the NEKKED CLOCK

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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......

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

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

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

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

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

the tri fold card insanity HAS to stop

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!!!!

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

its all about...mountains

this is a traditional layout, with traditional products and it "kinda" reminds me of a digital layout
I am not ready to give up all the "tools/toys" and go digital.......but it all does look so so cool (this photo was taken before the great photo trick Katrina told me about

Purden Lake

this was just the beginning of great camping areas we found

PURDEN LAKE

I had fun just using my wishblade on this page. the three taps hold journaling