Altered items

I had my room organized enough to make this gift card holder out of an Altoid tin.
First try at a tin. Hope you like it!

I got an AWARD!

I was happy to find out that I got an Award...The SUNSHINE Award...from dear sweet Penny Duncan!!! Thank you soooo much!!

I am very honored to have received this award and by no other then Penny!!
Penny is one the most talented "Artist" I know. You can see her beautiful work on
her blog at http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/.
Here are the rules:

1. You must pass this award on to six (6) other bloggers/followers.
2. Link your nominees within your post.
3. Let your bloggers/followers know you are passing this award to them by leaving a comment on their blog.
4. Add a link to the blog of the person from whom you received this award.

So...here are the blogs I selected:

Diann-http://diannsartspot.blogspot.com-This is a must visit blog! Diann does the best cards ever!! Not to mention the most gorgeous jewelry!

Angie-http://angiehallhaviland.typepad.com/angiesartfulllife/-Angies creativity is non-stop!!

Dan-http://dan99.blogspot.com-Dan makes the most amazing files for your Cricut!

Wanda-http://WandasCrafts.blogspot.com-Wanda designs fabulous cards and files also to be cut using your Cricut and is now converting those files for use in other cutting machines!!

Celeste-http://scrappingbutterflymom.blogspot.com/-Celeste has more talent in her little finger than I have in my entire body!!

Be sure to check all these blogs out, you will not be sorry!!
I am happy to know each and every one of you!! Thank you for your inspiration!!

Thankful to have "Play" time!!

Hi and welcome!
I was able to get some of my "therapy" time in today and just decided to make whatever I felt like making. So, I started by using an empty eye cream jar. I altered it to be used to hold Tylenol or whatever.
Then I had a couple of mini canvases and just used patterned paper and stamps and embellishments and that wonderful Graphic 45 paper.
There is also a box that used to house peppermint bark. Just used papers, a vintage picture and embellishments.
The last thing is another canvas, I think 4x5. I made this for my friend Toni using Tim Holtz stamps and embellishments.
Looking forward to your comments.
Thanks for looking!

Here ya go...

Well, lets start out by saying I have been creating but been slow on updating.
Please feel free to comment, in fact I encourage it!!
Thanks for looking!
So, here goes:
First, I would like to share a few pages I did of our road trip in Oct.




Now for some Halloween pages I did:







Ok, enough Halloween.

Here is the card I made for Liz's Birthday:


The anniversary card I made for my sister:


Bekah's birthday card:


A Toilet Paper tag book:




And finally some Domino Pins:

Thanks again for taking a peek at my work (play)!

A few things to see

Just a few things to post today.
Here is the awesome card Penny Duncan made for me! Isn't it a beauty!
she is such a sweet lady and so thoughtful! Let's not forget the talent this
lady has!!!

This is a piece my friend Toni made for me!
I gave her a 3x5 canvas and said to her "go make something with this" I have one too
but mine is still in my Therapy Room just waiting to be altered.
I think this is stunning and it is now hanging in my room!

amazing what you can do with dominoes! I have some beautiful Graphic 45 paper and decided to use it on these dominoes. I used ranger Rock Candy over the top and just a bit of Stickles. I then wrapped the sides with metallic tape.
Thanks for looking!

My recent projects

Hi everyone!
I am finally posting some items I made. Its been a while but sometimes life (and work) gets in the way of me spending time in my "therapy room".
This first piece is for my art group I am in. The theme was nature so, I stamped nature.

I was browsing the net and found a very odd but cool thing to make. It's odd cause you use empty Toilet Paper rolls! This was a fun project. Its a tag book. Here is what I made:



Also, I finally attempted to make some tags inspired by our wonderful Tim Holtz.
I had a blast doing them even though I only made 3. Here they are:




Thanks for looking and remember, all comments are welcome!!!

Clocks and Art Fair

Well, I went to the art fair on the 14th of November. My daughters came and helped out and my friend Toni also came. We had a pretty good time meeting new people and just talking. I did okay considering there were over 80 vendors.
Our clocks were the hit. Many people came by to look and comment, We did sell 5 of them so that was good. Hopefully we will get same phone calls for orders. If anyone has any questions about the clocks, feel free to email me!

Enjoy the pictures and comment if you like.
Thanks for looking


My Table


Toni's Table


The Famous Clocks

More Cards For the Art fair

Well, yet another group of cards I made. I just love to make them. They will be added to the inventory for the Art Fair on the 14th of Nov. Whatever sells, great. Whatever doesn't, I will use them.
The first batch were made using Rock Candy by Ranger. That is the coolest stuff!!
After it dried, I used Distressing Ink over the image. Makes it look pretty cool.

The second batch was done using peel off stickers. They were colored using Bic markers. Too fun! I love to color.

Enjoy and thanks for looking!