Card Workshop fundraiser!

I might be crazy---no comments from the peanut galleries. I volunteered to do a cardworkshop fundraiser at my church. We will do 16 cards and here are a couple of the samples. The sunflower is punched/embossed hearts and the background is not purple, but white. Comments appreciated!

Shutterfold Birthday Card for my sister Jeannie

Here is the shutterfold card I made for my sister Jeannie. She is a new Christian and active in her church, plus she has my wacky sense of humor so she will enjoy the card.

It is 5½ x 12, with score marks on the 2" and 4" increments from each end, and then cut from the first score to the last score 1½" from each outside edge. Then I cut the mats, found 3 coordinating papers for each section, cut them and printed my Christian one liners....glued all together and bent the card at the appropriate spots and added stickers.

run jump fetch

When your schedule is filled for about two months you look forward to the nights after work when you have nothing on the calendar.....well, except dishes, laundry and catching up on all that stuff. Bless the Lord, I am happy to have a job, AND laundry and dishes to do.

another 2 photos

One photos shows some of my paper and drawers for embellishments, and the dresser has a couple drawers of ribbons. This other one is one side of my double door closet, that I just cleaned. Most of the binders in the middle have unmounted stamps in them.

my art escape!

The first photo is of my "desk" with everything right at hand to create cards, scrapbook pages, and my favorite ATCs!!!

The second photo just shows the whole desk, shelves above and floor below.....crammed with stuff to create artwork with.

Hubby put spotlights in the ceiling above the desk so the lighting is perfect.

Look out she is painting!!!

I have been using some of the craft paints the people have given me, on cardstock to use for backgrounds on ATCs. What fun! Very theraputic too!

My workspace is in the basement. I have a whole room full of goodies, and a huge 'classroom' that has a big big big table which I have covered with newspaper and gone wild with the paint.

Here are photos of the set up, including how I hang my embossing gun on the wall beside the outlet, so it is easy to use! Maybe tomorrow I will upload some photos of the backgrounds and the card parts cut from them.

Sunset on the Rock River

New Grandson

Born 8/22 here are a couple photos of the new grandson, Baby Giraffe, and I love both photos.

Melted Crayon Paintings

I have gone nuts for melted crayon paintings! I turned my iron upside down and covered it with foil and propped it in a kleenex box. Then the fun began. First I took my ATC sized paper and layed on there and let the crayons melt according to the pictures in my head---like the cat tails shown here. When done, I used black perm markers to do the lines, and then embossed the edges for a framing of sorts and added embellishments.
The sunflower (CTMH) I stamped first and carefully applied the colors where I wanted them....a little trickier, but still fun fun fun!!!

The snow scene I used lt blue crayon for the sky and and white with a smudge of pink and blue for the "ice" and of course the figures are ink draw, and the snow piles are puffy paint.
The java card was embossed with the argile cuttlebug folder, then purple crayon melted on the surface, with a little silver crayon thrown in. But even then, I had to emboss silver on the edges for framing and to match the silver embossed stuff that went on the card.

Come on, get out that old iron and that old box of broken crayons and join me. It is FUN!!!!

Zentangles

I have gone crazy for zentangles! Here are some ATCs that I have done recently for my yahoo group.

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ATCs that I have recently done for swaps.

Spring has sprung-finally!

Here are some new photos. It is so nice to get out and about again.
Ahhh flowers!

Canada Geese

Here are 3 Canada Geese enjoying the shallows on the river. Some were amorous, as in the second photo.....Titled: C'mere Pretty Mama! The third is just an early spring shot of a roundhouse on the river.

Do you LIKE snow?

It is pretty, so even though I am very tired of it,
I am going to share some of my recent photos.

Back to Summer

We had a dumping of snow again last night. It is pretty. However, I am ready for warm weather again. I taught a digital photography class last night, so that makes me anxious to get out and take more photos. This photo was taken in the early fall, and this earwig (I imagine) thinks that we can't see him hiding in this lily pod skeleton. You do see him, don't you??? LOL

Bossy Cardinal

With all the snow recently we have been busy feeding the wild birds. I of course, am taking zillions of photos of them. I love this one because it looks like Mr. Cardinal is bossing around the poor little Junko.....though he might be ignoring Mr. Cardinal. The junkos out number them.

We have had up to 5 pairs of the cardinals. I have even captured a woodpecker and some starlings.

Yes, I am having fun.

Sunrise on the Rock River

A beautiful sunrise on the fridgid Rock River.

Photos of the ice storm

I didn't drive out in the ice storm on 12/04/07. I stayed home from work that day. However the next day I did make it to work with a few stops along the way to take photos. Hope you like them. Yes I took lots and lots. I took more on the way home. AND the one of the pine tree is taken from the 3rd floor breakroom window at work.