Oh What Fun...

Another quick post to show you my mini gift tags that I'll be teaching for my next class. I love the new Tonic punches that give a quick little punch to your projects. Lots of techniques from embossing to shrink plastic, this is another great way to play with papers and stamps. The other project is my first of twelve tags that Tim Holtz is showing on his blog. He is showing some great techniques and its a fun way to challenge yourself and see what you can do. Hope you enjoy the view.

Long Time No Blog

Yikes!!! I can't believe it's been over two months since I posted anything. I've been a little busy trying to learn all the ins and outs of my new job. So my creative time has had to take a little rest. I hate that! I've not really had the time to photograph my work but I'm hoping now that I can catch up on my posting and show some fun new projects I've been working on.

Tonight I finished some ATC cards that I'll be teaching in December. I love this format because it gives you small little snipits of techniques that you can try and move on to the next card.

The next project is a paper mache wreath that I covered with My Mind's Eyes holiday collection. added some tiny pearls and stamped some holly leaves. I love the little tree scene in the middle and I even remembered to add a ribbon to the back so I can hang it up for the holidays.

I hope you enjoy the view.

Part 2

More photos of the mini book from My Mind's Eye. By the way, if you haven't seen their new line of Christmas and Halloween papers...you must go out and and get some. If only I had enough time to design enough projects as I have papers for.

Weekend Workshop

Just finished a two day workshop with the fellows at My Mind's Eye. We made five greeting cards, a two page layout and a minibook. Although, the mini book was by no means "mini" but instead very labor intensive. The new Clothesline paper collection is very beautiful and lended to some eye catching projects. It was nice to hang out with fellow scrappers and do something fun for the weekend. I hope you enjoy these beauties.

Trick or Treat

Another tribute to Linda Albrecht. She posted similar boxes on her blog when she showed off the latest Pink Paislee papers. I had these great powder boxes that I had purchased at an estate sale and I thought they were perfect to showcase the Imaginesce halloween line of papers. I used crepe paper for his delicate collar and vintage sheet music for his festive hat. The beautiful ribbon is from May Arts and the crystal handle is from 7 Gypsies. Thanks again Linda for the inspiration. Now if only someone would fill them with candy.

Makes Me Hungry

Don't you just love to eat cupcakes? Me too... When I saw Linda Albrecht's blog and the beautiful paper cupcakes she made for Basic Grey's CHA display, I knew I just had to try my hand at making a few myself. Linda was nice enough to send me the pattern and a few hours later...this is the result. What fun I had. The sky was the limit when you add embellishments and glitter. I think they look good enough to eat.

Dora, Diego and Bob

Nice title eh??? I had a friend who requested some children's cards that focus on Dora the Explorer, Diego and Sponge Bob Square Pants. Here is what I came up with. Each card is done with my multitude of scraps. I bought some playing cards that had these great images on them and cut each out so I could make them pop off the page. I think they're adorable, hope you enjoy them.