Archive for May, 2007:
I’m in Gulfport, Mississippi
Yes, I’m on vacation. I’m visiting my sister. My mom drove in from Atlanta. Tomorrow morning is garage sale day. My sister, Cathie, and I got the inspiration to garage sale early tomorrow morning from Shabby Chic Junk (link on the side bar). I’m hoping to come across some goodies for my making my cards, or other altered art. We come from a long line of garage salers. My grandmother lived at those sales, and ohhhhh the bargains she would find. Hunting for that special item is fun, isn’t it?! I love old scrabble tiles, postcards and black and white photos. Leave me a comment. Tell me your stories of treasure hunting and what you like to shop for.
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Don’t you think this card has “girly girl” written all over it? The three little images were mailed to me to use in a virtual swap, over at the Stamp Shack (link listed on the side bar). When I pulled out my Bella images, I knew right away that this shopping Bella would go hand-in-hand with these images. Matching paper from ColorBok added such a nice element to the stamped images. My daughter wanted to have this card to mail off to a friend, but I couldn’t bare to part with it. Instead, I will make her several more so she can share them with her frien
ds.
In my second
card I used just
the virtual swap
images. Who
doesn’t love all
this pink?
Spotlight Technique
Don’t we all feel like our “hobby” is taking over our lives when it comes time for self control? One of my favourite blogs is run by Julie at Paper Trufflez. Yes, it is a decadent site indeed. Sneak over to Julie’s site for money saving tips.
Zoo Stick Animals
My sister is a paediatrician and last August she mailed me her lab coat so I could paint on it for her. Well, it never got done, and since I’m going to visit her on Wednesday, I thought I had
better do it. I’m not sure if she reads my blog, so I’m
posting it in the hopes that I can surprise her. She designed
the lion on the left, and I did the rest with the help of the
internet. Painting on material is the hardest thing I have done. Hope she likes it.
I’m so excited about my trip. She lives in Mississippi so the weather will be warm. It will be a busy time because she have five children under 13 and the four oldest are boys who spend most of their spare time on the all star baseball and soccer fields, as well as local sports teams. My oldest nephew is in a musical and I’m so excited about seeing him.
My mom, my sister and her two children will be visiting for a brief period while I’m there. They are travelling from Atlanta. I feel so blessed to be able to see my family a couple of times a year. When I lived on Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, I would go years and years without seeing them.
Family is very important to me, and I have my mother to thank because she instilled that in me and my sisters.
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Flanders Fields
I love to paint, and began painting about 20 years ago while I lived on Prince Edward Island. My dad and grandmother were painters. My sister, Debbie, recently took up oil painting. Two years ago we exchanged “paintings” and this painting is similar to the one I did for her. I did orange and black poppies for Debbie, and accented with terracotta. Under the poem entitled, “Flanders Fields” the word “poppy” is spelled out with scrabble tiles. I love looking for old scrabble sets at thrift stores. At the bottom of the stem is a poppy stamp I had from my childhood stamp collection. I hate to throw out my stamp book because it is full of useful stamps for my art. Anyone who knows me, knows I’m always digging around at flea markets and a local junk dealer.
Photo Transfer: The poem, “Flanders Fields” was a transfer from a poem I downloaded from the computer. I reversed the image and then painted 8 coats of Golden’s Light Molding Paste and let it dry for 24 hours before I turned the image over and gently rubbed off the paper backing with water on my finger. It is such an easy way to transfer images to apply onto your art.
National Scrapbooking Weekend
How unique to scrapbooking in something other than a scrapbook. Yup, that’s just what we did at my local scrapbook store. We made a scrapbook in a tin. It was a fabulous project. Filling it with some of my favourite photos was even more fun.
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