Happy New Year

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year....2008
The concept for this card came from a card I viewed on the site called "self-addressed". I have used this layout using the calendar stamp, and then changing the year stamp to various sentinments......HappyBirthday, Good Luck, etc.

Illustration Friday......Soar

The assignment was to use any justjohanna image to create a project fitting this week's "Illustration Friday" theme: Soar. This is my entry for it, called: My Heart Soars.

Products: rose stamp: justjohanna; card stock: Bazzill; Ribbon: May Arts; chipboard: Scenic Route; glitter accents: Melissa Frances; patterned paper: Basic Grey

A "Thank You" card I created for my Secret Santa ( Hilary) that I had this year who spoiled me royally with scrapbook papers, embellishments plus a gift card for Starbucks.

Products: card stock: Bazzill; patterned paper: Elsie; ribbon: Ki Memories; buttons: Lasting Impressions; metal works: Making Memories

I've been purchasing kits from " Self-Addressed" for sometime now, which is a Card and Mini Album online store. Each month I receive a kit which has several sheets of patterned papers, card stock, stamps and embellishment to make a project. Above is a card that I made from this month kits which featured patterned paper by Chatterbox.

Products: patterned paper: Chatterbox; card stock: Bazzill; ribbon: May Arts; rhinestones: Hero; glitter accents: Melissa Frances; chipboard: chip board basics.

4 X 4 Friday...(punchinella)

Today’s challenge is Sequin Waste! Use sequin waste (punchinella) or a sequin waste stamp on your 4×4 !

THEME THURSDAY----Flourish

This week’s theme is “flourishes”! Use a “flourish” image(s) somewhere in your art! Mine is a note card.....Product: flourish stamp is my Hero Arts

Wednesday Stamper---Open Theme

On Wednesday's Stamper our theme this week is an open one, in which we can be as creative as we want, show a project we may be working on or play with any new materials we may have purchased or received over the holiday season.
Products: stamps: Artful Illusion and Paper Inspiration; card stock: Bazzill, Paper Co.; Gold Leafing pen

Family Christmas Photo's

A few Christmas photo's..... my nieces, our dinner table, granddaughter, grandsons and daughter.

4 x 4 Friday

In the spirit of Xmas the challenge is Santa Claus! Create a 4×4 using Old Saint Nick on it for this weeks 4 X 4 Challenge.
Merry Christmas to ALL!!!

Theme Thursday-- ATC with WINGS

This week’s theme on "Theme Thursday" is “ATC with wings”! Make an ATC that has wings somewhere on it!

Products: Stamps: Artful Illusions, Stamp Cabana, Stamp Happening: Colouring: Markers Marvy, Copic and Chalk; Card Stock: Bazzill

Wednesday Stampers---LIGHT

This week’s challenge is about LIGHT......... So whether the light is artificial or real let it inspire you to make something in the spirit of Christmas. My light comes from the Birth of Jesus.

Products: Stamp: Stamp Happen; Card Stock: Bazzill; Ribbon: May Arts: Colouring: chalk

Cotton Fields of Alabama

These layouts are not totally finished but I wanted to show everyone what I've been working on........
Here are two layouts the first of which shows a photo that hangs in the Adams family home showing what picking cotton was like years back. The other is a photo of me experiencing my first cotton picking experience and the fruits of my experience to show the grand kids. The next layout is a picture of the family homestead that they name the "Plezarosa", and a photo of some pecans growing on one of the many trees that still produce on the farm. I also picked some to bring back for my holiday baking this season.

4 X 4 Friday--Blue and Silver

Create a 4×4 using the colors Blue and Silver is the challenge on 4 X 4 FRIDAY. Background is stippled using a mask by Swapp.
Products: stamp: Hero Arts; card stock: Bazzill (blue papers and silver paper UNK), punch: Martha Stewart

Theme Thursday---Friends!

This week’s theme is “friends”! Use a “friends” image or the word friend somewhere in your art to take part in "Theme Thursday" challenge. I used man's faithful friend the dog on my card, as my friend :)
Products: Stamp: Provo Craft; Galloping Horse Card stock: stickers; Marvy: markers and chalk for coloring.

Wednesday Stamper's---UMBRELLAS

We use UMBRELLAS for many different reasons. The challenge this week is to show umbrellas . I chose to stamp Parasols onto an ATC card.
Products: Parasols and Rain Drops: Impression Obsession; Ink: Color Box Chalk; Markers: Marvy

Stampers' Sampler Take Ten--Winter 2008

I've been fortunate to have had 5 cards published in Stampers' Sampler Take Ten --Winter 2008 Magazine. The cards are above or can been seen on pages, 100 (Different Point of View card names: Bonne Annee, Saint Roch, Floral Dream), 44 (My Country card) and 34 ( Lemons) in the magazine.

Saturday Stampers...New Beginnings

This is the last week on Saturday Stampers, so the theme is “New Beginnings”. I chose to do a mini album and this is the cover of it, for one must remember the past to start new.

Stamp products: artful illusions

Theme Thursday - “playing cards”!

This week’s theme is “playing cards”! We are to use a playing card(s) in our art! Playing cards may be used, stamped images of playing cards, collage images of playing cards or something that resembles a playing card!
Products: Patterned paper: Design Original, Basic Grey; card stock: Bazzill; stamp: Eclectic Omnibus K-77; Rangers Ink; chalk

Wednesday Stampers-TOYS ( I want, I want, I WANT)

This weeks challenge on Wednesday's Stampers is TOYS.
Products: Basic Grey: patterned paper & cut out, Mellisa Frances: stickers; Paper ribbon, Ranger's distress ink

Design Team Members Announced for justjohanna

Johanna from justjohanna rubberstamps announced the new Design Team on her blog: Design Team. Congratulations to everyone.

Saturday Stampers----Christmas, with a twist

We must make a project to look " Christmassy using only colours and patterns. We also can’t use the word “Christmas" in this project."

Products: Patterned paper: Sweetwater; cardstock: Bazzill; ribbon: gross grain

Themed Thursday-Winter/Snow in non-traditional colors!

This week’s theme is “winter/snow in non-traditional colors”! I chose to make an 8 x 8 layout, a title and picture will be added at a later date.
Products: Patterned paper: Basic Grey; card stock: Bazzill; Stamp: Savvy (snowflake); Rain Dots: Cloud 9.

4 x 4 Friday (RED)

Friday's challenge was RED!!! One had to predominantly use the color red in one's creation!