Learning Fun Give Away

Hey y'all, just stopping by to let you know that Leah Killian's offering a special and give-away on her blog at lifeaslou.blogsome.com for Learning Wrap-ups and Learning Palette Game Discs. I use wrap-ups when I teach math skills with students of all ages and they really are unique tools to reinforcing the basic math skills. Take a look and see what you think.

March Madness

Happy March everyone. I am happy to see the snow melting and would be happier if the sun would start to peek through the clouds again. In the meantime, I'll keep crafting to try and keep my spirits up. Moxie Fab offered up another challenge to use floss in an unusual or unique way. It reminded me of my quilting days and some of the redwork patterns from old quilts. I decided to to a braiding/stitching technique that I used when I was teaching sewing classes. Got my hands on the new American Crafts papers and had to play with the hanging dress stamp as a pattern. I wish my camera and the lighting were better...maybe since my birthday is this month I can talk someone into a new gift....fingers crossed. Until then, enjoy and think warm thoughts.

Gettin' Sassy

Another day, another Moxie Challenge. This month's challenge is to create a card using Anne Taintor's famous sassy girls as inspiration. This card was so much fun to make from designing the layout, finding a sassy housewife and then fitting the perfect quote with 50's beauty. Moxie Fab has had so many entrants in this challenge and each one is just amazing. The quote says: Vegetables are a must on a diet, I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. Since I've been on a diet for over a year, it was only fitting. Can't wait to try this challenge more often.

It's Tuesday Triggers Again

Hi All, I just peeked at Moxie Fab's entries for this week's Tuesday Triggers and they are so amazing. The number of people who give it a whirl each week continues to grow and the talent is just so great. This is the one challenge I love to work on each week. It's the one challenge I make time for just to stretch my own imagination. This week's challenge was a "patchwork heart" theme. The theme reminded me of my quilting days and how I still love to make things with my hands. I played with the apron stamp and peiced the skirt and ruffles together. Adding a few stitched hearts and a stitched border...I think it is a great card to give with a personal handmade gift. Great...one more thing I need to make.

Have a great week everyone.

A Little Gold and Teal Moxie Challenge

I can't beleive that January is almost over and I'm just now posting in 2010. Happy New Year everyone. This week's Tuesday Trigger for Moxie Fab World is a beautiful picture with gold and turquoise as it's focal point. I like the patterns that are happening in the photo and took the opportunity to play with my L Letterpress machine and try it out for the first time. It's going to take a little time to get things just right...but I like the debossed images. Since I only have one color ink to use for printing, I tried to fill in the debossed areas with my prisma colors and gamsol. Using Cosmo Cricket papers and ribbon to finish off the look, I really am happy with the end result. Now I'm off to try my hand at a new challenge that Melissa Phillips has posted. Have a great week.

Two Days of Tuesday Triggers

Wow, two cards in two days....what fun it is to be feeling better and feeling creative. Today's Tuesday Trigger from Moxie Fab is a beautiful beachy scene that delights the eye and has my mind wandering to some other place than this cold wintery day. I used a combination of Cosmo Cricket and Prima papers and added a clip art image from Crafty Secrets. I love the little French "Bonjour" saying stamped at the bottom...oh to be in France right now...or any time for that matter. Enjoy your day.

Tuesday Triggers

Christmas Break has given me some much needed time to create this season. I decided to play along with Moxie Fab's Tuesday Triggers. The image uses black and white and green. I decided to play with black, white, green and dark blue to spice things up a bit. As I was organizing my papers from my piles of things that needed puttin' away, I came across Basic Grey's floral motif and did a little fussy cutting to add some interest. I like the way it turned out.