper.....it needs some serious sorting.......and I am already seriously already inspired ......gotta get the pliers and metal cutters out and have fun for the first part of the altering .......just had to share......some of this was NEVER pretty but it could be now........maybe

I created today after all!

2009-09-28T14:48:00.000-08:00

this is probably the first Halloween type card I
have ever come up with on my own.
I am trying to embrace new ideas.....
.....without conflicting with my beliefs
While I am trying to embrace the Fall/Halloween season...
(which I have not been able to do comfortably in the past)
...I am finding I can do that without embracing Halloween as a holiday.
Did that make any sence at all?

and if it did

welcome to my world

tee hee

this is the inside

2009-09-28T14:43:00.000-08:00

macro inspired

2009-09-28T09:16:00.000-08:00

I haven't "created" but I do have a bunch of Shroom pics....
my entire yard has a plethora of shrooms. its a major fungas attack!
I love watching these guys "unfold".

ta for now....

remember the PARTY
following
Card making day this Saturday!
bring your cards to the SU party on the 10th
that you made on the 3rd. THERE WILL BE A PRIZE.....
for every card entered.....your name will go into a drawing for a prize....
the prize could even involve chocolate......
snail mail invitations going out .....
but if you dont get one and you have read this.....
you are not only invited but you if you come you will be in another drawing.....
ok...ok! I did say Ta for now.........so ....TA!

another digi turned traditional

2009-09-25T09:38:00.000-08:00

this page was totally inspired by Christina Smiths digi page she did called "Exploring Alaska"
well the first page was and the secon just followed....remember I used the word "inspired"
Fun creative weekend on its way
tonight......mini stationary box class at Memories-n-More
tomorrow......Stampn-Up card club with Christina

coming up.....
October 10th. "Celebrating National Card Day Nettie's Way"
October 3rd is the day.....October 10th is the party.
bring the cards you create on the 3rd to the party at my house on the 10th
and you will be entered into a prize drawing for each card that you bring.
This will be a Stampn-Up party with Laura Johnson.
There is a new seasonal mini cat. out and Laura will be
showing us some cool stuff!
More information to follow

tourist alert!

2009-09-23T18:40:00.000-08:00

this is just me with a "digi" heist.
why?..... I dont know but while I really
really like some of the digital stuff out there
I just so love the traditional hands-on-big-mess-way.
I can remember where I "found" found this one and there would be such
a learning curve involved :)

the third in a series

2009-09-20T17:24:00.000-08:00

last year sometime Christina did a demo of this cool collage
this is my third one....
this time I didn't put in all the squares
just used the scor-pal and some ink to hint at some squares...
ok.....I am off to eat and then go watch a movie about....
FOOD......Julie and Julia ta for now

another card......and some cool paper

2009-09-20T17:22:00.000-08:00

the paper is SU and I once again embossed some of that
packaging material.....and then sewed it.....

next page....the ENTIRE PICTURE

2009-09-20T08:51:00.000-08:00

I am not sure if showing the "creating"area is a good thing.....but I decided to not crop this and show some more of my "creative" space!!!!!!
I used some of the papers from my Memory Works Expressive kit. the inset pic of the sign kinda evolved.....I ran a piece of (that-impossible-to-get-into-)packaging that everything seems to come in through my big shot and an embossing folder called twigs....then I wrapped it around the matted picture.
used up some OLD basic grey rubons......right now that great orange is my fav color........

so this is the WHOLE picture and the product of the clues

2009-09-19T19:18:00.001-08:00

this is just one of the boxes I have made that I am going to demonstrate on Friday
we will be calling it a class..... :)
I got inspired from the SU idea book.......on page......well
right now I dont know which page but it is the one with the hostess paper set in the front....
(this picture does NOT show SU things)
it is way way easy..... cool little gift, bazaar idea.......
see you ALL on Friday ......

Clue # way too much

2009-09-18T08:28:00.000-08:00

of a clue that is?
this is a bit of one of the samples I have made

the final clock

2009-09-17T08:20:00.000-08:00

this is the final product!
We camped twice at Camp Island this year and
I got to do some micro beach combing
My grandma used to do art with "beach-treasures"
this was my first attempt....except when I was a kiddo and created
with Gramma. She was way ahead of the times...doing altered art before altered art was cool.
Thanks Gramma!!!!!!

tip # 9ish
it has a clear cover.....
that YOU will make out of recycled materials.....

its here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-16T14:47:00.000-08:00

announcement!
I will be unavailable to do anything that does NOT involve this wee patch of goodies!
two months ago I signed up for the Memory Works Express Kit! I felt there were so many new and exciting things out there in the paper art world that I needed a taste of it. I have NOT been dissappointed. Last month just has a few dribbles of things left. One paper I cannot bring myself to use yet cause it is way toooooo cool! But it goes even with this kit....so who knows.
Zoom in and check out the fibers and flowers and chipboard and papers and well all of it.
ta......for a while........

ROXANNA'S BIRTHDAY

2009-09-16T14:41:00.000-08:00

This is a little box that I made using my new Scor-pal
my Xyron design runner, SU stamps and punches and paper
it will be in Roxanna's hands tomorrow.....
of course I cant show you what is inside cause she might
be peeking :)
so

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!!!!!

latte?????

2009-09-16T10:11:00.000-08:00

hmmmmmm...........
this is the clock with just paper background.
this is the blue from Basic Grey cardstock pack called Crude.

I am still working

clue #8ish
ribbon and other fibers will be used......
bring the stash if you wish

as for the Latte's
I will bring some sort of snack to keep us alive during the hard work we will be not doing
and the rest is BYOL
(bring your own latee)

the NEKKED CLOCK

2009-09-15T21:50:00.000-08:00

First I took off the top hardware, took the clock works out.....
took off the first updated look....
then I sanded.....and sanded.....and sanded!!!!

clue # 7
there are lots and lots and lots of weee pieces of paper

if you want there to be...

and if you dont.......

there is always chocolate

the rest of the clock tomorrow

this was the clocks first makeover

2009-09-15T21:46:00.000-08:00

when this line first came out I so totally loved it!!!!
well that was then and this is five years later 4-sure!

love this clock

2009-09-15T10:55:00.000-08:00

well only sorta loved this clock.
it was a gift.......
a neato collectable from the Bradford Exchange
well.........it screamed ALTER ME!!!!
so I did ....a few years ago...
the papers I used...
well......I got bored looking at them
they were so....so......YESTERDAY!
(like that has ever bothered me bofore)
so....now I have completly taken it apart this time.
(last time I made it so that it could revert back to the
great collectable it was...)
it is now............................BALD
stay tuned for progress details....
this one could take a while

clue # 6ish
it has inserts

another one!

2009-09-14T17:41:00.000-08:00

I just had fun with this one.....it is a brighter orange.....just me and the camera and no patience to get the right light.......

clue # 6
(right after Clue # i-forgot)

you will be able to use ANY technique (s) that are your favs
(right after you follow my directions)

FINALLY!

2009-09-14T15:54:00.000-08:00

I have been trying this card for a while with out
much success. Today I did it in this
neato blue and I love it!
nothing fancy....versamark, inks, chalks,ribbon, stamps,
and using the mat tools from SU to make a circle with the paper punch
..... ta-da!!!!

clue # i-forgot

the project involves using a scor-pal.......
which I will bring with me for all to try

watercolor with stamps

2009-09-12T21:43:00.000-08:00

playing with watercolors
and stamping
and perfect pearls
and whatever I could find.
except for the perfect pearls
the rest of the items are from SU

clue #4
there WILL be chocolate involved

Tim Holtz strikes again

2009-09-11T10:39:00.000-08:00

this was the first time I used one of Tim's masks....why oh why did I wait so long....
too much fun
also grunge paper with printed paper adhered to it. I used "dictionary" paper and "aged" it ...used the words so that the centers of the flowers and the leaves are part of the journaling.
alcohol inks on the back of clear letters then wrote on the T I M E to make the "headline"
lots of inking, walnut ink, and..............in the booklet are pictures that M did NOT want in the album.....
the tabs of the booklet are made of leftover pictures ....they spell out C O L D which is about M and swimming in a glacier fed lake :)

clue #3

I found the idea in one of our favorite stamp catalogs

feeble attempt

2009-09-10T07:32:00.000-08:00

sometimes I dream bigger than I can do......
so instead of trying to compete with all the grandeur of Glacier park.....I went simple. additional pictures and journaling will be on a disc with the album
I would like to be able to dye cloth like Katrina when I see things like these signs.....

clue #2
simpler to fold than last class

ok....its official......

2009-09-09T17:06:00.000-08:00

I get a bit obsessive at times!
I have to QUIT this card.....NOW!
never could find the one I liked the best.......
but now on to other things.......

like thinking of the next clue :)

back to flowers

2009-09-09T10:52:00.000-08:00

I totally scraplifted this .....got it out of an old...like by three years.....magazine....
I just got the stamps from Christina.....I have been doodling alot since then...
So what if the magazine is old and the stamps are retired.........
I JUST GOT INTO FLOWERS......

and for those who are thinking about doing the September class....
On the 25th at Memories and More........
well I will be DROPPING clues
throughout the month.....

clue # 1 it involves a box.....
(you don't have to get into it or out of it)

Nature

2009-09-09T10:47:00.000-08:00

the journaling for this one is behind the big photo.
I used the butterflies as hinges, I put a strip of plastic behind each one so they will not tear. For an instant sort of fix it thought it seems to be working really good..... I am trying to NOT use the new butterfly punch on EVERYTHING....but it is the one from SU and it is cool! I punched out butterflies from the SU medallion stamp.....and the green butterfly is actually punched in the base paper and then I embossed some thin plastic and put it under the base and then put some of the green paper under that!!! In real life it has alot of depth.

critter pictures

2009-09-02T10:04:00.000-08:00

we also got into all the wild critters......the coolest at this point of the trip and maybe for me of all times was watching a momma squirrel move her babies to a new home....not the best of pictures as I zoomed up instead of getting closer.....but it was so so incredible to watch

I so loved the wildflowers

2009-09-02T10:01:00.000-08:00

this page just sort of evolved
and
I like it!!!!

the tri fold card insanity HAS to stop

2009-09-01T20:22:00.000-08:00

these cards are so fun that I think there should be a support group....and girls....and you know who you are.......are the best sort of support!!!! tee hee............. I am off to try to make another type of project!!!!

2009-09-01T20:20:00.000-08:00

2009-09-01T20:19:00.002-08:00

I didn't crop this one on purpose.....My DH and sweet beagle Bandit are in the background.....

I sent this card to a kiddo in my daycare who just got a puppy

2009-09-01T20:19:00.001-08:00