Once again I am cutting it close to a deadline, but I finished my banners for a swap I signed up for over a month ago. See, a while back I joined a Yahoo Group called "Everything Wendy Vecchi". I haven't ever joined a group like this or participated in one of their swaps.....but I decided to be brave & jump right in. I made six of these have them ready to mail out tomorrow! I can't wait to see the ones that I will get back!
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Hi...Hope you are enjoying your weekend...they sure go by so fast! Today I am sharing another project I made at my friend Yuki's "Mini Retreat". The paper is by The Angel Co. and again I was a rebel and had to be different! My friend Barbara gave me the idea of making the rick rack flowers, because I had rick rack in the perfect color. To make these start with a circle the size you want the flower to be, then use a low temp glue gun to gather the rick rack round the circle. Then I added the button in the center. These were the first rick rack flowers I ever made in my whole life! 
I love how bright & cheerful this is! I hope like it too! 
Hey there ...did ya miss me? Cuz I have missed hearing from yall!! I don't want to bore ya with how busy I have been, so I am gonna skip over all that and tell ya about the "Mini Retreat" that my friend Yuki hosted. It was my first time to attend I had a great time! There were about 40 or so ladies, many from out of town. It was held in a large reception room in a local church. There were 25 projects to complete at your own pace. This Flower card was one of the projects...but I had to be a rebel....and embellish it in my own way....so my finished card was totally different than the sample card. I will post another one of the projects very soon...I promise! 
My very talented friend Barbara has just stared her very own blog, and I really really Love the altered book she has just posted! You gotta go check it out! Just click this link ->Bravo Bling and go send her some love!!
Yall keep a smile on your face :)
Gardenia's have always been one of my most favorite flowers. I am pleased at how this Paper Gardenia came out! Gardenia's are used a lot for weddings...and I love how they smell... I am going to try to find some way to make this paper Gardenia smell like the real thing! I think I have seen the scented oil, if I can just figure out how to get it in the flower without discoloring it! Any suggestions??? 
I think this will be a great wedding card, and the clolors of the accent flowers could be changed to the colors of the wedding. It would also make a great Mother's day card!
Hope to hear what you think...and I hope my sunflower make you smile!
Spring is here and we have so may wildflowers this year...It is so nice to see them everywhere you look! I hope you all are getting ready for a nice Easter weekend. I know I am looking forward to 3 days off from work. I have lots of new goodies to play with...so I should have some new projects to show you soon. So many things ....I don't know where to start! I am working on 30 card fronts for a swap at the end of April....Flower Class samples & kits....Design team challenge, and the list goes on..... Oh well...one thing at a time!
I have a new favorite artist Wendy Vecchi....have you heard of her? Well I recently got her new book, and she is featured in the new issue of "the Stampers Sampler" magazine. She has a fabulous blog too....Studio490art.blogspot.com. I love the look of her work...it has that distressed Tim Holtz look...but with a more feminine touch...and she makes flowers!!! She has her own line of stamps...but I don't have any of them ....Yet! So in my playing with what I do have....this was my first attempt to copy her style!
This is one of the first pieces in a very long time that has made me feel like I made real Art! I am a member of the San Antonio Calligraphy Guild (which is so much more than just calligraphy) and in our "mini class" for March we made these mosaic collages. 
Hope you are making some art!!! 
Hello everyone! Today I am sharing an Altered Book that I have been working on for a while....it is still a work in progress....I want to add some ribbons & embellishments here & there to some of the pages. The book it's self is simply a hard bound book I found on clearance for .25 cents. I have been looking and you can find books at Goodwill, and thrift stores for $1.00 and under. I sectiond the pages into 8 groups....here are some of the pages I created in the book. 
I didn't have time to crop all the photos so please forgive me!
I used several pattered papers....to many to name them all....lots of mis matched patterns...but they somehow coordinate.
I used vintage images that I have collected from various sites and blogs. 
I have gotten hooked on making these altered books...I have ideas for for making a bunch more of these....the only problem is time!!!! Latlety my head is spinning with ideas....then I get frustrated and overwhelmed because I have no time to sit and create.
I got the inspiration to make these organza flowers from a couple of other blogs that showed tutorials. Here is one tutorial and here is another. See...blog surfing can be productive! Their flowers are beautiful so be sure to check them out.
I am loving making these fun little rosettes! They are so simple and quick...I promise! Here is a link to a tutorial I found to show you how. I had seen these, but had never made one until the I took "Totally Tim" class (where we learn all these cool Tim Holtz techniques) now I am addicted! These can be made with any size circle or scalloped circle...depending on how large you want your rosette to be.
Too many fun things to make.....never enough time!
Hello everyone....I hope your week is less hectic than mine! It snuck up on me that this month is almost gone...so I rushed to get the sample for my next flower class done...and here it is! This sweet little frame is what you can make March 11th class at Scrapbook Cottage... if you are here in San Antonio,TX. The little guy in the picture is my son....wasn't he cute??? Well he still is... but he is 12 years old now....my how time flies! 
For details on how I made these cards see the Heartfelt Creations Blog
Can you believe Valentines Day is almost here? I made this to give away as a door prize at my class tonight. (I made the rose from coffee filters) I had so many Valentine projects I wanted to make, but it looks like I have ran out of time....so it goes I guess.
I hope you all have a wonder full Valentines Weekend!
Here is the part 2 of the Totally Tim class.... I finally finished this tag last night. The tag is covered in a thin sheet to metal (a little heaver than foil) ...so this was very hard to photograph because the light reflects off the metal. We used alcohol inks & some tools for adding texture, and I love the paper wings. This is not my usual style but I like it & I think I need to expose myself to things that are "out side of my box". 
A couple of weeks ago I attended a "Totally Tim" class with a friend. I was actually filling in for another friend who had planned on going with her, but went out of town at the last minute. I really enjoyed the class and it made me realize that for the last year I had been teaching so many classes, and haven't taken any. It kinda got me to thinking....I really need to keep "filling up" so I have something to give.....This might sound silly but I don't want to get burned out! Anyway...I am trying to branch out in creating art & try classes I might not have looked at before. This is one of the tags that we made in the class. I am signed up for the next Totally Tim class & can't wait to see what our class projects will be!
