Lake Huron Here I Come

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and relaxing Holiday....

We are off to our lake home on Lake Huron....

Wanted to share a few photos of where we will be....

All photos were taken from the lake side porch...

we are to feel some of the effects of the hurricane Isaac

here in Michigan on Saturday....

2 to 4" of rain or more...

hopefully it will miss us!

 

I'll be back mid next week with some new things...

enjoy!!

Expressing Art

This is the project I made this week at Joan's Gardens....

 

look at all the goodies that were used on this one.....

lets start with the background....

I have been into background stamps lately, but this is not a stamp, but a stencil...

yes, that's right, a stencil,

using Liquitex Molding Paste mixed with  TH Distressed Walnut In Refill....

the hardest part was letting it dry (which is pretty fast)...

then look at all those lovely dies (I will list at the end)....

the lovely lady is from Graphic 45's "A Ladies Diary"...

she was covered with Ranger's Perfect Meduim, then Utee and heated until smooth...

what fun...she is so pretty with a beautiful sheen...

My gorgeous flower was also made by me....

 

My take on the "sentiment" is my background...

it reads something like this ....

 "Art is just another way of expressing our innermost

thoughts onto concrete media"....so true!!

 

I am entering this into the Shabby Tea Room challenge "Summer Cottage"

using the colors shown, distressing element and sentiment....

 

Some of the products used are:

TWC 6 x 6 template

Marianne dies LR0236 and LR0128

Cheery Lynn Dies B117S (Flourish)

Memory Box 98341 (fern)

Spellbinders S4357 Spiral Blossom.....all these products used may be purchased at Joan's Gardens

Happy Halloween

Here is another of my cards

I made in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday

when I couldn't sleep...

I haven't done the Less Is More challenge for quite some time

so it is fun to do one once again....

the challenge is fun

it's a recipe
 3 2 1....

do 3 of something, 2 of something and 1

on my card for the "3" I stamped 3 bats I colored in with my SU black marker....

for "1" the moon was done masking a negative and using 3 colors of ink I sponged on..

and my "2" is my 2 stamped words.....

easy peasy and I like it!!

Inspire & The Little Mermaid

I was up early Sunday moring....like 4am to be exact...

sometimes I can't sleep and need something to keep me busy....

so I created cards for 4 different challenges.....

 

this card I made for the challenge at Joan's Gardens...

to use a framed lattice....

a bird.....

flowers.....

and a vertical sentiment.....

well, normally challenges don't throw me, but this one did....

in all the dies I have, not one is a lattice....

so I went thru my Cricut cartridges

 and found a lattice in the MS Elegant cake cartridge...

saved by Martha Stewart!!

but then there  was the problem of the vertical sentiment....

I had this great Asian vertical thank you sentiment....

but it was just too big for the card....

so I had to use some letter rub ons....

my tiny roses were sprayed with 2 different Tattered Angel sprays....

the birds are a MS punch and the "vine" is a Cheery Lynn die....
 

and last but not least I want to share a picture of my darling little

"great" granddaughter that is 11 months old

Miss Paislie

this darling picture was taken by my photographer daughter

and no, I AM NOT old enough to be a great granny...LOL!!

A Happy Halloween Easel

I wasn't going to post this today, but wanted to enter it in

the Simon Says Stamp and Show that ends in 6 hours...

the challenge is "no rules"....

I love how my Halloween Easel turned out....

While at Joans Gardens on Friday I purchased the Tim Holtz small easel Sizzix die....

I had no idea I would love it so much..you will see it being used alot here I'm sure!

 for my easel I used a Jeni Bowlin Halloween large Bingo card....

I covered the back with a polka dot print.....

for the front I put a MS punch mouse edge and some Halloween

paper garland along the top edge....

I used my new Graphic 45 paper for the clock image, the Happy Haunting....

and the fence along the bottom....

the clock was cut with a TH Alterations clock die....

I added a Cheery Lynn Designs spider corner edge....

the large rats are a MS punch I cut with glitter paper....

one is riding on the back of my black cat...he was cut with my Cricut....

lots of layers...lots of pop up dots!!

Washi Tape

Well, I finally fell into the craze/addiction to Washi Tape....

I got my first rolls last week and now want "more"....

it is so vibrant, so pretty, and so easy to work with....

I ordered mine from Ellen Hutson....

4 rolls to be exact.....

I am using one today from Prima...

on my, don't you just love it???

 

I did this card for a challenge at The City Crafter Challenge Blog....

Wishi Washi 2.....

I stamped my image on glossy cardstock and tried my first attempt with

my new Tim Holtz Distress Markers.....

 

Can't wait to use my other washi tapes...however, they are Christmas

Easel ~ The Real Thing

Yesterday (Friday) was the best day....

my sister and I went to a workshop at Joan's Gardens...

we made 3 of the most beautiful projects....

I am sharing one of them with you today...

an easel....

it was so fast (of course, they had the kits all cut for us...smile)

look at all those dreamy die cuts...

 

and the flower "I" made with the new Cheery Lynn Build A Flower 2 set

that Selma designed...

I won the build a flower 1 set awhile back to be on the design team

to release that set....

and I have to tell ya, the build a flower #2 set is just as gorgeous...

I think you can make over 20 different flowers with this set...wowzers!!

My Begoina was made with 23 petals,

 all distressed with TH Distress Ink "Tattered Rose"

built up layer by layer....

 

the easel was made with a TH Alterations Sizzix die "Small Easel"

the paper we used is Graphic 45 "A Ladies Diary"

the dies are Cheery Lynn Mini Flourish (B170) Corners (B165)

and Marianne Dies leaves (LR0156)

 

I have to say I came home with a bag full of new goodies I will share later this week....

including the Cheery Lynn Build A flower 2

 

I am entering this into the challenge at Catered Crop "No Stress To Distress"